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Mrs. TIlton,s brother.

Mr.. Richards, Mrs. Tilton's brother,
was strongly condemned by many news.
papers at the time he gave his testimony,
aud subsequently by Mr.. Tracy in his
opening speech for the defendant. Mr..
Richards has felt very keenly the abuse
heaped upon him, and has prepared a
statement. Indeed, he has written out
two statements, setting forth his reasons
for testifying, and what he had heard
which justified him in suspecting Mr..
Beecher, and advising Mr.. Tilton to for
bid Mr.. Beecher's visits TO his wife.
Neither ofthese statements Mr.. Richards
has published, and his friends yesterday
stated that he had finally
decided not to publish anything,
but wait until called again, if be
is to be recalled, for an opportunity to
explain. His friends added, however, :
without denying or confirming the rumors
that Mrs. Tilton bad confessed adultery
to her brother and his wife,-that il
might be stated that, in his Language
quoted above, Mr. Richards did not allude
to anything he had heard from either
Mr.. or Mrs. Tilton. Some years ago he
had been employed in the Office Of the
Independent, then as now conducted by
ii. G. Bowen, and he had there heard il
repeatedly asserted that Mr.. Beecher was
in the habit Of making improper visits &c
several houses in Brooklyn. These asser.
tions were so frequent and positive that
Mr.. Richards became convinced there was
a foundation for them, and, when he
found Mr. Beccher with Mrs. Tilton un
der the circumstances be described In
court, he was quick TO suspect wrong
he did not tell Mr.. Tilton what he hat
seen, but did tell him what be had heard
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Riying,om and Ethan Allen.

Mr.. Curwen relates, in his "IIistory Of
Booksellers" an amusing incident in
which Col. Ethan Allenlconspicuously fig
ures. Mr.. James Rivington, one Of the
old booksellers Of London, failing in bus.
mess through q fondness for the turf,
came over to America in 1850, aud estab-
lished Tory newspaper in Philadelphia,
called the Royal Gazette. Its wit was
singing and rashly personal, and inyolV-
ed the editor in continued difficulty, be.
hind which there always lurked the
threat Of "cowhiding." Not learning
wisdom by experience, Mr.. Riyington
yentured to make free, in one Of his pithy
paragraphs, with the name of Col. Allen.
The remainder Of the story we take from
Mr.. Riyington's own account Of the affair.
was sitting down. after good dinner,
with bottle Of Madeira before me, when
| heard an unusual noise in the street,
and huzza from the boys. was on
the second story, and, stepping TO the
window, saw tall figure in furnished
regimentals, with large cooked hat and
an enormously long sword, followed by a
crowd Of boys, who occasionally eheered
him with huzzas, Of which he seemed un'
aware. lie came up to my door and
stepped. could see no more-my heart
told me it was Ethan Allen. ] shut my
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-03-19

and | believe the binding arrangement is
better than the one on the Marsh. The
grain saving box is splendid thing. /
saved in one days work six bushels of
corah, Iowa The Edward Harvester that
! purchased Of your agent proved to be al
or more than it was recommended. We
cut all the grain on both places q1O
acres) in good season,without the leat ex-
pense for repairs. When / took the ma
chine apart to store it for winter. / did
not find any part Of it but appeared good
as new. The grain on my old farm was
cut with Marsh last year, 1t scattered
about two bushels per acre in the wheat.
This year we raked the stube with
sulky rake and got one-fourth Of a bushel
per acre. bound alone on the Edward
Harvester this year in wheat that yield
ed 20 bushels per acre, eight acres and 60
rods in eight hours and twenty minutes.
The machine is strong, well made, and
does good work. G. w. CARPENTER.
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MISCELLANY.
.FIsHING sONG.r

Down in the wide, gray river
The current is sweeping strong;
Over the wide, gray river
Floats the fisherman's song.
The oar-stroke times the singing
The song falls with the oaI
And an echo in both is ringing
thought to hear no more.
out OF deeper current
The song brings back to me
A cry from mortal silence
Of mortal agony.
Life that WIS spent and vanished,
Love that aad died Of wrong,
Hearts that are dead in living,
Come back in lie tishermGn's song.
see the naples leafing
Just as they leaied before;
The green grass comes no greener
Down to the very Shore
With the rude strain, swelling, sinking,
In the cadence OF days gone by,
AS the oar, from the water drinking,
Ripples the mirrowed sky.
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case presents. These meetings are held
in room No. s, in the large iron building
on the corner Of Court and Montague
streets. The most prompt in attendance
at these important consultations are
Gen. Benjamin +. Tracy, the faithful
clerk of Plymouth Church, Thomas G.
Shearman, the energetic and prematurely
bald Hill. and ex.Judge Porter. Mr..
Eyarts puts in an appearance rather late
az these meetings and frequently absents
himself, being contented to learn from his
associates the result of their conclusions
and guide his course by his own judgment
thereon. The defendant rarely absents
himself from the caucus in which he is so
profoundly concerned. Indeed, he is
found to be ofinvaluable assistance by his
counsel, and his able and comprehensive
mind has learned m@nv points in law and
the logic of events since the
commencement of his trial.
After the adjournment of
the court there is another brief consulta.
ton at the same place, when the night
work of the junior attorneys is mapped
out and Subpenas are prepared for the
impending witnesses who are to confront
and confound the prosecution. The wit.
nesses for the defense will be as five to
one compared with those called for the
prosecution. The extraordinary ramifi.
cations and intricate labyrinths Of the ca.
bal of influence which vibrates social, po-
litical and ecclesiastical life from the CEN
ire to the periphery in and about "the
two" cities would form a
curious record in itself, aside
from the main question, the issue in
vaivad
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ARash Declnrntian.

Joe - was Freshman at Cornell.
He had long felt preference for Miss
Carrie - of Toledo, and when he came
home for the summer vacation, and they
went rowing on the Maumee one evening,
why the stiffness of the water, the mel
lowness Of the moonlight and the entic.
ing solitude were too much for Joe, and
after holding Carries little hand for a
while, and trying to teach her how to
row on the same seat with him, which
Carrie found quite difficult, especially as
the oars were of the spoon fashion, he
succumbed to the demoralizing influences
OF the scene and proposed, and before he
could say L IN Collins, he had pretty
girl sobbing in his arms.
sit will be three years before | gradu.
ate. Can you wait until then, darling e.
Carrie was twenty-one Joe, nineteen.
She seemed little bit startled. but said,
"Yes, love-"
Joe has had time to think about il
now, and there came into his mind q
faint suggestion that he might have been
just tritie premature, and he wondered
if ne really loved Carrie.
"Father thinks | bad better take a
couple Of years at the Yale Law School,
after get through the literary course,
he faltered. A piteous expression was
on Carries face, but it was softened into
one Of calm resignation as she sighed,
"Yes, love-" but he heard her whisper
family to herself, "Five years." His
guilty conscience confirmed the suspicion
that he did not adore her as he should.
He commenced with desperate calmness
and ended with a shrek, "Uncle says !
must finish off with four or five years in
the German universities, and then | want
several years to travel"
Carrie looked wild and tainted. She
has concluded she won't wait.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-03-19

Cough is a symptom by which various dis
eased conditions OF the throat, bronchial tubes
and lungs manifest themselves. But whether
i arises from the irritation produced in the
throat and larynx by taking cold from an at
tack OF Bronchitis, from incipient Consumption,
or from various other causes, nothing will al
lay Il more speedily, or cure ii more perman-
emily than DIR. Pierce Golden Medical Discov-
cry II does not matter whether it be recent
attacks, or lingering cough, the discovery in
either case is equally well adapted for its relief
and permanent cure In fact, it win cure q
cough in one half the time necessary to cure il
with any other medicine, an il does il, not by
drying Il up, but by removing the cause, sub
DUNG the irritation, and healing the affected
parts No time should he lost III commencing
the use OF propar medicine for the relief Of
cough, for unless this course is pursued, seri-
Gus and dangerous disease of the lungs Is liable
to result. Golden Medical Discovery is sold by
all dealers in medicines.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-03-19

"A very dirty, debased, and ignorant.
looking man came in to vote in town
ship in Michigan. Said one of the ladies,
offering him ticket:
81 wish you would oblige us by voting
this ticket ?"
"What kind Of a ticket is that 7" said
he.
MWhy," said the lady, "ySu can see
yourself"
"But can't read" he answered.
"Why, can't you read the ballot you
have there in your baud, which you are
about TO vote 7" asked the lady.
NO." said he, 81 can't read at all ?"
SWELL" said the lady. "this ballot
means that you are willing TO let the wo.
men as we'll as the men vote"
as that it," he replied then ] don I
want it; the women don't know enough
to vote"
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about Mr.. Beecher, and urged him to
put stop to Mr.. Beecher's visits, which
he was convinced were not clerical mere
ly. He spoke to his wife the same night
about the occurrence,
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From the New York Herald, March 81
Betting ON the Result.

Pools are still being sold in divers sport
ing circles on the result of the trial. In
addition to betting on the verdict, bets
are now made on the judges health and
the appearance Of smallpox in the court
and the thinning out of the jury by
cholera morbus, st. Vitus' dance, dropsy
and delirum tremens.
A serious rumor is floating around the
court room that that bottle Of sherry to
which each juror is supposed to be enti-
tied has not been forthcoming, but that
the whole number Of several hundred
dozens will be assembled in one
place when the verdict comes to be made
up, and that the "twelve men good and
true" will then enter npon such spree as
has not been known since the days Of
the primitive church.
THE OTHER HENRY.
Henry G. Bowen has not turned up his
cards. He is willing to bet on a blind
hand, because nobody knows what's un-
der it. Mr. Bowen always gets better in
health aud spirits when he has mystery
on his mind. As Frank Moulton was the
most unsuc ,essful secret-keeper that hu.
man nature has to do with, Bowen is the
most eminently successful. He not only
obeys the Scriptural injunction, not to
LET his left hand know what his right
hand doeth, but his left ear does not walk
of with the contents Of the other. There
he sits on Sundays and at Friday night
prayer meetings, blandly listening to the
discourse, apparently oblivious Of the
fact that Mr.. Beecher's lawyers have al.
ready brought him among the conspira.
tors and charged that he, Bowen, threw
the first stone.
1t is seldom in social history that a
man can take so mysterious a place as
this. Mr.. Bowsn's position in the drama
is like that Of the ghost in "Hamlet, ="
about whose existence some players have
been so doubtful that they do not present
il in form at all, but have the invocation
TO Hamlet addressed from behind the
scenes. This is true Of Bowen, except
that, instead Of medi;ating the ghost and
saying, "swear," he hears with great in.
difference the large part Of the country
laundering 'swear" at him, and he don I
''swear" worth penny.
III tine verdict - TeuhtINt VIZ wv Ju
know much about the casef Will any.
body know much about this extraordinary
puzzle. Since Bowen holds the key
and refuses to unlock II, Mr.. Bowen 5
position is at once graceful and irritating
lie let's gentlemen Of the press come to
see him, expresses his regret that he
must be silent, and refers them to the
columns Of the Independent, for the rro.
digious success Of that paper he thinks Of
more consequence than the small matter
under discussion on Long Island heights.
COUNSEL Is DAILY cosPEREScE.
II is fact not generally known that
each morning, between the hours Of nine
and eleven clock, there is private con.
sultation held by the numerous counsel
for Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, at which
the line OF action for the ensuing tilt IN
the legal arena is reviewed, re-
vised, and revamped by the
combined talent assembled 80
a. to meet the latest exigenees that the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-03-19
Has the Hest binding Arrangement.

NORWAY, Fillmore Co., Mimi, Aug. 5 IA
Messrs. Strothcr, Conklin & Paine, De-
corah, lowa.-rhe Edward Harvester that
| purchased of you does good work; ele-
Yates grain either wet or dry. cut 1875
acres of grain, and averaged IL acres per
day. and the last day cut fifteen acres
Of wheat and two binders bound it. They
had never worked on a harvester before,
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f. b. WEST, Flour Broker and Commission
Merchant, Brackets Block, Minneapolis, Min
nesota, sells Oil Meal, / ID. equal to 10 lbs.
bran, or lbs. meal For Cattle, Horses and
Sheep. 1t will make horses hair grow towards
the tail instead Of forward d the ears. Try il.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Of Cornish,
N. H., quarreled at ball room supper
table. The only way to prevent Mr..
Rsymopd's marrying the other girl forth.
with would be the interval required by
society for Grape and wailing. So Mrs.
Raymond put bullet into herself, and
her husband will wait a year, anyway,
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Pierre Denisart Of Paris is being
transformed into an elephant. His nose
has begun growing at the rate Of an inch
in ten days, and will in twenty months
touch the ground. How fortunate that
it was not originally "tip-tilted like the
petal Of a flower" with an upward tend.
encyl
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VXrANTED-A man Who understands bor-
w ing pump logs by hand. AJply .
mch5lw J. a. oABlh, ~. raul.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-02-04

Condensed from the Witness.


AT the annual meeting of the
Young NJ ,n's Library Association.
held in Wm E. & Go b. C4rter's
officr, on Monday evening last. the
following off o-rs for the ensuing year
were elected President F. r. Chase;
Vice Presidents, G o. b Carter, Fl
J. Traher; Secretary. J s Block ;
Treasurer, o. F. GriswoId; Direc
tors, A. W. d i, f. BAyIey. Fl. c.
Sanford. Geo. Beck.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. D. SLreeter
entertained large number of Their
friends on Friday evening last, it be-
ing the 18Th anniversary of their
wedding. After the company bad
partaken of magnificent SUPPER,
spread in The capacious dining hall of
the Wright House." Maj. J. II.
Rountree in few choice words in
troduced Mrs. E A. Charlton, who
read very appropriate poem writ
ten for the occasion. Remarks were
also made by Prof. D. G Pnrman,
and G. r: Laughton. E.q., and Rev.
C Fl. Can't bid. M. Streeter was
then called for and he responded 10
his usual happy manner. The occa-
SION was delightful one, every body
expressing themselves very much
pleased, and wishing many happy re-
turns of the anniversary 10 the hos;
and hostess.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-02-04

NEIGHBORHOOO NOTES
BeeIOWn.


&c. Lamson, !, now in his saith
year, is very i'll.
-Beetown wants to pay its respects
to Mardi Gras on the 22d instant.
Major Whaloy, of Prairie du
Chen, was in our town on Sunday
last.
Some of our people are talking of
attending masquerade at Gutenberg
or the 22d.
Mr.. James Bennett, as the best
Jig dancer, carried off a prize at the
Cassville masquerade.
Mr.. F. Barth, of this village,
who represented Sister of Charity at
the Cassville masquerade last week,
was awarded the first prize.
1t is said that a couple of men
make secret visits TO their neighbours
woodpiles hereabouts after honest
people are in bed, and that they can
and probably will be identified.
No sale for wood here. A man
drove in with two loads q few days
since from Little Grant, and, after
holding it all day without a purchas.
err, was willing 10 give it away-if he
could find poor widow needing it.
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she would be willing to transfer that
debt. or do away with it and vote a
new tax. The narrow gauge to
Pla.tevllle wouli be ke wheel
barrow winding smong the bills
and not much bentfi'. The transf. r
of the Chicago Dubuqae & MinDeso-
ia to the North. western road will
better our plane the Northeastern
il rich company they hold zee.
,ck, and other trunps. lLsugh
Mr.. j w Ssaton of Potosi, said /:
[ am not q railroad man. In fact. /
d. not know but what / am opposed
10 a railroad. II | were away from
any market at sll | wouli charge 25
per cent. on goods Mr.. Burr would
charge 100 per cent perhaps { laugh
teri. No, gen'l man, it is not the
merchant that il 10 be benefited it
i, the farmer. We do not propose
to spring any clap.trap; il is our
wish to have the bone and nerve of
our community (ihe iarmer) decide.
Here is Lancaster, the handsome.
intelligent, well by groom, seeking
after bride; PattevilIe has made
an offer, but be prefers Po,osi; can
we do better than give our Teuton
daughter to him? [Cheers].
Dr.. Lewis then spoke: One
requisite for speech is foundation /;
you have callsd me as one of the
committee /; l propose to study up
matters, and then you shall hear
from me. [ shall work.
On motion, it was resolved that in
case of the inability of any of the
committee to act, the same nave
power to appoint others.
The following resolution was
adopted
RESOLVED, That as an expression of the
sentiments of the citizens OF Poto-i, we wa I
a broad gauge railroad, and We ardently co..
operate with the town OF Lancaster in its eff
forts 20 procure one aud connect with some
of the man lines, and are willing 10 vote
such taxes as The laws Of Wisconsin will adj
nit OF Tor said purposes.
GEO. KINNEY. Chairman.
W. A. MCDONALD, Secretary.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-02-04
DUBUQUE AND MILWAUKEE,.
MORE TALK ABOUT THE RAILROAD
LETTER FROM MILWAUKEE

The Dubuque Times OF January 20
gives express ion to the following:
The project of constructing mar
row gauge railway connecting Du
buque and Milwaukee is one that is
sure of accompI shment at an early
dag. 1t has already been demonstra
ted, in the many hundreds of miles or
this class of railways in operation in
several of the states and territories,
that they are the chief factor in the
solution of the great and NSorbiug
question of cheap transportation.
Their comparative cheapness in cost;
the absence Of dead weight in hauling
occasioned by the massive strength
necessary for cars in use on common
gauge roads; the cheapness with which
hey are offered and operated; -thesc
and kindred facts gives them o mar
keted advantage over the wide gauge
lines, in that they are able to carry
freight at greatly reduced rates. For
several weeks past project OF a local
character has been occupying the at
tentlon Of our neighborS in Grant
county, Wisconsin, they desiring d.
rect connection by rail with Dubuque.
which 10 them, and To those of ada.
cent territory still farther east, il their
hope OF a reliable produce and trading
mart. A. Du uqle off.rs better and
far greater facilities TO the people
thereaway, in these respects, il Is very
natural that they should feel deep 80
hcitude upon the matter, aud beslir
themselves to such action as will offer
the sure>t guaranty OF success. Pub
llc meetings have been hela in sew r
al of the towns on the projected lines,
and aid amorn ing to MANY thousands
of dollars pledged to l.. The people
are in earnest over there, and they are
asking that Dubuque should offer a
helping hand, AMI as such road
could not but contribute very materl
ally TO the benefit Of Dubuque, 1t is
difficult to conceive of any good rea
son why our people should not step
to the front at once and "push things
with the igor which has long charaU
trrized them. In this paragraph we
have treated of the local narrow gauge
project that has engaged the attention
OF our Grant county friends, but the
project has much greater signiG .ance,
as will appear fiom letter we receiv-
ed from a gentleman in Milwaukee,
who is well quail fled to speak upon it.
1t will be noted that the "Milwankee
IL Dubuque" narrow gauge company
is not myth by any means, but an
active and vigorous corpora ion that
has already gra led their line from Mil
waukee to Elkhorn, in Wisconsin, and
are now in preparation for ironi . and
coupling the rad as far as graded
distance of about fifty miles. Here
is the letter, for which we ask careful
peruSal and the confederation due TO
50 important project.
MINIATURES, January %, 1875
Editor Times: The project which YOU have
already kin lily mentioned. to build u narrow
gauge railroad from Milwaukee to Dubuque.
| is under way. Arrangements are making TO
iron and equip the rad which l. already graz
ded TO Elkhorn, and 10 trust to the future de-
velopemeni of interest along the line to com
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-02-04

DEATH OF john @. DILEpN-Tbe
announcement of the sudden death
of Mr.. John O. Di In, at Del Noste,
c dorado, wi carry sorrow TO his
many friends in this section. lie
tied of quinsey on the % ult. Tie
deceased was horn in Lancaster
about the year 1915, and until with
il couple of years, his life was
passed 10 our midst, latter years
being successful ly engaged in bust
ness with Mr.. NJ. NJ. Zegler. Hi
many excellencies of character won
for him the esteem of I'll. Some OF
the particulars of the last illness OF
the deceased are thus given 10 .
private letter from Denver, e, dorado,
to bis former partner in business at
this place
1t is with the deepest sorrow, that have
to communicate to you the death of your old
partner, John Q Dillon. II was very sudden
and unexpected. A telegram from Canon
CITY. this morning tells as that he died in
Del N0rte, on the 23l inst. His old difficulty
of the throat caused it, Medical assistance
was had, aud his throat was lanced two
days before, and he was feeling much better
on Saturday morning but in an hour after.
wards he was dead A sudden and violent
return of the swelling carried him off, be-
fore assistance could arrive"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-02-04

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With them. and one quarter of these
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