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AEanst william H. nagsao1' Nv VILLAIN n.. g1'cr'
and Thomas Boyle, composing the nf1n OF ftagc~
don, Oliver L. Co., wholesale mlltncrs. Tho
petitioning creditors are II. X. White i Co.. on
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kauea.
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:, pc,,,Ion m In bankruptcy. His secured debts
arc saoo' and the unsecured ~, l0l,s', ., Ihs
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THOMAS Hunt, ann axaina. n.i Lao1t,aa Terry. .
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OF Hing Solomon IL that uf lhe contrast between
two opposinx types VI women Of his atmcs,,, A
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makrys altogether, and tho other tAkcs ARdrtEs'
HA1or, 2nd does much Of her work ~ home: She
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A PERFECT TOILET SOAP,

Frat among the requisites nf the toilet IN n Eo,d
article Of SOAP bit prucnre 1t IA Alwars eaay
nnttcr. Many Ut the cxprnstsa ss'a,s IN tr
kct made from and dettortoa< alA and
their ecaa ro.oftn. snh fragrant rtr!nmc toI tffch
conceal tho most ropusfyt impurities Ts dlaclosrcs
recently mado public reRarnR This Enhjrc. pnst
tiveiv atatltnK. nnh ttHcrvt seroaa consideration.
Scented Eoxpa nyc knnwn to s,c extremely ohJcc
tonabe eaecalIy II applied Ia the hesdt tnjurine The
aees The character Of tho inkrdenia may b. inferred
from tho statement Of gentleman who makes tan
acent.k Of sosps s hnsnesa he recently dccsrr ths
persons ENGAGED Ia th4 c,niaTlutut wcrn shoetved:
aSien III oseuest!on could Be- iolis swtd. '''''0 s
Thn nd!HcultJ o. procatln4a Perfectly rnst Article OF
rDst 4 Hill 81 I as T. ~
whose itnmcns esfahsnsen il by III ,hs aF:lt Of i.
sentnntea. bnt thta latest encee.s t. tho apprriat4
After Years Of patieat iabur H. sirntle Experiment.
". b.nn,Tr has sncceotcd n rsrfuctinst comr2'
tq spa # e Ell *, Rr
III sesas Il smpis Unparalleled IL ssis teraFtsnt 1t H.
BY wne!, ts e,ossut oiiet uxarY i drssaaaieI, ani
ana ls1tes IT, alsox :ihsr ane4la!ei d ~ caIoeas
psopeFtta. The SOap Il mt nfrFRftd tic :nt1cdlcnA
a ;sa 5.ss H;s; + asHr \" n
hae4 t*.ss eons,!eEs te aosenss Or ariacs perfume
IN r .t q . .s so, e. grsaT & @ o.
neathfai aud agreeable asic'c Of tho kind ercr manu-
Though apet,ay desirable for tho use Of 1aafes md
mcai totlc and il max ssvy Isher It ]. aia
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-06-14

horribly mangled condition, with
the horses treading and stamping
upon him. He was carried bleed
ing and almosf insensible to the
house and brought Immediately to
the city, whore Drs. Russell & Steele
dressed the little sufferers wounds.
The indications are that the chIli
was kicked and then paved and
tread upon by the horses. Nearly
the whole of one side of the face was
laid bare and quito q perceptabIe
furrow was left in the skull, prob
ably from a shoe cork. The opposite
cheek was badly INITIATED and a
deep ana CHASTITY looking cut appear
cd on the top of the head. A multi
alton near the eyes showed how near
the animals hoofs came 10 knocking
out those organs. Other parts of
the body were more or less bruised,
as paved and stepped upon. The
surgeon said that the utmost skill
could hardly have accomplished the
same wounds without killing the
child. The child will probably re-
cover, but it will doubtless bear the
scars through life. - Oshkosh North
1resfPrql
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-06-14
Horrible Accide Mt.

Last Friday evening at about half
past SIX, boy about six years old, a
grandson of Mr.. Geo. Howe, of this
place, was thrown from a lumber
wagon by runaway team, and in
stantly killed, his brains being litter
ally dashed cut by his fall from the
wagon. Scott Howe, who it is said
is much addicted TO calling often at
the saloons, on his trips TO and fro
with his team, left his horses in
charge of the little boy, bis nephew,
while be went into Josh TickIe's sa-
loon; where he was found after the
little fellow bad been picked up dead
from the street. Mr.. Scott Howe's
attention was called TO the fact that
his team was moving off, before he
got out Of hearing entirely, and be
made the remark "Let them go,
the old man III take care of them
when they get home" The safety
of the boy on the wagon was not
considered 10 the thoughtless answer.
The team soon started off on q
brisk trot and then on a run; the lit,
tie fellow holding on the lines and
hallowing at the top Of his voice,
whoa continually as long as he
could speak; the jolting of the heavy
wagon and loose boards bouncing
him high at every Jump the horses
made Several persons started to-
wards the team, and endeavored to
overtake it aud rescue the boy.
Among them was not seen the reck-
less, careless man who so imperiled
the lives of others. He was up at
Josh Tickle's saloon, and unconcern-
ed until be was told that his nephew
was killed. Then he manifested q
good deal of emotion, and no DOUBT
felt very bad.
The body of the little boy was put
upon a board and carried home.
Neighbors and relatives hurried to
the house and assisted the family in
their sad duties. The child's mother
has been dead some time, his father
was in or near Beloit at work. He
was telegraphed to and came direct
ly, and or Saturday be took bic
cbild's remains TO Bel9it for inter
ment.
The child was bright little fell
low, very fond of horses, and had
taken every occasion offered to go
along with the team and bis "ancle
Scott, and that child-like confidence,
unworthy bestowed in this case,
that he was perfectly safe 10 such
company, has ended forever in bis
untimely death. Monroe Sentinel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-06-14
A Dead Sure Thing.

A few years ago Mr.. Hammond
was coming up the Mississippi on
steamboat. Among the passengers
was certain we'll known gambler
The boat bad been out from New
Orleans two days, and owing TO Mr..
Hammond's influence, not card
bad been played or bet made by
anybody. This was runous TO the
gamblers business. He has tried
everybody on the boat for game of
some kind, or bet on something,
but had failed in every attempt. lie
was getting desperate. Along in
the afternoon he approached Mr..
Hammond, who was walking on the
hurricane deck, and called bis atten-
ton to couple of gulls flying across
the river few yards ahead of tho
boat.
eyes, SEQ them," said Mr.. Ham
moDd.
"Well, I'll bet you five dollars one
of them fails into the water before
we get by tbem."
81 never bet-You ought to know
that" was the reply.
"Well I'll make it twenty TO FIVE:
now come"
Mr.. Hammond turned on his heel
and left him.
The gambler looked mournfully
after him for few moments, and
then continued his walk Presently
he came back and accosted Mr.. I'll.
again.
"I'll bet you twenty to five that
this boat blows up before we go ten
miles further. Now, there's good
BET, what do you say 2"
He was Informed again OF MIR. H's.
calling, and that such propositions
were. scandalous.
"But that's a dead sure thing
you connot possibly lose; come, what
do you say ?"
Mr.. Hammond sought anoth r
part of the deck and left the obtru-
sive gentleman with the dead sure
thing TO himself.
The boat had scarcely proceeded
FIVE miles when, sure enough, it did
blow up. Mr.. III. somehow got an
earlier start than his prosecutor, and
went up quite distance. AS be was
&C ming down he was met by our
sporting friend, who cried out as he
passed:
'IIellow parsonl Bet you ten dol
lars went up higher than you did,
what DO you say?
That man is now well known
Detroit editor, and hasn't bet q cent
on any thing since Bradley was
made member of the Electoral
Board.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-06-14
An Episode in the Ru5so-Turklsh
Campaign of 1911.

In 1911 the opposing Russian aad
Turkish armies stood facing each
other on opposite banks of the Dan
ube. During the night between the
6th aud 9th of September the Turks
succeeded, by making feint, and so
attracting the attention Of the Rus
slams to spot some three miles be-
low the real point of passage,in throw
ing force of 1000 men and four
guns across the river, short distance
above Giurgevo. The first attempts
of the Russians to drive this small
body back into the river were sue
cessfully withstood; reinforcements
were rapidly brought over from the
right to the left bank, until, finally,
10000 men and fifty guns were as
sembled on the northern shore. Every
effort to advance further and drive
back the Russian army, which had
fallen back into an entrenched posi-
ton, was, however, repulsed, the
Turks themselves being obliged, after
time, to construct intrenchments to
withstand the counter attack directed
against them Unable to drive back
the invading force, the Russians des-
listed from any further active measuses
against it, but bring .ng strong flo
tila of gun-boats ~ the Danube to
prevent supplies from being carried
across the river into the Turkish
camp on the left bank, they quietly
awaited events. The provisions of
the Turkish force, thus completely
isolated, unable to advance because
of the Russian force in front of it, un
able to retreat because of the fotilla
which effectually prevented any
bridge being thrown across the river,
soon began to run short. The wealth
err became cold; but there was no fuel
with which to kindle fires. Under
these circumstances the sufferings of
the men were very great. For some
time there was horse flesh, but it had
to be eaten raw,as even the tent poles
had been cut up and burned. Hun
dreds died daily, and their comrads
had no strength to bury them. Dis
ease was consequently added to famine
so that when finally, on the 9Th of
December, peace was concluded, but
1000 men, who are described as be-
ing but living skeletons, with scarce
sufficient strength to stand upright,
were left of the 10000 who three
months before had crossed the river.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-06-14

How the Oyster Builds His She'll.


.
The body OF an oyster IS poor
thing, apparently not capable of doing
anything at all, yet what a marvellous
house an oyster builds around his deli
cate frame! When the oyster is first
born he is very simple, delicate dot,
as it were, and yet he.is born with his
two shells upon him. For some un-
known reason he always fixes him
self on his round shell, never on his
flat shell; and being once fixed he
begins to grow, but he only grows in
summer Inspect an oyster closely,
and it will be seen that it is marked
with distinct lines AS the rings are
observed in the section of the trunk
of tree denote years of growth, so
does the marking of an oyster tell us
how many years he has passed in his
"bed" at the bottom of the sea. Sup
pose an oyster was born June Is,
1870, lie would go on growing up to
the first line we see well marked, he
would then stop for the winter. In
the summer of 1871 he would more
than double the size, in 1872 he would
add to this house. In 1878 and 1874
he wonld again 60 on building, till he
was dredged up in the middle of his
work in 1875, when he would be five
and half years old. The way in
which an oyster builds his she'll is a
pretty sight ] have watched it fire.
quently. The beard or fringe of an
oyster is not only his breathing organ,
hut his feeding organ also, by which
he conveys his complicated mouth
with his four lips. When the warm,
calm days of June come, the oyster
opens his shell, and by means of the
fringe, begins building an additional
story to his house. This he does by
depositing very fine particles of car
Donate of lime, till they at last form
a substance as thin as silver paper
and exceedingly fragile then he
adds more and more, till at last the
new shell is at least as hard as the
old shell. When oysters are growing
in their shells they must be handled
very carefully, as the new growth of
shell will cut like broken glass, and a
wound on finger from an oyster
shell is often very troublesome.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-06-14
Feeding Young Calves.

As we have seen, fresh milk is the
best food tor the young calf, aud the
most natural method of taking il is
for the calf to draw it from the udder
ofits mother. But there are many
considerations that come ia to prevent
this natural method among the $780,
600 dairymen of the United States.
This natural method is only practc-
able among the breeders of pure
bIooded and high-priced stock; and if
such breeder is located in a darying
district where milk is valuable, it is
quite unnecessary that he should teed
new milk longer than two months.
After that period the calf may be fed
upon the skim milk, linseed or flax
seed Cruel, with an excellent chance
for growing prize animal. In two
months the calf will have made an
excellent start and be ready for the
modified diet. And if the calf is to
be taught to drink, it is better to do
this when ten. days or two weeks old.
1t will learn easier at that age than
later, and the COW win give more
milk through the season than If the
calf is permitted to suck longer. The
milk being fed warm from the mother,
the calf will make growth not per-
ceptibly different from one that sucks.
This blooded calf should have the free
run of dry yard, with little hay or
grass to eat, that it may early develop
its first stomach and chew Its cud. A
small field of grass in Summer is still
better. When the time GENES for
feeding skim milk, the ration may be
made about as nutritious as the new
milk by adding to it flax seed Cruel,
made by boiling pint OF flax seed
and pint of oil meal in ten or twelve
quarts Of water Mix this in equal
parts with skim milk, and feed blood
warm. Let the calf have its fill twice
a day, at regular times, until six
months old During this time teach
it to eat few oats, and in case of a
tendency to scour, give, for meal or
two, in milk, quart OF coarse wheat
flour, sometimes called by farmers
camel. 1t will be perceived that the
oil of the fax seed will make good the
loss of the cream in the milk-in fact
it is ration as rich as milk itself; and
we have seen calves raised upon it
quite the equal OF calves running with
the dam. We have also used fax
seed and pea meal to make the Cruel
to mix with the skim milk, and it has
proved an excellent combination
Cor. National Lire Stock Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-06-14

or We had not much work TO do, and
look back now to that May and
June and October as [ would remem-
Der song, or poem, or book read
by the seaside, or something that
gave me sweet pleasure and left but
beautiful memories.
After she was confined to her bed
she would lie and watch me, and fol
low my footsteps with tender, lev
ing gazA-eyes full Of the light OF
love, and often she would say to me:
oh, Chatty, you are my best child
know | have been stern and cold,
but you have always been the same
beautiful daughter. You have over.
looked my faults, and you have Kept
back the upkind reply many time
when | was unjust to you You
have helped to make me better
woman than / was, and for ali THE,
you know, bless and love your
Oh, how much better it was for
mo now that L had yielded my will
and my wishes TO hers in the few
years Of my married life, and treated
her respectfully, too, in the appoint
ments Of her own househol what
to me was the praise or blanc of
my butterfly friends now, in com"
pariaon to The good will aud earnest
love of my husbands mother?
Before mother died | was her
nurse for seven week.; she would
have no other. gave her medi-
cine and attended her wants, taxi
ing rest as best | could. | could not
have endured much longer; | was
worn, and pale, and THO, and felt
ali the time as if was dreaming.
One morning | sat in the rocking
chair beside her: John held the baby
as he sat on tho other side Of the
bed. Her hand was in mine her
little blue-veined, wasted hand, on
which was beautiful ring, the gift
of brother who had died far away
from his home.
She said in q low voice, looking
fondly upon me: 'Chatty, you are
80 tired; but you will not have mo-
Their 10 care for Tonight. wish
You would take off this ring and put
it on your own hand, and wear it
for my sake. Whenever you look
at it, remember what | have often
tt you lately-how dear you are
to me, how much | love you
Before moon Of that day the
strange silence Of death camo steal
ing over her face. | know what it
meant. We had so grown together
it was like rending life from me to
part with her, and with cry | fell
back fainting. Dying as she was,
she heard the fall, and turned her
head TO look, AID died with her last
long gaze fixed-oh' SO teuderly and
lovingly Upon me.
Aat this is my testimony-thc
record of one mother-in-law; and |
tell il, believing it may do good, and
perhaps be light and a lamp to the
feet OF those who may have and hold
ii heir hearts the desire to do unto
others as they would have others
do unto them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-06-14

A Coon ENDORSEMENT. The Fond
du Lac appeal, one of the liveliest
and spiciest temperance papers in the
Union, confers upon our worthy fell
low citizen, Bro. Kanouse, the follow
ing excellent and we'll deservedtribute:
"Our State has been greatly honor
ed by the election of Hon. Theodore
ID. Kanouse TO the high position of
Right Worthy Grand Templar of the
Good Templar Order for the World.
He has richly earned the distinction.
Not long after the close of the war,
Mr.. Kanouse took decided stand for
temperance. From that time to this,
Wisconsin has not had more earnest.
a harder working, more effective or
worthy laborer in the great field in
which he has been engaged with his
whole soul and strength Nine years
ago, in this city, we met him in Grand
Lodge, filing the position of Outside
Sentinel. Now we see him at the
head of the Order of the World, a
great commander with an army of a
million. During the eight years he
was at the head of the Good Temp
lars of Wisconsin he made of the Or
der great power for good. Early
and late, almost constantly, he has
worked for the advancement of the
cause His untiring efforts have put
Wisconsin Good Templarism on a
higher ground than it ever before oc-
cupied. Not many years ago the
membership was reduced to eight or
nine thousand During the past year,
alone, more than 100 lodges have
been organized, and the membership
in the State is not far from $4,000
It's membership has not only doubled
during the past three years, but the
members are more earnest in their
work. From these facts it will be
seen that there is not good founda
tion to the charge that the Temple of
Honor has supplanted Good Templar-
ism, and that it is in the way of the
progress of the last named Order; for
it is during the past three years that
the Temple of Honor has taken rank
as an institution. So long as such
men as Mr.. Kanouse nre kept at the
helm nothing can supplant it; and
nothing should supplant il; there is a
demand for it as there is for the
Temple of Honor, and as there is for
every honest effort that can be made
for the cause. Every true friend OF
temperance in the land will wish the
eloquent, able and earnest Kanouse
God speed in his new and more cle-
waited position.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-06-14
TERMS. $500 PER YEAR.
WHOLE NO. 1881.
THE KING COLORADO oAEoNs.
Description of the Royal Gorge OF
the Grand Canon OF abe Arkansas.

From the Rocky Mountain Tourist.
And you actually bslieve me rash
enough to expect you to stand upon
thu edge of tho mighty wall. of The
Royal Gorge and lock down It's rocky
face TO the very bottom? No man
could do it and live. The uneod-
querable tendency when at such
fearful elevat on to lean forward
would destroy equilibrium, aud a
collar box would hold all remaining
Of the body afer striking the rocks
below | have not the remotest
idea of tempting you to stand with
ia four feet of the gorge. / would
not walk nearer than that myself
for an heirshipin The Vanderbilt es-
tate. 1t IS quite evident my dear feE
low, that you are not posted in the
proper and eminently safe mode of
doing the Royal Gorge Of the Grand
Canon of the Arkansas. You keep
your perpendicular until within four
or five feet of the edge of the preci-
pice, then drop on all fuurs, and
lying down gently upon the robe
furnished by the guide or yourself
thrust your eyes and nose over and
glance into eternity. AT leas. il
seems an eternity OF space to the
bottom, where the Arkansas river
appears to be hardly larger than
your wrist, and what you take for
underbrush are great tall pines.
When your nerves are somewhat
steaded and your breath relieved in
a measure from the terrible tension
Of the first shock of awe, the guide
will treat you 10 taste of natural
dypamics likely To make each indi-
viduaIs hair stand on end Ike quils,
etc., etc. This guide, TO whom This
thing is a business, and is therefore
carried on with an eye single to
business, will go to the ragged and.
broken edge of The rock at safe
distance from whore you lie,and with
a crowbar brought with him express
lv for the purpose, will commence.
driving into some crevice in the rock
overhangirg the chasm. You watchs
every blow with bated breath, and
as the ponderous mass trembles at.
each lusty thrust your tongue parch-I
es from the quickened beatings OF
the heart. The rocky mass shiversI
and cings TO the parent wall with q
tenacity almost human, and fiDally,
with despairing wall as it shoots
through the clear cut air, plunges
into space. La the fraction OF an IN
slant you are dead TO everything
but your eyes. which fasteH with
breathless fascination upon the
mighty mass of rock shooting like O
lightning bolt TO destruction two
thousand feet below. Another frac
ton of an instant, ana a muffied
echo rises in requiem Of that which
was solid rock but is now dust. Soon
cloud of ashes comes floating up
ward, the walls Of the gorge being
as the urn holding the remembrance
of the cremation. Again and again
the monster boulders are loosened
and hurled to the depths, and again
and again the clouds of dust arise,
the tiny particles mingling with the
air which chants monody Of such
mournful intensity and ponderons
power that one feels as though the
very mountains were vibrating to
the stupendous cadence.