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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28
BIO0nlin gtOn,

Spring has finally arrived and the
horny-handed sons of toll in this com
mUnity, having become awakened to a
sense of the responsibility which rests
upon them are rushing through their
springs work with astonishing rapidity.
This week will finish all the corn plant
ing on Blake's prairie. and our business
men, most of whom have been indulg-
ing in little piscatorial expeditions to
the Mississippi and getting some fish
and awfully sunburned, are preparing
for little boom in trade.
Will Osborne has beautiful new BIZ
cycle. 1t seems to be the reverse of an
ordinary bicycle as the little wheel
travels in. front. 1t is an improvement,
in that the rider is relieved from the
necessity of taking a s'header'' when
ever he strikes an obstruction, ard fall
ing over the front of the machine and
dislocating his neck.
Mrs. John Wright, of Lancaster, paid
a visit to relatives and friends in this
city last week. She was accompanied
homo by Mrs. C. B. Woodhouse.
Herman Enke and G. B. Sprague
have added numerous improvements to
their residences the past week
G. j. Woodward is in Dubuque this
week.
Jas. Davis, of Patch Grove, was a
caller on Monday.
Il. c. Orr passed through the village
Monday on his return home from bus
mess trip to Cassville
The infant daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. N. Hoskins died Monday, of an affec-
ton of the heart. The parents have the
deep and heartfelt sympathy of us all
in their bereavement. w.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28
Arrested for Erands.

CHICAGO, May %. The Inter Oceans
Bloomington, ILL.,, special says: 1t is
learned tonight that the grand jury,
which has worked secretly for more
than week, has found one hundred
and twenty indictments against twelve
leading citizens of Metropolis, Massac
county. for forgery. conspiracy, etc,
perpetrated to swindle number of life
insurance companies. including the Mu-
tual of this city and several eastern
companies. Among the indicted are
John III. Norris, mayor of Metropolis;
Geo. +. Musgroye, deputy sheriff; two
leading physicians, and several lawyers.
The ring operated by insuring people
on their death beds on false statements
as to health and age. Its gains amount
to fully $4,000, and plans were laid for
800, 900 more.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28

The fin st business block in Lansing.
Ia, consisting of forty buildings, was
burned on Friday last, entailing a loss
of Si50,000. The heaviest losers are
Hazelton a. Thomas, of the bank of
Lansing, a fine brick twe-stoIy build
ing; John Tully, grocer, new store and
heavy stock just purchased; j. f. Met
calf, Lansing Mirror printing Office;
J. w. Koehler, fancy goods, brick store;
l.. Finks and G. l.. Saam. both dealers
in boots and shoes. carrying heavy
stocks; L. I. Elmendorf, jeweler and
millinery; j. B. Thorp, boots and shoes;
F. W. Wagner, harness shop, brick
building, large stock; Journal printing
office; w. McBay, building, groceries
Spencer & Morgan's dwelling house,
and several others.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28


Guatemala and Salvador are at il
again. hammer and tongs, and the pale
air is streaked with blood Tho efforts
OF Honduras to patch up peace be-
tween the two countries have failed,
and 400 Guatemalan troops have crossed
the frontier into Salvador to join the
rebel Menendez. CONSUMPTION is being
resorted to by the Salvadorians, and a
dispatch of the 23rd inst. from La
Libertad says: ''Seventy-one men were
taken from here to-day under a mill
tary guard, amid the heart-rending
cries of people of both sexes" The
whole Central American question is re-
opened by this action. and the Unit ed
States might as well acquire that terri
tory now as later. So long as their
seven-by-nine governments exist, Amer
lean interests will be endangered by the
notwithstanding revolutions.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28

The troubles in the Northwest seem
to be on the point of a peaceful termina-
ton. Poundmaker, whom it was feared
had joined forces with Big Bear and,
with combined force of 1920 Indians,
would gire long and serious trouble,
has released the twenty-six transfers
recently captured by him, and sued for
terms of surrender. The noble red
mans stomach, it would appear, is just
as sensitive to lack of sustenance as
is that of the more daintily reared white
man. When Lo has eaten his last dog
be becomes quite gentleman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28
Gambled ON n Priests Advice.

OswEGo, N. Y, May 24.-The Pal
ladium to-day will publish an interview
with Thomas Crawford, the defaulting
City Treasurer, who is now in Hamil-
ton. Ont. Crawford's statement Is that
he found himself 5000 short at the end
OF his first year as Treasurer. He con-
hded his trouble to Father O'Connell.
of st. Johns church. of Oswego, and
in accordance with his advice engaged
in margin-dealing in the hope of max
ing enough to make good the shortage,
and the final result was his flight from
the city, leaving deficit of $40, 600
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28
The Congregational S. ". Convention.

The annual meeting of the South
western Convention of Congregations
Churches met with the Church at Arena
Wis, May 10 and 90
The weather being favorable. the at
tendance was larger than usual, every
minister of the Convention being pres
ent, and the active churches were most.
" represented by delegates.
In addition to the ministers and dele
gates of the convention, there were
present from Madison convention Rev.
II. A. Minor and wife, Rev William
Stoddart and wife, Rev Evans and
wife and Rev. d. E. Phillips; also Rev.
i. q. Grassie, Miss. Sec, and j. r.
Reitzel. S. S. Miss.
The exercises commenced with a
preparatory meeting Tuesday afternoon
led by Rev. William Stoddart. Topic:
''The promises of the Father.n 1t was
a meeting of much interest and power,
and was good introduction to the
feast that was to follow.
The evening meeting was a sermon
by the retiring moderator, Rev. r. L..
Cheney. Subject 1.-The victory of
Faith" 1t was plain, practical and
spiritual.
wednesday morning the convention
organized for business, by the election
of Rev. L. w. Cole, Moderator, and
Rev. s. Spyker, Clerk. The business
meeting was followed by prayer meet
ing led by Rev. S. Spyker. This was
truly spiritual feast, a meeting that
continued in its influence not only
through the session, but many carried
it to their homes. Then we listened to
very able paper on DR.. Storrs Divine
Origin of Christianity by Rev. A. A.
Hurd. This was Mr.. Hurd's first meet
ing with the convention, but he made
very good impression. His paper showed
scholarship, research and ability. Rev.
A. Z. johnson followed with some ex-
cellent thoughts on the same subject.
The afternoon was occupied with re-
ports from the churches, which on the
whole were encouraging and showed
progress. Rev. I. w. Cole spoke on
How to build up Church" speaking
of the necessary qualification of min
lister and the work to be done in order
to build up church.
Rev. A. ?. Johnson presented very
able paper on the "Undeveloped Re-
sources of the Church. 1t was excel
lent and ought to be published in full.
The evening session was devoted to
Home Missionary and Sunday School
work, represented by Rev. I. G. Gras-
sic and j. Il. Reitzel
The ladies held very interesting and
profitable Missionary meeting in the
German nj. E. church in the afternoon.
Thus closed very profitable and en-
joyable meeting. All were happy, and
went home with fresh impulse and pur-
pose to do better work in the future.
Thanks to the Noble Pastor and his
good people at Arena for their kind and
entertainment.
A MEMBER.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28

The New York banks alone now hold
sixty million dollars in excess of LEGAL
requirements, the largest surplus ever
exhibited. This sufficiently shows the
strained condition of business, and the
lack of any improvement in trade un-
der the new administration. Money in
bank is out of business, and large re-
dundance is always indicative of hard
times. Instead of paying out the $780,
100000 which Cleveland claimed was
an unnecessary surplus in the Treasury,
his Secretary of the Treasury has set it
aside as fund to redeem notes with,
and the financial screws, sufficiently
tight before, have been turned still
tighter. There is evidently fun ahead.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28


The Hudson Star, edited by ii. A.
Taylor, chairman of the Wisconsin Re-
publican State committee, says: 'sThe
Democrats have this administration to
run and we are satisfied to see them run
it as they please. We want to see Re-
publican of1ice-holders everywhere,
stand up like men and take the conse-
quences of noble defeat. Let there be
no cringing. no duplicity, no toadyism
for the mere continuance in place a few
paltry months. Every Republican
office-holder who is big enough to hold
a principle and broad enough to main
tain party zeal in adversely will proudly
stand by the record he made in the
years prior to November last. let the
official battle-ax strike wherever and
whenever it may"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28
G. w. KNAPP, Agent.

A change of administration has had
the effect, undoubtedly, of bringing to
light some unquestionable abuses. Sec
rotary Whitney, of the Navy. has dis
covered that 5000, 600 has been ex-
pended in repairing the wooden war
vessel Mohician, at the More Island
navy yard within the past three years,
when q brand new vessel of the kind
could have been purchased for less than
$500, 900. lie has convened board
of five naval officers to inquire into the
matter, and see why the vessel was re-
paired at all, as she belongs to class
that is now obsolete and worthless as a
weapon of war. Another significant
thing is the fact that the proposals for
Postoifice department envelopes show
that on official envelopes the lowest bid
was about one-third the price paid last
year for the same envelope, while the
lowest bid on registered envelopes is
about 30 per cent less than was paid
last year. In the agricultural bureau,
also, Mr.. Coleman finds that thousands
of bushels of sorghum seed are on hand
for portion of which 81 per bushel was
paid while for the rest S2.S per bushel
was paid, when the same seed can be
bought in like quantities for 25 cents
per bushel. The fund for transporta.
ton of seeds has been exhausted, by
reason OF bad and incompetent manage
ment, and no money is available for
shipping them, while some POO women
clerks are regularly drawing pay for
doing nothing. We have no doubt
these things would have come to light
just the same had Mr.. Blaine been
elected; they are only offset features to
the creditable course of any administra-
tomas in every business there is profit
and also loss
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28
Where's Your Motber.in.Iaw,

NEW YORK, May 23.-Two years ago
James E. Crawford, druggist of 10Th
street and Sd avenue, Brooklyn, was
accused of taking his mother-in-law in
a yacht to a barren island near
Bellport, and leaving her there to die,
in order that he might inherit her mon
ely. He was tried and acquitted, but
whenever he appeared on the streets he
was assaulted with cries of "Where's
your mother-in-law?n until he was
driven wild. Lately he showed signs
of insanity, and on Wednesday night he
went raying mad He dressed himself
and ran shrieking out into the street. A
policeman took him home, and he has
since been confined in room of his
house, but to-day be was taken to Flat
bush Insane ASYLUM.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28
Our Washington L,etter.
From our regular correspondent.
WASHINGTON ID O. Mnr 05 1

WASHINGTON, d. G., MAY 25. 1885.
= The district Of PENNSYLVANIA from
which Mr.. Samuel j Randall is sent to
Congress every two years,is said to have
majority of Republican voters beyond
that OF any other district of that great
Commonwealth, but there are business
interests of the people in the district
that make it imperative that Mr. Ran.
dali should be designated to attend To
and right well has he attended to them
The Legislature has recently redistiicted
the State, and having let Mr.. Randall's
district alone, his Congressional career
is assured for at least another decade
Under the apportionment, the Democrats
have been given eight districts, the Re-
publicans take eighteen, and the other
two are left to the chances of manipul-
ating influences In the last Congress
the Democrats had II of the 2S districts
and the loss of the A is simply sacri-
flee made by them for the sake of keep
ing Mr.. Randall before land behinh the
people. tits also suggestive fact that
while Mr.. Randall district is overwhelm-
ingly Republican, Mr.. Kelleys Demo
cratic pig-iron constituents, were they
disposed, could relegate him TO private
life upon party issues by a majority
quite as large as that which could down
Mr.. Randall upon distinctive party lines.
But nobody entertainsa thought Of hav-
ing Congress without its Pig-iron
Kelley, any more thana Congress TWEEN
ty years ago could be expected to draw
its breath without Washburne to help
it.
One OF the usual Democratic blunders
Is that which resulted in the election of
General Logan to succeed himself as
United States Senator from Illinois
With the Legislature ie,and Rcpubli-
cans in the body whose antipathy to Lo-
gan had already kept him ont of am
election Tor very near five months, it
eeded only democratic success in one
OF the strongest Democratic districts in
the State, to not only prevent Loeans
election, but to ultimately insure the
success of some Democratic candidate
by the election of a successor to Mr..
Shaw. Relying with the utmost conf
dence upon their strength in the district
Mr.. Morrison HES himself away to Wash
ington to see after the distribution of
official pap, leaving the only assurance
10 Democratic success to the hands of
such master Republican politicians as
Long Jones, Dan Shepard, Anne Bah
cock and ex-Postmaster Palmer. These
men went down into this Democratic
stronghold, organized their forces in the
dead of night, held them in reserve at
every ballotting place in the district I'M
I'll after 3 o'clock in the afternoon, lest
the enemy might suspect their inten-
tons, and when the vote was counted
that night they had carried off their
Senatorial prize by round majority.
At l o'clock on the morning after Lo-
gan election, the Presidents ears were
greeted with the thunder of 39 guns.
ired under the very windows Of the
White House. JUNIUs
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28

Over 400 persons have been vacci-
mated or inoculated With cholera
microbes, in one province in Spain by
DIR. Ferran, who has proved to his own
satisfaction that this is a preventive of
cholera, the same as vaccine virus is a
preventive of smallpox. A hundred
years from now, we imagine, the arms
of citizens will be covered with small
scars, as they go about fortified against
every i'll, flesh is heir to.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28

The Prohibitionist, published at Mad
ison, outlines the policy of the Prohibit
ton party, which is TO ''force the issue"
at all times and under all circumstances,
and announces the beginning of the
campaign. desiring all who will speak
or lecture to send in their names at
once. From now onward the Prohibi-
tionists intend to turn themselves loose
and wake to ecstacy the living liar
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28

About 3 o'clock on the morning of the
Goth Louis Francis, New York marble
cutter, was arrested while carrying
heavy sack on his shoulder toward the
river. On investigation the sack was
found to contain his wife, whom he had
murdered in fit of jealousy, and was
on his way to throw her body in the
river when arrested. Francis claims
that he purchased valuable dog, which
his wife allowed to escape, and that he
killed her in self-defense.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28

On the 10th Prof odiunl, professor
of the art of swimming, who has in
times past jumped from great heights
into the water, and always successfully,
jumped from the Brooklyn bridge into
the river, q distance of 100 feet. He
could doubtless have performed the
feat successfully, but just as he was
nearing the surface his body turned and
ne struck on his side, breaking five ribs
and stopping the action of the heart.
He was rescued by the spectators, but
lived only few minutes. He evidently
believed with Sam Patch that .'some
things can be done as well as Others
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28
Notice u Contractors.

Bids win be received at the City Clerks Office
up to the goth of June for the construction of
gutter: Commencing ut II. p. Green's corner
running east 300 feet to the southeast corner OF
the Mcdonald block; also, one commencing at
the northwest corner Of c. II. Bakers block.
running east 260 feet to the northeast corner of
the Phillips block. Material and grading 10 be
furnished by the city; gutter to be laid with two
enrb-stones and one in the center, and not less
than eight inches in depth-all to be laid in sand
and pounded down TO an even surface
13w2 BY ORDER OF THE COIN Gil,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28
Madison Matters.
tFrom our Regular Correspondent


Last Monday afternoon there wa,
played here very exciting game o.
ball between Racine college and Uni
yersity of Wisconsin mines. As the
Racines had been defeated at Beloit the
Saturday before, the game on Monday
afternoon was considered the cham.
pionship game. The first four innings
of the game passed off with goose-eggS
for both sides; but on their fifth inning
the Racines decorated the scorer tally
sheet with one run. This evidently
walked the University boys up, as they
permitted the Racines to score but one
more run during the game, and they
themselves went to work with a de-
termination to win, and the game re-
suited in favor of the University of Wis
consins 10 to 2. On Saturday last the
University Of Wisconsin nine played the
return game ON the Racine ground,
which resulted in favor of the Univers-
ity of Wisconsin nine 2 to L. To-day
(Monday) the University of Wisconsin
nine play their first game with the
Evanston college nine at Evanston, II
miles from Chicago. The University
of Wisconsin niue has won three games
out of the six games of the league, with
three yet to play.
The news of John A. Logan's cleo
ton to the Senate walked the Republic
cans up in Madison and their Joy made
itself known by the firing of cannon
The Monona Lakeside Assembly will
soon distribute their programmes for
the coming encampment
Prof. Conover has returned from the
east where he has been visiting eastern
institutions to gain ideas to aid in the
construction of the University buildings.
Workmen are already at work at the
ruins of Science Hall, removing the
boiler and such iron work as can be
found.
The University battalion, and perhaps
section of light artillery, will visit the
reunion at Dodgeville June 16 and II.
The Governor, on Wednesday last,
appointed as delegates to the national
conference of charities and correction,
to be held at Washington June to 10,
the following: John Lawler, Prairie du
CHEN; Clark Gapen, NJ. d., Madison;
John Mather, La Crosse; E. E. Bryant,
Madison; Mrs ID. A. DIN and Mrs. C.
Z. Dyer, Racine; Mrs. ID. II. johnson,
Milwaukee.
Several agents representing different
electric light companies visited the
Governor the same day and left with
HIM sealed bids for lighting the capitol
and park. The Governor is authorized
to secure electric light for the capitol
and park on such terms as to him shall
seem best and most economical.
A new sort of history is just finished
1t is complete narrative of 'Old Abe"
the Wisconsin war eagle.
Friday night the junior class of the
University gave reception to the SEN
Tor class, who are so soon to leave the
University.
Hon. Geo. w. Ryland and Mr.. r.
Showalter. two Lancasterian pedestri-
ans, sojourned at the Park Hotel last
week. YANKEE.
Madison, May %.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28

At fire in Sullivan's printing house,
Cincinnati. on Thursday last, seventeen
persons were killed-tive by jumping
from the fifth story and the others
burned to death. The victims were
mostly women and girls, employed in
the printing Office.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28

Ray S. Hammond, editor of the
Toledo Sunday Democrat, was tarred
and feathered by three men on Monday
morning last, on account of ''that arti-
cle." Hammond asserts that he will
shoot his assailants on sight. BY get
ting the three in line, Hammond will be
able to wing them all at one shot.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28
Cholera is making rapid progres

Cholera is making rapid progress in
Europe, and it would seem that the
fear of an epidemic in this country was
not entirely groundless. 1t has ap-
peared in nineteen towns in Spain and
several in France, though it is this week
officially denied by the British parlia-
ment that it has appeared in England.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28

Rev. j. r. Reasoner, Pastor of the
First Presbyterian church at Collins
vile, H., committed suicide by shooting
on Thursday last. His wife, who had
been on visit TO Canada, arrived fifteen
minutes after the tragedy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28

Judges Harlan and Gresham are I'M
able to agree upon the points raised by
the attorneys of Mackin and Gallagher,
the Chicago election thieves, and the
case now goes to the United States SUI
preme court of Washington, where it
will probably be argued in October.
The defendants in the meantime are ad-
mitted to bail in the sum of $50, 900
aaob
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28
Wade Hampton's Newhew Mail Robbqr.

DEs MONIES, Iowa. May 20.-Wade T..
Hampton was to-day sentenced in the
Federal court to one year in the Page
County Jail for robbing registered ,et-
tiers. Hampton was a postal employee
and had charge of the registered letters
at the Council Bluffs and Omaha trans
fer. On account of his extreme youth
sentence was suspended during good
behavior. He is nephew of Senator
IN ade Uamnton.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28

1t is alleged that 400 new stills have
been ordered by the illicit whisky max
ers of the moonshine districts of North
Carolina, Georgia and South Carolina,
since Cleveland was inaugurated. This
certainly is an indication of the revival
of business under the new administra-
.;on
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28

Victor Hugo, the great French novel
ist and poet, died on the 22d inst, aged
50 years and months. His obseouies.
which were at the expense of the state,
were the grandest ever accorded to a
Frenchman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28

Turkey has rescinded her orders fol
war material, and has concluded that
peace, which hath her victories, is no
SLOUGH just at the present time. There
probably isn't more than fifteen cents
in the Treasury, and the government
owes dollars where it will never paw
cents. So, just as soon as Turkey heard
that Sunset Cox was coming as United
States minister, it made up its mind
that peace was preferable at any price.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28

An exchange says: They have drink
in Iowa called ''hopine.n 1t is said to
resemble beer so closely that even an
expert cannot detect the difference. A
saloon keeper has been prosecuted for
selling it, but the jury held that the sale
of "hopine'' is not violation of the
prohibitory liquor law. Those iurymen
were either racalines or foolines.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-05-28

Two deaths from cholera have oc-
Cured at Marseilles, France, the first
outside of Egypt this season, which
would indicate the deadly scourge has
taken up its line of march.