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Friday. - - ~ - may 7. is«».
Th« Grain Transportation Mevtnsat.
The subject of grain transportation is
Mill the theme of earnest discussion with
the Chicago and St. Louie joutm.!*, aud
not only is it attracting tbo attention of
grain buyers and shippers, but even the
great army of producers and consumers
me waking up to the importance of the
tnovemeut. and watching intently its de
velopment and progress. The organize
lion of a mammoth transportation com
pany in St Louis, for the purpose of
moving the produce of the West to
Eastern and foreign inajketa, via New
Organs, has caused a mighty stir among
the freight companies of Chicago, Buda
Io and New York. The ruinous tnriff
wiiich have been exacted on the ship
meat of gra'n by way of Chicago, have
been a greviou* burden to the producer
and consumer alike. *1 be greater share
of the profits of giain raising has been
absorbed by these greedy, aoulltas corpo
rations. It costs over fifty cents to trans
porta bushel of wbe.tt from the Missis
•ippi River via Chicago to New York.—
It is estimated that thia rate can be
chea]>ened nearly one-half by forward
ing grain by the Mississippi river and
ocean route. Whatever amount it is
lessened raises the value of grain in nn
equal degree. It the freights from this
place to New York or Liverpool could
be reduced twenty five cents |*»r bushel
on wheat, it would add just that to tho
price of grain in this matkei. Our fnrm*
era would then reap the reward of their
labors instead of lining tho pockets of
capitalists with the bard earned proceeds
of their toil.
There ia not the le*«t 3oubt but that
the producers of the West have been at
(he mercy of a grinding transp station
monopoly for years past. Already it
bogins to quake and tremble in the pre*
• nee of this new movement, and it
is busy devising schemes to lessen its
own rates of transportation, or break up
the new company organized at St. Luu
is, by attempting to prove that the trans
portatmn of grain by the way of New
Orleans is altogether impracticable, and
that the heat of that climate will ever in
terpose a barrier against safe shipment
by that route. But the latter Las thus
far proved unsuccessful, and the former
more reasonable and generous movement
is made by the Boards of Trade of Chic
ago, Milwaukee, and the cities eastward,
by which means they hope to control the
grain trade of the West in the future as
they have in the past. A Commercial
Convention, composed of delegates from
fie Boards of Trade of Milwaukee, Chi
cago, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Oswe
go, Buffalo and New York, met in Chi
cago on the 28th ult., to take into consid
eration the question of cheapening the
cost of transporting the products of the
Northwest to the seaboard, In speaking
of the meeting, the Republican says :
The Commercial Convention, which
met in our city yesterday, has underta
ken a reformatory movement of highest
importance not only to Chicago, but to
the whole Northwest A con
viction prevail that the freight charges be
tween thia section and the Atlantic tide
water are exhorbitant and should bo aba
ted. Thus the cost of moving a bushel
of grain from a point two hundred mile*
west of Chicago to New York is not
less- >han 52 I 4 cents. This unavoid
able outlay is added to the price of the
grain in the Eastern markets and enters
iuto the price of ail its changes of form
and place subsequently. This is injuri
ous to 4 pr<»d'tcer ns weil as consumer.—
Before the day of steam transportation,
the expense of moving a bushel of grain
even a few hundred tn.lea was so great
a« to restrict its market to a very limited
area in the neighborhood of the firm
where the grain was grown. The pres
ent exhorbitant freight charges which
have bruuglil the Commercial Conven
tion into existence, operate in the same
general manner to restrict the inter
cha ges of commerce, though to much
ksa extent.
There is not an interest of our section
or '.of the sections through which trsns
portntion takes plaee, But is injuriously
atf -cted. directly or remotely, by the ex
borbitnnt tariff of clwrrges. Indeed, the
project of deviating tire grain trade into
an entirely new channel, having St. L»>u
is for its distributing mart, and the Mis
sissippi for its ou let to the oc-an. has
been engendered by the very conditions
of which there is much cotnphiint, nnd
to which it is proposed to apply* the sov
ereign remedy of reducti-n While
Chicago has noihing to fear from the
plan of turning the current of grain
transportation down the Mississippi mar,
yet watchful eyes in every direction are
narrowly observant of the siluati »n, an 1
capital and effort in rival quarters will be
ready to take advantage of any slip of
ours, or to attack any point we shall care
leasly or recklessly leave vulnerable.—
Hence the iin|>ori:iuce of the present
movement to sweep away obstacles which
lie in the path of our legitimate pro
greet. If these impediments are not ta
ken away at once, they may stand in
our way at a time when circtiinaUHMM
may ccnspire to inflict much inj try upon
our commercial interests. We sincerely
trust that the Convention will be able to
accomplish fully the object for which it is
in session. The question is one of the
utmost importance, and it concerns pro
ducers, ebippers and transporters alike.
National Dkbt. —The public debt,
according to the May statement has de
creased six million. The amount of the
debt at the pretest lime is 12,518,793,-
•d 91,08.
Tb« lamstfratlon FampKlet.
We are in receipt of a statistical pamph
let exhibiting the history, climate- and
productions of Wisconsin, prepared for
the State Board of Immigration. The
work, though stnnll, contains a large
amount of information upon topics most
interesting to those desirous of making
their future homes in Wisconsin, and if
‘it is scattered through the eastern states
and countries beyond the sea, will render
valuable and efficient service in increas
ing the tide of immigration that is con
tinually flowing into our rapidly grow
ing state. The pamphlet contains, in
addition to much other valuable infor
mation, a short description of several of
the counties, exhibiting their improve
ments, resources, etc., in a brief and con
cise manner. It speaks ns follows in be
half of
PIERCE COUNTY !
This county contains 71.959 acres of
improved land nt nn average price per
•cie of sl4: 290,C00 acres of unim
proved land at an average price per aero
of $3.
There nre 16 p<»st offices; 60 school
homes; 15 church buildings; 12 flour
ing mills; 8 saw mills, and 50 other
manufacturing establishments.
Population of county in 1868, (esti
mat'd), 9.500.
Names of villages, with population in
1863, (<*stimated), ns follows :
River Falls, 1,000
Prescott • 1,200
Trimbello, 100
Diamond Bluff, 60
Ellaworth, 100
Maiden Rock 125
Pierce county is called the •’ Banner
County” of Wisconsin, from the fact of
its having won tho magnificent banner
ottered as n prize by the State Agricui
tural Society to the county making the
best show <»f agricultural products nt one
of its annual fniis. In natural advan
tages it is unsurpassed; having a fertile
soil, is well watered, and the settler enn
choose between prairie and timber lands.
Wild land is worth from two to ten dol
lars per acre, acc »rding to location.
Its chief towns are. Prescott, nt the
junction of the Mississippi and St. Croix,
with a population of 1,500, and a large
trading and shipping business ; River
Falls, on the Kmnickinnic river, 12 miles
from Prescott, a thrifty growing village
of 700 people, with a large amount of
water puwer. which is being rapidly im
proved ; Diamond Blutf and Maiden
Rock, thrifty villages on the Mississippi,
and Ellsworth. Tritnbelle and El Paso,
srna 1 ! interior villages.
No part of the state has increased
more rapidly in wealth and population*
than this county. Pierce county offers
rare inducements to the emigrant, wh<*th
er he has capital to invest in trade, man
ufactures or agr culture, or whether his
only capital is tho labor which is here,
sure of steady employ ment ,aud a good
remuneration
There are 2,233 acres of state land in
this countv.
We Can’t Help Yow.
Our friend at the county seat who
prints Mr. Wise’s groans fearful
ly b?causc we claim to have had noth
ing to do with old fights, party factions,
•nd dead issues, but rather have chosen
to Mnnd or f-ill"as the organ of the Re
publican party in this county. My boy,
we feel for you, but we can’t help
you. We cannot comfort you in your
distress. We did not come into this
county to divide and dismember the Re
publican party. We never aspired to
the doubtful control of a faction news
paper. That is not what wo are here
for.
And further, my boy, you nre wasting
your time trying to identify’ us with this
or that clique, and all your efforts to pre
judice the people of the county against
us will be equally unavailing. If ..oil
will persist in playing the same old tune,
try to use some other key note—you’ve
worn that out. Born in faction, sired in
politics by the father of faction, and
da nmed by faction, your political ances
try have given you no whiter record than
that of mnny of your neighbors. It is
nut the first time the thief has joined the
pursuers, and cried 44 stop thief’ louder
than the loudest.
If you choose to wallow in the slough
with a bintant faction, linlf suffocated by
the putrid principles of n sow political
tricksters, so be it. Keep (heir company
rs long a? you please. IFhon you hnvo
bad enough of their corruption, and are
willing to i iso from the position of a
mere clique sheet to the dignity of a
Republican journal, we’ll land n helping
hand to pull you out of the mire. Un
til then we can’t help you.
Important Reform is tub Postof
ficb ■ Department.—General Smith,
the Second A*sistant Postmaster Gen
era), has issued an order t>> the clerks of
the inspection division of bis office, di
recting that in future they adhere strictly
to the letter of the contract which nil
stipulate that in all cases where failure
to make a route trip occurs, the amount
that would have been paid had the trip
been performed shall lie deducted from
the amount pavable to the contractor, no
matter what the cause of the failure
may have been.
Senator Carpenter and Genera]
Comstock, formerly of Grant's staff, bnve
been appointed Pacific Railroad Com
missioners. General Hiram IFalbridge,
of New York, has been appointed by
the President Commissioner to examine
the Pacific Railroad, in place of Horace
Greeley, who.declined on account of the
praM’ure of bti* : n*rs. ■ * .
MUoellamoom Ktanaa.
Yellow fever is raging fiercely in the
cities of the Southern Coast
—lncessant ra>ns have done great in
jury to the crops in Alabama.
North Carolina markets are liber
ally supplied with new potatoes.
The uu fenced land of lowa com
prise more acres than the whole state of
Ohio.
A dashing young clerk was horse
whipped in the streets of Houston, Tex
as, by n lady, a few days since.
—California buys the most books.—
Ohio ranks next. Pennsylvania is the
illiterate Stat* of the Union.
—lt is announced that the Rev Hen
ry TFard Beecher is in fnvor of the pro
posed change in the counting of billiards.
—A dispatch from Berlin mentions a
rumor of the expected marriage of Mrs.
Abraham Lincoln to the Chamberlain
of the Duke of Baben.
—The most profitable bar in the coun
try is that of the Astor House, New
York. It pays the entire running ex
penses of the hotel.
—Baron Gerolt who has been minister
from Prussia to this country for twenty
two years, took informal leave of the Sec.
of State on the 3d. inst.
Heavy rains have lately obstructed
farming in California, and in some of
the bottom lands the wheat crop has
been thoroughly drowned out.
Tho total vote polled at the recent
election in Connecticut was 90,575, of
which Jewell, Republican candidate, re
ceived 45,493, or a majority of 411.
A serious riot between Catholics
and Orangemen occurred at Lononder
ry on the 23th ult. The police fired on
the rioters, killing two and wounding
several.
Senator Brownlow, in replying to
Sprague’s denunciations, said that “if
any orator should denounce General
Burnside in East Tennessee, there were
en mgli children named after him to
drive the culminator from the state.”
Nearly the whole town of Helena,
Montana, was burned on tho night of
the 271 h ult. Niuety-eight business
Lou es and about thirty residences were
destroyed. Loss, $500,000. The
houseless residents are encairq>ed (ft the
bill overlooking tho town, and are in a
pitiable condition.
A resident of Treasure City, in
the White Pine mining region, recently
died, and a man was hired to dig his
grave. When the funeral cortege ai
rived at the spot they were informed by
the grave digger that he had struck a
splendid lead, and bad staked off a
claim; and he refused to allow the body
to be buried in the hole he bad dug.
COVNCIL PROCKKDIXGa.
RXGCLAR MKKTIN9.
Couxctt Room, May 3d, 1869.
Mayor Dill called council to order.—
Aldermen present, Jny, Gunn, Dunbar,
Fox and Redmon. Minutes of previous
meeting read and approved.
On motion of Aid. Jny the rules were
suspended and the following accounts
were allowed :
A T Ba-elay, p«at» for cemetery,
C Fox .t Co, labor on street*,..... 26,50
“ “ meat to paupers Ayrea and Goggins, 11,00
G A Bill, putting dirt on Broad and K streets,... 14.80
N S Dunbar “ Kinnickbinie street, 8.50
“ •* ticket for pauper, etc, . B,<o
A Corder, labor on street, 5.00
D J Pill, mdse tn paupers Ayres anl Goggins, IT,TO
J It Lyford, mdse to Mrs Robison, 6,05
N S Dunbar, services on election hoard, 2,50
C Fox •• board, 2 days, 6.00
James Gunn, “ •• «, j
W >1 .Mason, clerk of election, .. 9.60
A Miller, -• « ......... ... 2.50
G H Holt, * « .. 2,50
E N Redmon, services on election board 2,50
Mrs Martha Foster, care es panper Steiner 1 mo, 28.00
W R Gates, city clerk’s
“ “ services on election board, 2,50
E W Havdaud “ « « “ 2.50
U A Jay '* on board 2 days, 5,00
The Account of C. W. Wright, for
rent to pauper Ayres, was, on motion.
Inid on the table. City orders, to
the amount of $2,150,65, were cancelled
and burned. C.-AV. Wright submitted
his report, which, on motion of Aid.
Dunbar, was accepted.
On motion, council adjourned sine die.
The new council were then sworn in
and took their seats. Mayor Dill presi
ding. Aids, present, Jny, Redmon, Field,
Reichert, Hollister and Haviland.
On motion, council proceeded to the
election of City Clerk, with the follow
ing result : The whole number of votes
east for clerk wns 6, of which number
W. R. Gates received 6, and was de
clnred duly elected.
Messrs. Flint & Weber made a propo
sition to the Council to do the city print
ing for the year 1869, for the sum of
$75,00, which, on motion, was accepted,
and the Clerk was instructed to contract
with Flint <fc Webet for the same.
The official bonds and oaths of office
of Parker Adams, Police Justice, G. N.
Ross, Treasurer, and W. F. Miles, Jus
tice of the Peace, were referred back for
correction.
Mayor Dill appointed the following
standing committees :
Licenses— Jay, Field and Haviland.
Finance— Field, Redmon and Jay.
Auditing Redmon, Reichert and
Hollister.
Streets— Redmon, Field and Havi
land .
Cem. and Pub. Property— Hollister,
Reichert and Field.
Printing Reichert, Redmon and
Hollister.
Ordinance»— Ha viland,Field and Jay.
Health— Jay, H».«ilacd an i Redmon.
On motion, adjourned to Thursday
evening, May fl, 1869.
Wziß»Gy>«, €itp»£ierk.
City and County.
Maattof* ST JVaAroSo A2o</acojr TWnMfcTaMr.
On and after Wedneedsv, April Slat. ISW. trains
will ran as follows, daily, (Sundays excepted:)
GOING WEST.
stations. a. M. T. m.
Depart Hastings 7.50 4.20
“ VERMILLION B.IT 447
“ SOUTH BRANCH 8.25 4.55
“ EMPIRE 8.33 5.03
Arrive FARMINGTON 8.50 5.20
GOING EAST.
STATIONS. A* M. T- M.
Depart FARMINGTON 9.30 8.00
EMPIRE 9.47 S 17
“ SOUTH BRANCH 9.55 6.25
“ VERMILLION 10.08 6.33
Arrive HASTINGS 10.30 7.00
Morning train connects at Farmintrton with
Eastern Express and with Owatonna Local tor St.
Paul. Minneapolis and all points on St. Paul and
Pacific Railway, and at Mendota for all points on
the Minnesota Valley Railway.
Returning connects at Hastings with stages for
Prescott. Hudson, River Falls and Stillwater, and
with Minnesota stage company’s line to Red Wing
and ail points on the river to Winona.
Evening train connects at Farmington with M.
St. P. & M. Express for St. Paul and Minneapolis
and with Owatonna Local for all points on the M.
St. P. & M. Ry, to Owatonna.
Passengers by this line leave Hastings at 8:15 a.
M. have four hours in St. Panl or Minneapolis, re
turning arrive at Hastings. 7:30 r. M. same day.
E. A. WILLIAMS, Act. Supt.
E. P. Stowtt.l, 12-36
Gen. Freight and Passenger Agt.
If yon wish to Bny, Sell, or
Trade in Goodi, Grain/ or
Stock, don’t fail to look over
onr Advertising Columns.—-
Every shade of business is rep
resented therein.
Porter has a large assortment of
Wall Paper at tho New Book Store.
Bis Trout,
Mr. C. H. Crossman, of River Falls,
while fishing in the pond at that place a
few days since, landed a monstrous trout
which weighed four pounds I This is a
fact, and is nothing uncommou for this
region, either.
Post-Office.
We are requested by Oliver Gibbs,
Jr., to say in reply to several friends
from Pierco county who have written to
him about the Prescott Post Office, that'
ho has uo influence whatever with Gen.
Washburn upon tho subject, nud enu
therefore do (hem no service.
•< Canard.
The rumor which we mentioned last
week, concerning the sinking of the Phil.
Sheridan and loss of eighty passengers,
has proved to bo without any foundation
whatever, as wo trusted it would. On
Saturday la.-t the steamer put in an ap
pearance at our levee, giving a ebnnee
for ocular proof that she still, floated.—
Those “ eighty missing” ones ought to
thank their lucky stars for the narrow
escape 1
The .nails.
Complain s are continually reaching us
to the affect that mails for the Trenton
Post Office about half of the time never
reach their destination, the man who has
the contract for delivering them refusing
comply with the requirements of his
contract We l>elieve it is the law that
if a contractor fails to deliver the
mail, even once, no matter for what cause,
he thereby forfeits a certain amount ot
his pay. This matter should be investi
gated, and the mail carrier be made to
do his duty, or the contract be given to
one who will—anything to insure regu
larily in the mails.
Savercool Is Grovenor.
This firm, whoso headquarters are at
St. Paul, are fast growing in public fa
vor and getting to themselves an envia
ble reputation as wide awake nnd relia
ble deniers in Harvesters, Stock and Seed
Drills, etc. They claim the best quali
ties for their machines, nnd invite tbe in
spection of farmers and buyers, believing
that they can give their customers good
and satisfactory bargains. Their Gener
al Traveling Agent is H. D. Seeley,
Esq , of this city, who has done much to
build up the St. Paul firm. Geo. A.
Dill, whom every body knows, is the
popular local agent at this place, where
the machines are received aud delivered.
Give him a call.
Singing Jflourt.
We Lave seen and beard a great
many strange things. We have seen
lovely women pucker their ruby lips and
actually whistle ’ike a man I We have
been an ear witness to feline concerts
nnd heard their wondrous discord of
sweet sounds in the “ wee small hours
ayont the twal.” We have read of crow
ing hens, but have strongly doubted their
existence. We know that some birds
talk, because we have beard them,
but we never imagined that a mouse can
sing. A mouse can, however, for P. V.
Wise has one in bis wood box that re
ally sings. Whenever the canary bird
carols, mousey tunes up, and pipes his
little song with all the variation known
to mouse music. A chirping “ cricket
on the hearth” is exchanged for a sing
ing mouse in the wood box.
•f JLWe Saved.
On Saturday last a number cf little
boys were playing upon the lower deck
of the G. B. Knapp, while it wns lying
at our levee, aud one of them, Lewis
Boughton, a lad nine or ten years old,
son of C. O. Boughton, of this city, foil
over the guards into the river. A gen
tieman standing at the door of the Mer
chant’s Hotel saw the boy struggling hr
the water and ran down to the river,
leaped io and grasped the little fellow
just as he was going down the last time, ‘
and drew him ashore nearly insensible.
The persons who saw this heroic act were
loud in their praises of the stranger's
bravery, coolness and presence of Ihind
during tba whole affair. He waa a trav
•ling agent fur some Chicago firm, but
were unable to get h'| cant*-
Jtlad Doga,
Our exchanges from all over the coun
try are just now teeming with accounts
of mad dogs, and terrible deaths from
hydrophobia of persons who have been
bitten by them. The fearful malady has
mnde its appearance much earlier this
season than usual, and it should be the
means of putting people on their guard,
for its ravages will certainly be much
greater during the beat of summer.—
There is no possible use of, or excuse for
so many miserable, cursed curs as are
to-dnv being kept all over the .ountry,
and especially in the cities and villages.
It is not economy to keep them, for two
thirds of them are not worth the powder
to blow them to—Tophot. Besides, there
is a little tax of $2 which must soon be
forthcoming. Therefore, if you would
save your stamps, and perhaps yourself
or neighbor from a terrible death, decapi
tate the purps. Or if that is not done,
we would suggest some action of the
council in the matter. Authorize the
Health Committee to make way with
every dog found unmuzzled inside the
city limits.
JVew •Advertisements.
In to-day’s paper will be (bund the
advertisement of Messrs. C. L. Barnes
& Co., Steamboat and Railway agents.
Mr. Barnes is one of the oldest business
men of Prescott, nnd is known by every
body. C. H. Champlain, the “Co.”,
is faithful and efficient in all business
relations. Read the adv.
Messrs. Drkvers cfc IFenzel have
opened a saloon on Broad street, lu
another column they advertise their Bag
atelle table, fiue liquors, fragrant cigars,
etc.
C. F. Eckstein has got a fine
stock of goods nt bis Boot & Shoe store.
You can get anything you want iu his
line, if you go early. Read his adver
tisement and give him a call.
Opposite Firneh's hardware store
may be found tho Harness and Saddle
shop of IFk. Rittman. Ho keepa a
first class stock of g<x>ds and does re
pairing promptly and at reasonable
rates. Patronize him.
Sebastian Reichert calls the at
tuntion of the public in an advertisement
in this issue to his Wagon Shop on
Broad street. Ho manufactures all
kinds of wagons, sleighs, dw., and does
job work at the lowest rates. See ad
vertisement.
Local Dabs.
Tbe river is slowly getting down to
** low water mark.”
—The sale of lands for unpaid taxes
bigins next Tuesday.
—Thermometer 92’ in the shade last
Tuesday. That is Hottentot 1
—But very line wheat has been ship
ped from this point this season.
--The St Croix bunts are now run
ning regularly, and doing a lively busi
ness.
—McKee announces a “closing out*
sale. Seo what La says iu the next
column.
—Read the notice of the collector of
internal revenue, and be ready with your
stamps on the 20th inst.
—The farmers in Pierce county will
about finish their sowing this week.—
Moro oats aud barley are being put in
than heretofore, ’T is well.
—Fourteen young converts were bap
tized on Sunday last. Rev. T- F. Bor
chers, pastor of the Baptist church, of
ficiated.
—Thirty or forty Norwegian emigrants
camped on the levee at this place night
before last. They were on their way to
Houston, Minn.
Clean up tbe streets. It is high
time the shavings and straw, scraps and
chips, old boots and bones were cieared
away. Some of tbe farmers may come
iu here to trade in a few days, and ws
shall be ashamed of our dirty streets.
—Charley Barnes had a genuine
Southern bloodhound iu his charge a few
days since. He was ‘’express goods”
and was ticketed to Abe Baldwin, of
Hudson. He belongs to the same
breed that made the runaway darkies
‘•git up and git” in days of yore.
Report of Prescott Graded School*
The following is a list of the names of
scholars who were perfect in attendance,
punctuality and deportment for the week
ending April 30, 1869 :
BOOM NUMBKR 8 X.
Hattie Olive, Addie Ticknor,
Frank Field, Joseph Firner,
NUMBKR FIVE.
Minnie Maarer, Frankie Moody,
Eliza Murray, Mary Suidain.
Laura Miles,
NUMBER FOUR.
Minnie Rogers, Mary O’Brien,
Eiuiua McMurphy, Adrianna McGray,
Ellen McCray, Rebecca Washington,
Ida Lewis ' Ernest Olive,
Cora Newinan, Ella
Theodore Firner. EUa Phaser,
Iselte Palmer, Bercrly White,
Leslie Whitcomb,
NUMBER THREE.
Ferdinand Eckstein, Charles Gates.
Addie Barrett, Dora Allert,
Adrietta McGray. Nellie Eastman,
NUMBKR TWO.
Minto White, Amelia Am buster,
Mary Swanstrum.
Blow Up.—The steam saw-mill of
Rose de Pond, at Eru Claire, was total
ly destroyed by the explosion of her
boiler, the first of the present week.
Two men connected with the mill were
instantly killed. The engineer was
badly burned, so that his life is despair
ed of. Ths building and machinery is
tear a toU Durand fiw*.
Good Stage of Water.—The Fret
Preu says the water on the Enu Claire
and Chippewa rivers is now at a good
stage, and the driving crews on the Eau
Claire river have finished their labors
and received their pay, and made a very
successful drive.
Wail Paper, the best and the
cheapest, for sale at Porter’s New Book
Store.
Grain Transportation.—The new
boat, Mohawk, arrived at St. Louis
with three thousand tons of grain from
the upper Mississippi. 30,000 bushels of
the wheat is for re-shipraenl to New Or
leans, and the St. Louis Grain Assscia
t on is making up a cxrgo of forty thou
sand bushels.
Subscriptions taken for rII news
papers, magazines and periodicals at Por
ter’s New Book Store.
Special Local JTotices.
—Porter has received a large lot of
Wall Paper, Window Curtains, &c., at
low figures.
/'■STJust received a large stock of
Wai! Paper at
BRILL <fc WELCH’S
—Subscribe for your papers where
you can get them, once a week. Go to
McKee for them.
PRESCOTT MARKET.
Corr«rt«d Wttltly by Gtorft J. 11.
Pbescott, WU May 6, 1869.
WHEAT, .... 80@90
FLOUR, .... 5,00@5,50
CORN, .... 70
OATS, .... 65
POTATOES, ... 75@80
PORK, ptb, retail, - - 18@22
BEEF, 12@15
BUTTER, lb, - . 35
CHEESE, lb, ... 30
SALT, V bbl., ... 3.50
JTew Advertisements.
To Creditors.
THOSE indtbted to me by book account
ur other witr, mu>t settle ! I need money
and must have it. It is now the season for
getting in goods for the soring trade, and it
is necessary to have something to bny them
with. You will see the nec« ssity of paying
up yopr accounts to enable me to carry you
farther. Give this your early attention, as it
may be of advantage to both parties.
DANIEL J. DILL.
Prescott, April 23, 1869. l-4w
CLOSING OUT.
10 Cent Romances as low as 5 cents.
33 « •< •< is ««
50 <• <« •« 30 «
73 « «» <« 40 <•
WALL PATER at 6 cte. at McKEE’S.
Call and make your selections, while the assort
ment i • good and the prices “ ruinous.” We are
bound to sell.
C-Cf” Al) Papers and Magazine* furnished as usu
al, and with apromp:n;ss "that can't be beat.”
GIVE US A CALL.
3-ts J. M. McKEE.
WAGON SHOP,
—BY—
SEBASTIAN REICIIEKT,
Cor. Broad and Orange sts.,
PRESCOTT, - - WISCONSIN
I am making all kinds of wagons, double and
single, also sleighs and bobs. The wood-work for
ot plows, harrows, and other tools used by fanners,
furnished at the lowest rates. Custom work and
general repairing promptly attended. 3
Just Opened.
DBEVERB Ac WEAZEL.
Proprietors of the
CITY SALOON!
East side Broad st.,
Prescott, Wisconsin.
We keep on hand the best of Lager Beer, Choice
Liquors, Cigars, &c. We have put in a fine Baga
telle table for the use of customer-. 3
C. L BARNES & CO.,
AGENTS FOR THE
N.W.4JHION PICKET CO.,
—AND—
Northern Line Packet Company,
MH. Ac SI. Panl Railway
Illinois Central u
Hannibal Ac SI. Jo. 44
Merchants Union Express Co.,
AND THE
INMAN LINE OF OCEAN STEAMERS.
Office on the Levee, Prescott, Wis. 3
BOOTS AND SHOES.
NEW GOODS.
A
C. F. ECKSTEIX,
On Broad street, opposite St. Charles Hotel, would
respectfully call attention to Uh Urge stock of
Boots, Shoes, Leather and Findings.
I am thankful to my customers for past patronage
and shall endeavor to make it for your benefit to
continue, by keeping a good quality of Boots and
Shoes. I have now in the atore the best assort
ment of
Ladies', Misses’ Boys' and Youths’ Shoes,
Of all descriptions, in the city. Call and examine
my Mock and prices.
Repairing Promptly Attended to.
Terms reasonable. Try me. *
HEW BOOKSTORE.
N. T. PORTER,
Dealer io
soxxoox*
AND
MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS,
West aide Broad street,
Prescott, Wisconsin.
Bibles. Testaments. Prajc. Books. Juvenile and
To. Books, blates. Pens, Ink, Jtc.. lower than the
lowest. 2
WILLIAMS A
Firat-Jass Professional
PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL
PAINTERS.
We are prepared to do. in a satisfactory manner
all kinds of *
House and Sign Painting,
GRAIHIEG, PAPER IIAEGIEG, AC.
Shop on the Levee.
Prescott, Wis, Apr. 15,1869. 62
WILLIAMS A TICKNOR,
Proprietors of the
HEW BIILIIRD SILOON,
On the levee, next door to the express office.
Cigars and Liquors,
Of the very best brands kept constantly on hand.
We have the
REST BILLIARD TABLE IN THE CITY,
And invite all lovers of that Ine game to
Give it a Trial.
Prescott, April 29,1869. 2
SiDDLE&KBIIKSSMP.
Wtr, I.IA.TS RITTHA.V,
Broad st., opposite Firner’s hardware store.
I have on band a fine stock of Harnesses, Saddles,
Bridles, Trimmings, &c., of various styles, for sale
at the very lowest prices. All orders promptly
filled and custom work carefully attended to. Call
and see for yourself. 3
Prescott, Hudson and River
Falls Stage.
J. R. RICE, Prop.
This stage leaves Prescott daily at 7 a. m. for
River Fallsand Hudson, returning the same day.
It goes via Cliftou Mills Tuesdays and Saturdays.
RICE’S LIVERY STABLE
First-class turnouts, single and double carriages
ready for customers at the shortest notice and sup
plied at
The Lowest Prices.
The proprietor would respectfully inform the
public that he is the only keeper of livery horses
in the city who pays license. But for the informa
tion of all whom it may concern, he would state
that other persons can be found in the city, who do
not keep livery aud pay license, but who have
team® and drivers to furnish travelers merely as an
ACCOMMODATION I! 2
BOSWORTH & SMITH’S
Efforts have at last been crowned with success.
Their patrons go away from their Rooms satisfied.
Their
GALLERY
On Broad street, is as well furnished and as com
pletely stocked as any in the state. The artist is
on hand and
IS
Ever ready to ” secure the shadow ere the sub
stance fades.” Photographs, ambrotypes, carte do
visites, <fcc., taken in
THE
Best style and warranted. Special attention ia
given iu copying. pQ eoas desiring anything ia
this line, will find this the best
PLACE.
Prescott, Wis., Apr. 29,1869. 3
SPECIAL NOTICE
Fresh. Fish!
We are now prepared to supply our customer*
with fresh fish of all kinds, through the season, b>
wholesale or re tail, at very low prices.
TO FARMERS!
Now is your time to get fresh fish cheap to salt
for summer use.
Onr Fish Market,
Ta located just north of Meacham A Co.’s sack
factory.
BROWN, LAMBERT A DAVISON,
Preacctt. Wls., AyrU 9.1 W