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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-12-27
Cities Warmer than Country.

Those who happen to live at a little
distance from the heart of the city must
frequently have noticed lack of accord
between readings of their own standard
thermometers and the published obser-
walton of the Signal Service observers
of their locality. The reason of the dis
cord is plain, viz, the perturbing action
of the heat which the city emits; and,
however gratifying it may be to the out
slider to find himself superior to the
government observers, it is very little
credit to the Weather Bureau that this
particular source of error was not long
since rece gnized and avoided. The re-
marks of Prof. Whitney on this subject,
as applied to observations made at Lon
don, are pertinent and convincing. He
says: ut is II well-known fact that
cities are considerably warmer
than the more thinly inhabited coun-
try otherwise, under similar climatic
conditions. Statistics prove this to be
true and th-re could be no doubt that
such would be the effect of an imme-
date aggregation of population within
a limited space, even if there were no
statistics bearing on this question.
Many millions of tons of coal are burned
in and about big cities during every
year, and the whole mass of brick OF
which the city is built is heated during
the entire winter, and more or less in
the summer. many degrees ,.s,ve the
natural temperature. There can be
no question that conditions such as
here indicated vitiate all observations
made in or near large cities with view
to the determination of any possible
secular variation of the temperature. .
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-12-27
How Watch Gases are Made.

Most persons have an ambition to carry
goldwatch case, and yet few people know
how watch case is made, or the vast diff
ference in Inequality of them. In a Sorrp
GOLD WATCH CASE, aside from the necss-
sary thickness for engraving and polishing,
large proportion of the metal is needed
only to stifien and hold the engraved por-
tions in place, and supply strength. The
surplus is not only needless, but undesira-
BILE, because gold is soft metal and cannot
furnish the stiffness, strength and elasticity
necessary to make the case permanently
strong and close-ftting. The perfect watch
case must combine gold with some metal
that will supply that in which the gold is
deficient. This has been accomplished BY
the james Boss Gold Watch Case :, ~ wa.
which saves the WASTE of need & a
less gold, and INCREASES the soLIDITY and
STRENGTH of the case, and at the same time
reduces the cost ONE HALF.
Send cent stamp to Keystone Factories Pha
delpha Pa handsome Illustrated showing how
James Boss and Keystone Watch Cases are made.
Ito be eontinaedl
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-12-27
For THE GRANT COUNTY HERALD.
December.
nY MRS. nEpEccA :. rnrucu

RY MRS. REBEccA G, FRENCH
December, fun OF soft and gentle charms.
This year, dropped like dream from Autnmn's
arms.
Winters first born not in white robes we view,
But wrapped IN Indian Summers vail OF blue.
Oerspread-soft the gentle maiden's blush
Each eve, his gorgeous chamber entering to rest,
lie drops crimson curtain DER the West.
Perchance this is the year of Jubilee,
Earth's natal star set In Heavens galaxy;
Surely some revolution IL must bring
When Winter joins in partnership with Spring.
December, rough with snow and sleet.
Has always woven Winters winding She
But now surprised, we look around, and Aay
IT'S almost time forthe sweet flowers of May ~
December Of twelve sons and daughters is the
He drops the year in the eternal past
And OF this royal family she patriarch,
He bears upon his crown their burial mark
Times past his needle pointed to the Northern
star,
His breath drawn where the icy glaciers are
But now soft breezes only Issue forth
In gentle whispers with the soft-voiced South.
May the whole Winter Thus auspiciously begun
MID with the South wind, glad and bright with
sun,
One long December be-a golden link to bring
me death OF FAN to resurrection OF the Spring !
And Bloomington win not go South this year,
Because. unlike Mahomet's mount-the South
comes here.
DEFENDERS .sleight OF hand has, as it were,
Turned bleak Wisconsin into Floridai
The world moves on. take heart and move on too,
On to the glorious mark God keeps in view;
Dear friends OF good, old Grant, we wish You
cheer,
The merriest Christmas, and the happiest New
Year
Bloomington, Wis, Dec. 18th 1888.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-12-27

State Of Wisconsin. County of Grant--ss,
Circuit Court.
Thomas stephens. Plaintiff. vs.. william Shaw
ands Hannah Shaw. his wife, Defendants.
Nfotice is hereby given that by virtue and in
pur suance of a judgment OF foreclosure and order
oisale rendered at special term of the Circuit
Court for Grant county held in the court house.
in the city of Prairie du CHEN, in Crawford
county. Wisconsin, on the i4th Day OF November
A. d. 1881 and the time allowed by law for re-
demption having expired and no redemption
having been made therein, the undersigned
Sheriff of Grant county. Wisconsin, win ON the
18th Day OF January, A. ID. 1884. at one o'clock in
the afternoon. AT the front door of the Court
House in the city of Lancaster, in said county
and state aforesaid. offer for sale and sell to the
highest and best bidder or bidders for cash. the
following described mortgaged premises so
much thereof as will be sufficient TO raise the
amount due the plaintiff for principal Interest and
costs together with the expense of sale, to-witt
Commencing AZ the northwest corner Of the cas-:
halt OF the northwest quarter Of section nineteen
tl9l in town three OBJ north of range two %,
west OF the fourth principal meridian and running
thence east on the section line ten (10l chains
aud eighty one lsn links; thence south twenty
t21ll chains; thence west two 90 chains and
twenty (2Ol links; thence south six t6l chains
and cighty-one $50 links; thence east two %
chains and twenty (2Ol links; thence south thtr
teen (i31 chains and nineteen (t9l links thence
west four 90 chains and 97s5 links; thence
north six 90 chains; thence west five 90
chains and eighty-three One-third tS3iS) links /;
thence north thirty-four (SIl chains TO the place
OF beginning. containing thirty eight and one
fourth acres more OF less. situate in Grant eoun-
~. Wisconsin.
Dated sherifrs oaice Lancaster Wisconsin.
November 27th 1888. j. L. REWEY.
sheriff of Graft County.
BUSHNELL & WATKINS.
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
T. O. Address, Lancaster, Grant County, WIS.
SOW
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-12-27
NOTICE TO CREDIToRs-Moonr.

state of Wisconsin. County Court for Grant
Couuty-ln Probate.
In the matter OF the estate of William Moore.
deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that the claims and
demands Of all persons against William Moore.
late Of the town Of Mount Hope. in said county.
deceased, will perceived. examin ed and adjusted
by VIM. E, Sloat. Rufus NJ. Day, and r. G..
Humphrey Commissioners appointed for that
purpose by the County Court of said county at
the residence of William White, in said town of
Mt. Hope, in said county OF Grant, on the 18th
DAYS of March and June A. ID. 1884.
Also that six 90 months from and after the
18th Day of December A. ID. 1888. is the time
limited for the creditors of said William Moore,
deceased TO present their claims TO said Commits
sioners for examination and allowance
BY order Of the Court,
VIM. MCGONIGAL.
County Judge.
Dated December II 1888 4oNy4
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-12-27

state of Wisconsin. County of Grant-ss.
Circuit Court
Lambert Huppeler, Plaintiff. vs.. H. F. McNelly,
Defendant
Notice is hereby given that by virtue and in
pursuance Of judgment Of foreclosure and order
Of sale rendered at special term Of the Circuit
Court for Grant county, held in the court house
in the city Of DOdgeyile in Iowa county. on the
9th Day OF October, 1882 and the time allowed
by law for redemption having expired and no re
demption having been made therein The under
signed, Sheriff of Grant county. Wisconsin. will
on the 9th Day OF January, 1884. at O'Clock in
the afternoon. at the front door of the Smalley
House, in the village of Muscoda, IN said county
and state aforesaid. offer for sale and sell to
to the highest and best bidder or bidders for cash
the following described mortgaged premises or
so much thereof as will be sufficient to raise the
amount due the Plaintiff for principal. interest
and costs, together with the expense Of sale
tO-wt: N
Lot number sixteen (16) in block number one
hundred and twenty-one Q2D Of the village of
Muscoda, in the county of Grant and state OF
Wisconsin. according to the original survey and
recorded plat thereof, being in that part OF the
village plat since vacated by order of the court.
Dated Sheriff's Office, Lancaster, Wis, Nov.
10th, 1888.
J. L. REWEY.
sheriff Of Grant Coanty, Wis.
CHAS. G.. RODOLF.
Plaintiffs Attorney.
p. o. Address Muscoda. Grant county. Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-12-27
Legal Notices.
NOTICE TO CREDIToRs-wEsLEY Crow.

NOTICE TO CREDIToRs-wEsLE Crow.
state Of Wisconsin. County Court for Grant
COunty-In probate
In the matter Of the estate OF Wesley Crow
deceased.
Notice is hereby given. that the claims and
demands of all persons against said Wesley Grow
bate Of the town OF Mt. Hope in said county
deceased, viii he received examined and adj
justed by Robert G. Humphrey, Samuel l.. Borah
and John II. Gri1is. all of the county OF Grant.
Commissioners appointed for that purpose by
the County Court Of said county. at the store OF
Robert G. Humphrey. in the town Of Mt Hope
IN said county OF Grant. on the 18th days OF
March and June. A. ID, 1884.
Also that six 90 months from and after the
18th Day OF December. A. d. 1888. is the time
limited for the creditors Of said Wesley Crow
deceased to present their claims to said Com.
missioners for examination and allowance.
BY order of the Court
WIN. McGONIGAL. County Judge.
Dated December 18th 1888 42wI
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-12-27
And Other Chronic Diseases

Entire time devoted to Office practice Opera
tions upon the Eye, such as removing Cataracts,
Pterygiums Tumors, &C, and Strengthening
Gross Eyes" guaranteed. Cancers removed by
the application of medicines alone, and no pay
denadnded until the Cancer is out. Office hours
from to IL q. M, and from to $50 p. m.
(Rooms over Jones & Bryan's drug store)
Nofe.-As am almost constantly employed in
my office cannot we'll attend to calls outside
excepting in the line OF my specaties) and for
this reason patients wishing to be treated by
me for chronic diseases viii find it unnecessary
to abandon their family physician" in ordinary
sickness.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-12-27

The use of the term
" Short Line" in con-
nection with the corpo-
rate name of a great
road, conveys an idea
OF just what is required
by the travelling pub
liza Short Line, Quick
Time and the Best OF
accommodations-allof
he greatest railway in
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-12-27

There have been 2S1 business failures
in this country the past week, and ~ in
the Canadian Provinces.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-12-27
SHORT
LINE
CHICAGO,
ILWuAKEE
AxpSI.PA
which are furnished by
Arnarira

II owns and operates over 1850 miles OF road in
Northern Illinois, Wisconsin. Minnesota, Iowa,
and Dakota; and as its main lines, branches and
connections reach all the great business centers
of the Northwest and Far West, 1t naturally
answers the description of Short Line, and Best
Route between
Chicago. Milwaukee, 81. Pauland Min
Chicago. milwaukee, La Crosse and
Winona.
Chicago, Milwaukee,. Aberdeen and
Chicago, milwaukee,, Eau Claire and
saltwater.
Chicago, Milwaukee, wausauan NIer-
riiI.
Chicago, milwaukee,. Beaver Dam and
Oshkosh.
Chicago. milwaukee,, wauIsesha and
Chicago. Milwaukee, Madison and
Prairie du Chen.
Chicago, milwaukee,, Owatonna and
Chicago, Beloit, JanesviIie and Miner
al Point.
Chicago, Elgin, Rockford and Du-
Chicago. Clinton, Rock Island and Ce-
dar Rapids.
Chicago, Sioux City, Sioux Falls and
Yankton.
Chicago, milwaukee,, Mitchell and
Rock Island, Dubuque, ST. Paul aud
Davenport, CaImar, ST. Paul and Win
neapOlis.
Pullman SieeDerS and the Finest Dining Cars In
the World are run the main lines of the CHI
CAG0, MILWAUKEE g ST. PAUL RAILWAY and every
attention is paid to passengers by courteous en-
ployes of the Company.
S. S. MERRILL, A. H CARPENTER
General Manager Gen. Pass and Tiki. Agt.
j. T. CLARK, GEO. II. HEAFFoRD,
General Snp't. Asst Gen. Pass. Agt.
46y1
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-12-27

SEVERAL IMPROVED FARMS FOR SALE.
The undersigned offers for sale several i'm.
proved Farms in the vicinity of Cassville. Terms
seay and interest low.
John HI. G. SneclOde,
ealEstate Agent.
Cassville, Oct. 1881. 32tf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-12-27
WIT. IDA.
BLOOMINGTON.

Agent-R. BUGGINs, Mt. Ida, Grant Co.,
Wis., Notary Public and Conyeyancer. Collec.
tions specially.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-12-27
w. 3. Baxter.

Lancaster. Wisconsin, Leading Dealer in Drugs
Medicines. Chemical Patent Medicines. scans
Brushes, Perfumery. Dye Woods & DYE S,nhs
Toilet Articles and Fancy Goods Physicians,
Prescriptions Carefully Compounded Day ana
Night with Neatness and Dispatch.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-12-27
PATCH GROVE,

Agent-JoHE JONES, Patch Grove,
General Collection Age. Notary Public and Con
yeyancer. Also, special Treasury Agent for the
state of Wisconsin. to Whom Hawkers and Ped
dlers should apply for state license.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-12-27
= PLATTEyILLE.

AttOrneys-CARTER 81 CLEARY, Attor-
neys at Law. Platteville, Grant Co.. Wisconsin
Practice in all the courts Of the state Oflceover
Hodges & McCarn's Bank.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-12-27
MUSCODA.

~~-~~~c~~~--c~-~~-~~r~
HOtel-SMALLEY HOUSE, John S. Small
ley, Proprietor, Muscoda, Wis, near the depot.
Express office and Livery Stable attached Meals
at all hours Rooms well furnished.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-12-27

HOteI-PARK HOUSE, A. w Moore, Pro-
prietor, Platteville, Wis. The house has been
lately rehtted and refurnished throughout and
no pains will be spared to accommodate guests
Good stabling attached.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-12-27

Insurance -BLoOMINGTON FARMERS IN
sunAHcB COMPANY. Office at Bloomington Grant
county, Wis. John Ryan. President; Thomas
Pendleton, Secretary and Treasurer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-12-27

Agent-JEssE BROOKS, Bloomington,
Wis, General Collecting Agent and Conveyan GER
Titles investigated and perfected. Collections
desired
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-12-27
Hardware-RITTER & HugREIL Rose

Hardware-T. CARRIER IL Co., Bosco-
bel Wis. dealers in heavy and shelf Hardware.
stoves, Ilnware, Wagons and wagon Wood Work
Sash and Doors. Agents for Champion Reaners
and Mowers. acknowledged the best in use
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-12-27
U,oRECLosURE sALE-McNrrIy.

Dated December II, 1888.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-12-27

AttOrney-JoHN ID. WILSON, Bosco-
pei. Wis; Attorney and Counselor at Law. will
practice in all Wisconsin Courts and in the United
states Courts. make Collections and transact
business promptly. Office over Ruka Bros
hardware store
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-12-27
EoRECLosURE sALE--SHAw, ct al.


Plaintiffs Attorney
p. o. Address, Muscoda. Grant county. Wis.
Daily globe., 1883-08-03
IN INCIDENT OF SPorTsYLHANIA

IN INCIDENT OF SPOTTSYLTANIA.
In an article descriptive of the battle
of Spottsylvania, Mr.. J. II. Moore, who
was member Of the Seventh Tennes-
see regiment, says: "In conclusion, I
desire to call the attention of those who
participated in the battle of Spottsyl-
vanla to what appeared to me the most
daring and desperate act of the war by
any battery. On the morning of the
18th, while I was within our works,
saw to our right, distant about 500
yards and about the same distance i'm
mediately in front of our artillery, a
Federal battery advance at full speed,
and there, in an open field, halt. The
artillerymen at once took out their
horses and sent them to the rear, as
much as to say: We have come to
stay This was within full view and
within easy reach of our forty pieces.
As quick as the horses were started
back every man of that battery was
seen digging. yet I could hardly think
they were in earnest, for I was satisfied
that if our artillery would but once
open on them not man could escape.
Presently our artillery opened, and as
soon as the smoke cleared off I could
see that digging with desperate energy
was kept up by the survivors. Death
and destruction, [ thought, would be
the portion of the battery and its brave
defenders, for it appeared at times as if
their very caissons were literally Gov
cred with bursting shells, yet, strange
to say, few gallant fellows survived
the attack of the forty field pieces, and
amid showers of shot and shell succeed
ed in throwing up tolerably-secure
works. They came to stay and they
did remain. This was the bravest act
Of the war. and in the hope that I may
yet learn who those gallant fellows were
I mention the incident"
Daily globe., 1883-08-03

it strives to drive away its prosecutor.
At present the moon revolves around
the earth as distance of about 24O. 600
miles. The reaction of the earth tends
to increase that distance and to force the
! moon to revolve in an orbit which is
continually getting larger and larger.
Here, then, we have two remarkable
consequences Of the tides which are in
separately connected. Remember, also.
that we are not enunciating any mere
speculative doctrine.
These results are the inevitable conse-
quences of the tide. IF the earth had
no seas or oceans, no lakes or rivers. if
it were an absolute rigid solid Throughout
its entire mass then these changes would
not take place. The length of the day
would never alter, and the distance of
the moon would only fuctuate between
narrow limits. AS thousands of wears
roll on, the length Of the day increases,
second by second, and the distance of
the moon increases, mile by mile. These
changes are never reversed. It is the
old story of the perpetual dropping. AS
the perpetual dropping wears away the
stone so the perpetual action of the tides
has sculptured out the earth to the
moon, and still the action of the tides
continues. To-day is longer than yes
terday; yesterday was longer than the
day before. A million years ago the day
probably contained some minutes less
than our present day of twenty-four
hours. Our prospect Goes not halt here.
We at once project our view back to an
incredibly remote epoch, which was a
crisis in the history of our system. Let
me say at once that there is great un-
certainty about the date of that crisis.
It must have been about $4,000, 600
years ago. It may have been very much
earlier. This crisis was the interesting
occasion when the moon was born. I
wish I could chronicle the event with
perfect accuracy, but I cannot be sure
of anything except that it was more
than 4S, 100000.
Daily globe., 1883-08-03
HOW BANK NOTES ARE MADE.

Every one may not know that the
Government money is printed on paper
made in Dalton, Massachusetts, town,
in mill that had its origin in colonial
times. AS the grayish pulp passes be-
tween heavy iron rollers, bits of blue
and red silk thread are scattered over its
surface. From the pulp room to the
vault, where it is stored until shipped
to Washington, where it may be used
Immediately or remain in the vault for
years.
During the past year there was print
ed by the Government $4,000, 600
worth of legal-tender notes, $69,00O, 600
of national-bank currency, $S7, 900, 900
of bonds, $3S, 100000 of silver certif-
Gates and 1864, ,450,615 stamps for the
internal revenue. In the Bureau of
Printing and Engraving more than one
thousand persons are employed in wet
ting, plate-printing, examining, press
ing, numbering, separating, binding,
perforating and engraving. The bank
note plate and stamp dies are kept in
vaults that require three mems time a
quarter OF an hour to open. All the
Presidents down to Garfield have been
portrayed Oh bank notes, and three
Vice-Presidents, twenty-four Secre-
taries of the Treasury, ten Secretaries
Of State, six Secretaries of War, three
Postmaster Generals and Chief Justices
have been honored in the same way, be-
side twcnty-six Senators and Repre-
sentatives and few other noted per-
sons in science and literature.
The highest denomination of legal
tenders is $4,000. The next is $4,000,
and 81 900, $500, 800, $50, $40, $40,
s., 8, 81 follow. The highest value in
national-bank notes is $1,000. The
printing Of a bank note requires
twenty-five or twenty-four days,
and during the process it passes
through the hands of ffty-two persons.
A woman in the counting department
has counted for seventeen years and
never made q mistake in that time
Providence Journal.
Daily globe., 1883-08-03
RTCHES IN NEK YORK.

Ten years hence there will be no
middle class. In New York you could,
few years back, count the millionaires
on your fingers. You can't do it now.
can name hundred men and women
here worth a million each. When I was
boy q man with 100000 clear was
rich. What is he now? That means
but $4,000 year, and who can live in
any sort of shape on that? There may
be few clergymen here and there who
can make both ends meet on that insig-
nificant figure; but, bless my soul and
buttons!- However, what I wish to
get at and emphasize is this: Our great
cities are loud with riches. On the
great avenue of New York there are
men to whom 100000 is but baga-
telle. 1 can take you to streets where
there are blocks upon blocks of houses
In which no man can live on less than
$4,000 to $4,000 a year. Hundreds of
~ 0POh0 %AO,OOO d y0hI VIII dI6 uOG
worth ten cents beside. In other
words, they spend all they make. What
of it? Much. The rich grow richer
here and the poor poorer. Culture,
education and refinement do not neces-
sarily follow riches. Our railroad kings
are phenomenal in wealth. There are
so many of them that to be one is not to
be singular; but in the extent and
amplitude of their possessions they are
unique and amazing. There are Sec
tions of New York where an annual in
come Of $3.50 would make its owner a
curiosity, and there are others where
an annual expenditure OF $4,000 to
100000 is nothing out of the usual rut.
This being conceded, am I right or am
1 wrong? Are we drifting into two
great currents-rich and poor-or not ?
Joe HoaCard, IN Philadelphia Times.