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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-17

THE NEws.-By courtesy of Miss
Ould the Western Union Operator at
the Depot, The HERALD was enabled
to bulletin dispatches from the Demo
cratic Convention and to give
Lancaster people the important
facts of the convention almost as quick
AS they occurred
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-17

OBITUARY. Benz. Quincy died at his
home in the town of Waterloo, July 3,
1884 at the ripe age of eighty-five years
and five months. He was born in York
Ford, England, Feb'y. Is, 1899 and
came to this country in June 1858 and
first settled in the county in the Mozart
ney settlement, where he resided until
1861, when he removed to his present
farm on Grant River where he has re-
sided with his son, James p. Quincy,
since the death of his wife about 10
years ago. In early life Mr. Quincy
united with the Wesleyan Methodists
and has ever been steadfast in the faith
He leaves four children-two sons and
two daughters.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-17
NOTICE no OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES BERNnAnn.

State of Wisconsin. County Court for Grant
County-In Probate
In the matter of the estate OF John Bernhard,
deceased
Notice is hereby given that the claims and de-
mands of all persons against John Bernhard, late
OF the village of Cassyille, in said county. de-
ceased, viii be received. examined and adjusted
by John III. c. Sneclode, Jacob Bernhard, and
Carl Kleinpell. all of said Grant county Commits
sioners appointed for that purpose by the County
Court of said county, at tho office of John II. &
Sneclode, in the village of Cassylle in said coun-
ty OF Grant. on the eth days Of September ard
December. A. ID. 1884. Also that six 90 months
from aud after the eth day of June, A D. 1854
is the time limited for the creditors of said John
Bernhard, deceased, to present their claims to
said Commissioners for examination and allow
ance.
BY order of the Court.
WM. McGONIGAL, County Judge
Dated June % 1884. lSw4
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-17

AT BELoIT.-Dr. Eaton of this city
and Rev. A. p. Johnson, of Platteville,
attended the Commencement Exer cises
at Beloit College. Mr.. johnson has
very interesting letter on the subject
in the Platteville Witness this week,
which, by request, we will publish next
week.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-17

DIED. - George Francis May he IN
died at Woodman, July 9, 1884 of con-
sumption, He was born December %,
1861, married April %, 1884. Funeral
services were held by Rev. u. S. Hurd,
of Boscobel, July 10, and remains in
TERED in Bethlehem cemetery. He
leaves large circle of relatives and
friends to mourn his loss, who have the
sympathy of the entire community.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-17
Legal Notices
-~N~N~N~~~~~~-
CUMMONS-WATrs.

SUMM0NS--wATrs.
Circuit Court-Grant County.
Rodney Sargent, Plaintiff, VS.. Saloma s. Watts,
Defendant.
The State of Wisconsin, TO the said Defendant:
You are hereby summoned TO appear within
twenty days after service of this summons, ex-
elusive OF the day of service, and defend the
above entitled action in the Court aforesaid; and
in case of your failure. 10 do. judgment win be
rendered against yon according to the demand OF
the complaint. BUSHNELL & WATKINS,
Plaintiffs Attorneys
P. o. Address, Lancaster, Grant County, Wis
cOnsiu. l5w6
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-17


COUNTERFEIT SILvER-Business men
throughout the country say great
many counterfeit twenty-five cent pieces
are in circulation. The pieces are dat
ed 1878. On genuine quarters only
three claws can be seen on the eagle,
while on the counterfeit the eagle has
four claws on one foot and three on the
other. Also new kind of counterfeit
coins has been thrown on the market.
1t has the appearance the weight and
ring of silver, yet it can be broken SO
easily that belief prevails that glass
must enter into all its composition.
The coins are made in all grades from
the dollar down.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-17
EsTATE-wlLLIAa JoRDoN, DECEASED.

BY order OF the Court, !
VIM. McGONIGAL COnntw Judge
Dated June 3. 1884. 14w5
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-17
ITO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN

SHtfIW OF NTanL county, WIS,
II. BUcHsER Plaintiffs Attorney
Pc. Address, Lancaster Grant Co Wiz Iiw7
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-17
FORECLOSURES sALE-Rlcks, ct. al.

bY OfUcf OF Inc COURT,
WM. McG0NIGAL, County Judge
Dated June 3, 1881 l4w
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-07-17
FsTATE-wILLIAa Jonpox, Deceased

VIM. McNUNINAL, NOunty Jnu.
Dated June 80. 1884.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-03
Currant Enemies.

We are asked by correspondent if
there is ''any remedy for worms that
eat the leaves of currant bushes" Yes;
thoroughly stir an ounce of white
heliebore into pailful of water Be
sure and get achite hellebore. This may
be used even when the currants art
ripe, simply taking the precaution t,
wash the fruit thoroughly. But it is
not harmful to the human being any,
how. Sometimes hot water, about as
hot or a little hotter than the hand can
be born in, is applied with beneficial
results. After the fruit is gathered. l.
there are worms troubling the bushes
apply Paris green. about teaspoonful
to pail of water. Paris green is certain
when it can be used with safety. If
an insect eats it, it is a dead insect.
But, of course, it can not be used on the
fruit itself. 1t is probable that many of
us do not pay as much attention to in
sect enemies as we should. Of one
thing we may be certain; unless we
fight such enemies they will get the
better of US. Many a man is over-run
with destructive insects simply because
he does not look for them, and does
not see them, until they are in such
force as to destroy all his fruit. West
er77 Rural.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-03
Simple Styles for Wash Dresses.

Tucked waists belted and a round
skirt with tucks and no overskirt are in
favor for simple wash dresses OF white
Victoria lawn. linen lawn, plain colored
Chamberys, bingham, etc. The wide
belt is covered by sash of the ma
terial, which has large bow and
tucked ends in the back to serve as the
only drapery. For the skirt of such a
dress of Victoria lawn three breadths
are used, two of which are straight,
while that in front is shaped toward the
top, and these are gathered to belt,
with the fullness massed quite far back.
Ten or twelve tucks, each two and a
half or three inches wide, are straight
around the skirt, covering it from about
fourth of yard below the waist al
most to the foot, where single frill of
embroidery or tucked and gathered
tlounce of the lawn gives neat finish.
The gathered belted waist is cut long
enough to extend over the hips, and ali
that part below the belt is concealed by
the skirt, which is put on after the waist
is adjusted; the belt is stitched On out
side the gathers, and this belt is con-
cealed by stiffly lined belt of the
plain lawn or of insertion. which sup
ports the soft muslin sash, that may be
passed around the entire waist, or else
only attached to the sides, and tied
across the back. When tucks are pre-
ferred in these waists there are usually six
or eight half-inch tucks placed length
wise in the front and in the back, hale
of them being turned each way 10 meet
IN the middle. A Byron collar and a
single frill of embroidery finish sae
rose. blue, or ivory white ribbon is at
the throat, and smaller bow catches
up the embroidery on each sleeve. These
dresses are easily '.done up" and the
fashion of making them is excellent for
che simple prints, percales. and lawns
that are pretty by reason of their fresh
ness. and must therefore be frequently
washed and ironed.-Ea1psras 1ssss.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-03
Narrowing Corn.

1t is useless to repeat the annual les
son to all good farmers. Blu: there are
yet a large number who do not believe
in or practice narrowing corn. They
may believe it beneficial to harrow OF
by taking out the center teeth and then
straddling the row. But none of this is
narrowing corn in the true and impor-
tant sense. 1t needs a fine, slanting-
toothed harrow; then harrow so as tc
stir the soil in the hills and tear out the
incipient weeds. With this kind of
harrow begin the work as soon as the
corn is planted, and keep it stirring
lively every day until the corn is large
enough to stand. turning the dirt to the
hill with the cultivator. And do not be
troubled about tearing up the corn, as
there is but little danger of in Jury, even
when it looks as if it were all torn to
pieces. And do not fear narrowing toe
much. No such case has occurred yet,
nor is there any probability of such an
accident in the future. The harrow is
really the greatest implement in max
ing the corn crop, and as the patent has
expired on the slanting-toothed har
rows. one can have them without pay
ing two hundred per cent. royalty.
Fine toothed harrows for corn can be
made light, and very wide. with joints so
that they will fit uneven ground. With
a harrow twelve feet wide, an active
team can 60 over thirty or forty acres
per day, and thus the entire crop can
be narrowed two or three times a week,
which will be none too much. With
the slanting teeth, corn ground which
has considerable rubbish on it can be
narrowed, but requires much more
care. BY the aid of stalk cutters-oI
even by deep and careful blowing with
the best class of riding plOws, the
stalks can be turned under so complete
ly as to admit of corn narrowing. And
it is so vitality important to harrow,
that all farmers should provide a time
to dispose of stalks, stubble or coarse
manure, and thus give the harrow
chance to do good service. The har-
row is not half appreciated, nor is the
character OF the harrow needed fully
understood The old. heavy, clumsy
harrow should be sent to the wood
pile for fuel, and the light implement,
with small but numerous teeth, sub
stituted. The real harrow should have
six times as many teeth, and be three
times as large as the regulation harrows
of forty years ago, some of which are
trying to do service on the farms of the
Rip Van Wrinkles behind the hills, and
'nfrequented hollows.-C. +. Garrison.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-03
A Spoonful OF Manure.

Suppose one is raising young colt or
calf or lamb or pig, which from any cause
finds it difficult TO get sufficient milk
FROM its dam for the first few days of its
existence. Would it not get a poor start
that would be likely to affect all its
after growth? Would not little extra
appropriate food at such time tell upon
its growth and vigor even to maturity
Apply this reasoning to a young plan
of corn, of wheat. or OF any field or
or garden crop. The young
germ starts out. For little while il
grows and expands until the roots be-
come numerous enough and stretch out
far enough to gather sap and other food
from the soil. Its first food IS the starch
and other material stored for it IN the
eeed. Now suppose as this decrease.
and is exhausted, the tender roots lind
more of similar food close at hand, in
the form of rotted manure or other fer
tilizers, to give it an extra push forward.
Does it not stand to reason that these
rootlets will be stimulated to larger,
stronger growth, and push out further
and faster into the soil, and thus be in
position and strength to take up more
food, tc expand and grow with greater
yipor? There are few soils, even on
the fertile prairies. to which the addi-
ton of half-gill or even tablespoon
full of LIQUID manure, or Of water soak
ing from manure in the soil, or OF som
artificial fertilizer, would not have !.
welcome and stimulating. effect
Prairie Farnssr,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-03
African Topography.

Most African travellers are now con-
tining their attention to comparative
small areas, and they can therefore de-
scribe with accuracy and minuteness
districts which Livingstone, Spoke,
Cameron and Stanley were able to
sketch only in broad outline. They ar
compelling geographers to revise their
notion On many interesting questions of
African topography. MIR. A. M.
Mackey, G. f., who has spent three
years near Victoria Nvanza, writes
that our maps give a very erroneous
outline of the lake, and that Stanley's
charts are extremely inaccurate, which
is not remarkable in view of Stanley's
short visit there. Six months ago the
vessel Eleanor was launched on the
Nyanza, and Mr.. Mackey expected
with her aid. to make an accurate survey
of the whole coast.
The missionaries at King Mtesa' cap
ital have just sent word that the lake
which has long figured on the map Il.
Lake BahringO. and which the explorer
Fischer tried TO reach last year, has no
existence. Stanley thought he had
identified his Aruwimi River, the large
northern attluent of the Congo, with
the Welle River of Schweinfurth, but the
researches of DR.. Junker. who is spend
ing his fourth year among. the Mann
Mans make it appear that the Aru-
wimi is known near its headwaters as
the Nepoto River, and that the Wells
empties into Lake Tchad. Perhaps
every atlas published last year repre-
sented the Quango River as flowing into
the Congo above Stanley Pool, though
we are now certain that it mingles with
the Wabuma River before it meets the
Congo.
Six years ago the late Bishop Gilbert
Haven wrote, what geOgraphcrs gen
orally believed, that lakes Tanganyika
and Nyassa were separated by dis
lance of five hundred miles; but the
missionaries who are now building a
road between those lakes find that a
highway two hundred and twenty miles
long will connect them. DR.. Stecker
has recently found that the Odessa
River, which appears on the map as an
aflluent of the Blue Nile, empties into
the Indian Ocean; and Messrs. Drum
mond and ONeill have just discovered
that the Lucinda River, which, since
Livingston visited it, has been thought
to drain Lake Shirwa, rises in lake
further north whose existence has hith-
erto been unknown. So. step by step
the real facts are supersedng errone-
Gus impressions of African geography.
IN. Y. Sun.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-03
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

Egg pudding: Make custard of
one quart of milk, four beaten eggs,
two tablespoonful of sugar, lemon
fiavoring, one tablespoonful of corn
starch. Pour over stale cake and set
away to cool.
TO give to soup peculiarly clear
appearance, let it get cold, then to hall
a gallon of soup put in the white of one
egg, and the shell also; let the soup
simmer on the back of the stove fOl
ten minutes or even longer, then strain
it.
Every garden should contain few
rows OF small fruits, not only for use
full purposes, but for ornamental. On
rich garden soils the product is some
times large enough to supply family
from very small area with all they re-
quire.
Every housewife should have jar
exclusively set apart in which to keep
cream. 1t should not be allowed to re-
main any length OF time in iar which
has previously contain ID vinegar, apple
butter, pickles, ETC., unless it has un-
dergone thorough washing and air
ing.
The expert weeder pokes weed OF
two out OF existence with his hand
while his eye is locating the exact spot
for the next strOke-much as the mas
ter of military drill keeps the next or
der or two in mind while the present
one is rolling off his tongue. Con id
cradle practice in either art is needed
for perfection.
Look out for Moths-If you have
not tie great luxury of some modern
hOusekeepers, a cedar closet, or even Il
chest, you must look to the garments
that invite depredations from moths
now. Air them and put away in cot.
ton bags with paper over them. Fasten
the paper with mucilage, and it Will be
impossible for moths to get in.
Colonel F. d. Curtis says that ?
good crop of peas will afford from forty
to sixty bushels to the acre, and a
bushcl of them will 90 further in max
ing growth than bushel of . corn, be:
cause peas, being heterogeneous, supply
all the wants of the system. and make
healthful and firm flesh, whereas the
corn goes more to fat, which is not SC
good for food and makes softar pork
with more waste in the cooking. He
sowS black-eyed marrowfats, with
ground in good condition, broadcast or
with drill, using two to two and-a-hali
bushels per acre.
Save the spent tea leaves for few
days, then steep them IN tin pail or
pan for half an hour; strain through a
sieve and use the tea for all vanished
paints. 1t requires very little elbow
polish, as the tea acts as strong de
tergent, cleansing the paint from all
impurities and making it equal to new.
1t cleans windows and sashes and OIL
cloths; indeed, any vanished surface is
improved by its application. 1t washes
window panes and mirrors much better
than water, and is excellent for clean
irg black walnut and lOoking-glass
frames. 1t will not do to wash unvar-
nished pa ints with it.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-03
PERSONAL AND LITKRAH.

Henry Wheeler, of Hickory Flat.
Ca. has never seen q city. and is nine
ty-four wears old. He has 122 grand
children and Observation-Disclosures dc
never used rum or tobacco.
MIR. John B. Tolman, a veteran
printer Of Lynn, Mass, has given the
Young Mems Christian Association, q
that CITY, an estate valued at $SO, OOO,
STIMULATING that the income shall b
used in promoting the cause OF temper
ance.
Prof. Gilbert E. Bailey, the we'll
known geologist, has been reappointed
Territorial Geo!ogist of Wyoming Ter
ri,ory. Prof. Bailey is one of the early
pioneers. and has done much to develop
the mineral resources of the Territory
and of the Black Hills of Dakota.
Mrs. Bolton writes in the I's3e-
pendent: Great numbers OF post-
offices in England are managed by
women. l said to one in London:
You manage this as well as man"
1--WE are said to do it BETTER she 70
piled, because people say, we are
quicker and more patient.
Miss Constance Bell. handsome
twelve-year-old girl of Boykin, 5. c..
came home from bOarding-schOol and
found DIR. Jasper Benson, an eighty
year-old stranger, sick in her fathers
mousse She nursed the old gentleman,
and. at the eud of two weeks. as soon
as he was able to walk. they were mar
ried. the girls parents giving full con-
| sent.
OF the members of the Twenty-sev.
enth Congress it is said the following
are the only survivors: John X. Red
ing, of New Hampshire; Robert c. Win
throp, of Massachusetts; Hiland Hall.
Of Vermont; Richard w. Thompson. Of
Indiana; David l.. Tulee. of Florida;
William Nj. Gwinn, of Mississippi (now
of California;; Harvey NJ. Watterson.
If Tennessee; Robert NJ. T. Hunter and
Alexander H. H. Stuart, of Virginia
| Ericsson, the inventor. has lived
for twenty years or more in the same
house in the lower part of New York
city, His life is regular and methodi-
cal. Rising early. before six, he walks
for an hour, and after light breakfast,
goes to work on his Inventions; from
eleven o'clock until four is spent in
reading, during which he also INDUCES
in luncheon; and after an hours re-
turn to work he ends his days labor
with another walk through the lower
part of the city-generally along the
| WharveS.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-03
Parrots.

A few weeks since the papers gave
the story of parrot that was fond of
pickles, and to get one put its head in
jar in which sweet pickles were kept.
The pickles were so tar below the sur
face Of the vinegar that Poll had to i'm
merse its head in the sour liquid before
it could crafty its appetite. The result
was that he became a bald-head parrot.
Occasionally some one would refer
to the loss of its feathers by saving:
$50 you've had your head in the sweet
pickles, Poll!' One day bald-headed
old gentleman. on entering the room
where hung Polls cage, was saluted by
the bird screaming out:
''Guess you've had your head in the
sweet pickles?'
Amusing as is this imrudent exclama-
ton of the parrot, it is paralleled by the
sayings of three other parrots, which
the present writer reports and vouches
for:
The cage of Massachusetts parrot
hangs in a photographer reception
room. 1t is not uncommon for lady,
just as she has finished her toilet, pre-
paratory to sitting for a picture, to be
startled by the bird impudent exclama-
ton: ''Oh, my! amt she daisy?''
A Rhode Islander who owns bright
parrot, keeps a private school for chill
dren. At recess the children are al
lowed to play in the yard, but are for
hidden to 60 into the street. The lady
is in part of the house where she can
not see the children, but no sooner has
one of them slipped out of the yard be-
fore she is at the door to call the truant
back
She knows of the disobedience
through the parrot. His cage his hung
by the front window, and as soon as
child wanders on TO the sidewalk the
bird creams: ''Children in the street!
children in the street,
Another of these feathered takers be-
longs in the town of F., in the same
State. His owner being too fond of old
New England rum, sometimes comes
home SO intoxicated that not even the
bird fails to notice it. At such times
Poll seems to share the family disgrace,
for it screams, angrily:
Shut the door! YOUR drunk! Shut
the door! You're drunk!' Youths
Companion.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-07-03
Working . New Line.

A tramp struck Detroit the other day
who will grow rich where others Of his
class will freeze and starve. 1t has long
been a wonder that none of these men
seemed to know how to take human
nature, but there is man at last. He
was. yesterday working several streets
in the northern part OF the city. He
made his calls Al the front door. Sc
Letting his house. and when his ring was
answered he would remove his hat and
inquire:
BEG pardon, but is this place fol
salc?''
'.No, SIR
'.Ah! excuse me. / was told that il
vas for sale. although could not I'M
derstand why you would want to part
with such fine property. This is one OF
the prettiest streets in Detroit.
'.Yes, l think So
1.-The air must be sweet and pure
here?''
''Oh, yes"
"How nice everything around youl
house is kept up! Any stranger could
at once see that the family had taste
and culture. Sorry the place is not fol-
SALE
ado you wish to buy?'
'Not exactly, but / know gentle
man who is looking for just'such g
place, and volunteered to run about s
little for him. l presume you woult
want at least &2O.0O0?'
"Oh. my, no! my husband values tn,
place at about $1,000
"0nly $4,000! Beg pardon, but
hope he won't be foolish enough tC
think of selling it at that figure. lie
might just as we'll get $4,000. l SET
that your neighbors try to initiate YOU
curtains. Ha. ha! Poor limitations
That is grand flower vase you have
there. l priced one in New York thu
other day and it was $500"
Yes she replied, pleased ant
smiling.
IF was an art conuOisSeur l shOult
like to look over your house. Every
thing betokens that you have made ar
study and travelled extensively in Eu
rope. BY the way, I'll step to the sid'
entrance for glass of water, and if th'
girl can spare bit OF bread and mea
I'll be thankful. My long walk ha
made me faint. Beautiful front view
here-taste and culture apparent ever
in the way this mating is nailed dowl
on the steps. Sorry your residence il
not for sale. and I'll just step to th'
kitchen door,
He not only got a sluare meal, bu
she hunted him up a coat, hat and pal
of boots, and then felt that she was il
his debt. Free Press.