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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-25
SLEEPING CARS
To ALL NIGHT TRATNE
COME CTTONS ;:

CONNE UIIUNS
At Milwaukee with Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul, and Western Union Railways
At Plymouth with ShebQygan, Il Fond du Lac
Railway. for Fond du Lac and Sheboygan.
At Green Bay with Green Bay & Minnesota
Railways. for New London, and Chicago i
Northwestern Railway, for points north
At Amherst Junction with Green Bay Il Mime
sofa Railway. for Grand Rapids, and points
West.
At Junction City with Wisconsin Valley Rail-
way, for Wausau.
T, B, PHILLIPS, General Manager.
II, PRATT. Gen, T, a. Nil.
e, BACON, Assistant,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-25

For Sale.-A second hand, 40
horse power engine, Il inch bore, "a
inch stroke. This. engine has been
completely overhauled and repaired at
the Grand Rapids boundary, and is
nearly as good as new. Parties wish
ng to purchase can apply to the
Grand Rapids Foundry for particulars,
terms of payment &c.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-25

For Sale A 40 Horse Power ER-
gins and fixtures one 40 iuch boiler,
% feet long two IA inch fues, smoke
stack, five front CRATE bars, etc, The
above machinery has been in use only
about two months, and is in every re-
spect as good as new, and will be sold
very cheap. Also Line Shaft Planer,
Re-sawer, ETC., at bargain. Inquire
at Grand Rapids Foundry and Machine
Shop. if
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-25

Daily except Sunday. Daily except Sat-
urday. Supper. I Breakfast. lDinner.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-25
H HAYDEN,
Abstracts Of Title
To Real Estate,
1 NCCD COUNTY, WIS.
CoxRECT Your TITLES AND TAX AND ASSESS
MENT ROLLS.

have prepared complete abstract of titles
to real estate in Wood County, Wis, and can on
shert Retice giyeinformation as to title to any
tract of land in the county. PAY TAXES. Make
collections Agent for Continental and Phoenix
Eire IRS. Cos. Grand hapSdS, Wis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-25

Grand Rapids April 9th. If

Strange but True 1t is natural
for people suffering with Consumption.
Coughs, Severe Colds. or any other
disease Of the Throat and Lungs, to
put off from day to day buying an ar
ticle that they know has cured their
neighbor, friend or relative, yet they
have no faith in it until it is too late
If you will go to your Druggist T. J.
Wood and get bottle Of BoscHEE' 8
GERMAN SYRUP, your immediate cure
is as certain as you live; it has lately
been introduced in this country from
Germany. Sample Bottles Of this
medicine can be obtained for 10 cents
to try It's superior virtue.
Regular size IS cents. Try it, two
doses will relieve any case.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-25

At Green Bay with C. Il \ W. R'y for Oconto,
Menomonee, Escanaba, Marquette, L'Anse,
Appleton, Neenah & Menasha, Oshkosh, Fond
du Lac, Milwaukee and Chicago.
q. B. Il VI. arrives at Green Bay Station at
$40 III.
G. &. n. W. leaves Green Bay Station at GAS
with Wis. Central r. r. for Milwaukee and
points on line Of their road.
Also with Union Steamboat Co.'S Line OF First
Glass Freight and Passenger Boats for Detroit,
Cleveland and Buffalo Erie R'y for Eastern
Cities. Through Tickets sold at Principal
Stations.
At Amherst Junction with W. G: r. R., for JVau-
p3ca, cy&uT@a.., = -u,.ilI;i, --;.,>,iiias &..,
Chicago.
At Plover with fast line of stages for Stevens
Point
At Grand Rapids with ". V. R. r., for Tomah
and Wausau.
At Hatfield with Omnibus line for Neilisville.
At MERRIAM with " ". R. r., for Black River
Falls, Madison, Chicago, Eau Claire. Menom-
once, Hudson saltwater, ST. Paul, Mlnneapo-
lis and Breckenridge.
At Winona with c. NJ. & st. P. R'y. for LIT
Crosse, La Crescent, connecting with c. D. +
Nj. for Dubuque aud Stations on their line,
Wabasba, RedWing, Hastings, st. Paul and
Minneapolis.
And with Wnona & St. Peter r r. for St.
Charles, Rochester, OWatonna, Mankato, and
other points.
With kcokuk Northern Line A. T. Packets for
all Mi<siSsippi fiver Points. Fare from Green
Bay TO st. Louis via g. 3. & NJ. and keoilull
Line. only $500, Berth and Stateroom in
d. N. KELLY, GenI Manager,
). 3. KEN RICK. Supt.,
r. ". \ NATHAN,
tfpn>l Pass. and Ticket cprt
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-25
JE TNGRAHAM & Co., Publishers.
GREEN BAY AND MINNESOTA
RAILROAD.

SUMNER TINE TABLE IN EFFECT JUNE
20, 1875.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-25

Stop Your Cough. The wonder
ful results and immense sale Of Hale S
Cough Cordial the past season. ought
to convince the most skeptical; still
we are going to continue the same lib
eral offer that we have made heretofore,
viz: Any person suffering with cold,
cough or sore throat, who will call at
Robinson 4 Schultz Drug Store and
purchase a bottle Of Hale's Cough
Cordial, use one half of it, and if they
then conclude that it is doing them no
gooo, they can return the balance and
receive back their money. Who would
not test this medicine on such liberal
terms? No medicine ever sold in this
vicinity that produced sach wonderful
results. All we ask is that you will
try it.
nov4'75 6m.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-25
Wisconsin CesGraa Railroad.

OPERATED BY PHILLIPS & COLBY CONSTRUCTION CO
Sept. H. 1875.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-25
STATIONS.

TRAINS GoING WEST. TRAINS GOING EAST.
ACCOM-. PASS r,rro1s PASS. ACCOM-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-11-25

Trains run daily Sundays excepted.
Trains run on Chicago time, which is % min
utes faster than Winona time.
COM 4 ECTI0NS.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-11-18
SOUND ADVICE.

The Boone County Record of Oct. 3Oth, has an article calling the attention ofthe public spirited people of Boone and Newton counties to the importance of a good thoroughfare from Harrison to Russel.ville. The Record presents the matter to the people in such plain, practicable man her, and produces such sound ar gument in favor of at once com mencing work on the road, that we don't see how any sensible man can halt iii the matter.
 With such country as they have over there, capable of pro ducing corn, wheat and -pork enough to yield $l,000,000 per year and with a cash market for every pound of pork, wheat and corn that they can produce, as close to their own doors as our town is, we don't see what in the name of common sense. those peo- pie mean by cutting themselves of from communication with us and dabbling in cotton as they are now doing. Cotton, as the Record truly says, is not adapted to their country, and ifthe culture of that staple is persisted in, a state of degrading indebtedness and general insolvency is sure to be the consequence.
 The advice of the Record is sound to the core, and we hope the good people of Boone and Newton counties will act upon it's suggestions.
 The people of Pope are ewilling to give assistance in this matter and whenever the people of Boone and Newton show that they want communication with us by means of good turnpike road, our peo- pie will do their duty in the mat ter.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-11-18
AN ACT

Amendatory of existing laws Regulating
 the Sale of the Lands of the state.
 SECTION l. Be it enacted, etc, That all laws relating to the do- nation of lands forfeited to the state for the non payment of taxes, to individuals, and all laws pro- vidlng for the sale of such lands for the taxes, be, and the same are hereby repealed.
 SEC. ?. That, hereafter, all lands forfeited to the state for the non-payment of taxes, after being duly certified to the commissioner of state lands, as now required by law, shall be advertised in one newspaper published at the cap ital of the state, and the lands of each county shall be published in a newspaper printed in the coun- ty, if there be any, for two weeks successively, the first insertion of which advertisement shall be at least sixty (60) days before the
 
 public sale hereinafter provided for; to which lists shall be attach ed a notice that said several tracts of land will be offered for sale at price not less than fifty cents per acre, at the front door of the commissioners office, at the seat of government, on the first Tues day in November, and that said sale will be continued from day to day, until the said several tracts shall have been all offered at pub lie sale. The commissioner of state lands shall attend at the time and place designated in the notice, and shall then and there, between the hours prescribed by law for judicial sales, proceed to offer for sale separately each tract of land contained in the advertisement aforesaid; and any person offering
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-11-18
N Q T Y c .E-

Is hereby given that the following named administrators, executors and guardians have filed their ac- counts current for settlement at the January term, 1876 of the Probate Court of Pope county, Ark, to-w;t :
 Drury Perry admr of Richardson Perry. John II. Martin and Marga- ret Shue admrs of II. W. Shue. T. W Russell admr of Thos. Russell. Lew Is Barnes and IT. D. Brown execu- tors of James Thomas. D. r. Will Hanson admr of J. l.. Williamson. D. r. Williamson eX'r of G. M. F. Williamson. John II. Martin gd'n of Robinson's heirs. Mona Dodson admx of F.. W. Dodson. Elijah King admr ". II. Hickox. J. F. Ashley admr of Joseph Ashley. w. J. Ashmore gdn of J. E. Wilson-fi- nal settlement. J. II. Humphreys gdn of A. and J. D. Humphreys-fi- nal settlement.
 All persons interested in said es- tates are notified to file their except ions (if any they have) to said ac- counts on or before the second day of said term or they will be forever barred from excepting to the same or any part thereof.
 Witness my hand and the seal l.. s. of said Court this 29th day of
 october, 1875.
 A.J. Bayliss, Clerk. l-
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-11-18
THE INSANE.

We areeproud to notice that there is q disposition to have something done by the present Legislature looking to.ga proper and humane treatment and care of the Insane. The repI oach of neg lecting this unfortunate class of our population should not be sui fered to rest upon us any longer.
 The following from the Gazette urging this humane measure up- on the attention of our legislators will meet with hearty approval from the press of the State:
 The legislature of 1873 appro- priated $50,000 dollars for the purchase of grounds, and for the erection thereon, of an Insane As ylum. Scrips were at very low price then, and the trustees sp- pointed by Gov. Baxter, under the act, merely purchased a site, but did not attempt the erection of any buildings. These grounds are about two miles west of the city. Nothing further has ever been done in the matter. Some steps should be taken by the present legislature to carry out he provisions of the law en- acted in 1873. A few days since Senator Toomer gave notice of a bill to that effect. We trust something will be done to protect these unfortunates. A prominent physician remarked the other day that all we can do with the insane at present is to kill them. This is true, the only place of confine- ment for them is the county jail, chained to the floor among thieves and murderers. Humanity re- volts at this, and appeals to the bounty of the legislature to save our state from any further dis grace of this kind. The state is poor it is true, yet we can not see why some arrangement cannot be made to have this work built by convict labor, if the state IS too poor to have it otherwise done. At any rate let us have an asylum of some kind in which to confine the insane. Anything is prefera- ble to the present system.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-11-18
THE CUBAN QUESTION.

The air about Washington is again rife with rumofs and spec ulations on this long vexed ques tion of our relations with Spain on the Caban question, and ex- pectation is on tip-toe, awaiting momcntarily developments which will give some positive light on the subject. The politicians are perplexed and while it is not cer- tainly known what the real mean ing of the unusual activity which has been observable at the Depart ment of State for several days past may mean, it is believed to be not. at all improbable that Minister Caleb Cushing has off cred the Spanish government the choice between selling Cuba to the United States or abiding the consequences.
 The New York Herald looks upon the agitation of this ques- tion at the present time as signit- icant of that last trump card-a foreign war-which the admins tration has long been said to be holding Tn reserve, but thinks any inclinations in this direction would be twarted by the opposi- tion which such a move would meet with in a House of Repre- sentatives hostile to the Adminis- tration. Humanity itself would suggest that if any justifiable means can be used by our gov ernment-which, of course would preclude a civil war with Spain to terminate nnthe bloody insur- rection "and render irelicf to the long suffering Cubans, it should be done at once.
 The appreciation of the country would rest upon any diplomatic maneuver which would compel Spain to abandon the Island and grant the independence of the Cuban patriots.
 Speculation cannot now evolve from the uncertainty of the pres ent situation, how much can be done toward this end, but owing to the state of expectancy with which the policy of the govern ment is characterized, all move ments in the matter will be watched with clese interest.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-11-18
PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN AIR.
 KANSAS.

Ever since the accession of the State Administration by the Con- servatives of Arkansas, radicals have spared no breath to create the impression abroad that the Public Schools were doomed un- der the present regime.
 Although the public schools of our state have been rendered greatly inefficient, being closed for a spell on account of want of funds to run them, every body who is disposed to do our state justice knows that the dem ocrats, since they came into pow CT, have made this question one of first importance.
 We are glad to see that the present administration in Arkan- sas, is at last being accorded jus tice on this question by newspa- pers abroad. The following eX- tracts, the first from the Chicago Tribune, and the second from the New York Sun, will show that we are at last to be seen in the right light, and that the misrepresenta- tions of those who wish to injure us will not longer deceive intelli- gent people. Read the extracts:
 The Garland administration, which, on coming into power in Arkansas, found an empty treas ury, and has since managed to get along without money, since taxes were pald in state scrip not reissuable, now confronts the fi- naucial conundrum squarely. In stead of discussing repudiation, bills have been introduced in the legislature, now in session, pro viding, in accordance with the suggestions of Gov. Garland, in his message, for funding the float ing debt in long bonds, and pro viding for a tax levy of ten mills on the dollar. Of this it is note worthy that two mllls--one fifth the whole levy--are for school pur' poses, besides which the proceeds of the poll-tax, one dollar per cap ita, are to go to the school fund The Garland administration has evidently discovered that, even poor as they are in Arkansas, they can no longer dispense with the public schools, and their action is insignificant contrast with that of the Alabama conservatives whose chief rerson for urging the adoption of the new constitution is to got rid of pricisely the school
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-11-18

--WE VOTE AYE.-ln the Senate on the 3d instant, our Senator, Hon. c. E. Tobcy, gave notice that he would introduce bill for the protection of sheep and to re- quire owners of dogs to procure license therefor. This is good move, and without seeing the bill we will say in advance, that we vote ave.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-11-18
A GOOD IpEA.-M enuell l

A GOOD IpEA.-M enuell Phil lips in his new lecture on "Ihe Relation ofour Government to the Indians,'' gives some figures which show that the red man is a very dear protege. According to his calculation it has cost thous- and millions of dollars to deal with them since l759. His solu- tion of the problem is to change the Indian from an outlaw to a citizen, and give him the imple- ments of hushandry and school, but no rum. We like the plan.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-11-18
As the cola weather approach

AS the colt weather approach es the marrying business increas- es. Theye is nothing like prepar- ing for the cold weather, for wood is mighty high, besides wife is worth two cords of green wood, and if you add an energetic moth erin law, it beats forty-horse- power heating aparatus.-Cam- den Beacon.
 Now then boys hear that. Holmes has been there and knows what he's talking about. Marry boys, marry; by all means marry.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-11-18
TIE INDIAN PKoGREss.-N

TIE INDIAN PKoGREss.-We have received the second number of this excellent and most inter- esting paper, published at Mnsco- gee, I. T. It is a neat and well gotten up sheet and is ably edit ed. Although it starts out under a cloud of prescription from a pack of designing conspirators against free press, we trust it's progress may not be impeded, that it may triumph over all op- position, and that it's course "on- ward and upward" may be smooth and pleasant. We hope we shall receive the Progress regularly.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-11-18

In the /. Senate on the 9th mst., the bill introduced by Sene- tor House to remit the penalty on delinquents for 18734, was de feated by the adoption of the mi nority report of the finance com nittee, which was protest against the passage of the bill Senators House and Tobey favor ed the bill to remit.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-11-18

Memphis offers premium of 5000 for the best bale of cotton of this years crop. Competition will be open to Mississippi, Ten nessee, Alabama and Arkansas, and the cotton must be ready for exhibition on or before the lst oi March, 1876. The bale which wins the premium will be sent to the-Centennial.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-11-18
gains of 3l, ,O00.

The Sentinel (Fayetteville), ), wants q railroad which shall tap the l.. R. < F. s. R. R., and pro poses that the Legislature shall pass a bill donating the state lands in the counties of Crawford, Franklin, Washington, Madison, Benton and Carroll, tO aid in the construction ofthe road; and also that a memorial shall be passed soliciting Congress to donate the pubhc lands in said counties as a further aid. This portion of the State certainly ought to have rail road communication with the out side world.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-11-18
TcAlL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN!
Land office of the Little Rock X Fort }

Land office of the Little Rock X Fort
 smith Railway,
 LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS. 1, Nov 1S'5, Notice is hereby given that, to all persons holding the Auditors Ger tiflicate of pre-emption under the Act of the General Assembly of Ar kansas, approved lst Feb. 1759, com monly known as "Miller Certifi- cates," located on the lands of the Little Rock and Fort Smith Railway, east of Range 27 w., who shall on or before the 10th day of December next, present said certificates and pay to the Land Commissioner of said railway, at Little Rock, the full amount for the lands therein de- scribed at two dollars and fifty cents per acre, a deed to said tracts will be made by the aforesaid corporation.
 w. D. SLACK,
 Land Commissioner.
 cur
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-11-18

tax-one-fifth of the total levy which will doubles be imposed in Arkansas. fhe deplorable state of the finances in Arkansas, how ever, arc manifest from the fact that one of the first bills introduce ed provides for raising loans by pledging the bonds of the state, which are virtually unstable that is, of putting them up as collaterals for whatever advances can be obtained on them.
 It has been asserted and reiter- ated by Grant newspapers that one of the first fruits of the over throw of the carpet-bag Govern ment Tn Arkansas was the closing of the public schools. It would be difficult to imagine more shameless misrepresentation. Ow- ing to lack of funds for school purposes, resulting from the rob berries and mismanagement of the carpet baggers and their confed- crates, many of the public schools of Arkansas were temporarily closed about year and a half ago, or fully six months before the Democrats came into power; but under the new Constitution more liberal provisions have been made for schools than existed under the rule of the Clayton Ring, while the money is applied to the object for which it is osten- sibly collected, instead of being stolen or squandered. The new Constitution makes it obligatory upon the Legislature to provide system of free schools for all persons in the State between the ages of six and twenty-one years; and the last Legislature took the necessary measures to effect that end.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-11-18
A man by the name of Kell,

A man by the name of Keller, gunsmith, started from Dardanelle Sunday week ago, to be at Court at Danville Mon day, and had not been heard from up to the time the Independent went to press-last Friday. Sus- picions are entertained that he has been foully dealt with.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-11-18

At the Drew County Fair Gen. Collins exhibited a seven months old pig which weighed 306 pounds; also a radish which weighed 4 pounds. Rice McDermott exhibited an apple which measured P inches around.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-11-18

Tine Herald (Fort smith !, wants the 9th Judicial District re- modelled so as to make the coun- ties of Crawford, Franklin, John son, Pope and Conway compose one district, and Scott, Sebastion, Sarber and Yell another.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-11-18
The Irish World of the 9th

The Irish World of the 9th inst, gives some very interesting clectioneering figures from which it shows that the Ohio defeat is not much of defeat after all; for from the figures given itappeaas that the democratic vote in 1875 was an excess of 47,000 over the demo cratic vote of 1872, and an excess of 54, 900 over the democratic vote of 1874, while the republican vote in 1875 was cut down from ma iority of 36,000 in 1872, to a ma iorty of 5000 in 1875, leaving n positive democratic advance over republican gains of 3l ,OOO.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-11-18
THE DEM o c R A T. .
ih, agsssll7lla Printing Association, PubHshers and Proprietors. Ofce-Up stairs. Batteafeld Building,
 East Main Street
J. F. BATTENFIELD, - EDITOR.

On the 4th inst. the steamship Pacific foundered at sea forty miles south of Cape Flattery, with q loss of all on board, with the sole exception of one survivor. 1O9 lives were lost.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-11-18

Van Buren has some girls who would make wives that any man might be proud of. Says the Press:
 Miss Rose Williams, at D. C.. Williams store, and Miss Emily Lynch, at Mir. Lynch's are some of the attractions that draw GUS toners at the above establish ments. And Miss Fannie Dnn- ham is learning to set type in the Press office. They all show a commendable and praiseworthy spirit, and ore they will never have reason to be ashamed of.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-11-18

The reunion of the survivors of Brooks regiment at Prairie Grove on the 30th ult., is said to have been success.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-11-18

-Maryland elects Clrroll dem ocrat) for governor. The Lcgis- Iaturc k also democratic.
The Russellville Democrat., 1875-11-18

--Several mills in the vicinity of Van Buren have been prevent ed Tom running for a week or rJ pa.t for want of water,