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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-05-14
The Great Western Farm Insurance
Company--Life and Farm
Insurance.


Life insurance means honesty for
some men, and policy for many more.
In no other way can they pay
their debts, or obey the apostles
charge that man ''provide for his
own and especially those of his own
house."
But good as is life insurance, farm
Insurance in the shape Of lands sold
on ten years credit is better.
Both give great priz in return
for y number OF Sun Ill annual pay
ments. But farm insurance gives
that boon in the midst Of life +; life
insurance only at The end of IT, One
gives it for man himself to enjoy,
the other only for bis heirs. One per-
forms, the other pro Misses.
"Death," said an Irishman, sis no
great curse, for it always comes just
when we would have it, at the end of
life and never at the beginning"
| But this is moro than can be said of
life insurance, for It's blessings come
at the wrong end of life, not, like
death and farm insurance, At tie
right end.
| Besides, ia farm Insurance tho pay
ments are only nine or ten, but
10 life insurance they may become so
multitudinous that they will amount
to several times the value Of the prize
drawn at last. The one is lottery,
the other square dealing.
Again, farm insurance gives You in
the outset a mine which pays for
itself, for out Of it you can dig not on.
ly living, but gold for all payments
Life insurance makes no much pre-
tensions. 1t is all post norton Ind
nothing Gin the living present" In
this aspect life insurance resembles
the patent Tantalus Of Sydney Smith
That reverend joker had bag Of
oats hung before the tongue of his
carriage. The horse hearing the oat:
rafting just ahead would rush for
ward with all his legs, yet could never
quite thrust his nose into those dain.
ties. "a the other band farm insur.
ance yes mess of grain before The
journey begins, and all along many :
J batting to prepare for each hard pull
4 before the home-stretch.
Nor is this all. What life insuranc,
, promises is u fixed sum. Bot thc
land given by farm insurance is al
ways growing in value. Less thar
t forty years ago the whole area o
Iowa could have been bought for for
D ty millions Of dollars 1t was sold By
3 the United States for less than that
To-day it would bring more than ter
] times that sum.
Give me then first farm insurance
and thea life insurance.
: Within the last twenty.thre,
. months, the Great Western Farm Ip
/ surance Company, alias the Burling
ton K Missouri River Railroad Com
/ pany, have sold along their line, il
f Iowa and Nebraska, 351,7 acres t
: purchasers, almost all on ten years
j. credit, and six per cent interest.
a Farmers are you insured ?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-05-14
Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, California

Advertising alone does not produce success.
The thing which is advertised must have in
trinsic merit, or else large advertising will
eventually do it more harm than good, adver>
tise it thoroughly land you will be sure TO sue
coed if it is poor, don't praise il, for people
will soon discover you are lying.
Such is the policy of the Burlington Route,
which runs to three great regions in the West:
LIST, To Omaha, connecting with the great Pa
cifc Roads. I'd, To Lincoln, the capital of
Nebraska, and all that beautiful region south
ofthe Platte, filled with r. r. lands and home
steads. Sd, TO ST. Joseph, Kansas City and
all Kansas points.
The roads are splendidy built, have the
best bridges. finest cars, the Miller platform
and coupler, a7d the safety air brake Ito pre-
vent the loss of life that is every where else
happening); Pullman's sleepers, Pullman din
ing cars, large and powerful engines (to make
quick time and good connectons), and are in
word the best equipped roads in The West.
So that if you desire to go safely, surely,
quickly and comfortably to any point in
Southern Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, or on the
Pacific Roads, be sure that you 60 'By WAY
of Burlington"
All who wish particular information, and a
large map, showing correctly the Great West,
ana all its railroad connections, can obtain
them, and any other knowledge, by address
ing General Passenger Agent, B. s. Mo. r..
X, Burlington, Iowa.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-05-14
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Wisconsin Press Convention.

The Sixteenth Animal Convention of tbe
Wisconsin Editors and Publishers Associa-
tioc will be held in the city of Madison, at 8
O'Clock, A. NJ. on Tuesday, June 18Th, 1872
II is gratifying TO be able to announce that
VIM. z. Cramer, Esq, onelof the veterans OF
lie Wisconsin press, having recently returned
from prolonged visit In Europe, has kindly
accepted cordial Invita- ion TO prepare the
annual address, which will be read by L. A.
Proctor, Esq, of the Milwaukee Evening
Wisconsin, and from Mr.. Cramer's observa-
lions OF the relations sustained between tn e
press and the people and governments in Eu-
ropean countries, and from his long, intimate
and honorable connection with the press Of
this State aud country, an admirable and use.
tal contribution to the literature of our Asso.
citation may be expected. The poem will be
read by Judge l.. b. Moves, of the Peshtgo
ana Marrinstte Eagle, whose last New YEARS.
Address elected many merited compliments
from the Western Press
Obituaries on deceased members of the AS
secIation viii also be read.
The programme of exercises for Convention
week will be duly announced by circular, early
In June; and will, it is hoped, meet with
hearty approval.
CHARLES SEYMOUR,
Pres't. Wis. Eds and Pubs. Assoc,n.
JAMES Ross, Recording Secretary.
LA Crosse, Wis, May ID, 1872.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-05-14
Important Pension Bill.

Mr.. Willard, of Vermont, reported
from the Committee on Pensions, on
Saturday, May 4, bill granting pen.
sions to soldiers who served sixty
days in the war of 1912, and to theil
widows. The bill will place at least
ten thousand more pensioners on The
rolls, exclusive Of the widows, who
will also measurably increase the
number. The bill also differs from
Tie one IL amends, in that it does
away with all oaths of allegiance and
and proof of loyalty, and to obtain
the pension it is only necessary 10
prove the service in the war of 1912,
for the period of sixty days. The full
text of the bill is as follows:
BE it enacted, etc, that the first
section of "An an act granting pen
8 ons 10 the survivors of the war of
1872, who served sixty days. and to
til if widows" approved February
II 1871, is hereby amended SO as to
read as follows:
That the Secretary Of the Interiur
be and is hereby authorized and d.
rected to place on the pension roll
the names of the surviving officers
and enlisted and drafted men, includ-
ing militia and volunteers, in the
military and naval service Of the
United States, who served in the war
with Great Britain of 1912 and were
honorably discharged, and the name
OF surviving widows Of such officers,
and enlisted and drafted men: Pro.
vided, That such widow shall have
been married prior to January |, 49,
20, to such officer, enlisted or drafted
man. and shall not have remarked.
Sec. 2 That section of this act
is hereby amended to read as follows !:
That this act shall not apply to
any person who is receiving a PEN
sion at the rate of eight dollars or
more per month, except for the differ
ence between the pension now receiv.
ed and eight dollars per month.-
Pensions under this act shall be al
the rate of eight dollars per month
except as herein provided, and when
a person is receiving pension of less
than eight dollars month, and shall
be paid to the persons entitled there
to- from and after the passage of this
act for and during the term of their
natural lives: Provided, That wild
ows pensioned under this act, shall,
if they became widowed after the
18th of February, 1871, shall be en-.
titled to pension only from the date
when they became widows.
Sec 3. That all applications for
pensions under this act, to which this
is an amendment, heretofore, or
which may hereafter be made, shall
be considered and entitled as though
made under this act
The bill was passed almost with
out division.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-05-14

THE DEMOCRACY OF WISCONSIN De
MoRALIzED. The course of the Mil
yankee Ne,o5, in swinging back ward
and forward, like a weather-beaten
sign board, on the Cincinnati NOM
nations, has so demoraized the Dem
ocracy that they scarcely know what
to do. Fred. Horn is opposed to tho
Groeley-Brown ticket, while Hon. A.
G. Ellis, Of Stevens Point, whom the
NelcS pronounces to be one of the pil.
lars OF the Wisconsin Democracy, has
declared very strongly for Greeley
and Brown. The party is so split in
this state by the Greedy nomination
that it is doubtful If they can be rails
lied TO the support of the ticket 70 be
nominated at Baltimore.
All the editorials in the NeCS about
divisions in the Republican party are
ludicrous when one witnesses the di-
broken and fragmentary
condition of the once solidDemocracy
of Wisconsin. The Ne,cs say s, let US
wait in patience, and hope /; but this
very uncertainty naturally disrupts
its own party.-E0ening Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-05-14
Progress of Railroads in Wisconsin.

According to the official statistics
there We're in operation within the
limits OF Wisconsin, at the close of
1871, fifteen hundred and eighty
eight miles of railway, Of which $50
miles were built during The past year.
About two-thirds of the total length
of railways in operation 10 the state
run directly into Milwaukee, includ>
ing trunk and branch lines, and as
soon as the connecting roads project
ed and under construction are COM
pleted, every railroad 10 Wisconsin
vii! have running connections with
this city. To secure the advantages
OF such connection is now the mair
obi act of those railroads in the state
that are still without connection
with Milwaukee. The effect of such
q centratiOn of railroads az the next
two years are likely TO witness, at
this point, cannot be otherwise than
favorable upon al the material inter
ests of the city. Present appear
ances indicate that considerably
more railroad building will be done
in Wisconsin in 1872 than during
any former year Secretary Lang
d0n'S Report
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-05-14
Estate of SIackable.

SrATE OF WISCONSIN, 50 In Probate, Grant County
- Grant county. ) Court.
In the matter Of the estate Of Andrew stackable de-
ceased.
On reading and filing the petition Of Bridget stackab'e
OF the county OF Grant representing among other
things that Andrew Stackab elate ofthe Co Of Grant
on the first day OF May 1872. at Grant County,
wisconsin del nest,te, leving goo ls, chatteis
and estate within this state and county aud hat the
said petitioner is the widow OF said deceased and
praying that administration Of saiS estate be 10
her granted:
IL is ordered that said petition DO heard before the
Judge OF this Court, on Tuesday, the 4th day OF
June, A. u 1917, at one o'clock Z. NJ, at Lancas-
ter, in said county.
ordered further that notice thereof be given 10 the
heirs OF said deceased aud to all persons crested by
publishing copy Of this order for three successive
weeks prior to said day ~ hearing e the Grant Coun.
" Herald, weekly newspaper printed and published
at Lancaster, la said county
by the Court. WM MoG0NfGAL, Co. Judge.
Ddteu AZ Lancaster, May ~, l5.Z. bw3
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-05-14
The Chicago "Times'' on Greeley's
Nomination.

The Chicago Times, which would
like TO support the Cincinnati ticket
in order 10 defeat Grant. is so thor
oughly convinced of the dangerous
weakness of Greeley's character, that
it scouts his nomination as a failure.
In relation to the rose colored state
ments that Mr.. Greeley's personal
popularity will sweep the country. it
remarks with deal of truth that the
world has changed since 1910 when
General Harrison was elected on
LogsCabin Coon-Skin furore. 1t pro-
ceeds to say:
however Mr.. Greeley's PERSONAL popular
ny may be conceded among large numbers of
American people, ard especially among ,ba
old-timers Of the Republican party. II This il
supposed to be great enough 10 start a !. Los
cabin campaign which shall suffice 10 cars
everything IN the country before il, Mr.. Gree.
lev and his friends are mistaken. The Tim.
Of log-cabin campaigns is past. Newspaper.
have cultivated too general political iptelli.
gence to admit of any rural clap-trap.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-05-14

DR.. LIVINGSTONE The New York
Herald reports special dispatch
from Bombay via London, stating
that Dr. Livingstone is safe with
Stanley, the chief of the Herald'S
corps of search at Zanzibar. Living
stone left England for the purpose
of completing his researches in the
interior of Africa in 1865. No def
mite information has been received
from him for several years. Sever
al expeditions have been fitted out to
search for or get supplies to him, but
they have resulted 10 failure. At the
beginning of last year, the Herald
commissioned a man to engage in the
enterprise ofpenetra.ing to the IN
terror of Africa. aud to ascertain
what the result of Livingstone's last
expedition has been, aud if found
alive to re-establish Communication
with him. II the report of this dis
patch be confirmed, this effort has
been crowned with success.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-05-14
Scalping at Cincinnati-How Brown
Did 1t.

A Chicago Times correspondent
from Cincinnati says:
The aboriginal name Of the Chapa.
qua party is appropriately sugges-
tive of the prodigious amount of po-
litleal scalping of which the Chappa-
qua candidate is the result, Trum-
bulls villianous scalpiDg of Judge
Davis lost him his own scalp, Schnrz.
with cold blooded deliberation, took
the scalp of his friend, Gratz Brown.
Brown retaliated with feroc;ty, and
took both Schurz's aud Trumbull's
sealps in one fell swoop, the audaci-
ty OF which has probably never been
equalled. The plain truth is that
Schurz had been traitor to Brown
from the start Brown could not be
male to believe that Schurz was play,
ing false, even when he read the ie-
suitical speech for Trumbull with
which Schurz opened the.convention.
But upon arriving here with Frank
Blair, on Thursday evening, Brown
was undeceived, and resolved to frus-
trate the virtuous political trade of
the distinguished German elevator
OF the tone of our political life. En-
tering the convention in the place of
a delegate, Brown waited unit. it
became apparent that Greeley might
be the nominee. He then came up
on the platform and was introduced
to the convention as one of those
who had been voted for, and who de.
sired to make an explanatory state
ment. In few brief remarks
characterized by remarkable cool
ness of manner thanked the conven
ton for the honor intended him, anc
withdrew his name from the conven
ton. At this point everybody be.
ing aware ofSchurz's sale of Missouri
to Trumbull imagined that this mean
a contamination of the trade, bu
Brown did not stop at this point :
With supreme audacity, and to th
utter amazement Of everybody, h
went On to say that he hoped hi
friends would transfer their vote
to the strongest man, and in hi
opinion that man was Horace Greeley
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-05-14
How the colored People will vote

- CINcINNArI, May S-The CONNER
cidI, this morning, publishes cons
munication from Peter III. Clark, a
prominent colored Republican leader
here. The Commercial says in an edi-
toriaI notice, that Mr.. Clark is a
close observer, aud a man Of "Liber-
all tendencies, who has recently
travelled in the South. Mr.. Clark, in
his communication, says that if the
Greeley party are building any hopes
on the oft-repeated assertion that the
colored people of the South will vote
for their candidate, they are surely
doomed to disappointment. That
some colored men will be found on
their side, is perhaps true. Some
colored men have been found to vote
the straight Democratic ticket, but
the number is small, and not likely
to increase. The fact that the Re.
publican party is the instrument
which has freed and enfranchiseC
| him which guards him in the ex-
ercise of his rights as u freeman, anC
which promises him great future
good, is known, and well known, t.
the dullest black man in the South
and, if he can get a chance to ap
proach the ballot-box uninterrupted
he will vote for the candidate of tina
party. He says, in conclusions to th'
Republicans of the South, that every
man who is not in their camp will
DO regarded as an enemy. They will
seek to maintain the party organize
ton intact, aud will vote solid 70
the nominee of the Philadelphia con
vention.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-05-14
The London Papers on Gresley's
Nomination.

LONDON May, 6.-The morning pa.
pers comment on the nomination al
Horace Greeley as President of the
United States by the Liberal Con-
vention at Cincinnati.
The Times says: "The nomination
of Greeley is farcical and his election
is hopeless. 1t however, kills Presi.
dent Grants chance for reelection.
and makes certain the nomination of
a candidate by the Democrats"
The Posi- argues: "Greeley will
be successful if the nomination is in-
dorsed by either of the convent ons
yet to be held, bu: such action" the
Post thinks, ''impossible"
The Telegraph says: THE nom
nation of Greeley directly concerns
because be is hostile to the
Treaty of Washington, and is bigot.
ID protectionist.
The Nelcs praises Greeley bat
doubts bis fitness for the position of
Chief Magistrate of great nation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-05-14
The Alabama Question.

New York, May 10 = A Washing
ton special says: ".Should the next
exchange of dispatches end unfavor-
ably for arbitration it is contemplate
ed TO issue immediate orders to recall
our agent and counsel appointed to
conduct our case at Geneva, and to
bring them back to the United States
in time to prepare for the next session
of Congress an exhaustive statement
and vindication Of tho action of our
government prior to and under the
treaty, for the double purpose of set
ting the country and the administra
ton right before the world, and con-
cerning our interests against such fu
ture measures and opportunity as
r,oy or;so Co. che satisfactory svttl0-
ment of difficulties between ourselves
and England"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-05-14

I@~The house of Representatives
on Wednesday passed bill supple
mentary to its late Apportionment
bill, and increasing the number Of
Representatives from 2S2 to 293. The
extra eleven are to be given to New
Hampshire, Vermont, New York,
Pennsylvania, Indiana, Tennessee,
Louisiana, Florida, aud Alabama, the
Northwest being left out of the ac>
count.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-05-14

"BUsTED"-The Sparta Eagle did
ne: live long as a Democratic Lib
eral observation-disclosures n- Tax List
paper. The Herald says that the
sheriff took possession and closed the
office last week.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-05-14

ea- The Wisconsin Editorial Asso-
citation will be held at Madison, Tues.
day, June 18th. William E. Cramer.
of the Ecening Wisconsin,, will deliv-
er the address.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-05-14

GS-I Ii Liberalism had anything to
Olfer that is better than the people
now possess if they had any de-
fined principle that could add to the
glory, prosperity and peace of the
nation that is not now within our
reach, it might be we'll to consider it
seriously as remedy for some of
the imperfections under which our
Government, as we'll as others, must
ever suffer But he very opposite
components which it proposes to
combine with either refuse to unite.
or 10 their amalgamation will pro
dace new principles that may con-
tain moro dangerous elements than
we care to contemplate. Sulphur is
harmless so is charcoal go is nitre;
but combine them, and the desti,
mics of nations may be changed by
the gunpowder which they FORM
Free trade and protection, national
confidence and disaffection, can never
harmonic. Like oil of turpentine
and oil of vitriol, they cannot exist
in the same vial, but will explode in
one common destruction, CARRYING
ruin in their course. Men are COM
paratively nothing-Drincipes are
everything and if the platform of
the Liberals is anything more than
the whine Of disconnected baby.
their choice of party leader
does not indicate it. A waverer, a
scold, and full of vagaries, who is
willing to trust Greeley with the in
erests of our great aad growing ma
ton = Chicago Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-05-14
Dissolution of Copartnership.

The copartuership heretofore existing betw en-
Daniel d. stevens anil Joseph Zimmerman, lumber
merchants II the village OF Cassvie, is this daY dis
sulYed ~ mutual consent and agreement. Al bust
ness pertaining 10 the company will be settled BY
Stevens at the mill. or by his attorney shall b. a.
considerate as possible, but early fail must co nclude
the settlements. excepting undue notes.
The lumber business will be carried on as usual nv
Stevens who being very thansfal for past fayors
cordially soicits your patronage 10 the future prom
ising that you will always find friend Stevens at your
service
DANIEL STEVENS
JOSEPH Y MABRMAH
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-05-14

E0- The Wisconsin state press rep
sent all Of the many currents of opin-
ion on the Cincinnati nominations
The Republican portion have been
encouraged in their general satisfact-
ion with and confidence in President
Grant. The Democratic papers are
every which way" The Madison
Democrat and Appleton Crescent raise
the ticket and endorse the work of
the Liberal Convention. The Wau-
kesha P'aindealer positively will not
support Greeley, while great many
want to wait till "next week" or say
they will do as the National Demo-
cratic Convention does, -GaUdukee
Sentinel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-05-14

GRAND jury SYSTEM. Tho Mil
waukee Wisconsin says that it is
stated that an intimation has been
thrown out, and the Supreme Court
of this stae, will decide the .'Infor-
nation Law" unconstitutional, and
that the object of the intimation of
the Court was TO prevent any more
trials under Conformation"
Several cases are now pending be-
fore the Court, which will assemble
on the 18th instant to announce the
decisions, and there seems to be no
doubt among the best informed law
yers that the decision will be adj
verse to the "Information Law"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-05-14
STRAY cow

Taken up By the subscriber on lands owned Nv him
miles porth OF Lancaster about the 18th April
one dark red COW, aged from 10 To ~ years prob
ably, white on belly calyed about 2 weeks from DATE
The requested to prov property pay charges
and take said stray away WM. y DYER
Lancaster, Aprn 70, 1871 4owI&
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-05-14

tGr The Boston Post favors the
nomination ofCharles Francis Adams
by the Democratic party. And the
Buffalo Courier says it would be a
sure way to elect Grant. Both pa.
pers are Democratic, and it is aston.
ishing to see how they pull together.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-05-14
STRAY MARE.

Taken up by the subscriber, at the sinapee sawmill
in the town Of jamestown. about the 10th ia '
OF April, 1872, dark bay mare some ak years old
with little VIII ie ia forehead and fore feet sbod NJ
other marks GEORGE THOMPSON.
jamestown, May 6, 1872 50wis