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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-03
sudden Checking Of Presentation.

A Boston merchant, in "len ling a
hand on board one of his ship on a
windy day, found himself at the nd OF
an hour and half pretty well exI austed
and perspiring freely. He sat down t.
rest, and, engaging in conversation
time passed faster than he was aware Of
In attempting to rise he found he was
unable to do so without assistance. H.
was taken home and put to bed, where
he renamed two years and fer long
time afterward could only hobble about
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-03
Burdette on Hartford.

1t vas bitter cold day when the
travelling combination which have the
honor to feed gathered its solitary valise
and stepped ashore vt Hartford, ct.
The Dutch found this beautiful city here
nearly $50 years ago, and the first thing
they did was to establish Colts armory
and go into the insurance business. You
can get insured here IN any way and for
anything you wish--mutual, endowment,
tontine, accident, intentional, norladic,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-03

The new rules for playing baseball
remove the pitcher FIVE ieet further from
the batter. This is not to prevent the
pitcher from getting broke up" but
for the sole and only purpose of allow
ing the batter to spread to better
advantage.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-03
ADVERT SING RATES.

Annnsl advertisements payable quarterly same
reset quarterly without extra l;harge.
Advertisements set to double column, Is per cent
extra.
Business cards. lines or less, $ per annuna each
extra line 81
Estray Notices. If one animal be described, $l.50
FOR four weeks; each additional animal described IN
same notice, 50 cents.
Special notices and business notices in news type,
10 cents per line first insertion; cents per line
each subsequent insertion
Advance pay required for transient sdyer-
tlscments, Commissioners Notices, Attachment No
tees aud EstTas Notices lof animals taken up.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-03
The Enormous Pensian Rnsiness

Persons whose tender aud patriotic
impulses induced them to look With
favor upon the law for paying arrearagss
Of pensions viii be interested to learn
from the correspondent of the Herald at
Washington that the business of pension
claim agents has grown to vast dimen-
sions, and that there are agents IN this
business who employ from fifty 70
hundred clerks, aud some even more. /"
Neither the agents nor their clerks can
be expected to work for nothing, and it
is a pertinent question, How much Of
the money clings TO the fingers of middle
men who handle it, and how much
reaches the heroic and disabled servants
Of the Republic ?--NesO York Evcniaq
pnsk
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-03

CoRS MusH. When the water in
tended for mush begins TO boil, salt, sift
IN the meal with one hand, stirring with
the other to prevent Jumps. When
thick. set the kettle into the oven aud
let Il bake an hour. This cooks the
meal thoroughly without danger Of burn
ing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-03
Wages and Cost of Living in China.

There have been many books written
on China from the time If Able Hue to
the present. But most Of them have
been too general to present any precise
idea of the actual SOCIAL conditions In
that vast empire. Recent official obser-
Walton has, however, done much to clear
away the mists which obscure real life.
Most of the trades which we have are
carried ON in the Central Flowery Land.
There are there the traditional butcher.
baker, and candlestick-maker" But
there is a peculiarly which is not found
in civilization. The artist obtains no
higher rewards than the ordinary crafts
man. There appears to be dead-level
for all who work with hand or finger. A
master workman In any of the trades in
China gets So per week, or SI56 per an
mum. But the workman only gets half
that remuneration. One dollar and fifty
cents per week, or $78 per annum, is the
average rate, and it is not every work
man who can obtain it. Youngsters or
women get so cents per week, or $26 per
annum. 1t will be observed that these
are the wages paid in the higher walks
of art and mechanics. There is only
one class of operatives who are more
handsomely rewarded. Gold and silver
smiths do little better. The silk-reel-
er, or spinner, sometimes gets from 81 to
50 per day, because the silk has to be
reeled off the cocoons In given me,
and as consequence the work has TO be
prosecuted day and night. Consul
Denny, at Shanghai, thus figures out
the expenses of living in connection
with the compensation specified:
For q master, per snnum-
Eo- 1000, etc-...... u
FOR rent, etc. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. SO
For Clothing. ......-................... II
Total, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. fI20
For workman, per annum-
For 1000, etc.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IS
For rent .........,................. IL
for ciotmne.'...s.....s .......'.....,...s....
TOTAL. .......... 65
The same authority adds The mas
ter generally lives at the workshop,
where he has, perhaps, two rooms, be-
side place to cook in. The household
furniture may be estimated at from $40
to $40. The ordinary workman, if mar
ried, will share a small house with q
friend, and occupy one room, and have
access to the kitchen. He may live with
AAko isaACheSy Vase lib earnings
go to the common fund. Under such
circumstances, $40 to Sl5 will cover the
value of the household furniture
But the common laborer, whether in
field or kitchen, does not get anything
like the wages of the skilled artisan.
The farm laborer, during harvest-time,
gets, beside his meals---worth about 10
cents--from 10 cents to Is cents dsy,
or from 70 cents to SI.05 week. He
can be hired by the month for from
$l.50 to 81. If he gets permanent en-
ployment he is willing to accept $12 per
annum, with board and lodging. IL he
works for shorter terms, so cents a
month will suffice for house rent and 81
per annum will keep his wardrobe in re-
pair. But there is grade below these
free laborers known as the coolies, who
are often glad to work for cents day.
San Francisco Bulletin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-03

THE funniest boy is the one who thinks
he is man. He wears cane, smokes
weak cigars. toys with the fob Of his
watch-chain and allows the barber to
hone the feather edge of razor on his
face; but he can't fool the girls worth a
cent. Nothing short Of real naustache
takes with them -Nesv Haven Register.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-03
A oANNHaAL coNcErr.

ANNAHAL CONCETT.
Nj 9 t,i,iuH King OF the cannibal iale
And s~..nI os Hook with an animal grni,a
W. fingered his topical tresses sv,bila
a.. ,sn smack Of his lips and gissIa e Ia.
N NJ tlucal leer in bon yiyant sfvia s1i'o'
1hen the rollickinp. fro;chs1s .h,.
ne bit of the nose
or Hannibal Hook.
Nor thought, suppose.
rt, ~ the freedom he took,
us horrible, cannibal kingi
y, the Gambia q leen OF the oann,,,.i W..
WI I alno OF slsnguishing lout Of a thino,,
Ana -.I,g . ner petticoats short with e,str,nu
9er 49,. sS.Aeo With grace, and fnical ding
INV ~, xkimDo, her body aswinc-
Ahe beautiful, dutifuI spoussi
She quietly took
on finger and toe
Of Hannibal Hook
without thinking. know =
NO" tough were his cheeks and NJ, hro,..
ui No terrible teeth Of the terrible two
49, sao LUCK 70 infringe ON the feast thai r.. A..
sr, Ai sne iuof1cate limbs OF the lnbherlv $50 ~"
ts - slpiy believed they had nothing ~ A.
y luIiilsh their flesh for cannibal stsu
90 the cannibal couple nrose
And waehed in the riyer
Poor Hannibal Hook.
Then looked to the Giyer
And prayed, and partook
In way dislike to disclose. WIN
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-03
Stas ring Out Cancers.

At meeting of the Medical and CHR
urgical Society, of Leeds, England, an
account OF an interesting case Of guies-
cent schirrus was given by DIR. Teale.
The patient was an unmarried lady Of 3j.
A cancer formed in her breast, causing
retraction aud ultimately loss Of the nip
pie; it liberated ; some auxiliary glands
enlarged, and the patient seemed abont
to die. But in consequences, as it APP
peared, Of the small quantity OF food
taken by the patient, the cancer was
/" starved" 1t atropfied slowly, and
now, nine years after its first appear
ance, there was nothing but hard cica-
trix left in the breast and axilla. Cases
more or less similar were related in the
discussion which followed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-03

Samuel Merrick @'SFn q h fss q Ts9
play, Grant County, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-03

Warden Anderson, ca a55ss9sy .. r, AND
jamestown, Wis. win prosecute claims ana make
collections promptly. :.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-03

j. Rockefeller t attorney Fyo s La" s and No
Grant County, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-03

DR., Z. A. Maker, B so5ssG1 P'q %is,
All WORT in the dental line done in tie lest manner
and warranted.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-03
Exchange Bank of Boscobel,

A. J. Pipkin, Banker, f sqoo ssfI6n t.
Bank, y scote, Wis geat raj banking, exch nee
and c0l ect b. siness transacted. 45-Iy
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-03

Tn QrnxrrY1 Dentiet, is in his Office sec
OE' y. DfOWu, ond house west OF the
County jail, the frat seven days of each month.
July 10Th, 1878.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-12

Detective Campbell. who shot Sagert, the
New York black mailer, the other lay. is to be
tTied for the - whatever hey nay call it,
by the police commissioners. IL j well enough,
perhaps, to go through this 70 N, which Is re
auired by an cid rule OF the department.; but
there can be little doubt Of the of1icers safe
issue. He Will probably be acquitted on the
ground OF self defence, for 1t really appears to
have been case of that kind. But whatever
the plea or the result Of the trial may pe, 1t Is
altogether likely that public sentiment will not
only condone but approve the act as 1usti1able
one. In that II ridded society Of useless and
thoroughly dangerous character, for whom 1T
might be hard 10 otherwise find adequate pun
ishment. Many, indeed, Will regret that the
shot which killed Sagert could not have been
scattering one, so that 1t might have bit equally
haId all the accompIces In his Internal crimes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-12


The state OF Indiana steps to the front rank In
the recognition of women's rights. A bill has
passed both houses OF the Indiana legislature
comforting the right OF suffrage at all elections
upon women, and the measure now only awaits
the governors approval. This bill first passed
the house, and as the state senate Is equally
divided between the two parties some doubt
was entertained OF its success In that boiy:
but democratic senators joined With tn repub-
Iicans in It's support, and 1t was passed without
either delay or difficulty. There seems to be
very general Impression In the state that the
governors approval Is certain, and IL this
De 50, then the women of Indiana will
be the first OF the sex In any state to
xerciSe the full privilege OF the ballot.
It appears that the cause of woman suffrage
he's been championed by both the democrats
and republicans OF Indiana but 1t was never
put into the substantial shape of law until the
latter came into power. In the United States
Senate IL was Senator Mcdonald who took
charge OF the bill to confer upon female attor-
neys the right TO practice In the United States
Supreme Court. subsequently the same Sena-
tor submitted resolutions In behalf OF woman
suffrage, and sustained the cause by an argu-
ment. This action OF the Indiana legislature
indicates progress OF the women5 rights cause
which VIII, no doubt, spur the supporters OF
that movement to greater exertions than ever
before. Though Indiana Is the first state to
accord this right TO women, TWO OF the terri
tories-Wyoming and Utah-have given them
the ballot. The right to vote In the territories
is, however hot so big thing by any means as
hat 10 vote in the states.
The politicians OF the country who are so much
exercised about the vote OF Indiana In presiien-
tial years, viii now have the additt )nal prob
lem on hand how to operate TO securj the votes
OF the women of that state.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-12

From table just prepared by the Census
Bureau showing the distribution OF the popu.
lation OF the United States In elevation above
the level or the sea. ii appears that nearly one
nfth OF the Inhabitants live below 100 feet. e.,
aIoIg The Immediate seabOard and Ia tho
sWampy and alluvial regions OF the South;
more than tWo-fftbs below $50 feet: more than
three-foUTths below I00O feet. While Of per
cent. live below :, eco feet. The mean eIeye-
ton or the population above the sea Is about
200 feet. The mean elevation OF the surface or
the United states IS estimated at > 900 feet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-12

Certain circles IN New York are considerably
agitated over the question as to whether or
not there shall De a Rotten Row " 10 Central
Park. similar TO the famous course In Hyde
Park, London. IL is our impression that a
community which would be willing TO accept
such name for bride path does not deserve
TO have one, and that an engineer or landscape
gardener who Goes not protest against that
aud cannot suggest better title for 1t IS not
competent 10 lay 1t out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-12

The evacuation OF Candahar by the British
which is nov fixed for the 231 inst, Will, from
present Indications, leave that city at the mercy
or cOLtending factions The British intend to
turn the civil administration Of the city over TO
The agent OF AbdurTahman Khan, but the pos
session Will be promptly disputed by Ayeob
Khan. The latter is reported TO have issued
orders for an advance upon Candahar as soon
as the British troops shall, IN retiring, reach a
distance that viii forbid thelr return to aid In
maintaining the authority they recognize as
entitled 10 control the city. The contest for
the possession OF Candahar may lead to cYi
war for supremacy In Atghanlstan, unless Great
Britain should determine to Interfere once more
for the maintenance OF the authority she setsup
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-12

DOUGLASS
NEW AND BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS IN SPRING
AND SUMMER
II o 8 cry
For Ladies, Misses and Children.
SILK HOSE
In Black, White, Cardinal, Old Gold, Pink and
Blue.
Car Stock OF the Celebrated
3. v. D. BALMORAI4 SKIRTS
1s large and prices very low.
The last 100 dozen of those
Is GENT CHEMISE,
Which We shall oher this Season Just opened.
DOUGLASS.
mar29 Ninth st., st. Cloud Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-12

In the municipal elections last Tuesday the
republicans carried all the leading cities OF
Mlssourl-St. Louis, Kansas City, st. Joseph
Sedalia, Jefferson City and Boonville. This
result has inspired the republicans Of the state
with belief that they can and Will carry Mis-
souri, st the next state election. They assert
that great change has taken place In the
political sentiment OF the state which means
the overthrow OF democratic rule. The demo.
Gratis maintain that the local elections have no
signincance whatever as to state affairs; that
all the cities had been under democratic rule so
long that rings and bosses had got control OF
them; the people got tired Of this and defeated
the bosses by electtng republicans. Tais an
sWtr, instead OF refuting a theory of change
In the political sentiment. rather confirms it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-12

The STAR ONCE In connected with the Telephone
6Xchange. Advertisements. orders for the pspsf
W mail and otherwise. news. or any Information or
usiness be sent day or night. free OF charge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-12

IL CHEAP
VERY DESIRABLE COUNTRY SEAT,
Adjoining sunnyside Station, Washington Branch
.. Il. Is cieyen miles from Washington;
comfortable house snd necessary outbui!dinRs;
good water and unsurpassed for health ei9hty-one
acres, in good state OF cultivation. For further
particulars, apply 20 J. ID CASs4RD.
80 Sharp street, Baltimore; or,
&. ii. STANLEY,
msr3l- colin Laurel Ill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-12

There is q serious dead lock OF business at the
City Hall through the want OF marshal, and
unless the President acts speedily In making an
appointment the courts viii have TO come to
stand still AS there seems to be serious opiee-
ton 70 the reappointment of Mr.. Fred Douglass
to this particular place, the suggestion is made
that the problem, what TO do with him. can be
solved by sending him minister to Hayti, a
position lie has the capacity 10 I'LL With dignity
and credit Personally he is held In high e.
TEEN al the City Hall. His Integrity is unques-
toned, and his fine mental abilities are appre.
eiated; but there Is feeling that he has not
exactly the business quallhcatious needed TO
superlntend the work OF the marshaI's Office
yigilantly, and see that 10 abuses are allowed
to creep IN there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-12

EOK SALE At A BsRGAIN-A COUNTRY
y RkSIDkNOE at Linden" Station, Metropo-
Titan Branch =: and Il. r., 8 miles from Wash-
lpgton- NEW ROOM HOUSE and Outbuid.
lngs; shout one acre of land; ALL KINDS OF
IRlIIS: churches and schools. The location is
ENlNENTLY HEALTHY, aud its accessibility to
the city n.ahes 1t psrtculary desirable to GOV
ERNMENT CLRRKS, of whom the population Of
the thriving little settlement of Linden" is prn-
cipally composed. Price, 81, 500. Coat, 81 400.
STEIGER l. LIEBERMANN, No. 14lS New York
avenue. ap7 tn, StGt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-04-12
LOST AND FOUND.

/ OsT-A SKYE TERRIER GYP. Answers to tn.
~ bane OF " Mlnni.." a liberal reward win be
apl2-.t' 49, '''
1 OST-A thin lemon colored dYP with Gght
~ epots on her ears, also on the back of her neck
answers 20 the name Ct '.6yp" liberal reward
VII vii be paid returned to ALEXANDER l. MASON.
.O0 u 81. no..aMest. apl2-2t
TAKEN FROM The LUNCH ROOM AT
L NtLCkERs. on Saturday, the 9th instant =
BROWN SILK UMBRELLA, ma!acca stick WITH
.iiver top Areward paid ana no questions assei
of the Currency, Treasury Department. ]. w
MAGRUDER. 1t.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-27

Raru,.. Mr.. Smith and Char'c~
Crocker. Nr. Crocaer MAS ihen ~
am:red "a, 10 ni- Teal AND personal
property and fitness 10 60 on the
bond. The two inventories ~ til"
Mark Hopkins estate, previously
made and published, we're placed hy
him ia evidence 10 sbDS that tie !
perfectly competent II - surety on
tie bond f,r 81. 0Uo. 900 The eA-
pert valuations Of I'll the shares Of
stocks and bonds owned hv N.Ssr>.
CTochsr. Huntington. Stanford AMI
Hopkins were quoted. tht aphrai-t-
n..nIs or real state. estimated vain-
at,"ns "n other property, ani tn
conclusion = satisfactorily Established a.
desired Mr. Cruuke, WAS asked very
tew questions. nj those present freely
acknowledging that the half mad mul
heca old Mrs. Hopkins was neXr
called III, ami rom the question:
askci her hv Nj. Smith, the charac-
ter of his Injection 81 Der acting a.
surety f,r thu remaining 59.DD0."1J
nav ht reduced 20 he the question 81
her Legal jr-i3cDcc in California. H.
answer Io the direct question sac re-
plici that ~I,c considered herself r.
ilcnt OF his STATE and that he kept
al hel pond and >iorkS hcse. the
same inventories were submitted 10
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-27
Millionaries Showing Up

Three o'clock yesterday afternoon
was tie time set for Judge Finn. of
the Probate Court, for the exam.na-
ton in Chambers of the unknown
sureties on Moses Hopkins sl3, 900.
900 bond, as administrator of the
Mark Hopkins estate. just as the
hour-hand of the clock pointed Iii
rectly at the figure 3. Mrs. Mary
Hopkins, and the petitioner Moses,
stepped into the court room, and a
Few minutes after Charles Croker fol-
lowed Gen. Barnes. Moses attorney,
and George Smith. his opponent, rep
resenting Samuel f. Hopkins. arrived
some time before. The little case
WAS on at Tire time, and the mastery
manner in which Gen. Barnes sfeppe
up ~ the counsefs table. ficins the
Court, and alternately transferred hi>
inqulring gaze from the clock Il
Judge Finn and back again and then
reas>urin1ly smiled at his distin
gu'shel clients, rs much a. to tel
them tina: their valuable time voulc
BE- saycl "a much rs possible, won {
have been Il study for Montcsquieu
kot benz able - stand this in-enu
Gus battery juice t'inn a purucl Ia
court and pissed into the retiremen
of his chambers, followed by Gen
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-27
The Curious Effects of Salt Storm

At the Porters Neck pian'atlon. ON
the sound, the salt spray from the ocean
waited in showers across the intervcn-
ing banks and sound lev the great storm
killed every living thing in the field
except the peanuts, which. curious To
say. seemed 70 have benefited 10y the
hriny shower bath. All the leaves on n
mock orange beige, commencing in
close proximity to the sound aud run
ming hack about one mile were com
ple,eIy killed. vile the leaves on the
trees in the ncighb .rhp5d all diet and
dropped III and their places nave >i'ce
hecu sup lird nv Hew ones. Even
the ohi syraunre> shed their vcrdurt
and subsequently, dounrl 4 garb more
Incoming .he hu.! linz, n.oamInG spring
then The usually cod ami depressing
au,umn. ~ ilmingtcn Star.