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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-03-16
TORNADO.
The Village Of Hazel Green
Visited by a most De-
structiVe Storm.
NINE LIVES LOST!
Great Destruction of Proper
ty. and Many Injured.

We are called upon to record the
most terribls havoc ever enacted by
the elements, in Grant county. Fire
and water here have never caused
such fearful devastation. There is
no place ia Grant county where fire
or water could 80 suddenly destroy
life and property as the winds did on
Friday last 10 the village of Hazel
Green. 1t is rare indeed that SD
earthquake or the eruption Of vol
cano 80 swiftly and so completely
obi terates collective habtations oil
men Great earthquakes usually
give warning and people can get out
of their houses ahd away where They
msy not bs crushed by falling rocks
or .imbers. One may flee from the
flowing lava Of vol3ano, but before
such u tornado one is ready to ex-
cl4im like the PsaImist concerning
Deity, "Whither shall l go from thy
spirit or fee from thy presence. I"
There is no place of escape and safe
ty. We are accustomed to think OF
our homes and lives IS safer than
those CT people who inhabt districts
where earthquake and volcanic fires
are Of frequent occurrence, but the
visitor TO such scenes as HaZSl Green
now presents, If he has to run the
gauntlet of some one of these de-
structive causes, will choose any OF
them 10 preference to the tornado.
This maeb We have said by way OF
attempt 10 prepare the mind of the
reader TO realize the power CT the
wind 10 destroy. Everyone knows
that the wind can blow down fences
or upset hodses, but ii is ditficult for
one t. believe, who has never seen,
that it can lift heavy timbers, large
animals, and even large rocke, and
carry them about as it does feathers.
On gusty day, when The streets
are dry we see the wind filing the
air with dust, leaves and dry dirt,
bat one who has never seen cannot
easily imagine that it will plow up a
pasture until every foot of the ground
is turned up and black as field fresh
powed, and spatters OF soft mud
from the siza of drop Of rain up to
the aize of your hat, are taken from
all over its surface and dashed down
in other places like rain and hail.
This was done by the Hazel Green
tornado before it reached the village,
How il does it il something OF a
mystery. Such storms are whlil1.
They are the same as the little whirl-
Winds we frequently see in summer,
making travelling spirals OF the road
dust, and which have strength, per-
haps, to carry up yonr hat; but the
tornado, con Jared with these IL as
the elephant 10 the ant. itpertorms
marvellous little feats IS well as great
ones. 1t will take brittle sticks that
with your hands you couli not push
through card board without break
in, and drive them eight or ten lneh-
es into the hard g: nth. It. will drive
sticks and boards three to four feet
into the ground where wish an ak or
mall you could not drive them foot
without batteriag them to chips,
This, as suggested by Mr.. Brown, OF
the Galena Gazette, it does on the
principle that will carry a talIow
candle through d thick board when
shot from a gun. But we must more
particularly describe the Hazel Green
tornado and its path.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-03-16
LANCASTER.
TO Teachers and District Clerks.

Notice is hereby given that the Public Ex>
aminations of teachers for Grant county for
the spring of 1876, viii be held as follows:
PATCH GROVE, Friday and SATURDAY.,
March Sd and 4th.
BLOOMINGTON, Monday and Tuesday,
March 9th and 7th.
CASSVILLE, Wednesday and Thursday,
March sth and 9th
PorOsI, Friday and Saturday, March 10
and 18th.
GEORGETOWN, Thursday and Friday,
March l6,h and l7lh.
WINGVILLE, Monday and Tuesday, March
27Lhe and 2sth.
MUSGODA, Wednesday and Thursday,
March goth aud 30th.
BuSGUBEL, Friday and Saturday, March
3ist and April LIST.
LANCASTER, Tuesday and Wednesday,
ApriI 4th and 5ih
PLATrEvlLLE, Thursday and Friday,
April eth and 7Lh.
Applicauts can attend the examina ton
wherever most convenient They will please
be prompt and come provided with pens, inks
and legal cap paper The examination will
commence at each of the places named at 10
O'Clock, a. m, of the first day. No private
examinations will be granted without impera
tive reasons. GEO. N. GUERNSEY.
Supt of Schools, Grant County
Platteville, Wis, February 8, 1876. 4std
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-03-16
G Andrews q

THE above diagram will serve purpose though in
accurate. The up aud down streets should peint q
little to noIh and south east. The cross street
is the one named Sixth Street on the county map]
On Friday, March 10Th, between 4
and 5 o'clock in the afternoon, many
persons in the village saw the storm
coming. A dark and threatening
cloud was seen due west, over
S.rsiuawa Mound. AT First it
appeared tn course towards the
sou beast. Aboutthre miles south
west Of Hszel Green this cloud met
with another which bad been sp-
proachiug towards the northeast.
The two combined, soon appeared to
reach from earth TO heaven and the
thick black clouds were seen to roll
ia and out of each other like the
black smoke from a smoke-stack, sup
posing that to be as large as noun.
tain. The roar of the storm could be
distinctly heard. Mr. ]. S. Ora WORD
described the sound as of 3 mighty
grinding of timbers. To Mr. Mayor
the sound was Iike heavy storm
on the sea-shore. Ifone,cau imagine
an instrument that works something
like syringe, as large as the circle
of the tornad0, and which as il
travels sucks up trees. houses and
patches OF earth. whirling them
around with the velocity of dis
discharged cannon ball. be may
imagine the sound made by the tor
nado. A it advanced it cut down
everything in Is way. PoUderou,
bodies were sucked up hundreds o.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-03-16

az Proudfit 81 Oswald have
opened store in Fennimore Center.
They know their business and are re-
sponsible men. The sCentre" is a
thriving inland town, and will some
day apply to the Wisconsin legisla-
ture for city charter. The new
corners will receive the encourage
ment Of everyone DESTROYS of build
ing up the "Center".
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-03-16
nlkD.

At Lancaster, March q. 1875, Sarah t., wife Of W
II. Haines aged 4S years.
Crawford county papers please copy
At Montfort, March s. 1876, Of scarlet Fever
Willie. of Rev. A, q NJ. j. Charles, aged years
and months
at Potos Feb 8, 1875, Abigail. wife of stephen b
Irish, aged rs years aud months.
AtPAtch Grove, Eel %, 1876, Elmirs, daughter Of
John and Cornelia Anderson, aged ii months.
At Beetown. March ], 1876, Charles Waterhouse
aged 40 years.
AT Mount Hope, March 10, 1876. of Consumption
Mrs. Ann Brodt, widow of the late Samuel Brodt
aged about % years.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-03-16
Farm for Sale.

The undersigned. residing five miles southeast OF
the village len Haven aud five mics norGh OF the
villas OF Uassye. offers his farm for safe, contain
ing 1856 acres ninety OF whics are snder cultivation
and good improvements, and the remainder young
timber land adjoining, all being in section 81, town
4; all of which il off red for sale cheap For Terms
ann further information inquire of the subscriber
50tf EDWARD METCALF.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-03-16
Farm for Sale.

The undersigned will sell his farm az miles north
east Of the village of Mt Hope. tue WoodmaI
and Boscobel road Said farm containe $40 acres, o
which 100 acres nnder cultivation. the balance
pasture and good oak timber being watered by in
Vulnerable springs 1t is one Of the best farms IL
this part o: the country for raising stock There i
a good two story fra ne house, new 30xlO barn anc
underground stable, and ali other necessary out
buildings Also, a good, thrifty orchard and small
fruits of all kinds in abundance, convenient to
good school, clutches. and a market for all kinds o
produce. VIII he sold on easy terms. For particu
lars call on address CHRIS. STORM
MI. Hone October u. 32t
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-03-16
Farm for Sale.

For sale on easy terms farm of $50 acres, mile
west OF the village of Mt. Hope, on the military
Road" Sixty acres Under pillow, orchard, frame
house, stable and cribs. Balance OF land meadow
and timber; ITO acres under fence. Plenty Of water
on the premises. For uriher particulars apply to
NATHAN. SCHkEINER co.
Lancaster January 49, 1876. 45m3
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-03-16
TOWN AND COUNTY .

Il
'n't = "iie'e ''e "'"f''
e''N
-Platteyilie bas good COAX Q" hd'e'''
oou'' 80 '
''s1 VEN
-Lanc caster sabscrioss ABOUT 500 n a'd
OF the Hazei Ureen sufferers
This paper never did hold itself RESPONSE
lie for the opinions Of it, correspondents
OF course men have a RICH, during leap
year 10 play coquette with the women Let
no jilty woman escape.
Xatben Sehreiner & CO. will make a
st.rtlinr announcement in the HERALD next
seek
-Platteyile is city. or will be if the peo
Ole adopt the charter passed ~ the legislature.
The election will take place OF the 2sth inst
-. q ra,.i, D,d,o u All
i. II : o.,,,. ho,. ond farm machinery
wa3no.d,v ~, place n miles soutb
~ proo,,;,o,or
vn,,, ], v,a,c,r, ara
eastman '''u '''' ~, ,...,-
H.
promising l'''u '"'''' '''e ''''' '''' :" = -
"'i'Ae =" ~ Ds"''' ''''d'
School district No. D. IN Mount nope .
also having : pfotfacteu 'hot'' Lot % sa'e
''''' o'' - -. 49, '.'.'' . = 49, ''''
-''''''''
Scarlet FEVER IS raging AZ hon''o,'. nv
iot"l A''nodl'' minister 4'e' o""'' -, "19
lost oy the dreaded disease .n'ee 'N''"''''
- : = ~ 80
me oil''eu p'e'"'e" "''' "''''O'''9'' :,
mount nope "''s o''' o"'.,'"S :" -.
Hiee''''s' ., '1''' '''O
nav o''" isu - 10'''''''0' = 49, 80 =
a 'ea'aer pocNe' oooA continuing ''""''
amount q currency va 'ou'u ~ 7A'u' 10y -
inc sidewalk !" TINS '''aS', ne o""e' '"''
iii ~ ~ barrow ~ u'O''' ">'' anu p'o'e
O. g
!, ~ - -, -
A.. u. r.norts ,I,o ,hv.i,.,l moral ond no
,,;..,l..l,1 - ~, neon,e ,bereabou,s as
very 1000.
u,iter u ,be 4lyocate suggests As
feasible route Tor Faiiro'd 'te Dish rluse ine
between Grant aud Platte MYERS from ha"cSs-
ter 10 Fenuimore Center thence to Bosco-
bel Isl way Of Crooked Greek hollow
According 10 the Witness the Platteyillc
mines have Welded more mineral during the
past winter than usually heretofore. Fifteen
young men Of that place will start for the
B.aek IIi.ls carly next month.
~ q ,.,b.r;. ,i.i,;,,, b;s ola bo,oe
.;and.,, Ra.,omn and yn.csIungs after
"''u - =,
s,osl ,nns,r.nce would Indicate has sonora
ise,ai ,jace - .e,tie far life
,
hu~'n pouse' - "'.'s7 sou'" % p,VO", :,
ius'oh' having eaOS', ''e IOWA '''''' - 's''
~ aue''o" al "'7 S.o'" a''u anu P''p'''' VI
"o ''isSu's neA'' mare" - ne ''o'''sss -
se"a " peek Of E'tss"oppefs 70 every "'"h
that don patromze ms safe
the Lancaster public school examinations
viii he held on Thursday and Friday Of next
Nees. Oral examinations viii be conducted
throughout the several departments on Friday,
at which tine parents and friends OF the school
are earnestly invited to be present
There should be an educational ouali6-
...t;an f..r ,o,,r.~ !. yb., s,ne i ,hs hovs
III. s,aa,t, aeir,n ~ vo,d,, ,veninn rex, =,
-. ....,I,, r,.,,,a, .n.o,;aa qha a,ho. IA,
In :. hoard ram ,l.a ma ,eu ,hen III,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-03-16
"a surviving AndersonvilIe skele-
ton" contributes song TO the Gin
o;onati Commercial beoinninr thus:

einnatI commercial beginning thus:
Tbanks for heart and voice and VOTE
Blaine of Mainei
Thanks for Freedom dag a1ost
Once gain,
Thanks for tressou qnick 70 threaten.
Boldly met ami baked and beaten;
Thanks for hesrt. and voice, and BRAIN
Blaine Of Nainel
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-03-16

s%The ''Centcnnial slipper" the prettiest
thing in the market-for sale at Haines' "Chesp
Boot and Shoe Store" Ladies are invited To
call 10 see the fine assortment Of CATERS and
slippers there displayed. lw5
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-03-16

Ladies serge CATERS tor sale at Haiaes
"Cheap Boot and Shoe Store 1t si.l6 per
uair. lwa
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-03-16
THE MARK ETS.
CHICAGO.

I Chicago, Mar I4-5 r N.
Wheat, sNo eS4
| Corn -. .,.,,...,....... ......., a.
| O.ts.... ........ ..... ................... 344
| hogs ~ TO ~ Cattle. duu Is 10 zoe lower.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-03-16
Flax! Flax !!

Attention farmers
We are now prepared 10 loan farmers pure
Flax Seed for so wing. We have taken par
ticulsr pains miih our seed this wear In
screening and any farmer who gets his seed
OF US, gets nothing bot pure.
G. HAWLEy & SON.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-03-16

Of GENERAL MERCHANDISE to be found in Lancaster
Our stock embraces all that is usually found in Country
Store, including DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, BOOTS and
SHOES, HATS and CAPS, CLOTHING, CROCKERY and
GLASSWARE, HARDWARE. NOTIONS, Etc. Etc.
Also, E. BUTrERIcK & CO.'S CELEBRATED DRESS PAT.
TERMS for Ladies. Misses and Children.
large stock of Trunks Ladies Travelling Baskets Baby
Carriages, Clothes Wrngers, Etc
Also Sewing Machine Needles at less that Agents prices
A large lot of Remnants of Dress Goods acoes Gng-t
hams Etc. to be closed out by the piece regardless of
Also lot Of soied but good new, Boots and Shoes
one-fourth cost price,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-03-16
Produce Bought and Sold.

To all of old customers with whom have dealt
pleasantly within the past welcome quarters
and trust, with room, larger stock, and LOWER
PR ES to merit their continued patronage.
To the former patrons of predecessors Messrs Mccoy
Holloway we give assurance that shall spare pains
make it to their interest continue trading this corner
as we shall not be undersold.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-03-16
A. spEcHr,s FERRY.

.o,,,.,,od..ion s.IS a m Accommodation. S:55 n
,svnre.s 4 g4n q.4l 4 "a Expr.ss 4 Mail- $3.50 N
r. iuced IA ''TOund trip tickets 10 ana Iiom
all points on G. VI and e. G : D. roads rare
10 Dubuque a.d return 50 cents
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-01-20
A Wisconsin Girl's Interview with the
Pope.

Miss Emma Abbot, wbose sweet voice
promises to place her on the top round oi
the ladder of lyric fame, writes as follows
from Florence to her mother at Wauke.
sba: "In Rome l saw the Pope; was
presented with many others. The cere-
mony took place in the Palace OF
the Vatican. All the gentlemen had to
wear black dress suits and white ties
the ladies black dresses and Spanish
veils Every one was in place and wait.
ing in breathless suspense for the entrance
of the holy father, at 11:45 o'clock, the
appointed time. l had just concluded
that he was not coming, as a full hour
and half had elapsed, but ut length he
was announced, and we all knelt down.
He passed up one side of the room,
speaking to each one, and then down on
the other side. Every one kissed his
hand and devout Catholics kissed his
crimson slippers. An Italian woman
who was next to me told me Of the mir
acles he had wrought, and said / would
be Overpowered when he came, and that
would be unable to speak to him. But
on the contrary, when / saw the kind,
good-natured face of his Holiness, ]
smiled, and he smiled and asked me
where 1 was from and then said, as he
passed along, 'Addio carissima' (Good-
bye, dearest). ran across to the other
side of the room, and when he came to
me the second time I told him was an
artistic, and asked blessing on my voice.
He gave it, but said 1 must pray rather
than sing, at which he laughed, and the
priest and attendants around him laughed
also. After that the Pope addressed the
people in French, and blessed them and
the great ordeal was over.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-01-20
Literary Curiosities, Puns, and Blum
derS,

In notice of DIR. Bombaugh's Clean
ings for the Curious" the Hartford
C0mant quotes the following:
We find the whole alphabet in this one
sentence of forty-eight letters:
"John p. Brady gave me black walnut
box of quite small size.
Then there's the size of five uhivOcal
verses, where in each in succession only
one vowel is employed. The "i" verse
"On the Approach of Evening" is:
"Idling sit in this mild twilight dim
Whilst birds In wild swift virgil, circling skim,
Light winds In sighDg sink, I'LL, rising bright,
Nights Virgin Pilgrim swims in vivid light"
And this is the story of Colman, who
was asked if he knew Theodore Hook, and
answered at once: ooh, yes; Hook and
eve are old associates" There are
abundant other good, bad and Indifferent
Jokes of this sort. A long list of literary
blunders is given, including those of the
French translators, who rendered Glib
ber's +" Loves Last Shift into "The Last
Chemise of Love-" and GOngreve's
" Mourning Bride" into the "Spouse of
the Morning" and classed Miss Edge
worth's essay on "lrish Bulls" among
important WOrkS OH HdtuIui nlstoIy, anu
to Shakspeare's line, So dull, so dead,
in look SO woe-begone," put the cOnclu-
sion, $50 grief, be off with you" Even
Voltaire made one of Shakspeare's hun
ters, who was going to " carve for him
self fortune with his sword" say:
"What care for land? With my sword
I will make fortune cutting meat"
Victor Hugo called the Firth of Forth
the " fifth OF the quarter." The Tichborne
claimant, who understood Latin"
translated for the court Laus DeO
semper" as "The laws of God forever"
and a French pretender of Latin knowl-
edge once gave "Numero Deus i'm
parigaudet" to meau "The number two
takes pleas ure in being odd"
1t was sharp bit of echo verse that
the Sunday Times of London threw off in
1881, when tickets to hear the great vio-
linist were very high:
What are they who pay three guineas
To hear tune of Paganni'sf.
Echo-Pack o'ninnies.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-01-20
Hot Pudding.

The students in one OF our colleges
being frequently annoyed by the noe
turnal and inquisitorial visits of Pro-
fessor, who suspected them of playing
cards. one evening prepared kettle of
mush. otherwise called hasty pudding,
and by the time it was boiled had seated
themselves around the table in the
attitude of card playing, waiting pa
tiently for the well.known step OF the
Professor. 1t was no sooner heard than
q large outside pocket of one OF them
was forthwith filled with hot hasty pud-
ding. and all were seated as before. AS
soon as the Professor had opened the
door. the student who was loaded with
the mush made sudden sweep over the
table with his hand, as if to gather up
the cards, and with another motion ap.
parently put them into the pocket con-
tanning the mush. These movements
could not help being noticed, as they
were intended to be, by the Professor,
who, considering them as pretty strong
evidence of guilt, broke out with the
following:
"Welf, young gentlemen, I've caught
you at it at last, have lr'
"Why, yes sir, we are all here.
$50 1 see you are, and you have been
playing cards, tooY' :.
"No, sir, it is not So"
at isn't, ha? What have you got in
your pocket, young man p
"Hot hasty pudding, sir"
"Hot hasty pudding, ha! hasty pud..
ding, have youY I'll hasty pudding you,"
said the Professor, at the same time
thrusting his hand half way to the elbow
into the hot hasty pudding.
The dolorous looks, the shaking OF
fingers, the groanings and capers of the
Professor are better imagined than de-
scribed.
DEEP blowing is good practice when
you have a deep soil. 1t is better for
some crops than for others. Plow deeper
for roots than for grain, and especially
for corn, since in the short summer corn
will mature quicker If the roots are not
obliged to go down into a cold subsoil
for nutriment. But with shallow plow..
ing you must have plenty of plant food
mixed with the surface soil, since you
desire to confine the roots to that for the
rake of the warmth. But above all, be-
ware of deep blowing in a shallow soil.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-01-20
The Past Years Crops Review.

The last number of the London Marx
Lane Express, the contents of which are
briefly cabled, contains i'm mportant infor-
nation in the form of a review of the
European grain market for the year past,
and statement of its actual condition
and future prospects. This information
Is calculated to increase the hopes Of
our American agriculturists, as showing
that Europe will not probably be in such
condition d, I'd be able to sup
port herself with her own corn pro-
duction, and that hereafter the
New World may safely rely upon being
a supplementary granary for the old one.
The year 1875 has, Gays the Mark Lane Er-
press, unfortunately proved a year of
general deficiency and inferiority, and
it is the wheat crop which has suffered
most, only one eighth reaching the aver
age while five-sixtbs sinks below it.
Barley, oats, beans, are ALSO mentioned
in the review published by the special
London organ, but those are not of 20
much interest to Americans as the figures
relative to wheat, -four and even Indian
corn, which are the principal staples of
our grain expectation. There is now at
Liverpool larger accumulation of these
cereals than there was at the same date
last year, and this is easily understood,
for the reports about floods, rains and
general deficiency in Europe caused a
large expectation there of American
wheat and -four. Thus, there were on
December 31st last, nearly 500, 900 quar-
ters of wheat at Liverpool, against 144,-
900 which were there at the same date
of the previous year. But this exceP'
tionally large stock will soon rapidly
decrease, inasinuch as in Russia and Po-
laid rivers dnd canals are frozen, and fol
some months to come, grain cannot be
shipped from Odessa or Dantzic, rs well
as from America. AnimpOrtant advance
may therefore ensue OH the European
markets, especially if the spring should
prove unfavorable, and our American
farmers will do we'll to produce as much
as they can, for they are almost sure o
again having this year ready marke
in Europe for the surplus of their whea
crop.-Noc York Commercial Advertiser.