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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-07-01
Revival of q Perishing Industry in
Austria.

THE PaU Nal Gazette saws: .'' Some
interesting information with regard to
Burano lace-work is given in Consul
omallwood's commercial report on Venice
for last year, lately issued. The neighbor-
ing small island of Burano was in bygone
Tunes celebrated for its lace-work, which,
when Its importation was prohibited in
France, induced the great Colbert to en-
force the repatriation of few lacc-worl-
ers to Introduce their lace point in French
manufacture, and hence originated the
point d'Alencon.' An aged woman, the
last OF her craft who had survived the
manufacture, but remembered and still
worked at the Burano lace, was found
Through the indefatigable energies of two
patrician ladies, the Princess Giovaneili
and the Countess Marcello, distinguished
for their eXertiOns for the benefit of their
countrywOmen Il school was soon formed {;
slXty-seven hands were engaged, but only
ten at time could receive tuition, owing
to the intirm state of this old woman
Some hundred girls are now wait
ing to be admitted to the school
for the needed instruction. The i'm
mediate demand upon the first speci-
mems was extraordinary. The cost
which is actually100 francs per meter of
the width of about twelve centimeters, is
considered to be under its value 1t takes
$50 days of five working hours per diem
to produce a single meter by one work
woman, her pay being fifty centimes,
about five pence, per diem. The 'gros
point de Venise' is also to be revived at
Burano. The distinguished engineer, DR..
Fambri (six years Deputy to the Italian
Parliamen0, has published the following
estimate of the labor of manufacture of one
meter of this lace, of a quality never sur
passed in ancient times, namely: 1. Three
months wages of one hand for the net
work; 2. One months wages of one hand
for the flowers 3. An extra months
wages for the ornamental border. DR..
Fambri suggests that this industry should
be developed, were it only to save the
secret Of the art, as no kind of manufact-
ure exists more capable of giving sus-
tenance to thousands with amerelynOminal
capital 1t is to be regretted that women
in England, pending their attainment of
their political and other rights, do not pay
more attention to industries Of this nature
and thus acquire not only that independ-
ence but also that sustenance of which too
many of them stand in need"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-07-01
A Blunt Physician.

A WRITER in Chambers Journal says:
Foremost among the old English physi-
clans must stand out that blunt, clever
irascible Yorkshireman, DR.. Radcliffe,
whose memory the great library of Ok
ford for which he bequeathed e40,000)
will never allow to perish. Though there
was perhaps certain pride about his hon
est bluntneSS, we must respect the man
who could tell the truth even to royal pa
tients. Two years after his arrival in Lon
don Radcliffe was appointed physician to
the Princess Anne of Denmark; and soon
after the accession of King William was
rewarded for the cure of two of Williams
favorites by present of 500 guineas from
the privy purse. Though refusing the
position of Court Physician, Radcliffe is
said to have received from the King in
six years nearly 5000 guineas. His
gains, indeed, seem to have been enor-
nous; for in 1851 he received 1, 900 gum
cas- from Queen Mary for successfully pre-
scribing for the young Duke Of Glouces-
ter, the son of the Princess Anne; and we
cannot disbelieve the story that DR.. Glib
son made 1 900 guineas year by receiv-
ing patients who were unable to obtain
admission to DR.. Radcliffe In 1894 he
attended the good Queen Mary for the
small poX, and on merely reading the pre-
scriptions Of the other physicians at once
pronounced her a dead woman;' pre-
diction very soon verified. Queens and
princesses might shrug their pretty
shoulders at his name, but they could not
dispense with Radcliffe's services, and we
find him telling messenger of the Prin-
cess Anne that she had nothing but the
vapors, and was as we'll as any other
woman in the world could she but think
So He was dismissed the court for this
hit. Even royal pride, however, had to
bow before the great doctor, and he was
in 1899, again sent for to see the Duke of
Gloucester, whom he at once, abusing
roundly the two court physicians, pro-
nounced as beyond the reach of medicine.
In 1896 King William gave Radcliffe
81 300 and made him the offer of a baron
ctty, Nnlin Ic ucCl1ICIl, IIdp my gone
abroad to attend the Earl of Albemarle
who, on his recovery, had sent him 400
gu1neas and a diamond ring. Even the
Hing Radcliffe did little to conciliate, and
told him frankly that all promises to cure
him were futile. He might, he said, if he
gave up drinking long toasts with the
Earl of Bradford (who drank hardy, live
three or four years; but no art would car
~ him further. When the King was
finally seized with dropsy and asked the
doctor what he thought of his legs, Rad
cliffe replied: why, truly, sir, would
not have your Majesty's two legs for your
three Kingdoms Can we wonder that
William ever afterward refused to see the
blunt doctor, in spite of the intercessions
of the Earl of Albemarle and other
nobles?''
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-07-01
The Administration of Japan.

A LETTER from Yokohama in the B0rsen
Zc5tung says that the japanese Govern
ment is still bent on introducing greater
uniformity in the administration of the
country, and that it has decided, with this
object, to abolish the use of the Chinese
character in all official documents. In fu
ture the simple Hira-Gama letters are to
be used, which every japanese can read
There are no fewer than T05 foreigners in
the Government service, and PSI others
have obtained appointments from private
employers, and the number of the latter
continues to increase. This, observes the
correspondent, is the best proof that the
foreign element is necessary to the jap
6nese; and such will be the case for some
time to come, Notwithstanding the efforts
which are made to educate the Japanese
youth both at home and abroad, and to
train them as teachers. The Government
gives particular attention to education :;
examinations take place at regular peri
DDS, prizes are distributed, and during the
last two years nearly S., 900, 900 have been
contributed for educational purposes from
private funds. The Imperial Prince Flu
shimi passed his examination the other
day, and is said to have distinguished him.
self in French and Chinese. He is to en-
ter the army as sub-Lieutenant. The
Government also proposes to establish
from ten TO twenty new harbors for foreign
trade, and it is hoped that the whole of
the interior Of the country will soon be
opened to foreigners Two hundred thou
sand dollars have been appropriated for the
cost Of the Japanese department in the ex-
iIibition at Philadelphia
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-07-01
UnbreakabIe Glass.

A LONDON correspondent says: Some
interesting experiments have just been
made with Mr. f. de la Basties valuable
discovery that glass can be rendered prac-
tically unbreakable by the simple process
Of plun1ng it when still at cherry heat
into an Oil-bath. The process in no way
alters the appearance of the glass, while
its properties have undergone a thorough
change. Watch glasses and window
panes are thrown into the air and allowed
to drop with a crash upon the ground, or
trodden under foot with impunity. The
only drawback hitherto noticed is that
glass thus treated can no longer be cut
with diamond. Glaciers therefore must
be constantly provided with greatvariety
of sizes. There are hopes, however, that
some other means of cutting Mr.. de la
Bastie's glass will soon be found If this
invention becomes populariZed, as there
is every reason to believe it will, glass
will in a great measure supersede many
other materials now in continual use, as,
for instance, china and earthenware in the
manufacture of cups and plates. He sug-
gested, too, that it may be used in the place
of clay ormetal for water-pipes, gas-pipes
and the like, and as good lining for acid
tanks at chemical works. Indeed, the
uses to which itcan be putare innumerable,
and the Standard neatly observes that in
process of time people will cease to under
stand the meaning of the old proverb that
those who dwell in glass houses should
not throw stones Although almost I'M
breakable, Mr.. de Ia Bastie's glass can be
engraved with the sand blast and ground
in the usualmanner. Theprocess involves
no appreciate difference in prices. There
is a well-known passage in Pliny's Nat
ural History respecting the alleged dis
covery Of malleable glass in the reign of
the Emperor Tiberius. Pliny himself
half doubts the story, to which, how
ever, the facts given above give an ap-
pearance ofgreater probability than it once
possessed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-07-01
THE MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

LIVE SToCK.-Beef Cattle-S11 .75013.25 Hogs
Live, S7371a Ql7.50. Sheep-Live, S4.5095.5O.
BREApsTUFFs.-Flour-Go to choice. $4,000
sos; white wheat extra, S57006.40. Wheat-No. ,
Chicago, $1.1301.1314; No. 2 Northwestern,
S1.131z@114; No. ? Milwaukee spring, s1.179
lis. Rye-Western and State, 9Oc@S1.OO. Bar
ley-S1 .23G1130. Corn-Mixed Western, S2Qs3c.
Oats-Western Mixed, 6S969c.
PRovIsIoNs.-Pork-New Mess, StS.70019 IS.
Lard-Prime Steam, 13A@132sc. Cheese-50
12kc
WooL.-Domestic fleece, 42G63c.
CHICAGO.
LIVE SToCK.-Beeves-Choi SO. 256l6. 40: good,
S5.s5@615; nedi I'M, S5.50Q5.75; butchers
stock, s4oo95,a5; stock cattle, $3.5oG475.
HOgs-Live, good to choice. S7.Q007 25. Sheep
Good to choice, S4.5OG5OO.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 2oQ25c. Eggs
Fresh, 1514@16c. Pork-Mess, 19.2G019. 25.
LarG-S13. 10Gl13. 20.
BREADsTUFFs.- Winter Extra,
s6Oo97 .a5; spring extra, s4.25@4S7h. Wheat
Spring. No. ,, 9S1s09SHc. Corn-cio. ? 691s0
692ic. Oats-No. :, 56h057c. Rye-No. ,. 90
@93c. Barley-No. ?, S1.35@1,40
EUMBEK.-First Clear. S4S.O0@50Go; Second
Clear, S43.OO@47.O0; Common Boards. $4,000.
100; Fencing; s11.O0; "a" Shingles. g. Is
Q3.o0; Lath, S1.75@2.00.
CINCINNATI.
BREADsTUFFs.- Flodr-S5. 4G055O Wheat
Red, s1.a0G1.25. Corn-7a073c. Pve-s1 Os
Clio. Oats-64067c. Barley-No. ,, Al 2oal 25.
Provisions. -Pork-S S.4O@1S50. Lard-l21l
G13s<c.
ST. LOUIS.
LIVE STocK.-Beeves-Good to choice. e5.750
go. Hogs-Live, S6.0067.0O.
BREADsTUFFs.- Fall, S5O075 IN
Wheat-No. ? Red Fall, S1.3391 .33zz. Corn-No.
?, 66l@671!c. Oats-No. 2, 5SQ5SIsc. Rye-No
?, S1.0401.05. Barley-No.2 ?, 1901 p
Observation-Disclosures. S19.2oQ1925 Lard
-124913c.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-07-01

JONES (who has walked the length Of
his lawn to expostulate with his milkman
on cruelty to animals)-" Do you know
what happened to Balaam ~ Milkman-
Eyes" Jones" Well, what was it?''
Milkmaa-" The same thing that hap
pened to me just nova donkey spoke to
him. Gollangr'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-07-01

THE elephant Empress, at the Philadel-
phia Geological Garden, concluded to take
a rest while out for exercise recently, and
it required a derrick to get the stubborn
lady to her feet. The Empress is sid to
weigh IA, COG pounds and to be the largest
animal Of the kind in America.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-07-01

Up u Moscow, Somerset County, Me-,
there is schOol-house which is built Of
logs and boasts of glass window. The
cracks between the logs are all open-the
hand could be thrust through anywhere
The building has four seats and will seat
eight scholars. The teacher has no desk,
but fiat stone to sit on. A short school
is taught here every summer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-07-01

A FRENCHMAN, fishing in the Merrimac
River at Hooksett, Mass, few days since,
caught an eel six feet long and fifteen inch
es in circumference, that weighed thirty
five pounds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1875-07-01
possessed.

style have bias band of colored cam
brio, s.DouV q quarter of an inch wide,
placed near the edge on the front plat,
and trimming of the same on collar and
cuffs.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-05-07
Ministerial Association.

An Association Of Methodist Minis.
tiers will convene at River Falls, com
mencing on Tuesday, Juue LIST, and
continuing two days.
On Tuesday evening Rev. j. ID
Searles will deliver lecture. Subject:
San overland trip to California in
49,
Preaching on Wednesday evening by
Rev. A. l.. Tull, of Maiden Rock.
Essays will be read and discussed
during the day. The following is the
programme:
Camp Meetings, J. D. Searles.
Church Building, 1. P. Greer,
Presiding Eldership, E. b. Russell.
What constitutes the Kingdom Of
Christ, Jas. Ravens.
Sunday Schools, w. p. Hathaway.
Woman's work in the Church, A.. s,
Collins,
The New Chemistry, w. D. Atwater.
License an0Temperance, w. @. Ross
Christian Amusements, Warren
Mooney.
Are EvangeIists Needed? j. w. Char.
iton.
Life Probation. G. d. Scott.
Revision of the Hymn Book, Nj
Woodley.
Apostolical Succession, G. 3. Hawk
ms.
The Minister for the Times, S. w
Horner.
Church Periodicals, a. L. Tull.
Our Danger from Romanism. J. D
Tull.
Lessons from Beecher.Ti In
broglio. W. Egbert.
The Pastor, III. Il. Carter.
Work of the Soul Winner, 5. w
Webster.
w. D. ArwArEn,
j. d. SEARLEs, Com.
S. W RcRErR,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-05-07
MortCa"e sale.

Default has been made in the condition
of a certain mortgage executed and deliv-
cred by Edward II. 3oustead, and his wife,
Agnes G. Boustead. of the county Pierce,
state of Wisconsin, to Pascal Smith, of the
county of Goodhue, state of Minnesota,
dated the ninth day of March, A. ID. eight
cen hundred and siXty-seven, and recorded
in the Office of the Register of Deeds for
Pierce County, state of Wisconsin, en- the
fourth day of March, A. d. 1868, at eleven
o'clock in the forenoon of said day, III book
'sD'' of Mortgage Deeds, on pages "4l3'
and 1920 which mortgage covers and con-
veys that tract or parcel of land situated
and being in the county of Pierce, and state
of Wisconsin, described as follows, to-wit:
The northeast quarter of the southwest
quarter of section two (2), of township No.
twenty -four (24), north of range No. eight
cen (lS) west, containing forty (40) acres,
according to the government survey thereof,
be the same more or less; which mortgage
was afterwards and on the 7th day of Decem-
Der, A. d. 1872, duly sold ,assign,d and trans.
ferred by said Pascal Smith to F. t. Day,
and the instrument of such assignment was
duly recorded in the Office of the Register
of Deeds, of Pierce county, Wisconsi n, in
book ''F'' of Mortgages, on page "l49'
on the lOtn Jay OF DeCempeE, II. ~ 100 -,
at 6 O'Clock, p. N. There is claimed to be
due. and there is due, upon said mortgage,
and the debt secured thereby, at the date
of this notice two hundred and ninety-eight
and 81 dollars ($298.67). No action or
proceeding has been instituted, at law or
otherwise, for recovery of said debt, or any
part thereof Now, therefore, notice lie
hereby given that by virtue of the power
of sale in said mortgage contained and re-
corded Herewith, and in pursuance of the
statute in such case made and provided,
said mortgage will be foreclosed by public
sale of said mortgsged premises, which sale
will be made by the sheriff of said Pierce
county at ten O'Clock in the forenoon, ON the
sixth (6th) day of May, A. d. 1875, at the
front door of the Court House, in the village
of Ellsworth, in the county of Pierce and
state of Wisconsin, and the proceeds of
said sale will be applied to the payment OF
the amount due as aforesaid, the costs Of
sale and the attorneys fee OF fifteen dollars
(Sl5), stipulated in said mortgage 70 be
paid in case of the foreclosure thereof.
Dated at Ellsworth, Pierce County, Wis
consin, this 10Th day of March, A. d. 1875.
f. T. Day, Assignee.
II! BEyANs, Attorney for Assignee.
a. ct
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-05-07

The fact is now settled beyond al
cavil. that you can buy more goods for
the same money in the village of River
Falls, than in any other place in the
Northwest. This fact our friends will
do well to remember. since the times
are hard, and the dimes are still harder,
(to be got hold of and it is of vast i'm
portance to make Jour money go just
as fer as it will.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-05-07
Mortgage sale.

Whereas default has been made in the
condition of certain Mortgage Deed, ex-
ecuted, made and delivered by David Pulk,
mortgage or, to Isaac Barber, mortgage, on
the 10th day of October, A. D., 1873, tc
seure the pay ment of two hundred dvllars,
with interest on the same at seven per cent
from the 10th day of October, 1873, &C.
cording to the conditions o. three certain
notes, bearing even date with said mort
gage, and executed, by the said David
Pulk, to Isaac Barber; which said mort
oa oe was dulv recorded in the office of the
Register Of Deeds, in and for Pierce county,
Wisconsin; on the 18th day OF October, A
ID. 1873, at emo o'clock, p. NJ, in Volume G
Book of Mortgage; ON page GG6, which said
mortgage covers and conveys, the following
described premises situated in the County
of Pierce, and State of Wisconsin: to wit:
The south half of the northeast erarter, OF
the Southwest quarter, of section No. one,
in township, % north Of range 20, west,
and, whereas, there is now claimed 10 be
due, and is due at the date Of this notice,
the sum Of two hundred dollars, with in
terest at per cent from date of said mort
gage, aud no action or proceedings at law,
or otherwise, has been instituted to re.
cover the said mort gage debt, or any part
thereo1; now, therefore, n0lce Is HeTepy
given, that under and by virtue of the pow
er of sale contained in said mortgage. and
in pursuance of the statute in such case
made and provided, said mortgage will be
foreclosed by the sale of said mortgaged
premises, or so much thereof as may be
necessary to pay the amount of said mort
gage debt, now due; with interest from
this date; and the cost and expenses o.
Gale; and the further sum of forty dollars
as solicitors fees, stipulated to be paid il
and by said mortgage, in case Of foreelos
ure thereof, by reason of the ncnperfor.
nance of any of the conditions thereof, by
the said David Pulk; and the further sun
of one dollar and seventy-fv cents as tax
es accrued on the premises described il
said mortgage, and that said sale will b,
made at public vendue, 10 the highest bid
der. for cash; by the Sheriff of said Pierc,
county on (Tuesday) the 18th day Of May
A. D., 1875, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon o
that day, st the front door of the pest Of
fee, in the village Of River Falls, in Pierc,
county. State of Wisconsin.
Dated at River Falls, March Goth. 1875
Isaac BARBER, Mortgage.
A. MORSE, Atty. for Mortgages
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-05-07
SUMMONS.


Circuit Court-Pierce County.
Sarah C. Thing against Joseph W. Thing.
The State of Wisconsin to Joseph W.
Thing
You are hereby summoned and required
to answer the complaint in this action.
which will be filed In the Office of the Clerk
of said Court. at the village of Ellswsrth,
Pierce county, Wisconsin, and to serve
copy of your answer to the said complaint
on the subscriber, at his Office, in the VIII
lage Of River Falls, within twenty days af-
ter the service hereof, exclusive of the day
Of such service; aud if you fail to answer
the said complaint within the time afore-
said, the Plaintiff in this action will apply
to the Court for tie relief denandea;n the
complaint.
Dated, april 9Th, 1878.
A. MORSE, Plaintiffs Attorney.
The complaint in the above entitled ac-
tion WIS filed in the Office of the Clerk Of
Circuit Court in asd for the county of
Pierce and state of Wisconsin. at the village
of Ellsworth, in said ccunty and state, on
the tenth day of April. 1876.
A. MoRsE, Plaintiffs Attorney.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-05-07

The River Falls Journal has a short
article on Twenty Years Ago." refer
ring pleasantly to the events and in.
dlyiduals of the early times in that
village. The article might have been
heightened and increased in interest.
One of these days we intend to write a
series of articles for the STAR a. Times
giving history of the early settlement
of the st. Croix Valley.-Star d
Times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-05-07

S. ID. Dodge, as usual, at this sea-
son of the year is lodging around lively
among boxes, kegs, stoves, etc. He
has more goods, and a greater variety
than ever before. and being short for
room, he will sell as cheap as any other
firm in the st. Croix Valley. Give him
an early call if you have occasion to
purchase anything In his line.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-05-07

N. L. Burns and A. w. Lund are
putting up more new buggies for the
trade of the season. Fer beauty, dura.
bility and style thu work of these gen.
tlemen is not excelled in the North
west, while their prices are quite as
reasonable as elsewhere Call and ex
anime their work.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-05-07

BY an accidental blow with an ak,
last Sunday afternoon, little son of
John Clifford of this town came near
having his head literally split open.
The wound was a fearful one, the AK
having fairly penetrated the skull. DR..
Golden was called and dressed the
wound, and the prospect is fair for the
boys recovery.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-05-07

And still they come-those new
goods at the store of Burhyte Brothers,
among which is hugh pile of carpet
ing, of every style, kind and price.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-05-07

Miss e. A. Frazier has opened new
millinery shop in the store opposite
II. l.. Wadsworth's Boot & Shoe shop,
Oh Maple street. Her advertisement
will be found in this paper. She
invites attention to her stock and
business.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-05-07

a serious fire occurred at Oshkosh,
on the 18th ult. All the banks, the
principal hotels, the Opera House, a
dozen mills, hundreds of residences.
and millions IF feet of lumber were
reduced to ashes, and hundreds OF
families were left homeless.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-05-07

We have seen colder weather than
this in January. but as for May-as
for May-we cannot say. But then
we are not acquainted with the Clerk.
and Uncle Blood has lost his influence
with him altogether, and we adjourn
further proceedings with him until he
"warms up" little.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-05-07

1t is and old maxim that "a penny
saved is worth two earned" Make a
double saving, then, by coming to River
Falls to buy any thing you want.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-05-07

John Foster has got fine horse
''right from the Highlands of Scotland"
to which he invites the attention of
horse breeders. And John can tell
YOU of his fine qualities. If.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-05-07

Stob leedle. Ish peter you look a
leedle oud. of you want somdings, unit
dond got it, maybe you peter go of dat
Hedderly & Davis, CLOSE dis side Won
de bost-office; we're you got sheep goots
unit goot brlces. or you see holdings
vas you dond want, youst spoke of de
posses.