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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16
TrOtters Going Abroad,

Hitherto our English cousins have af-
fected chilling indifference-to put it
mildly-towards the American trottinc
horse; and other countries seem to have
taken their cue from them. But recently
marked change is noticeable. The
American trotting horse has, by his per
formances and merits, won his way to
transatlantic favor. In England an
effort is being made to add trotting TO
the fashionable sports, and American
trotting stations are to be imported to
improve the speed of the native animals.
We have said, in these columns hereto
fore, that it was only question of time
when the trotting horse of the United
States would be sought by foreigners
and become prime favorite with many
of them. The Hour says that a French
gentleman is on his way to this country
to buy number of stations and mares.
with view of improving the breed of
road horses and encouraging trottinc in
France. And last, but not least the Aus
tralians have suddenly been seized with
an admiration for the hero of the sulky
which overShadows all previous expert
ences. Nearly all the harness horses of
prominence in Australia at present are
American bred. The Australian govern
ment has given land within twenty
miles of Melbourne, and a race track is
in process of construction which will be
completed in March. when meeting is
to be held. No doubt large importa-
tons of trotting horses and breeding
stock will be ordered from the United
States for that and other foreign coun-
tries. which viii furnish q new outlet
for American stock for track and breed
ing purposes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16

ing volumes here and there but taking
them in their regular order. The vol
umes examined being the fourth to the
eleventh Inclusive. This covers por-
ton of the time Judge Cothren was up
on the bench before. All the decisions
In these volumes have been minuted
that were appealed from the counties
OF La Fayette, Iowa and Grant. These
counties only were taken, as the circuit
was changed several times as to other
counties-and it could not be told from
the reports whether the cases from the
other counties were appealed when they
were IN the circuit or out of it. But La
Fayette, Iowa and Grant have always,
since lS49, been a part of the Fifth Cir
cult. 1t is fair supposition, too, that
Judge Cothren decided as near right in
these three counties as elsewhere.
The volumes, fourth to eleventh in
elusive contain in all thirteen appeals
from the three counties named, in two
OF which only was the judgment of the
circuit court affirmed and in the other
eleven cases it was reversed. The re-
versed cases may be found as follows
4th Wis, pages 2S5, 295 and 395; 9th
Wis, pages 343, 433 and 551; Sth Wis,
pages 1872, 1875 and $40; 9th Wis, page
1874; 18th Wis, page 430. 1t is thus
seen that in the sixteen volumes of
Wisconsin reports carefully examined
by The HERALD, in "a only Of the eases
appealed were Judge Cothren's rulings
and decisions affirmed, while in thirty
two cases they were reversed Other
volumes of these reports have also been
looked into and THE HERALD is able to
confidently assert that of all the cases
appealed from this circuit while Judge
Cothren has been upon the bench con-
siderable more than one half have been
reversed by the supreme court
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16
The Duty OF Each Voter.

But nineteen days remain between the
date of the issue of this paper and cleo
ton day, which comes Tuesday, April 4.
This should be borne in mind by the
electors of the district, each one of whom
should appoint himself select commit
tee ne to see that one vote and that
his own, is dropped into the ballot box
on election day forthe peoples candidate
for Judge of the Fifth Judicial circuit,
Hon. George Clementson. He alone is
the rightful candidate of the people by
virtue of the fact that he has been chosen
by the representatives of majority of
the electors of the district. Not through
persistent urging and tireless pleading
of agents, but as the unanimous choice
of the people acting through their duly
constituted representatives. In this
sense he is truly peoples candidate in
the proper and rightful usage of that
much abused term. But it must not be
forgotten that Mr. Clementson is at the
same time the candidate of the Repub-
lican party, IS his competitor, Judge
Cothren, is the candidate of the Demo-
cratic party. The modus operandi of
the nominating process does not for a
moment change the exact status of the
candidates. The simple fact that Judge
Cothren was presented with petition
signed by his party friends and present
ed by Democratic representatives from
the different counties will not, in the
view of any thinking person, remove him
from the party ranks to higher and
visionary plane dubbed. for the time
being, non-partisan. To an impartial
Investigator quite the contrary will be at
once apparent. 1t will be hard to con-
vince an unprecedented mind that a can
didate called out by Democrats, the petit
tons signed entirely by members of that
party, with a few solitary republican
names, which have since been rupudi-
ated by the signers, these petitions in
turn presented by Democrats, it will
obviously be hard, we say, to convince
that class for which the bait is prepared
that Judge Cothren is not Democratic
candidate.
This he is, Notwithstanding that he
chose this way rather than the regular
party convention as the generating pro-
cess through which the candidacy was
evolved.
In view of these facts let every voter
make it point to come to the polls on
election day and deposit his ballot for
Hon. George Clementson, the true can
didate of the people. 1t needs but a
little active exertion on the part of each
and every one of his friends to place his
election beyond show of doubt, and
this exertion is rightfully his due. Let
each one see that this particular duty
is carefully attended to on Tuesday.
April 4.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16

As is usually the case in any sub
jcct on which he speaks Senator Ed
munds condensed the entire argument
against the Chinese into a short speech
Of less than u half hour. Edmunds
would restrict the operation Of the bill
prohibiting Chinese immigration to ten
years, when if those of this nationality
show evidence Of assimilating with the
people Of this republic instead Of hold
ing themselves aloOf the prohibition can
be removed. With n radical change of
their exclusive habits there is no reason
why the Chinese Should not be allowed
the right to participate in the benefits
Of The Republic as well as citizens Of any
other foreign nations, with his usual
clear medicines Senator Edmunds got
down at once to the meat Of the cocoa
nut and grasped the only argument with
which craftsmanship should deal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16
LEGAL LINKS.
Forged BY the Judicial Smiths by Recent Decisions
OF Note.


OF Note.
Sureties upon promissory note con-
tending that they were discharged BY
the delivery by the owner of the note
to the maker of a written instruction of
extension. The owner offered to show
by conversation that the writing was de-
livered as proposition with the agree
ment that it should not be considered
binding unless the sureties consented
The sureties objected to the oral testi-
mony. In this case, Wilson VS.. Pow
ers, the Supreme Judicial Court of Mas
sachusetts, in November, said: "The
conversations previous to, as well as
those contempOraneous with, the de-
livery of the writing, were competent to
show that it was delivered as a proposal
only
A wife who claims the ownership of
property by a purchase. in suit
against her by her husbands creditors,
must prove by clear and satisfactory
evidence, and the burden of proof is up
on her, that the purchase was made for
a valuable consideration, and paid out
OF her separate estate, or by some other
person than her husband to her, in the
opinion of the Supreme Court of Wis
consin, in Horton VS.. Dewey, decided in
November.
A promissorY note had added to it,
ito pay all expenses, including attor-
ners fees incurred in collecting, without
any relief from valuation or appraise-
mont laws and the Supreme Court of
Wisconsin, in December, in Morgan VS..
Edwards, decided that the negotiability
of the note was destroyed by the GER
tainty of its amount becoming unsettled
by the expenses, which were not an
ascertained sum.
ASS general rule, an attorney should
not testify as a witness for his client in
a cause, the sentiment of the profession
being opposed to it; but where, in his
Judgment, there would be failure of
justice without his testimony, and he
determines to testify in behalf of his
client, the jury should not be instructed
that the fact that the witness is an attor
ney for party should impair his credi-
bility, in the opinion of the Supreme
Court of Wisconsin. in Connolly VS..
Strauss, decided in December Brad
streets.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16
FIRING AT THE FRONT.
How They did IT in the Rife Pits in Front Of
Plttsburg.

How They did 1t in the Rife Pits in Front of
Plttsburg.
Fifty yards in front of the abatis the
pickets were stationed. When first the
siege began, picketing was dangerous
business. Both armies were bent on
fight, and picketing meant simply sharp
shooting. As a consequence, at first the
pickets were posted only at night, so
that from midnight to midnight the poor
fellows lay in their ritle-pits under a
broiling July sun, with no protection
from the intolerable heat, excepting the
scanty shade of a little pine-brush erect
ed overhead, or in front of the pit as
screen. There the picket lay, flat on
his face, picking off the enemy's men
whenever he could catch sight of head
or even SO much as hand; and right
glad would he be if, when the long
awaited relief came at length, he had no
wounds to show.
But later on, as the siege progressed,
this murderous state of affairs gradually
disappeared. Neither side found it
pleasant, nor profitable, and nothing
was gained by it. 1t decided nothing,
and only wasted powder and ball. And
so, gradually, the pickets on both sides
began to be on quite friendly terms 1t
was no unusual thing to see Johnny
picket--who would be posted scarcely
hundred yards away, SO near were
the lines-lay down his gun, wave a
white piece of paper as signal of truce,
walk out into the neutral ground be-
tween the pieket-lines, and meet one of
our own pickets, who, also dropping his
gun, would go out to inquire what
Johnny might want to-day.
''Well, Yank, want some coffee. and
I'll trade tobacco for it,
HAS any of you fellows back there
some coffee to trade for tobacco?
johnny Picket here, wants some
Coffee
Or may be he wanted to trade papers.
Richmond Enquirer for New York
Herald or Tribune, ''even up and no
odds. Or, he only wanted to talk
about the news of the day-how "we'-
uns whipped you'u up the valley the
other day or how, IF we had Stone
wall jackson yet, wee be in Washing
ton before winter or may be he only
wished to have friendly game of cardsl
There was certain chivalrous Ell
quette developed through this social in
tercourse of deadly foemen, and it was
really admirable. Seldom was there
breach of confidence on either side. 1t
would have gone hard with the com
rade who should have ventured to shoot
down man in gray who had left his
gun and come out of his pit under the
sacred protection of piece of white
paper. If disagreement ever occurred
In bartering, or high words arose in dis
cussion, shots were never fired until due
notice had been given. And | find men
toned in one Of my old army letters
that general fire along our entire front
grew out of some disagreement on the
picket-line about trading coffee for to-
bacco. The two pickets couldn' agree.
jumped into their pits, and began firing,
the one calling out: Look out, Yank.
here comes your tobacco" Bang,
And the other replying: IAN right.
Johnny. here comes your coffee Bangi
-"RecotteettOns Of a Drstmmer-boy, In
March Sc. Nicholas
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16

The Sentinel here refers only to chronic
cases. As the same paper says, further
on, this class of patients require
but little attention and need to have life
made as comfortable as possible for them
and this in its opinion can be best &C.
complished near home than at distance
To the careful student of this subject
there can exist no doubt on this point
1t is so apparent that he who runs may
almost read. Enlarge if necessary, and
the necessity seems to exist, one of the
present buildings for the reception of
patients from the poorer counties but
Legislators should think twice before
overthrowing the present system which
has met with the appreciation of the most
distinguished humauitarians.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16
Court EXPENSES.

1t is extremely probable that when
the supporters Of Judge Cothren under
took to compare the administration of
their faydFite with that of his immediate
predecessor, they were acting under the
suppo,ition that the showing would re-
dound greatly to the credit of Judge
Cothrcn. In view of the facts presented
in former issues of The HERALD and
elsewhere, it would seem that a contin-
uance Of comparisons would hardly be
beneficial 10 Judge Cothren's candida
az. 1t may be that these gentlemen
hoped to get in sly ticks at Mr. Glenn
entson, the present nominee, by thrust
Ing away at Judge Mills who occupied
the bench previous TO Judge Cothren.
While this attack by proxy only serves
10 more strongly emphasize the fact
already apparent, that the Repub-
ican candidate is absolutely in
vulnerable we are perfectly willing to
meet them on their own ground and
with weapons of their own selection.
The HERALD Of last week showed by
plain facts. taken from the public
records of this county, that Judge Goth
rem was far from being the economical
Judge some have claimed him to be
That instead Of running court, as his
friends assert. with less expense than
did Judge Mills, the formers term of
court in proportion TO the eases upon
the calendar cost the county 81 600 a
year more than the terms when Judge
Mills was upon the bench. In making
that .hoNing THl HERALD presented
the matter in the fairest possible light
for Judge Cothren. It gave the total
number of cases upon the jury calendar
during the last five Years, without even
calling attention to the fact that CON
siderable number Of them were appeals
from Piattcyille that were never tried.
As a matter of fact there were more
of what the lawyers call lighting
ease, case, to be tried and that were
;rjed upon the calendar of the court
during Tho last five years Of Judge Mills
than there has been during the first
five years Of Judge Cothren's present
term. The total number of days that
the court was in session during these
tive Years was lil and the total number
ID DAYS 81 the court under the last five
YEAR OF Judge Mil, administration wa.
TAG. Yet The ltl day Of Judge Goth
ron cost the county sIs,9019S, while
the li6 day OF Judge Mills cost but
sia9lLo2. The average cost to the
county per day w;ts therefore under
Judge Mills SIS while under Judge
totmcn it was Sl3l, or one-third more
under Judge Cothren than under Judge
Mills II least one-third more per day
under the former than il should have
been TO coincide with the economical
claims Of his party friends
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16
GEORGE p. MATHEs. Ed
No Middle Name.

As many of the papers throughout the
district have persisted in adding mid
die initial TO the name of Hon. George
Clementson THE HERALD would call
attention to the fact that this is mis-
take. Mr.. Clementson has no middle
initial in his name. George Clementson
is the correct rendering Of it. A plain,
honest name, fitted to plain, honest
man
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16
Manifesto ~ Q. Z.
JANUARY /. 1882

Early in the Fall we promised
to fill this space with a flaming
lad. " telling Of Our IMMENSE STocK
OF STAPLE AND FANCY GOODS for
the Fall and Winter trade but the
fact is that we have been so busy
selling goods that we had no time
to write up an "ad. for the print
ers. We wishto say however, to
our Friends and Customers, we
are thankful for their liberal pat
ronage during the present year
and wish them each and every one
a Happy New Year, at the same
time calling their attention to the
fact that we shall open the New
Season with a LARGER AND MORE
COMPLETE Stock than we have ever
shown them before and at as LOW
PRICES as can be found in Lancas-
ter or elsewhere.
Our motto shall be as hereto
fore: i" COOP GOODS, Low PRICES
AND HONORABLE DEALING"
We have recently repleniehcd
our stock with SEAsoNABLE GooDs
such as Hoods, Nubias, Scarfs,
Mittens, Gloves, Cloaks, Dolmans,
and ready made Clothing, which
we are offering VERY CHEAP. Also
full stock of Staples. HlGHEsr
MARKET PRICE always paid for
farm produce.
HOWE & RAXTFR
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16

A large number of nihilist pamphlets.
printed at Coburg and found in Berlin,
have been seized
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16

LANCASTER LODGE a. r. a. NJ. meets first and
third saturday in each month at p. m, in Herald
office block
GRANT CHAPTER. Regular conyocatiOn second
and fourth Tuesday Of each month at p. m, in
Herald Office block
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LODGE I. O. OF Meets
every Wednesday at i3op. IN. in odd Fellows
han, Maple street.
LANCASTER LoDGE l. o. q. T. Meets every
Tuesday at p. m. in Budd block, Madison street
LANCASTER council Il. T. Meets first Thurs
day Of each month in Budd block, Madison street
Fidelity LoDGE A. o. e. W. Meet first and
third Mondays Of each month in Budd block
Madison street
CoNGREGATIoNAL CHURCH. Corner Madison
and Cherry streets. Services at 1890 a. m. and
IN.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHuRcH. Corner Mon
roe and Cherry streets. Services 1880 a.. m. and
z p. N. sunday.
CATHOLIC CHCRCH. Corner JcffercOn and Cher
~ streets. Services at 10 30 a. IN. and p. m
sunday.
City LIBRARY Court house Open Wednes
day afternoon and saturday afternoon and even
ing.
Protestant EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Corner JEFF
fersop and Oak streets.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16

Virginia politicians are agitating the
question Of normal school for wom-
en-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16

LANCASTER Lopez A. F. A. NJ. meets first and
third saturday in each month at p. m, in Herald
office block
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16

GRANT CHAPTER Regular conyocation second
and fourth Tuesday Of each month at p. m, in
Herald Office block.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY LoDGE I. O. OF Meets
every Wednesday at 1902 N. in odd l elbows
hall Mamie street
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16

FIDELITY LoDGE A. o. {. W. Meet first and
third Mondays OF each month in Budd block,
Madison street.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16

the only Pullman
aoarS o lies OF ho4D 1t forms the following Trunk Lines
"eo Aluh California
sioux t Nebraska
the
Remember rtandtak
H.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16

LANCASTER council r. r. Meets first Thurs
day Of each month in Budd block, Madison street
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16

LANCASTER LoDGE /. O. G. T. Meets every
Tuesday at p. m. in Budd block, Madison street
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Corner Madison
and Cherry streets Services at l0:30 a. m. and
p. m
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Corner Mon
roe and Cherry streets. Services 1890 a. m. and
D. IN sunday
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-03-16

HOWE & BAXTER
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-04
Mississippi Valley Cane Growers.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 3.-The Mississippi Valley
Gene Growers association assembled in Poly
tecnnic hall this morning. About 800 dele
gates were present, including members from
New York, New Jersey, and Louisiana, and
most of the states in the Mississippi valley.
More delegates are expected tomorrow. The
convention was called to order by the presi-
dent, after which papers we've read by Mr..
Nichol, of Louisiana, and Mr.. Hedges, relating
to sorghum culture and the production of
sorghum sugar. The convention then adj
journed
At the afternoon session President
Hodges delivered an address in which he
gave sketch of sorghum growing in the
north, the increased facilities for pro-
ducing sugar, the multiplication of sugar
mill operations in various parts of the
north, the identity of interest
between the North and South in
cultlvating sugar and alluded very
gracefully to the generosity Of Southern
growers of cane in coming up from their
homes and giving their Northern breth-
rem the benefit of their knowledge and
experience in production of cane.
Hc believed the combining of the two
interests would result in the saving to the
American people of an enormous amount
now paid for foreign sugar.
The secretary Of the Louisiana Cane
Growers association made some remarks
about the growing of northern cane in
the south, and said the
result had been satisfactorily.
Mr.. Nicol, of the Louisiana delegation,
read paper giving the result of some
experiments he made with Orange sor-
ghum cane, which were quite satisfac-
tory.
Prof. Magnus Swenson, of Wisconsin
university, and Prof. Scoville, of the In
dustrial university of Illinois, read pa
pers giving accounts of their experiments
with cane and the production of sugar,
which were full of valuable informa-
ton and were received by the delegates
with much satisfaction. President Hodges
and Col N. j. Coleman of st. Louis were
appointed a committee to represent the
association at the agricultural convention
to be held in Washington. AAcommuni-
cation from Mr.. Loring, commissioner of
agriculture, regretting his inability to at
tend the meeting, was read.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-04

In remarking on the ABOVE ngures, the
Mercantile Agency in its annual circular
says:
The above figures indicate a ma
terial increase in the number of failures
for the year 1851, and a growth in the
loss of bad debts considerably over last
year. An indication of this sort can
hardly be interpreted to be q favorable
sign as to the condition of the country,
yet, when a comparison is instituted be-
tween the failure figures of last
year and those of previous years, sfor
instance, 1878, it will be seen that in the
proportion they bear to the casualties of
that and previous years, both as to the
number of failures and the amount of
liabilities, the result is not unfavorable,
1t should also be recollected, that while
the failures and liabilities of 1881 are
only slightly more than one-half those of
1878, the volume of trade is probably now
four or five times as great as it was then,
while the number of persons engaged
in business is certainly eighteen to
twenty-five per cent. greater. AS to
the proportion of failures to those
engage in business, our statistics show
that in 1876 the failures were to every
&c persons; in 1877, in 70; in 1878, l in
GA; in 1879, 1 in 1O5; in 1880, in 15S,
while in 1881 the proportion was l in
40. The advantage in favor of the year
just closed over the average of years is
therefore very marked