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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17

Swifts Specific malignant Poison after
had been treated in with old soealled
and Potash S S S only cured the Blood Poison
relieved the Rheumatism which by poisonous
minerals GEO. BoYELL 1922 Sd Avenue n. Y.
Nine years Scroula attacked of children and
they badly affected with that disease which
treatment of my family physician. persuaded
Sw Specific by seeing account of county
The improvement apparent from the Doses
and III short time children sound
and we'll JOHN WILLIAMS Lexington, Va
SwIFrs SPECIFIC entirely vegetable remedy and is the
only medicine which permanently Scrofula. Blood
Humors Cancer and Contagious Blood Poison Send books
on Blood and Skin Diseases, mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17

During the trial of a horse case in New York
posing counsel asked him if he Quaker
from conviction because it helped him in a
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17
MEETING OF ELECTORS.

Section 95 of the revised statutes provides that
the electors of president and vice-presdent shall
meet at the capitol and give th'ir votes on the
first Wednesday in December Eext following the
general election at which they We're chosen. By
an act of the congress of the Unitei States, APP
proved February 8, 1887, the day for the meeting
of such electors is fixed for the second Monday in
January next after their election, at IL O'Clock
noon. While il is very clear that the act of
congress determines the day on which the electors
shall convene and give their ballots, recon-
mend that our statutes be so amended as to har-
monte with the United States law.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17

Fourteen year-old Eugene Watson was
playing with target rife at Lincoln, Ill.
The weapon was discharged anG the bull
let entered the throat of the lads little
sister. The child will die.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17

Viewed In one light, the prohibition of drink
unnecessary, says the Christian at Work The
dead will not be disturbed by it, while for the
habltual tippler the cemetery where he will soon
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17

A Frenchman has invented new system for
prope ling canal boats. 1t consists of an endless
cable running along the two banks. The boats
are moved at double the ordinary speed, and can
readily be attached and detached from the
cab.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17
Important Notice.

When you visit New York stop at Taylor's
Hotel opposite Pennsylvania railroad depot,
Jersey City European plan. Elegantly fun
ished rooms 81 per day and upwards. First-class
restaurant in connect ON at moderate prices.
Only IS minutes from Wall street City Hall and
business centers of New York. Baggage taken
to and from the depot free of charge. Ferry to
and from New York every few minutes, day and
night.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17
trust funds.,..,.- 81, aoa 4s7 "a S., 1872, 749 Sc
1855. $40. $50 80 s58t. 264 749

BY the foregoing it is made apparent that with
in the p st decade the revenues of he state have
been nearly doubled without adding apprecably
to the burdens of the people. thus demonstI atin9
that there has been a strong and steady increase
In ali thu elements Of material prosperity. This
gratifS ing result would not have be achieved
except through wise and Conservative l. gisIaton,
and thus becomes powerful reminder of the
necessity of continuing such policy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17

Michael Smith, of Fort Howard, was
frozen TO death q few days ago, near
Escanaha, while goirg from that place to
q lumber camp.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17

No Safer Remedy can be had for Coughs
and Colds. or any trouble of the Throat, tnan
"BroWn's Bronchial Troches" Price rs cts Sold
o7lLY an boxes
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17

S. s. Cook, Of Fishers Landing, has 800 prune
trees and 700 pear trees set out on twenty acres
of land for which he refused $4,000 says the
La CamaS CIV. To News. The trees viii come
into bearing the coming season. He has also five
acres of black-cap raspberries from which ha
nettei 500 per acre last season.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17
Finest Train TO WASHINGTON

The -four output in Minneapolis for the
week ending January 5, amounted to
rs $50 barrels
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17
Amount paid for saIa-
RS of CITY and CONN.,
$3.50 90
T0,4S5 90

Amount paid for saIa-
rl'S of city and coun-
~ SUI erintendents. 6s.slo 90 10, ass 90
Amount paid for pos
Iage, printing and
stationery for city
and county superin-
teUdentS. 10, coz 90 10 992 90
amount paid for
teachers ms flutes. 8, l5S 81 63l2 IS
Amount pail for Web
ser'S dictionaries
for first supply TO
school distsicts...... 1856 90 1917 90
Toll amtexpe DID g, 6t9. 245 So g, 9s5. 618 30
The report deals with the most vital questions
affecting not only the present but the future
welfare of the individual aud the State-and
this whether regard be had to questions of
finance or questions of good citizenship When
We consider that the whole number of persons
enrolled in the state betw, en- the ages of four
and twenty years of age, June 90. 1888. was
5671 02, and that OF this number only 265 Az were
reported as attending the public schools the
State may well inquire as TO the reasons of so
much absenteei-m and amply the proper remedy
confess too much solcitude for the common
school, aud especially for the district Sc COL in
rural communities. 1t is to the little country
school that we must lock, in great measure.
for the incubation of the true principles of
American citizenship. It is here that the great
body Of our people acquire all the education they
will receive during their lives: have profound
respect for the high school the academy, the
college and he univ srsity. These. however. are
but the fruit of lowlIer blossom, and they have
many ana most earnest advocates 1t Is unnec-
eSSary that should press their claims upon you.
But the common district school, the peoples
college" is so much everybody business that in
many respects it suffers from neglect. The child
that is the citizen that IS to be; has right TO
demand of the State that 1t be provided, as
against all contingencies. with reasonable
amount of instruction in common English
branches pecially has it a right to de hand
that it be provided with the ability to read and
write the language of this country. In this con-
nection would recommend such legislation as
fhn nf 1r.i+x
and with the authority only. to require the read
ing and writing in English to be daily taught
therein.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17

A gum matinee was given at one of the ST
Paul theaters on New Years Day, says the New
York Sun. A package Of tolu given each
LADY at the door, and an eye witness reports that
1.-The fair creatures allowed t:eir agile jaws to
reverberate to their hearts ccntent'' Thus does
the drama gain new gauds and decorations in
the vast northwest,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17

If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use Dr. Isaac Thomp.
sons Eye Water. Druggists sell it. Csc.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17

Total ............ S.. sos. 122 76 s.. 2S4 5l3 26
The disbursements from this fund. with the
exception If the apportionment of the North
Wisconsin Railroad License tax fund, which
amounted for two years TO 500 0S2. 81 represent
the actual expenditure s uf the safe government
for all purposes for the last biennial period, and
are as follows:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17

Mrs. F. Maddox, Concor liza. Kan SAYS: "wiz
ard Oh is our family physi ian. 1t gives gre II
with the children. 1t is all that coull be desired
1t acts promptly.n Sold by all druggists.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17

peculiarly novel letter has just been sent by
an iniIabi ant of Bath. EngIan l. to friend at
Trowhrdge. 1t was written in shorthand on the
back of postage stamp. the address being in
ordinary writing. The miSSTve was DIR lpped into
the lie ter box at the general poStoffice, and was
duly delivered at its desfi nation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17

One Newman, of Rushville, Ind, has a crow
which has forSaken its kind. and associates alto
gether with the chickens in the barnyarl Al
night it ro"sts with the poultry, and during the
daytime feeds with them, and altogether con
uucts itself as a well-dispoSit oned chicken.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17
GOVERNORS MESSAGE
Delivered at the Opening of the Thirty
Ninth Session.
Condition of the Finances and the State
Institutions Reviewed.
Fello,C- Citizens of the Senate and Assembr,..

FeliotC- Citizens of the Senate and Assernbl,c
You are convened under Circumstance espec-
cially favorIng the prosperity of Wisconsin It
becomes my pleasing duly to report excellent
progress in all the material affairs of our Com
monWeath, as We'll as a most encouraging
growth IN good citizenship. The past two wears
have under the blessing of an ALI Wise Proyi-
dence, been marked by peace and good will
throughout the various and complicate relations
OF our Ire. Nothing cnnduces more to such a
desirable state Of affairs than the enactment
ana enforcement of just and wholesome laws.
Is the enforced law
The aff Iirs Of our State government have been
conducted with q general regard for integrity
cheering outlook which is presented to us as a
people in all our borders, and desire to assure
you 81 my most earnest purpose t. cooperate
with you to the fullest promotion pos ible of the
peace and prosperity OF our beloved State
PUBLIC FINANCES.
From the exhaustive and valuable reports of
the Secretary Of state and State Treasurer have
compiled the following condensed sta cement of
the condition Of our public finances at the close
or the fiscal year, September 81. 1888:
Balance in Treasury October !, 1886 S736, 720 "a
Receipts of State Treasury for the
bienuial period !. -. s, $50, 996 10
Disbursements for same period. =. 5, al, or 81
1888. ....... :. ;. ................ $50, 7O2 A
This balance stands credited in the Treasury as
follows:
General fund. ...................... 1904, 1879 90
School fund ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ISL, PAL s.
School fund income. ...... 26, 469 90
Normal School fund. ............. s., 2l8 10
University fluid. ..-.............. 49, gil 81
AZ lcultural College fund. .......... "A. g57 98
Drainage fund INSTRUMENTATION. 49, OBS "a
Delinquent Tax fund. .............. 948 81
Deposit fund ...........-...... 10, 9O3 63
redemption fund .......... 10 70
st. Croix Lake Superior R. R.
Trespass fund. :.................. 2,067 46
st. Croiy & Lake Superior R. R.
Deposit fund. u. ................. 408 OF
Wis. I. r. Farm Mortgage Land Co.
fund -. ....................... 4,577 95
Allotment fund ........... $500. 9I6 81
Manitowoc & Calumet Swamp Land
fund. ...................... $50 O5
Total as above. ................ $3.50, 702 a
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17
JOHN 4. SALzER, La Crosse, Wis,
bryant 4 Stratton Chicago Business College

EkSl,sH a,ss9 seseo
n lo ~ F address Ill Il & o Frtor Chicago LII
We mmerdt hi o
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17
q S42. OgO 50 S3q9 Gas q

SF,o42.U9U S0H5. OsNl 70
1t appears by this showing that nearly $40 600
Of the trust funds are IL ing uuinvested in the
L is for the leGiS allure to determine
.ction IS needed by law e. Improve such
a condition of affairs, either by reducing the
minimum rate of interest Quired for loans,
or by enlarging the discretionary powers now
vested in the commits sionerS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-01-17

992 90
b. 3I2 IS
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-06
Two Rurdensome Laws.

It looks very much as If the legislature
would pass the bill r. lucing the fertilizer
ms 3sci IN fee fro n - t. p cslts. l. would
n 1t make mistake if it we're to repeal tn Q
law providing for in 'pec,ion of fertilizers,
and thus abolish the inspsn5io fee
altogether. It is very doubtful whether
the inspection of fertilizers affords farmers
much p election.
The fertilizer manufacturers don't care
pro ably whether the inspection fee is
a5olis led or not. The farms have to pay
it. bee tuse it is ilclu lie in the price Of the
fertilizer. and, besides, the inspection in
spires ience in the fertilizers.
The legislature would do the people a
real service il it Sd ou ab dish tbs fertilizer
ms )ection fee and reosal the law hicl
re4ul es ms ira lcs c)npa lies to de oosit
$4,000 with the state g)vsr lms 1t before
doing business the sta e. This lsurance
deposit law is a very bur1snso ne one. 1t
makes an insurance monopoly possible.
Those who insu q their property have to
pay much hi cher rates tlal thsy woIli if
the Insurance. olsinss we're opsn to com
psti5io 1. The comp lies which do the in
surancs business act in harmony, and,
hence, fix ie rates t. suit the nselves.
O'telsbly the purpose of g Law is to
protect the peo Die az ainst bogus insurance
companiss. Most pc pie WHO desire insur-
ance are telligs 1t enough ID protect the n
selves They djn't need any other protec-
ton, and don't desire it. Why tlen should
they be taxed to aft ri pr Jtection to the
very few who don't kaow enough to take
care Of their own interests!
II the insurance business were free to all,
many thou sands of dollars which now g.
into the trea 'uries of foreign companies in
the shape OF exc3 sive pren.u rs wOuli bs
saved to the pso lie Of the state. 1t might
be that now and then bogus Company
would be able to get little business, but it,
true character would soon be discovered,
and it would be shun ed. 1t would even be
be. ter for policy holder here I'd there to
be defrluded tn N that the people of tn q
entire state should be taxed to keep out
bogus companies.
1t il asserted that the lawyers of the state
object to the repeal Of the deposit insura zee
law, because, under it, all insurance suits
are brought in the courts of the state. lis
Is serious condition of affairs, if true.
Are the peo Die to oe taxed ia order That tae
lawyers may get business?
The guide in making laws should be the
greatest good Of the greatest uunoer. The
legislature someti mes seems to toy to see if
1t cannot place burden upon many co
benefit few. Laws are passed a. the re-
quest of interested parties, Ill the people
are taxed for SO nothing that does them no
good. Let the legisl ture give the fertilizer
inspection AID le Isu alce dep ,sit laws
careful study. and it may b that it will see
that it can help tho people by repsaling
til am
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-06
Cardinal Glib oons' Letter.

The pastoral letter of Cardinal Gibbons
on the celebration of the one hu dredtl
anniversary of the establishment of the
Cath lie HE archy in this country, contains
a great many interesting facts. Ga Nov.
6, 1859, P pc Plus VI Issued bull creating
the hierarchy of the Catholic lurch in thA
U lited States, and app ,inting Rev. John
Carroll the first bis Top Of Baltimore. Ga
NV. 10 next and on the two days
folio ing the 100th anniversary of the
Catholic hierarchy in this country viii BE-
celebrated. When Bishop Carroll was col
secrsted the Catholic population of the
United States was esti mattel at abou
10000. 1t is now about 1900, 900. There
are IS archbishops and II bishops, 5000
priests, 10000 churches and chapels, %
seminaries exclusively devoted to the train
ing 81 candidates for the ministry, $50 col
legss d academies for the higher educa-
ton Of youth of both sexes, 100 parish
schools. and $40 hospitals and orphan
asylums.
From these figures it is apparent that the
Catholic churcA has made marvellous prog
ress in this cou try. According to the
figures glvea, about one tenth OF the popu-
lation was Cat lolic when the first bishop
was appoi ted. aud ab tut one-ssvsnth of
it is Catholic now. The cente lnial cele-
bration in N 'vember will undoubtedly be
an imposing one.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-06
ElAine's Election Causes Trouble.


Accord x to our dis ,atchss yesterday,
the election of NJ Blaine to tue presidency
of the cong ess of the Three Americas was
not received with pleasure by all the dele
gates. Those from C ill and the Argentine
Re aublc did not, it seems, attend the FIRST
sssi N because they und srssood that it had
been determined to make Mr.. Blaine presi-
dent II is stated that here were others
who opposed Mr.. Blai g, but they were not
so OutspoSen as those from Chill and
the Argent re Republic. TIE delegates
from these two cou ltries were intervis Ell
at West Point on FRIDAY with rsgad u
the rumor that theT had determined to
withd raw from the )ngrsss. In IS yer to
question, the sad that. while they lid not
ex. eel mucl from the congre IS, they should
take part l., aud do what they could to
make il a success.
l i, t exactly clear why Mr. Blaine
was made presi lent. 1t does not appear
that be sou ght the offics, and it is q lite
rtain, it is believed, that he woull not
have accepted it If he had known tlat there
was any opposition to hin. 1t seem' ta't
it President Harrison's wish that he
should be President, aud hs indicated as
much to the dslsgt-es of this cou TRY.
The delega es who object ID Mr.. Blaine
give as their reason for doing so that he
j. not member of the cong ess. and that it
Is absurd and an insult to the intellg snce
of the members Of the congress to go out
side f that body for a president 1t was
expected, of course, that the U lifted States
delegates weald name the president, because
it is customary for the delegates of the
country which sugg .sted the congress to do
so, but it issf1ot customary b go outsids of
the congress r president. 1t is alleged
that there is no precedent for such action.
There is a suSpicion that there is slme
hostility to Mr.. Blaine on the part of ths
dseg ites from C iii and the Argentine
Republic growing out Of his acts as 5ecre-
tary of s a,e II ers ia, it has bsel KEEP
carefully in the background. Watcher
Mr.. Blaine will resign and permit a men,
Der of t lie congress to be elected president
is a question TAT has bssn su gge'te /. but
not very generally discussed. Djubtless
Mr. Blaine mas considered the alvisability
Of resig hing and perhaps be VII resign if
he thi ks that by so doing he can contribute
to the success of the congress- He ce 'tainly
would not wish TO remain president if he
tn lught any considerable number of the
delegates did not want him in that posi-
tion
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-06
PERSONAL.

Ex-Gov. WILLIAM PITT KELLOGG thinks he has
broken the record as a transa lantic traveller.
lie turned up at the Fifth Avenue tel In New
York the other day after an absence of twenty
eight days, durin which he had sps 1t two days
in London, a well at the Paris exposition and
half a day at Berlin MANY peop,e be ieve
That trouble with Boulanger has been averleI
by the exposition" said he, but l believe it
has only been postponed. revolution is sure
to come in France
OUIDA has always boosted that she was above
the wea ness of love, saying that marriage is
like mirage, distance lends enchantment to the
vlewi those who are in the lnstit ton want to
get out and those who are out want to get in -
few years since she met the Marquis de
ufa, an Italian noble nan of ancient Family,
VINO posses cd many fascinating qualities. and
the falr damsel OF AZ summers fell Ia love vito
hun. The marquis admired her talents. en-
Joyed her society, and was frequent visitor at
ner villa near Florence Oulda was prepared to
bee me the Marchesa de Stufa but sne was
never asked. she made her lover ridiculous in
b ok Those who have read "Frieudship'
will probably remember that the hero is weak
tickle sort of character. VINO does not know his
own mind for week at time, but who is full
of vanity and posse sed of high idea OF his ow
Importance This hero was intended for the
Marquis de Stufa.
THE highest price which yvllkie Collins ever
received for a novel was 5000 guineas, which
was paid to him for "Armadale'' by Geor o
Smith before line OF the story. which origin.
ally appeared in the CornhiH Ma Jdz ne ha |
been written. ''Armadale" has never been a
lavo lite with the public, bat 1t is a very power
full book, and story of the most absorbing
Interest," AMI cxens expressed high opinion
of it. just after the bargain had been COZ
cluded between the author and the publisher,
there was discussion at the athe leum one
afternoon about Look prices, during which
Hayward very acri noniously maintained That
Georg Smith could not possibly have paid any
suca sum to Wilxie Collins, and after he had
ranted on the subject for some time, Dickens
turned to a friend and WhisDered. 'sCan Won
wonder now that that man is so generally exc
crated?" Thackeray, only a short time Def 1re
his death, Congratulated Collins on the trans
made as much as e5, 600 by any Of his books.
The purchase of "Armadale' was not a profit
able transaction for MIR. Smith, but 'Ro.nola''
proved still worse bargain, as 1000
was paid for it. aud of the first expensive
edition only some 1900 copies were sold. The
state nent that Collins has left copous reminis
cences and numerous MS. stories is incorrect
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-06
Joseph's Hand.

Our venerable and distinguished senator,
Joseph E. Brown, may be falling physically,
but mentally he is as strong as 10 ever was.
1t is not perhaps putting it too strong to
say at his hand was almost visible in the
clever work that must have be9n done to
secure the passage of the resolution au-
thorizi the appointment OF a joint COM
mittee TO confer with the claima ITS for
compensation for bstterments o the West
ern aud Atlantic railroal. The vote for the
resolution showed strong rally of the
upper Georgia c,ntingent, vita recruits
here and there from other parts of the
state.
The newspapers of the state, with few
exc ptions, and the people very generally,
obi scted to y recog liti III of lie claim for
oetterns its. Thsy did not and do not be-
lieve the claim to b, one in which there is
either justice or equity, an | the more it was
discussed during the debIte on the lease
bill, tae mo Q firmly were taey confirmed
in their belief.
The action of the H ,use when the Lease
DILL was under consideration in that b)ly
was such as to lead tue pc >ple to thi TX
that they would never bs burdened with
debt for betterments with the consent of
the legislature. 1t begins t, look, however,
as if ey ,uid be dis ID ointei. Soma OF
the memb srs Of the legisl 1T ire nave failed
to stand by the position they first took. A
maste hanl was at work, not directly
probably, and not visible to them, but
which in SONS y izu)wn way infllelce
them aud Undue ID tas to make a conc 80
siol which, doubtless, will open the way
for the payment of at least some part of
the betterme 1t claim. Tnat master-ha d
has been felt il other legi l5ure,, al the
success of many msasures were due t, it.
1t is not rough hani. 1t il so sc tile taat
its touch is scarcely felt. 1t is, however.
irresistible. 1t is guild d by strong mind
that has powerful inalelcs over other
minds