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were weak at for corn to buffalo With 1abAte and
uuifaloprop james Ifsk, 1r, wheat through props
Vanderbilt ead one sofh through sst ,Sh9sap!on
Bchrs soabird, City OF pafeavi1le a,d barso Colon
Camphell, corn on private te,4ns. 10 hohtrcil-Prop
Lake Eric at 1t{o Tosa1, Q: capacity, $4,000 Du
wheat aud 150, 600 bit corn.
, 1874-07-31

Pianos and Organs to Rent.
splendid assortment Of surperloc Instruments to
rert at from s1 tn sI2 por month, au money pail "a
rc1lt ffcd'cted n,,rctascd. Lyon 4 Hoaly, State
and Monrop atteotB.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-19
Brief Sayings by Josh Billings.

Emmy man who will spred SANDER IL
a sekond-handed liar, mulch meaner. if
possible, than the one who originated it..
Menny people are like an old hen with
one Chickens CRATE deal ov fuss and
hurry, but very little dispatch.
All lies, before they bekum current,
pass thru three hands; the fust liz sum
very diskreet person, who looks wiZe, and
only hopes that things amt so and so
the sekund IL a lawless gossip, who haz
no doubt but what things are so, or even
wuss; the third IL malishus vampire,
who fully endorses the foul blot, and
spreds it broadcast thru the land.
Pride and anger are closely allied.
Diskreshun IL the smartest thing emmy
man possesses. If he haz got plenty ov
branes with it, he IL a giant; and if he
haint got much ov emmy, he IL respek
table pigmy.
He who haz got nothing to do in this
life but to amuze hisself haz got on hand
the hardest kind ov a job know ov.
Thare liz nothing we are more apt to
parade before others than our cares and
sorrows, and thare IL nothing the world
kares so little about.
Take affability, good sense, honesty,
and good breeding, mix them together,
and shake them well and yu hay the in
gradients for a gentleman.
The good things man duz are hard to
remember, the evil things are dredful
easy.
Truth kan stand alone, but lie haz to
lean on sumthing, generally another lie
A tru friend IL one who amt afrade to
tell US ov our faults.-N. Y. Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-19
Economy.

One of the hardest lessons in life for
young people to learn is to practice econ
omy. 1t is harder duty for a young man
to accumulate and save his first thousand
dollars than his next ten thousand A
man can be economical without being
mean, and it is one of his most solemn
duties to lay up sufficient in his days of
strength and prosperity to provide for
himself and those who are or may be de-
pendent upon him in days of sickness or
misfortune. Extravaganza is one of the
greatest evils of the present age. 1t is
undermining and overturning the loftiest
and best principles that should be re-
tanned and held sacred in society. 1t is
annually sending thousands Of young
men and young women to ruin and mis-
fortune
Cultivate, then, sober and industrious
habits: acquire the art of putting little
aside every day for your future necessi-
ties: avoid all unnecessary and foolish
expenditures. Spend your time only in
such a manner as shall bring you profit
and enjoyment, and your money for such
things as YOU actually need for your COM
fort and happiness, and you will prosper
in vour lives, your business, and will win
and retain the respect and honor of all
worthy and substantial people.-Our Fire
side ErieUd
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-19

Ferry that he had suffered so much from
his heart the night previous that he
had sent for his physician to obtain
some relief by an injection of NOR
phine under the skin. He asked Mr.
Ferry his opinion of such hypodermic
injections, and from time to time CON-
planned Of severe pain while they were
talking. Finally, d little before four
O'Clock, Mr.. Sumner took his hat and over
coat and went home, his last words in the
Senate chamber having been uttered in
this conversation with Mr.. Ferry.
1.-The apparent vigor manifested by Mr..
Sumner in his recent speeches on the
Centennial bill excited considerable sur
prise in view of his long-continued feeble
ness in health last year, and many of his
friends expressed their apprehension that
he was OVERRIDING his strength in those
efforts It is regarded as a remarkable
and fortunate coincidence that the resolu-
ton of the Massachusetts, Legislature, re-
scinding its vote of censure upon Mr..
Sumner, should have been presented and
read in the Senate before he left it on the
last day of his presence in the chamber
as member of that body.
DIR. Brown Sequard, Of New York
Senator Summers consulting physician
arrived here this evening. He expressed
the opinion tonight that death resulted
from the rupture of a blood-vessel of the
heart. After Senator Sumner had par
| oxysms mis- body remained cold and clam
my and his pulse very feeble, and breath
ing slowly, but with some rafting in the
chest.
Soon after death the body of the late
Senator showed signs of discoloration,
and it became evident that decomposition
| had set in
The work of embalming the body was
commenced tonight, and upon the sue
, cess of this process depends somewhat
| the time for the funeral.
About the last words of the deceased
Senator were expressed to Judge E. K.
| Hoar, and were: TELL Emerson l love
him and revere him." This sentence was
uttered about ten minutes before his
| death, and just after it escaped his lips
the paroxysm seized him, in which he APP
| peared to suffer severely, and he passed
| away a few minutes after.
There is scarcely member of the Sen
ate who did not call at the house either
| before or after the death of the Senator.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-19
DOMESTIC.

The Mayor of Philadelphia issued procla-
nation on the 18th giving notice that the Sun
day Liquor law of that city would be strictly
enforced. The Supreme Council of the Liquor
Dealers Association has requested all persons
connected with the Association to close their
places of business on Sunday.
Hillsdale College, at Hillsdale, Mich, was
nearly destroyed by fire on the morning of the
9th The building was of brick, 262 feet in
length and four stories high. The total loss
is estimated at S75, 900, of which about S45,
O00is covered by insurance.
It Valparaiso, Ind, on the Sth, there was
great excitement in consequence of the pre-
vailing temperance epidemic. On the preced-
ing day the ladies visited Tom Wards saloon,
during his absence, about fourteen of them
gaining entrance. Mrs. Ward ordered them
out, and as they refused to go sort of fight
ensued in which Mrs. Kellogg, one of the
crusaders, was quite seriously injured. Mrs
Ward grasped held of one end of scarf
which Mrs. Kellogg wore about her neck, and
some of the crusaders grasping the other end
there was a lively pull for possession. Tn,
knot in the scarf was in consequence drawn 81
tight as to choke Mrs. Kellogg, and sh,
tainted and fell to the floor.
According to a Washington dispatch OF tn
9th the Executive Committee OF the Natlona
Grange of Patrons of Husbandry are ma
turing a plan for the formation OF Stats
tical Bureau in connection with the Ma
tional Grange, for the collection ana dls
semination of information IN regard I
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-19
CONGRESSIONAL.

No business was transacted in the Sen
ate on the 9th and but little business in the House,
both branches adjournin9 out OF respect to the
memory of ex-Presdent Fillmore. In the House,
resolutions were passed commemorative of the
private and public virtues of the deceased, and
authorizing the appointment OF committee TO at
tend his funeral at Buffalo on the 18th.
Ia the Senate, on the 10th, resolution
was adopted expressing deep regret at the death
of exPresident Fillmore, and providing for tn
anpointment of a committee of three Senators to
sfiend the funeral in behalf of the Senate. "A
Joint resolution of the Illinois Legislature asking
the passage of law to prevent UNJUST alscrlnlna-
lion in charges by railroad companies, was pre-
scented and referred, as were also resoIuuohs
of the Legislature of Wisconsin ior the
Improvement of water communication De-
tween the East and West. "A OIL was
reported from the Judiciary Committee declaring
II 10 be the true intent and meaning of the racine
Railroad acts of 1864 and 1866 that Ior the con
structon of the Central branch OF the Union racine
Railroad lands and bonds were granleu lol ~
miles next to the Missouri River, and no more, and
prohibiting the issuance of bonds or patents ioI
any extension of said road or OF inc hahn 1 "a
i St. Joe Railroad in excess OF Iuo Iihes LEX y
the Missouri River . Mr.. Boutwell, announced
that the state of his health was such that ne must
ask to be excused from further service on the
Joint Committee to investigate the DlsuIct %
Columbia affairs, and he was excused. :. .MI
Pease was appointed an additional member OF
| the Committee on Education and Laoor..--1ne
House bill TO provide fer issuing ana RECORD,
! Ing commissions TO Postmasters appointed
! by the President was passed Inc Dill &c
equalize the distribution of National Bank curren
/ cy was taken up, and Mr.. Ferry Mich delivered
! lengthy argument in favor Of free banking OF
| the National banking system. Executive session
/ and adjournment.
In the House, on the 10th, resolutions
of the Patrons of Husbandry of Missouri appeal
ing to Congress to secure the improvement of nav
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-19

have this bill considered. Some tive
years ago Mr.. Sumner proposed in the
Senate a joint resolution directing the
omission from the future army registers
of the names of battles in the late civil
war in which the several regiments of the
regular army had participated. The Mas
sachusetts Legislature passed series of
resolutions censuring Mr.. Summer for this
conduct. The Legislature, at its present
session, rescinded the resolutions of CEN
sure, and these resembling resolutions
were presented to Congress a few DAYS
ago. Mr.. Summers term of Office would
have expired March 3, 1875, and the Leg
islature to be elected this fall would have
been elected on the issue of re-electing
him or not-Chicago Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-19
PER SRNAE.

Ex-President Willard Fillmore died at his
residence in Buffalo at lilo on the night of
the It'll. He was conscious to the last. At
eight o'clock, in reply to question by his
physician, he said the nourishment was pal
atable. These were his last words. Death
was painless.
Gen. Schenck, United States Minister to
England, and ex-senator Cattell, representing
the Treasury Department in Europe, arrived
| at New York on the 9TH, and Caleb Cushing
sailed for Spain the same day.
| President Grant has directed that Col. Mel
son A. Wiles, of the Fifth Infantry, and Col.
George Getty, of the Third Artillery, be as
| signed as members OF the Howard Court of
| Inquiry, in addition to the officers ORIGINALLY
assigned to that duty.
| The number of Oranges in Wisconsin was
recently reported by the Secretary of the State
Grange to have increased to 39S. In January
last there were $40. When the organization of
those that have applied for recognition is COM
plete there will be $50 Oranges.
| President Grant issued a proclamation on
the 9th announcing the death of ex-Presidept
Fillmore, and ordering that the Executive
Mansion and the several departments at
| washington DC III until the
close of the day of his funeral, and that busi-
ness should be suspended on that day.
The Legislature of Minnesota has passed a
railway law in many respects similar to the
one in operation in Illinois.
Charles Sumner, United States Senator
from Massachusetts,, died in Washington OF
the afternoon of the 1ith, at a quarter t
three O'clock He passed away calmly anC
} without a struggle. Mr.. Sumner was in hi.
! sixty-fourth year. Congress adjourned out o.
respect to the deceased Senator, and a feeling
of gloom at the sad event was cast over tn,
entire country. Among his last utterance
was one to ex-Attorney-GeneralH oar, o
Massachusetts,, to whom the dying Statesman
: said, Take care of my Civil Rights bill" !
detailed account of his last hours viii b
, found elsewhere AT meeting in Washing
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-19

ton, on the evening of the 18th, of the Exec
utive Committee of the National Civil Rights
Council, it was resolved TO recommend to the
colored people in every city and town in the
country to drape their houses and churches in
mourning.
The funeral of ex-President Fillmore oc-
CURED at Buffalo, n. Y, on the 18th The
body lay in state, and was viewed by an i'm
mense concourse of people. After the impos-
ing services at the church the interment took
place in Forest Lawn Cemetery, an infantry
battalion acting as guard Of honor. Bust
ness in the city was entirely suspended, and
houses generally were draped in mourning
The funeral ceremonies over the remains of
| Senator Sumner took place in the Senate cham
Der in Washington on the 18th. In attendance
were nearly all the prominent officials of
Washington, including the President, the
| Chief Justice and Judges of the Supreme
| Court, the members OF the Cabinet, the mem
bers of Congress and the chiefs of all the de-
partments of Government, the diplomatic
representatives of foreign Governments, and a
| large concourse of private citizens of both
races. 1t is estimated that at least 5000 per-
! sons failed to gain admission even
| to the corridors of the Senate, so
great was the crowd in attendance. At the
| conclusion of the services the remains were
conveyed to the depot, where they were placed
| on a special train, and, accompanied by few
| of the intimate friends of the deceased and
| the committees of both houses of Congress
appointed to attend the funeral, were taken
! TO Boston All along the line there were
many demonstrations of sincere sorrow.
Crowds focked to the depots, anxious
to obtain a last look at the face of the
deceased statesman, but all were disap-
pointed. At Boston the demonstrations of
mourning were universal. The entire city was
draped with embIems of grief, and, on the
arrival of the train bearing the remains, thou
sands of sincere mourners gathered to pay a
| tribute to the worth of the departed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-19

A RECENT writer says: "Thanks to that
wise forethought which has cut down all
the trees and consequently dried up most
of the streams, Spain is as arid as Amer
lea will be if the present suicidal forest
destroying policy is pursued two or three
centuries longer"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-19

OYSTER sAUcE.-Over pint of oysters
turn mint of boiling water in colander.
Put the liquor in to boil, Swimming it
carefully. Thicker with two tablespoons
of butter and one of flour, rubbed to-
gether. Add two tablespoons cream or
milk, then pour it over the turkey and
serve boiling hot.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-19

THE LITTLE CORPORAL MAGAZINE
The serial story, 1.-THE Lucky Stone,'' by Emily
Huntington Miller, is continued in the March num-
Der, as is also " Life on an Island,'' by Helen C.
Weeks. There are also several short original
stories and sketches, with appropriate illustrations
''Prudy's Pocket" is well filed with letters from
little folks, and the Work and Play" Department
contains several interesting puzzles. Great in
ducements are offered to agents, who meet with
good success canvassing for this popular youths
magazine. The subscription price is $1.50 per
year, for which sum beautiful chrOmos are also
furnished. Single number fifteen cents. Address
JOHN E. MILLER. Publisher, Chicago, III.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-19

REFINED CHALK, wet with glycerine and
rosewood, forms a cooling lotion for red
ness of the nose or face. Eat fruit, walk
frequently and use medicated baths to
cure it. It proceeds generally from in
herited humors in the blood.
JOHN Doc petitioned the Massachusetts
Legislature to change his name, and they
made it John Kerr, and he was happy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-19
Brilliant Success.

1t is permitted to few men or compa-
mics to achieve acknowledged superiority
in any important position or business.
The present generation has witnessed stu
pendous rivalry in several branches of in
dustry, and notably the Sewing Machine
business. Amid a multitude of competi-
tors, steadily and surely the Wheeler &
Wilson Company held their way from the
beginning, upon fixed and honorable prin-
ciples. Long since, their leading position
in America was established. Abroad, at
London, in 1862, they won the highest
premiums; at Paris, in 1857, they dis
tanced eighty-two competitors, and were
awarded the highest premium, the only
Gold Medal for Sewing Machines exhib-
tied; and lastly, amid unparalleled COM
petition, followed the splendid triumphs
at Vienna noted in our advertising col
umnS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-19
TIE NEWS.

News of the English Victory in
Ashantee Confirmed.
Death of Senator Sumner---His
Last Hours.
Death of Ex-President Willard
Fillmore.
Proposed Statistical Bureau of the
National Grange.
Four Persons Burned to Death at
Independence, Iowa.
New Hampshire State Eection---No
Choice of Governor by the People.
Further Concerning the Praying Tenn
perance Movement.
Other Interesting News From All
Quarters.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-19
Further Concerning the Praying Tenn
perance Movement.

Other Interesting News From All
Quarters.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-03-19

New Hampshire State EIection---No
Choice of Governor by the People.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-10-16
Union Men as Tools.

Now we are told by the Dispatch that
nominations Of kehr in the First, Nor
gln in the Sixth, Phillips in the Seventh,
Rel in the Ninth and Deliolt i'll the
Tenth District eifectuallv di>provc the
charge made by Col. B~roaAhead that the
Union element has been prescribed by
that Democracy which prOclaimS its
ceascleSs warnings for revenge, and
boasts that .fOr the first time in four
teen years Democracy is crawling out Of
the Brush Let Us look ut this Il mo-
mcnt.
Even B0urboniSm has shown no OBJ
lection to the using of Union men as its
cltspaws to pull chestnuts out OF the fire
for it. Just as the ~diSloyalistS during
the war thought Republicans were good
enough food for powder" so the Bour-
b0ns are very willing TO put mp Union
men to be shot ut and shot down wher-
cver there is no chance OF no probability
of sucress. Democracy used Frank
Blair rs long is 1t needed him, ant
when it could get along without him,
threw him away contcmptIOu>ly. De
mocracv used GratZ Brown in the same
way. Carl Schurz it wished to use after
the same fashion; il it proves powerful
cnoHgh it will shut him out of public
lite altogether. Other men, less con
s~picuous in station, Johnson, Weigel
Salmon and others, were used willingly
to insure Democratic success, and thei
quickly made 10 understand, what tl'
Democratic committee has recently ac
knowledged, that the party intended t.
..advance its standard, putting none bu
Democrats around it." That policy thu
party has pursued as to the State tick
ct: but in the Congressional district
Bourbonism Is still willing to use
Union man wherever it does not fec
strong enough to elect any body else
The First, Sixth, Ninth and Tent
Districts were Republican even at thu
last election, when thousands of Liber
al Republicans still acted with the DE
mocracv. 1t is not at all strange tia
the Bourbons are quite willing to put II
Kehr, Morgan, Rea and DeBolt to smas
their heads against Republican major
ties there. Does anybody suppose tina
suc'r men w uld have been preferred
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-10-16

there had been IN assured Bourbon ma
iority in each district? The only wonder
is that the candidates named consent to
be used for such 4 purpose by Il party
which 50 coolly boasts its contempt tor
the men who helped it Il of the mud
in the State. Can they look for better
treatment if. by their aid, Democracy
could break the power of opposition III
their districts also? Does Mr.. Kerr. for
example. suppose that Democracy would
be more Just to him than it is to Schurz,
and does he like to be used to rally
strength to Il party which boastingl,y
procIaims that Schurz must be crushed
because he is not for reputation?
Now let us pass to the Third. Seventh
and Twelfth Districts. Neither OF them
are Democratic, and without the aid OF
former Liberals, Il Democratic candidate
would inevitably he beaten i'll either.
If II man questions this statement, let
him study the election III of 1865.
1870 and 1872 for the counties or wards
composing those districts. During this
campaign we shall find space to give
them in detail. Does anybody suppose
that Phillips would have been nomlna-
ted this year if it had not been now
that there were over three thousand Lib
erals in that one district. and that, more
over, the nomination Of Gentry would
make Il greater break in that district
than III any other? Stone and Glover
being members of the last Congress,
obtained denomination. bU. already.
; such is the dissatisfaction i'll both. thai
, an independent Democratic candidate /
on the war path against Glover, anI
Democrats have been waited upon an
urged by Democrats 10 run agaiAs
Stone.
1t will not do for Bourhonism to dod@,
e m issue of lis own making. 1t vii
not do for the Dispatch, particularly, t
stuff lis own ceaSclcSS yearuinTS unu"
matches, and deny that its .DemOcra"
is crawling out Of the brush. We hay
heard the boast. We have witnesSc
the fuiiillment of the threat. Sue
Union men rs Hardin. member Of I'll
NcoSho Legislature, who voted for bill
! to arm those who were resisting tn
, Recommendations are the men Wtlol
!, BourboniSm prefers wherever 1t do,
- not dare to nominate men still mo!
emphatic in their action. Bou
6oniSm itself has challenged Missouri
say whether fidelity to the Union sha
-. be treated as Il piece of misconduct,
- he punished. Missouri will answer
democrat.