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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-09-19
THE CROPS.
The September Returns Make q Favorable
Showing.


WAsHINSToN, Sept. l4.-The Sep.
TENDER returns to the Department of
Agriculture give the average of the
corn crop at 90 against SO in August.
1t is slightly above the condition re-
ported in September 1877 which was
81. The crops held its own in the
northern portion of the Atlantic slope
and on the Pacific coast. 1t slightly
improved in the states north of Ohio,
but fell off ten per cent in states west
of the Mississippi. The Southern
States as whole fell off about three
per cent. Of9 OIL counties reporting
PSI were full average 27S above
and 39l below. The September re-
turns indicate an average of 81 in the
condition of the wheat crop against
80 in September, 1871. The reduc.
ton is mostly due to disasters to the
spring wheat crop in the northwest.
A preliminary examination of the re-
turns of the average indicate that the
breadth sown in 1877 was about one
sixth greater than in 1878. This will
more than compensate the loss from
the decline in the condition and may
probably bring up the yield to a pop
ular estimate of 400,000,OOo bushels.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-09-19
Packing Eggs.

Fine cut straw or hay and clean
oats are good materials for packing
eggs, but chaff should never be used.
The packing should be perfectly
sweet and dry. Place two or
three inches of the matsria! at the bot
tom of the package, then layer oil
eggs with the end towards the side Of
the package, but not touching the
side by an inch or more then put on
several inches of packing, pressing
down gently with follower remove
all but an inch in depth of the packing
and put in another layer of eggs in
the same way as the first, taking care
that the packing is pressed between
the ends of tie eggs and the side OF
the package, and so continue until the
last layer is in, which should be COW
cred with at least two inches of pack
ing and an inch Of hay, and the cover
of the package pressed down closely.
Eggs packed in this way can be tran
sportod long distances without injury.
= ulfiUafor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-09-19
A HEAVY ROBBERY.
An Expressman Relieved Of
$4,000 in Broad Day.

LASALLE, ILL.,, September, ia
heavy highway robbery was perpe-
trated in this city yesterday after
noon. AT about 4:30 Heman B.
Chapman United States express
driver, having in his possession a
package containing S14 900, consign
ed to the First National Bank CT
Chicago to Matthiessen 81 Hegeler.
proprietors of the great zinc works
known by their firm name, was
driving to their Office in the north
part of tho city, and when in the i'm
mediate vicinity of the works and
only thirty to forty rods from the
office whore he was to leave the
money, was beset by three men. one
OF whom selzed the horse by the bit,
while the other two sprang upon the
wagon, and choked, beat, chloroform-
cd and robbed him, and left him in a
state of insensibilty, When he re
covered his senses he was lying in
the bottom of the wagon in an al.
most helpless condition, and the mon
ey and his watch were gone. The
point at which the robbery was COM
mitted is on road that is much fire.
quented by the employees of the Zinc
Company, and it seems wonderful
that no one has yet reported having
Witnessed tho deed. Mr.. Chapman,
the express driver, whose reputation
tor integrity is above suspicion, says
the outrage was perpetrated by men
who, from their dress and sooty ap-
pearance, he supposed to be employ
es of the Zinc company who had just
left their work. His bodily injuries
are somewhat severe, but in no de-
gree dangerous.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-09-19

tain just and sound opinions among
bis constituents on great public ques.
tions. He does rot care for such alb
stractions. His aim ia not to help
guide opinion in the right channel,
but obssquIously to follow it. lie
does not care which way the wind
blows if he can shift his sails to catch
it. On such question as the finan-
cial issue now before the country, he
will accept the party programme
when it has been duly promulgated,
bat he will do what he can to make
it weak and ambiguous. always hop
ing to gain votes from all sides. He
will talk as loudly as another in fa-
vor OF honest money, but at the same
time he will proclaim his fnndying
affection for tho greenback, and hope
the greenback voter will perceive
that be is not disposed to favor any
affective measures against an ire.
dcemable currency. We do not be-
lieve the Republican voters of Wis
consin in any considerable number,
want such representative in the
United States Senate. They do not
want q machine politician. They do
not want a man who will be the chief
Of an office brokerage at Washing
ton. They do not want q Lobbyist,
or man whose antecedents would
warrant the apprehension that he
would become mixed up in legisla-
tive jobbing. They want man
with some of the elements ofstates-
manship, man of convictions, and
who has the courage of his convic-
tons, man firmly attached to prin-
ciples and who will not shift and
veer with every temporary and sur
face fuctuatiop Of Popular sentiment.
There is phase of the Senatorial
question that may be discussed now.
1t is not personal bu. general. Sc
Letting the meu who will eloct Sen.
ator, it is eminently fitting that they
should instruct them as the kind of
man they want for Senator. Mi.
a0aukee Wisconsin,.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-09-19
NORTHERN CITIES.
Are They Exempt ?-The Record OF
Yellow Fever In the Past.
FROM the Utica Herald

From the Utica Herald.
The improved sanitary condition
OF northern cities, rather than their
geographical altitude, should be re-
garded as our best protection against
the loathsome disease which now
rests upon southern communities.
There is popular belief that yellow
fever does not spread with malig-
nant character so far into the north
as Philadelphia, New York and 9TH
or northern cities, but facts in histo-
ry dispel this pleasing delusion. New
York Inns been sorely afflicted in the
past. In 1899, when the population
of the city was $4,000. about $500
people died of this disease. In 1903
there were 1859 cases in the city,
600 of them proving fatal. The next
year the scourge took off over 700
people. and the next year, 1905, 275
CAGES were fatal. In 1922 the city
was threatened with widespread de-
struction, but by prompt and thor
ough management the disease was
so confined that it did comparative
ly little damage. People left the
city by thousands. The infected dis
tricts were fenced in Literally by
high board fences, so that only six
cases appeared north Gfl Fulton
street. The disease ran from the
middle of July to October when cold
weather rather than medical treat.
mont, probably cut short its career.
In 1871 Perth Amboy was attack
ed, and in 1919 Middletown, Connec.
ticut, suffered severely. Philadel-
phia, in the latter part of the last
century and the first portion of the
present one, was more than. once af-
ficted with the malady. In 1893
there were 1872 deaths in that city, in
1895 as many moro and in 1898 the
disease carried off no less than $500
of the then small number of peole in
the city. From 1906 to 1853 the dis
ease appeared al intervals. 10 the
last year it lasted three months, but
the mortality was comparatively
small, there being only 81 deaths
from it.
In 1856 yellow fever took 1000
people out of Portsmouth, Va, just
one-fourth of the population. Bos-
ton is said to have been visited only
once by this disease. That was in
1919. 1t came by ship from a
southern port, and of twelve persons
who went on board the vessel at the
wharf nearly all died.
DR.. Greeenville DoweIl, of Texas,
in a history of yellow fever epidem-
les, states that up to July, 1877. yell
low fever had appeared in 238 cities
and towns in % states of the Union
and had taken of 55,311 people.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-09-19
People habitually look for d

People habitually look for disaster
TO the Republican party if the oppo-
sition parties unite. That is a con-
clusion easily jumped at but not logi-
cal. Those who are honestly Green
hackers arc not 80 because they want
the Republican party defeated. They
want success for what they call a
principle. If Democrats are put in
nomination to catch their votes and
defeat Republicans they will vote for
the Republicans. Democrats also
who hold to the name because of the
principle they suppose to be in the
party will not vote ticket given away
to greenbackers. Logically, there.
tore, if those two parties are united in
q ticket, largo per cents of the votes
will go to the Republicans. This is
good In theory and it is good in prac-
tice. Last year in the I'd aud Sd As
sembly Districts in this county there
were three tickets and the Democrats
elected their men-both in Republi.
can districts. In the LIST District the
Democrats and Greenbackers united
yet Mr.. Garter was elected. Repuhli.
can chances are fully as good 1--WE
think better) with the opposition
united as divided.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-09-19
A Mystery.

Mr.. Doak Nicks relates the follow
ing particulars On the 10th of June
the dead body of a handsome bay
mare. with black manc and tail, was
found in an unfrequented place be-
tween his residence and that of MIR.
Lyman Hart, in the town of Marshall.
The neighbors were attracted to the
place by the smell arising from the
carcass. Careful investigation was
made, and while it was quite evident
that the animal had been murdered,
no track or trace of the perpctrator
of the deed could be found. The an.
imal was not known to any one in the
neighborhood-had never been seen
there before, and yet no saddle, bride,
or other evidence OF having been rid
den or driven could be discovered.
Close by was hickory club about
two inches in diameter and three and
half feet in length, cut with a jack
knife from stump also in reach, and
covered with hair. A deep cash had
been cut in the flank of the mare to
her bowels. Appearances indicated
that this was an attempt to kill her,
and that she had reared and plunged
from point to point about forty yards
down steep gorge, where she was
unable to recover herself, and was
then beaten TO death with the club.
The mare had no particular marks,
would probably weigh 500 to 1000,
and, judging from her teeth was
about eight years old. Qneries How
did she come here? Did size lave a
rider, and was he foully dealt with
These and other questions have ever
been discussed in the neighborhood
but nothing has been developed to
throw any light on the mystery. viii
the press give the important featares
wide publication that the mystery
may be solved ?-Richldnd Co. 90.
Server.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-09-19
Aid to Southern Sufferers

The /. 0. O. F. Grand Lodge 0
Wisconsin, b. its Grand Master ohr
G. Clark, issued the<following circu
lar under date Of Sept. 70:
"BRETHREN OF THE ORDER:
Tho opportunity presents itself o
deriving pleasure from extending tn,
helping hand to your fellow man.
In the south terrible epidemic il
prevailing. Many who are bound
to US by the ties of a common man.
hood and common country, as we'll al
those who are bound to as by fratef.
nal relations ask for aid.
"Charity that faileth never
Calls to worship at her shrine'
Let the call be not in vain.
A few years since a like appea
was made. You more than supplied
the want. That surplus is now about
exhausted.
Remit your contributions as best
you can to Bro. L. b. Hills, Grand
Secretary at Madison, Wis, who viii
Immediately forward them to the suf.
ferers.
God blesses him that gives as well
as him that receives. $50
Many widows and many children
of Brothers Of the Order will be
thrown helpless upon the cold chart
ties of the world. These yards of TIKI
Order must be taken care of. In ma
king your contributions, / urge you
to take this fact into consideration
and that you empower the mex,
Grand Lodge to distribute the sur.
plus, if any there be, where it will
best contribute to the support and re
lief of these widows and orphans"
The Hoffnung Lodge, of Lancaster
we understand, responded on the
same day of receiving the call and
consequently was the first in the State
to make response. Some other lodges
have contributed on anticipation. The
only Grand Lodge that has up to
this time asked for aid is that of Lou.
isiana. Memphis. Shreveport and
other suffering cities had many thous
ands of dollars on hand that were con.
tributed by tie Lodges of Odd Eel.
lows Of the north several years ago,
which accounts for their not calling
sooner
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-09-19

We have always said that the
leaders in tho Greenback movement
were wealthy money gamblers, etc.
When we said this vs. meant your
Pomeroys who pocketed $50, 900 OF
the great Tweed steal, your Buffers
who as advocates of back pay and
ether Official steals tramp the eoun-
try as advocates of the cause of the
poor laboring man while they have
millions of the poor laboring mems
dollars laid away in vaults, your
Kings who with hundreds of thou
sands at command buy up all the
lumber yards and then put up the
price 81 per thousand-we meant
those fellows away off whom our
simple hearted laboriDg men inno-
Gently follow. We did not know
that right here in Grant the head
man was worth his millions. No,
we supposed that John D. Wilson
was q beginner in the profession OF
law, who, though with great prom
Uses ahead, did not as yet earn
enough above expenses to salt q
csnary's dinner. But just look at
the following, lately published, and
you will SEQ that our John d. Will
SON is rich bullion (not soft paper
capitalist, and holds himself ready to
take in all the Grant County Grang.
ers at 800 o share. He is the head
centre of a S., 900, 600 companyl See
A patent was granted to-day, from the Of
fee of Secretary of State. to Egbert r. Hurl
but, Chester ID. Hooker, Stephen b. Gsrrigues
John h. Hurlbut, Henry Whipple, Ernst N
Niegelseuard, and John ID. Wilson, who have
associated themselves as the "San Juan Cen.
trail Mining Company" The Company is or.
ganized for the purpose of purchasing, hold
ing and working the Evening Star" "Sur
prise "Polo," Little Mary" and "Borgen
gold mining claims at Animas Forks, Sar
Juan Co., Colorado. The principal business
Office is 10 be at Boscobel, Wis. The capita
stock is fixed at So, oO0,o 900, in $4,000 shares
| of 800 each.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-09-19

BRs BUTLER is the Greenbsck csn.
didste for Governor OF Masssachu.
sets. In fact the fitting name of the
Greenbackers of Massachusetts, is
Butterflies. The Democratic State
Convention of NJ Massachusetts, had set
last Monday as the day for making
nominations. On that morning be.
fore FIVE o'clock, the Butterflies took
possession of the Hall in Worcester,
where the Democratic convention
was to have been held. They remain.
ed in possession, declared Butler
their candidate land made violent
speeches most of the ds :. The Dem
ocratic committee not being able Il
get possession of the hall unanimous
ly adjourned the convention to tn,
25th instant and to meet in Fanuei
Hall in Boston where police will pro
tect them. The Democrats will moi
vote for Butler and he will not b,
Governor of Massachusetts,.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-09-19

yer during the last week. There
were II cases and 2 deaths from Au.
gust 10 to 81, period not previous
~ reported. making in oil sixty-sev-
en- cases and eight deaths.
Mobile, Ala.-One death from vel
low fever occurred on the 9th instant,
no other cases were reported up to
last evening. The city is healthy.
st. Louis--During the week there
were two cases of local origin, said
by some to be yellow fever and dis.
puted by others. One died.
VlcKsBURG, Sept. 16-The wealth.
or 10 clear and warm, the thermome-
tor 81. There were 90 deaths to-
day, Is white and 5 colored. sc
now cases are reported to- day, prin.
cipally colored. The following OK.
plains itself:
Vicksbnrg to her generous friends
throughout the country sends greet.
ing: The distress of the South has
only been equalled by the generos.
ity of our friends of the North. Re.
sponaes TO our appeals have been SC
generously met that we think the
amount already received will carry
us through to the end of our troubles,
and that the public character Of our
country may not be imposed upon
we request that all future contribu-
tons for our help be held subject to
future calls, of which notice will be
given when required.
[Signedl VIM. RocKwooD.
Pres't OF the Howard Association
CANTON, Sept. 16.-To!al number
OF cases to date. 4O4; deaths, Sc
new cases in the last "a hours, 20
deaths, |. DR.. Galloway, one of our
physicians who has been sick with
foyer, is up and on duty.
New Orleans, Sept. l6.-The
weather is clear and pleasant. Deaths,
70 ceases reported los, 90 Of which
bear date prior to the l4th.
MEMPHIS, Sept. 1G.-There is q
slight and scarcely perceptible de.
crease in the fever this morning, the
deaths up to noon not exceeding forty.
The saddest feature of the epidemic
is that many who have been actively
at work relieving the distress are dy-
ing or being stricken down.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-09-19
j. II. Grims,

Of Little Grant. was yesterday
nominated by the Republicans of this
(the 2d) Assembly District as their
candidate for Member of the Assem-.
bly,. 1t is good nomination. lie
was for awhile our first choice and
we took some pains to stalk him up,"
but on having little talk with him
have been in doubt whether he would
accept. He is true, straightforward,
and capable man. Other gentlemen
voted for were d. Phillips, Judge
Mills, John Yager, James Prideaux,
Sam Woodhouse and r. G. Orr. The
towns of the District were all repre-
scented except Liberty. The Conven.
ton appointed last years Central
Committee except that T. F. Baldwin
was made Chairman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-09-19
The Head Greenbackers and What
They Want.

The head leaders in the so called
Greenback movement are the great
est official and political rognes IN the
land. They are mon who have al
ways made their living and their for
tunes out of the follies and weakness.
es of other men. Their programme
now is to continue in the same bus
ihess. Statesmen have 30 managed
our finances that we have but one
dollar. The gold dollar, the silver
dollar, the greenback dollar and the
bank dollar are all the same, each
worth just 100 cents. 1t was not 80
ten years ago. Then there was q
broad margin between gold and sil-
YER and paper. The sharpers speca-
lated on that margin. Those days
are now called good times. Impru-
dent men in order to enjoy the good
times put themselves in the clutches
of the sharpers. The process went
on until the Accommodations of all such
imprudent men were in the Golfers
of the sharp spectators. As
long as this continued we heard
little of the cry of hard times.
Industrious and prudent people sci.
dom stop to cry hard times. They
have no time for lamentations. But
when the earnings of the imprudent
are absorbed by the tricksters and
all business is settled down into
legitimate channels, the tricksters
set up the hard times cry and their
dupes ech it. Such is the situation
now. The rascals want to bring us
back to times such as we had when
the profits of all industry was run
ming into their pools. They want
another harvest of dupes. They
want more mortgages on honest
mems homes. People are careful
now and economic. Mr.. Lee, Mr..
Bate, Mr.. Kilbourn. Mr.. Palmer, ct
i'd omne genus, should take note that
it is not in these times that the profits
of industry were gathered up and
the few made wealthy out Of them.
That was done in times such as they
want to bring us back to. Now,
when dollar is a dollar, labor is
safe. The SPECTATOR can make only
legitimate profits. He is the dissatis.
fed man. The man who was not his
dupe in the So called good times is
content.
We propose to show logically dur.
ing this campaign that the Green
back movement if successful can in
ure only to the advantage of the
idle; to the trafiickers in other mems
honest labor. Its logical sequence is
the turning over of the country into
the ownership of lords and nabobs
such as possess Europe. Laborers
will then be virtually their slaves
end the average farmers renters.
The short-sighted Greenbacker can
not see this but it is conclusion as
automatically demonstratble as the
hour of the next eclipse. The half
educated man cannot solve the prob.
lem in which the Moon chases the
earth nor understand it when solv-
ed for him. He. however, accepts
the conclusions of scientific men, in
the solution of this problem, and if
wise he will do so in the money prob.
lem, and not be surprised by the
darkness which will certainly cover
him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-09-19

A MEETING of the Supreme Coun-
oil of the northren district of thirty
third degree Mssons was held in
Milwaukee beginning last Tuesday
The Jurisdiction covers all the north.
ern States except Iowa and Mime.
sofa and this is the irst meeting oil
the Supreme Council ever held 10
Wisconsin,. II is attended by many
distinguished men from all parts Of
tt, United States.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-09-19
r is an interesting sight

1T is an interesting sight to see
smart men who would like to be
Assemblymen or Congressmen cry-
ing aloud to the people over the
steals and proaigacy of officials and
politicians and then pass around pa
pers edited by Brick Pomeroy who
was q 90. worker and feeder on spoils
with Boss Tweed, or papers edited
by Shupe whose establishment 10
sustained by Wall Street gamblers
who are trying to create margins
between gold and gr senbaeks-inter-
esting, isn't it? and then to hear
them hurrah for Ben Butler who
was the boldest apologizsr OF the
Credit Mobilior and the back pay
steals ! Don't blush. gentlemen.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-09-19
FARM FOR SALE.
NV Farm of $40 Acres

of good land, in section SO and "a, Town 6,
Range 2, West, four miles east of Fennmore
Centre, and adjoining the old and well known
Parker place, is for SALE There are 100 acres
under the pillow, 40 acres of good timber and
the remainder in meadow, pasture, two orch
ards the old one giving plenty of apples for
home consumption, the other having l7o
young trees and bearing; also grapes and 9th
or fruit. The dwelling is good stone build,
ing with cellar and basement. The place !.
provided with good granary, stables and 9TH
er outbuildings. Plenty of good running
spring water abounds
Price, $25 per acre, half cash. Other con-
ditions and particulars made known on in
quiry on the premises.
o. L. BERRY,
Fennimore, Wis, Aug. /, 1878. Gins.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-09-19

THOSE who are now loudly talking
mp the greenback nonsense will in
two or three years be in the same
box as those once mixed up with the
Know-nothipg foolishness. They
will oil be ashamed of it and will try
to get rid of the scott impeachment"
They will find however that it will
stick badly. Pomsroy, Cary & Co.
have sent them out on a fy-up.th
creek expedition. 1t will be fine fun
afterwhile tor their neighbors to ask
how much game they bagged.