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paid over to the State the sum Of
$9,382.56, retaining the balance.
amounting to $9,447.l4. a...,.... -
And further, that between the years
1867 and 1870 (his second term) McIl.
ra.h received for compensation, as
a oresaid, moneys amounting to $l53,.
4'7.40, and that he paid iato the trea.
s;ry of the State only $l15,727 90,
aving balance due the State of $37,.
50.3l, which he has ever since and
till retains.
Plaintiff further says that between
the lst Monday of January, 1870, and
the lst Monday of January, 1873, This
third term,) there was paid to the de.
fendant by persons cutting timber on
such lands. the sum of $l57 1854. 40, and
that the defendant, during the same
time, paid over to the Treasury of the
State, only the sum of Sill, ,440. .l6, and
no more, and that he has ever since re.
tanned the balance, to-wit: the sum OF
$40, ,l24.24.
And further, that on the 18th Of
March. 1871, defendant became DOS
sessed Of other moneys belonging to
the State to the amount of $40, ,l20,
with which said defendant purchased
bonds of the State of Missouri to the
amount of $1,000, bearing interest
payable semi.annually at the rate of
six per cent. per annum. retaining the
same until the 2d day of January, 1873,
when he sold the said bonds, and re-
turned the money to the treasury.
That while he held said bonds said Nc
1lratn received as interest 1890, any
part of which he mas never paid over to
the State.
All for the purpose of defrauding and
deceiving the State, for which judgment
against the said McIlrath is asked for
$94,641.69, with interest on the
amounts stated from the dates on which
they should have been paid over to the
State Treasury, and the costs and dis
bursements Of the action thus com.
menccd.
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COMMERCIAL MATTERS.
st. Paul Wholesale Markets, Dec. ,

But little if any wheat is being mar
keted here at this time, and no improve
ment need be looked for until the new
elevator is opened for business, when,
with the superior ADVANCES it will offer
the farmers Of large area of surround
ing country, marked change may be
confidently looked for.
Nominally quotations remain at IS
to 78c.
The supply of grain and feed in the
hands Of commission men is very small
for this season of the year, and prices
firm, with an upward tendency.
New corn so to Csc on track, and IS
to 7Oc in store.
In oats an advance of two cents is
noted; so to 53c on track, and So to
55c in store and on the street.
Ground feed is in only limited sup
ply and firm at $29 to $35 per ton.
Shorts $l4 to $l8. Bran on track $l2
to $l3, and $l3 to $14 in store.
Flour in good request at $3.50 to
$500 for xxx; $500 to 1926 for xxx;
$3.50 to $500 for Xxx. Rye -four $2.75
to $500 per sack. Buckwheat 4 to
Sc per pound. Corn meal $500 to
1926.
Pork in good demand and firm at $40
to $2l. Hams l3 to l4c. Lard l3 to
l5c. Bacon ID to l4l2c.
Apples $3.50 to $500
Pure apple cider $500 to 5000 per
barrel.
Cranberries $3.50 to 1926.
Butter is in good supply and dull;
25 to 28c for choice table; Is to 2Oc for
inferior grades.
Fresh eggs in active request at 2S to
25c.
Beans $3.50 to $500 Peas $500 to
1926.
The market for dressed fowl is still
stocked, Notwithstanding dealers have
been unloading at ruinous figures.
Fresh, clear, dressed chickens to-day
command from S to 7c; dressed tur-
keys to l0c.
Venison is in good request and firm
at 10 to lie.
No change to note in the market for
dressed hogs. Receipts are quite lib
eral, all offerings finding quick sales at
6 IL to 6 3.4c.
Dressed mutton 6 to.7c.
Dressed beef firm at 3 l-2 to 4l-2c.
Green frozen hides firm az Sc; dry
flint II to l8c.
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New York Produce Board. Dec. T
las P. M.-kponr unchanged. Wheat ouie
At s1.1l@l.l4. Corn 95c. Oats, 69@7lc.
Chicago Produce Board. Dec. r

Chicago Produce Beard, Dec. Z.
$50 A. x.--Whea* opens at 90xc for Jan
uary.
1910 A. M.--Wheat steady and fairly act
i've at SO N@89K cash or December and 80:
@90xc for January. =,
1890 A. h.--Corn dull at "a xc for Decem
Der; 72xe for May new No. 2 68@684 Q Il
January. Oats quiet at $3.50 for Deoembe
and $3.50 for January. Whisky steady
nominal1y 97c. = -ssf1'SS
n.45A M.-Flour dull and easier; shi1
ping extras Eominally s4.25@450
1:M 2. H.-Wheat steady and fairly aeti1
at 50 xc December; 9Oxc January; $40 b;
for February. Corn steady at 76e for D.
cember and 73c for May.
l:@ P. M.-Wheat unsettled and lower
$40 and 90xc for January. Corn oui
and steady; old 76c cash; new SIC cash a.
Barley quiet and weak at el.le csah. = 70 70
dull and lower at $19. 80 spot, 81. is Rebr
ary. Lard dull and lower at l3c cash: s.
lers 1870 for February. Meats ouiet q /.
easy. Whisky steady a& 97c. Hoos-,
|toeip6 2. 900 quiet and lower s 3676a36
shippers % extra. ss5' g -
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The STATE COMMENCES SUIT
Against Ex-Auditor NIcIlrath fol
$94, 4,641.69.

In accordance with Gov. Davis rec
ommendation Attorney General Wilson
has commenced suit against ex-Auditor
McIlrath to recover the sum Of $94,-
641.69 which he is alleged to be in de-
fault to the State. The following is the
synopsis:
State of Minnesota, County of Ramsey,
District Court. Second Judicial Dis
trict.
The State of Minnesota against Chas.
McIlrath:
The State of Minnesota by Geo. P.
Wilson, its Attorney General, COM
plains against Charles McIlrath, as fol-
lows:
That at the annual election in Octo.
ber, 1858, Charles McIlrath was elected
Auditor Of the State of Minnesota for
the term of three years, and that he
was duly qualified as Auditor and en-
tered upon the duties of his Office,
That at tne annual election. Of 1866
he was again elected to said Office, and
duly qualified.
That he was again duly elected to
said sfice in 1859, and duly qualified.
And that during all the period of
time embraced above he was ex-ot6cio,
and by virtue of his Office Commis.
sioner of the land Office Of the State,
and as such Commissioner had did as
sumed the general charge and super
vision of all lands belonging to and Of
which the State had an interest, and
held in trust. That during all this
time the State was the owner Of large
tracts Of lands in fee and in trust
for the common schools, internal i'm
provements, agricultural colleges, tq
aid in the construction of railroads ard
for other purposes That large part
of said lands were covered with pine
timber Of great value. That during
the same time, divers and sundry per
sons, with and without permit, cat anl
removed large quantities of this timber
and that said McIlrath, on and in be
half Of the State, as such agent, re
ceiyed and collected from such person.
money as compensati lion, amounting il
tho f1rst three years Of his Office {.
I3l7, ,82D.7Q, Of which he onl1
4,
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Milwaukee Produce B0ard> Dee. T

11OsetW@ Oecs q
1880 A. M.-Wheat unsettled; hard 91xc:
No. 90xc; No. 9 81 xc cash or Dec; Jan.
SOC Feb. 90Xc; Cables dull Receipts lO3.-
go bus. Shipments 37O,OOO
1885 A. M.-Wheat unsettled, 81 Xc for
hard 9OXc for No. ;: 81 Xc for No. . cash
and December; 88xc for January; 9OXc
for Febrnar?. Hogs 64.@7c.
1915 P. N.--Wheat unsettled; hard 92k c.;
No. l, s1Ec: No. q $50 cash and December;
'89H seller JAN; s0Nc seller February. Bal- :
+ ley, No. 2, sl.s0, No. g., $l.12. Hogs live
6K@7c; dressed 7x@8c.
[ 1P. M.--Wheat steady; No. 1, 91c; No. 2,
88c; December $3.50 and January 9Oxc
Receipts lO3, 900 bushels. Corn 3Xc Oat4
53kc. Rye 96c. Barley sl.32.
. 1P. M.--Wheat quiet No. l., 92c; No. O.
884c; December S8kc; January 89xc /
February 9lAc; No. l hard 93c. -,'
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2.-The public debt
last month was decreased S123, 3,427. 1T
now looks as if the creditors Of Jay Cooke
& Co.. would be left out in the cold. the
debts Of individual members Of the iirm
absorbing all the assets. :. The Concord
N. H. Savings banks suspended Tuesday
after paying out 100000 to depositors,
who have been making heavy run on
the bank for some weeks. %. Henry Clews
& Co. Of New York have finally been ad-
judicated bankrupt. The Cheap Trans
portation convention assembled at Rich
mond, Va, Tuesday. Representatives
from nearly all the Southern States, and
States bordering on the Ohio and Missis-
sippi rivers were present. Gen. Rosser
representative from Minnesota, was ap-
pointed on the committees on resolutions
and on reports. Gen. Robt. A. Tyler,
chief @. NJ, Of the military district Of the
Atlantic, died at Boston Monday :. The
funeral Of Mayer Havemeyer will take
place Friday. His sudden death
was from heart disease. "A
German named John Borchest
living near. Watertown, Wis, was murdered
Monday night by blow on the head with
hammer. His wife and two step daugh-
ters have been arrested on suspicion Of
being the perpetrators. ...A. C.. Ferber,
chief Of police of Scranton, Pa, and Jacob
Foster and J. H Sohlaeger were arrested
yesterday charged with the murder of Mi
chael Kearney in Scranton on the 18th ult.
1.-THE New Hampshire Republican State
Convention has been called at Concord,
Jan. 18th. 49, The propeller Rocket, heav-
lily loaded with merchandise, was cut
through by the ice in entering the port Of
Toledo yesterday and sunk in twelve feet
of water. One B. c. Mitchell. Of Brook
.lyn, has sued Rev. Dr.. Talmadgs for SLAM
der, laying damages at 5000. Mitchell
was expelled from DR.. Talmadge's church,
principally on the testimony Of the pastor,
who charged him with conduct unbecom
ing Christian. News is received at
London Of the illness Of the C1ar of Russia,
: and it is rumored that he Is insane. :.
: Twenty y-ons lives were lost on the Scot
tish coast during the gale Of Saturday AMI
Sunday 49,. The REBELLION in Busnos Ayres
is nearly Il an end.
TausDpA., Iee. The position 81 a. "a
perintending architect Of the treasury 1has
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FRIDAY, Dec. 4.-Fifteen hundred more
striking mechanics on the idle list at New
York. Frederick A. Dockery, the
American arrested in Cuba as spy, has
been pardoned. -. Among the officers of
the Grand Fncampment elected by the
Knights Templar at New Orleans yester-
day, was Benton H. Lanley, of Winon, US
Grand Senior Warden. j.. The Secretary
of War states that his report will show
that the actual expenditure of the war de-
partment for the year ending June 30th,
1873, including river and harbor improve.
ments, were GAG, 1926, 1903 .21, and that the
same for the last fiscal year, ending June
30th, 1874, were $62, 1926, ,3l4.7l ; showing
reduction OF $3,9sS, 1913. so. %. Wilbur
F. Story, of the Chicago Times, was mar
ried Wednesday evening to Mrs. Eureka
c. Pearson. Judge Durrrell, the noto
rious Of New Orleans, has forwarded his
resignation to the President. Should it be
accepted it will put stop to the impeach-
ment proceedings now standing over him
....The annual report of the Attorney
General shows that out of 996 arrests in
the South under the enforcement act, only
twelve were found guilty {. i. Three negroes
were taken from the Jail at Morgan6eld,
KY, Tuesday night, by party Of masked
men and hanged. Incendiarism was their
crime. REV. B. Davidson, pas
tor of st. Johns Episcopal church,
of Cincinnati, died yesterday morning.
....A Kingston, Jamaica, letter put the
damage to that island by the typhoon O.:
Nov LIST, at $3.50, 600. . The calaboose at
Pontiac, ILL.,, was burned, and Frank
and Samuel Downing, who were confined
in it for disorderly conduct, were burn
ed to death. They were sons of an old
and respected citizen. i. . Booths theatre,
New York, was sold yesterday by order of
the Supreme Court, by foreclosure. The
property was bought by Oliver Ames, of
Boston, for, for 1856, 900, subject to y
mortgage Of s276, 900. Prot. Marsh of
Yale College has arrived at Cheyenne, W.
T.. with two tons Of furs from the Bad
Lands south of the Black Hills .. .Presi-
dent Mcmahon delivered his message to
the French Assembly yesterday. He says
there is de.ided improvement in the
financial condition Of the country, that the
agricultural product has reached an un-
precedented figure, the export trade never
SO considerable, while her standing among
foreign countries is most satisfactory.
SATURDAY, Dec. 5.-The tria! of David
A. Gage, lac treasurer Of Chicago, charged
with defalcation, resulted in his acquittal.
The amount Of the alleged defalcatioa is
over half million. J. The government Of
Manitoba having resigned. new one has
been formed of three instead Of Eve mem
ben, as before. .AsAying Of about Oh, ,O00
per year viii be elected 81 this change,
Which innlu6 Aa tbs a1rnl,tSr,n 1.f a.
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been rendered to John Macarthur, Jr., of

been rendered to John MoArthur, Jr., of
Philadelphia. .Glendenning, the Jersey
City pastor, for some time past on trial for
the alleged seduction Of Miss Pomeroy,
has been acquitted IN every count. -. The
entire business portion Of Wilton, N. H.,
was destroyed by fire yesterday. Loss
81, ,0oo, 600. The prohibitionists of New
Hampshire have nominated a full State
aud Congressional ticket. .. The Supreme
Court OF New York has affirmed the juris-
diction of the court before which Boss
Tweed vas tried, convicted and sentenced,
leaving him no loop hole Of escape from
serving out his sentence except through a
writ OF error. Yesterday in Estella
county, KY, John D. White, Republican
Congressman elect from the 9th district,
shetland killed h. Cocknel, his Demo-
ratio competitor. The trouble grew out
'Ithe canvass, which was very bitter and
personal. .. The colored men propose a
national convention in Washington, to
urge the passage of the civnrights bill, the
9Th inst. The New York Times says the
loss in operating the Pacific mail
line during the last eighteen months is
is 81, ,425, ,210. ). Senator Howe vf Wis.,
consin has written letter with respect to
the approaching senatorial election in that
State, strongly endorsing the claims of
Senator Carpenter for reelection, on the
ground that he has done as much to dis
tinguish Wisconsin and the West as any
one whom the West ever sent to Wash
ington. "A meeting Of colored men rep
twenty cotton counties of Ala
bama, was held Tuesday to concert meas
ures for wholesale emigration to States
where the colored men are in the majority.
... The schooner Star with all the crew,
was lost on Lake Ontario Tuesday night.
....S. c. Robinson, q member of the firm
OF c. II. Benedict & Co. of New York city,
committed suicide at the Grand Pacific
hotel Chicago, Tuesday. No cause known.
.Two-thirds of the town of Karns City
in the oil region tt Pennsylvania, as des-
troyed by fire yesterday. Seventy five
including two hotels and the
post Office were burned. Loss 100000
with small insurance. ....A negro 6end
named Isaac Rufin met and outraged Me.
lissa Adams also colored, near rarion,
Ark, Saturday. Later the same evening
Rufin met Maggie sister of Melissa, and
outraged her person. Shortly after Rufd::
was arrerted when forty or fifty negroes
took him out OF the hands of the officers
and shot him to death, literally riddling
his body with bullets. 49, The English
steamer Laplata foundered at sea off
Ushant the 29th ult., and sixty persons
drowned, only fourteen of those on board
being rescued.
FRIDAY, Dec. 4.-Fifteen hundred more
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ST. PAUL AND RED WING, MINI
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

TUESDAY, Dec. IA riot between cltl-
.zens and Italians, miners, occurred near
Sharon, Pa, Sunday, in which four 1tal-
ians were killed. The Italians then raised
white flag and prom ised to leave tie
mines Two Of the notorious Gad's Hill
robbers were captured Saturday near Lit
tie Rock after fight in which both the
desperadoes and the sheriff in charge Of
the party making the arrest were severely
wounded. The two arrested with three
companions robbed store in Yell county,
Ark, and murdered the proprietor. In
the Boston criminal court Monday, Chas.
II. Bullard alias Wm. A. Judson, principal
of the Boylston national bank robbery in
that city a few years ago, was sentenced
to 20 years in state prison. :. "A man
named Thos. Martin, of Cloverdale, Put
nam county, Ind, offended at something
that his wife said, gave her three minutes
to retract, and on her not doing so delib.
erately shot her dead. A man named
Stanton interfering, Martin shot him, 7 rob-
ably fatally. Martin was arrested. WIN.
o. Keyes, cousin of Frank Keyes, author
of the ''Star Spangled Banner" suicided
at Baltimore Sunday. :. IN oyster pungy
was run down in the Chesapeake bay
Sunday and six men drowned. .240 Men
nonites have arrived at Philadelphia. They
will remain in Lancaster county during
the winter, and finally settle in one of the
western States or territories ...A writ Of
habeas corpus for "Boss''' Tweed return
able to the Supreme Court, Wednesday,
has been granted, when the question Of
the legality of the court condeming him
will be- granted. Mayor Havemeyer of
New York, returning to the City Hall yes
terday after brisk walk Of two miles
against strong wind, died in a few
minutes Of apploplexy. Alderman Vance
is acting as Mayor ex-oficio ...Clara Nor
ris the celebrated actress was married in
New York Monday to Mr.. F. G. Herriat. -.
The will of the late Moses Day of Boston
gives $50, 900 to various educational and
charitable institutions, and provides for
the expenditure of $50, 900 for charitable
purposes and the extension Of the Chris
tian Kingdom on earth. John w. For
ney says that he has made no sale of his
paper, The Press, and that no change in
the editorial staff is to be made. George
Labor, aged 1l3, died Saturday at
Strondsburg, Pa. 80. The Erie railway has
just made loan of $l0, ,000, 900 in Europe,
sufficient to relieve the road from all en-
barrassments. -. Application will be
alade to the next Dominion Parliament
ur charter tor railroad from Red River
in Manitoba to British Columbia on the
Pacific coast. -. Archbishop Manning at
London had read in all the chflrches of his
diocese Sunday circular declaring that
all persons not accepting the dogma OF
papal infallibility. shall cease to be Catho
lies.
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 2.-The public debt
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TauRDpAs, dec. The position Of a.
.perintendins architect of the treasury 1has
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-26

EgST The Senate III learning of the
severe illness Of Senator Sumner i'm
medlately adjourned after the follow
ing prayer by the chaplain:
THE light Of the morning sun falls
upon busy scenes of men, bus there
are mysterious shadows in many dwell
ings. We miss those of our members
who are Withdrawn from their seats
and lying PROSTATE with sickness and
disease, especially one who but yester-
day came into this chamber with all
the presence of his manly form, but
now, when we meet again this morn
ing, he lies close to the brink of dark
ness. Oh God, we beseech thee be
very near to the soul of thy servant at
this time IF it were possible we
would pray thee to restore him, bat if
thou hast otherwise appointed then
we beseech thee support him with the
voice of thy people, and with the elo-
rious prospect Of coming resurrection
and blessed Immortality
After reading of the journal, Mr.
Sherman said lone of our number
lies i'll, and perhaps dying. /, there
fore, move that the Senate adjourn. "
Agreed to, and the Senate adjourn
ed,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-26
OUR AG tents
Grand Rapids.
The following we find in the Mil
aaahee Eceniua Wisconsin

The following we find in the Mil
aauhee Ecsmimg Wisconsin
Noticing a remark in your paper
OF the 3d, that by reason of the vote
at Stevens PoiGt, whereby she has
assumed to raise $4,000 by tax for
the benefit Of Boom Company s'the
company will now be able to make
the boom perfectly safe, thus secur-
ing to Stevens Point the largest and
best boom on the Wisconsin River"
| would ask the privilege of setting
you right. The Point people and
the press have always been thrown
into paroxysms of disdain and dis
pleasure whenever it has been him
ted that her boom was not perfectly
safe for the purpose for which it is
constructed. They now practically
acknowledge they have been mislead-
ing the public.
The boom Of Garrison & Co, Just
across the river, is ''the largest and
best boom on the Wisconsin River, 81
by al odds. The enc at the Point
IS estimated to hold 35.OO0,000 feet
of logs ; Garrison's 95,0G0,000. The
former IS artificial-the latter con-
structed by the Almighty; the one
will always be losing some logs.
while the other will hold them from
July to eternity; the one will be a
perpetual tax to keep in repair-the
other will not cost a dime. And yet
mills are being builded adjacent to
the Point boom in preference to
ours. Are not such misstatements
as the one | have alluded to the cause
for it?
The Central Road went to Stevens
Point instead Of Grand Rapids
through misrepresentation. After
the road was finally located, Mr..
Colby visited this city, and was sur
prised at our natural advantages.
lie had been misled, and had he
known Just what we were, he assured
ieading citizen here that their road
wond lave passed through this city.
VIII the metropolitan papers deSist
f-ar' saaking such comparisons, and
obiige -? GRAND RAPIDS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-26

GaJ= The fact has not yet b cen gen
orally published, thou-h the order has
heen out for some time, reducing
the charge by the postmasters for reg
istering letters from fifteen to eight
cents. The order was published some
time SINCE By the Postmaster General
in the Official journal, bat from the
fact that it circulates but little among
newspaper people, the fact has not
gone, abroad. The sup, of seven cents
is worth saving. and the reduction is
one more' of the evidences that Uncle
Sam wis les to do his work for the
public at the lowest possible prices.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-26

U AM the agent for Wood County for the Steam
Il Washer or Woman's Friend. Read what it
will do. II will do the washing Of an ordinary
family in thirty minutes to an hour. The
STEAM Washer is superior to all other devices,
for the following reasons:
1st. It does rs own work, thereby saving a
large portion OF the time usually taken IN a
family.
%. It uses much less soap than Is required by
any other method.
81. 1t requires no attention whatever while
the process OF cleaning is going on. 4 lady can
DO her washing while she is eating her break fast
and doing up the breakfast dishes.
'th. Clothing. wears double the time, washed
in this washer. that it will washed by machine,
or by hand-iabor or a wssh-board.
9Th. Lace curtains. and all fine fabrics, arc
washed in a superior manner. All ia orics, from
the finest lace to a bed-blanket. can be washed
perfectly. and with ease, without the rubbing
hnnra
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-26
IN JUSTICES COURT,
Wood Comfy, City Of Grand Rapids

Wood County, city Of Grand Rapids-ss,
To Dryfus, Hill Il Warrick.
NTOTT are hereby notified that q warrant Of
4 atactmert has been issued against you. and
your properly attached. to satisfy the demand OF
Lawrence War.i amounting to fifty dollars now,
unless you shall appear before NJ. c. W0Odworth
a Justice cf the P ace in and for said county at
his Office in said City on the 18th day OF April,
1874. at l o'clock in the afternoon judgement
will be rendered against you. and your property
sold to pay the debt.
Dated this Goth day of March, A. D.. 1874.