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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-11
S. WIS, THURSDAY, MAY IL, 1876.

from the said day ofsa'e. But were
it otherwise, and did the case rest
wholly upon the construction to be
given sections 26 and 27, we should be
compelled to hold that they refer to a
"discovery'' Of some error or mistake
of fact, not to mistake of or error of
law. In the case Of hutchinson vs.
The Board of Supervisors Of Sheboy-
gan County, 26 Wis. 402, the ques-
ton was whether the grantee in tax
deed had such clear and positive infor-
nation Of the fact as to set the statute
running. The majority of the court
held that the information or notice
which he received upon the payment
of the tax did not amount to such y
discovery" or knowledge Of the fact
as would set the statute running
against him. And that dlcision ac
cords with our present view that these
sections have referred to the "discov-
cry Of some matter Of fact, and not
of law, which renders the tax or sale
void.
The judgement of the circuit court
is reversed, and the cause remanded
for further proceedings,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-11
An Annecd0te Of Moody.

New York World: When the re-
vival in Brooklyn was at its height, a
very wealthy, cultivated and skeptical
lady from New York went over there
to hear Mr.. Moody preach. She was
amazed and little disgusted at his
style of oratory. But for some reason
which, probably, she could not define,
she went again Still again. On her
fourth visit she passed into the inquiry
room and said to Mr. Moody that she
would like to hear from him, directly
and privately, his argument why she
should become Christian. He an
swered her, saying, MADAM, [ know
of no surer way of reaching your heart
than through prayer. Let US pray
Mr. Moody knelt. His manner was
such that the lady could not chose but
kneel beside MIN He asked her to re-
peat after him his prayer In low, earn
est tones, and with all the tender and
pathetic phraseology Of which on such
occasions he is master, he uttered his
supplication, pausing after each sem
tence for his companion to follow
The prayer concluded with the VOW:
"And now, 0 Lord, [ give my life
to Thee -
"NIr Moody" said the lady, in
hard painful whisper, Il cannot say
that; truly [ can not. "
Mr.. Moody made no reply, nor did
he change his position. There was Il
pause Of half minute. Then again
he uttered the words
And now, . Lord, [ give my life
to Thee -
The lady, trembloing, did not re-
spond, The evangelist paused for
about the same space as before, motion
less. And now with voice still more
resolute and fervid, he repeated for the
third time the pledge After mo-
interval of silence, the new
convert said:
''-4nd aoc, 0 Lord, I gire my life
to Thee H.
Mr., Moody rose took his weeping
charge by the hand with the words,
madam. I devoutly thank God !" and
led her quietly to the door. She has
ever since been actively employed in
religious work.
"A. I. Stewart was A. T. when he
died.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-11
PUBLIC REsOLUTToN-NO. l


JOINT RESOLUTION on the celebration of the
Centennial in the several counties or towns.
Be 1t reS0Ired By the Senate ana House Of Rep
rsSentGtjreS If tie United StGtes Of Ame1ica. IN
Congress assembled. That it be, and is, hereby,
recommended by the Senate and House of Rep
rcsentatiyes to the people OF the several States,
that they assemble in their several counties or
towns on the approaching Centennial Anniyer-
sary Of our National Independence, and that
they cause to have delivered on such day an
historical sketch of such county or town from
its formation and that copy of sand sketch be
filed, in print or manuscript. in the Clerks Office
of said county, and an additiona, copy, in print
or manuscript be filed in the office Of the Lii
hrarian Of Congress, to the intent that a com
plete record may thus be obtained of the pro-
greSS of our institutions during the First Cen
tennial of their existence.
Approved March 13, 1876
Now. therefore, that measures may be at once
taken to obtain 1t record of the progress of Our
institutions in every county, town and munich
pal corporation, [, Harrison Ludington, Cover
nor of Wisconsin, specially call the attention Of
the people of the State TO said Joint Resolution.
with the request that its recommendations be IN
every case acted upon as fRfiy as the materials
and the time at hand VIII permit.
In testimony whereof, have hereunto set my
hand and caused the Great Seal of
Seal the State TO he annexed.
Done at the city of Madison, this
twentieth day of April. IN the year of our lord
one thousand eight hundred and seyenty-SiX
and of the independence OF the United States
HARRISON IUDINGTON.
BY the Governor:
:. CADWALLADER,
Assistant Secret lry OF State.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-11
Inducements offered by this
Route

to the trav cling public arc all the modern i'm
provements Rock and Gravel BallaSted Track,
Steel Rail Rock and Iron Bridges, Parlor and
Drawing Room LAY Coaches, Smoking and
Lounging Cars. Westinghouse Safety Air
Platforms Speed, Safety and Absolute comfort
Running Through Fire Great States,
and operating over 1000 miles of road. this
Company presents TO the traveller facilities that
are not and cannot be offered by any Competi-
tor.
All ticket agents can sell you tickets via this
route.
If you wish the best travelling accommoda-
tIons, you will buy your tickets by this route,
and will take other.
MARVIN HUGHITT, W. IL. STENNETT.
General Supt t5en'l Pass. Ageut.
Jan6tf 1876
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-11

BuI lding St0ne-I am prepared
to furnish builders with any quantity
from one to five hundred cords of as
excellent building stone as can be fur
nished from any quarry in Wood Coun-
ty. Apply to
tf HENRY OSTERMAN.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-11
STATE OF WISCONSIN.
BY The Governor
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS. The President of the United
States has approved the following Joint ReSou-
ton of the Senate and House of Representa-
tIveS, to wit
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-11
Pullman Palace Cars.

Thess celebrated ears are run on all night
trains on all the lines of this road.
This is the only line running these cars be-
tween Chicago and St. Paul or Chicago and
Milwaukee.
At Omaha our sIeepers connect with the Over
land Seepers on the Union Pacific Railroad
for all points west of the Missouri River.
Among the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-11

Round trip tickets on sale at all
principal ticket Offices in the North
west. One Of the powerful upper
cabin passenger Steamships
AMAZON OR MINNEAPOLIS,
will leave Company's Docks adjoining
Union Depot, Milwaukee, at 9 o'clock
every evening (except Saturdays)
connecting at Grand Haven with day
express trains for the East. The pas
senger equipment of this route includes
all modern improvements. Westing-
house Air Brakes, Miller Platforms,
and Pullman's Parlor and Sleeping
Cars. 5000 tons of steel rails are
being laid on this line, which will take
the place of all the iron rails now re-
naming between Grand Haven and
Detroit.
b. Y. MEnnAuGH,
Western Pass. Agent, Milwaukee.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-11
CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN
RAITwA

Passengers for Chicago, Detroit, Toledo. Cleve-
natl, Rochester, Albany, Toronto. Montreal,
Quebec, Portland, Boston. New Iork, Philadel-
phia. Baltimore, Washington, St. Louis, Carlo,
San Francisco, Sacramento, Ogden, Salt La Ike
City, Denver Council Bluffs. Sioux City, St.
Paul. Marquette, Escanaba, Menasha, Madison
Cheyenne, Omaha, Yankton, WinOna. Duluth,
West, South and East should buy their tickets
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-11
Blacksmith ana Wagon Shop.

CESTRALIA. WIS.
The undersigned has established himself at
the old stand of Alex Bissallion. and will keep
on hand Lumber wagons, and will manufacture
PLATFORM WAGONS, BUGGlEsS,
&c, to order.
Horse Shoeing and Plough repairing done
and all work warranted. apr.l2lI
p A PETERSON.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-11
&. & " ". R02laC0y,

Close connections are made at Chicago with
the Lake Shore Michigan Southern. Michigan
Central, Baltimore Z OHIO. Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne & Chicago, kahk kakes Line, and p an
east, and with the Chicago Y Alton and Illinois
Central for all points South.
Close connections are also made with the
Union Pacific r. r. at Omaha for all far West
points.
Close connections are made AZ junction points
tn trims of LII crnss rnads
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-11

LARGEST sale of any LAWN MOWER in the
WORLD!
1t has been adopted. and can be seen in prac-
tca operation at Central Park and all othef
City Parks. New York: Government Grounds
and City Parks. Washington: Boston Comman.
almost every prominent Park throughout the
United States and Canada.
At the trial held in New York City. on tha
awarded the First Premium. a Silver Media hr
the american Institute, in competition with
all the different Lawn Mowers made in this
country.
Four sizes for hand power; four sizes for
horse power.
PsiceS from SlI to $500.
EVERY MACHINE WARRANTED.
ChGdOof1n &c ColdsCeU hfg. Co.
Gg-Send for Circular. Nowburgh, N. T.
Apri27m3
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-05-11

"A. T. Stewart was A. I. when he
died.
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SUPREME COCRT.-CnAs. BAKER Responder
VS.. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COuS
TRY OF COLUMBIA. \ Appellapt.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-13
Ancient and Modern Novels.
From the London SATURDAY. Review ..,', p

From the London Saturday Review. p,
There is an clement in the prose
fiction OF the last century which places
1T in strong contrast with the novel of
the present time. We are now inclin-
ed to regard the novelist as before all
things an artist. His work is Judged
by the laws proper to imaginative lit
erature, and success or failure is reck-
Oned by reference to a standard which
would have been scarcely understood
by the writer's or by the public Of an ear
Her time. On one point IN particular
modern critics are wont to be unfaingly
~ severe. The novelist is not permitted
to be a teacher of morals. Pardon NAV
be granted for other faults of style or
knowledge, but the fault of attempted
instruction is deemed objectionable,
and the writer who now undertakes to
deliver sage counsel on the rewards of
virtue or the perils of vice is at once
and confidently judged to be ignorant
OF the first principles of his craft.
This modern view of the require
ments OF fiction is curiously opposed to
the practice OF the writer's of the las
century. There, at least, we find no
doubt in the mind of the author us to
the propriety Of instructing his read
ers. The novel was understood to be
the vehicle for discursive com en-
upon manners and morals, and the ele-
ment in fiction now held to be su-
preme, occupied in then only subordi-
nate place. The gift of characterize
ton, since discovered to be the one ell
during element in those cumbrous
works of fiction, was held at the time
to be subject to the power of the essay
ist ; the individual personages of the
history slowly emerged from a world
OF wise and witty comment offered in
dependently by the author and when
we strive to reach the. motive of one
OF these earlier novels, it is impossible
not to feel that by the novelist him.
self the facts Of the story were regard
ed mainly as useful machinery by the
aid of which he might deliver himself
OF u store of pregnant criticisms upon
men and manners.
The fortune and fate of the hero
formed no doubt All object of interest
to him; and we may note everywhere
in the the literature of the eighteenth
century the signs of new pleasure in
being able to describe and initiate the
minutest facts of real life and to trans
fer them into the mimic world of tic-
ton; but all this side of his labor was
evidently deemed of less dignity and
consideration than the functions of a
moral instructor.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-13

Mr.-.Fof a certain town in Ver-
mont, is not distinguished for liber-
atty, either of purse or opinion. His
ruling passion is Il fear Of being cheat
ed. The loss, whether real or fam
cied, Of a few cents. would give him
more pain than the destruction Of an
entire navy. lie once bought a large
cake of tallow at a country store at
ten cents a pound. On breaking it to
pieces at home, it was found to con-
tain a large cavity. This he consider
ed terrible disclosure of cupidity and
fraud. He drove furiously back to the
store, entering in great excitement,
bearing the cake of tallow, exclaiming
vehemently
''Here, you rascal, you have cheated
me! DO you call that IN honest cake
of tallow? 1t is hollow, and there
amt near so much as there appeared
to be. l want you to make it right"
"Certainly," replied the merchant,
''l'll make it right. didn;t know the
cake was hollow. You paid ten cents
a pound. Now, Mr.-. how much do
you suppose the hole will weigh?
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-13

the glorious vineyards of Negotin-
OF whole district as large as Shrop-
shire, and as well-to-do as the Gironde
They are turned to ashes. The fine
yellow wine of Negotin, famous
throughout eastern Europe, is dried
up at its source, and with it the pros
perity, the very existence of the most:
thriving and contented population in
the principality- Kuiazevitz burnt to
the ground-Saitchar pillaged-Glad-
ovo a heap of ruins the peasantry fly
ing in thousands from their homes in
all the frontier lands, and gradually
converging upon Belgrade, with the
avenger behind them deadly fevers
breaking out all around the scorched
battle-felds, upon which the dead lie
purifying in as yet uncounted num-
bers; national bankruptcy, panic,
foreshadowings Of starvation-these
are the themes of the letters that
reach us, batch after batch, from a
country only three days journey from
the German capital J! The unfortunate
prince, at length emancipated from
the illusions which have hitherto fet.
tered and weighed down his naturally
diflident and unambitious disposition,
and aghast at the conviction that he
has been made the cat paw of utterly
INSCRIPTIONS men, is at his wits end
to discover some not altogether ruin
Gus and dishonoring means of escape
from the terrible embroglio into
which he has allowed himself to be
thrust; his unprincipled councillors
arc smuggling their valuables across
the Danube into places of safety, and
his people are plunged into the deep
est depths of black despair. At such
a moment the irony of fate bestows
upon him an heir! No more distress
ing spectacle has been seen since the
Polish instruction of 1903 than the
present state of vanquished Servia.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-13
4. T. Stewart & Co.. in Chicago.

From the Philadelphia Times.
The establishment Of a branch house
Of A. L. Stewart & Co. in Chicago.
marks what will prove to be the first
step in the decentralization of business
in this country. Hitherto New York
has been the metropolis; the largest
importers and jobbers have had their
houses here, and all other cities have
been more or less dependent on the
metropolis. This new store, filled
with stock of goods worth $4,000, 900
and managed by Mr.. William Libby,
the real head of the firm of A. 7.
Stewart & Co., is a notice to western
merchants that they will gain nothing
by going further east than Chicago.
That city will become the distributing
centre of the great west, selling it's
goods to every State between the
Rocky mountains and the Ohio. Chi
cago is already a great distributing
point. The firms of John V. Farwell
& Co., and Field Letter, & Co., each do
a business amounting to a quarter of a
million a day, and there are others
second only to these but the estab-
lishment of such house as Stewards
is, so to speak, ''sticking in PIN and
marking a centre. Mr.. Libby is sure
to be followed by H. B. Clat1in & Co.,
and others. William f. Burlock & Co.,
the largest shirt manufacturers in the
country. with a factory at Bridgeport
Conn.,, are the first to follow, having
telegraphed at once to Chicago at
torney to lease a store for them near
Stewards. Will anyone be so rash
as to predict that another generation
will not see the New York store the
branch. and the Chicago the head
quarters!
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-13
Yellow Fever in Savannah,

Georgia papers report the prevalence
of yellow fever in Savannah in an ep-
idemic form. Hundreds of residents
OF that city are pouring into the upper
towns OF the State by every train. The
Atlanta constitution Of Sept. 1st, says
From the most reliable sources at our
command we gather that the disease
first made it's appearance, some days
ago, in the low sailors boarding houses
in the river quarters of the city. This
fact would argue that it come thither
from some foreign port. most probable
brought by vessel touching at a Gu
ban port. There were several deaths
before it came to be admitted that the
disease was really of the yellow type,
but the symptoms became pronounced
and could no longer be mistaken. In
one case we are told that the black
vomit was fully discovered. The dis
ease began to spread and take in other
portions of the city. and the physi-
clans began to prepare for hard and
tough fight with the terrible foe. As
yet it. would seem that the disease has
confined itself in the main to that
class subject to it's ravtges, being those
people who have the least regard to
temperance and cleanliness. Ifreports
from all intelligent and sincee sources
can be relied upon, the fearful fever
is gaining a prevalence among this
mass which will battle all the skill Of
the medical profession for some time
to come. Numbers are being prostrat-
ed daily bat thus far the malignant
form OF the disease is rare.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-13
His GrOundTtor Divorce.

A Raleigh lawyer (says the Sentinel)
was interviewed yesterday by an az.
riculturalist living q score of miles
from the city. who said he wanted to
secure divorce from his wife.
''lou don't live happily with her,
eh q inquired the attorney.
"No; we don't seem to hitch with a
cent. - was the quiet reply.
''Does she scalp and fret, and make
your home hell upon earth, SO to
speak g continued the lawyer.
':That's her, exactly.''
"And you are prepared to prove
that you have a peaceful disposition.
and that you have done everything you
could to make home pleasant -
'You bet am! Anybody as knows
flea, and that move around home like
an ANGEL
swell, / guess we can make out a
case,' said the lawyer, as he took up
his pen and began to dot down the
points. After moment he inquired ::
500 you think that your wife will
contest the case! Has she any de-
Tense -
''Waal, now, I never thought of
that slowly replied the farmer. 81
didn't know as she had anything to
say about it,
''She may have. Has she any
grounds for complaint against you!"
81 don't know much about law,''
answered the client in n hesitating
way. ~ know I've got a laundering
after her sister Marier, and her sister
Marier has a laundering after me, but
whether them is good grounds for
complaint don't know!'
The lawyer hasn't filed a bill yet.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-13
," ...ESHft,'
Nijni-Novgorod.

From the London Times.
= The great Russian fair, which sixty
years since was transferred to Mimi
Novgorod from it's ancient locality
in the meadows near the monastery of
Macarieva, opens on the 25th of June
(old style), and comes to close early
in September. Mr.. Doria, Secretary
of the British Embassy at St. Peters,
burg, reports that it is calculated that
10000 Opersons visited the fair last
year, and about 10000 of them were
resident at a time, for a longer or
shorter period, during the fair. The
| value of the merchandise actually sold
at the fair has risen from 100000
roubles in l847 to 165, 100000 in 1874.
In the last-named year upwards of
5000 shops were let. The site, at the
confluence of the rivers Okla and Volga
is mrivalled in the whole Empire for
| water communication. Between the
immense market-halls and the meats
which surrounds them is the celebrat.
ed subterranean gallery, washed by
the waters from Lake Mestcherski,
which, rushing with great impetus in.
| to the gallery: cleanses it thoroughly,
carrying away all rubbish into the
River Okah, whose level is six yards
lower than that Of the lake. The whole
sale trade in iron, in digerent forms,
amounted at the fair in 1875 to $685.
800 pools of sc pounds each, sold for
| $780, 200 roubles. equal. at 3d., to
f2,l93,8l2. Tea Of the value of up
wards of 100000 roubles was also
sold. Along the banks of the lake
enormous pyramids Of chests of tea
are heaped upon the ground, covered
only with mating made from the in
ner bark of the birch tree. These
chests Of tea, called ''tsibiki." are so
packed as to be impervious to rain or
damp. Outside the ordinary wooden
chest is 4 covering of wicker-work or
cane OF bamboo round which, at Kiah-
t;t, raw bull-hides are tightly stretched,
with the hair inwards. These chests
arrive at Mini from China, having
been received in barter, ut Kiakhta or
Maimatchin. on the Chinese border of
Russia, for Russian manufactures of
cotton or wool; the transport then be-
ing on the backs of camels to Oren-
bourg, and then in rude carts to the
Rivers Kamma and Volga. 1t is these
'tsibiki' which contain that peclllia
kiakhta, Balkhoff tea, whose taste and
aroma are unequallcd by any other
kind Of tea imported into Europe from
China. But Kiakhta tea now encoun-
ters a formidable rival in the tea i'm
ported through the Suez Canal and
Odessa. as we'll as from England, and
which bears the name Of Canton tea.
| Large sales are made of corn and of
leather at the fair, of fruits from Per-
STA, of madden and wine from the eau
casus, and Of cotton and skins from
| BOkhara.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-09-13
A Brave Soldier

Out of the many instances of indi-
vidual bravery which must have sig
nalized the struggle for independence,
few have been preserved ; but one,
that has been, lights up the melan-
choly darkness of the scene with Pc
culiar brightness. At the battle of
Bunker Hill, John Calender, captain
of artillery, had withdrawn from the
| battle, and had disObeyed Putnam S
orders to return. The battle over,
Putnam declared that if Calender was
not cashiered or shot, he would him.
self leave the service. The court-mar-
tial convicted him of cowardice, and
dismissed him ''from all further SER
vice in the Continental army as an of.
ficer. Coward OF not, he was brave
enough to step down into the ranks of
the company he had commanded The
9th of August found him on the
nights overlooking Flatbush. His
captain and lieutenant had fallen, and
his companions were beginning to re-
treat. Springing in front Of them. he
ordered them to return and man their
pieces. For time his courage nour-
ished theirs but at length he stood
alone, charging field piece, while his
comrades were swept away by ire
mendous onset Of the enemy Court
ing death, he made no signal of sur
render when the hostile bayonets were
at his breast; but a brave officer in
terfered in his behalf, and he was
made a prisoner. Washington, hear.
ing OF his conduct, ordered the SEN
tence against him to be erased, and his
command to be restored to him; and
when, year later, he was exchanged,
he gave him his hand before the army
in token of his great respect and adj
miration. lie left the service at the
end of the war with an enviablc rep
utation.