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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-09-18
Letter from Texas.
From the New Orleans Christian Advocate.
GRANBURY, HOOD Co., Texas,
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From the New Orleans Christian Advocate.
GRANBURY, HOOD Co., Texas, I
August 90, 1874.
Mr.. Editor: In answer to u private
letter | would say The crop of wheat
vas good. About an average wheat
can now be bought at 81 (coin1 pei
bushel. G~oTn-about an average per
acre-nay now be engaged at about
fifty eents-Will most probably reach a
dollar by New Year. Cotton IooksaVery
badly. In many places it hasnot rained
this summer. Such u drOuth has not
occurred, | am informed, since 1860.
Stock-hOrSes-i e., wild mustang mares
and colts-may be bought for about S15
a head, taking the whole herd; but
large, fine American horses command
good prices, perhaps as high rs with you.
The upper grades are high, the lower
grades are very low. Taking the herd
round, cattle sell for about $40 a head.
Milk COWS, with calves, from $50 up.
Sheep bring So or So a head. Hogs
about the same price as in Mississippi or
Louisiana.
There is little or no vacantla land worth
having in this Or perhaps in any of the
adjoining counties. You would have
to go considerably farther west to find
lIUCh OI tlitJ SUIUS 1IS uIflFt SIU}
lands-mostly choice lands-have been
recently thrown upon the marketa at $3.50
per acre, with ten years to it in, bear
ing ten per cent. interest. No better
than this could be asked. / have not
seen the bill, but | nm told that this is
its import. .
To reach this place, come up Red river
to Shreveport; there take the Texas
Pacific railroad to Dallas; thence, as
best you may, seventy miles to this
place. Orelse go to New Orleans; thence
to Galveston and Houston to Dallas.
Or come with your wagons and teams
overland, Via Alexandria, Louisiana,
or Shreveport. If you should choose
way, and will come prepared with
to stand the weather, and camp
out on the road, you may find it the
cheapest way; and then you will need,
when here, every comfort that you a
bring. Whatever you may need where
you are, you will find to be quite as need
full here. Perhaps you may find it pro-
to buy an extra wagon and team,
so as to bring along some of the lightest
furniture that you will have to sacri-
fee if You leave it, and may not be able
to replace when you get here.
Hoping to see you out here soon, and
That you may be we'll pleased when you
come, | am
Yours truly, S. D. AKIN,
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TlIeneXt session ofSt. Charles College,
Grand Coteau, opens on the 18th of next
month, as will be seen from the adver-
tiScment.
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Any change, but a military one, in the
State government, would not affect our
parish officers who hold their places by
election, as they were counted in by
both boards.
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Persons having claims against the L.
5. government, on account Of property
taken during the war, should read Mr..
Dlmbar's advertisement.
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A GREAT BARGAIN.-Mr. Asa Miller
offers to give away 800 bushels of corn
read his advertisement.
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REGIsTRATIoN.-Up to Thursday eve
ming 1893 voters had been registered in
this parish, ut Opelousas, Washington,
Old Grand Prairie, Vile Plate, ChicOt
and Mamou.
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LOCAL ITEMS.

Attention is called to MI. Jos. Blochis
adyertiscment-it speaks for itself.
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The weather at Opelousas is still quite
dry, though rains have taken place
during the week in other parts of the
parish.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-09-18

Somthing long needed in this parish
WAS an estray law. The Police Jury at
the last meeting passed an ordinance of
that kind, which is published to-day.
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"Wel. Bridget, if I engage you. |
shall want YOU to stay at home whenever
| wish to go OUT "Well, ma'am. /
have no objections providin' you do the
same when | wish to go out"
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Verbatim ct Literatinl.

g.
To The poste Office Department. d G
June the 80 IA
Sir as i've have 10 ~justese in orr
Towne shipe and joiner ToWnespe the
.instese he base gone blind sence Taste
quarter ! slante loose a day. To goe to
4 iustese to be qnalafiede i cente in my
r~elignatione six montee a goe, j cante
ceepe it no lOngere.
Sir plese sendea ordere to sumee p. NJ.
tow take the bookc you vile obiige il
youadDnte Wante to discontinue it WIN.
house vile take it he livse on the same
seltione oil land on the same roade i
sllante make any more reporte.
= i e~xllecpted itfor the settlements for
u cOmadatione it is more trubele thane i
wante for thate money it donte pay me
III it payse the governments commission
sumo wone else when i talSe the office
~thayNvase bileden is role rOnd close to
thise Office it base gone balke for a
while.
it is the plymouthe and kanke q kee
roade.
sir plese handle tiise to the proper
atharitey If itsante
am redic to settele any time i donte
owe it any thinge j hante no samps on
lfand stlme anyelopy. pm.
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The list of jurors for the next term of
our District Court, is published to-day.
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The PRINTERS SToRY.-We Ice saw
a young man gazing at the Try heavens,
with q III G and-a - Of pistols in
the other. We NdeavOreda attract his
att0tion by ing to a # in a newspaper
we held in our % relating 2 a young
maj in that = OF the country, who had
left home in q sts of arrangement. He
with the the! 1T is / Of whom u u read,
| % a9l the ely = IF q eaTIR NRo had tal Fe fesaSn :
lis10 2 me, but smiled on another. +
ed from the house, uttering a wild 2
the /? ? of my friends came here, with
this and - of pistols, | nut a Q nv
Xis10ce. My case is unled in this ~
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Remaining in the Post Office at Opelonsas.
September 1st,, 1874, and If not taken ont be-
fore the LIST of October, 1874, will be sentt to the
Dead Letter Office at Washington, DC
Brown, Miss Edna Joubcrt, mile
BlflIn, j Johnson, William
BOtlcy, Mardclainc Kinnebrcw. "A
Carry, Mrs Roseline Kennedy. James IT
COrbet, Mr. Joseph Long, John
Chenicr. Miss Annie Massey, Willie p
CureY. Mr. William Moore, Miss MARY
Daigle, Francois Olivier. Nine We Honor9
Denis, John 4 Pllmer, John
DaVld, Eugene RickSClte, Miss Fanny
EEelald, Rev OSburn Sloan, Robert 3
Elland, Miss Georgia SOilGau, TrasimOnd
F1angues. LeOnOrG Sharlo, Jack
Fulglam, W WEIGH, Vincent
Eoard' Mrs Maya Wells, Mrs Mary
Henderson, James Wilson, G.
HGbert, Mrs Aubert Walker. Miss Franri.
Jackson, James Ward. John
Jones, Mile Mathildc
y ! LNELrDNrDr
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d Roos, " 4:
The Police Jury proceeded, in committee of th 4
Th4ie, to select polling places for the parish OF
st. Landry wherenpOn motion of MI. TheoduIe
F~ontenOt, the following places were adopfed:
Qpelousas-At the Court House.
Wa~ShingtOn-At the Town Hall,
L6onville-At NJ. EmOnet's.
Arnaudville-At U. Guilbeau's,
Grand Coteau-At Dunbar's store.
Bellevue-At s. d. Ashes.
tpper PPIlad@emiine-AAf ! E; "; PPo er;ae
queue IOrtue-AtJ ]. D. Bernard's.
Lyons Point-At VIM. Evant's.
Mermento-At V. Maigneaud's,
MermentO-At James Mires',
Prudhomme City-At 7. c.. ChacherG's.
P0inte-aux-L0ups-At A. B, Carts,
Pointe Naire-At Vim. Elkfns',
Ma1let-AtF +. Simien's.
FaquetaIque-At A, P, ManueI.s
Ch~ataignier-At d, P, Lafieurs,
Vile Plate-zAt Emile Tate's,
Mam0uEh-At j. d. Israers.
Bayou Chicot-At Sam Haas.
Pine Prairie-At Louis DeyilIe,s,
Couiee CrOche-At the School House.
Oid Grand Prairle-At Paul Stages.
Upper Bayou BRuf-At Louis Stages.
(Edwards'.J "' %1o'S'e'
Big Cane-At Hazards store,
Nigger-Foot-At Hieks' store.
Acknowledgment ChurehyiIle.
Waxia-At the School House.
Prairie Plaisance-At Fl, Durio's
BarFy's Landing-AtT. P, Richards.
On Ilotion OF Mf, 4. s. Fontenot, resolved,
tllat tLle CLERK OF the Police Jury Is hereby in
s%trlscted to notify the Presidents of the Parish
Committees of the Republican, Dem
oeiltlG ana White league parties of the parish
Of 81, L a. S5 and request each to suggest three
ing places designated by the Police ,Inrv. rom n"
whom commissioners of election shall be select
cd, and report the same to this Jury. on or be-
lore MONDAY, September 21st, 1874.
On motion the Police Jury adjourned nntu
Monday September 2Ist, 1874. "Ns'1
JOHN ROY, President,
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This is from a Southern paper " De-
lnquent subscribers should not permit
their daughters to wear this paper as q
hustle, There being. so much due on it,,
there Is danger OF taking cold,n
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The Constitutional Amend
MAeEtSs
From the New Orleans Times.

fhANhh Ah| ~'Sh 4 lbItS
It is doubtful whether the pompous
POdsnaps who framed the 1inth resolu-
ton of the Baton Rouge platform can
without coaching, tell the people what
the amendments, which they advise them
to vote against, are. There are five of
them.
The first one Incorporates in the CON
%stitutiOn the contract Of the State, I'M
der the funding bill, to pay the principal
and interest Of the new consolidated
bonds and levies an annual tax to paw
the interest, thus constituting the best
guaranty that creditors can possibly OBJ
tain.
The second limits the State debt to
fifteen million dollars, and the rate of
taxation to 12-1-2 mills, except for school
purposes and also provides that when
ever the debt shall haye been reduced
below twenty-five millions the limit
shall never go back to twenty-five mil
lions. Thus if the amendments were
adopted to-day, the limit would be TWEEN
ty four Ahdsa haff sinstead of twenty1
five millions and so on, decreasing with
every dollar that is funded. The total
debt, if the. funding bill is enfOrced, will
be, in one year from now, less than
fourteen millions.
1iIC tAlIlus p4UhIuGS UEluU Tile revenue
of each year shall be used exclusively to
pay the expenses of that year, and the
overplus directed to a sinking fund.
This will forever do away with the sui
cidal policy Of overdrawn accounts, and
warrant speculations IL policy which
inevitably fosters extravaganza and cor
ruption.
The fourth, changes the words "First
Monday to First Tuesday "ofNovem-
Der, thus doing away with the expense
and trouble of two general elections on
succeeding days.
The fifth, limits the debt ofthe city of
New Orleans, and forbids the drawing
of warrants latter January list, 1870 ex-
cept againt cash in the treasury.
Against these great and imperative
measures of reform the Baton Rouge
pundits have not vOuchsafed a word of
argument, nor can they. The people
are sagely advised to forego this Oppor-
tunity of reform, relief and protection
against future extravaganza, and to ac-
cept in lieu thereof the empty assurance
that "we win provide for the. payment
of the honest debt" The amendments
are the very means to provide for the
debt, against over-taXation, againstcOr-
ruptiOn. The recommendation is the
of prejudice and stupidity,
and will, as it ought to be, be secuted by
the people.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-09-18

JAMES GORDON BENEFITS EARLY
DAYs.-Letter of 8th inst, from Steuhen,
Maine, to Boston Globe:
"Strolling into the town clerks office
the other day, ! was shown q receipt
given blythe late james Gordon Bennett,
founder Of the New York Herald. The
receipt was given i'll Acknowledgement
of having received the sum of SIS 40 for
two and q half months teaching in 1916.
Mr.. Bennett passed through Steuben,
and, on arriving there, being hard up,
he Taught the village school. Bennett
showed q good deal of theological lore,
and held j strong argument with the
old orthodox deacons of the town. He
also evinced great proficiency in teach
ing. He suddenly left town one night.
1t was afterWard aseertained that he had
taken passage on board vessel for Bos-
ton. The next thing heard from Ben
nett was in the shape OF the New York
Herald, copies of which paper have ever
since been taken in this town, more be-
cause the people respected Benefits
friendship, than on account of any love
they bore toward the paper.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-09-18

Last Sunday here looked like Sunday
indeed. q All the stores of our Hebrew
population were closed on account of
one of their annual festivals; only the
stores of the christians were open. The
quietude of the day was not more re-
markable than the fact that the Jews
observed a Sunday which the christians
did not. .-... ~.
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The usual quiet prevails in our parish
this week, Notwithstanding the exciting
news from New Orleans. Except for the
cagerness to hear the news, in the even
ing when the mail arrives, and the at
tendance on the Parish Court, our town
would bca 9uietand dullas ona Sunday.
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EDRENEZ

PRENEz
R~EGULATEUR DU FOIE DU DIR. SIMMONs.a
LIE REMfDE FAvoRI
E S FA S. d"
GfttG Medicine sans riyale est guarantee nc
contenlf aucune particule de McPcIIre. nj aurune
substance mlnerale injurieuse, mais est
PUREMENT vEGErALE
Gohtcnant ces racines ct herbes du Sud on,,po
providence toute sage q places dams les navs
on les Maladies de Foje 40 fonf Ic niua snpr%tXse
5lle guerra toutes les maladieg caIIs6es mar la
arrangement du fole ct DIES i~ntestins.
LIE REGULATEUR DU FoIE
MEDICINE DE SIMMONS
est Gminemment IN Remedc de Fami1Ie. atu.
10 Loiia5t pref pour toIls les cas- imprGvus, on
pleviendra de tongues heures de sOufTranSes c ~
plusleurs piastres pour SONS ct pFescriptions do
medecin. uo
Apres sen etre servi pendant plus de guarantee
ans, les personnes les plus maruuantes ct les
plus d1gneS de confiance dOnnent fe f6nnois na1cT
les plus hattelgTs de SON ehicacit6.
geinlnene ihedeclns lie rec0mmandent GOnaDa
Oh indigestion. D''p"P'lo
Arme de Get antid0te, on peut a~ffronter sons
Stn i '9us les eilnats ct tOus les changements
deau ct de nourrit1re. COmme remedc dams
LES FIEyREs PERNICIEUsEs,
LES MALADIEs D'INTEsTINs,
IINsOMNIE,
La JAUNICE,
La NAUsEE,
IL MA "A DE G L.
c'estl Ia Medicine la rnOlns Coateuse, In pl,s
Pure ct la Meilleure du Monde. 1"P'"7
PREpARE sETy ENr,sr =
j. II. ZEILTN & Gle.
Macon, Georgie ct Philadelphia.
Prix, S1.OO La RouteiIle.
En- vente chez tols les Droguistes,
Il a0lt
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i We are are always looking into the
future, but we see only the past.
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A NAKED BRIDE.-At the centennial
celebration of NeWfane, VT, the address
was delivered by Judge c. X. Field, the
well known anecdotist, and among the
stories told by him in it is the following:
BY a strange perversion of legal princi-
Piles, it was supposed by our ancestors
that whoever married>a widow who was
administrative upon the estate of her
deceased husband, represented insolv-
ent, and should thereby possess himself
the deceased husband, would become
executor de son tort and would thereby
make himself liable to answer for the
goods of his predecessor.
Major Moses Joy became enamored of
Mrs. Hanna Ward, widow of William
Ward, who died in 1888, leaving an in
solvent estate, of which Mrs. Ward was
Administrative. To avoid the unpleas-
ant penalties of the law, on the morning
of her marriage with Major JOY, Mrs.
Ward placed herself in a closet with a
tirewoman, who stripped her of all her
clothing, and wien in a perfectly nude
state she thrust her fair round arm
through a diamond hole i'll the door Of
the closet, the gallant Major clasped the
hand of the buXom widow, and was mar
ried in due form by the ~jolliest parsOn
in Vermont. AT the close of the eere-
mony, the tiTewoman dressed the bride
in a complete wardrobe, which the Major
had provided and caused to be deposited
in the closet at the commencement of
the ceremony, and the bride appeared
elegantly dressed i'm silk and lace, and
there was kissing all around.
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I've got en- shouted q Mississippi
boatman, recently, when first the comet
broke upon his sight. "Snakes I've had
before, and now the stars have got tails
EN-, I'm q dead MANI
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SOMETHING ABOUT, ITS DEALINGS IN Z
MORTGAGES ON PLANTATIONS
TOGETHER WITH OTHER
FACTS CONCERNING
ITS HISTORY
IN 1873,

Pertinent to the suspension of the
Citizens Bank, it will doubtless inter
est the public to read the appended copy
OF correspondence which passed be-
tween the State Auditor and the -Presi-
dent Of the bank in September, 1878,
and which deals with the financial con-
dition of the bank at that time.
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How is 1T that girls can always tell a
married mahfrom a single ones The
fact is indisputable. Blackwood says
that the fact of matrinony or bach
elorsLip is written so legibly in a mans
appearance that no ingenuity can con-
eeal it. Everywhere there is some in
,eyplicable instinct that tells us whether
an individual (Whose name, fortune and
circumstances are totally unknown)
be or be not a married man. Whether
it is a certain subdued look, such as
that which c~haracteri2es the lions in a
menagerie, and distinguishes them from
the lords of the desert, we cannot tell;
but the truth is so, we positively affirm.1
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-10-22
TIME TABLE,

sTrnins stop only on signal. Trains VIII
not stop. Trains will stop for Meals: Trains
do not run on Sundays. Full Faced FiguresEic-
motto the Stations for meeting and passing traihs
CONNECTIONS:
Green Bay-C. ( n. w. Trains leaye Going
South-passengcr-640 A. NJ. 6.55 2. Nj. Go
ing North, Passengcr-S.3O A. NJ. Fr':-l2O5 T.
wisconsin Central Railway Trains leave.Going
South Passenger. 6:45 A. Nj. 9:l5 7. NJ Ar
rive, Passenger, 500 A. NJ, SIS T.; NJ.
Union Steamboat Co.'S First-clasS PropellerS st.
Louis Toledo Passaic and CancStc0, forming
line between Buffalo and Green Bay max
Ing direct connections at Buffalo with Erie
Railway The shortest and most desirable
route TO New York, Boston Cleveland, Buffalo
Detroit. Montreal, and all Eastern points,
One of thcge splendid Passenger Boats leave
Elmore < Kelly's dock. Fort Howard, at 10 A.
NJ on w Wednesdays and Saturdays
Amherst-WiscOnsin Central Trains leave: TO
ing North Passenger. 11.06 A. NJ. Pass W.
P.M. Going South, Pass. 43T A. M. $50 7.
Grsnd Rapids-wisconsin Valley Trains leave
Going North, 1890 4. NJ. Going South, $3.50 =.
MsrrilInn-west Wisconsin Railway Trains
leave: Going North. Passenger. Hos A. NJ.
ll:loP. NJ. South, 2:34 A. NJ. 4:42 7. Nj. ST.
Paul time. which is 3 minutes behind Green
wBay time
Ninons-winona 4 ST. Peter R'y Trains leave
Going w est, Passenger, los 7. M.-ACcomoda-
ton 5.35 A. NJ. NJ.
Milwaukee < st. Paul Trains leave :: Going
North. Passenger, 12:4o 4; NJ. 1880 I: NJ. Go
ing South. PASSENGER. 1928 A. NJ. $50 r NJ.
Winonn time. which is . minutes behind Il.
DAY '''"'' D. NJ. KELLY,
KENRICk Gen'l Manager.
sup't. w. s. MELLEN.
Gcn'l Ticket Ag't.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-10-22
Items from the Tribune.

Prof. Rritter announces by hand
bills that he will open a dancing
school at Writer'S new hall on Tues
day evening, Oct. 9th, and expects
to continue it all winter.
GEO. H1LEs is selling village lots
for $40 and upwards. That is the
way to build up a town. # one
,ca,sts to find a lot acorth 5000 and
upocords, why, come to Grand Rapids
and Centralia. Do our capitalists
see the point?
PERHAPS Grand Rapids amt com
ing up among the important towns of
the state. Both of our =. S. Sena-
tors have spoken here this fall, both
political congressional conventions
for the 9Th District holden here, and
nienty two men running for Sheriff.
Who says we haven't right to wear
city honors.
BIG improvements are being made
on the G.. B. & NJ. r. R. The new
round-house is just driving ahead
and will be ready for the accommo-
dation of engines by Nov. 18th.
A side. track has been constructed
from the bridge to the switch east of
the depot; also another side track
near the cemetery for the accomoda-
ton of freight cars. The road is
being improved in many ways.
R. c. Worthington has received
and placed in his vault one of the
noted Spherical Safes which are be-
ing prominently noticed by business
men. Its manufactured by War
ner, Howard s. Co., of Chicago, and
is made of chrome iron, a metal
which is a mixture of Talisbury iron
and chrome, which is chilled in cast.
ing and cannot be drilled. It is &c
inches in diameter, and the body of
the safe is inches thick. The door
is secured by Sargent's combination
bank lock, and the safe itself weighs
1850 pounds. The door is hung on
crane or double jointed hinge, thus
making a close fit when it shuts.
It is burglar proof and is accounted
the best and most reliable safe made.
1t is designed more particularly for
storing currency and specie.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-10-22
Notice OF Sale in Partition

STATE OF Observation-Disclosures Court FOR
WOOD COUNTY.
0vette Rundell, Plaintiff, against William
Johnson and Almira johnson his wife, Martha
A. Wright, Asa Bunce and Elizabeth Bunee
his wifeD Defendants.
In pursuance of an order of the Circuit Court
N of Wood County, made in the above entitled
action; dated on the 10Th day Of August, A; D;
1874, the undersigned, Sheriff of said Wood
County, will sell at public auction to the
highest bidderat the front door of the Court
House in the City of Grand Rarids, Wood
County, Wisconsin, on the ;26th, day, of DC
tober, A. d. 1874, ut two o'clock in the after
noon of that day. all thosecertan pieces or
parcels of land situate in the County of
Wood aforesaid, described as follows, to wit
the northwest quarter and the northwest quar-
ter of the southwest quarter of Section No.
thirty-five $50, and the east half of the north
east quarter, and the north east quarter of the
south east quarter of Section No. thirty -four
CD, all in Township No. twenty CID, north
of Range No. two (2) cast,-containing three
hundred and twenty (320) acres, according to the
United States survey.
Dated Grand Rapids, Wis, this 9th day OF
September, A. D. 1874.
EUSEBE LAVIGNE,
GARDNER & HAYDEN, Sheriff of Wood County,
Plaintiffs Attorneys Wisconsin
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-10-22

Work on !the Streets.-Commis-
sioner Havilsnd is doing a work that
will make him remembered by all our
citizens for thousand years. mors or
less. He has graded down that portion
of the road between the Roche House
and the Congregational Church. filling
in below. along the slab dixie, with
the earth removed, and has succeeded
in making gentle inclined plane where
hitherto has been steer declivity.
He has not exactly performed a mira
Gle, but the mountain has got out Of
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