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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-03-06
A MODEL OFFICIAL,
RECORDER AND AUDITOR FOX STILL
REFUSES TO OBEY THELAW.

REFUSES TO OBEY The LAW.
Even the County Commissioners Fail to
Secure an Inspection of Their Minutes
Mr.. Fox Says that the "Times"
Might Charge Extravaganza in Public
AtIairs-SOme Of the Law Bearing on
the Case.
Recorder and Auditor Fox persists
in his refusal to pcrMit a TINES re-
porter to examine his warrant record
and the minutes of the Board of
County Commissioners. Last even
ing, soon after the TIMES was issued,
Commissioner Vanlandingham had a
conversation with him, during which
Mr.. Fox admitted that he had refused
to permit the TINES reporter to see
either the warrant book or the minutes
Of the Board of County Commission
ers. When Mr.. Nanlandingham at
tempted to demonstrate with him, Mr..
Fox said that there was 10 use talk
ing, that he would never let the
ZINES man see the records until he
was forced to do it.
Jos. X. Morrill,, chairman Of the
Board of County Commissioners, also
spoke to Mr. Fox about the matter.
Mr.. Fox admitted the refusal, and
based it upon the fact that the TIMES
man might find something that would
enable him to charge the Board OF
County Commissioners with extrava-
gance i'll the management Of public
affairs.
The TIMES man denied any such
intention, but claimed he had right
to see the public records, at any time
during Office hours, no matter what
his intention.
Mr.. Morrill, thereupon said that
every step he had taken as County
Commissioner was only after he had
obtained legal advice. And he knew
that there could be nothing wrong, as
far as he was concerned.
The TINES man thereupon informed
Mr.. morrill, that it was not his purpose
to stir up anything against the County
Commissioners. He had no doubt that
the Board was composed of honest
men, and they were therefore straight
as a string. But, in order to see il
everything else was right, it was nee
essary that the minutes Of the Board
be examined and compared with the
accounts. Now, the TINES man APP
piled to him, as chairman of the
Board, to be permitted to see the
minutes.
Mr.. Morrill, said he could not secure
the desired book.
"Why not:" asked the TIMES man
''Because Fox won't let you see
them," replied Mr.. Morrill,.
The District Attorney was seen
and his attention called to sections |,
and 10 of can Act Relative tc
County Auditors and Recorders, y
pages 562-563 Revised Laws Of
Idaho, which read as follows:
SEC. 1..-lf any recorder shall
willtully neglect Or refuse to perform
any of the duties required of hin
by this act, or shall willfu' ly perform
them in any other manner than is re
quired by law, he shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor in office
and on conviction thereof in an,
court of competent jurisdic ion, ma,
be punished by fine in any sum no,
exceeding one thousand dollars, or BY
imprisonment for period not exceed
ing six months, or by both such lne
and imprisonment.
= * x x
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-09

Twenty-seven years ago according
to the statements of Mr.. J. A. Whit
tier on retiring from tie Presidency
OF the Board of Trade of Saginaw,
Mich, the great forests of that region
were almost untouched, The upper
grades of lumber were plenty, and
brought only from $40 to s12 per
thousand feet They are now worth
from $40 TO s45. Small and poor trees
were left TO grow. Timber land was
mostly owned by the Government.
and either sold for S1.25 an acre to
spectators, or given TO railroads. AS
no care was taken to clear up the
brush, ETC., the tracks cut over were
frequently ravaged by fires, which
spread into the green standing trees.
and did immense DANA especially
IN 1871 Mr.. Whittier thought that
no other way would have been practi-
cable; but the North Western LAM
herman does not agree with him. AS
a result of these fires and tie unstint-
ed speed at which the mills have been
drive, the lumoer business of the
Saginaw Valley has seen its best days
and must rapidly grow less
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-09
zen. Dix Puts on His Uniform.

The following anecdote is from an
illustrated article in the October Cen
fury, by Geo. T. Williams, the we'll
known war correspondent, on Lights
and Shadows of Army Life: In some
regiments the discipline was SO strict
that men on post as sentinels were on
the alert to discover any delinquency
of their supcriors. At Federal Hill,
Baltimore, Colonel (afterward Gen
eraD Warren gave orders to his zouave
guards that only officers liz uniform
were to be admitted into camp. One
bright Sunday morning IN August,
1861, General Dix, who command
ed the troops guarding the city,
walked over from Fort McHenry at.
tired in an old linen buster, instead
of the brass-buttoned and velvet
cuffed coat belonging to his rank
Attempting 10 pass the line OF sen
tries in company with an aide, the
old general was amused at finding g
musket barring his passage, while the
aide, with his glittering shoulder
straps, was permitted to enter.
But don't you see that this il
General Dix exclaimed the aide, an
grily.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-09
A Chicago Drummer.

Center Democrat.
May | have this seat 2" she asked
of the genteel-looking drummer
whose baggage was occupyin it.
Il don't know" he answered po-
litely. ''It belongs to the railroad,
you know, but I'll see the conductor,
and maybe he can give it to you"
She grew purple and said:
You don't understand me.
mean can take it?"
well. don't know that either.
You see it is fastened very firmly to
the car floor, and it would be trou-
bic 20 get it up; however, I'll have a
carpenter to come on board at the
next station and ask his advice"
II don't want to take the old thing, p"
she howled. us this your traps on
it?;'
''No'm," blandly answered the
drummer; they belong to the firm I
travel for"
Well, can I sit down here?" she
finally screamed, after shifting from
one foot to another.
Il don't know, madam. You are
the best judge of your muscular
powers.
Where do you travel from?" she
screamed
Chicago" he replied.
THAT settles it., she said meekly.
"Wil1 you please move your valise
and permit me to occupy small por
ton of this seat?"
Certainly" he replied. "Why
didn't you say that at frst?"
The train sped on, while he sat
counting up bis expenses, and she
wondering if Chicago cheek had any
equal UNI Ter the sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-09
What He Remarked.
brakes Magazine .

He was a particularly hard-up
debtor-or, at least, one from whom
it was enainently difficult to collect
anything. One day his long-suffer-
ing creditors sent new clerk to dun
him, not with much hope of success,
however. Ia due time the collector
returned.
well" said the employer, 'did
you get the money!"
mo; out he promised to pay at
once"
He's always promising, but he
never fixes day"
This time he did; he said to come
around Tuesday next, at II o'clock,
and he'd give me the money"
He did? Did he say anything
else?"
mo, Sir. Oh, yesl he did. AS
was coming out he said something
about "a pigs eye, over the left but
the remark seemed to be utterly
irrelevant.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-09
Surprised WOrkmen,
N. Y. Sun

A week ago about 100 men were at
work on Fifth avenue, near Thirty
fourth street, laying steam pipes for
the New York Steam Heating Com
pany. At noon the men took their
dinner pals and sat on TIE steps of
the fashionable houses there. While
they were eating, lady c&nae out of
one of the finest houses and gave each
man dollar. The surprise and graft
tude of the workmen knew no bounds
Park Commissioner Crimmins, who is
the contractor for the job, says the
men were IN doubt whether their bene-
factress was flesh and blood or a visi-
tor from the spirit world The lady
was a member Of MIR. William Astor's
family.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-09
The Gold Regions Of Italy.
Cor. San Francisco Chronicle.

Upon emerging from the south end
of the tunnel you are at Bardonec-
CHA. 4, 1877 feet, and, shortly after
ward, at Olux, 3,497 feet above the
sea, and IN the valley Of the Dora Ri
paria. 1t IS at this point that the Cal
lfornian must leave the railway and
take to wagons and horseback riding,
for here it is that ke finds himself in
the gold regions and that he is sure to
perceive the striking resemblance of
Italy TO California. The gold regions
Of Piedmont embrace the foot hills of
the Simplon, Monte Rosa and Mont
Blanc, including the valleys or dis
tricts of Antigario. Antrone, Anzasca,
Alagna, Aousta, Dora Baltea, Novar-
"a, Pestarena, Sesin, Ticino, Toce and
Toppa. They also extend to the Ora
IAN Alps, Including the valley of the
Orco. Al ogether Chat is, including
the mining districts in the Ligurian
ApennInes) there are twenty quartz
mines now being worked in Italy,
employing 642 laborers, besides eighty
others at the mills, at total cost for
labor OF about $50, 600 a year. Among
these mines are TWO or more worked
US lug ISL SO1iA k'au1cS, Tie TWO kuOWE
being the Pestarena United and Val
Antigario. The Pesterena company
is working two mines, one in the Pes
tarena district and another In the Val
Toppa The former is down about
eight hundred feet in gneiss and schist
rock and the latter about three hun.
dred feet IN schist. The average yield
of the quartz is about 50 per ton, chief
iy from aufiferous pyrites There are
no placers being worked now, al
these having been abandoned
years ago. Occasionally, during the
backward movement of glacier in
the Alps some old mine is uncovered
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-09

!" We'll, between you and me.
major said the zouave, his ewes
twinkling with amusement. 7 see
very well who it is, but if General
Dix wants to get into this camp he
had better go back AMI put on his
uniform
You are quite right, sentry re-
marked the general. I'll 90 back
and get my coat
IAN hour afterward the general. in
full uniform, approached the camp.
and, allowing the guard reserve to be
called out, accepted the salute due his
rank and position, and the incident
increased his admiration for the entire
command"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-09
Queer Customs in ShibAt.
Traveller.

Some Of the customs of the Tribe
tans are very curious. At parting a
junior person takes off his cap, bows,
and puts his tongue out. They pull
their cheeks in order to show surprise.
Turning up the big finger means APP
proval, and turning up the little fin
ger means the contrary. The rest of
the fingers signify an Indifferent
quality Of thing or person. All the
men and women smoke. The nomadic
Thibetaas do not bury their dead, but
throw them to wild beasts and birds
Of prey. In the capital of Thibet the
clergymen decide as to the disposal OF
a dead body, whether it shall be
burned or thrown into a river or
buried or left rs a prey for beasts and
birds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-09
A Limited Pastoral Flock.
Every Other Saturday.

Zone March day." said the veneer
able Methodist divine, Bishop Pierce,
of Georgia, 81 rode ten miles through
drcnching rain to Flatrock Chapel,
only to find two persons there, a man
and a boy. After waiting few min
ute5 I said: We might as well leave
here, as there will be no cohgrega-
ton But the man quietly responded
Through five miles of pelting rain I
have come to hear pl eachlng,' [ saw
my duty, and replied: You are right.
You are entitled to it. For one hour
| addressed my Little congregation,
and was never listened to with more
attention y
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-09

Henry Lamb, an ex Mount Vernon
resident, who has just died at the age
OF ninety-seven at Richmond, Va,
was note worthy old fellow because
be insisted up to the drawing of his
latest breath that the vault containing
the remains of Washington had been
violated and the skull carried away to
France. where it was sold to a firm
Of phrenologists. He said that the
desecration was committed by the
sailors of French ship anchored in
the Potomac near Mount Vernon. and
that the skull which was taken away
was replaced by that of negro ser
want OF Colonel Fairfax.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-09
The Fly's Enemy Knows How 1t Is
Himself.
Exchange.

A strange insect, which is called
the sphex, and is described by nat
uralist, lays its eggs in hole in the
ground. 1t then flies off and finds q
spider, which it stings Ia the main
nerve center. This has the effect of
paralyzlng the spider without killing
motionless spider to its nursery and
buries it with the eggs. When the
eggs hatch out the grubs feed on the
paralyzed prey, which is then still
alive and therefore quite fresh, al
though it has never been able to move
since the time it was buried
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-09
CHIcAco
AMsL,W RUkEE
AND ~! Ct. = AUL:


1t owns and operates over 800 miles Of road IN
Northern Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and
Dakota; and as its main lines, branches and c9nnec
tions reach all the great business centres OF the North
west and Far West, it naturally answers the descrp
ton of Short Line, and Best Route besween
Chicago. milwaukee. st. Paul and
minneapolis
Chicago, milwaukee, Portage, La
Crosse and Syinona.
Chicago. milwaukee, 0rtOnVIiIe, Alb
erdeen and Glendale.
Chicago. milwaukee, Eau Claire and
saltwater
Chicago. Milwaukee, wausau and
Merrill.
Chicago, milwaukee, Beaver Dam,
!. Fond du Lac and Oshkosh.
Chicago. milwaukee,, Waukesha and
CconomOWoc.
Chicago. milwaukee,, Madison and
Prairie du CHEN.
Chicago, milwaukee. OwatOEna, Man
skate and FaribauIt.
Chicago. BeIoit, GAINESVILLE and Mir
eraI Point.
Chicago, EIgin, Rockford and Du-
buque.
Chicago. Clinton, Rock Island. Cedar
Rapids and Tama.
Chicago, Des NIoiaes, Council Bluffs
and Omaha.
Chicago, Canton. Sioux City, Sioux
Falls and Yankten.
Chicago, Milwaukee, Albert Lea and
Southern Minnesota Points.
Chicago, Milwaukee, Mason City,
Mitchell and Chamberlain.
Rock island, Dubuque, St. Paul and
Minneapolis.
Davenport, CaImar. 81. PauI and NTin-
neapOEis.
milwaukee, Racine, Beloit. Freepert,
ana Rock Island.
Mitchell. YoIsey, Ashton and Aber-
deem.
Jim River Valley Line.)
Pullman SIeepes-s and the Finest Dining
Cars iat the tcorId run on the man INES OF
theCHTC4 MIIFA UKEE Est. Pa UL
R4ILW4Y 7, and every attention is paid TO pas
sengers by courteous employees Of the Company.
8. S. Merrill, A. Y. FL. Carpenter,
GenT Manager Gsnl Pass Agent
J. L. Clark, Geo. III. Heaf0rd,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-09
Ii 7 er Stoves It.
Arkansas Traveller

''Doan yer call me CT lie," said ar
negro to an acquaintance with whom
he was diseuting. ''Doan call me er
lie, fur | want take it, Yer is a
lie!' "Ob, well, if yer shoves in on
me I ain gwine ter kick. Now. what
yer gwine ter do bout it? Neber
takes er lie lessen man shoyes it on
me-"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-09
ANTsDOTE TO EaALARaA

HE FEELS LIKE a NEW MAN.
81 have had Dyspepsia, with Constipa-
ton, two years, and have tried ten different
kinds of pills. and TUFTS are the first
that have done me any good. They have
cleaned me out nicely. My appetite is
splendid, food digests readily, and now
hayo natural passages. / feel like new
man." w. ID. EDWARDS. PALMYRA. o.
Soldeverywhere, csc. Office, ii Murray St, NY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-09

The microscope reveals that there
are more than four thousand muscles
in the caterpillar, and that the eye Of
q drone contains one thousand mir
rors. There are spiders as small as a
grains of sand, and they spin thread
so fine that it would require four hun
dred of them to equal the size Of a
single hair.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-10-09

showing that at one time the country
must have been worked very extern
siyely for gold.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-12-15

Neighbor Camp, who is always
sour on us, except during the few
months which precede the biennial
election, is peculiarly sarcastic and
savage inst at this time. He exhausts
his vocabulary OF slanderous epithets
and hurls upon us a deluge of stupid
stuff which he doubtless thinks wit
ty. AS always, heretofore, when he
goes out into the county, he gets in
rage at the large number of MoNI-
TOR subscribers which he finds in all
sections of the county, and hence
splts and snarls. He has tried by
habitual SANDER of the publisher fol
the last ten years, by extraor
binary efforts in giving away the En-
press, putting in other papers anC
begging patronage, to supplant tn
MONITOR. His success may be show
by taking his own statements: Ac
cording to the Express there was
time when it's circulation was owe
three thousand. Not long since MI
Camp quoted his list 10 an adyertis
ing agent at 1900. We doubt if
equals that number now. Durin
the past year we have published fro
1850 to 1915 copies of this pape
and shall carry the number up
2000 this month. This is nothing
brag about, and is only used to sho
that our neighbor cannot, by slande
donations, almanacs, chromos or OF
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-12-15


Mr.. Clark, the clerk of the House
of Representatives, has compiled the
list of names of members elect of the
forty-ninth congress. The present
congress consists of POI Democrats
and 124 Republicans. The next will
consist of 1874 Democrats and al
Republicans. The Democrats have
made gain of II members, as fol-
lows: Florida Illinois, 2 !; Ken
lucky, l; Maryland. l Michigan
Mississippi, 2; No. Carolina, l Tex
as, l; and Virginia, 2. The Repub'
licans have gained 20 members, as
follows: California, D Connecticut
/; Indiana, /; Massachusetts,
Missouri, 2; Nevada, New York
5; Ohio, 4; Pennsylvania, 4; Tenn
esee, /, and Wisconsin, 4 Th
number of members of the forty
eighth congress reelected is 18l
Speaker Carlisle IS also assured 0
reelection, having more than ma
jority in his favor.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-12-15

The Baltimore SIM has the follow
ing: Senator Edmunds is reported
to be somewhat indignant at the crit
icism passed upon his alleged mac
tivity in the late campaign, more es-
pecially as it is said he contends that
he has given full equivalent to his
party for all the rewards received
from it. His present term of service
III the senate expires March, 1887,
at which time he will have served fol
a continuous period of more than
twenty years. An intimate personal
friend of his says Mr.. Edmunds, il
his recent expressions, shows that he
seriously contemplates declining t.
be candidate for reelection tina
he is moved to this determination il
some degree by his resentment at tn
criticisms alluded 10, but perhaps a
much by his own delicate health an,
that of his wife and daughter.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-12-15


The Courier Journal cores
pondent now visiting the plague
stricken districts of Eastern Kentucky
and Virginia, telegraphs that horri-
BILE state of affairs exists in Wise
and Lee counties, Virginia. A num-
Der of instances are cited in which
whole families persisted. The disease
has caused more deaths in Letchel
county, KY, and West county, Va,
than in any other counties. In the
latter county the deaths have been sc
numerous that it has been diffucul
to provide for the proper burials O.
the victims.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-12-15

From this date until January Sd, 1885,
ere artH furnish the NONITOR and BOS-
TON WEEKLY JOURNAL, one gear
for 1925; The MONITOR and HOU USE
HOLD, for S2.I0; The MONITOR and
the VERMONT Farmer, for the en-
ceedtngly loec price Of SI.75. The object
ofputttnJ these papers so much belOag cost
IS TO gt6e or patrons discounts that aciII
make IL mach to their adcantdge to make
ddodnce payments preuious to the COM
meRcemeRt Of the aeeg gear on the HONE
TOR. otter the date mentioned this lopc
offer aoiU positively be esithdraegR. Only
one Of the papers named, arih the NOM
TOE, aciN be diuen at this L0ng rate.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-12-15
our CLUBBING LIST.
We give below our Clubbing List which

We give below our Clubbing List which
embraces almost every periodical that
our patrons subscribe for. Should any
desire two or more of the periodicals
named, they can have the advantage of
the low rates. To ascertain the cost of
any particular paper, subtract $l.50
from the total cost of that paper and
MONITOR, and that will be the cost OF
the single periodical. Below we have a
few SPECIAL RATES.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-12-15

er extraordinary means, keep his list
apace with an ordinary country paper.
We will here say that the EGpress
is far more than an average YER
mont paper, and is published at Sl.50
per year,-a price at which there is
but few cents above the margin of
cost. eve ask nothing for this gratis
advertising.) The only reason we can
give why Mr.. Camp cannot succeed
better with his paper is his own per-
sonal unpopularity. That he cannot
help this, constituted as he is, all
understand, but he ought not at
tempt to abuse other people for his
own infirmities.
Just here we will take space to say,
although the thing has gone by, that
the MONITOR still insists that its
statements relative to the feeling of
the majority of the county, as to the
shire question, and the doings of the
members of the legislature from this
county were not in any essential
particular different from what was
stated in this paper. Hence we de-
clare that all the statements of the
Erpress to the contrary were wrong
and mistaken.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-12-15

Horses are liable from exposure overwork to
sudden cold, which checks the free working of the
organs If the body, and causes general derange
ment, Don't neglect these indications of disease
mild remedy will remove the cause of acute dis
ease. Use Rayworth's Condition Powders, in ta-
bic spoonful doses and your horse viii soon be all
,,.,ht
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-12-15
MEMORIALS.
MONUMENTS & HEADSTONES

In Marble, polished and hammered Granite 10
to 90 per cent less than can be bought elsewhere.
No shop in the county can show qualitysof work
equal to mine, on Modern Styles. lead the van.
Curling. S1.75 per foot in length. Call, OF write
for prices anything you may want and save
money, w. n. HOWARD.
Derby Center, Nov. &c, 1851. 1851
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1884-09-04
coRRnsPoNp1Ncn TO ra1 ma.
Ho SUN"

A Boise City correspondent Of the Sss'
published at Murrayvillo Cpur d'Alese,
under date Of Aug. 18th, writes n foi.
lows:
Capt. Putnam and Delegate Singisef
left last night for Ceur dAlene. l b.
speak for them the cordial hospitality for
which your section is noted. Capt. Put
nam is the recently appointed register q
the Ceur d'Alene land Office. He has'
been resident Of Idaho for several years..
He is whole souled, sociable fellow, with
y good army record. He viii make
valuable acquisition to your population.
Delegate Siugiser has been iodeiatigabls
in his efforts to serve the Territory IN
Congress. While it is = notorious fsct
that not single matter Of legislation was
passed during the last session for the
benefit Of any Territory, Mr.. Singises
probably accomplished more than any
other Territorial Delegate in his hbos
before the Departments, and in Otherwise
protecting the interests Of the Territory.
1t is true that he is not greatly beloved
by the Latter-day Saints.