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Approved March 4. 1879.
Published March 20, 1879.
CHAPTER 1S1-

AN ACT to provide for the reassess ment Of
benefits in the construction Of drains where
the original assessment 10 declared void.
The people of the State OF Wisconsin, repre-
sen ed in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section [. Whenever any drain, ditch. or
watercortrsc nall have aeen constructed or
enlarged by tue officers Of the town, for the
purpose Of uraining airy marsh, swamp, or
overlooked lands, md such town shall have
paid OF incurred the costs and expenses of
constructing 0. er 'sTgiGg the drain, ditch or
INTERCOURSE, o. some part thereof, ard when
ever tie benC6ls heretofore or hereafter sp-
port oned and assessed upon any land by the
supervisors ii the town for the costs OF the
construction or enlargement of such drain,
ditch or waterccurse, hall have been set
aside or determined to be Ill gal or void, or
the collection q. ereof prevented by the jndg-
ment OF a court or the action OF the county
board, or whenever any town treasurer shall
have been prevented by Injunction from col
Letting or returning as delinquent any such
tax or assessment for benefits IN consequence
of any error, omission, i regularity or Illegal
ity IN any Of the proceedings in LAYING out
constructing or enlarging such drain, ditch or
water course, or in the apportionment or
assessment of such benefits. or any enron eous
or imperfect description Of such lands, or Of
any omission 70 comply with the forms aud
steps required By law, then il the lands were
properly ehargeable, taxable or assessaDle for
such benefits, such tar or assessment foI
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Published March 20, 1879. ]
CHAPTER 25l

AN ACT to amend section one thousand nine
hundred and thi-ty-iye of chapter eighty
nine revised statutes of 1873, entitled of in
suranee corporations.
The people OF the State Of Wisconsin, repre-
sehted in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section 1. Section one thousand nine
hundred and thirty-fiye, Of chapter eighty
nine, revised statutes of 1878, IS hereby
amended by adding the following after the
word aloss,s in the sixth line Of said section:
Provided, hosoe1er, that such board Of directors
shall be authorized, if they see fit to do so, to
as sess up to two and half mills, even il such
loss should not require such an amount; so
that said section, when SO amended, shall
read as follows: Section 1885. Whenever
the amount OF any loss so aseertained shall
exceed the amount of the cash fund OF the
corporation, the president shall convene the
board of directors, who shall make an assess
ment upon all property insured by such cor
poratien IN pro portion TO the amount thereof
ana the rate under which it may have been
classified. sufficient at least TO pay such loss
Drotsdel, Iotneler, that such board OF directors
shall be authorized. il they see fit to do so. to
assess up TO two and q half mills, even If such
loss should not require such an amount; and
when such assessment shall have been com
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NIGHT.


Slowly the sunset fades;
Nights shadows fall;
The pale moon glimmers thro' the shades
about the poplars tall:
The rivers waves amid the reeds
Like wan gray serpents crawl
A hushing wind doth 90
In secret, where
The rushes bend with the waves flow,
And the reeds twist like hair
Slowly stealing, till it takes the ashen
boughs
With sudden gusts Of ar.
Somewhere, too-late blfo
Makes shrilly sound
Close hy. the marsh frogs are heard
Upon the weedy ground
white owl fits on ghostly wing,
And the bats swarm around.
The quivering planets shine
Through the black night;
They seem to hang like fire-fiies on
The tree-tops all alight;
The rustling topmOst leaves all CLEAN
With silvery white.
The pale moon grows apace
A warmer hue;
1t draws veil across the face
or night, which looketh through;
II foods the hills and hidden dell5
With misty, yellow dew.
Like pale gold dew it lies
On half-seen trees;
With broad and yellow sheets it cIads
The sloping ilowery leas;
Its misty smile in the fair skies
Lights up the restless seas.
A hushing wind doth go
In secret, where
The reeds within the rivers flow
Wave like long twisted hair,
And dies in silence on the lips
OF lilies lying there.
Good Words.
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Published March 5, 1879. ]
CHAPTER 1853.

AN ACT relating to fencing the Pine River
Valley and Stevens Point railroad.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, repre-
scented in Senate and Assembly, do enact az
follows:
Section l. The Pine River Valley and
Stevens Point railroad company is hereby ex-
empted from the provisions of sections one
Thousand eight hundred and ten, one thou.
sand eight hundred and eleven, one thousand
eight hundred and twelve, and one thousand
eight hundred and thirteen, of chapter eighty
seven of the revised statutes of 1873, relating
to fences, for ten years from and after the pas
sage of this act: propided, that nothing in this
act shall,be construed as to release the railroad
company from liability for stock or persons
killed or injured by the trains running on the
said railroad.
Section 3 This act shall take effect and be
in force from aud after its passage and publ
cation.
Approved March l, 1879.
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CUIIUI.
Approved March 4, 1879.
Published March Is, 1879. |
CHAPTER 243.


AN ACT relating to the lighting of the
capitol with the electric light.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, repre-
scented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section 1. The Governor is hereby author
lied and directed to negotiate with manufac-
furers of machines for producing electric
light respecting the practicability and cost of
lighting the Senate and Assembly chambers
and the dome of the capitol building with the
electric light, and he is authorized tie permit
any of such manufacturers to set up their ma
chimes and lamps and experiment respecting
such lighting, and may permit such machines
and lamps to remain in order for working I'M
til the meeting OF the next legislature, so that
that body may see the light and determine by
practical experiment the cost OF the light and
its efficiency: provided ho,ceUer. that the Gov
ernor shall not have power to bind the State
10 purchase any such machines or lamp, nor
shall he make any contract or do any act
which shall in any way make the State latte
to pay any money, directly or indirectly on
account of any such machines, lamps or ex-
periments, but he may allow the engine and
machinery belonging to the State to be used
TO propel the said machines.
Section 3 The Governor shall report 10 the
legislature all steps that may be taken ~
him IN pursuance of the provisions thereof.
Section 8. This act shall take effects and be
in force from and after its passage and publ
cation
Approved March 5, 1879.
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everything Goes " rong

In the bodily mechanism when the liver gets
out of order. Constipation, dyspepsia, con-
tamination of the blood, imperfect assimila-
ton, are certain to ensue. But it is easy to
prevent these consequences, and remove their
cause, bya course OF Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, which stimulates the hillary organ
and regulates its action. The direct result is
a disappearance of the pains beneath the ribs
and through the shoulder blade, the nausea,
headaches, yellowness of the skin, furred look
of the tongue, and sour odor of the breath,
which characterize liver complaint. Sound
digestion and a regular habit Of body are
blessings also secured by the use OF this cele-
brated restorative of health, which imparts a
degree of vigor to the body which is its best
of safety from maiarial epidemics.
Nerve weakness and over-tension are relieved
by It, and il improves both apnetite and sleep.
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Published March -, 1878.
ri DTEp OnO

AN ACT to amend section one thousand one
hundred and twenty-one of chapter forty
nine of the revised statutes, relating to the
collection and payment of taxes.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, rspre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section l. Section one thousand one hun
dred and twenty one of chapter forty-nine OF
the revised statutes, entitled of the collection
and payment OF taxes by county treasurers,
is hereby amended by inserting after the WORD
bayfield," the words Burnett and Mara
thon,n so that said section when so amended
shall read as follows: Section 1121. The
several county treasurers shall pay TO the
State treasurer, the amount of State taxes
charged to their respective counties, on or
before the first day of February in each year,
except that tho treasurers of the counties of
Douglas, Polk, Bayfield,, Burnett, Marathon
and Ashland, shall pay such taxes on or before
the second Monday in July in each year.
Section 2. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage and publ
cation.
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Published Marchs2l, 1879.
CHAPTER 24S.


AN ACT to prevent adulteratlon and fraud in
food and drugs and liquors.
The people of the State OF Wisconsin, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section |. No person shall mix, color,
stain. powder, order or permit any other per-
son to mix, color, stain, or powder, any article
of food with any ingredient or material so as
TO render the article injurious to health with
intent that the same may DC sold IN that con-
dition. And any person that shall sell any
such article, so mixed, colored, stained or pow
dered, shall be subject to penalty in each
case not exceeding u fine OF fifty dollars for
the first offeuse and for a second otfense shall
be punished by imprisonment in the state
prison for a period not exceeding one year
with hard labpor.
Section 2 No person shall, except for the
purpose of compromising as hereinafter de-
seribed, mix, color, stain or powder, or per-
NIT any other person to mix, color, STAN or
powder, any drug with any ingredient or ma
terial so as to effect injuriously the quality or
potencv Of such drug, with intent that the
same may be sold in that condition. And any
person who shall sell any such drug, so mixed,
colored, stained or powdered, shall be liable
to the same penalty or punishment in each
case respectively, as in the preceding section,
for first and subsequent ofense: prop9ded,
that no person shall be liable to be convicted
resi- ct to the sale Of any article of food or Of
any drug, If he shows to the satisfaction of
the Justice or court before whom he is charged
that he did not know of the article OF dr.
sold by him being so mixed, colored, stain d
or powdered. as i'll that section mentioned, and
that he could not, with reasonable diligence,
have obtained that knowledge, or that sach
mixing, coloring, staining or powdering was
required for the production, extraction, prepa-
ration, preservation, consumption or trans
portation as an article of commerce in state
dit for carriage, or where the drug or food IS
supplied in the strife required by the specifi-
cation Of the patent in force, or that the food
or drug was unavoidably mixed with some
extraneous matter in process OF collection or
preparation.
Sec.ioa 8. Every person who shall COM
pound OF put up for sale any food, drug, or
| liquor, in casks. boxes, bottles or packages,
with any label, mark. or device whatsoever,
| so as with intent to mlslead or deceive IS
/ 10 the true name. nature. kind and quality
thereof, shsIl be liable to a penalty Of not 70
exceed Eve hundred dollars for the first ofease,
/ and for every offense after the first offeuse,
shall be punished by imprisonment IN the stale
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pprovei March 1, 1879.
Published March II, 1879.
Cu pTER 1S4

AN ACT in relation to lost commissions of Of
ficers in the military service.
The people of the Safe of Wisconsin, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section 1. In all cases where satisfactory
evidence shall be furnished to the governor
by any officers of any Wisconsin regiment en-
gagged in the late rebellion that their commits
sions as such officers from the state of Wis
cousin have been destroyed without fault on
their part, the governor is,authorized to furn-
ish dch officer with another commission,
which shall be duplicate of the original as
near as may be.
Section 2 said duplicate commission shall
bear the same date as such original commits
sion.
Section 8. This act shall be in force
and take effect from and after its passage.
Approved March 4, 1879.
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During dense fog Mississippi
steamboat took landing. A traveller
anxious to go ahead, came to the unner.
turbed manager of the wheel, and asked
why they stopped. "Too much fog
Can't see the river" Bus you can SEE
the stars overhead" YES" replied the
urbane pilot; "but until the biIer busts
we amt going that way" The passen
Ger went to bed.
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prison for not less than one year nor more
than ten years.
Section 4. The term 'sfood," as herein used
shall include every article used for food or
drink by man other than drugs. The term
drugs shall include medicine for internal or
external use.
Section 5. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after the first day of July,
after its passage and publication.
Approved March 5, 1879.
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Approved March 4, 1879.
Published March 20, 1871
ON DVNPD ono

AN ACT to provide for the purchase of GER
tain digests of Wisconsin reports.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, rep
resented in Senate and Assembly, do enact
as follows
Section l. The secretary OF state is hereby
authorized and directed to purchase, on be-
half of the State, from James Simmons, Esq,
of Walworth county, two hundred and fifty
copies OF the third volume of said Simmons
Digest of Wisconsin reports at four dollars
and fifty cents per volume provided, that said
copies Shall be of good material, well printed,
and bound in good substantial law binding
uniform with the first and second volumes.
Section 2. The copies so purchased shall
be delivered to the secretary of state, at Madi-
son, within two months after the publication
thereof shall be completed and shall be dis
tributed and disposed of by him in the same
manner as is provided by law for the distri-
button of the reports OF the supreme court
Section 3. Upon receipt OF said two humid
red and fifty copies of said digest, composed
of such materials, and so printed and bound
as provided by section one of this act, the &C
count therefore at the price Aforesaid shall be
audited by the secretary of state and paid
by the state treasurer, upon the warrant OF
said secretary of state, out of any money in
the treasury not otherwise appropriated
Section 4. This act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its passage and publ
cation.
Approved March 4, 1879.
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OFFICIAL.
WISCONSIN LAWS.
Published March 20, 1879.
GU ITER 90

Published March 20, 1879.
CHAPTER 249.
AN ACT to appropriate to William w. Johnson
a sum of money therein named.
The people of the State of Wisconsin, repre-
sented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as
follows:
Section /. There is hereby appropriated out
of any money in the State treasury not other
wise appropriated. the sum of one hundred and
fifty dollars to William W. johnson for his
necessary and reasonablesattorneyf fees, officers
fees and other disbursements incurred in the
contest for his seat in the Assembly, by Michael
J. Egan.
Section g This act to take effect and be IN
force from and after its passage and publica-
ton.
Approved March 5, 1879.
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A World- SYTde ssepaTaaion.

DIR. r. V. PIERCE having acquired reputa-
ton in the treatment of Chronic Diseases re-
sulting in professional business far exceed
ing his individual ability To conduct some
years ago induced several medical gentlemen
to associate themselves with him, as the Fac
ulty of the Worlds Dlspensary, the Consulting
Department of which has since been merged
with the Invahds Hotel. The organization
has now been completed aud incorporated IN
der statute enacted by the Legislature of the
State OF New York, under the name and style
of the WORLDS DIsPENsARY MEDICAL Asso-
CATION"
We clip the following from the Buffalo En-
press:
A branch OF the Worlds Dspensary Medi-
cal Association is to be established in London,
Eng, step which the continually increasing
European business of the dispensary has been
found to warrant, and next week DIR. B. t.
BEDoRTHA will sail for the great metropolis
named, to superintend the organization OF the
new institution. This gentleman has been for
some four years associated with DR.. PIERCE
in position of responsibility, and is well
qualified for the duty now entrusted to him.
Heretofore The foreign business Of the
Worlds Dispensary has been transacted
through the agency OF prominent druggists,
but it has assumed such proportions as to re-
qure more direct care. Dr. BEDoRTHA viii
no doubt successfully carry out his mission,
being a gentleman of excellent business abil-
tiles aud most pleasing address.
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Can the hesitation of our fair friends
about adopting this fashion be caused by
the non-existence of the pretty foot2
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THE BEST MUSlCBOOKS

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ChoArs sver published. Vsuitss, u Gloria Patris
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SILKS


There is no doubt, says sn eastern
fashion authority, that the present popu-
larity of brocades, used In combination
with plain silk or velvet, has affected the
sale and manufacture of silks proper.
Nevertheless, the latter class of fabrics
are always in demand. American bro
cades are in high favor, the supply fer
spring being more varied and beautiful
than ever. The new designs show ex-
exceedingly handsome figures. The
spring styles are introduced in all the
fashionable col0rs, including several va
rieties in garnet shades, navy blue, drab,
wood color, and "liverv" color, which has
been SO popular during the winter, ana
when combined with velvet matching in
shade forms rich and elegant costume
at a low price, as the brocade can be
had at $3.50 per yard. Ali silks and
satIns of American manufacture Will also
be popular dress materials this season.
They are shown in variety of colors for
dav and evening wear, and those in daTk
shades sUriGkied with white polka
DOTS are very beautiful. They are Of
colt texture, drane gracefully, DO not
"erumbie" easily and are twenty-five
inches wide The price IS a5out 81 81
per yard There Is variety Of shades III
blue, and the black, with white polka
dot" combined with black velvet, forms s.
stylish costume. Summer silks are
cIouded over by china patterns, which
show among small broken checks AMI
stripes, while others in small quiet
pIaids are loosely woven, whence the
name, seTso quardullee. which has been
applied TO them. Pekin stripes are
shown in silks of one color. the satin ami
silk stripe alternating. Guipure is j
name given class OF open-w Jrk fabrics
of si!keu textu.e. Effective silks either
white OF in pale shades, are wrought in
iardiniere stripes OF g2ellum width
SHORT DRESSES IN ENGLAND.
English ladies are just beginning Ia
adopt the fashion that has been in vogue
ia Paris for some time, of wearing short
skirts for ballroom toilets. Now that
qQadrillcs, and all square dances, arc
voted slow" and tabOoed, nothing is
thought of but the valse, Tor which the
long trained dresses are found extreme y
announcement. both 70 the wearer and her
partners, especially the latter. who DC
easionauy find themselves more mex
tricably attached to lady than is at all
consistent with the trois temps. To
avoid these difficulties. many ladies have
cord from the end of the train, and q
loop through which the gentleman ; arm
goes, and nv which he holds up this
troubles me appendage. bur this at best,
IS 8 clumsy eXpedient, and not elegant.
- say the least, while a short costume,
lust showing pretty foo; beneath, is both
becoming and infinitely more convenient
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The present number Of the WEEKLY Music REQ
ORD is full Of Easter HEa. &c, Send cents for g.
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the following from the Buffalo En-


1t has been said that "the blood Is the source
of life" 1t is as truly the source Of disease and
death. No life that is to say, no healthy tissue
can be generated from impure blood, no organ
of the body can normally perform its functions
when supplied with impure blood, The fluid
that should carry life and health to every part
carries only weakness and disease Blood is the
source of life, only when it is pure If it has be.
come diseased, it must be cleansed by proper
medication. else every pulsation of the humaa
heart sends wave OF disease through the sys.
tenn. To cleanse the blood of all impurities use
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and
Pleasant Purgative Pellets the most effectual
Alternative, tonic and cathartie, remedies yet
discovered. They especially efficient in scrQft
Jo,,e dieooeoe
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CANTATaS FOR SCHOOLS AND
TNAREES. Among many good ones = - e
TONED SgAude GE'yisE. as cents; LeH*s
f.bar1fy. go cts D. Guardian Angel, -
Ioroslai1f ssss. (s1 csnts(, CuIprtt Fay, (@t
FAIRY Brscsi. 80 eentsl
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RICHARDSON'S NEW METHOD FOR
THE PA N1 r. OEeTE. 1925, 10 the moaa popu-
in1ed, Eroyed positively b the sale ct hun
dreds Thousands Of COPIES Examine IT,
Any book mailed for retail price.
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AFavorabte NOTorfety The good repu-
tation of "Bro1on's Bronchial Troches" for the
relief of Coughs, Colds, and Throat Diseases,
has given them favorable notoriety. % cts.
a box.
Smoke Pogue's Sitting Bull Durham Tobacco.
f.l.sr- Jool~-,-5- I1o-4 s,---ao+ S----. er,haoc1
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The professional Endorsement which has
been accorded by leading medical men in va
rious parts of the country to DIR. VIM Halls
Balsam for the Lungs, is sufficient guarantee
of its efficacy in Graduating diseases of the
breathing organs. These gentlemen have thor.
0ughly tested the remedy, and their concurrent
testimony is to the effect that it is positive
specific for lung, bronchial and throat affee-
tions of every description, and a most reliable
preventive Of that dreaded scourge, consump
ton. Druggists sell it.
Franz List is among the most distin.
guished of musicians in TIE world. He uses
and prizes Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Organ
and pronunees it mat HESS" ''unrivaled,
styling it "this magnificent and to me SC
precious instrument" There could hardly be
higher prrise,or from more eminent authority
CHEW
The Celebrated
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chew Jacksonls 5est sweet Saw Tobaeco.