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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-30
EsTATE-DRoNE
COM'RS' NOTICE-GuLrcK.

In Circpt Court for Grant County. Wisconsin, In
the matter OF the petition of the Chicago and
Tomah Railroad Company to acquire right Of way
and depot grounds in Grant County, Wisconsin.
To Alexander Quick:
Take Notice, that the Com missoners appointed
by the Circuit Court of said county ascertain and
apprase the compensation TO be made TO the owners
and persons interested in the real estate proposed to
be taken in said county for the purposes of said Rail-
road Company, will meet at the hour of one O'Clock
in the afternoon the 9th day of February. 1879
on the premises hereinafter described, to consider
the amount of compensation to which you, the own.
er Of said premises, entitled, by reason Of the
taking of said lands for depot, station, building
grounds and yards thereon Tor said Railroad Company
The following is deserp of the lands proposed
to be taken for the and purposes aforesaid towt
at the northeast corner of the lands
heretofore acquired by said Company for depot
grounds in the City of Lancaster, running thence
north along the northern continuation of Washing
street az feet thence west so feet thence south
32 feet to the northwest of said depot grounds
heretofore acquired by said Company, thence east
along the north line thereof te the place of beginning
all in the west half of the northeast quarter of
section three 80, in township four al north of range
three E3), west, in Grant County Wisconsin.
January llth, 1872
T. GRAHAM,
DAVID BALLANTTNE,
JOSEPH HARRIS.
35w4 Commissioners
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-30

Mono of the scientists have ex-
planned why it is that q man is al.
WAYS the sleepiest just before the
fire ia built in the morning.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-30

The chains OF habit are generally
too small to be felt until they are
too strong TO be brokep.-Johnson.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-30
NOTICE.
-~>ss s-


All persons knowing them
selves indebted to us by note
or book account are hereby
requested to call and settle the
same, as necessity compels us
to make collections without
delay. In the mean time we
will sell you DRY GOODS at
greatly reduced prices, and all
goods at the lowest, ROCK BOT
TOM prices for CASH. Thank
full for past fayors, we are,
Yours truly,
WHEELER,
WILSON'S
&c CO.
BLOOMINGTON Wis
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-30

Il is q maxim TO me that no man
vas ever written out of his rsputa-
ton but by himself.-Rich'd Bentley.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-30

As the body is purified by water
80 is the soul purified by truth
Mann.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-30
ESTATE--BURR.

Ia
State Of Wisconsin, County Court for Grant County.
In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at the March Term of
the County Court to be held in and for said County
at the Court House in the City of Lancaster in said
County on the first Tuesday of March, A. d. 1879,
the following matter will be heard and considered.
The application of George Clementson administra
tor of the estate of Addison Bnrr late of the CITY
Lancaster in said County deceased sell the real
estate belonging to such estate, described as follows
viz ; the following land in said Grant County:
lot block IL in the City of Lancaster, except %
by ~ feet of southwest corner and So feet off north
end, being lot upon which is store building.
Lots and 10. block as in said City lots g. 4, and
Sin said block i3 excepting Is feet off the south side
lhereo sold heretofore to A. r. BUSHNELL 10 ts and
in said block 49,
The undivided Is of me- u of sw. a of section So,
town s, range l.
The following land in Crawford County. Wisconsin,
viz: The undivided * of the W. Il of ne a of sec
SO, town 9, range 4.
Dated January 18th, 1879.
By order of the Court,
4owo VIM. MoGoNIGAL, Judge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-30
NOTICE OF COMMISSIONERS.

NOTICE OF COMMISSIONERS.
State of Wisconsin, County of Grant, IS. Grant
County Court in Probate.
In the matter of the Estate of Harrison Rath burn
deceased. To all whom it msy concern:
Notice is hereby given that the Subscribers
were, on the 9th day of December, 1873 appointed
and commissioned by the Judge of said court Commits
soners to resolve examine and adjust claims and
demands of all persons against the said Harrison
Rathburn. deceased; that six months from aud tier
said 27th day of December, 1878, have been allowed
and limited for all tors of said deceased to pr
sent their claims to for examination and allowance
the 9th days of March and June A. D., 1879, at
the Office of the County Judge at Lancaster in said
County attend TO the discharge of our duties as
Commissioners aforesaid.
Dated December 2Sth, 1875
d SCHREINER
H. BUCHNER commissioners
43w4 RICHARD MEYER
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Cloth Cases for each volume suitable for binding
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Newspapers not 10 copy this advertisement pei,h
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Address HARPER 4 BROTHERS, New York
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-30

To be angry is to revenge the
faults of others upon ourselves
P0ne.
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SU MMONS-CAsPER ct al.

Circuit Court, Grant County. John Mllhouse plain
tiff VS.. Maria Cathrine Casper, Peter Casper her
husband, and Martha Saul, defendants.
The State OF Wisconsin, to the said defendants and
each of them:
You are hereby summoned to appear within twenty
days after service of this summons, exclusive OF the
day of service and defend the above entitled action
in the court azores aid and in of your failure SO
70 DO Judgment will be rendered against you accord
ing to the demand of the complaint; of which copy
is herewith served upon you.
A. W BELL, Plaintiff Is Attorney,
46w6 p. o. Address, Platteville, Grant Co., Wis.
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Knits all sizes of work. narrows and widens 1t
shapes ell sizes complete. Knits over so different
garments, socks. stockings mltens, leggns, wrist
let's gloves, ETC. 1t knits every possible variety of
plain 9 fancy stitch IS per cent. profit in mana
featuring knit goods. Farmers can treble the value
Of their wool. by converting it into knit goods.
Agents wanted in every state, county, city and
town, to whom very low prices will be made.
For full particulars and lowest prices for the best
family machine send to
Bickford Knitting Machine Manf'g. Go.
BRATTLEBOR0. TT
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Harper's Bazaar.
1879.
HLUSTRATED.

NOTICES OF THE PRESS.
To dress according to Harper's Basdar will be the
aim and fashion OF the women of America.-BosfDn
Transcript.
As faithful chronicle of fashion and newspaper
of domestic and family character it ranks without
rival Brooklyn Eagle
This paper has acquired wide popularity for the
resde enjoyment it affords, and has become an es-
tablished authority with the adies.-N 7. Erentag
Post
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lOOe Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-25
The Grain Producing Ability Of the
United STATES.

In grain products the harvests Of 1879
will be the most abundant ever gather.
ed on this continent, above the Gulf of
Mexico, as far north as the Canada line,
and stretching across this domain from
ocean TO ocean. In the area between
the Mississippi river and the Atlantic
ocean the grain crop has been immense,
actually incalculable in extent. Esti.
mates can and will be made of this
yield, but they will all fall short Of the
actual products, and that alone will be
felt as an influence 10 revive prosperity
by every man who labors for a living.
The receipts at the great shipping
points are unexampled. Chicago, Tole.
do, Cincinnati, st. Louis and dozen
other grain depots boast OF their over
flowing granaries. Railroads are taxed
TO furnish the necessary transportation,
while everything that can float cargo
on the lakes and rivers IL loaded down
TO the water.edge with grain freights.
The corn crop leads all the other grain
products. Ii will be the largest ever
husked--so large that its very cheap.
ness will prevent thousands Of bushels
from coming 10 market. Large quaint.
ties Of IL will be consumed as fuel in all
parts of the West. There Is something
suggestive that While this continent
annually increases in productivencss
Europe decreases. In this increase we
do not count the addition Of acreage to
the titled soil of each year, but only the
improvements made in the tillage Of
soil that has been under cultivation for
o century. The increase in this partic.
ular far exceeds any that Is made In the
old world. Last and this years grain
crops In Europe were failure. The
reduction Of yield this year is frightful,
putting many parts Of the old world in
peril Of famine, which can only be
eyaded by drawing on the supplies In
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-25
A Curious Industry.

The principal industry Of the town Of
West Falmouth, Mass, is tying business
tags with bite OF strings, by which the
tags may be attached 10 articles which
require TO be labelled. A correspondent
writing from that village says "These
tags are cut elsewhere and sent in laslk
TO West Falmouth. The string is also
sent in skeins. The business here is tn
cut the string in suitable lengths. tie
one into each tag and return 1t TO the
manufacturer in Boston. This sounds
simple and small enough, and vet il
furnishes occupation to between three
hundred and four hundred persons, and
involves an elaborate system Of book
keeping. The business has been car
ried on by a woman for the last twenty
years. The orders which were once
filled in a bushel basket now require
large freight boxes. and amount TO an
aggregate Of forty millions of tags in n
year. The little pink strings are reeled
oil and cut in given lengths and bunch
es, each bunch having lOl strings.
These strings are given out by the
l,ol0, together with corresponding
number of tags, 10 people coming TO the
office for them, and are paid for at the
rate of twelve 10 seventeen cents n
thousand. Young children tie with
their mothers, and even old men. and
q is the great source Of pin money in
the community"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-25
The Ex-Empress Eugenie Pretty We'll
on.

Howard Panl' IN the PiaieiIlia Times
The ex Empress Of France il said t0
be one oi the richest widows in England.
la addition 10 her Hungarian estate she
has castle IN Spain and nice place iu
Switzerland. But hard cash l. what
comes most useful to dethroped sover.
eigDs who hope 10 return. and Of this
the Empress has long had abundance.
II il estimated in Paris that she i worth
At leist million sterling. only recent.
Iy she sold large block Of house pr0p.
erty in the hue d'Alba, in Paris. and n.
Rouher's house, well known political
centre at the corner Of the Rue dc
lElysee, was hers, in her own right,
and was sold last year for EI5 90. The
death OF the Prince add 10 her proper.
ty, since he left TO her a considcrable
amount Of landed property in Italy, as
well a. the Toulouse property, bequeaih.
Ell to him by the grisly General who
had been cquerry to the Prince when he
toddled about the corridors Of the Tuil.
lcries nearly three feet high and weight
ed with the miniature uniform of a col.
onel in the Gent Gsrde. This vast
property Was no incumbrance TO the
Empress whilst yet she had a son 70 live
and scheme for. II was drained pretty
freely by the Bonap4rtist organs Of the
press ia France. The Oriye and the
I'ays were layishly supported by the
Empress, and she ALEC drew handsome
checks IN favor Of the reduction of the
Gaulo,s. The need for keeping these
fires warm IL now dead. The Empress
u not likely to keep newspapers alive
10 work for GOOD CguAip tororpa . st.
will not, however, find her riches an
embarrassment as long a. the priests
have ready access 10 her. 4 newsraper
supplies large outlets for superiluous
cash, but | think on the whole the
Church can hold It's own in rivalry Of
this character, and good churchwonan
like the Empress, will not find occasion
10 distress herself for means Of disposing
Of the interest, and eventually the cap.
ital, Of a million sterling.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-25
4 Savage Queens Devotion.

The palace Of a native queen OF the
Marquesas group Of islands in the Pa
cihc has lately been visited by a CORES.
Pondent, who writes of the place AL.
together 1t is a charming retreat. Saun.
tering up the street, the queens house
was pointed out to me, and concluded
TO call on her majesty. The house is
built OF sawed timber, and is large and
airy, set upon the usual paipai. an ele.
waited piece Of stone work, about three
feet high, and solid as stone can make
IL, with rough hewn~tone steps leading
TO the doorway. The queen was not in,
but was informed that she could be
found at the kings grave, which was
pointed out To me, situated on q knoll,
with stone steps leading up 10 the top,
10 the LEFT Of the house and almost be.
side it, as il were. Ascending the steps
| found her majesty seated by a grave
or tomb, experimenting some workmen
why were building large tomb of ma.
sonry. The queen was gracious and
good looking, having remnants of beau.
ty in her person, and seemed TO have
been very pretty in her younger days.
She has grave, benevolent expression
of eountenance. and her demeanor be.
speaks her rank. The king has been
dead about twelve years and ever since
his death she has kept watch over his
grave; the most of the time she herself
keeps her silent vigil over the resting
place of her love. A light is always
kept burning beside the tomb, never
allowed TO go out under any circum.
stances, and attended to by the queens
resting retinue, who live in n native
built house adjoining. She is now hav.
ing larger tomb built, and intends
having the remains put in il, together
with her child, when finished. She is
also having a place built for herself and
her son, now living. She was the sec.
ond wife OF the king. Whst more
touching spectacle than this quiet deyo-
iion TO the memory of her love, by this
grave and sad looking ladyf Generally
the savaRes of the South Sea Islands are
not credited with having much senti.
ment OF feeling, or even affection but
think the impression has arisen from
the want Of knowledge Of their domes.
tic life. | have witnessed many In.
stances when maternal affection has
been exhibited and wifely devotion has
shown itself 10 an extraordinary degree.
There was once . native woman who
swan twelve miles with her husband on
her back 10 save his life from his enc
mics, aud instances are not wanting
whore the wife has remained true to
her dead love during her life, refusing
10 be oomiorted by another affection"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-25
4 Comprehensive View Of the Grant
Boom.

From the Neu Yorh Erc4ibg Poet, ReT.
We rate the military services Of Gen.
Grant very high. We rate his civil ad-
ministraiion a great deal lower. II is
identified in the public mind with a bad
school Of politics aud with INSCRIPTIONS
politicians. These men and their prac-
tIces incurred defeat after defeat for the
Republican party, lost it the control Of
both Houses Of Congress and brought
II 10 the verge OF annihilAtion. The
mischief Of the return Of General Grant
10 power Is that he would bring with
him the same class al politicians, il not
the very same individuals Of the class.
Besides, and even If these and other
conclusive objections did not exist, We
agree with General Grant that two
terms in the office OF President il quite
enough for any man. We be-
hcye that the denomination Of General
Grant Is neither "expedient' nor me
cessAry." The movement 20 that end
is coincident with an impudent reasser-
ton Of themselves 10y the most offensive
politicians of the Republican party
men who have brought ii to deaths
door and who would probably yet take
il over the threshold but for the amaz-
ing faulty Of the Democrats.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-25
Louisiana Intrigucs.

A New York World special from Wash.
ington, Of the 10th inst, says: Senator
West, Of louisiana, was to.day's distin.
guished arrival. lie comes to partici.
pate quietly in the Ray. kellogg Sherman
conference over the charges of malieas.
ance against Collector Badger, Of New
Orleans. Some interesting developments
are expected in day or two about
Rays backers. Since Kellogg opposes
him, and since Badger is the creature
OF kellogg. it is reasonably that Ray IL
here in the interests of Wells and An.
derson. respectively surveyor and dep
uty collector Of New Orleans. 1t Is
generally believed that the bargain for
the Louisiana electoral vote was brought
about by q written offer on the part of
the Republican managers to place the
patronage OF the custom.house during
the Administration at the disposal Of
these two worthies. and that contract
based upon that offer was the condition
Of sale. When II was ascertained that
Anderson could not be confirmed as
collector the contract was awarded 80
that the office should be filled by
person recommended by himself and
Wells, and they were TO govern the
customhouse conformity. as though An.
derson had been confirmed. The first
man appointed collector on their rec
ommendation was removed at their con.
nivance, charged with gross incompe
tency. Their second favorite, George
l.. Smith, was removed through their
own efforts, charged with malfeasance.
and now it is probable that Badger,
like his predecessors, has incurred their
displeasure for daring to think, as his
predecessors dared, that collector in
name should be privileged to appoint
at least tide waiter. The appearance
Of Ray as prosecutor In this case, and
Kellogg as defender, can be explained
only upon the presumption Of n rupture
between Badger on one side and Wells
and Anderson on the other. This being
so, should Secretary Sherman be bold
enough to stand out against the demand
of Wells and Anderson for Badgers re.
moval, he will be likely to find himself,
together with the whole Administration,
without Mr. Copkling's kind assistance,
sunk in infamy.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-25
The Cruciblc.

The actions Of men often speak loud.
er than words. A case in point j. one
of several years standing. and the edit.
or Of the Selinsgrove Tines inquiries in
this way:
"Why is ii that whenever any Of the
Louisiana Returning Boarders get into
trouble they rush TO Washington 10 SEQ
Hayes and Shermang What particular
interest have these men in Hayes and
sherman or what particular interest
have Hayes and sherman in these Re-
turning Boarders This mutual de.
pendence between these parties speaks
louder than words. II tells the tale.
|, tells palmer than language that ihese
Returning Boarders made a fraudulent
return Of the electoral vote Of Louisiana
IN 1876, and IL tells equally plain that
Hayes knows all about the theft and
recognizes the thieves and paws them
hush money. No other men in the
whole country could go TO Washington
and demand money from these officials
and get. They claim this money for
services rendered, and Hayes and Sher-
man pay IL 10 keep the rascals quiet.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-09-25
Burdette Goes 10 Sea.

The humorist OF the burlington
HaDkeye thus describes the gradual al.
proach Of sea-sickness:
81 became sensible Of a kind of a Eort
Of languor that suggested repnse. /
did not feel like standing up and sinp.
ing. | wanted repose. wasn't partic.
ular what kind OF repose. The repose
Of the grave would have suited me per.
fcctly well"
but there was no grave handy
And when ] went out and looked out
to seward and gazed at the landless
expanse of angry, tossing waters,
didn't see any material 10 make a grave.
And then, when returned TO the
staterOom, 1t began to dawn upon me
very dimly that the repose was about ~
seldom as the grave. The ocean made
me feel as though had swallowed il
whole, and was afraid would have 10
spread little 10 hold it,"
Il believed ] would retire aud aban.
don the struggle with my feelings, for
felt that ! was on the verge Of quoting
poetry. ! stood on my feet and took
OIL some Of my things. Then leaned
up against the door and took off Il few
Then ! stood on my head and got of
one or two. Then | lay down on my
back and kicked off the rest Of them.
Then ] looked up at my berth"
at was COO feet from the floor, and
was still going"
g cast an anxious, despairing glance
at 1t, reached out and dragged travel.
ling shawl over me, and tried TO warble
merry staye Of a rollcking sea song
when | bought my passage Of the
international Steamship Company ! did
not contract to sleep IN a skyrocket.
and that ! should not get into my berth
until IT came down close enough for me
TO grab at it,"
The sense Of utter foJlornness. the
feelings OF desolation and goneness /:
the impression, generally correct, that
every we'll person in the ship il laugh.
ing at you; the ssddening thought
that there is no chance OF dying; the
depressing knowledge that there il no
help for It anyhow; the confidence
that nobody is going 10 do anything for
you, and the philosophical resolution
that YOU don't care q constitutional
red cent il they don't; the hope that
you will be over 1t by morning: the
fear that It will last week the for.
lorn hope. now and then. that the pilot
will get frightened and tie the ship up
10 "A tree at some place, only for little
while the despairing sense OF disap.
pointment that steals over you a. il be.
comes evident that the pilot hasn't the
remotest thought of doing anything OF
the kind and at last the fervent, earn
est, despairing wish that the boiler
will blow up, the ship strike a rock,
catch on fire. capsize, be run down by
AN iron steamship, get struck by light.
ming and sink in COO fsthoms OF water,
and do it All most powerful quick, too.
This is the final spAsm.
why, even after | fell asleep
dreamed that was = boy Again--a hap.
py, guileless, barefoot boy, and that
was in Peoria, sitting behind the wood.
shed in the old yard on Monroe street,
where the post-ofiice now stands, max.
ing, in boyish solitude, my maiden ef.
forts on my first and most surreptiiious
segar. And / dreamed the segar was
just about half smoked out, and was ly.
ing on the chopping block beside me,
and that the curtain had just rung for
the second act"