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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29
A Dinner in Siberia.

from q Letter rom siberia.
Our dinner party IN the evening
and it was really a dinner party-was
exceedingly merry. Each one laid his
stores under contribution. Some
brought out frozen bread, 9th ers frozen
caviare, others still, frozen preserves,
others again, sausages which could not
be bent even if put against the knee
and pulled with all the strength of both
arms. Can you imagine without laugh
ing the appearance presented of seven
half-famished people sitting at table
with thirty different dishes before them,
and unable to touch one of them ex-
cept at the risk of breaking their
teeth? Nothing could be done except
to wait patiently for the dishes to thaw.
Gradually, as each article of food soft
ems, faces brighten, and when at last q
knife entered one of the dishes, there
were shouts of triumph, which an
nounced the beginning of the meal.
At the close of the meal we had some.
excellent fruit, which had been kept
frozen. Throughout Siberia, as soon as
very cold weather sets in, all fruit is
placed out Of doors with Northern
exposure, that the sun may never
touch them. They are complete, as
just plucked from the tree. When
placed on the table they are as hard as
wood, and when they fall accidentally
on the floor they make the same noise
that wooden ball would do. The heat
of the dining room gradually softens
them, and they resume their original
form. When eating some game one
day, out of curiosity, asked how long
it had been killed. / was told cover
two months" When cold weather sets
in, nearly every butcher kills all the
meat he requires during the winter.
Fish become so solid that in all the
markets they are seen leaning ag amt
the wall on their tails, no matter what
their length or weight may be.
THE Salem Observer says: eve heard
day or two ago of most praiseworthy
act on the part of noble hearted and
wealthy gentleman of this city, who,
holding notes and mortgages for $780,
600 for money furnished to aid humble
but deserving persons, cancelled these
obligations by destroying them. 1t IS
not often that fire is kindled for so
noble a purpose or that will call forth
| gratitude from so many hearts"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29
A Weu-POsted Boy.
From the Detroit Free Press.

History never jumps over Detroit.
There are too many old backgrounds
around here for the historian to get
past without at least few paragraphs.
The fight at Bloody Run has been
largely read of, and strangers often ask
to have the locality pointed out. Yes
terday a man who dropped off a street
car at the Jefferson avenue bridge to
look around and let memory carry him
back to Indian days, felt anxious to
know how the fight came to be called
Bloody Run. BY and by boy came
slamming along, and the stranger beck
oned to him and asked:
"Sonny, is this Bloody Run?"
"You are bloody right it is, was the
rejoinder.
Right around here is where the
British troops were, is it?"
eyes, sir; and down in the gully
there were the bloody Injuns."
And they fought?"
"Bloody sure; they didn't come here
to play, you bet"
Was there much loss?"
CA bloody big one"
s'Can you tell me-" continued the
stranger, looking around, "why they
call it Bloody Run?''
Eyes, sir; coz when them soldiers
found there were ten Injuns to one
white man, they run so bloody fast you
can find old boot-heels around here
yeti"
The stranger may have taken some
of them away as relics He was seen
hunting up and down the street.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29

BELKNAP 5 first prompt acknowledge
ment of his guilt recalls Bacon's course
under not dissimilar circumstances.
:" I do plainly and ingenuously con-
TESS" said the great chancellor, that
| am guilty of corruption, and so re-
nounce all defense. I beseech your
lordships to be merciful to a broken
reed"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29

commissioner before the day when this act shall
take effect, the regular published schedule of their
tariff rates for the transportation Of persons and
property which WIS in force on their railroads on
The 18th day Of June, D., 1872, duly verified by
the oath OF the general freight agent Of said
pany thereto attached, and that company and the
Western Union Railroad Company, and The
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Com shall
not demand, collect, or f ceive greater compen-
sation for the transportation of persons and
property an is fixed in such schedule for CORE
spending distances This provision shall also ap-
ply to such lines OF railroads as have beer built
and put into operation by either of said companies
and operated under lease or otherwise, since the
date above mentioned; proU,ded, that the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul Railway Company, and
the Western Unicn Railroad Company, and the
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company shall.
sell at all ticket stations their respective lines
within this state, tickets for five hundred miles,
which shall be transferable; also round trip tick
cts, good for first class passengers to and from any
station within this state, their respective lines
of road, at uniform rate Of three cents per mile;
and provided further that no railroad corporation
shall be compelled to accept less than five cents
for the transportation of any passenger between
any points.
Section IL ALI the powers duties and privileges
conferred on the board of railroad commissioners
by the acts to which this act is amendatory and not
herein repealed, are hereby conferred on the raj
road commi sioner to be appointed under the pro-
visions of this act,
Section Is. Sections one, two, three, four, five,
six seven, eight thirteen and fourteen of chapter
273 of the laws of h74, of which this is amenda,
tory; chapter 341 Of the laws Of 1874 entitled an
act in relation to railroads; chapter 1874, Of the
laws of 1875, entitled. san act to amend chapter
273 of the laws of 1e74, entitled AN act relating
to railroad, express and telegraph companies in the
state of wisconsin and the first section of chap
ter 1!3, of the laws of 1875, are hereby repealed
1,rovided, that nothing herein contained shall in
any manner affect any litigation now pending in
any of the courts of this state, or any court or
courts Ct the United States
Section a. Tho commissioner appointed under
the provisions Of this act shall receive for his ser
vices the sum of three thousand dollars per annum
payable monthly at the end Of each month, and
three dollars per day for travelling expenses for
each and every day actually Travelled In the perfo
nance of the duties hereby required. He shall be
furnished with all Office furniture and stationery
and Ecceesary books and maps, at the expense OF
the state, and The said commissioner = hereby
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29
Published February %, 1851
CHAPTER, 61

CHAPTER OF.
A ACT to repeal chapter one hundred and fifty
three (163), Of the general laws of 1867, entitled
. an act to amend section seventy-elght {70, of
chapter fifteen {l5) Of the revised statutes, en-
titled of towns and town officers; powers and
duties Of towns.'"
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Chapter one hundred and ifty-three
Q53), of the general laws of 1867 entitled an act
to amend section seventy-eight {78) Of chapter if
teen 5 OF the revised statutes, entitled OF towns
and town officers; powers and duties of towns !"
is hereby repealed.
Section 2. This act shall take effect and be In
fierce from and after its passage.
Approved February "a, 1876.
Published February 20, 1861
CHAPTER IS.
AN Act relating to wills proved and allowed in
any other of the United States, the territories
thereof.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Sec ion /. When will devising lands any in
terest in lands situated in this state, shall have
heretofore been or shall hereafter be duly proved
and allowed in the proper court OF any other OF the
United States of the territories thereof, copy
OF such will and the probate there duly anthem
ticated, and be recorded III the registry Of de DIS
OF the county in which such lands are situated,
prove the title to such lands If proved and al
lowed in this statue, and the record of such copy
or transcript of such record duly certified, shall
be prima facie evidence in all the courts OF this
state.
Section 2 This act shah take effect and be In
orce from and after its passage ana s.nba1catlon.
Approved February Is, 1876.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29
published March %, 1861
CHAPTER 59.s

AN ACT to compel clerks of every town. city and
village, and the county clerk of every county in
this state to carry out the provisions of chapter
one hundred and fifty (15O), Of the general laws
of 1872, an act entitled " an act to provide for
the collection of statistics from towns villages
and cities, showing the amount of taxes raised
therein.
The people OF the state of Wisconsin represented
In senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section l. Whenever any town, city or village
clerk, within the time fixed by law, the statement
required by section one ~, of chapter one hun
dred and fifty 150), of the general laws of 1872 it
shall be the duty of the county clerk of the county
to send messenger to such town, city or village
clerk SO delinquent, to procute the statement re-
quired by said act; said messenger shall be enti
tied to compensation of three dollars e. COY per
day, and to travelling fee of ten cents 90 cts. }
per mile for the distance necessarily travelled in
he discharge of such duty; and such compensa-
ton shall be paid from the county treasury and
the chairman and clerk shall issue an order for the
amount, and said amount shall be charged to the
town, city or village SO delinquent, and shall be
certified to the clerk of such town. city or village
by the county clerk, as a special county tax to be
raised therein at the time Of making the annual
apportionment Of taxes in November in each year.
The compensation charged to the town, city
village, snail be paid back into the treasury Of
the town, city or village by such delip quent clerk
and it shall be the duty Of the treasury of such
town. city or village to deduct such conn ensa-
ION out of the salary Tor fses) Of such delinquent
clerk
siction 2. Whenever the county clerk of g.,
county shall fail &c discharge the duty required By
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29

section two (2), Of chapter hundred and fifty
qeo), OF the general laws of 1872 it s::s;l be the
duty of the secretary Of state to dispatch
messenger to such county clerk to procure the
statistics requir, by such section; and such mes
senger hall be entitled to compensation of three
dollars Is O0) per day for such services and a tray
cling fee of ten cents 40 cts per mile for the dis
lance necessarily travelled in the discharge Of such
duty, and such compensat on shall be paiu by draw
ing warrant by the secretary of state the state
treasury for the mount, and said secretary shall
certify such amount to the county clerk of the
county so deliequent, the time of certifying to
the state tax necessary to be raised in such
ty, and the said amount shall be special state
tax against such county and shall be collected and
be returned in the same. uaanper that other state
taxes are collected and paid into the state treasury
The compensation so charged to the county shall
be paid back into the treasury of the county by
UGH delinquent clerk, and it shall be the duty Of
the treasurer of such county to deduct such COM
pensation out of the salary Of such delinquent
county clerk.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after it's passage and publication.
Approved February "a. 1876.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29
Published February IT, 1861
CHAPTER %.

AN ACT to amend section 25 of chapter 119 of the
revised statutes, entitled General provisions
concerning courts of record; of the powers and
duties of judges, and of attorneys and officers Of
courts"
The people Of the state of Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section TWENTY-FIVE Of chapter one
hundred and nineteen of the revised statutes is
hereby amended by adding thereto the following:
Nor shall any judge of any of the circuit courts Of
this state, while holding such Office Of circuit judge,
be in any manner engaged act as attorney or
counsel in any action, cause proceeding pending
in or which he has to believe will be brought
in any of the courts Of this state nor give advice
opinion therein, upon penalty Of removal from Of
ice, so that said section when so amended will
read as follows: Section o. No judge or commits
sioner shall be allowed to demand or receive any
fees or compensation for services rs such judge,
commissioner or judicial officer, except where fees
OF other compensation are expressly given by law;
and no judge. commissioner or other judicial officer
shall be allowed to give advice to parties Htgant In
any matter or action pending before such judge or
officer, or which he has reason to believe will be
brought before him for decision; or draft or pre-
pare any papers or other proceedings relating to
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29

any such matter or action except when expressly
authorized by law: nor shall any Judge of any of
the circuit courts of this state while holding such
office of circuit judge be in any engaged or
act as attorney or counsel in any action, cause
proceeding pending in or which he has reason to
believe will be brought in any of the courts CT this
state, give advice opinion therein, upon PEN
atty of removal from Office.
Section 2. This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after it's passage and publication.
Approved February IA 1876
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29

Of the acts passed, about 10 are
amendatory of laws previously passed;
some 20 repeating laws; about as many
legalizing acts of persons and corpora
tons. There were about dozen new
and revised city charters. Among the
subjects upon which acts were passed,
were lakes, roads, bridges, ferries, fish,
game, logs, courts; county, city, town
and village officers; railroads, logging,
dams, judges, insurance, court reports,
and a variety of other subjects.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-03-29

Where superfuous word is found in the en-
rolled act it is printed in the text but in italic and
enclosed in parenthesis, tthsts.) Where a word is
found necessary to sustain the of the context
or where word has been obviously mistaken for
another, the word supposed to be proper is sup
piled, but in brackets, THUS
ALI acts published in the state paper that have the
word copy" arc those selected by the Secretary of
State acts of general interest" provided in
Sections 81 and 80, Chapter g. of the Revised Fat
utes. All publishers of weekly newspapers in the
state, who shall publish in their respective newspa-
pers the acts thus designated will be allowed sixty
dollars for such entire publication
PETER DOYLE, Secretary of State
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-07-16
OPINION or in ILLINOIS EARlfER.

One of the largest and most Intelligent far
mers in Central Illinois, after a careful exami-
nation Of the Teche ard Attakapas country,
said:
~ have heretofore thought that Central
Illinois was the finest farming country in the
world. own q large farm there, with improve
ments equal to any in the country. cultivate
about two Thousand acres in small. grain, be-
sides other crops; but since l have seen the
Teche and Attakspas cou ntry, do not see how
any man who has seen this country can be sat.
isfied to live in Illinois
" l find that could raise everything in Lou
isiaua that can be raised in Illinois, and tn at
can raise hundred things there which cannot
be raised in Illinois. / find the lands easier
worked in Louisiana, infinitely richer and
yielding far more; and with Che faireat cli-
mate on earth, and no trouble to get to market.
L shall return to Illinois, sell ont, and persuade
my neighbors to do the same, and return to
Louisiana to spend the remainder of my days."
OPINION OF AN ILLINOIS EDITOR.
The editor of the Chicago Tribune, the lead
ing Radical paper of the West, after visiting
the Teche country, said to his 50,O 900 subscri-
bers:
eff, by some supreme effort of nature, West
ern Louisiana, with its soil, climate and pro-
dnction, could be taken up aud transported
and be there set down in the pathway of East
ern and Western travel, it would create o COM
motion that would throw the discovery of gold
in California in the shade at the time of the
greatest excitement. The people would rush
to it in countle thousands. Every man would
wonderfully productive and profitable sugar
plRnes. These Teche lands, if in Illinois,
would bring from three to Ave hundred dollars
per acre."
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-07-16

ket-tbus causiDg no d,m,Dution OF e.,
stock pressing on the market, but simply
changing the burden to other shoulders
Now that by their two million aale in New
York they have Supplied the demand fol-
some time to come, they must expect a duI
market. Had the same goods been unload
ed abroad, even at a greater loss than they
sustained in New York, 1t would have been
better for the m, for then they could have
! maintained prices at home on the bulk OF
their sales. 1t matters little to a copsumer
| whether the price of prints be &c or &c per
yard, but a corresponding difference to the
manufacturer gives him a splendid profit.
Even If they bad unloaded by forced Gales
at the South and West, and given those
sections the benefit of the low prices, it
would have been better than to unload in
New York. 1t would have been still more
polite to meet the loes in some foreign mar
ket.
But we are told the stocks on hand are
suited exclusively to our own markets.
Very well. Why not then stop making
such styles and run for the summer exclu
sively for South American and European
consumption Viewing the matter in this
light we cannot assent to the policy of the
Journal when it says:
There seems to be bnt one way for msnufac-
turers out of their difficulties, and that is 10 q
general stoppage of the mills of New England
for the next two months. 1t is hard alter
native, but it seems to be the only prudent
and safe course. 1t is better, however, for
those who are employed in the mills that their
means of support should be restricted in the
summer than in the winter, and it is better for
the manufacturer to suffer few short weeks
of embarrassment rather than a long season of
trouble and ruin. As it looks to US, q stop
page of the mills for q time would have a
doubly beneficial effect. 1t would to q great
extent relieve the various distri buting m rkets
of the overstocks which now burden them and
hold the prices of goods at their present de.
pressed standard; it would tend to advance in
values as the supply gradually approached the
demand; and it would place the man ufacturer in
a stronger and more independent position at
the opening of the fall trade. The curtailment
of production would also have it's influence on
from spinners, their holdings would DO forced
on the market at their legitimate value, and
that value would be determined by the proba-
bilities of a supply which, under q fair rackon-
ing of favorable circumstances, promises to be |
larger than ever known in the history of the |
country.
Has it never occurred to the Journal that |
if the Georgia mills can pay handsome di- |
vidends while the New England mills are |
com PEELED to stint their employees and still |
run at a loss, there must be- some cause for
this discrepancy which the latter lrave not |
Investigated 7 Would not a mill run with
ample capital in New Orleans prove more
profitable than any mill at Fall River |
These We submit are questions that had
better be solved before turning out the en-
Dl0yes To starve.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-07-16

To be an English author or an English
painter of any note now a-days means, accord
ing to general gossip, to be nothing less than a
millionaire. They say that George Elliot has
made G40 900 by the sale of Daniel Deronda,"
that the late John Foster realized G2O,0OO on
the sale of his Life of Charles Dickens" and
Mr. Hep worth Dixon pocketed f25 900 by his
three editions Of Her Majesty's Tower" ALI
very good and comfortable truly, but mere
nOtbings id comparison to some of our painters
annual piokings. 1t seems that Mr. Mallais has
made 10000 per annum during the last ten
years, and that he has speut EDO 600 on u new
house of his own at KeDsin gtop And yet we hear
almost every day OF cases of death from starva-
ton in the midst of a community that can at
and books, which are, no dou ot all choice and
emiuencly valuable in their way. but hardly
equal in value to human life Here is come
N aterial for Tefection-LOndon Universe.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-07-16

DUTIES OF MoTHER.-She should be
firm, gentle, kind, always ready to attend
to her child. She should never laugh at
him-at what he does that is cuDDiDg-
never allow him to think of his looks, ex-
cePt to be neat and clean in all his habits
She should teach him to obey a look-tO re
spect those older than himself; che should
never make q command without seeing
that it lie performed in the right manner.
Never speak of a child's faults or fOibles,
OF repeat his remarks before him. 1t is the
sure way to spoil a child. Never reprove
a child when excited, nor let your tone of
voice be raised when correcting. Strive to
inspire love not dread respect not fear.
Remember you are training and educating
q soul for eternity. Teach your children
to wait upon themselves, to put away a
thing when done with it. But do not for
get that you were once a child.
The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-07-16

among the results of the war into which Grant
baa heediets'y plunged the country.
There was no good cause for the present
dificnliies with the Sionx. They grew out of
gross violations of treaty stipu'afions upon our
Own part, ipstiRated by motiv. 8 of greed, and
promoted by the Rings Of the Interior Depart
ment and elsewhere in Washington. All the
cost end loss of life and misery that may
crue from the war will spring from no other
canse than the desire of the Administration TO
crafty the avarce of the spectators and po-
lifical johbers. This war is but one of the
suits OF Grantism.