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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-17
CARRIER HOUSE,

~ CARRIER. proprietor, Boscobel, WIS. Meals pro-
i vied before car time, and patrons assisted with
baggage. Promptness, and no delays at the Carrier
House. Stahung attached
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-17
UNITED sTATEs HoTRL,
PLATTEVILLE HOTEL,

D. elise. proprietor, Dunlcth, H., near Steam.
- boat Landing and Passenger Depot. General
stage Office Tor Plattevo, Lancaster and points East
Stsbling Ia connection with the hotcl 22-5O
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-17

The Wisconsin also contains the
statements of a gentleman who wit
messed the fire. He states that on
Michigan and Wabash avenues ele-
giant stone residences were either
torn down or blown up in order to
stop the progress Of the flames. The
track of the Pittsburg and Fort
Wayne Railroad has been burned for
the distance of half mile, and 200
freight cars have been destroyed I;
three hundred cars were burned at
the Central depot, and an immense
amount Of rolling stock. Six ee-
vators have been burned, and mill
ions of bushels of wheat. He esti
mates that five-eighths of the entire
city is in ashes, and seven-eighths of
the business portion of the city de-
stroyed. The banks have all been
burned. Fifteen churches are in ru-
ms, and a large amount of shipping,
which filled the southern branch of
the river, burned to the waters edge.
He estimates the entire loss as be-
ing more than treble that of the great
London fire in 1866, making this the
most destructive conflagration OF
which we have any knowledge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-17
We CLEAN from various sources the

We CLEAN from various sources the
following incidents:
AS to the number of lives lost, the
reports are very vague. A gentle
man connected with the gasometer
works says that over one hundred
people were killed by the explosion,
and that he himself, standing a block
and half distant, was thrown thirty
feet by the conclusion.
While looking at the confagration
a gentleman noticed blind man
with two blind children standing in
The street, and perfectly helpless
They were afterwards removed from
the immediate locality, but it is not
known that they were saved. On
the top of one of the hotels were four
men busily engaged in wetting the
building, but the flames approached
with such rspidity that they were
caught without means OF escape.
They finally secured rope, fastened
it to the lightning rod, and COM
menced to descend. The rope, how
ever, only reached half way to the
goound, and a ladder was procured
and placed against the wall. These
men succeeded in getting down just
as the rope was burned in two at the
top and the roof parted, the hotel be-
ing Immediately enveloped in flames.
One gentleman estimates the en-
tire loss of property at 100000, 900.
Field l. Letter alone lost $4,000, 900
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-17

n a. GATES proprietor, Patteyille Wis This
~ new hotel Is situated on LIST or Oak St, doors
south OF Main. II s newly furnished and fitted mp in
hrst class style Good sample Room and Stahug at
hehed. Five minutes walk from the depot. $3.50
pur day. 22-23
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-17

r@The greatest amount ever re-
ceived from customs in one month
was during August. 1t was over
100000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-17

~ ENERAL COLLECTING AGENT and CONVEY.
" ANGER, bloomington, Wis. Titles Investigated nd
perfected. Collection promptly attended to. Refer
ences given when desired 2l-23
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-17
BLOOMTNGTON HOTEL.
BLAKELEY HOUSE

GlME WOODHOUSE, proprietor. (successor % lIar.
- gerD Bloomington, Wis. Rooms IN good order and
good sthbllug attached. 22-30
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-17

n y. BLAKELY, proprietor, Darlington Wis. This
w. house has been recently enlarged and refurushed
throughout and is not cxccllcd by any in the western
prt o the state. good billiard hail aud livery sta
Die attached. 2S35
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-17

NOTARY PUBLIC, Claim Agent, and gent for sew
- ertl of the best Life and Fire Insurance Com
panies la the country. Also Licensed Auctioneer. All
business entrusted 20 him will be promptly attended
TO- 40 CassYille. Wis. 2l-lT
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-17

II Y q. D STREETER, corner OF Mineral and Second
ID streets, Plttteyille Wis. Good stabling and Mt
tontigo hostlers sample rooms attached.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-17
u A MsyEH Cashier. d VI COATES, Prcst.
LIST NATIONAL BANK

GRANT COUNTY, WISCONSIN.
DIRECTORS
q 81 .tokrEs. 81 frost, JOSEPH wtIKER
ID. eANLfa, fpWERp MAYER,
Gro. ?. uIipLuRANp, WILLIAM NELSON,
Transact General Banking Business buy aud sell
Government Securities. Gold, silver Bullion, Nc,-
Draws direct un dl the principal cities OF Germany,
England. ireland. Scotland scandinavia, France ltaN
thr orient and Australia Special attention given 20
tue collection ofmonies aud legace In foreign coun-
ttes
februWy II, 1871 22-3Su
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-17

physician ani SURGEON au} Pension Examining
] surgeon, Lancaster Wis. Office over Meyers
= fIru gu-2l
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-17

~ J. HYDE, proprietor, Lancaster, Wis corner Of
~. Main and Spring SITS. Having bought the above
house aud rchtt.d aud returnished a. am prepared
g. give every attention to the accommodation OF guests
ami viii provided good table and clean beds good
hnstlcr always on hand. 2l-30
HOTEL CARDS, DINNER TICKETS, etc, printed
Ill ~ good style az the HERALD office
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-17
i. W SMITH, M. d,
DR.. A. n. BARBER,

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Onico at residence,
doors west Of Arcade Hotel, Georgetown, Grant
county Wis. 22-36
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-17

physician aud SURGEON Lancaster Wisconsin
! ONCE a. hs residence, opposite bon, J, Allen Bar
ttrs. 2l-t3
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-17
DIR. C. +. FALLE

puYsIClAN and SURGEON. Lancaster Grant Co.
l Wis. Ms, bc found at his residence 200 yards
west ofJou.s pruE Store. 22-30
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-17

PHYSICIAN ASp sURdFoN. Boseobel, Grant county
Wisconsin. ono, ~ us residence. 2l-3O
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-01-19

| AOAA thO
The Minnesota Monthly puts the
question of the ability of women to clear
and cultivate farms forever at rest
Seven sisters have tried it, sixty miles
from St. Paul, and succeeded, so far, to
admiration. A railroad is already build
ing across their lands, greatly enhancing
their value. The Monthly says that ere
long the farm will be pointed out to
thousands of emigrants and travellers as
an object of great interest, and will show
to all what gentle, modest and womanly
women can accomplish when impelled by
| flial affection and sense of duty.
Their dwelling house, commodious
| log building, which the neighbors helped
them to build, and all its surroundings,
betoken the industry, thrift, neatness and
taste of the occupants. The outhouses
for horses, cattle, pigs, poultry, and
smoke-house, and the fields and fences,
all indicate that the occupants of this
homestead excel in husbandry, and know
how to live.
Two years ago last April, they secured
here two homesteads of eighty acres each,
under the homestead law, and have since
cleared forty acres, all of which are now
in crop. OF their crop of last year, be-
sides what was consumed in the family,
they sold 900 bushels of potatoes, 500
bushels of corn, 290 bushels of wheat, $50
bushels of turnips, 200 bushels of beets,
/ 100 heads of cabbages, and over 5000
worth of garden stuff. The potatoes they
sold for fifty cents per bushel.
ALI the labor on this farm, the clearing
h. 1onI he C0xv-
ing, planting, cultivating and harvesting,
and taking care of the stock, and all 9TH
er work, except splitting the rails and
breaking and blowing the cleared land,
was performed by the seven sisters.
These ladies are natives of Ohio,
whence they emigrated to that State three
years ago, and to that farm, then wild
land, in August, 1867. The family con-
sists of the seven sisters, the youngest
aged fifteen years, the eldest about twen-
ty-fve, their mother and their father,
an invalid. The family removed to this
State with the hope of improving his
health, and this spring, for the first time
in many years, he is able to assist in
farm work.
In the course of conversation on the
management of this model farm, the
mother, fne-looking old lady, remark
ed: 1.-The girls are not proud of the hard
work they have had to do to get the farm
started, but they are not ashamed of pit.
We were too poor to keep together and
live in a town. We could not make q
living there; but here we have become
comfortable and independent We tried
to give the girls good education. They
all read and write, and find time to read
books and papers"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-01-19

established facts are silent arguments
-e'1her pen nor tongue can shake. and IL is
rp"h established facts that the reputation OF
1Os1etters Stomach Bitters, as a health
deserving elixir and wholesome and DOW
-'ui remedy, is based. When witnesses
ae forward in crowds, year after year,
" relterate the same statements in relation
= Tue beneficial effects of a medicine upon
n 'uiseiveS, disbelief in Its efficacy is liter
:! impossible. The credentials of this I'M
s-Aiied tonic and alternative, extending
AZ period of nearly twenty years, in
Ie individuals of every class, and resi-
-~ Of every cline, and refer to the most
sse'Alent among the complaints which af-
auu harrass the human family. Either
a. attitude of people, strangers to each
H., nave annually been seized with an in
=. ueSire to deceive the public, or Hostel
e,.- Oeters, for no less than a fifth of q
o. have been affording such relief to
IL from indigestion, fever and ague,
a.soess, general debility, and nervous
as no other preparation has ever
aa.1d' To-day, while the eyes of the
IA. are upon these lines, tens of thous-
u ~. persons Of both sexes are relying on
aents s*a as sure defence against the all
I'd a. S;nlch the present season engenders.
sal no.; confidence is not misplaced. The
eaes sndos which interested dealers some
sad, s ree a TO foist upon the sick in its
adue "a every where meeting the fate that
aud for .L ana lmposture, while the de-
Instantly incrass eSs vegetable specific is
Ka
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-01-19
Our Reduced RnIes.

THE WEEKLY CLARION at two dollars, and
THE SEMI-WEEKLY CLARION at four dollars
per year, is certainly as low as newspapers
can be published in this latitude; and a
very liberal subscription list, with a rigid
adherence to the cash system, can alone
justify the publishers ut such rates. In
opening new set Of books with the new
year, we have dropped the names OF about
eight hundred who are either in arrears for
the paper, or have rot seen proper to renew.
We hope to have the pleasure of re-enter-
ing each name. If not, we have the satisfac-
ton of knowing that there are yet host who
prize THE CLARION sufficiently to advance
the moderate subscription price. In future,
the paper will be discontinued when time
paid for expires. Our readers who fail or
decline to comply with oar terms, must not
take exception when they miss THE CLARI-
ON at their post Office. Just before time ex-
pires the usual y mark will be found on
the margin.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-01-19

The following story is told Of a Revolu-
tionary soldier, who was running for
Con gress:
| 1t appeared that he was opposed by a
much younger man, who had never 1been
10 the wars" and ii was the wont of ~Revo-
lutionary" to tell the people of the hardships
he had endured.
Says he:
Fellow citizens, have fought and bled
| for my country-I have help whip the Brit
| isk and Indians i have slept on the fields
of battle with no other covering than the
canopy Of heaven. have walked over fro
zen ground till every footstep was marked
with blood"
Just about this time one of the ',sover-
eigns- who had become very much affected
by this tale of woe, walks up in front of the
speaker, wiping the tears from his eyes with
the extremity of his coat tail, and inter-
rupting him, says:
did you say that you had fought the
British and Injines ?"
@Yes,- responded Revolutionary.
did you say that you had slept on the
ground while serving your country without
any kiver ?"
''Yes, sir, did,
ibid you say that you had followed the
enemies of your country over frozen ground
till every footstep was covered with blood 2"
Yes" exultingly replied the speaker.
"Well, them" says the fearful sovereign,
as he gave a sigh of painful emotion, I'll
be blamed if / don't think you've done
enough for your country, and I'll vote for
the other man."
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-01-19

On the 18th of Dec, 1870 at the residence
of the officiating clergyman, in Kinds
county, Miss, Mr.. JOSEPH RIPLEY, of same
county, and Miss MARY FINALE, of Ran
kin county, by Rev. Jesse Voodall.
By the same, on the 2Sthof Dec 1870, at
the residence of the brides father, Thos.
Norrell, Esq, in RANKIN county, Mr..
NATHAN NJ. HoLLINGswoFTH, of Kinds
county, and Miss MARY Z. ToRRELL.
By the same, on the 18th If Dec, 1870, at
the residence of the brides father, near
Terry, Kinds county, Miss, WIN. ID. HURL.
BUT, ofMeridian,and Miss EGENIA 7. CAS-
SITY.
By Rev. c. johnson, at tie residence of
the brides mother, Mr.. JEFFERSON TAYLOR
to Miss AMANDA j LEWIS, all of Rankin
county.
At the residence of the brile's father, in
GuntOwn, Lee county, Mississippi, on the
10th January, by the Rev. A. s. Agnew,
Capt. RUFUs Y. KING, of Lexington, Texas,
to Miss M. CLIFFORD WHITTIER.
At the residence of the brides mother,
Mrs. III. +. Prewett, in Yazo0 City, on Mon
day I'd inst, by Rev. Richmond McInnis,
Mr.. LAURENCE MCLAREN and Miss HATTIE
FLORENCE PRRwETT> No cards.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-01-19

Well, no. can't tell whar he lives,
Because he don't live, you see;
Leastways, he's got out of the habit
OF living like you and me.
Whar have you been for the last three veal
That you haven't heard folks tell
How Jimmy Bludso passed in his checks,
The night of the PRirie Belle!
He weren't no saint-them engineers
Is all pretty much alike
One wife in NatcheZ-under-the-Hi
And another one here, In Pike.
A keerless man in his talk was Jim,
And an awkward man in a row
But he never hunked, and he never lied,
/ reckon he never knowed how.
And this was all the religion he had
To treat his engine well;
Never be passed on the river;
To mind the pilots bell;
And if ever the Prairie Belle took fire
A thousand times he swore,
He'd hold her nozzle agin the bank
Till the last soul got ashore.
All boats has their day on the Mississip,
And her day come at last
The Movasttar was q better boat,
Bnt the Belle she tooULdn't be passed,
And SO abe come tearin' along that night
The oldest craft on the line,
w I'LL q uISSCE sQO6b OIl DCT SAFETY waive
And her furnace crammed, rosin and pine
The fire burst out as she clared the bar,
And burnt a hole in the night,
And quick as flash she turned and made
For that wiiler-ba on the right.
There was running and cursing, but jim
yelled out,
Over all the internal roar,
an hold her nozzle agin the bank
Till the last galoot's ashore"
the hot, black breath of the burn
ing boat
Jim Bludso's voice was heard,
And they all had trust in his cussedness,
And knowed he would keep his word.
And sure's you are born they all got of
AfOre the smokestackS fell
And BludsO's ghost went up alone
In the smoke of the Prairie Belle.
He weren't no saint-but at judgment
I'd run nay chance with Jim.
Longside of some piousgentlemen
That wouldn't shook hands with him.
He seen his duty, dead sure thing
And went for il thar and then;
And Christ amt a goin' to be too hard
On q man that died for men.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-01-19

Novel Exhibition at the ~. NichO-
Has Hotel.

From n. \. World, Jan. 6.
A large crowd gathered in Spring
street, Just off from Broadway, at 2
o'clock Yesterday afternoon to witness a
novel experiment with fre-escape re-
Gently invented. A canvass sack, fifty
eight feet long, was thrown out from a
! fifth story window of the St. Nicholas
Hotel, the upper end of the bag being
made fast to the sill and castings. In a
few moments the outlines of mans
form were seen to swell the canvas, and,
descending slowly, it soon reached the
ground, when the inventor, who belongs
to the navy and is used to climbing,
emerged from the tail end of the bag,
the crowd cheering him heartily. He
had no more than reached the bottom
when another swelling was perceptible at
the top, and down came a hotel waiter
After him came a half dozen other men
and boys, all of whom returned through
the hotel to make more trips through the
dark lane Thirty descents were made
in less than so many minutes, although
the exhibitor was not testing the
capacity of the apparatus. The
sack is twenty inches in di-
ameter, but is contracted to ten inches
by means of wire springs which en-
circle it at intervals of about one foot all
the way up. 1t therefore shapes itself
to the figure of the person descending
through it, and prevents him from fall
ing too rapidly. By little pressure ex-
erted at the elbows or knees the person
can stop short in the sack. The sack is
made large at the mouth, and is attached
to an iron frame with grapplings which
fasten to the window-sili. Any person
unaccustomed to the apparatus would
hesitate some before backing into the
canvas, but there appears to be no cause
for apprehensions of danger. When not
in use the escape is folded up, the folds
of the canvas fitting nicely into the iron
frame, the whole occupying space about
two feet square. The inventor claims
that the escape can be adjusted to any
window, and that any person can make it
fast and get started on his journey to-
wards terra firma within forty seconds
after the first alarm of fire. The canvas
is warranted to conduct men, women and
children with perfect safety, without re-
gard to portliness or attenuation. The main
objection to the new fire escape seems to
be its combustibleness. However, the in
ventor thinks it can be kept out of the
way of the fire by changing it from one
window to another. The Fire Commits
sionres have been invited to inspect the
new escape.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-01-19

Our LIFE BLooD.-A startling announce
ment has lately been made in the public
papers well calculated to make US blush foI
our ignorance and marvel at the wonders
which science may yet have in store for
coming generations. A Swedish savant OF
high renown and great authority in his
profession, has solemnly proclaimed his con-
viction that a large number of Egyptian
mummies were embalmed long before death
ensued, and merely for the purpose of sus-
pending life tor given time. While admit
ting that the secret was lost in Egypt him.
self, he claims to have discovered it anew,
and offers to embalm a criminal condemned
to death, with view of resuschating him
after-a number of years, The statement
gains weight by the well authenticated fact
that In the East Indies the secret of thus
suspen1ing life has been handed down to a
few favored men of our day. Persons have
been buried, more than once, and in some
cases before the highest British authorities
of the lind; their grave has been guarded
by government troops, and after several
months they have been disinteTred in the
presence of numerous witnesses, among
whom we're physicians, and they have been
seen to come back to life with all the famil-
lar symptoms of sufferers recovering from
syncope or cataleptIc attacks.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-01-19
GETTING MARRIED.

ESSAYS FOR You've MES, on Social Evils,
and the propriety or improperly Of getting
Married. with sanitary help for those who feel
unified for matrimonial happiness. Sent free
IN sealed envelopes. Address HOWARD AS
ISOLATION, Box p, Philadelphia, Pa.
NVHE BRIDAL CHAMBER Es-
u says for Young Wen ON Great
Social Evils and Abuses, which interfere with
MARRIAGE, with sure means of relief for
the Erring and Unfortunate, diseased and de-
bilitated.
Sent in sealed letter envelopes, free OF
charge.
Address. HOWARD SANITARY AID AS
ISOLATION. No. South Ninth St, PHILA-
DELPHIA, Pa, jan l7-sw&w3m
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-01-19

Kneeling by the stream, saw
Kate, the farmers daughter,
Drinking-in her rosy palm
Dipping mp the water.
She had thrown her hat aside,
Bare were arm and shoulder;
Each unconscious charm displayed,
Made my love the holder.
So slowly, tenderly,
Went and knelt beside her,
Drank with her from out the stream,
Blushing Kitty RYDER.
And / said, The poet tells US
Life is like river;
Shall we not its waters sweet
Always drink together?
Many years have passed us by,
Like the flowing water;
But drink life's stream to-day
With Kate, the farmers daughter.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-01-19
POWER 81 BARKSDALE,
If Jackson Miss
AGRHCULTURALLIENS.

We are now printing form of agreement
between merchant and planter, completely
securing the former for all indebted
ness by the latter, existing on the LIST
January, 1871, and operating as a lien
and mortgage for such supplies
as may be advanced during the present
year. The form has been carefully prepar-
ed by an attorney skilled in such matters,
and fully meets present requirements.
Price 81 per quire. Send orders for Ag-
ricultural Lien, No. 2. Address CLARION
Office. sw&wtf
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-01-19

On Wednesday evening the up-train on
the Ohio road was unfortunate, inasmuch as
a sad death occurred on it. A gentleman
named Sexton was sitting in the car with
took his fathers pistol-a Smith a. Wesson' 4
and was playing with ID, when il explod-
ed, the ball entering the forehead of the pa
rent, infiicting a fatal wound. The pistol
was supposed TO be unloaded, but the cart
ridge remained in the cylinder. Mr.. Sex
ton was taken off at the next station, and
at the last accounts, was in q dying condi-
tion.-Memphis Appeal.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-01-19

$1,000 Reward is offeredby the proprie-
tor of DR.. Pierce's Alt. Ext or Golden Medi-
cal Discovery for medicile that will equal
recommended. For BDnchitis, severe
Coughs, and the early STAGES of consump-
ton, it has astonished the medical faculty
by its wonderful cures, andhundreds of the
best physicians pronounce it the greatest
medical discovery of the aye. Sold by all
druggists.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-01-19
Neglected Coughs aad CoIds.--

Neglected Coughs aad COIds.--
Few are aware of the importance OF check
ing Cough or Common Cod" in its first
stage; that which in the beginning would
yield to a mild remedy, if neglected, soon
prey upon the Lungs. Browns BRoNCHI-
AL TRocHEs, or Cough Lounges, afford in
slant relief.
Owing to the reputation and popularity
limitations are offered, with are good for
nothing. Be sure to btain the true
Browns BRONCHIAL TRCHEs. Sold ev-
erywhere.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-01-19

THE New Comic SoNGsTER-Oliver
nt.on & Co., Boston. Price in Boards, GO
cents.
Here is a book containing merriment
enough to entertain many an evening gath
sring Of social amusements. A humorous
.oup at the right moment and on the proper
occasion, and by a funny singer, is as hap
pyaway to raise hearty laugh as can be
imagined. Here we find over hundred of
tbe NEST recent comic songs with the air of
each distinctly printed, bound in neat and
substantial style; book that will last, and
b. well used for many years.