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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
BRITISH TRADE CUT
EFFECT of the Mckinley Act on the
Business of Our English
Brethren.
IReduction Of Exports Cause a
Great Outbreak from John
Bulls Organs.
They Are Unable to Appreciate
the Right of Another Country
{ to Legislate in it's Own
Interests.
New York Press.

TIE British board of trade returns of
tie exports of the United Kingdom have
caused the London papers to break out in
to fresh tears about the Mckinley bill.
There are tracts Of the same old notion
that Great Britain is ever in our thoughts,
and that the bill was passed ''to hit the
manufactures of Great Britain especially,
as the St. James Gazette puts it. The
boundless concept of the British leader
writer is not yet capable Of admitting the
idea that another country may legislate
for its own benefit and may in general
think more of itself than Of Great Britain.
The American afternoon echo Of the
British Press, the Evening Post, joins
anew in the amentation. Because Brit
ish trade with America has been cut down
by the Mckinley bill the Post asserts that
American trade with England has been
qut down in exactly the same ratio. at
is perhaps difficult to say which of the
two countries have suffered the most, "
continues the echo, although we think
that cur own country holds that unenyi
able place" That is what the free trade
theorizers say in their books, and there
fore it must be So But is it so? Here
are the official figures of cur principal ex-
ports to Great Britain in 1880 ard 1891
fer the eleven months ending May 81:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
The DEVILS Table,

Many readers of Notes for the
Curious have heard learned friends
or travellers allude to the Teufelstisch
and the Glass Palace without the leas:
idea of the interesting objects referred
to. TO quickly come to the point we
will say that the Teufelstisch is the
name given a large, fat rock lying
near Graefenberg, Bavaria Trans
lated into English the meaning of the
word is DEVILS Table Regularly at
midnight on the night of May /, the
ghosts of the ancient kings of France
used to assemble around the Teufel-
stisch and hold fantastic banquet
Later on some folklore writer's claim
that glass palace, invisible to mortal
eyes, sprang up at that point with the
Devils Table in the center. From
midnight until daylight on the date
mentioned above. Gambrinus the in
ventor OF beer, sported around the big
fiat rock with others of the shadowy
crew. st Louis Republican.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
gIHHIHv
Unknown lot /. blk. 6
Go lot 2, blk. 6
THIRD WARD.
Unknown lot 2, blk. 2
do lot II, blk. 30

90 NV ~ III. lOG ii, DIX. 81
Unknown. lot of land commencing $40
it. east of the sw corner of NV "a of NV "a
of Sc "a of Sec. II, T. %, R. E., running
thence north 1U2 it., east 1876 it., south 102
it., west 1876 fit. to place of beginning.
Unknown. A lot of land commencing 600
fit. east, and 1872 fit. north of the sw cor. of
n u of NV ID of Sc ID Of Sec. II, T. %, R.
6 E., running thence north 204 it,, east 80
it., south 204 it., west 270 it, to place Of
beginning.
Unknown. A lot of land commencing 100
ft. east of sw corner of tract lot 2, Sec. II,
T. %, r. 6 E. running thence 1918 fit. to
the Sc cor. of said tract lot 2, thence
north along the east line of said tract. lot
2 about 900 it,, thence southwesterly about
ITO it., thence northwesterly about 200
it., thence southwesterly about $50 #. to
the place Of beginning, containing about
"a acres.
Unknown. A lot Of land commencing 495
it. east, and 234 It. south of the NV cor
ner of the n 1a Of NV "a of Sc ID of Sec. II,
T. q, R. E., running thence east 1876 IT,,
north 102 it., west 1875 it., south 102 TT. to
place Of beginning.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
HYpnOEiSns.

''Can hypnotized person be made
to commit crime?" was very empha-
thetically answered in the affirmative
by Dr. Voisin, of Paris, in paper de-
livered before the Bri4h Association.
he suggested to subject under his
influence to commit acts of incendiar-
ism while hypnotically asleep and
there was obedience in each case.
More than that a woman was recent
~ sentenced in Paris for succession
of acts of robbery. 1t was ascertained
that she had been habitually hypno-
TIED and upon investigation it was
discovered that she had robbed under
the suggestion of outside parties.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
PORTS NOT CLOSED.
Tariff Proved to BE Not Advanced on Mar
ufactured Articles rE~sssAs, r..

Tariff Proved to BE Not Advanced on Man
ufactured Articles. .Sssass@ ~
The Mckinley tariff act has hardly been
IN operation long enough to show all its
good features, but in the short time of its
effectiveness many of the supposed faults
so loudly and widely complained of by the
democratic political alarmists have been
proved to have existed only in their parti-
san lmaginations.as
The law went into effect October 6, 1890,
and on tie 30th CT June last had been in
operation few days sho1t of nine months.
The official bulletin of the bureau of stats,
tics OF the treasury department issued at
tnat date showed that the total value of
imports of merchandise during the nine
months of the new tariff was $500, 206, 600.
During the corresponding period of 1889-9O
the total value was S598,769,305. This
shows an increase Of imports under the
new law over the old one for the nine
months of S31, 436,695 Thus it will be
seen that the ports Of the United States
are not closed against the manufactures of
foreign countries and that the law is not a
prohibitory one
These statistics have also proved true an
other claim made b. the republicans
that, as whole, the tariff on manufac-
lI1Su djt1SlSS WAS uOG dSVd0CGQ, but
diminished by the new law. The figures
show what proportion of the imports were
entered free and what were taxed during
the corresponding nine months under both
the new ard the old laws. During the
nine months ending June so, 1891, the
foreign goods admitted free of charge
were valued at 1895, 1913, 665. During 1890.
the value of free imports was sos, $685.
S75-an increase of free importations in
favor of the new law of SS7,009.792. The
foreign goods which were dutiable under
the new Jaw during that period were val
ued at 1884 ,252, $40, and under the old
law for the corresponding time $3.50, 1856
O52. This shows decrease in the value of
merchandise paying duty under the new
law of S55. 543, 692.
In other words, under the new law
AZ $40 per cent of the value of all our i'm
ports came In free, while corresponding
period Of the old law showed only SO 9-10
per cent. of the value of the imports were
on the free list.
1t is seen plainly how statistics fatty
contradict the assumptions and statements
made by the enemies of The Mckinley act.
This remarkable showing of the much
abused tariff and the magnificent results
achieved by the administ1 alton in its re-
ciprocity treaties must commend this pol
icy to all classes of voters who have the
good Of the country at heart. and surely
points to a splendid victory in the next
presidential election.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
ABANDONED FARMS.
Rational ExpIar alton of the Cause for
Their Existence

Rational Explain alton of the Cause for
Their Existence.
One cf the stock arguments of those
who maintain that the tariff Expresses the
farmer is the tale Of abandoned farms in
manufacturing New England. The Mass
aCbusetts bureau of labor statistics has
just gwen to the public full chapter of
interesting information on that subject.
1t finds that abandoned fam land in
Massachusetts, is principally confined to the
western counties. Such land aggregates
3.45 FER cent. of the total fam acreage of
the state and less than enc per cent. of
the total farm value. The average yalue
PER acre of the abandoned land is only
500. which proves it to be exceedingly
rcor land. The abandon ment of this land,
however, is not an abandonment of agri-
culture, but simply transfer to better
locations. The values of fam land
and fam products show an increase Just
the same, The report on this point
says:
Notwithstanding the existence of aban-
dCned farms, each county except Nan
tucket shows an increase since 1875 in the
value Of agricultural products and every
country shows an increase in the value of
agricultural property. In scme counties,
also, an increase in the acreage of land
under cultivation appears.
TIE report takes up the causes. Out of
u different localities SO show no greater
number of abandoned farms than existed
ten years ago. In fact, during the low
tariff period preceding the war the condi-
tion was much the same or worse. The
report contains portion Of an address de-
liyered in Western Massachusetts, SO years
ago. 1t makes interesting reading:
Where are the once prosperous families
that occupied the fans above the foundry
village? Where are the % families that
lived in thrift On Catamount Hill with
their dairies and stock and their 90
scholars, when ! came to this town? Ex-
cept now and then single family, hold
ing on like shipwrecked mariner to a
lonely rock in the great ocean, all are
gene. Where is that long line of noble
tanners that were so industrious and
prosperous, extending from North River
over Christian Hill, to the Green noun
tains, and those cattle drovers and merch-
ants that did more business than all the
stores in half dozens western towns to-
day? All are gone.
This address was delivered in 1858, to-
ward the close of the low tariff period
which began in 1e46. ''If the evil Is not
recent" says Com missioner Wadin,
neither is it local. 1t is not confined
to Massachusetts,. to New England, to the
west, nor to the United States 1t is one
CT the features Of modern civilization
Among the causes enumerated in the
eport are: inadaptabihty of sell of mod
I'm M ,hineIy and methods, comparative
or quality of soil, comparative re-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24

These are the official figures published
fy tie treasury department bu1eau of sta
tistlcs, as far as the items of our exports to
great Britain are given in the bureaus
monthly reports They show that our cx-
ports are increased in as many items as
they are decreased, there icing exactly
twsnty-tbree gains and twenty,three loss,
es IN the items given, and that the aggre
gate shows an average gain of about 3
PER cent. in our total exports to the United
Kingdom. Of course the Post takes no
account Of the increased domestic trade
created by making ard buying at home
what we formerly imported from Great
Britain. 1t is looking at things from the
British point Of view, ard it prefers max
ing itself melancholy ever British statis
tics to finding cause Of encouragement in
American statistics. Meanwhile it is
helping the party that is responsible for
''the doubt which hangs over cur cur
reny," in the shape of the silver agita-
tion that is Leading the banks to refuse
acCC mmC dation to business men who want
TO still further increase cur t1ade.-New
York Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
Town -. Range } East.
Unknown
Town q, Range 3 East.
Unknown

Unknown Sc Sc "a
do A piece of land commenc-
ing "A rods west and 10 rods south
of ne cor of Sc NV, running thence
east 125 #, thence south 10 #, thence
west 125 fit, thence north 10 # to
place of starting. %
cx.y %
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24

Our customers money!" said the pro-
Prletotrs, will go almost Is .per cent fur
ther than it ever did BEFORE
These statements are easily verified
anywhere. The most significant thing
about them is the fact that tinware,
which we were told would largely increase
IN price owing to the increase in duty, is
lower than ever before in the history of
the world.
Will the educational committee of the
democracy please make note of these
facts and publish them for the information
OF the "untPrrifed" in the northwest
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
REMINGTON VILLAGE.
Unknown

Town 81, Range 3, East.
Unknown ali of blk. 81, less
36-10O of an acre. IL s. 6
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
4Sa- h COMPARATIVE PRICES.

IL -------
Free Trade Figures Knocked Silly nv
g Every Day Facts
lhe situation Is getting very hot for
democratic and republican papers of the
low tariff persuasion.
The educational committee of the dem
ocratlc party seem destined to trouble and
vexation of spirit.
The. difficulty is that the theories of
these free trade apostles are daily knocked
on the head by stubborn facts.
Try as they will they cannot keep the
truth from the people,
When man is told that the Mckinley
bill increases the cost of a given article.
and then goes into a store and BUYS if
for 10 per cent. less than he did a wear
ago, that man begins to suspect that the
democratic educator is either dishonest
or too ignorant to run an educational
bureau e.. tt . .ss.s..s
. On Friday last sheet which has beer
running after the free trade ghost pub
hshed letter from a correspondent which
gave some very unpalatable facts for free
trade theorists. This letter is from the
heart of big agricultural community; it
gives the experience of a class which has
been supposed to lean strongly to free
trade, and for that reason an extract is
particularly pertinent. Says the cor
RESPONDENT, who writes from Watertown,
5. d r. E L sE5ste1--
The Watertown department store is the
largest mercantile house in Dakota and
handles everything that enters into fami-
y supplies. visited this institution and
the manager at my request made an ex-
baust1ye investigation into the relative
cost eff goods to-day as comrared with
Aug. e, 1890. He found that thew had
Lurcfased in the dry goods department
their tiannels, underware and velyets at s
per cent. below last years purchasing
prices; cloaks and clothing, 10 per cent.
below, and other dry goods at the same
rates. In the grocery department, sugar,
40; fruits, canned and dried so; tobacco,
Is per cent below, and fair average of 10
per cent. reduction in the run of the
grocery trade. Shoes were bought for
their fall and winter stock 2 per cent. be-
low last year, and manufactured tinware
!, Per cent. below; crockery, millinery and
shelf hardware unchanged. These re-
! auctions IN the purchase price" said Mr..
Speer, the manager, "have enabled us to
make cur retail prices, throughout the
store more than 10 per cent. lower than
last year or ever before in Dakota.
Another firm in the hardware business
went more into detail and furnished the
following list of comparative prices in
! 1890 and prices today:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
SECOND WARD.

A lot of land commencing at point SIS
feet south, BIS feet west Of the a post be-
East; thence south 1872 feet. west 3O7 feet.
north 1902 feet, east $40 feet, to place Of be-
ginning
A lot of land commencing 80 feet north and
1G5 feet east of sN corner of lot /, sec. II,
Town %, Range 6 East, running thence
east 211 feet, north 235 feet, to center
Of the creek on the line between the lands
of G. R. Gardner and N. B. Sampson;
thence north 7S12 deg. west along the GEN.
ter of said creek 214 feet, to the east line
of lot of land heretofore conveyed by G..
R.Gardner to the city Of Grand Rapids;
thence south 262 feet. to the place of r.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24

COUNTY CLERKS LIST
OFFICE OF COUNTY CLERK,


Wood County, Wisconsin.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, That the fol
IN lowing described lands were sold by the
County Treasurer on the 21st day Of May, A. D.
1885, for the taxes and charges thereon for the year
cf 1888, and the same are yet unredeened in this
Office, and the holders of certificates of sale Of
said lands will be entitled to tax deed thereof in
accordance with the laws Of this state unless re-
deemed on or before the 21st day of May, A. D.
1892 The interest and charges, including re-
demption fees, are to be computed to the last day
OF redemption
Given under my hand and seal at Grand
lsEALl Rapids, Wisconsin, this 18th day OF
August, 4. D. 1891.
g. 7. YOUNG,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
Hurley ROBBERY AGAIG.
The Famous Case to he Reopened
Ashland

ASHLAND, Wis, Sept. 1S.-Judge Cate
is here again to open the famous Hurley
bank robbery case and attempt to clear
Baker, now serving term of FIVE years at
Waurun. Cate says be knows who stole
he SAC, eco, and that Baker is innocent:
thbt ooffession is soon expected which
will clear up matters and prove sensa-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-09-24
CITY OF PITTSTILLE.
Town %, Range 3 East.

= pItCt .
Sc sW described az
follows: Commence
ing 172 feet west and
290 #. south of N. E.
- cor. of the above de-
scribed 40 acres;
thence west 125 feet,
south so f., east 1875
it. north so #. to be-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-30
A PitiabIe spectacle.

bob Graham, in cell No. 2. wants to
be taken to the $50 train on the r. &
P. road in the morning TO &c to the poor
house" This little note left by the cap.
tain Of the night force to the man in
charge of the day patrol at the Rock Isl
and police station. carried great deal OF
significance. Thirty five years ago Boil
Graham was one of Rock Islands most
prosperous merchants. He lad bright
family. handsome home and his pros
poets were the brightest. Reverses over.
took him: he lost all and became work,
man in the establishment he was formerly
proprietor of. He became di;sipated and
went from bad to worse until he became
beggar. without friends or home, and
last night at the age of 70 he was taken
in charge of by tie police. Today ne is
IN the poor house.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-30
A CRUSADE AGAINST QUAY.
Philadelphia Merchants and Preachers
Start Hostile Movement.

4
Start Hostile Movement.
PHILADELPHIA, June 8o-An address Il
the citizens of Pennsylvania was issued
yesterday, signed by 100 business and pro
fessional men. all of whom are Republic
ans, claiming to point out the CAUSES OF
the degradation of public affairs" in the
state and the necessary steps towards inn.
provement. Senator Quay's management
of the Republican machine is alleged to be
corrupt and in strong contrast to the
rank and file of the party. Quay is held
responsible for the overwhelming disaster
the party met with last fall His lieuten-
ants in the legislature are charged with
committing political blunder by hostil-
ity TO the ballot reform bill, in violation
of the pledges of the party.
Demands Quay's Retirement.
These things have found fitting cul.
minetion in the robbery of the city and
state treasury. AS the party will soon be
called upon to nominate a state and city
treasurer and attorney general, the nomi-
nations must be given to honest men OIL
the party will meet with asother defeat.
In the presence of these facts Pennsylvania
Republicans must not hesitate as to their
duty, or be in doubt as to their course. 1t
Is crisis. and it can only be met by the
retirement of Mr.. Quay. More competent
ald worthy leadership is necessary, and
an unfiinching demand must be made for
the retirement of these men from the
places which they have disgraced." Many
of the professional men signing the docu-
ment are clergymen.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-30
Mai. L. M. Buford for ! caae,

Maj. L. NJ. Buford for cadetship at
Annapolis naval academy. Il says that
if Congressman Grst had had the ap-
|pointment, the selection would have been
base on merit instead of favoritism. +"
The intimation that Dir. Cable should be
guided by what his predecessor would
have done is as much of gross re Election
on Mr.. Cable as is the unwsrrantsd fling
which the Union casts on one of our old
est families. which Mr. Gable has seen fit
to honor in this appointment. and the
morning pap er. to the contrary notwith-
standing. THE ARGUS is fully confident
that Master Buford is possessed of as
much merit as any one Mr.. Gest could
have selected, and will make fully IS
creditable record
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-30
A DEFENSE OF MASONRY.
One of the Craft Replies to Rev. Stod
dard's Attack.


dard's Attack.
Boston. June 30-T'he row over Mason
ry which the Baptist ministers inaugur-
ated last week was continued yesterday
with renewed ardor. The Masons had
their innings and made it hot for their
traducers. Rev. Sullivan l.. Holman, an
ex Baptist minister who is now in mer-
camille life and member of the fremont
Temple church, replied To Rev. Mr.. Stod-
dard's address OF last Monday. He is a
master Mason, and spoke from his stand
point in defense of the oP,ier
The Masonic Ceremony All Right.
Among other things, he said: Never
in my life have witnessed any Masonic
ceremony that | wouM not have been per
fectiy willing 70. have perfopsed in the
presence of my wife or daughter Masonry
broke away from Rome ~ the tisne of the
reformation. Italy would not be fSee if it
had not been for the Masoss II the crisis
which some predict sheaid come between
Rene and the Enned States 500, 900
Masons would stand, true as steel to our
institutions"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-30
Vile SlaI ders.

The Union has evidently been slbsi
died again. The self same influence that
caused it to fight the advent of the Chi
cago street car syndicate into Rock Isl.
and and the establishment of street car
service over the bridges is again directing
its movements. 1t does not like THE
ARGUS term of selfish interests" as appli-
cable to the opposition to the established
route of the Hennepiu canal, aud asserts
that the entire canal project vas founded
on selfish interests, that it originated in
selfish interests, was fostered by selisn
interests. and has become success
through selfish interests. While there is
no doubt that the selfish interests. -
which have become so oonspicuously APP
parent of late have been connected with
| the canal from the start, the same narrow
spirit is not true of all who have been
| identified wi b the proj ct. Hence the
Unions charge is an insulting libel on all
who have worked faithfully. zealousl !.
yea. aud unselfshly for the success of the
project, and it is as utterly devoid of all
| sen blance of truth as it malicious and
slanderous. And though those same
selfish interests may be at the
helm Of the Union, too, they cannot
manipulate the course OF public affairs
in the nation or locally to sui,
their private and particular ends, though
3, they have the power to subsidize such
insipid weaklings as the morning paper
published ia this city. TIE ARGUS has
no disposition to support the route on
the south side of Rock river. 1t would
have been better pleased with the more
northern course. and it believes it cor
rectly favors the sentimeu. of the think
ing people of this city, when it says if
the engineers employed by the
government have decided the southern
route the most practicable and best. Ill
should be sustained, for it is only a
stones throw sway from the other auyWs7.
The people of this community are DO
so much interested in the relative merits
of the routes under consideration. They
are interested in something of more i'm
portance than that. They are for the
Hennepin canal. and that only, first last
and all the time. and should rise in their
Indignation and put down ell factions
which Sc in the advancement OF per-
sonsl gain to impede the progress of its
advancement. That is what they will do
through the Improvement association to-
morrow night, unless TEE ARGUS is
greatly mistakes.