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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-27

was on the stand, for it was evident to them
that there was some foundation at least in the
charges made by Scott Lord at the opening of
the case, and that the public would be made to
believe them. And then they dread what is to
follow. If Cornelius can substantiate the fact
that William employed man to personate
him in dlsreputable places, there is no question
as to the fate of the will. II will be broken
certainly. hope it may be, for 500 ,000, 900
is too much for one man to hold.
One More Unfortunate.
The trial of DIR. Lambert, the President OF
the swindling American Popular Life Insur-
ance Company, is over, and the Doctor, thank
heaven, was found guilty, and will, doubtless,
wear stripes in few weeks. He will, of
course, move for new trial and things of that
sort, and delay justice little while, but there
Is cell for him in Sing Sing sure. This is
especially encouraging, for more rotten con-
Germ was never permitted to exist. Ii was
rotten with fraud, honey -combed with perjury
and worm-eaten with imbeciIity and misman-
agement. 1t was sink into which the peo-
ple's money went, the President and Directors
each holding his sack at the outset. 1t will
teach these swinders a lesson that will be re-
membered. There are others to follow, and
justice cannot get on their tracks too soon.
Business
is very brisk now, just before the Holidays
and there is every reason to believe that 1t will
continue after the festive season is over. The
city is very lively. PIETRo.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-27

A MAN named Van Dyke was
hanged at Canton, New York, last
Friday for numbering his wife. On
the Scsffold be warned all people TO
"beware of bad company for it leads
to something WORSE" but said he
was not guilty of the crime charged.
On the same day man named Hen
ry Norfolk was hanged at Annapol.
is, Md. for wife murder. He said
he did it because he had become in
fatuated with her sister who was
only sixteen years old, and he was
exasperated with his wife Because
she bad go many girl babies. Both
were penitent. One said be was not
afraid to meet his God and the other
said he was going to glory.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-27
Cong Ling and Cor Ding.

The following is good take~off on the Conk.
ling and Gordon difficulty. In debate il
the Senate Gordon said something which
Conkling said was not true. Then Gordon
made at Conklng in true Southern style, but
was stopped before coming close enough to b.
sent on ''hy" back again. Then he said h'
would settle it outside, but friends, the princi
pal of whom was Tim. Howe, interceded and
the parties made up again:
Sen Cong Ling he was Chinee
Sen Cor Ding he was Hindoo;
They quarreled and could not agree.
And they looked at each other askew
In the councils Of Sam the Yang Kee.
Now Cor Ding was jerking chin-chin,
When Cong Ling remarked Hire halii
Dry up Let the business begini"
The request wa both modest and small,
For to yswp all the while is a ain.
Cried Cor Ding. You want to be boss 70
And he pounded his desk with rap;
80. I'm hyena and boss
And brassmounted, terrible chap
For a stranger to happen across /"
80, you are a Tyre, / believe"
Remarked the brave Brain ran Cong Ling;
you're played. it is true, and grieye"
"A lyrei" Why. it seemed 70 Cor Ding
He was charged with attempts to deceive.
PHI settle this insult with you,'
Cried Cor Ding, outside of this hall,
In voice which the doh kee pah knew
Meant Ba Den Bug, powder and ball,
And tea and revolyers for two.
0, did they not welter in gorei
Not a weller, but quite the reverse:
They shook hands and smiled as before,
And said Brother good men scurse-
And we cannot be spared from the floor.
Then Thur Man aud Ham Lin said" ave
And Tim How have settled 1t slick,
No enemies Ling and Ding be,
But they spake in the tongue Of Pick Wick,
In the councils of Sam the Yang Kee."
II n. A. Croffut In the Graphic.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-27


power of him who holds them in their
place. Now the star rises in the East,
and the love of God, his fullest glory,
il revealed in Jesus Christ" This
love fills the sermon, which ends with
the entreaty to such of the hearers as
shave not yet learned by heart that
God so loved the world" to learn it
now, and carry it through their lives
as a Christmas gift from the depart
ing year.
To-day it is winter again. The
boy is off trying his skates. The new
doll is taken out for a ride, carefully
wrapped up from the keen air. The
wooden horse prances stiffiy upon the
pavement. The thoughtful girl sits
alone and bends over her long-desired
gift of the Nibelungsnlied. All are
beginning to wonder how long it will
be before they see again the round
face of good Knecht kuprecht, and
know that another Christmas is at
hand.-The Advance.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-27

Rheumatism, neuralgia, sprains and bruises
will be relieved by Uncle Sans Nerve and
Bone Liniment, sold by James A. Jones. 1851
Distempers, coughs, colds, fevers and most
of the diseases which horses cattle, sheep, hogs
and poultry are subject to are readily over
come and cured by using Uncle Sans Condi-
ton Powder according to the plain directions.
Sold by James A. Jones. 3St5l
Uncle Sans Harness Oil fills and closes the
pores ofleather, effectually preventing the en-
trance of dampness, dust, &C., and rendering
the harness soft and pliable, while at the same
me increasing its durability 1851
Disease and Death, when they reach our
own households, are too serious for testing, We
use our best endeavors 70 drive off the dread
messengers and are only happy when we feei
that they are at distance. At the hrst ap-
proach of that fell destroyer, Consumption, in
the shape of cough or slight cold as well as
more severe Bronchial or Catarrhal Com,
plants, we should at once use Eller's Extract
Of Tar and Wild Cherry. 1t has no superior
in such cases. Every bottle warranted TO give
satisfaction. Sold by James A. Jones. 3st5l
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-27

ONE after another of the honest
men who asserted that the demone.
tization of silver was stealthily and
surreptitiouslv done in the Congress
of 1873, have become better inform
ed, acknowledged their mistake and
retracted the assertion, until there
is scarcely an honest man to be
found on that side now. Kelley, the
great leader, retracted long ago. The
latest distinguished mao to with
draw the charge is Tburlow Weed.
We have been patiently waiting
and hoping that Mr.. G. w. Lee, who
made the charge in the HERALD last
Spring, would retract without being
called upon to do so.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-27

FRANK MoULToN, the mutual
friend" was at the Northwestern
Dairy Association in Chicago last
week. He attempted to make 8
speech but after rambling talk of
some minutes, the dairymen conclu-
ded he was drunk and hooted him
down. Moulton said he wasn't
DRINK INIT sick
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-27

d. r. LOCKE, who is Petroleum
Nasty" and who for nearly a year
has written our New Y ork letters
over the signature "Piotro," has be.
come Business manager If the New
York Evening Mail. He sold his IN
terest in the Toledo Blade to his
partner, DIR. Miller, for $50, 900. The
Evening Mail under his management
will be Hayes administration pa
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-27

IT viii be found upon inquiry Of represent
tative store keepers in city and town, that
ladies no longer depend on foreign makers Tor
their Perfumery and Toilet Articles
To Messrs CoLGATE Co, the credit Is
largely due for this marked departure from
the old preference.
Their Cashmere Bouquet soap and Violet
Toilet Water, Is universally esteemed by the
tasteful and refined, as the most delicate and
echerche of perfumes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-27
SARFoRD'S RADICAL CURE

not only promptly arrests the corrodng discharges In
Catarrh but action 1t restores TO sound
health all the organs of the head that have become
affected by it. and exhibit any of the following aitee-
tions:-
Defective Eyesight, Infiamed and Mattery
Eyes, Painful and Watery Eyes, Loss of
Hearing, Earache, Neuralgia of the Ear.
Discharges from the Ear, Ringing Noises
In the Head, Dizziness, Nervous Headache,
Pains In the Temples, Loss of the Senses of
Taste and Smell, Elongation of the Uvula,
Inflammation of the Tonsils, Putrid Sore
Throat, Tickling or Hacking Cough, Bron-
chitis, and Bleeding of the Lungs.
Each package contains DR.: Sanfords Improved In
haling Tube with full and carefully prepared directions
for use all cases. Price 81. For sale by all wholesale
and retail druggists and dealers throughout the United
States and Canadas. WEEKS & POTTER, General
Agents and Wholesale Druggists, Boston. Mass.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-27

IL party of men should organize
themselves into religious society and
choose the Devil as the lord whom
they would worship, believing him to
be master of ceremonies in this world
and therefore the most able to
strengthen them, it would he safe to
conclude that no good could come of
that society. The same is true of
political society that will choose Brick
Pomeroy for its leader-Chairman of
it's National Committee. He has no
use for men only to make money or
notoyiety out of their follies and vices.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-27

COLORADO elected by a majority Of
votes, Republican Congressman.
A man named Patterson contested
the seat, not claiming that he had a
majority of the votes. The Demo-
cratic House gave Patterson the
seat. The Buffalo Courier says, "Pat-
terson is not the actual choice of the
people of Colorado and this ought
to have been q sufficient reason for a
Democratic House of Representa-
tives to refuse him admission"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-27
"Sealskin sacks are worn longer. J"
Same way with all the rest of our old
clothes.

There is no earthly boon more precious than
good health, and it behooyes its possessor to
endeavor to retain it, If you are assailed
with such provoking ills as sick headaches, tor
pid liver, sour stomach and general feeling
of WEAKNESS and disgust, don't go and commit
suicide but take Ellert's Daylight Liver Pills
and be cured Sold by James A. Jones. Sst5l
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-27

IT is rarely that we can approve
of an application for office when one
of the reasons of the appointment
come under the head of "charity."
But we see that Harlem M. Page
will be an applicant for a position
before the next Legislature. We
say to our Republican friends or to
our Democratic friends, for that
matter, give him any position be
want that he is capable of filing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-27

PRESIDENT HAYES with two or
three of his cabinet are in New
York. Mrs. Hayes is along of course.
They were present at the seventy
second annual dipner of the New
England Society, last Saturday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-27

A BOILER in candy factory own
ed by Greenfield & Son, IN New York
exploded December 10, causing the
death of between so and 100 employ
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-27

TIE famous mare Flora Temple,
80 years old, died near Philadelphia,
December %.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-27

DURING the past year the Cow
eminent received s57, 469, 426, taxes
on distilled spirits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-27

The Welsh people of Wisconsin
held their annual Eistedfold in Ra-
cine on Christmas.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-12-13
A Bit of History.

Saline county should raise up some
historian to write OF the greatness of the
city of Reeder which has vanished from
our territory-not one stone being left
upon another to tell of the place which
existed twenty years ago. Dick Mob
ley, and Capt. Hunter were among the
inhabitants, as was also Senator Plumb.
Will they not volunteer to become his
torians. -Salina Journal.
Capt. Hunter informs us that some
time in 1855 party of Missourians
started town just west of the Solomon
River, about half a milo from the old
government bridge across that stream.
1t was called Reeder or Buchanan. In
1856 Senator Plumb, Capt Hunter, A.
G. Pierce and others started the town
of Aenia Oh the west bank Of the Saline
River, one-half mile west of the old gov
ernment bridge across the Saline River.
They built log house at that point,
and, when they came to roof it, organ
lied a fillibustering party and went down
to Reeder Cor Buchanan which was
then abandoned, and borrowed the roots
of the shanties erected there. Capt.
Hunter left there in February, 1857, and
located at Manhattan. In the spring OF
1857 Colonel Plumb sold the log shanty
to Congressman w. A. Phillips, who
was then starting tho town of Salina,
Neither Plumb nor Hunter were ever
of Reeder. The Captain
states that buffalo were plenty there
then, one being killed from the roof of
the house while they were shingling it,
The party spent some months there, and,
owing to the rascality of man who
was sent after provisions and never re-
turned, endured some very severe priva-
tions.-Manhsttan Enterprise.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-12-13
One More Link I'm the Chain.

Additional evidence has been obtained
which renders assurance doubly sure
that J. b. True is the guilty party in
this atrocious affair. Mr.. f. Smith, OF
Dickinson county, has informed the
friends Of Mr.. Woolpert that he was
travelling from Topeka with n team, he
camped on the Vermillion on the night
of November End, and that Mr.. Wool
pert and young man answering the de-
scription of True camped closed by him.
Mr.. Woolpert told him that the young
man had ridden with him from near
Manhattan, and tho young man said he
he had been married in Saline county by
Mr.. Woolpert's son about two months ago.
lie showed Mr.. Smith the portrait OF his
wife rs they sat around the camp fire in
the evening. Mr.. S. left about daylight
Saturday morning, at which time Mr..
Woolpert was Harvesting his team and
True was attending TO the fire as If max
ing preparations for breakfast. This
testimony effectually dlsposes of the
Clark Allen story offered by True in his
so called Observation-Disclosures Enter
prise.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-12-13


Albert Griffin, editor of the Manhat-
tan Nationalist is a prominent member
of the Sons of Temperance, and one of
the most active workers in the cause.
After years Of experience he has been
forced to the following candid opinion !:
In conclusion we will add that our
experience on this trip has strengthened
our opinion that earnest and intelligent
effort to induce people to quit drinking,
will never fail to do good. Denuncia-
ton of saloon keepers and others who
do not agree with us-be they eyer so
eloquent-make no converts to the
cause of total abstinence, but candid ar
gument, proving that the habit is dan
gerous one to those who indulge, ap-
peals to moderate drinkers to make the
sacrifice Git they call it such) for the
sake of suffering humanity-to help
save the millions OF inebriates, and
wives, children and friends from woe
will never be in vain. We verify be-
lieve that if all temperance men would
discard the gospel of force, and lifting
high the banner of peace on earth and
good will to men, earnestly pursuade
men to enlist under it, drunkenness and
the unnumbered woes that follow in its
trail would before many years be al
most banished from our land.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-12-13

Mrs. Marsh, Mrs Tilton's mother, pub
fishes a letter declaring that the talk
about reunion between Theodore Til
ton and his wife is all bosh, as far the
wife is concerned, but that it is true that
Mr.. Tilton is sedulously endeavoring to
induce Mrs. Tilton to return 10 him ST.
lently and quietly. Mrs. t. insists on
some public reparation made by him be-
fore returning to her husband.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-12-13
Tice for December,

From the 18th to 18th, variable, gen.
orally clouding and threatening with
heavy rain or snow falls in places, &c
companied by severe gales; 18th to
18th, clear ana cold; 18th 60 10th,
threatening, with rain or snow: 2lst to
23d, clear or fair and cold Esd 10 18th,
clouding and threatening with heavy
rain or snow storms and high winds I;
Goth to 10Th, clear and cold; seth to Slst,
clouding and threatening with rain or
snow, The warmer periods viii be
about the Cd, sth, I2th, 18th, 18th, and
3lst. The cooler periods will be abou,
the 9th, 10th, 18th, Goth, 70.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-12-13
The bill to repeal all statutes relating
to the renewal of patents has passed the
House at Washington.
How Morrissey COnciIliated ColfaA {.


1t is related that when John Morrssey
was elected to Congress, and Colfax was
Speaker, Morrissey, knowing Colfax' 8
liking tor a cigar, efficiently approached
the door of the Speakers in the Cap
itol Building one day, but drew back
when he saw that number of other mem
bers were inside. At length, the last
visitor having departed, John timidly
ventured in. Colfax received him with
a kindly open hand. "You like good
cigars, Mr.. Colfax 2" blurted out blunt
ly, Morrissey. Mr.. Colfax smiled, with
an affirmative motion of the head.
"Will you please accept from me box
of the very best Havanas ever landed in
this country 2" at would delight me
exceedingly, Mr.. Morrissey, to receive
it." "I'lI send two of them to your
house this afternoon" Oh, Mr.. Nor
rissey, you are too generous
MIR. Morrissey played with his
fingers awhile, and then blurted out
again Mr.. Colfax, | have a favor to
ask of you" Colfax started, alarmed,
but asked: "And, pray, what is 1t, Mr..
Morrissey "Why, you are just now
making up your committees, and | would
like to have you, if you will, put me on
one where I'll have nothing to do"
CoIfax relieved, smilingly gave assur-
ance that the desire should be gratified.
And Mr.. Morrissey was made Chairman
of the Committee on Revolutionary Pen
sions.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-12-13

The half million dollar drawing of the
Louisiana State Lottery took place at
the Academy of Music, of New Orleans,
on the 1lth inst, in the presence OF a
largo audience, under the supervision OF
Generals Beauregard and Early. The
following numbers drew the principal
prizes: 1890 drew 100000; 1878
drew $4,000, $3.50 drew $4,000
2O,6Os drew $4,000; number 55,645,
number 23,7l7, number 1926, number
1857, drew $1,000 each.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-12-13

The well-known Simpson bank of
Law renee has gone into voluntary liqui-
dation. J. S. Crew has been appointed
receiver. Saline county people will re-
member that $50, 900 of our bonds disap-
peared through the active agency of this
bank, and that in the list of defendants
against whom the county obtained judg-
ment for the same last year, is included
the names of some of the directors of
the bank.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-12-13

The Commissioner Of the General
Land Office is preparing bill tor the
sale or disposal of timber and timber
lands, in accordance with the recon-
mendation of the Secretary of the Inter
Tor and himself IN their annual reports,
which will provide for the withdrawal
of all lands, chiefly valuable for timber
and not suitable Tor agricultural pur-
poses, from the operations of the home
stead and the presumption laws, and
from liability 10 be taken by any of the
various kinds of land scrip, heretofore
provided for by law. The bill will also
provided for the sale of timber Of certain
kinds, reserying the soil with view 10
the renewal of forests.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-12-13

A representative of an Indianapolis
paper has had an interview with Ex-
Gov. Hendricks, in reference to the re-
ports that Mr.. Tilden took the oath of
Office last year, and would soon begin a
contest for the Presidency. Mr.. Hen
bricks says of this: | know nothing
whatever about those statements. OF
course L cannot know Mr.. Tilden's act
tons, or what he intends to do. So far
as am concerned, Mr.. Wheeler has
been sworn into the office of Vice. Pres-
dent, and he will stay there for four
years. When he was sworn in that end
cd il.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-12-13
THE FALL OF PLEVNA.

After a severe engagement before
Plevna, on the 9th inst, Osman Pasha,
who was wounded, surrendered uncon-
ditlonally. The Turks in Plevena were
dying of hunger and cold. 1t is an
nounced that Osman Pasha attempted to
breake through in the direction of Wild
din. He was ATTACKED in front and
rear, and was compelled to lay down his
arms after glorious struggle. All with
one voice praised his conduct. Special
advices from Bucharest puts the number
of Turkish prisoners taken at 10000,
and the lumber of guns captured at 400.
The ground which vas the scene of the
sortie was literally strewn with thous-
ands of dead and dying. The sufferings
of the Turks were intense and actually
awful. Cold, disease and famine had
decimated their ranks and reduced the
soldiers to living skeletons. TO aggra-
vate the sufferings there was no doctor,
and no medicine could be obtained.
This defeat is regarded as very fatal
blow to the Turkish cause, and may
possibly result in immediate negotia-
tons on the part of the Turks for peace.
In consequence of this disaster, there
has been an important rise in all classes
of Russians securities on the Lon
don Stock Exchange. They maintain
great firmness Notwithstanding tho large
realizing by general sales Of stocks that
have been thrown upon the market.
The general tone of the London press
is to urge the government to seize the
present opportunity for mediation while
it may yet not be too late. Sofia must be
before long, and that accom-
plished, no important obstacle remains
to prevent The rapid advance ofthe vic
torious Russians on Adrianople.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-12-13

The Hutchinson Interior dominates
Mr.. f. l.. Meyer of that place, as one of
the U. s. commissioners TO the Paris
exposition. Tho Interior says of Mr..
Meyer:
He is q native of France, and having
spent the earlier part of his life in Paris
is most familiar with the language and
customs of the country. His perfect
knowledge of the German and French
languages, and excellent business quail
fications would give him a peculiar tit
ness for the position possessed by com.
paratively few Others.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-12-13

IL is stated that G.. Ii. Miller, U. S.
Marshal of Kansas, will soon be remov-
cd from office. AS his successor, Hon.
Sidney Clarke is named. Ii Charley
Miller must go you can not search
through Kansas and find better man
for his place than Sidney Clarke.
We hope he will get 1T.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-12-13

A Victoria, Oregon, dispatch says
British Columbia is excited over quartz
discoveries in the Caraboo district. A
ledge has boon traced FIVE miles, with a
width Of eighteen to thirty-six feet. AS,
says from fifty feet below the surface
give from $40 to 500 to the ton. An Of
fetal report from government engineers
Is expected soon.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1877-12-13
During the seven weeks of the extr:

During the seven weeks of the extra
session of Congress nearly eighteen
hundred bills were introduced in the
House and referred to committees. OF
all the bills introduced only two (the
army appropriation and the naval de-
fici ency) were passed by both houses
and became laws. How economical
these Democrats are! They do look so
carefully after the public money.