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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-04

A. F. BAILEY, A postal route agent
on the Lacrosse division of the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St Paul Railway,
was arrested at Portage City, on Tues
day, for robbing the mails. The ar
rest was made by W. R. Hawley, a
special agent sent from Chicago for
that purpose. Hawley took his priso-
ner to Madison, where after an exam
nation before Court Commissioner,
he was committed for trial. Bailey is
man Of 40 or SO years of age, and
has an interesting family living in
Portage City. One of his daughters
has grown up to womanhood, and is
engaged as teacher in a school at
that place. 1t seems that he has been
addicted to fast living, paying more
attention to other women than a mar
rid man should, and also drinking free
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-04


HE FOLLOWING may be found In
she NsW York Herald the coming week:
Monday Reasons Why Grant Should
Reslgn-' Tuesd2y-4.Graat and Alb
aieatloa-" Wsdnssday-'INow Let
tie Excessive Resign and Save khe Ma
tion-'' ThurSday-@-The Coed that
would result from Grants Resignation. >
Friday-f'The People Demand che
Resignatish of Graat." SATURDAY.
The Popular Voiee-The designation
Of President Grant In the mean
time Grant pslnts 50 the Old Flag. and
Says Peace, BE- still =
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-04

The PROSECUTION in the Beecher-
'Tilton trial have crested" Mr..
Tracy. for the defence, opened the case
last week Wednesday. Mr.. Beecher is
now giving his testimony. Probably
by the first of April the great trial will
have come to an end
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-04
The Circuit Judgeship.

y
Tic.
His Honor. Judge Cate, last Non
day, vacated the position of Judge of
the Seventh Judicial Circuit, pos;ti-
on he has INCREASINGLY held since 1854
His successor, appointed by Gov. Tay-
Tor, i. Hon G. H. Park, who assumed
the responsible duties of tie position
on the 1st inst. as Judge of the Por-
tage County Circuit Court, now in
session at Stevens Point An election
will occur to fiji the office for the I'M
expired term. in April, at the regular
Spring election. 1t will undoubtedly
be Immediately ordered by the Sec'y
of State, the law requiring twenty
days notice thereof to be given. Sew
eral prominent names are before the
people, all lawyers of ability as candi-
dates for the position. Among those
spoken of are the present incumbent,
q. j.. PARK, JOHN FoRDYCE of Wau-
paca, JUDGE WINsOR of Juneau and
j. .. RAYMOND of Portage. The
gentlemen mentioned are we'll known
among the legal fraternity, and all, so
tar as we know are cminently qualified
TO discharge the weighty duties attach
ang to SO exalted and honorable a posi-
ton. As every one has his preferen-
ces, so have we, and we have no hest
fancy in avowins that our preference
is for Hon. J. Q. RAYMOND. We
make this aFowal In ne partisan spirit,
flrmly believing that Judiciary appoin-
tment or election should be neither die
tated nor influenced by the exercise of
partisan sympathies, or feelings engen-
dered through political likes or dislikes.
A Judge should know no party in the
exercise of his Judicial functions. He
As simply an Interpreter of, and guardian
over the Law, melting out justice to
all parties without questioning the
political bases or opinions of those
toward whom he stands as an adiudi
Gator, arbitrator or Judge In view of
these facts, and because Of his superb
or qualifications both natural and &C
quired, we favor the election Of Hon.
j. o. RAYMOND. Mr.. Raymond
possesses one of the best, if not the
best legal mind in the Seventh Judici-
al Circuit. He is man Of profound
legal research, a student in the best
meaning of the term man who is
unbiased, and who will not be moved
by prejudice, but who can deliberately
and impartially weigh matters involv-
ing the weightsst legal questions, with
candor and a profound knowledge of
legal points at issue. With-al, he is
man with very many excellencies a
gentleman above reproach, who has
the confidence of the Bar; and among
his eompeers is recognized as man of
very superior legal attainments.
Should he be elected he will honor the
position he will have been called upon
TO fill. Mr.. Raymond has no DISPOSE
ton to thrust himself upon the people
OF the district. lie will accept the
candidacy for the position only upon
the assumption that the people desire
him TO SC become, independent of pae-
SIsan feeling, Several calls, We ob
serve, are being circulated in our eoun
~. and elsewhere throughout the cir
cult asking him TO become candidate.
These calls are receiving numerous
signatures from Ben Of all parties who
know his ability and sincerity desire
his election.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-04

Order to Show Causa

STATE W1SCONSIN.-IS PRoBATE Corpr
Wood County.
In the Matter of the Estate of Jacob Butler de.
ceased.
Now to-wit on the Sth day of January 1873
On reading and filing the applicatio nf Estbor
Butler the Administrative of all and s;ngnIor
the goods chattles and credits of Jacob BntIar
late of the city of Chicago, Illinois. deceased in
testate. for authority to mortgage. lease or saii
the real estate of the said interstate for the nav
ment of his debts. 1t is ordered that all person.
interested in the estate of the said jacob Butler
Wood County. Wisconsin. at his office in the city,
Of Grand Rapids. on Tuesday, the I'd day Of
March, 1875. at one o'clock in the afternoon of
that day, then and there to show cause why au-
thorlty should not be given to the said administra
trIx to mortgage. lease or sell so much Of thereal
estate of the said Jacob Butler deceased, situate
within the counties of Wood, jackson and Ju-
neau. As shall be necessary to pay his debts
W EBB X COCHRAN, /. L. M0SHER.
Attys for Petitioner 90. Judce. Wood Co.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-04
Voice of the Republican Press.

At Last the Republican press is wax
ing to the peril which threatens the
country, and is sounding its warnings
to the people. The Inter Oceans ex.
posture of the treacherous plans of the
Southern leaders and their allies of the
North, and the initiatory movements
of these conspirators, tallying so ex-
actiy with our predictions made most
earnestly fer six months, have reused
large part of the Republican press to
active effort, and through it's warnings
the people may be awakened from their
lethargy before it is to late. AS show
ing the earnestness Of the feeling so
rapidly developing, we quote briefly
from few of our exchanges. Says
the Albany On. W Eoening Jcurn-
al:
The country stands face to face
"lGu VIC HlOSC NcIlOuo CllSAs WulCu HAS
confronted it since 1861. 1t does not
yet begin to realize the tremendous
gravity Of the situation. If it did,
the patriotic sentiment of the people
would flame out in earnest, fervid, de-
termined unanimity, as it did when
the flag of Sumpter fell. X
The country has yet no CONCEPTION of
the condition Of things at the South;
it will learn. as the facts come out,
that a grave danger hangs over it; it !
will learn further that its peace and
security are at stake; then it will wake
to its duty, and we hope that then it
will not be to late.
Says the Buffalo Erpress:
If the Democratic party acquires
the ascendancy in the nation there is
no power, except that of the musket
and columbiad, that can prevent it
from reversing the policy and conced-
ing the right of secession. With our
correspondent we ask: Are the peo-
pie Of this country ready to take such
a risk %
The Washington correspondent of
an independent newspaper, gravely
with the dangers which |
threaten, says:
The North has fair notice of what
it may expect from the day the pres
ent Congress adjourns, viz: an active
struggle with the South for supremacy.
These signs have been frequent and
uRmistakable throughout the present
session. In the last Congress the
ConfedeEates bore themselves quietly.
The tone and temper of Lamar eulogy
Of Mr.. Sumner seemed fair exponent
of their position. Their conduct to-
ward the Republican side of the House
carried with it traces of an admission
that they held seats in Congress
through the forbearanee and magnani-
nifty or great government. This
condition has wholly changed, and now
scarcely day passes, and never an
hour during political debate, that
coarse and insulting remarks about
Northern men are not heard on the
Democratic side of the chamber. The
North may prepare itself for stormy
times. < x The signs are many
and significant that the ralIying cry in
the next House will be-the South to
the front.
The Washington CArentcls says
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-04

EVERETT CHAMBERLAIN, a most
courteous AMI companionable young
man and brilliant journalist, and for
merly employed upon the editorial staff
of the Milwaukee Sentinel, died recent
ly at Florida. We made the acquain-
tence of Mr.. c. in 1865. We shall
always believe that Mr.. Chamberlain S
forte was musical criticism. AS a
critique, he had no superior in the
west as a man, he had no peer.
Though dead, he will live in the hearts
of the Fraternity forever,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-04

EARNEST DRIVEN was executed at
Pittsburgh for the murder of family
of five, some months ago. 1t is sad
to contemplate the hanging of a man
like dog, but then let US remember
he's got out of Pittsburgh.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-04

EX-SENATOR HOWE recently said
of Senator Conkling's great speech on
the Louisiana question:
L may change my mind upon further
consideration, but as it strikes me now,
this speech of Mr.. Conkling's is, with
out any exception whatever. the great
est oratorical effort of which we have
any record in English literature.
The Democrats and Liberals in the
Senate are not half so noisy as they
were before the Republicans met them
in the Louisiana debate.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-04

The BEST Temperance Journal in
the world, devoted to Christianity and
Reform, is The MORNING. Apply to
H. W. Adams, % Park Row, n. Y.
It's 'Jont .pIendid." We've a sample
copy which may be examined at this
Office.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-04

For Sale. The residence of Eric
Mckay, situated just below the city of
Centraiia, consisting of good house
and eighty acres of land. Win be
sold cheap. For terms enquire of the
lst National Bank, or of the owner.
+. MCKAY.
Grand Rapids, Dec. 10th. IF
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-04

A BILL has passed the Legislature
permitting town and city boards to ex
tend the time for the collection of tax
es forty-fve days in lieu of thirty as
heretofore. The law as we understand
will not effect the collection of taxes
the present season.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-04

THE PRESIDENT has called an ex-
ira session of the Senate which will
convene Immediately after the 4th of
March.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-04
For sale.

A SECOND hond, 40 horse power Engine q
IA inch bore, "a inch stroke. This Engine
has been completely oyerhauled and repaired
at the Grand Rapids Foundry, and is nearly as
good new. Harties wishing TO purchase can
apply to the Grand Rapids Foundry for partiou-
lars, terms of payment &c.
RARLIN BRO
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-04

The ASSEMBLY has passed bill
making women eligible to the office Of
School Superintendent; and why
shouldn' t it?-State Register.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-04

PREPARATIONS ARE making for the
removal Of all telegraph poles the
lines hereafter to be laid in the ground
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-04

Since the snow blockade. the
women too, are complaining of the ir-
regularity of the males
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-04

Hon S6XUEE j. MeMi,len has bee
elected Seaxtcr FROM Minnesota
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-04
NOTICE.

AME HEREAS, my wife Clement has left my
SW bed and board, without just cause or prov
ocatlon, L hereby forbid all persons harboring
or trusting her on my account, as | shall pay no
debts of her contracting after this date.
VIM. IL, WRIGHT,
Grand Rapids, January 18th, rs
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-04

We have received notice of Mr..
Cowle's death but TOO late to insert in
this iss ue.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-03-04

Grand Rapids, Dec. 10th.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-06-20

nave covered up the signs Of his other
villainies, but the light shines plainly
upon his tracks in this case, and he can
not escape his merited punishment.
Doubtless, as our readers see this, they
will learn of the arrest of himself and
his son, and speedily they will bo
brought before a tribunal which shall do
justice. No tricks or cvasions will serve
in case like this. Tho grand jury
must find true bill on the evidence nj
ready published, and petit jury must
convict, on that same evidence, together
with other proof Of his completely,
which will be adduccd on the trinl The
court must do ito duty, the solicitor
must do his. The people will stand
much, but in case like this, they will
bear no trifling. With men, Joseph, YOU
cannot make your peace; Mt least. not
with the outraged people of South Caro-
lima; but the time has come when YOU
had better try and make your peace with
God. .--Grecnrile Ncrs.
"Ifhe full testimony Of Albert Parks,
signed with his mark, relative to the
murder of DIR. Shell, in Laurens, is rs
follows: Knows John Bolt; have seen
him Mt Lanrens often; knows that Dr.
Shell was killed about seven yenrs ago;
was with the crowd who killed him; the
I-~NJ OOAH''oeSN IA IuAOGllSy sauHlu
Crews, John Bolt, George Simpson, Bill
Riley. Abe Jones, Adam Epps md wit
ness; the party assembled at Joseph
Crews and started from there; Adam
Crews told me to fire when the others
did or would not get my money; fired
when others did; after the shooting
ran bnck to town to Joseph Crews who
put ME in the barn to keep mo from tell
ing it; followed 10 that he came to
stop me, and ran out; there were others
present who did not know; Mr.. Joseph
Crews paid me; don't know how much
Bolt got; did not tell it before, because
l was afraid; I was paid $50, but Joseph
Crews afterwards took it away from ME;
Adam Crews gave ME pistol that night
Joseph Crews said after the killing that
he would take all the responsibility on
himself; MIR. Joseph Crews gave paper
to Tu1berry and he read it; it was from
DR.. Shell. saying that Joseph Crews
would not be alive the next morning;
have had no inducement held out to me
to make this statement; have no spite
against John Bolt; Wright Sullivan was
the first one ever told it to; was tell
ing him about the way Joseph Crews did
| about it, and he told me he was there.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-06-20

The Grafton of the day at Boston, on
the 18th, was delivered by Gen. Charles
Devens, ST., who gave graphic descrip-
ton Of the battle Of Bunker Hill. and nm
eloquent appeal for burial of all politi-
cal animosities engendered by the late
war. Other speeches were delivered by
various prominent gentlemen. Darkness
caused nm abrupt termination Of the ex-
ercises. The South Carolinians planted
q palmetto and pine tree on Bunker
Hill, which attracted much attention.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-06-20
SC.
= Sunday Morning, June 20, 1875.

"A MILITARY MISTAKE. of the
HBoston speeches Mt the assemblies pre-
= paratory to the Bunker Hill celebration,
seem to hive been in good taste, with the
single exception, perhaps, of IN Incl
dental remark in speech of General
Burnside. He snid that che was willing
'to forget NIL the past and to do every
thing for harmony, except to say TINT we
were wrong in putting down the rebel
lion." None of the other Northern
officers and gentlemen who spoke
seemed to imagine that any such decln-
ration was expected of any one. No one
from the South had asked it, or would
have deemed it reasonable or graceful to
make such n preposterous demand.
The allusion was an uncallcd-for and
superfuous display of loyalty upon the
part of General Burnside, and was no
doubt as distasteful to the entertainers
.:as to the guests of the Bunker Hill festi-
val. The General made liberal, hnnd-
some speech at the American celebration,
recently, in Maryland, but he was not SO
happy on this occasion. All Southern
men admit that the North was right in
acting up to its convictions, and would
despise it if it had not. They award to
their adversaries in tho civil war the
same sincerity that they claim for them
selves. However, military men will
make mistakes sometimes, rs General
Burnside knows from his own expert
cnce. If nll the Federal officers had
been Burnsides, the rebellion" might
not have been ''put down" yet Per-
haps the General was too amiable to in
G1ige the necessary seventies for that
purpose.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-06-20

In spite of the friendly assurances ex-
changed at Berlin, the Emperor of Rus
sia does not appear to have entire conf
dence in the good fifth Of his imperial
cousin Of Germany. His St. Petersburg
organ, the Globe, declares that the three
Emperors have lost the power of guaran-
teeing peace, ''since one of them has
been suspected of warlike designs" and
1t suggests new alliance between Rus
sia and England. 1t il not strange that
this publication should create ..sensa-
ton" in Vienna, for it is really Austria,
beyond doubt, and not France or Bel
GUM, that the war party in Germpny il;
anxious to whip, and if one of the En-
perors withdraw from the tripnrtite cove
nant, he will only leave the other two to
quarrel at their leisure. 1t does not ap-
pear, however, that the war is to be ex-
pected Immediately. Bismarck has gone
off to the country for his summer holi-
day, having assured the foreign repre-
sentatives before he left Of "the peaceful
disposition of Germany" and there is
not likely to be fight before his return,
SO TINT we need not add anxiety on this
score to the other discomforts of mid
summer.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-06-20

The letters of Charles Eordhoff in the
Herald, throw good deal of light in q
Northern direction on the condition of
affairs in the States of the far South The
account he gives of affairs in Mississippi.
: is particularly interesting. The mass OF
. the whites, he says. desire peace and
.Nuiet; but there is what the Congressional
Committee called wicked element,
composed of the old Bowie knife and
pistol men, whose bad language about
"'niggers" exerts, in Mr. Nordhoffs OPT
nion, most injurious influence on poll
tics, in keeping the negroes masscd to-
gether and making them afraid of the
Democratic party. The Republican party
contains small fraction, headed by Sc
nator Ames, Buffers son-in-law, but it is
as feeble in numbers as in character,
though it has heretofore had the Admi-
,nistration Mt its back, and the Republi-
cans of the best class have nothing to do
with it. The Games Republicans" Mr..
Nordhoff says, ''hnve unscrupulously
used the ignorance and greed of the ne
groes to help them in their political
schemes" They put into such offices as
County Supervisor and Treasurer, MS
we'll MS into the Legislature, negroes
who were often mot only unable to read
and write, but who were corrupt and
corrupting demagogues," and he fur
nishes some shocking illustrations OF
negro incapacity and dishonesty. Well.
this is no doubt very correct picture of
the state of society there.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-06-20

ScoRCHED DY THE WIND-AIr. Caddin.
who is planting on the old Thomas c..
Lamar place, in Aiken County, S. c.,
states that the gale of Wednesday nbso-
lutely scorched up several acres growing
cotton on his farm. Several neighbors
reported the same phenomenon. The
stalks and leaves of cotton 80 scorched.
appeared as if they had passed through
q flame. This is evidenca that the wind
was accompanied by strong electrical
force.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-06-20

LION AND UNIcoRN.-When we were
younger, by many years, than we are
now, we used to hear tho rude doggerel
which narrated the contention between
the lion and the fabled unicorn eight
ing for the CROWN" in which fight antF
in the midst of the conflict, small spe-
clmen of the canine species stepped in
and knocked both down. Though this
simile may not be n happy one, it may
serve to illustrate the attitude of some Of
our contemporaries, who seem to differ
widely In their opinions concerning
Gov. Chamberlain. Some appear to re-
gard him not only as 1.-The right man in
the right place" but MS cmbodying, also,
wisdom, strength and beauty in the 90
vernment of State affairs the very acme
of gubernatorial greatness. Other Jour
nails, again, both in and out of the State,
differ widely from this opinion, and
very pointedly hint that the Governor
may yet be implicated in the Parker
frauds. What good the aforesaid Jour
nails expect to accomplishment by
their persistent, fulsomc nattcry of the
Governor, and others by dark hints of
his possible corruption--wc are at n lost
to conjecture. But, ut any rate, we are
getting tired of hearing man laudcd to
the heavens for simply doing his duty
Some OF our State press seem to havc IL
decided pcnchant for hcaping praises on
the Governor, whilst others Still shake
their heads in doubt as to whether he is
just the man he ought to be thus Civ
ing, us, Mt each mental lunching with our
exchanges, n sort of Sherbct as Il tonic, in
which the predominant element is bit
terness. One serious objection to the
Governors champions is, that they are
not liberal enough in their views to per-
init others the unquestionahle privilege
OF nm honest difference of opinion.
Hence, the slight ripple upon the edito-
rial waters
Chamberlain, as Governor, has done
WE'LL and he knows it, He knows it of
his own knowledge, and lie has been told
of 1t by the press. He deserves praise,
"a certain amount of IT'D but there is
such thing as ''ovcr-acting" in IL news
paper world rs we'll MS in the dramatic.
Cut the adulation slices thinner, and
give us fewer of them. Let us have n
little more consistency in the meantime.
Some of the papers loudcst against
Chamberlain during his campaign for
Governor, now seem ready to tnll down
and worship him. The Governor has
hnd his day of abuse and of prnise
Now, let him rest, at least for the pre-
sent. and let the editorial lions and uni
corns cease their contention for '.the
crown" lest the diminutive poodle step
in and gobble up the fruits of the con-
test: In short, and to be n little more
explicit, let the honest Republicans and
the Conservatives unite in their support
OF the present State administration, with
q strong and reasonable hope of finally
redeeming the State. Without such
union, and with contention in Conserva-
tive ranks, rings and corruptionists may
yet gain greater ascendancy and hold the
State in their ruthless coils indefinitely
LdWensrille Herald.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1875-06-20

HOTEL ARRIVALS. juno 19.-Mansion
House--Andrew Crawford, j. T. Seibels,
w. E. Owens, S. j. Perry and wife, B. A.
Wilson, E. A. Brown, city.
Hendrix House-W: 3. Seal, Va. {; II. A.
Gibson, Alston; j. j: Mellichamp, city;
q: Ross, st. Louis; Z. F.. McCnsland,
Charleston; D. H. Ruff, Ridgeway; J. w.
Moore, Richland.