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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-07-30
Notes to Creditors,

WOOD COUNTY COURT-IN PROBATE.
6 n the ma tee o, he estate of ISAIAH JOHN
{ ,EIlkRS Instrumental on said estate having
- zen rt"tst 10 Losepd AIiel, auI the un
5itrslShea having i.eel uu!y appointed b. "a o.
der Q! SAID Court daJei The l4,h lay of Jay, \.
- - /, commissioners to receive. examine ALI.
adjust a claims AMI TEN tn,is of Nil persons
ashihst thG sad deceased, ana six months from
anu aIter the i4th lay OF judy. 1874. being Al
owed Tor creditors to present their claims
AGAINST SAT- deceased for examination All al
N"t.ce Is hereby giEln that the undersigned
commissioners viii, Oh h l>t day Q. >ep;1.a rar
\. u. 70 + tn oH The Is il lay OF January 1871,
4, TIE PROBATE Office IN h oi:y o. Ghi..t ia p
l.is III SAID county. {. .Or the Iuri u o ca
a!nh!it@ ala aijust'u- al. claims aa., u ma IS
q al; persons against sal. Isaiah JoI"s ton,
GCrCHe Il.
D,n,c as Gcand Ra2i Is, this PSI day of July,
4. d. 1874.
j. d. WlTIER.
5. \. SPAFF0ED.
C0nllAIssi on rS'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-07-30

The Damn Co. News has this Il
say of Hon. A, s. McDiIl, who will
undoubtedly be re-noninated this fall
at the Republican Congressional Con
vention now soon to be held:
The Stevens Point P,aery demo.
cfltio) sn@gests Judge Cate, Of Port
age county, as a probable candidate for
Congress, against Hon A. s. McDil.
the present member for the Sth dis
triet. Judge Cate. we presume. would
mike a good representative, but shout
Mr. McDill be caniilate we hlrlly
think the Judge car be elected. Dur
inc his term Of office, thus far, DR..
McDill has been faithful AMI compe-
tent member. ever on the alert to adj
vance the best interests Of his dis
trict, as well as 20 worthily represent
his constituents on all questions before
Congress Of national bearing. With
the experience of zone term to guide
him. he will be able to render his DIS
trlct still better service in the future
than he has in the past. We ,elevc
it is nearly the uuani.0ous desire
among the .sep,hlicans Of the district
to return DIR. McDill to Congress- FIR
a second term, ami should he be nom
mated we think the people of his dis
trict will he as true to him as he has
to them, and give him a ronsing ma
iori' y at the polls over any other can
didate that may be brought out against
him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-07-30

The Stevens Point Journal gives
US this item that show; the energy, as
we'll as endurance, of its people. "a
woman living eight miles from the CITY,
gave birth to large healthy boy, list
Monday morning. In the afternoon
she piekel fourteen quarts of blue
berries, and on Tuesday morning
brought them to the city bringing the
baby with her Oar women can beat
shat bad A woman living not over
six miles from the Liberty pole picked
a large pailful of black raspberries,
ana the next week gave birth to a
bouncing boy. 50 you see Mr., Journal
we are ahead of you on the baby-bery
question. Enterprise! Ed, enter
prize
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-07-30
THE LOUISVILLE CANAL.

A great natural highway. the Ohio
river, along which is poured a CON
merce Of incllculable value, was OBJ
structeI by a rapid near Louisville
The interests of that commerce requir
Ell canal TO be built around those
rapids. Congress did not assume that
duty. nor even let it alone The State
of Kentucky chartered a company to
construct that canal and to toll the
cuu nerce of the Ohio. The United
States aspired to the dignity of a
stakeholder in that company. AMI
ach eyed it The Government took
an paid for 1902 shares, at one hun
drad dollars each. Private parties
took ,09S shares. The canal was
built, the tolls were fixed, commerce
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-07-30

to the use OF another government.
Armies were then maintained. -
Their ranks were thin. but they were
sumptuously oficered-offcered far too
largely by those who had been educat-
Ell in every so'dierly grace save that
of allegiance
y navy was suffered TO exist. But
as it was found little too loyal to
desert, its flag, and little too gallant
to snren Ter it, when the hour of ma
tional peril arrived. that navy was
scattered in remote seas.
TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-07-30
W arGant OF Attachment.

City HS Of r AM R RIa In Justice Court
To FRANK GOULD.
" IL are hereby notified that a Warrant of
Attachment has De.n issued against you.an
pr property tttache 10 satisfy the demand o,
Il. d. Eiile0 4 Co., amounting o eight dollar
Los I, a Justice If the Peace in and for SAID
cSJn' '. ut llls of-e in >ald city on the 2Eh da !,
OF Ausu = 10 at one clock in the afternoon,
} d'ishen- VIII lac rendered against you, and
y2Gf property sud 40 pay he leot.
Dated thls 2eth DAY OF Juy. 49,.
ii. b. PHILuEO i CO..
PiaiuiiF-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-07-30
The law for the free exchange O,

The law for the free exchange of
in the counties where the
same are published went into effect the
1st of July. Papers to subscribers in
the county where the paper is publish
ed are now exempt from postage. The
REPORTER Will now be delivered at
the post Office if so desired.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-07-30

We PR POSE to publish the address
Of the Repu 'IicAn Congressional Com
mittee in 51iI, giving a portion of the
document each week. We will be able
10 produce il in fall in three issues, and
heartily commend the perusaI of it to
every one Of oar subscribers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-07-30
Health 60. All.

If how long stanling nor how COMP ~ e..
helmet ornot by others.-no matter who you
have dootorel vi from first 70 last. ma yet
be cured by consulting. without delay. either in
person or by letter, the weii-khown and success
fu Kuroncan Eclectic a.d MAGNETIC MUSICIAN,
fr. BaTtI., who has retained :" Milwaukee
after an 40, enec IN Europe Of seven wears. and
j. now permanently located At ms "t'lee,c"nsnlt-
ing and oparaiins IaE,of'' AZ BRO" way MI
waukee where be ~ daily cnr!Hg, 7'ief al else
has tll!cI, some ui the most ""iup'lcattt ana oh
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-07-30
ADVERTISING RATES .

oEc inch or fraction ola inch. cans...... +.
square.
Loaded notices in reading column. ~ s.....
:ca at business Notices" 10 cents s..g s.r. fu.
drst insertion. and cents per line Il. ~ -ur
acTucHt insertion.
Marriages and Deaths inserted fice
Transient 'verti-ns payable in aivsuer
Legal Sotire- requiring rroo: 81 ,u.:E..s E. r. D..
be 1ai for hctore said proof Is i-.-e. r.--. ...i
ers payable IN advance.
~ advertisements viii BE inserted ''gs.if Il.
bid, nniesS some specifc riine Is sia;ea.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-07-30

Brass and Copper wanted at the Grand Rapids
Foundry and Machine Shop.
Il. JOHN RABLTN.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-07-30
Watchnnakiu~

7 would respectfully announce to the citizens o :
iran Rapids an surTOu ling country tLat 7
ha se rented part of the Store Room now occu-
pied by .. G. Neeves and am prenare to exc
cute all work entrusted to me. promptly and
satisfactorily on either Watcher, Clocks or jew
elry.
II. D. LORD,
Practical Matchmaker
~ Water ST., Grand Rapid. vi
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-07-30
Our A<Dard. - We onass-

Our ''pard, we guess, has been
perimentlng. He has an oh hen of
no particular choice bIool. and for six
weeks she has been sitting on some
thing, hut as we never had the curios-
ity to determine what, we have never
mo!este her. Last week we caught
her off the est, and looking therein
we found a wooden egg and small
early rose potato. Now that fool hen
has been doing duty ike female ma
jor as we can positively assert, for six
weeks, and yet she has no BROOD of
chick shingles, fence pickets or hath,
no. not even peeping potato follows
the patient mother among the melon
hills devouring cucumher bugs and fes-
tive grasshoppers. How long. James
O how long will you fool that pa
tent beast Have mercy, 0. have
mercy. already she is white aroun the
giils, and attenuatei in frame. cit is
rot ordained that a hen shall hatch
ont lumber yard, or incubate a later
patch. A hen can't perform a mira
Gle, so grant her a furlongh that she
may take little inwarl satisfaction,
and our word for it; it will be a day
of Thanksgiving for thee-by and
by.
P S.-The potato is gone, The
drouth we thought would make a de-
mand for that egg Now if there
could only be timber famine, we
think there would be Zone vacant
chair in that nest. and we possibly
my be spared the sight Of brood Of
squire timber following about lone
meatIess bunch of clucking feathers.
Don't lay aside your books chilli
rem until the the next school commen-
ceS, but spend a few minutes every
day looking over them, and getting
something new out of them; brighten
up for the fall term Half an hour
spent with your text books every day
in diligent study, will in the course
of few years, prepare you for the
highest institution Of learning in the
land. = IIiisc. Central.
We don't believe the above to be
good advice. Vacations are for men
tai rest; so boys. do just the other
thing Let your school books alone
don touch EN- Make the vacation
lively; run, play, hop. skip and jump,
play at bat and ball. go in swimming
if not forbidden so to do. fish, hunt,
kick the weeks about as YOU would a
football spending your evenings in
reading good 6ooks-not your school
books however. Kick whole numbers
toto fractions, and let false syntax take
care of itself It's exercise you want,
got lots Of it, and then when the new
term commences tend to business"
md you viii prepare yourself for the
highest institution of learning in the
and" |
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-07-30
OTHER SPECIMENS OF DEMoCR ATIt
RULE.

That party dill not overturn our
land system. notwithstanding it was A
very good one. During the year 1S4l
the system WAS mach improved that
must be confessed. But the Demo
cratic party was not in power that
year We ought also gratefully to re
member that the grants Of land made
Ter educational purposes were not re-
peAieI The fact furnishes "a s5rikint
Illustration Of sparing mercy. But
the phenomenon Is not diiiiaalt to ex-
pam. Such grants were made only
to States in which the lands were.
such lands were found for the most
part only IN new States. The new
States were very unanimously Demo
cratic III politics The States receiv-
ih5 the grants could alone administer
Chem' and the party seems to have
lFi' confident that grants so admins
tered would not promote the cause Of
"a 1caIloh more than grants Of money
iiad promoted the cause of commerce.
All VINO are familiar with the early ex-
P9'iehceS OF the school funds in the
2 % and some Of the Western
States, will need no other assurance
'ha1 that confidence was not misplaced.
The Capitol was not transpIanted.
but when the Democratic party retired
from control, in 1861. scarcely build
ING belonging to the Government was
nnlshed. Perhaps, however, the party
would have avoided that cause Of re-
pIolch if they had earlier formed the
design Of transferring those buildings
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-07-30

No. Al Broadway, Milwaukee.
, 1874-11-27

in Chicago. There is, thus, a difference Of
II 1-2o per bu between tho opinions Of opor-
ators lit Now York and In this city, rs to
tito valuo of wlloat at the present time aud
this difference docs not appear to be
duo to tho existence Of corner or
n fear Of, QUO. Arc tho viowa Of
operators in tile West to DO ignored,
md tho value horo doc1arod to bo only 80o,
when people here are paying 01 1-2o for 1t to
carry till spring, whom thoy intond to ship by
tho choapor wator routo? Tako, again, tho
fact TINT on Tuesday last onts In this mnrlsot
wcro "worth" only 300 per bu to ship to
Now York, while lunbor1non woro buying up
MI thoy could got at 55@55 1-2o to send
to tito pino-troo regions. Did Now York
Or Chicago holders best know what onts were
worth in this city on that day?
These facts present ono class Of difficulties
that must DO mot in tho attempt to legislato
n man out Of responsibilities TINT ,ho Inns
himself voluntarily incurred. Thore nro 9TH
ers which VIC noed not now mention. But
MI must bo provided for, If oqual Justice is to
10 meted out between buyer and sollor in
cach onso in which one of them goes back on
his contract; mud it does not appear that tho
rulo offered to tho Bonrd Of Trade on
Wednesday Inst will insure this without MI
important amendment.
, 1874-11-27

panio bocn forcaeen. In this case there would
llavo boon considerably loss dofaulting. As
1t was, tho net carnings Of all tho roada COM
bincd, good, bat1, and indifferent, amounted
to very small fraction less than Q IL per
cont on tho aggregated sharo capitnl. Cor.
tainly this showing docs not warrant tho
broad atatoment Tint tho rnass Of tho Arncri-
can railways aro unsound.
There Is ronson enough to complain Of tho
manner in which many Of our railroads havo
been constructed, and also Of tho way in
which otlors have been managed. But thero
Ia this much consolation: Wo have seen tho
worst Of our railrond troubles. Every railroad
tlat is running into m undovolored country
will continue to improve in value instead of
going backward. Experience lias demon-
strated TINT railway traffic in America in-
oroases at tho rnto Of 10 por cont ycar for
several years aftor tho completion of the road.
This is because tho railway builds up tho
country into which it ponetratos. It Inns also
been necessary for American railroads con-
stant1y to extend their lines into lateral md
tributary sections in advance Of tho actual
demand for railroads. This necessity no
longer exists to the same extent, and our rail-
way companies will not bo oagor to anticipate
tho wants Of the people for some years to
como Tho prospect, therefore, is sufficiently
reassuring to atono in largo part for past dis
g8ter
, 1874-11-27
LEGITIMATE VALUE OF PRODUCE.

While rulo that will discourage corners
so strongly MS to prevent them is not only de-
Eirablo but IN absolute necessity, it bchooycs
those who would reform our commercial
ethics to take heed TINT their remedy bo not
worso than tho disease. a cast-iron rule
which would mako tho Now York market, or
tAat in any other city, q standard whereby to
measure the aotual value Of produce in CHI
cago, would bo absurd, nnd often unjust in its
application. It is truo, as a gonoral rule,
TINT tic selling valuo Of M article at
homo is determined by taking the prico at
which tllo surplus can bo sold to an outside
consumer, aud subtracting from TINT tho cost
of transportation. But no one outside buyer
should bo taken rs tho standard; nor is 1t fair
to assume that BECAUSE ut ono timo two mar
kets differ by tho cost Of transportation, that,
therefore, TINT cost should bo tho exact diff.
ference botwccn thom at MI other times.
Suppose, for instance, that m operator
hero should default On his contract ,nalo Inst
Wednesday to talo md pay for wheat today
at 0l l.eo por bu. mud New York were re-.
ferrea to III the standard for determining What
tho wheat is nctlally worth III this market.
Dclucting 200, which is tho cost Of trans
portatlon by rail, storage horo, and llnndling
from S1.10, tho price in Now York on
Wednesday, VIC haye 500 per bu as tho yalus
, 1874-11-27
LITTLE PAY AND BIG TuEFTs.

A bank-cashier In tho East was detected a
few days ago in cmbezzlement. He Ind
stolen Bome $4,000 in ten years. When
charged with tho crine, he confessed his
guilt. He hnd taken tho money, SO he said,
from sheer necessity. His salary Of $500 was
far too small to support himself, his wife, and
his two children. Ho had not been wild or
oxtravagant. Vino and women had nothing
to do with his downfall. Two children and
ono wife had. He lad not, like most thieves
Of long standing, lived to steal, but Ind
stolen to live. When these facts became
known there was loud outcry, partly against
him and part1y against tho mon who
had put his salary go low that
hunger and cold had driven him to
his sin. We hayo takon this case as typ
ical one. There are, unfortunately, many of
them to choose from. It is worth while to
inquire, in the light Of such facts, what tho
real duties Of employer and employed aro
Docs starvation condone sin2 Ia it true that
necessity not only knows no law, but ought
to lnow nono2
While VIC fail to find any Justification for
tho defaulting cashier who is himself re-
sponslplo Tor tie poverty LIS lmprudent mar-
rlage brought upon lin, and who tries to
shlfK' ny hurting another, the inevitable con-
sequences OF ms own acts some excuse can
DO found for him. The capacity Of mankind
to resist temptation seems to be merely
relative GlVen' great temptation and great
opportunity and 1t Is only men rare as din
monds who can resist. Tho brutal phrase
that every man has his price" is too often
Justified by experience. Every man is tempt
ed, but few men hnvo the opportunity to
commit great sin. When the two elements
unite, there is danger. 1t is the extreme Of
poor policy then, to give poor pay to men in
, 1874-11-27

they may, and Ms VOL my other timo rs on a
Thanksgiving Day. "pray md inst, prny
and inst" ia hard saying; who alaall heed
it? It must bo said, with all this, tint the
observance of Thanksgiving yostor1ny WINS
goncral and hearty. Some Of tho churches
III each denomination in this city worc open,
union services being held In many Of thom
for tho accommodation Of two or moro con.
grogations. Tllo sermons, Of which wo give
n,any specimens, abounilea in things now and
old, fclicitors and thoughtful. But tho most
beautiful Thanksgiving, after nil, WIS cole
brated about tho dinnor-tablcs. Without
that feature of tho day, tho sermons were
empty sounds, Bignifying nothing.
, 1874-11-27
THE AMERICAN CYCL0PEDlA.

The current i8suo Of tho American Oyolo-
podla by tho Appletoua, OF Now York, is 4
literary work in wLlch We may all tako pridc.
Tho present Indications arc that, when aaishel,
1t will DO the moat useful work Of the kind ox-
tant. It may not succeed In replacing the oldor
md moro elaborate cyclopodias In great libraries
Of reference. but 1t will certainly diBpaco al Its
predecessors III practical uae. Tho amount OF
labor expended upon this now odition Ia fully aB
great az that devoted to tho first Issue. In fact,
it ia rathor new work thau now edition. all
the matter tlat appeared in tho first edition
which Ia usod In the present haa boon carefully
rowritton, with tho latest Information added to
tho subjoct treatod. Many new titles have been
introduced. hIany Of tho old ones have been
dropped. The present work, in word, Ia built
upon tho model OF tho frat under tho Huper-
vision OF tho original cditors. Messrs Charles A..
Daua and George Ripley, with tho assistance OF 4
regular staff OF associate odito,a and reyfsors and
the corporation OF special contributors from all
parta Of the country. The syaten Of axcison
and revision has boon very thorough. Thoso
titles which only require tho dot1nitlona to bo
found In tho dictionaries, or tho description con-
tainea in tha ordinary gazottoor, hava boon eliul-
inatod altogether. Tho process OF rewriting IL al-
moat necessarily process OF condemnation, except
whcrs now information Ia contributed. Tue
reault ia that tho pudding OF tho original articles
haa boon takon out. aud tho now treatmeut pro-
cents the Hubioct-mattor III tho moAt compact
and couciso form attainablo by aerious applica-
tlou and intelligent revision. Each volume con-
tains about 800 puges, or something like lfty
pagos mora than tho original yolumoH, and tho
Typography IL vastly suporlor, aa we'll III tho ar
ranpoi,out of tho matter AZ in tho printing. H.
, 1874-11-27

At tile present writing the jury in the
Washington salc-burglary caso las not ngrccd
upon verdict. The supposed division is ten
for acqr,ittal md two for conviction. If tho
evidence before the jury is not very different
from TINT before the public, the ten men WHO
are convinced of Hnrrington's and Nettlc-
ships innocence must have listened to per-
suasivo reasoning not recognized by tho INV,
or else they arc incapable Of counting into
double numbers. Tie reports Of the pro-
ceedings in the iury-room correspond well
with tho farccal scenes in tho courtroom,
where burlcsque of justice was only
prevented by the intervention Of the presid-
inc NUDGE.
, 1874-11-27

A few weeks ago Southern darkey invented
q volocipodo upon the principle Of perpetual mo-
tion. Whio riding on it to State Fair it
threw him overheard, killed him, and continued
its way south, aud is now either disturbing the
lohatera ot tho South Pacific Of Gushing through
the huts OF Patagonian aboriginos. Tho last
claimant for mechanical honors Is man named
Kolly. He has discovered motor power which
will give him pressure Of 1000 pounda to the
squire inch. Az steam pressure rarely exceeds
200 pounds, Mr. Reilly has made discovery
worth noticing. Ho declares that with two gal
lona OF water ho can run q train OF cars from
Philadelphia to California and baok, which
would DO quite saving ii wator
woro o1penBive In either city. He
has gyon private soanees (dark onos, Of oourso)
with his nav motor, aud excited no little Won
der. as may DO supposed. But Mr. Kelly'a atate-
mene Of what ho has donc must 10 taken with
grain Of allowance. hlr. X. played tho flute for
many years In q California thoatro, and tho habit
Of blowing may still ba atroug upon him. It
his motor ia half as powerful Us ha says it is, his
musical instrument could bo made uAetu1 in
place OF tho great Boston fog-horn, wtoso molo-
dious voice 1t would render quito inaudible at a
comparatively low pressure.
, 1874-11-27

For conspicuous aud impertinent unfair
ness, commend us to IN English noyspa-
per. The London Standard furnishes q
notable instance. Tint journal recently made
tie sweeping assertion that the greater mart
of tho American railways are unBound The
assertion was based on tho statements pub
lishcd in the New York Financial and Com
1nerci1s Chronicle, showing TINT, 1os railways
were in default in tho payment OF their ac-
crued interest. Alr. j. @. Cotton, m Amcri-
, 1874-11-27

The work Of purging the Federal Offices in
the South is being prosecuted vigorously, and
perhaps too hastily. The removals Of Post
masters in Texas wcro undoubtedly wisely
maac, and in some other instances great
changes for tho better lavo been brought
about. But there seems to be purpose to
clean out the whole Federal establishment,
from Galveston to Ne~bcrn. without
making sure Of the deserts of the in
cunbents; and in tho process some
mistakes aro likely to DO committed. This
morning, for instance, it is reported that tho
removal Of Marshal Henly, of Alabama is
decided upon. Marshal Healy is resident
of Chicago. Flo was in this city some months
ngo, aud at that time expressed, and eavo
evidence of, the most devoted loyalty to tho
Republican party, Yet the chnrgo against
him now il l,1lowarmncss to the party, and
fear OF social ostracisn.. Proper inycstica.
tion will doubtless show that IN enemy has
invented this accusation. Too great caution
cannot be exercised in tho removal Of tue
officials ut the South; for to bo removed
under tho present circumstances is almost
10 DO disgraccl.