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, 1873-05-07

and In not ,fow instances obtaining, 1o@15o ad-
vanca over tho lowest point reaoled Inst wook.
In butchors' ntuH and stookora, there was no por-
oOo ether ~ the anna a. 9f o
market for tho former was 1csa satisfactory to
sollora than for aomo time paat, tho supply Of tho
descriptions usually aought after by local
ya9as9 eS9s9' eSs aav much ef St' TIC onss 9ss Ts
eonsiaorably below TINT ' Of inat itlSs TSsek "r Or
tho preceding ono, tho number Of smooth, woll-
maturod Hteora boing noticoably ANAL. The
hIgleat figure paid ,was 1915, by ,1aaac Walxol
tDa dpeod h1a of but NJ" eotSe e
lay's businoss WAS lono at ei.0o@b.9711 Ca1yoB
,yoro In ibora1 anppy and sold lowor, salos maxi
ing ut $3.00@5.25 for poor to choico Tho larg-
during tho proaont soason WAS eflootod to-day BY
R.strahorn Il Co.., they aolling, 225 good KanHas
htocra, averaging 1,197 ibB, at s5:40. Among
other notable saloB woro l0l good Texas ateafa,
dor 4 CO., iii choice atoors, averaging 5l8 Lbs.
81 s5.G5, and 90 head, averaging l,203 lbs, at
Tho following ia from the Kansas City Cattle
Trail:
Mr.. Daggett an old stock-doalor Of Boil County,
informs That 10000 no beof cattlo and 80 600 stock
caso nvc paaHod through TINT county this apr,ng on
HE Wy 70 kan1ss In Me aa srS4 IT, on s 5 eao ~
oil contract with pariies who will slaughter and pack
beeta Denson.
Tho market closed firm.
Extra-Grsdei atoors averaging l,45o MS
Choice Heoves-fne fat, well formal year
toe year old atoers, avosasing 1900 to
Good Bosvsa-wsfsicci, neiy iormsd ''0's''''0
Ma% efesasoe IL se es sver '''S'
nrna 100 10 12sO lbs. Aso@soo
sud good to oxtra cows, for city
ntanBhter averaging 800 to 100 lbs. 37b@b01
, 1873-05-07

sHEEP-The shoep trade was quiot,- At $3.50
6D4,76 for common to choice shorn, md ut S4.25
m6.50 for common to choice unshorn. Lambs
aro quotable at e2.25@4.00 per head, according
to quality.
, 1873-05-07
CHICAGO DAILY MARKET.

.......... ..... TUESDAY EVENING, Mays.
ALOouOL-Was In good demand and arm at$1.7o
Gl.Bl.
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, 1873-05-07

LATEST.
In tho afternoon wheat WAS notiyo, and i'd
vnllced 10. No. q spring sold at sl.251ft9l. .201d
ao]ler tho month"; and *l.27 @1.27}6 noller Juno,
tho lAttor option closing at the outside. Corn
waa active and 80 higher. No. waa quiet ut 80
@381lo aolor tho month"; and sold ut 461a@4011o
aeller Juno, closing Ut tho outside III proyls-
ions aalos include 400 600 lbs OF Shoulders ut g1o
selor Juno $50 brlB 1nesH pork at Sl7.70 Hollor
July, and 6l7.6D waH bid seller June. Quo ol,ar-
tor Was takon for corn to kingston At 14o, o.
pacity "a 900 bu.
, 1873-05-07

OILa-rrlces firm for ncnrIy everything In tho
lat but especially for naeed and lara oils both Of
which arc tending higher. Tho changes nuco our
last roviow were connued to m hdvanco Of 10 In
carbon, md decline Of SO IN tnrpen.lne: w now
72o: No. :, e7c; unieed, raw, O7o DO boiled, 3io2
whale, $50; sperm, s2Oo@3l6; neasfoo oil, strictly
pure $!.o: do extra, $50; do No. !. eoc; bank OIL
61@62o; naphtha, CO gravity, 2o@2lc; naphtha. COM
mon 17{416c.
PAINTS, COLORB, AND pUTTY-Trado was morn
active during tho past two thrco tays, and rus
tho market i flrner, though nonally prices aro un
changed. No repoat our llat as follows:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-06
HAPS AND MIShAPS.

Richard M. Johnson was killed by
falling tree at Howard City, Mich.
Edward Jennings, Of New Fairfield,
Conn, incurred paralysis by butcherlng
q diseased hog.
BY the falling out of the legs Of a
cook stove, at Lafayette, Ind, little
child was fatally scalded.
AT St. Louis, Jane Merrett, colored
woman, during fit of insanity, fell IN
the fire and was burned to death.
A man named Pollen, Drlckiayer,
was shot and killed at Lebanon, Ohio, a
few DAYS since, from the careless hand
ling of pistol by boy.
In Arlington, Mimi, a child OF L.
Angelbusser attempted to open door,
which was caught by the wind, and the
child hurled against log of wood, lying
near, so violently that it was killed.
A man in Syracuse, N. Y, was
stabbed to death by tobacco pipe in the
hand of a drunken companion. The
mouth piece of the pipe entered the cor
ner of the eye and penetrated to the brain.
AT Toledo, Ohio, two ladies, Mrs.
Rosa Duance and Miss Ida Majors, were
suffocated by coalgas at the boarding
house of Mrs. S. Majors. Four other
women were nearly gone when rescued.
David Langes was instantly killed by
falling between two coaches on the ONO
and Mississippi Railroad, just after leav'
ing Caseyville, ILL., This is the third hus-
band Mrs. Lanees has lost in similar
way.
"A woman at st. Mary's, Pa, left her
three children (the oldest five years of
%n WI 10 N RI
visit neighbor. She has now no house
to pay rent for nor children to feed.
"A careless nurse in Holyoke, Mass,
administered dose of aqua ammonia to
a young child in mistake for castor Oil,
and the babe died in few hours, its
throat and lungs having been burned to
crisp by the liqui1
"A Pennsylvania man who walked,
barefooted, two miles through the snow,
on wager of seven dollars, won the
money. He has since paid forty dollars
for the amputation of one Of his feet,
which was frozen beyond recovery.
"A man slipped on the ice at Jersey
City, n. J., the other day. and falling, a
lead pencil pierced his Notwithstanding
through two coats, underclothing, ETC.
the point coming out in his breast, near
the arm pit.
Mrs Alfred Riel, living near Nash
vile. Ind, while drawing a bucket of
water from the well, was precipitated
head foremost into the well by the break
ing of the pulley. She was in the well
about an hour before she was missed,
and was dead when taken out
AT Marcellus, Mich, a team crossing
the railroad became frightened at the
cars, and threw out and so severely in
iured the driver, a man named Bly,, that
he died shortly after. The team also
jumped into sleigh in front, in which
were a man named Thompson and his
wife and child. Mr. Thompson and his
wife were both killed, and the child in
jured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-06
Shade as a Fertilizer.

II. ]. c., in letter to the OHIO Farmer
upon the subject of shade as fertilizer,
makes the following remarks:
"That shade is fertilizer is fact
which has long been noticed, and much
has been written to explain it. A few
words will be sufficient for that purpose.
Shade operates simply by preserving the
ammonia which is in the soil, and which
is continually furnished by rain and snow
water, and also by manures, and which is
rapidly driven off from a naked surface of
the soil by scorching sun. To preserve
the ammonia, the skillful farmer plows
his manure shortly after it is spread upon
the soil; and spreads his manures upon
his meadows late in the fall, or in the Win
ter, or early in spring, so that the ammo
MIA may be washed out of it into the soil,
and prevent its evaporation by the sun.
''Ammonia is either food or condl-
ment for most plants which is necessary
to thesr rapid growth. 1t has been ascer-
tanned by repeated experiments in En-
gland that the largest crops Of wheat can
be raised by imparting to the soil an extra
quantity of ammonia, either by directly
spreading salts of ammonia or by guano.
Hence the greatest fertility of the soil
will be more surely preserved by an alter
nation of crops rather than naked fallow,
from which a scorching sun drives Oft the
ammonia rapidly. We should ever bear
in mind the eloquent words of an English
writer that mighty nature renews her
strength, not by indolent repose, but in
alterations in energy"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-06

Colfax had never called upon the witness
for Credit Mobilier stock, and it is ready to
deliver to him whenever he wants 1t. he
supposed that Colfax understood the
81 ,2OO was dividend upon the stock. Wit
ness had no recollection that Colfax paid
him that 81 200 1t don't belong to witness.
Mr. Colfax, who was present, sad that he
reasserted what he said before in regard to
the 81 200. He now gave notice TO
Ames that he would prove the mega
tive, and asked that the Sergeant at
Arms be summoned with his accounts.
Ames declared Senators Conkling, Fow-
Ter, Bayard, and Wilson, of Mass achusetts,
and Representative Blaine free from
any connection with the Credit Mobiler.
Dawes and Allison bought and paid for
stock, but afterward returned it. Garfield
took stock, which more than paid for itself
by dividends; the balance Ames paid him
by check for 1899 This, he said, was what
Garfield called loan. Kelley, scofeld and
Bingham were each owners OF stock. The
statements of MIR. Wilson, of Iowa, he cor
YJborated.
Allison testified that Ames must have I'd
derotood that the stock accepted by him
(Allison) was given back to Ames, as there
have been frequent dividends upon it, but
the witness had never received any OF them
With one exception.
N. G. Ordway, Sergeant at Arms of the
House of Representatives, was sworn and
examined by Colfax. He had examined the
account of Colfax for 1868, but he saw no en-
try of deposit OF 81, 200 there; had not ex-
amined the accounts of Ames; he did deposit
some money in 1868; did not remember if
the check given to Alliston was Endorsed;
saw a check with the letters IS. c." or bear
re, for 81 200; witness does not pay out or re-
ceive money. The paying teller ia 1868 was
Thos. B. Chene. Other checks were paya-
bic to initials. No Endorsement was required
from members of Congress generally when
they drew money themselves. The check
payable to ''S. c." was signed by Cakes
AmaA
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-06
Tree Seeds.

NUMEROUS inquiries are made regard
ing tree seeds. Some seeds will terminate
II kept and sown like ordinary seeds.
Others need to be scalded before sowing,
and others still will not come up we'll un-
less they have been exposed to freezing
and thawing during winter. Unfortunate
~, there is no work which gives full di-
rections to meet every case. Indeed the
work On tree culture has yet to be written.
Elm and the Silver and Soft or Red
Naples mature their seeds in June, and
must be sown at once. The nuts, such
as hickory, black walnut, chestnut, ETC.,
are best sown as soon as gathered, but
may be preserved by mixing with plenty
OF dry sand, and keeping in cool place.
Seeds of native forest trees that have a
hard shell may, as a general thing, be
mixed with earth in a box, and exposed
to freezing Locust seeds, both Black
and Honey, may be treated in this way,
or if kept dry through the winter, must
be scalded before sowing. Usage Orange
must be sprouted, by being kept moist
and in warm place for several days
Seeds of all the thorns and those of the
cedars can hardly be induced to start
under two years. These are mixed with
earth and left for year in heap, sub
Jected to the weather, and sown early ,he
next year in light, rich, Well-prepared
soll,-Anaefscdn Ag11cuNuysst.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-06
FACTS AND FIGURES.

-Sixty-three of the $50 citizens of
Goshen, Vt, are over 60 years old.
According to the official figures,
Missouri paid for insurance in 1872, ST.
O47, S32.
Half million dollars was received
at the Wichita land Office, Kansas, in
1872.
"A Mobile Judge fined a man 5000
room.
-Thirty-six thousand hogs had been
killed at Quincy, ILL.,. up to January 20,
against forty thousand last year.
-Seventy-six places of amusement,
mostly theaters, have been burned in this
country since 1898.
The Alaska Seal Company report the
catch of seals for 1872 at SO 900, on which
they paid to the Government $50, 23l.
AS point for hog shipments Wash
ington, Iowa, leads the State this year,
220,0 head having been there loaded on
the cars.
Iowa is the fifth State in the Union in
the number of newspapers. New York
has 951 publications; Pennsylvania, GA;
Illinois, 51s; Ohio, 439; and Iowa, 30S.
The number of alien emigrants land
ed at the port of New York during the
year 1872 was 293, SOB, against 229, $50
landed during 1871, being gain of SO,
964.
-Fifty-five millions Of shares Of stock,
averaging in value $40 per share, changed
hands at the New York Stock Exchange
last year. The total aggregate of the
sales was something more than s., $50,
100000.
No better evidence can be found of
the fact that the American people are
long-suffering and of forgiving DISPOSE
ton than the statement that among all
the persons who met death at the hands
OF their fellows last year there was only
one life insurance solicitor
"A firm at Quincy, H., during the past
year, has canned $3.50 bushels of toma-
toes, $500 bushels peaches, and 1000
quarts raspberries, using 1870, 900 cans. 1t
has also bottled 5000 barrels of pickles
It paid out SIS, 0O0for labor, and gave So
600 to the timer Its sales amounted to
$61 600
The following is the number and
tonnage of the steam vessels owned with
In the several custom districts and ports
OF the United States: { the Atlantic
and Gulf coasts, the number of vessels is
61,7 and tonnage is 6O4,51s; northern
lakes, vessels 692, tonnage 149, 467; Pacific
coast, vessels 1876, tonnage co. 56; West
ern rivers, vessels 107, tonnage 272, 1914.
Total vessels, 1857; tonnage, ,Os7,63T.
According to the Internal Revenue
returns, the number of collars manufac-
tured in .he United States in 1868 was
10000, 900; in 1864, 10000, 900; in 1865,
70 900, 900; in 1866, 14O, 600, 900; in 1867,
49,, 900, 900; in 1868, 244, 600, 600; in 1869,
1875, 600. 600; in 1870, 365, 100000, or 900,
O0O collars every day in the year, includ-
ing Sundays. The paper consumed year
ly amounts to more than $500 tons. In
1870 the value of paper collars made in
this country was nearly $780,, 900. The
difference in the cost Of linen and paper
collars gives an item of saving amount
ing to about 100000 year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-06

il. Boil it forty minutes, then set OH the
kettle and let it stand, close covered, half
an hour more. The steam will cook 1t
sufficiently. To be eaten with drawn
butter and stewed oysters.
-Stewed Celery.-Wash two large
heads of celery, throw away the leaves
and green stalks, and cut the heart and
white stalks into pieces about an inch
long. Put these in fast boiling water,
and boil them till very tender. Put into
stewpan gill of cream, little SAT-,
white pepper, and pounded mace; put 1t
over the fire, and when it SINNERS drain
the celery and put in the cream. Boil
up once and serve.
Ham Toast.-When a ham gets I'M
slightly for the table, take off as much OF
it as you require, and mince 1t mp finely.
To one pint of mince put two tablespoon
fuls Of cream or fresh, rich milk. Boil 1t
five minutes; prepare well buttered slices
of toast, and spread the mlnce on them.
Strew over this well grated bread crumbs.
little parsley, and some small pieces OF
butter. Brown in quick oven and serve
hot.
-Scrapple hogs liver, lights,
heart, tongue and the head except the
fowls and offal pieces, both lean and fat,
from other parts of the animal; boil them
thoroughly in a small quantity of water;
chop all pretty fine after taken out of the
liquors. season as for sausage; then return
to the pot, thickening the whole with one
half buckwheat meal and one half corn
meal, 80 that it will be about the con-
sistency of Indian meal; let it boil gently
for half an hour, then pour in pans to
cool; slice it and fry in its own fat. 1t is
far better than what is commonly called
Oliver pudding"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-06
RECIPES.

--Souse-Boil the feet of hogs till the
bones come out easily, and remove them.
Put them in pot with pepper, salt and
cloves or allspice, and cover with vinegar.
1t is eaten cold.-Cor. Germantown 7ele-
graph.
The Philosophy of Frying The true
philosophy of frying is to have the fat at
q boiling heat before anything is put into
it. Being merely warm it penetrates, and
the food is greasy" hot, it is the per-
lection of cooking.
Force Meat Ball.-Chop a pound or
two of veal kidney or any tender meat
fine; mix with one or two eggs and a
little butter or raw pork, some like an
onion; season with salt and pepper. Do
them up into balls about the size of half
an egg, and fry brown.
To Boil a Turkey.-Stuff a young
turkey, weighing six or seven pounds,
with bread, butter, salt, pepper and minced
parsley; skewer up the legs and wings as
if 10 roast; flour cloth and pin around
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-06
the flag of the Republic of San Domingo to
they w -

the flag Of the Republic of San Domingo to
use as they may see proper"
The war with the Modoc Indians in Oregon
promises to be serious affair. The first at
tack on their stronghold took place on the
18th. The Indians mustered two hundred
warriors, and the whites, volunteers inclu
ded, were four hundred in number. The
skirmish lasted all day, and ended in the re-
pulse of the troops, with a loss of fourteen
killed and twenty three wounded. How
many Indians were killed it is not stated,
but the probabilities are that there were
few, if any. They are all practiced sharp
shooters, and were SO perfectly concealed in
the cliffs and rocks that scarcely any Of them
could be seen during the entire day. Moth
ing further would be attempted until re-en-
foreements arrived.
The storm OF the 23a appears to have been
general throughout the Northwest. All the
railroads centering at Chicago were showed
up, and trains were so much delayed that it
was thought best to send no additional
trains out to increase the disorder.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-06
PERSONAL.

General Lees birthday was celebrated at Sa-
vannah, Ga, on the Goth, on which occasion
the first parade of military since the war took
place. General Wade Hampton delivered an
address. The day was generally observed as
a holiday, and resembled the Fourth of July
before the war
charged with illegally voting at the Novem-
Der election, the United States District Court
of New York has denied the application for
a writ of hd5eds corpus and the discharge of
the lady from custody. The court declined
to decide the question of the right of
woman to vote, and gave Miss Anthony the
opportunity which she desired of appealing
the case to the Supreme Court of the United
States for final desision.
The SANTANA Bay Company held their
meeting in New York on the ed, and adopt
ed the Commissioners report, and ratified
the contract made with the San Domingo
elected for the ensuing year: A. B. Stock
well, President; Paul n. Spoford, Vice
President; Henry Clews, Treasurer; r. R.
Hazard, Secretary.
The announcement that Foster will be
hanged had very depressing effect upon
Stokes and other murderers in the New York
Tombs. When Foster received the news he
secluded himself in his cell, refusing to see
any one.
In the case of Foster, the New York car
hook murderer, the Court of Appeals has
sffirmed the judgment of the Court below,
and has ordered the sentence of death to be
carried out.
1t is reported that a few days ago Edward
S. Stokes received in prison an envelope
containing card, on which was written:
edward 8. Stokes: from a friend. If you
want to commit suicide, suck the back of
this card, which contains deadly poison"
Stokes handed the card to the Warden of
the Tombs.
In his recent testimony in the trial of
Tweed, Garvey swore that his bills for plas-
tering the New York Court House amounted
to 1895, O0O. He also stated that only 35 per
cent. of the amount was retained by him,
the rest going to Tweed Il Co.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-06
POLITICAL.

s. w. Dorsey, Republican, has been elect
ed United States Senator by the Arkansas
Legislature, in place of Senator Rice, whose
term will expire on the 4th of March.
In the Senate of the Kellogg Legislature,
on the Goth, Messrs. jerks, Swords and Wor
rail-, who withdrew on the 10th, taking seats
with the Fusionists, were expelled
The Nevada Legislature has elected John
P. Jones, Repu blican, to succeed James W.
Nye in the United States Senate. The vote
stood: Jones, So; Mccoy, Al; Delong, l.;
McBeth, 1.
The Georgia Legislature, on the 22d,
elected Ger eral Gordon United States Sena-
tor, Gordon receiving liz votes, Stephens Sc,
Alderman IA.
In the New York Senate, on the 21st, Ros-
coe Conkling received 20 votes for United
States Senator; Charles G. Wheaton, s.;
Henry r. Holden, l VIM. NJ. Evarts, l. In
the Assembly, Conkling received go votes :;
Wheaton, 26. The election of Mr.. Conkling
was ratified in joint convention on the 3D.
The election of United States Senator
took place in the Pennsylvania Legislature
on the 2lst. The vote stood, in the Senate:
Cameron, IS; Wallace, II; Wright, /; Mar
shall l. In the House: Cameron, 50: Wal
lace, 81.
1t having been charged that Mr. Bogy had
secured his election to the United States
Senate by the Missouri Legislature by
bribery, an investigating committee was Or
dered by the Legislature
The Wisconsin Legislature on the 21st re-
elected Timothy o. Howe to the United
States Senate, the vote standing, in the
Senate, % for Howe to 9 for II.
L. Palmer, of Milwaukee; in the Assembly,
81 for Howe to 80 for Palmer.
The two branches of the Illinois Legisla-
ture voted separately for United States
Senator on the 21st. In the Senate the vote
stood: Oglesby, SO; Trumbull, 10; w. F.
Coolbaugh, 2. In the House the vote stood.
Oglesby, 50; Trumbull, 60; absentees, II.
A protest was made by the Democratic and
Liberal members against Mr. Oglesby's cleo
ton as being unconstitutional because of
his already holding State office.
The Arkansas Senate has memoralized
Congress, asking the passage Of civil
rights bill similar to that of Mr.. Sumner.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-06
House Plants in Winter.

Mr.. James Wick, whose large expert
ence as florist makes him an unexcep
tionable authority on the subject, gives
the following suggestions with regard to
the management of house plants in
winter:
Few plants can endure the high tenn
ature and dry atmosphere of most of our
living rooms The temperature should
not be allowed to go above IS in the day
time, and not above forty in the night
AS much air and light as possible should
be given, while the leaves should be
sprinkled every morning. A spare room,
or parlor, or extra bedroom is better for
plants than living room. A bay win
dow, connected with warm room, es-
pecially if facing the south or east,
makes an excellent place for keeping
plants in winter. It should have glass
doors on the inside, which can be closed
part of the time, especially when
sweeping and busting. The man thing
in keeping house plants in health is to
secure an even temperature, moist at
mosphere and freedom from dust. Sprinkle
the leaves occasionally, and when they
| need water use it freely. If the green
| fly, or aphis, appears, wash with soapsuds
| frequently, and occasionally with little
| tobacco water, Or decoction of quassia
chips. If the red spider comes, it shows
the plants are in too dry an atmosphere.
Burn little sulphur under the plants,
the fumes of which will kill the spider,
and afterward keep the stems and leaves
well moitened. Occasionally, but not
often, worms appear in the pots. This
can be avoided in a great measure by
careful potting. A little weak lime water
is sometimes of benefit in such cases, also
five drops of liquid ammonia to a gallon
of water, though, perhaps, the better way
is to repot, removing the earth carefully,
so as not to injure the growth of the
plant