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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-04-29
Published March o, 1871
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AN ACT to authorize County Boards of Super
visors to alter the boundary lines of villages
heretofore incorporated by special acts.
The people of the State OF Wisconsin. repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
SECTION /. The County Boards of Supervisors
of the several counties of this State are hereby
authorized and empowered. upon the application
of lority of the Trustees of any village here
tofore Incorporated by special act of the Legisla
ture, to change the boundaries of such village
fixed by the charter thereof.
SEC. ,. Notice of the time and place of hearing
such application shall have been published at
least three weeks prior TO The time OF hearing
such application, in \ newspaper published i'll
| such county. and If there be no such newspaper
| published in said county such notice shall be
posted up at least twenty days in five (5) of the
| most conspicuous places in such village, and 8
COPY Of such notice shall also be served on the
| Town Clerk of any town which may be affected by
such alteration al least fifteen G5) days prior 10
such hearing and no order shall be made bv such
| village until due proof be filed with the County
| Clerk of such county that such notice has been
given as hereinbefore provided
SEC. 3. No such alteration shall take place
| without first submitting the question of such
alteration TO vote of the legal voters OF such vii
age, to be taken the annual charter election OF
such village, and if siority of all the votes
at such election on that subject shall be in favor
of such change ii shall be the duty of the Presi-
dent and Clerk of such village to certify the same
| to the County Clerk of their county, who shall
| 1hereupon enter of record such order of such
| County Board of Supervisors, together with such
certificate, and transmit to the Secretary of State
certificate Terrified statement of the boundaries
| OF such village, the boundaries of which have been
so altered.
SEC 4. This act shall take effect and be in full
| force from and after its passage and publication
! Approved March s, 1879. SCOPY.
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General News Summary.
FROM WASHINGTON.

A wAsHIS6roy dispatch Of the 18th says
tie Secretary Of the Treasury had finally de-
cidcdahst the examination Of banks for un-
stamp pedchecks must be made by the regular
Bank Examiners.
GEg. Ross, who attacked with hammer
and nearly Killed a comrade in Washington
recently, has been declared insane, and com
mit3cd 10 an asylum.
ATTY.-GES. WILLIAMS on the 22d ten
dcred snd the President accepted his
resignation, to take effect on the 18th
of May. The President has emphatical-
Iy denied the truth of the statement that he
had requested the resignation Of Secretary
Delano. 1t was thought in Washington on
tie ed that the latter would soon resign, as
he had intended doing SO for some time, but
had held on at the request Of the President.
A.DAseKEoUs counterfeit iye-dollar note
on the First National Bank Of Paxton, H.,
has been discovered in Washington.
FBBTHER investigation into the mail-con-
tract frauds has led to the discovery Of
other fraudulent bids. About six clerks had
eenrdiseharged up to the 23d for completely
in these frauds, and II was understood that
dozen more were implicated.
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Beween the figures for July 20 and
those for Jan. 8, which two days are
respectively the warmest and coldest of the
wear, there is a difference in temperature
Of 1919 Fahr., and in height of center
arch of .692 of foot This is an effect OF
temperature much less than calculated, due
partly to the fact of the iron work being
painted white, which lessons the absorp-
/ lion of heat in hot weather and increases
the radiation in cold weather, and also the
protection afforded by the root OF
the bridge. This latter is strikingly
eyemplifed in the fact that the river,
while frozen above and below the bridge,
has vet been open under it.
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Both Sides of the Shield.

Two travellers from distant parts OF
the country met the other day at hotel
in Philadelphia, and one proposing.
visit to Laurel Hill the other accompanied
him.
II had in fact no other object IN stop
ping in the city, said the first, than 10
find grave in this cemetery"
You have kinsman buried here"
More than that-the best friend l ever
had. A queer old fellow, Quaker mer-
chant, in whose house | was an errand-
boy He took fancy to me, educated me
literally, set me up in business In Ne"
Orleans, and as long as he lived never
ceased TO watch over me with the care ana
tenderness of father" The mans voice
began to grow husky and his eyes wet.
90 i tell YOU" he said, "God has left some
genuine salt in the world. When think
how many people are the better AM nap,
pier because that man has lived; when L
remember the slaves whom he helped 10
free. the asylums that he founded, the
strait economy and lavish almsgiving OF
his home. | actually feel, sir, as If this
ground under our feet was made holy be-
cause his body lies in it,"
They were walking then through the
dusky alleys of the cemetery. HIS com
panion was silent, from sympathy, ~"
moments. :,
Il never knew but one Philadelphian, y
he said presently, and he IS dead; n
| Quaker too-sugar importer. Csed 70
| transact good deal Of business with our
| firm in New York. The very closest,
sharpest man in bargain | ever kne"-a
very steel-trap of a man-would argue al,
hour about penny. An implacaole s ol'
fast young fellow, who cheated him OF :
few dollars. Well, he pushed that matter
inexorably, in spite of all that we eoa,o
do. Graves was the only son OF his MON,
er, too, and she widow. Justlcei Jus'icel
SING Sing. and to perdition. But, luckily
the old mans dead now. Hlio! here
his grave, and marble shaft over him :.
Il raised that over my benefactor, y salc
his friend.-Rebecca Hardsng Dacls, u
Scri6aer's Monthly.
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Published March ., 1881


AN ACT relating to and smendatory of Sec.
of Chap. 3J2 OF the laws of Wisconsin of 1873,
entitled - An act for the better organization OF
the militia of the State of Wisconsin"
The people of the State ofWisconsin, represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact As follows:
SECTION /. That Sec 3 of Chap. 202 of the
laws of Wisconsin of 1873, entitled &" An act for
the better organization the militia OF the state
Of WISCONSIN, be amended SO to read as fol
lows: Sec. 3. Each company or battery, which
on inspection, shall prove to be properly organ.
lied, provided by law. and which shall
have made all returns which under the laws oi
this State they required TO make shall receive
out of the general fund OF the State on warrants
issued by the Secretary Of the State the sum OF
90 per annum, which shall be in full compcnsa
lien for rent OF armory, pay of arnorer and keep
ing in repair the ordnance and ordnance stores
furnished snch company or battery, and no allow
ance shall be made hereafter for said purpose by
the County Board of Supervisors of any county,
except for rent and pay due and unpaid before the
passage of this act Prorided, That more THAI
twenty-four companies and batteries shall be OF,
ganized in this State.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after
Its passage.
Approved March 10, 1875. w-COPY.
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Published March g. 1851
PIER 9-z

an ACT TO punish and provide against the abnee
Of dumb animals.
The people Of the State of Wisconsin. represented
in Senate and Assembly. do enact as foilows:
SEc- /. Every person who shall. By his act or
neglect. kill. mzin. wound, injure. torture or
cruelty beat any horse. mule. OK cstfle, sheep
shall. upon CONVICTION, be adjudged guilty of a
nisdemeapor.
SEC. 2 Every owner. driver or pos-essoE of sn
old, manned or diseased horse or male or Other
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+" ACTS OF GENERAL INTEREST. ,
Published March 3, 1875.
CHA pTER .11A


AN ACT to amend Sec. one N) Of Chap. 81 of the
General Laws of 1851 said chapter being an act
TO amend Secs %, 70, II and IS Of Chap. rs of
the Revised Statutes, entitled .of the assess
ment and collection of taxes" and Sec, 3 Of
Chap. $50 Of the General Laws of 1850.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, represented
In Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION l. Sec. ~ Of said chapter is
hereby amended so to read as follows, to-wit
Sec. seventy-fve (75y of Chap. eighteen (ls) OF
the Revised Statutes. entitled : of assessment and
collection of taxes, is amended so as to read as
follows: Sec. IS. In case any person shall refuse
or neglect to pay the tax imposed on him, the
Town Treasurer shall levy the same by distress and
sale of any goods and chattels belonging TO such
person wherever the same may be found within
his town, and IL sufficient amount of such prop
erty cannot be found IN such town the town treas
urer may levy the same by distress and sale of
the goods and chattels belonging to such person
wherever the same may be found in the county
in any of the adjoining counties in this State.
SEC =. This act shall take effect and be IN force
from and after the passage and publication.
Approved March 3. 1878. ST- COPY.
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Mutilated Currency.

The Secretary of the Treasury has sent
to the Postmasters in the different large
cities and United States depositaries a
new circular containing new regulations
for the redemption of mutilated currency,
the publication of which may be of i'm
portance to business men. According to
these instructions legal-tender notes, the
mutilation of each not equaling one-tenth,
and fractional notes, the mutilation of each
not equaling one-fifth, are redeemable al
the full face value of whole notes by the
Treasurer, the several Assistant Treas
urers, and depositaries of the United
States and National Bank repositories
The following are notes redeemable by the
Treasurer only: Legal-tender notes, the
mutilation of each equaling or exceeding
by face measurement one-tenth but moi
reaching two-tenths of its original proper
tions, are redeemable at nine-tenths of the
full face value ofsuch whole notes. Notes
the mutilation of which equals or exceeds
! two-tenths hut does not reach three-tenths
are redeemarIe at eight-tenths of theirful
face value. Notes, the mutilation OF
which equals or exceeds three-tenths bu
does not reach four-tenths, are redemablt
at seven -tenths of their full face value
Notes, the mutilation of which equals ol
exceeds fourteenth but does not reacf
one-half, are Tedeemable at siX-tenths o.
their full face value. Fragments of note:
lost constituting clearly one-half are re
deemable at one-half the full face value o
such whole notes. Fractional notes, tn,
mutilation Of each equaling or exceeding
1 by face measurement one-fifth but no
reaching two-fifths of its original proper
tions, are redeemable at four fifths of tn,
ELL r. i. 81.
mutilation equals or exceeds two-fifths
/ but does not reach one-half, they are re
! Yalue
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Jones and Brown were talking lately of
a young clergyman whose preaching thev
had heard that day. What do you think
of him. ," asked Brown Il think said
Jones, "he did better two wears ago. -
why said Brown, "he didn't preach
them True said Jones, THAT is
what meann
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-04-29
Published March o, 1875. !

AN ACT relating 10 and amendatory of Sec 1 OF
Chap. 267 of the laws Of 1873, entitled "An act
10 authorize Town Supervisors 10 lay out public
highways in certain cases.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, repre-
scented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
and sixty-seven (250 of the laws OF Wisconsin of
1873, entitled An act 10 authorize Town Super
visors to lay out public highways in certain
cases," is hereby amended by striking out in the
fourth (4th) and hfth (5th) lines of said section
the words :. which is occupied by some person or
persons living thereon
SEC. s. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after lis passage and publication.
Approved March s. 1915. ~-COPY.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-04-29

After long and exhaustive trial a
boy in the High School at Medford, Mass,
has been suspended for month for pinning
April fool" on tutors coat-tail Two
girls were sentenced to weeks penance
each for aiding and abetting the offense.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-04-29

A correspondent of the Utica o.
serser writing from Rome, \. Y, tells a
curious story of one Hezekiah Wright.
living few miles from that city, who
sold his wife TO one Terrence The
agreement between the parties is repro
duced, as follows: The agreement wit
nesseth-That |, Hezekiah Wright, of the
first part, for the consideration of three
punches of shingles, one-half acre of un-
harvested corn, and one-half of an acre of
unharvested potatoes, do sell, assign and
transfer all my right, title and interest in
and to my wife, Mary Wright, to Joseph
Torrence, of the second part" (Signed
and sealed After the instrumental writ
ing had been drawn the same was read to
the wife of the seller, who witnessed the
same and agreed to become the property
OF the purchaser, and accordingly gathered
her personal effects and took up her abode
with Mr.. florence
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-04-29

"A colored man went into the house of
Mrs Merritt, at Nashville, Tenn, and, not
Observing her baby In the cradle, sat down
on it and squeezed it to death,
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-04-29

If married men will attend the spell
inc. matches they had better leave ,heil
wives at home Ii isn't comiortaoie W
walk home with her and have the Gear
creature muttering at every step: m
ashamed of your ignorance, )" and II you
can't spell 'agitate' III teach you when
sou get home" No; it's disheartening.
-Utlaodukee Neacs.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-04-29
Published March %, 1875. ]

AN ACT to provide for uniformity and the free
use of text books in towns and cities
The people of the State of Wisconsin, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as fol-
lows:
SECTION l. The qualified electors of any school
district or of any town in which the township
system of school government has been adopted
may bv legal vote and the Board of Aldermen
or Board of Trustees of any city or incorporated
village may by ordinance or resolution. author
ize the School Board or Board of School Di-
ectors Of such district town or incorporated city
village to purchase textbooks for Use in the
public schools, said text books to be the property
of the district, town, village or city so purchas
ing and to be loaned to pupils or otherwise fur
nished TO them under such conditions and regu.
latlons as the aforesaid school authorities may
prescribe.
SEC 2 This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and publication
Approved March 5, 1875. ~COPY.
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The first thing man takes in his life
is his milk-the last thing his bier.
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Published March D. 1875. ]

AN ACT to permit town insuran,Jr companies to
insure the real and personal property of the in
habltaLts of any adjoining towns in the same
county where such town insurance companies
NAV be located without reorganization, in
conformity with the present Town Insurance
law.
The people of the State OF Wisconsin, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as fol-
lows:
SECTION 1. It shall be Law nj for any organized
town insurance companies itt state, without
reorganization, to ipsurc the zeal anu p~reouai
property of the inhabitants ofany adjoining towns
in the same county where such town insurance
company may be located. in the same manner and
at the same rates Of insurance as said town insur
permitted to do under the present Town Insurance
laws and their own corporate bylaws.
Sic. 2. 1t shall be lawful for such organized
town insurance companies, from time TO time, as
occasion requires, TO choose any OF their officers
from such adjoining towns as they would be per-
mltted to do if such adjoining towns had been
embraced in their territory at its organization.
SEC. g. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage.
Approved March s, 1873. ~-COPY.
Published March q, 1875
CHAPTER 800.
AN ACT to appropriate 500 to each industrial
society of the State holding an annual fair.
The people Of the State of Wisconsin, represent
ed in Senate and Assembly, do enact as fol-
lows:
SECTION /. There is hereby annually appro-
priated 500 to each industrial society of the
State holding annual fair and reporting to the
Secretary of State and the Secretary of the State
Agricultural Society, as now required by law for
county societies: Pr0Uidsd, The receipts OF
such annual fair shall amount TO $500, and 10 not
more than two societies i'll any one county.
SEC. 2 All acts and parts OF acts contravening
the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.
SEC. }. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after its passage and publication
Approved March 5, 1875. V-COPI.
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The Philadelphia Chronicle mentions
the death of a millionaire who was quite
respectable person.
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Mrs. NJ Fl. Burnham's notion of a
spring hat: 1t won't make much differ
ence this weather whether one has nice
spring hat or poor one. A little flannel
hood lined with camphor and trimmed
about the ears with roasted onions for the
earache, and rigged with American mus
neuralgia condition best
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-07-17

At late meeting of the London Chcmi-
cal Society Mr.. A. IL. Since read paper
entitled Notes on Milk in Health and
worthy of attention by. all consumers of
from the report as follows: 1t was first OBJ
served, as the result of repeated expert
mcnt, that although milk taken from herds
of cows exhibits great uniformity in COM
position yet milk from individual cows Is
liable to considerable variation. The qucs-
ton of the effect of sewage grass upon the
milk of cows to which it is fed was care
fully considered and the discovery made
that, when this food was given the milk
went pulrid after thirty-siX hours and the
butter became rancid rapidly compared
with that made from the milk of COWS fed
on meadow grass. 1t was also noticed that
when the milk from sewage grass was
placed on dialiZer the caseine passed
through the membrane, showing that II
must have assumed some modified FORM
Our readers will recall a former review Of
this subject in connection with outbreaks
of typhoid fever The discovery was then
made that the cans containing the milk
had been washed with sewage water,
which in certain instances had also been
used to dilute the milk itself The queS-
ton as TO whether the fever germs may
penetrate the milk seems yet not to be full
iy decided Enough is known, however,
TO call for wise discrimination in the
kinds of food given to milch cows.-Ap-
pletons Journal.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-07-17
The Growth of London.

The Leisure Hour in speaking of the
growth of London says: "The metropolis
Of the British Empire, the largest city the
world ever saw, covers, within fifteen miles
radius of Charing Cross, nearly 700 square
miles and numbers within these boundaries
4,0Q0,000 inhabitants. 1t contains more
Jews 6an the whole of Palestine, more
Roman Catholics than Rome itself, more
Irish than Dublin, more Scotchmen than
Edinbufgh- The port of London has every
day on its waters LOCO ships and 1000
Sailors Upward of 100 persons are add
iy, a-bifth taking place every five minutes
and ? death every eight inmates. On an
sver1ge, twenty eight miles of streets are
year. In its postal districts there is q
yearly delivery Of 235,000,000 letters. On
alle P0lice.register there are the names of
I'D 90 habituaf criminals, increasing by
1ly 00usends every year. More than
;o1e4kird pfan the crime of the country Is
ic6n1mitfcd In London, or at least brought
~ Hight there. Thsrc are as many beer
shop and gin palaces as would, II their
fronts were placed side by side, reach from
Churibg Cross to Portsmouth, distance
of sevcnty-th miles, and $1,000 drunk
ards are annually brought before its mag
istratcs- The shops open on Sundays
would form streets sixty miles long. 1t
is estimated that there are above a million
Of people who. are practically heather,
wholly negIecting the ordinances of re-
ligcn. At least 800 additional churches
and chaPels would be required for the
wants of the people"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-07-17
The Peculiar People.

The Peculiar People, several of whose
members are now awaiting trial for man.
slaughter in not calling in medical aid
when members Of their body were sick,
have resolved boldly to put to practical
test the question as to whether medical aid
is really necessity, or whether prayer
alone is not sufficiently efiicacious in all
cases of sickness. For some time past a
large twenty-room house, situated in
Tower street, on the northeast side of Lon
don Fields, has been empty. A few days
since much excitement was caused in the
neighborhood by the appearance outside
the house of q board bearing the following
inscription: blouse of Faith, for the re.
ception of such sick as are considered
hopeless[l incurable, to be healed by the
prayer of faith" And all things what
soever We shall ask in prayer, believing,
We shall receive."-Matthew xxi, ED
verse. rs any sick among you; let him
call for the elders of the church, and let
them pray over him and anoint him with
oil in the name of the Lord. And the
prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the
Lord shall raise him up; and if he have
committed sins they shall be forgiven
him. Confess your faults one to another
and pray for one another, that we may be
healed. The effcctual fervent prayer of
righteous man availeth much.'-St James,
Chap. ", 1916 verses. ''And these signs
shallfol low them that believe: In My name
shali they cast out devils they shall speak
with new tongues; they shall take up SER
penis, and if they bring any deadly thing
It shall not hurt them; they shall lay
hands on the sick and they shall recover"
st. Mark, Chap. xvi, 1918 verses.
There will be strenuous opposition on the
part of the inhabitants to the opening OF
the hospital london Times.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-07-17
Rotation of Crops.

E. L. Y, RACINE, Wis, asks: What is
the proper course of rotation for farm
crOpsg And how is the rotation to be kept
up when bad seasons intervene to break in
to the plan laid down?
The rotation must be adapted 10 the soil
and climate. In Central Illinois, for in
stance, corn is the staple crop; and this is,
or should be, fed to cattle and hogs. Now,
if a proper proportion of the farm is in
grass, to produce pasturage and hay; il
the manure made is carried back to the
fields, and the corn stalks plowed in, the ro
tation is simple matter-simply corn and
grass with but small proportion of small
grain and in this way, if the soil be not
plowed or cultivated when wet, its fertility
may be kept pretty well intact
In Wisconsin, wheat, oats and barley
constitute an. important part of the rota-
ton and potatoes and other root-crops
take the place, in some measure, of the