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Year: 1870




AN ACT to exempt from execution printing press
or presses ard printers material to the amount
Of fifteen hundred dollars.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section !. There is hereby exempted from exc
cution and sale, printing materials and printing
press or presses, as the owner or owners thereof
shall determine, to amount not exceeding fifteen
hundred dollars


Sec. q This act shall take effect and oe in force
from and after its passage.


Approved March 16, 1870.


Published March IS, 1870.1


CHAPTER 106-GENERAL.
AN ACT in relation to suits in which the place OF
trial has been changed the affidavit OF an agent
or attorney.


The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented
in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section /. In any case new pending or which
may be hereafter commenced in any court of this
state where change of the place of trial has been
or may be granted on petition affidavit OF the
agent of a party or an attorney of party, or by
any person for or on behalf of any party, and the
has been once tried in the court to which the
place of trial changed the same shall be deemed
to have been properly removed to said court, and
no objection that the cause was improperly or
wrongfully removed shall be valid


Sec 2. This act shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage and publication.
Approved March 16, 1870.
Year: 1870

AN ACT TO amend section one ~ of chapter 113 of


the general laws of 1867, entitled ''an act in re-


lation to tax deeds"


The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented


in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:


section |. Section ~ of chapter one hun
dred and thirteen l1Sl of tie general laws of 1881
is hereby amended to read as follows: Section
l. Whenever any lot or tract of land which has
been or shall hereafter be sold for taxes shall have
been in the actual occupancy or possession OF any
person other than the owner and holder OF the tax
certificate. or those holding under him for the pc
riod of thirty days more at any time within the
six months Immediately preceding the expiration OF
the time of redemption, or the six months immeGi-
ately preceding the time when the deed shall be ap
plied for, such deed shall not be issued unless
written notice shall have been served upon the
owner or such occupant, by the holder OF the tax
certificate, at least three months prior thereto,
stating that he the older of such certificate, and
setting forth a copy thereof and stating the time


when such deed viii be applied for; and at any time
previously thereto or to the issuing of such deed
such lot or tract of land or any part or interest
tnereiu may be redeemed from taxes upon the same
terms as in other cases, and paying in addition
dollar for making the notice and afhdayit herein
reonired and serving notice. An affidavit showing
su69 service and specifying particularly the time
ana manner thereof, shall also be filed with the
clerk of the board OF supervisors before such deed
shsu ha ssuet and in no case shall any tax deed be
issned n,on any tax certificate, except upon proof
of the service of the notice. as hereln proNoso OF
proof FLED with such clerk that the land described
in such certificate Of tax sale was not occupied or
possessed for the period OF thirty Gays as nereili
before specified. .....


See. q All acts and parts Of acts 1AeohslSteI'
with the provisions of this act, are hereoy repeoe


Sec. 3. THIS act shall take effect and De III ioEee
from and after it's passage.
Year: 1870

AN ACT to amend section of chapter 1913 of the


revised statutes, entitled of the place of trial of


civil actions"


The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented


in senate and assembly, do enact follows:


Section 1. That section 8 of chapter 1913 of the
revised statutes be and til same is hereby amended
by adding to the end thereof the following: sun-
less the parties to said action by themselves their
attorneys shall make and file with the clerk of the
court in which said cause is pending, a written
stipulation agreeing that member of the bar
of the supreme court of Wisconsin act as Judge in
said cause, and in that case the place OF trial of
such action shall not be changed but the party so
agreed upon may act as judge in said cause, and
shall have all the powers and perform all the duties
| of the judge of said court in said cause.
Sec. 2. This shall take effect from and after
the day of its passage
Year: 1870

have passed since we came to
G-, twelve years in which we
have striyen hard to fulfill
those early vows, but the
struggle has been with the grim
monster, Poverty, and we have ac-
complished but little We now
stand on the verge of manhood. and
war, horrid war is desolating our
country-tearing down household
gods and filling the land with the
cries of widows and orphans. The
call comes for men, and we struggle
between love and duty. Duty con-
quers, and for two years we march
and suffer beneath the burning sun
of southern sky; then Peace casts
its hallowed beams over our blood
stained land and to our long absent
home we return. At the door our
noble mother meets to bless us--but
our anxious eye reads the hand of
Time in her bowed form and silvery
hair.


Once more a citizen, we renew
our VOWS broken oy the war, and
toll early and late. Sometimes
bouyed up with hope, then cast
down with despair, we still fight on,
hoping God will bless our efforts at
last. From childhood up our mind
has been filled with but one thought,
and that was to restore our mother
to her former rank. Education.
which is blessing not bought, we
in the years that have flown never
dreamed Of But now having
reached mans estate, we feel
our deficiency, and resolve, while
we labor, to seek after knowl-
ed ge too. Everything that per-
taineth to knowledge we grasp
with avidity, and while Others
sleep, we burn the midnight
oil.


But the shadows of sickness dark
ems our home, and from the mid
night student we become midnight
watcher. We see our sister, Just
blooming into womanhood, floating
slowly but surely, on to the grave,
and we powerless to save. In our
agony we pray to God to succor-
but He, more wise than man, calls
her to home of love and joy.


In our revery we have wandered
back to our earliest childhood, and
live it all over cen to the present, and
now we awake to find the room all
dark and drear-and the fire, like
our heart-'dead."


MEMORY
Year: 1870

Mr.. EDIToR:-I am going to tell
you about an old house-yes old and
rickety and moss covered. The
bricks are scsttered over the roof,
the vines and ivy are climbing about
its sides, and the birds build nests
under the caves every spring. l
love to steal off through the fields
and meadows in the direction of that
dear old tumble down cottage, for as
/ stand and gaze on its surroundings
a host of pleasant memories come
thronging into my mind and rivet
me to the spot. Some Poet says
"All houses wherein men have lived
and died are haunted houses, &c. -
This must be one of those very
houses the poet referred to, for we
never look in at the key hole or
through the broken window paine's
without seeing a vision of dear
old friend who once dwelt beneath
its roof, come smiling up before US.
1t was the widow Grey, or "Grandma
Grey" as every one called her
She lived all alone, yet so costly and
comfortably that it did one good to
look in on her occasionally. She
used to sit in the corner there under
the window busily knitting away the
afternoons. Her face wore a re
signed, conten.ed look, and sge sat
lightly on her brow. She did not
smoke an old strong pipe, carried no
tobacco "crumbs'' in her Docket;
neither did Grandma Grey wear a
hideous old black cap to awe and
scare us as we passed by her door.
No, her dark hair was only slightly
sprinkled with gray, and she wore it
combed smoothly back in a loose
coil at the back of her head. She
neither looked under or over her
spectacles, but straight through the
centre, and her face was not wrin.
kled. nor had she any crows feet or
scared marks about the face, be-
speaking the use of cosmetics in her
youthful days. No, her step was as
firm, her voice as musical, and her
smile as genial as though only mid
dle-aged, yet she was old. The
school children would run in to see
her in the evening and she had al
ways a pleasant greeting for each
one. She advised US and lectured
us too, for our little franks and mis-
deeds, but always in a mild, firm
way. We used to go by turns to
drive her COW to and from the pas,
ture, and help her hunt hens nests,
and pump her a bucket of water
She would lead US to Sabbath school
and we used to read in her class and
were catechised by her. Grandma
Grey was indispensable in the neigh
borhood. She visited the sick, con
soled those in trouble and assisted
the needy. Her whole life seemed
composed of good deeds. Why, her
cat and canaries were favorites with
all the children in the village
There came a time when she sold the
old homestead and went to distant
country to spend the remnant of her
days with her son. We never heard
from her since, but there was a va
cancy in that little village and a void
in the hearts of her friends which
could never be filed by another
She may be dead, but her memory
will still live and flourish in the
hearts of those she left behind, and
that dear old cottage! with its sur
roundings, will ever be as fresh and
green in our recollectiens as the
moss and ivy which cover it.


MAGGIE MILES.
Year: 1870

~ "With sewing machine one
woman can do as much sewing now as
a hundred could century ago" said a
political economist. eyes, and one
woman now requires as much clothing
as a hundred did a century ago and
that makes it just even," said the wife
of the political economist.
Year: 1870

E A gentle Quaker had two
horses, very. good and very poor
one. When seen riding the latter, it
turned out that his better half had
taken the good one. "What," said a
sneering bachelor, chow comes it that
you let your wife ride the better
horse?" The only reply was: "Friend,
when thee be married, thee'll know"
Year: 1870

The Elko Independent of October 10Th, re.
ferring to the bullion trade at that place, says:
The immense stacks Of crude metal that can be
seen at any time the platforms of our spacious
warehouses naturally attract the attention of passers
by. This trade has sprung up within the last few
months, and has already grown into great import
ance. The cost of transporting the metal from the
smeters in White Pine is from $13 to $15 per ton.
From here to the separating works in Newark, n j.,
the cost of transportation is: to Ogden, $15 in coin.
per tom and from there on, S275, in currency, per
car load of ten tons. To San Francisco the railroad
charges are SIG, in coin, per ton OD ore and bullion.
The bullion carries from $3.50 to S400 per ton in silver


The bullion must pay well to transport it
such distance. It appears from the above
extract that the cost, per ton, of transporting
the ore from the mine to the reduction works
Newark, New Jersey, is at least $62 so. If
the ore pays as we'll as stated, from $15O to
$500 per ton, it is no wonder the bullion trade
is growing into great Importance. The erec-
ton of smelling and reduction works at Omaha,
as is now in contemplation, will, by reducing
the distance of transportation more than one
half, largely increase the profits of the miners
and shippers, and will materially forward the
uO'SAoPAhOut VI OUuCi LuIlCo UudU cCCblUu
the country, as we'll as along the line of the
railroad generally. Should the branch road
be built down through Snake river valley, we
can safely predict that mines in Boise and AL
turas counties, which are now lying idle and
considered as rather poor property, will be
again opened, and with the increased facilities
for the shipment of ores to the east for reduc-
ton, the bullion trade of Idaho would soon
loom up as one of the most important branches
of industry in the Territory. Should our ores
prove as rich as those of White Pine, Battle
Mountain, or other districts in the neighbOr-
hood of the railroad and we are satisfied they
will, capital will not be wanting wherewith to
erect the necessary smelling works at Boise
City, and thereby save the sixty or seventy
dollars per ton, lost to the owners as the cost
of transportation. If the ores will pay profit
after being shipped such distance as the crude
bullion is now shipped from Elko, it would pay
well enough to justify capitalists in erecting the
necessary works nearer to the mines.
Year: 1870

PRESIDENT GRANT on Wednesday
signed the joint resolution, directing
the Secretary of the Navy to Investigate
the Oneida disaster. 1t is to be hoped
that the Secretary will throw some
spirit into his inquiries on this subject.
The cause of humanity and common de-
cency demands that this Oneida case be
sifted to the bottom, and that Captain
WILLIAMS and the brave men who went
down with lin, be legitimately
avenged. Public sentiment in England
is evidently in accord with the feeling
of Indignation in this country against
the brutal EYRE, and nothing need pre-
vent his getting his just deserts.
Year: 1870

The remarkable success which attended our
negotiation Of the Loans Of the CKNTRAL Pacific
RAILROAD CorANT and the wEsrEKs Pacific
RLILRoAp COMPANY, and the popularity and
credit which these Loans have maintained In
the markets, both in this country and Earope,
have shown that the First Mortgage Bonds Of
wisely located and honorably. managed Railroads
are promptly recognised and readily taken a.
the most suitable, safe, ard advantageous form
of investment, yielding more liberal income
than can hereafter be derived from Government
Bonds, and available 20 take their place.


Assured that, in tho selection and negotiation
OF superior Railroad Loans, We are meeting
great public want and rendering valuable
servioe-bOth 10 the holders OF Capital and TO
those great National works Of internal improve
meRt whose intrinsic merit and substantial
character ontitle them TO the use Of Capital and
the confidence OF investors--we now offer with
special confidence and satisfaction tho
Year: 1870

SALT makes us squfrm just in proper
ton as we are sore. 13al sfjf


If You are of great value expect great
trials and crosses. 1t always takes the
grindstone to- develop the full worth oil
the diamond.


; Some of us speak words that touch
roughly the character or business Of our
neighbors and think little of IT, when the
mere thought of tune on Sunday quicker
than Old Hundred gives us. regular
electric shock OF horror. 1.4


Mentally, as well as physically, food
always best for health that contains bran
enough to digest it easily.


Question political fame very closely,
my friend, ere you commit good name
to its keeping.


I am stiT disposed to think that, on
pinch, politicians can repent and be
saved. But confess / ind very few on
the way, as yet, and fewer stiH who are
satisfied they have got far enough along
to be able to indulge 8 lively hope"
sometimes think poverty was brought
into the world for the special beneht or
the law mani on the principle, you
knowsfhat q mud-turtle always goes fast
er IL he has coal Of FIRE on his back.
- Haveyou been unfortunate And would
YOU really like to test the sympathy of the
friend who-has given you the warmest,
most cheering 'Yordss Ask him to loan
you dollar.


Here is man. You can draw knowl-
edge from him just as you draw water
from well AS often as a bucketful
comes up another comes In DO you know
whYs He has only learned the secrets of
mental well-digging-gone down till he
tapped vein running out into the bound
lees revelations of nature. And now he
has set to work and walled and curbed the
Wav TO Il That Is all. -rI


But here Is another. Draw from him
/ at an largely and you exhaust him. he is
a cistern--a- reservoir only--stoned and
smoothly mortared up before getting down
to single vein of living water. Every
emergency exhsusts him, and then there
Is no other way but TO shut down the
cover, adjust the spout, and court anotner
drilling book-rain TO recuperate with
-Oinoisindti Times. Ic4u = -fl5


3 MAINE has thirty-two hundred square
IL.
Year: 1870

as, and sly nook in the office always contain
ed the best liquors.


His year up, he left unregretting but re-
GREETED, for at heart he was really good fell
low, and made good companion.


Such was justice in Mississippi forty years
ago, but such an incident as this could have
hardly occurred elsewhere.
Year: 1870

KIcHEs.-The man with good firm health is


SO is the man with clear conscience.


80 Is the parent of vigorous, happy children


90 is the editor of a paper with big list of
paying subscribers. '''' u


so Is the clergymen whose coat the LITTLE
children of the parish pluck as he passes them
in their play


So is the wife who has the whole heart of 4
good husband " 3"


So is the young man, who laying his hand
on his heart, can say 4" l have treated every
woman | ever saw as should wish NV sister
treated by other men. 'i''0'
SO is the little child who goes to sleep with
q KISS on Its lips, and for whose waking bless
Year: 1870

A passenger having hired a boat to take


him across very rough stream. asked the
Irish boatman if anybody was eyer lost there.
- No, said Pat; me brother was drowned
there the other week, but We found him again
the next day"
Year: 1870

A short time since a Mr. Knott was tried in
an Interior county in Georgia for violation of
law. The verdict of the jury was: I'VE find
the defendant Knott guilty" The Judge was
at loss whether to sentence or not.
Year: 1870

IHE LOST BoY.-A Paris paper tells the
following story of a fete in that citv: a
wealthy family in the arstocratic boulevard


MaleSherbeS were amusing themselves in seek
ing the King portion, or the ring in the fes-
tval cake, when a lady of the company said 70
the hostess' | wish my portion to be given
TO the poorest little boy we can find in the
street. The serva mt was dispatched on this
freezing night aud not far from the house he
found ragged urchin, trembling with cold and
munger lie brought him up, was ordered into
the gay saloon, where a thousand lights oIit.
tered, and sparkling fire gladdenod and surprised
MN. tie drew her portion which the benevo-
lent lady had promised, and, as luck would
have It, the little fellow found the ring (beons :
they used instead in Paris and of course he
was king They all shouted out that being
KING he must choose queen. He was ask
ed SO to do, and looking around the companv
he choose the very lady who had proposed to
cede her portion of the cake. He was asked
why ne ,chooSed her. He said Il don't
know she looks the most like mother I
never knew her, but was stolen away from
her, and here is her Portrait" With this he
drew from out his ragged coat likeness. which
proved to be that of the lady herself who. in
Italy, had her child stolen from her, and now
he turns up poor little ragged Savoyard. drag
ging along miserable existence in Paris. while
his mother, by an intuition, perhaps. felt that
IN the air near to where she was was one
so dear to her.
Year: 1870

HOW TO WORK OFF A DEBT.-Debt is a


very bad thing for Iaboring man. but il is


not the worst evil that could befall him. If il
IS made stlmulOus to extra exertions. and if
1t lncltes to close, rigid economy in saving


money, 1t may help man to form excellent


business habits 1t is perversity of human


nature that we seldom do more than we are
obhged to. An honest young n an will feel
that ne has not any right to uxuries that can
Just as well be dispensed with when his credi-
tors, are waiting for their money. If his wife
is suitable helpmeet, she will eschew fnery
and expensive house furnishings until she can
BUY them with honest money. IF both will set
out with fixed determination to make all thew
can and save all they can towards paving off
the debt, they need not fear, under ordinary
circumstances, to go into business on a mod
crate amount of borrowed capital. But let
every one In such a position remember to
save even the pennies towards the debt.


j., by slow and steady small savings. even very
hleaVy debts are thus worked off, and more than
TINS, habits are formed which Law the founda-
ton OF future princely fortunes. Manv a per-
son never began to think pecuniariy, until he
was IN debt. Butto incur debt above vonr
probable means of defraying within the given
time, 1T Is not only unwise but dishonest, Re-
member, 1t will not depend so much upon what
YOU earn, as upon what you save, whether YOU
VIII De able to pay it or not
Year: 1870

Ten years ago the great cry Of the radical
party was reduced taxation Five years
ago it was the same. This fall the cry viii
be shouted louder than ever. We want t.
ask the farmer and taxpayer how the party
has kept it's promises in this respect, and is
his tax is not FIVE times as high to-day a.
ten years ago? When radical talks to
tax receipts and ask him to tell you where
the radical party has made reduction.
Year: 1870

fFrom the Oswego Commercial, Dec 3D.


Parties employed at the mills and manufactures
on either side Of the river In this city were greatly
astonished this morning on discovering that
the good head Of water flowing in the river
last evening had been reduced during the
night ny some mysterious agency to less
than the slack supply OF midsummer, and
In fact the water power Of the river was almost
completely lost for the time. Little no water was
descending the RIVER and the level above the first
dam had fallen three feet, when last evening con-
siderable body OF water was pouring over the top Of
the dam and the mill races running full. In the
harbOr and above the bridges no movement or the
water was percepuble where quite still current
prevailed yesterday, and the Ice commenced 10
form across the river.


During the forenoon the river commenced 10
gather again slowly but IL is silll far below the atu
raj level No satisfactory explanation has yer
been gwen OF this rather startling occurrence WHICH
seems to threaten the stability OF the water power,
which IS the great element OF our business prosper.
ity. Some people ascribe 1t TO sudden freezing up
OF the tributary streams. others are specnlating on
the probability OF quiet earthquake In some way
brought about by the total eclipse OF the sun wllca
occurred this morning, aud which some phl0so-
piers have predicted would be the cause OF unusual
commissions OF nature. But the phenomenon Is stll
Unexplained.