Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-11-11
News From Headquarters.

News From Headquarters.
All loyal people are rejoicing over
the glorious victory achieved at the
polls on Tuesday last. 1t can hardly
be realized that after the 4th of March
next that the Republicans will again
have control of all branches of the
Government. 1t is to be hoped that
the time is not far distant when those
persons IN government employ will
cease in giving aid and comfort to that
party which under the caucus system
is controlled by the Confederate Brig
adiers, who having failed to destroy
the Union by the sword are determined
to have their own way by Solid
South. Only the other day before
the election Clerk in one of the de-
partments in a dispute with another
Clerk said "you are like CART eld
you deny it, General Garfield NAV
have written the letter and have for,
gotten it as many public men write so
many letters that they cannot remem-
Der all they write y This man has been
in the employ of the Government over
twelve years, is newspaper CORES
pendent and will be one of the first to
call on President elect Garfield and
make him believe that she is first
best republican. That being the course
taken with General Grant and Presi-
dent Hayes. The Census Bureau is
composed to a very large extent Of
persons, who would rejoice to see this
nation controlled by the South, many
Of them having fought to destroy the
nation, and firmly believe to-day that
they were perfectly right in so doing.
WEALTH, DEBT AND TAXATION.
Special Agent r. p Porter of the
census bureau. in charge of the col
lection of statistics Of wealth, debt
and taxation, has completed that
branch of the work for the State of
Wisconsin. His report shows that
the assessed valuation of real estate
in Wisconsin is S344,78S;721; the
assessed value Of personal property,
$94, 1873, 030; making the total asses
sed valuation of property, real and
personal, S43S, 971,751. The esti-
mated true value Of real estate, ac-
cording to the calculations made in
the cenuss Office, is $500, $50, 398
No estimate has as yet been made of
the true value of personal property,
nor will this be done until the farming,
industrial and trade statistics are COM
pleted and on file in the census office
Under the head of public debt the
report shows that the total county
debt of the state for which bonds
have been issued aggregated S2,080,-
1863; floating debt. S212,0 The
total Indebtedness, bonded and float
ing, of the cities of population of
$500 and upward amounts to S.
GIG, 1856, that of the city Of Milwau-
kee being $2.250. $50.
Tie bonded debt of cities, towns,
villages. ETC., of less than 1900 popu-
lation amounts to So, 128, 332: Their
floating debt is $50, 800. The school
district debt of the state amounts to
S276.566. The total of all indebted
ness is S9,699967 The total state,
county and municipal taxation for
general purposes during the last fuan-
cial year was S5.663, 520, and the
taxation for school purposes amounted
to S2,0S6, 921 additional. The COM
putation of the true value of the real
estate of Wisconsin has been worked
out separately for each county. from
information furnished by the registers
and from the schedules returned to
the census Office by the assessors,
bankers and real estate dealers Of the