Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-08-13
NUMBER "a.
OUR LOCAL EXCHANGES.

OUR LOCAL EXCHANGES.
Bloomington Record Cassyille was
visited by u hail storm on Monday even
ing, which proved most disastrous to
tobacco raisers in that locality. as the
crop Of that staple was entirely
destroyed. DR. Cronin lost five acres,
which would have been ready to house
within three weeks; Herman Grimm &
Co. lost the same acreage; Alois Grimm
an acre, and others whose names we
have not learned lost their entire crop
of the pirginiau weed. As tobacco is
estimated at $500 an acre when the
crop is good, the extent of the damage
will reach several thousand dollars
Prairie du Chen Union: The wind
and hail storm which visited this CITY
Monday afternoon was very disastrous
to some fields of tobacco on the prairie.
Schumann & Menges' crop. the finest
on the prairie. Was damaged 80 per
cent. A. Boseh's very fine crop. so per
cent. Henry Beach's small but extra
fine crop, 30 per cent. +. Smrcina's
crop is but slightly injured. The total
loss by the storm to tobacco growers
on the prairie will foot up about 81, 900.
At the meeting of emperors, soon to
take place in Vienna, no pains is being
spared to circumvent the nihiists.
Hundreds of detectives are employed
by the crown 10 carefully investigate
every stranger, So that the heads that
wear a crown may rest easy. This is
sad commentary on the wIckedness of
the world in view OF the fact that the
right of these emperors 70 reign is a
divine one.
AT Ennis. Tex. on the 9th inst, two
Young ladies, daughters of w b. Ran
kin, were sent by their father to the at
tic to draw some whisky, two barrels
being stored there. In drawing the
liquor it became ignited from. the lamp
and an explosion followed which killed
both the girls and burned the house.
Rankin and his wife barely escaped
with their lives. Such is personal liberty.
A London, Eng. correspondent of
The Chicago Herald draws a fearful
picture of English morals, showing that
the institution OF marriage is gradually
among the lower classes,
who herd together like cattle.an whose
private lives are bestial in the extreme,
while the bigher(9 classes are guilty
of the same RIGHTEOUSNESS through
choice and inclination.
Detectives James Tracey and George
w. Badger, of st. Louis, arrived at San
Francisco on the 10th. on the steamer
Zellandia from New Zealand with Wal
ter Lennox Maxwell, accused of the
murder of Charles Preller in st. Louis
in April last, in charge. Maxwell
sternuously denies the charge, but the
circumstances are overwhelmingly
against him.
The value Of OK bones is considera-
BILE. The four feet of an ordinary OK
vii make = pint Of neatsfoot oil. The
thigh bone Is the most valuable. being
worth $50 per ton for cutting into
toothbrush handles. The foreleg bones
are worth $50 per ton and are made in
to collar buttons, parasol handles, and
jewelry. The water in which the bones
are boiled is reduced to glue, the dust
which comes from saving the bones is
food TO cattle and poultry, aud allbones
hot
bone black used in refining sugar, are
made into fertilizers and help to enrich |
the soil.
Advertisement of Prince Bismarek's |
birth; Apropos of Prince Bismarck's |
birthday celebration, Il German fami- |
ly paper anaitienbidtt-haS unearth- |
ed the very first mention of the illus |
trious Chancellor which ever appeared |
in print. 1t is the advertisement of !
his birth, dated Schonhausen, 81 April, |
1915, and it runs literally in the fol- |
lowing singular form: 81 do not fail |
to make known to all relatives and
friends, with the request that they alb |
stain from congratulation, the happy
delivery of my wife of a healthy son,
which took place yesterday. -Ferti-
nand Won Bismarck.
There has been much stuff and nom
sense written about mexican beau
ties The truth is senorita of our
81 ter republic is rarely pretty. She is
apt to be obese when not yet 20 years
of age. and, as for her taste in dres-
sing, she hasn't any. Most of them
use a pasty sort of powder on their
faces, and have little discretion in the
use of colors. As a rule, Mexican
girl is ugly when smartly dressed, and
only looks really well when very young
and careless OF fashion.
Letters bearing several stamps are
especially easily robbed of valuables. |
The stamps are removed, a slit made, !
and the hole covered again by the |
stamps. In letters containing money |
and bearing more than one stamp the |
French Government recommends, in |
an order just issued, that the stamps |
be placed on the envelope about one
eighth inch apart.
A call has been made to the London |
Field by fair cqnestrienne for some
sort of folding rope ladder contriv-
ancc Is which She can mount herself |
when left TO the mercy of "a feeble |
par.or maid, clumsy groom or gard |
ener or Il low kitchen chair. Such a |
thing is just rs much needed in Ameri-
ca. So here is a chance for an ipge-
NOUS mind.
Don ~ Dickinson, the Michigan |
d. mocr.ii c '.bosS, is man Of medium |
height His face is sharp and angular. |
\ prominent nose, thin lips, and Slight |
Is protrnding chin denote determine
iion. II eye by turns is mild and full |
OF fire. lie takes his man in at glance. |
He seems continually to be in hurry.
Connecticuts new law concerning
obscene and immoral publications pro-
hibits the sale, gift, ETC.. not only of