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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-17

THE WEDDING PRESENTS
were numerous and all beautiful. The
following are the principal gifts
Set silver knives and forks, butter
knife. spoons, tea and dessert, and
berry spoon-Mr. & Mrs. Geo Neeves.
Set ear drops and pin.-Mr. G. A.
Neeves.
Silver butter dish and castor,-Mr.
and Mrs. G co. Neeves.
Silver spoon holder Miss Hattie
Mosher
Silver card basket-Miss Cassie
Scott.
Silver ice pitcher--Mr. & Mrs.
Mosher.
Silver mug-Miss Bell Mosher.
Silver call bell-Mr. & Mrs. Roe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10
Work Ahead.

The opponents of the Republican
party say that it's mission IS fulfilled.
This is partly because it has done so
much good in a short time No old
party that ever existed has so bright a
record. 1t has written the grand prin-
ciple of equal rights in the fundamen-
tai law. In abolishing slavery, passing
the homestead bill, and favoripg inter
nal improvements, it awoke the nation
to new hopes inspiring the despond-
ent, and giving a new impulse to the
energetic. The stride from the selfish,
cruel, narrow policy Of the old slave.
holding days, when the government
was engaged in hunting down poor
painting fugitives when rivers and
harbors were unimproved; the lands
lying idle; manufacturing neglected
and the material interests of the ma
ton were held in the grip of the slave
power, to the free America Of to-day,
was stride from darkness and despair
to light and prosperity.
This work OF emancipating the ma
ton from the control of monopolists,
who used the Government to further
their own interests, was not the result
Of temporary enthusiasm, which pass
ed away. 1t was the partial realiza-
ton of long-deferred hopes, the fruit
from seed sown by the first abolition,
and land-reform and internal improve
ment conventions.
These laburers who have done so
well have not only introduced reform
in spite of their opponents, but forced
them to adopt some of their principles.
They have been unwillingly adopted as
a matter of policy, and until willingly
done, from earnest conviction, the mis-
sion of the Republican party will not
be ended, and there will be plenty of
work ahead worthy of the veterans,
and new Republican recruits. Mod.
Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10
Stick to Your Text.
Morn Snrinrs Rnrille

2ora Springs RcFllIe.
We are Republicans, not because
The Republican party is always right
and never wrong, but because we be-
iieve it to be nearer right than any
other party now seeking to control the
affairs Of this nation.
We are not Republicans because
there are no bad men in our party, but
because there are good men enough to
control it.
We are not Republicans because the
party always redeems its pledges, but
because it comes nearer to it than any
other party.
We are not Republicans because they
are in the ascendancy, for no party can
continue in power, that cannot convince
the world by its acts that it is entitled
20 confidence and safe to entrust.
We are not Republicans because
there are not good men opposed to us,
for there are thousands who honestly
differ with US, and who, were they in
power, would do all things we'll accord
ing to their settled convictions of right
and wrong But they are powerless
They have no effective organization,
and if they had they would be over
thrown by associations of dangerous
character: associations which have
been weighed in the balance and
found wanting"
Being Republicans, then, for the
reasons assigned, we see no good cause
for reHouneing our allegiance to our
party! until another party shall rise up
entitled to eur confidence.
If the Republican party is right we
should adhere to it because it is right :;
and if 1t is wrong, We are to blame if
we do net strive to make it right, We
are not going TO move out of our house
because so,ne al our children are re-
fractory. and disobey orders, or be-
cause they viii fight, lie, or steal. If
we cant reform them, they have got
to leave. not us We propose to stick
70 the homestead.
There is nc genuine organization OPP
posed to the Republican party.
There is ne opposition to the Repub
lican party. without fixed principles
or determined policy, Industrious striv-
ing to get control by trying to tear
down what others have reared up.
They subsist on the mistakes that
are made by the party in power. They
magnify these mistakes, and thunder
from a eloudless sky without electrici
ty or principles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10
EUROPEAN JOURNALS seem to be

EUROPEAN JOURNALS seem to be
utterly ignorant of our geography, and
IN fact of everything in connection
with US. A matter of news transpir-
ing IN this country gets doubled and
twisted and made to appear SO crook
ed that we hardly recognize it when it
Is returned to us fresh from the cary
ing and repairing process of the bohe-
mlans Of the French press particular
iy. They advertised Fremont as a
negro because he was a black Republi-
can, and now see how the journal de
Marseilles mixes up the Beecher-Til-
ton Scandal.
4 bitter quarrel has broken out be-
tween three prominent American cler-
gymen, Beecher, Stiiton and Moulton,
on account of certain Iove-!etters ad-
dressed to Mrs. Beecher-Stowe by
Stiiton, which had somehow or other
been got hold Of by Moultou. Stilton
We are further informed, on his part,
charges Beecher with having seduced
his youngest daughter, Miss Florence
Stilton, and sues aim for $50, 600
damages.
In conclusion, the Journal de Mar
settles adds:
Mrs. Beecher-Stowe is the mother of
the famous Uncle Tom. the well-known
blind pianist, who created a few years
ago such fetror in France.
Frank Moulton will no doubt be de-
lighted to learn that he passes for a
clergyman IN the south Of France, but
the handsome Mr.. Tilton will be sur
prised and angered to learn that he
has been writing love-letters to the
venerable Mrs. Beenher-Stowe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10
Soldiers Reunion.

The Eighth Annual Reunion of the
Society of the Army of the Cumber-
land will be held at Columbus, Ohio,
on Wednesday and Thursday, the 10th
and 18th days of September
commencing at 10 o'clock A. NJ, on
the 10th inst. All officers and soldiers
who, at any time, served with honor
IN the Army or Department of the
Cumberland, are, by Constitution,
entitled to membership, and are spec
tally requested to attend, and join in
the business and festivities of the oc-
casion.
Members of kindred societies are
cordially invited to participate-all will
receive hearty welcome.
Arrangements have been made with
nearly all the Railroad Companies to
carry persons desiring to attend the Re
union at reduced rates.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10
Hard TIMES no More. "
From the Cleveland Herald.

FROM TIC NlSNel1nG heralu.
We iraVe already remarked the indi-
cations of renewal Of business through
out the country, as shown in the COM
mencement of an active fall trade in
New York and Boston markets, aud in
the reopeniug Of several important iron
WEEKS that had been for some time clos
cd. Similar cheering reports are bro t
BY the last mails from England, where
q stagnation of trade similar in most
respects to that on this side the Allan
tic has existed for about the same time.
The wheat crop promises to be of sur
passing abundance trade Is recovering
IN all It's branches coal exhibits 80
tendency to rise in price, asst generally
does after midsummer the iron and
steel industries begin to exhibit increa-
sing hTelaess !; cotton manufactures are
shaking Oft the lethargy that has so
long rested on them. A careful analv-
sis of the beard OF trade returns. and Of
the trafhe statements Of the railway
companies of England, shows that a
steady augmentation of business has Ia
ken place, even 0ver the great augmen-
tation which occurred at the cores
ponding date last year Pauperisn is
showing steady decrease, aud there is
good prospect of an early rise Ia wages
and increase of employment. Better
times in the Old World will reduce tue
influx Of needy elnigrants here, aud SO
reiuoe excessive competition of labor.
while the steady improvement OF bust
aess here will increase the demand fer
labor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10

DEAD OR alive, the Democratic
party Is the enc that will make the
fight against the Republican party in
the next Presidential campaign, as any
sensible man must see if he can read
the signs Of the times. IF this be
true, then it seems to US that the duty
of the Republicans is plain. They
should stand by their organization and
not be deceived into giving encourage
ment and support to any new move
ment under the mistaken idea that
they are not helping the Democratic
party. One step outside the door Of
Republicanism is a step toward De
mocracy, and step toward the politi-
cal pest house.-Bmlinyton Hawheye.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10

The TRUTH regarding this matter of
public opinion is, that from the COM
mencement every debauchee, courtesan,
street walker and panderer has been
loud in proclaiming the guilt of Mr..
Beecher. g We do not say that every
man who thinks Mr.. Beecher guilty is
lecherous scalawag. but every lecher-
Gus scalawag thinks he is guilty. The
men without m orals, the women with
out shame, the people generally of care
less lives, loose habits, conversation,
lewd untruthful tongues have been swift
to convict him, and are now strong in
the opinion that the case is plain against
him. On the other hand, those who do
not convict on idle or insufficient evil
dence, and who think that noble life
Of nearly half century should weigh
something in favor of the man who has
lived it, have faith in Mr. Beecher I'M
shaken, and believe that he will yet
put down the last breath of these horri-
bic charges against him-Iater Ocean.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10
correspondence of the Utica On.
" Herald.
GRAND RAPIDS,

Wis, is the shiretown of Wood coun-
ty. 1t has about 5000 inhabitants.
Like every other place, great or small,
on the Wisconsin river, it is strictly a
numbering town. What .Olean Point.
\. y 30 years ago, was to the peo-
pie of the numbering region around it,
this place is to the extensive ''pine for
est population along the Wisconsin
river. Stevens Point, % miles above
Grand Rapids, and Wausau, 80 miles
further up, are also numbering towns.
In these stirring places the hardy lum-
bermen obtain their supplies to go into
the ''pineries" during the SHOWS of
winter, to cut logs. At these towns,
and wherever there is a great saw mill
on the river immense quantities oflum-
Der are RATED and foated down the
Wisconsin into the Mississippi river to
market.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10
f. s. MINER
S. W. PIERCE,
II " a. rnrr.n-n
Republican Comfy Convention

The Republicans of Wood County will meet in
Mass Convention at the Court House in the City
Of Grand Rapids. on Saturday, September 18th,
1874, at O'Clock z. NJ, for the purpose OF elect
ing two delegates to attend the Congressional
Convention and three delegates TO the Sena-
torial Convention, to be held on the 22d and 2}d
of September. respectively. and also to elect
FIVE delegates to represent the County Of Wood
in the Assembly Convention whenever the same
may be called.
J. L. INGRAHAs,)
J.. A. HoCsTON, Committee.
B. GARRISON
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10

INTERSTATE INDUSTRIAL EXPOSE
TIoN.--The Interstate Industrial Ex-
position of Chicago, will be open from
September 9th, to October 10th, to the
public, from all parts of the Union.
1t being the greatest Exposition of the
Country This Season, the Rail Roads
will issue Excursion Tickets at reduc-
ed rates, to accommodate all DESTROYS of
visiting this grand Exposition
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10

"THE GREENBACK is lie because
it is not redeemed in gold" say a few
hard money democrats But the dem
ocratic conventions of Ohio and Hi
nois declare in favor of paying the in
terest bearing geld bonds in those
Giles" The people will repudiate
these regulators.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10

VERMONT HAS given 10000 Rupub
lean majority for Governor on a pole
of 5000 votes this is sufficient for
sill practical purposes. Judge Poland
is not elected to Congress from the
Second District, neither are his com
petitors. The state law requires a
majority to elect, and as no man has
that majority, there is no choice.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10

IT is said thaB Bolens, State printer,
will lose $4,000 if he carries out the
terms of his contract honestly. Bolens
knows what he is about. He believes
the Reformers are to remain in power
in this state and with the lesson of
Calkins and his S19,2 grab before
his eyes, there isn't much danger of his
passing sleepless nights thinking about
petty six thousand dollars. Wau-
paca RepuJhcaa.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10

WE CALL attention to the calls pub
llshed in this issue, for Senatorial
Convention, to be held at the Court
House on the 22d inst, also
a call for Republican County Con-
vention TO meet on the 10Th inst.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10
Congressional Convention.

A Republican Congressional Convention for
the Eighth District, will be held at Grand Rap
Ids, en- Wednesday, September %, at P. NJ, to
nominate candidate for Congress.
sre delegates. Each fractional part Of a dis
trict as follows: Dunn, FIVE votes Shawano,
three votes.
GEO. G. GIxrY, Chm. J.O.R.YmosD,
JNo. I. KINGSTON, Ri. FLINT,
5. S. FIFIELD, CS kFISEy
Congressional District Committee.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10

THE SECRETARY Of the Treasury
has directed the Assistant Treasurer at
Now York to sell gold during the
month of September as follows One
million dollars on the first and second
Thursdays, and $780, 900 on the third
and fourth Thursdays respectively,
making in all S3,000,0O0.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10

ONE HUNDRED and twenty new build
lngs have already been erected in She
boygan this season. Of this number
twenty-five are built of brick and
ninety-fre of wood.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10
ADVERTISING RATES ::

One inch, coy Fraction # .g lreu. constitutes
square.
Headed notices in reading columns. or under
head Of " Business Notices. 10 cents per line for
first insertion, and cents per line tor each sub
seqHent insertion.
Marriages and Deatlls inserted free
Transient advertising payable in advance.
Legal Notices requiring proof Of publication to
be paid for before said proof is dciiycred-all 9TH
eys payable i'll advance.
All advertisements viii be inserted until for
bid" Unyess some specified time Is stated.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10

HE RACINE -4ygus editor is advis-
ing people to keep their mouths shut.
He better take the counsel to himself.
Few talk more nonsense than that same
Argus man.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10

wet prairies. An expert, with good
pointer or 'bird dog" can shoot from
ten to twenty in half day. Their
flesh is preferred by many to that of
the domestic fowl. Whortle or "blue'
berries, and blackberries are very
abundant here, and wherever these are
the prairie chickens are hunted sue
cessfully; for these birds subsist and
fatten on these fruits. Hundreds of
acres of slew grass" Cor wet prairie
grass) are within few miles OF this
town, where anybody may go and cut,
dry and draw away all the grass or hay
he pleases for nothing.
THE OWNERSHIP.
When Wisconsin was a Territory,
the inspector of public lands" econ
demned" many thousands of acres of
''swamp lands as worthless for agri-
cultural purposes, and after the Terri
tory became State, of course these
condemned swamp lands became the
property of the State, and it has do
mated the avails of these tracts to the
public school fund" and to the
"ditching and draining fund.-" These
lands can now be purchased of the
State of Wisconsin for % cents per
acre Emigrants from DENIM ark,
Switzerland, Germany, ireland and
/ Canada are now slowly settling upon
these lands, some of which will grow
corn, oats, buckwheat and excellent
potatoes. They will always produce
plenty of grass, being fresh and green
when the pastures and meadows of the
higher lands atre parched and ruined
by drought, 1t is over these vast tracts
Of waste land'' (still yielding game
and fruit) that Lo, the poor Indian,
roams in search Of food.
Grand Rapids and Centralia already
have two railroads. First, the Green
Bay and Minnesota, running from
Green Bay to Winona, on the Missis-
sippi river; and second, the Wisconsin
Valley, running from Tomah; on the
Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad, north
to Wausau, and eventually to Lake
Superior. There are three Churches
in Grand Rapids-the Congregational,
the Methodist Episcopal and Catholic.
The latter is by far the most expeu-
sive. Doctors and lawyers, and, [ re-
greet to add, liquor and beer saloons,
abound here. The population is re-
markedly heterogeneous-Yankees,
Workers, Dutch. Danes, Germans,
French, Irish, English, &c.
J. ". T.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10

I would respectfully announce TO the citizens OF
Il Grand Rapids and surrounding country that [
have rented pal.. of the Store Room now Cen
pied by o. c. sNeeves and am prepared to exc
cute all work entIust ed Ito me, promptly and
satisfactorily on either Watcher, Clocks OF Jew
elry.
III. n. LORD,
Practical Matchmaker.
10 If. Water St., Grand Rapids, w
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10

HENRY WARD BEECHER preach ed
to an audience of 1000 persons at Twin
Mountains, y. H., Oh Sunday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10

gloss and freshness OF y0uth. LINN
hair is thickened, falling hair checked,
and badness often, though not always,
cured by its use. Nothing can restore
the hair where the follicles are de-
stroved, or the glands atrophied and
decayed; but such as remain can be
saved by this application, and stimu-
lated into activity, SO that a new
growth of hair is produced. Instead
of fouling the hair with a pasty sedi-
ment. it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. The
restoration of vitality it gives to the
scalp arrests and prevents the forma-
ton of dandruff, which is often so un-
clearly and offensive. Free from those
deleterious substances which make
some preparations dangerous and inju-
rious to the hair, the Vigor can only
benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for a HAIR DRESSING,
nothing else can be found SO desirable.
Containing neither oil nor dye, it does
not soil white cambria, and yet lasts
long on the hair, giving it rich, glossy
lustre, and a grateful perfume.
Prepared by DR.. J. c. Aver & Co.,
Practical and Analytical Chemists,
LOWELL, MASS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10
PETER DOYLE,
Secretary OF state.
Sheriff s Office. }
Grand Rapids. Wood Co, Wis. Z

Grand Rapids Wood Co., Wis
September 1st. 1874.
Notice is hereby given hat in compliance
with The FOREGOING notice from the Secretary OF
State general election will be held in The seyerai
wards ;ogRS and election precincts in the C0un-
Nv of EFoed and state OF Wisconsin. on the Tues
dav succeeding the fist Monday being the Bird
day of November next, the following officers are
to be elect d AMI the annexed amendment to the
constitution of the state Of Wisconsin to be vot-
Cd upon:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10

* Whea the time expires for rf,Sch The Re-
PsF.ef has been paid; an y wa kv marked oppo-
Ate the Subscribers maine, &ad Esay be regarded
~ m Invitation To reaEu
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10
For sale.

A SECOND hond. 40 horse power Engine -
n inch bore, 24 inch stroke. This Engine
has been completely oyerhauled and repaired
at the Grand Rapids Foundry, and i nearly as
good as new. HartieS wishing to purchase can
pply to the Grand Rapids Foundry for particu-
Is, terms of payment lie.
JOHN RABLIN.
IRAN 2 apids, April
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10
Republican Senatorial COnyen-
ton.

4 Republican Senatorial Convention for the
10Th Senatorial District comprising the counties
Of Adams, Juneau, Portage and Wood will be
Rapids, Wood County, at , o'clock P. NJ, on the
ed day of September, 1874, for the purpose of
nominating candidate for State Senator for
said District, and for the transaction of other
appropriate business
Each Assembly District in the Senatorial Dist.
will be entitled to seven delegates in said CON
Tention.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10
WINNEBAGO INDIANS.

There are sttolkng bands of this
tribe in this region. They have come
here from Kansas, where they were
sent by the government some years
ago. They all ride ponies, and subsist
by hunting and fishing and, just now.
by picking wild berries and selling
them in the villages. They still paint
their faces and adhere stric6iy to the
habits of their ancestors. There are
also small parties from other tribes So
jogrGiag in the lumber region further
north. Prairie chickens are very
adpndaat hess on the great ''slews or
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10
6ra AGENTS.

See. F RrwelI & Co., 40 Park Row, New York.
and 5. VI. FettIneilI d Co.. 81 Park Row, New
York, ore our sole agents in that city, and are
eat rates.
Coe, Wetherell K Co., Philadelphia.
Cook, Coburn Il Co., Chicago, III.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10
@t1-aycd Oh" STOLEN.

Rne 3 year old hrifer cherry rel, rather largo
" high horns. Kood size and fat, last heard
from in vicinity of Point Bausse.
One cow years old. dark red, large horns,
Solre whI'c on belly, giving milk, did have a
bell on. Stgayei from I'm. Lords. Any one
finding either of the above will be literally re-
DaLY L KING.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10
Wooa County BePortfs.

JAS. Z. INGRAHAM L CO, pus1gsREEs>
d. B. PHILLEO, EpIroR.
&. N. HAINES, CoRsEsPosptSe Epyrex,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10

And everything usually kept in Drug or Book
store. We propose 10 keeH our store we'll stock
ell with Fresh and Pure Drugs and confidently
expect share of ths patronage OF t4e ueopIs n
Wood 9oung.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-09-10

A dressing
which is at
once agreeable,
healthy, an
effectual for
preserving the
hair. Tt soon
restores faded
or gray hair
to its original
color, Nth the