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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-19
ALIttle Leayea.

\ wholesome check on the prospective
Bourbon legislation of Congress will
be tue republican leadership in the
Senate of such men as Geo. f Edmunds,
OF Vermont. VIM. NJ Evarts, of New
York, James +. Wilson, of Iowa aud
Henry NJ Teller. of Colorado. all men
of brains and strong convictions. The
election of the latter, aud the defeat of
the corrupt influences at work for Hill
speaks well for Colorado, and is a fit
ting tribute to the distinguished services
he has already rendered to his country
He was not a candidate, having deter.
mined to resume his legal practice
Two days before he left Washington for
Colorado he received $50 telegram ms
urging him to come.
In his speech 10 the Legislature after
his election was announced, Mr.. Teller
said: Il shall serve the people not as
a partisan. but as y Senator. realize
that have duty that | owe to the
people of the State, greater than | owe 10
my political associates and my political
organization. On the 4th of next
March there viii be Democratic ad
ministration. ] shall regard it my
duty to aid and support that admins
tration in every effort it may make to
promote the happiness of the people
and to spread prosperity throughout the
land"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-19
Dark Day in Huntsville.

An extraordinary occurrence took
place at Louisville, KY, at about 8
O'Clock on the morning of Feb. g. A
brisk rain had been falling since 6
o'clock, and an unusually heavy fog
hung over the city. About $50 sud-
den gust of wind came from the west.
and heavy mass Of black clouds over
spread the sky. The fog also increased
in density, making the day as dark as
night. The gas was lighted in all the
business houses and residences, and the
streets were skrounded in an almost
unpenetrable gloom which lasted for
about five minutes. Many were badly
frightened at the unusual phenomenon
and large numbers of colored people
concluded that the last day had come
and ran about in alarm. The darkness
was followed by drenching rail-.
which lasted twenty minutes. A num-
Der of minnows were scattered in some
localities. The heavy cloudburst, the
sudden aud drenching shower. and the
appearance of fish betoken water
spout from the Ohio.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-19
TIE DeRih Of a Hero.

Another star has slipped from the
horizons; another heart that beat for
freedom and truth has stopped. Gen
eral Gordon is dead, betrayed by the
people he came TO save. He was but a
man, yet the grandeur Of his mission
and the pain of his betrayal an d death,
bring the thought of another who came
to save, and wa betrayed. Greater
love hath no man than this.-that he
lay down his life for friend" Suffer-
ing humanity everywhere was Gordon's
friend. His life was a crusade against
wrong and oppression. He has been
fittingly called the Bayard of the nine.
teenth century. What tale of the DAYS
Of chivalry more thrilling than that Of
General Gordon, Fastening to the succor
of the unfortunate people of Khartoum!
What death more tragic and pathetic
thar his-struck down by the hand of
an assassin when help was just at hand,
The whole story of his life is one of
romantic adventure and noble heroism,
crowned now by martyrs death. He
knew full well the perils of his under
taking, when he mounted his fleet
dromedary and rode from Korosko to
Abou Hamad, and thence into Khar-
toum; but he knew also the Importance
of his mission and risked all to accom-
plish the peaceful evacuation of the
Soudan. He was a man of dauntless
courage, and his ample spirit knew no
fear. He has been called fanatical by
some who could not understand the
greatness of his spirit, and who forget
that "earth's fanatics make heavens
saints" Shut up in Khartoum In the
midst Of a tickle savage people who
were ready at any moment, as Gordon
said himself, to turn TO the rising sun,
the Mahdi; surrounded, outside the city
walls by the Mahdi's troops composed
of the wild hordes of the desert, he
never for II moment lost courage. Help
came too late. and the English neared
Khartoum to find the gates thrown wide
to the followers of the false prophet,
and Gordon murdered
Chinese Gordon is dead, but where
ever the story of his life is borne will be
found men to reverence the steadfast
soul, the courage and self abnegation.
and to cherish the memory of this hero
OF he Nineteenth Century.
''rhou hast succeeded thou hast won
The dcathly travails ample worth;
nations duty thou hast done
Giving 4 hero 10 the earth."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-19
Panic-stricken Troops at Shiloh.

From General Grants illustrated ac-
count of the Battle of Shiloh in the Feb
ruar Century we quote the following:
'sThe nature OF this battle was such
that cavalry could not be used in front;
i therefore formed ours into line, in
rear, to stop stracglcrs, of whom there
were many. When there. would be
enough of them 10 make show, and
after they had recovered from their
fright, they would be sent to reinforce
some part of the line which needed
support, without regard to their
companies, regiments, or brigade.
''On one occasion during the day,
| rode back rs far as the river and met
General Buell., who had just arrived:
do not remember the hour of the day,
but at that time there probably were as
many as four or five thousand stray
glers lying under cover of the river
bluff. panic-stricken, most of whom
would have been shot where they Law,
without resistance, before they would
have taken muskets and marched to
the front to protect themselves. The
meeting between General Buell. and
myself was on board the dispatched boat
used to run between the landing and
Savanna. 1t was but brief, aud related
specially to his getting his troops over
the river. As we left the boat togeth-
er, Buelfs attention was attracted by
the men lying under cover of the river
bank. | saw him berasng them and
trying to shame them into joining their
regiments. lie even threatened them
with shells from the gun-boats near by.
But it was all to no effect. Most of
these men afterward proved themselves
as gallant as any of those who saved
the battle from which they had desert
ed. / have no doubt that this sight
impressed General Buell. with the idea
that line of retreat would be a good
thing just then Ii he had come in by
the front instead of through the stray
glers in the rear. he would have
thought and felt differently. Could he
have come through the COME !erate
rear, he would have witnessed there
scene similar TO that at our own. The
distant rear of an army engaged in
battle is not the best place from which
to judge correctly what is going on in
front. In fact, later in the war, while
occupying the country between the
Tennessee and the Mississippi. | learned
that the panic in the Confederate lines
had not differed much from that within
our own. Some OF the country people
estimated the stragglers from john
ston's army. as high as 20,DtE. VI
course, this was an exaggeration.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-19
Special Reading Notices.


Leading druggists and physicians are
becomming greatly interested in the
German preparation Won Tagan's Ajax
inc. Il is claimed that there is nothing
to compare with it for kidney. liver or
heart troubles, sick headache. costiye-
ness. debility, etc. If true, its import
ance TO every family cannot be over
estimated, for it means a great saving
OF expense. suffering and perhaps life.
Sickness is always of momentous con-
sequence and so certain is Alaxine to
cure that laborious effort is being made
to persuade every interested person. first
to try one bottle, which will tell the
story, if it is to benefit; ifnot, the agent
Fred w. Bryan, is instructed to refund
price paid. That these generous terms
should make constant urging unneces-
sary, TO try remedy of this high order.
must be admitted. Do not buy any
other preparation until you have per-
sondffy used this. 28y1
y
A WALKING SKELETON.-Mr
4. Springer, Of Merchandising, Pa,
writes: Il was afflicted with long fever
and abscess of lungs, and reduced to a
Walking Skeleton. Got free trial
bottle of Dr. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, which did me SO much
good that | bought dollar bottle. AT
ter using three bottles found myself
again man, completely restored to
health, with a hearty appetite, and a
gain in flesh Of AZ fts.
Call at Stone 4 HAssELL,s Drug
Store and get free trial bottle of this
certain cure for all Lung Diseases.
Large bottles 800
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-19
Paris Anarchists.

PARIS. Feb. although no meet
ing of the unemployed workmen was
held to-day. bodies of roughs paraied
the bouleyards, singing the Carmagnole
aui shouting " Ytue L'4narcaie. The
police frequently drew their swords and
dispersed the groups. The cavalry
also assisted in scattering the mobs.
No damage was done beyond the break
ing of few chairs aud tables in front
of cafes
fine windows Of \ gunmaker's shop
in Rue Lafayette were broken, this
evening, by band of hundred young
men who helped themselves to guns
and pistols. Several of the men, in
Guiding the ring leaders, were ar
rested,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-19
Cornoral Punishment.

The recent suspension of Principal
Barnes, of the Keith School, in Chicago,
for his Furnishing Widow Kings boy
with q rawhide, has aroused consider
able discussion on the question of cor
poral punishment in schools. The Chi
cage School Board, at the meeting
when it was voted to suspend Mr.. Bar
mes, adopted with only two dissenting
votes. the following substitute for a
rule leaving corporal punishment OPP
tional with the principal Of school:
mo corporal punishment of any
kind shall be employed in any of the
public schools of the city. Whenever
after sufficient trial the continuance in
school of any pupil shall be found in
compatible with the welfare of the
school he shall be deemed to have for
feited his right to the benefits of the
school and be suspended from member
ship"
This matter OF corporal punishment.
like most other questions has two sides
and is one that has been discussed, pro
and con, for the past quarter of GEN.
Jury. Before that time there was pro-
badly little doubt entertained either by
teachers, parents, or pupils of the
divine and inalienable right of Doctor
Birch to make an external application
OF his remedy, by way of q counter
irritant, whenever the state of the
patient seemed to him to warrant it.
Sins of omission as well as commission
were punishable by the rod, and per-
haps the most frequent cases TO receive
this treatment were those of the failure
OF pupils, either from laziness or stupid
ity, to accomplish their assigned tasks.
As John G.. SAKE puts it,
For as It's meet
To soak the feet
The aching head to mend,
The Youngsters pate
To stimulate
You beat the other end.
There has been great change in
public sentiment as we'll as in the prac-
tice of the schoomaster since those
days. But while it is undoubtedly the
least desirable means of enforcing dis
cipline, and only to be used as last
resort, never to stimulate the dull or
backward pupil-it is in many cases
the only means Of bring refractory
pupil 10 his senses, and is preferable to
suspension and the consequent loss of
the advantages of the school for time,
If not permanently. There is a class Of
boys, and perhaps girls, in every city
and village, who want nothing better
than Il chance to get out of school on
any terms, and would scheme for the
suspension that would give them their
liberty. Any principal who maltreats
q child deserves suspension, or expul-
sion, but men should be employed who
can be trusted to use wise discretion
in matters of this kind, and given
authority to deal with the child in the
manner he deems for his best good.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-19

The best on earth, can truly be said
of Griggs Glycerine Salve, which is a
sure, safe aud speedy cure for cuts,
bruises, scalds, burns, wounds and all
other sores. VIII positively cure piles,
letter and all skin eruptions. Try this
wonder healer Satisfaction guaranteed
or money refunded Only 25 cents.
Sold by +. w. Bryan. 34m12
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-19

Only little over week more is left
for Congress to begin to do something.
and unless az extra session is held, not
much is likely TO be done.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-19

The greatest foe of American people
is consumption; its victims number many
thousands each year. Physicians and
druggists have at last found a remedy
which they feel justified in recommend
ing. This is DR.. Bigelow's Positive
Cure, which cures consumption in stages
where other remedies are of no benefit.
1t cures coughs, colds, and all throat and
lung diseases speedily and safely. Price,
80 cents and 81. Trial bottles free.
3 L. w. BRYAN
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-19
FARM ses 81"
IL HH Or

. The undersigned, resid-
ing onehalf mile north of Potosi offers for sale
her farm Of 50 Acres. we'll fenced with a good
bearing orchard, small fruit and berries in alum
dance good barn and other ont buildings. The
honse a two story frame eighteen by twenty-six
with addition fourteen By twenty-six, is calculated
for one large or two small families. good dry
cellar under the whole. Drilled well aud good
cistern wIthina few feet Of the door Also five
Acres suitable for pasture. II not sold By the
first Of April will be rented For terms enquire
on the premises MARY Al HALL,
5Vtf Potosi Wis
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-19

Mr.. Editor Many of your readers
may be benefited by the knowledge of
such an excellent remedy as DR.. Jones
Red Clover Tonic, which produces the
most favorable results in disorders of
the liver, stomach and kidneys, and is a
valuable remedy in dyspepsia; also, de-
bility arising from malaria or other
causes. 1t is perfect tonic, appetizer,
blood purifier and sure cure for ague.
Price, 80 cents 3 +. w. BRYAN
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-19

The safe arrival of the Alaska ligh-
tened a good many anxious hearts of
those who had friends on board.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-19
HURLEY Il DASCH
MANUFACTURERS or
-ANo e1.EIcsEs !!

-~A----S - i-- ---4 -4-~- - - ----a'-t
- Repairing and Job Work promptly IT.
tended 10.
Bspeclal attention given to Plow Work and
Horseshoeug
szg-Corns in Horses Cared without extra
charge
sy@ stone shop formerly known as "Bndd's
Shop") two doors below Herald Office. .Sm3
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-19
Now We Have lit

A frst-class Restaurant has been started in Lam
caster where YOU can get WARM MEAL. al Any
Hour of the Day. a frst-class LUNCH. from s
Gents up The undersigned, having had 40 years ex-
perience in the Hotel and Restaurant business knows
the wants Of the people OYSTERS Served in every
style e@A Special Dining Room for Ladies -
Give me a call and be convinced yourself Rooms
over Ou's Billiard Parlors.
37tf CHARLES s WRIGHT. Prop.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-02-19
DAUGHTERS. WIVES. MoTHERS-

We emphatically guarantee Doctor
anarchists CATHoLIcoN, Female REM.
edy, to cure Female Diseases, such as
Ovarian troubles, Inflammation and
liberation, Falling and Displacement
or bearing down feeling. Irregularities,
Barrenness, Change of Life, Leucorhea,
besides many weaknesses springing from
the above. like Headache, Boating.
Spinal weakness, Sleeplessness, Ner-
vous debility, Palpitation of the heart,
&c. For sale by f, ". Bryan, Laneas-
ter. Price Sl.00 and $3.50 per bottle.
Send j. b. Marchisi, Utica, N. Y,
Tor Pamphlet. free. sy1
FAITH in matters of medicine is said
to be half remedy; but in desperate,
tantalizing. chronic diseases. such as
Rheumatism, it is hard to get up faith.
That was the reason why Rev. A. c..
Hume, of Indianapolis, preferred to test
Athlophoros in about the severest case
he could find before he pronounced upon
its merits. He writes: .The case was
of Rheumatism of twenty years stand
ing. The patient could not walk except
with two canes or by pushing chair
before him. In short time after taking
ATHLoPHoRos he could walk without
canes or the chair
MRS. FRENCH'S CROWN OF JOY.
The agent of this celebrated cure has
appointed Messrs. Stone s. Hassell and
w. B. Baxter, druggists. sole agents for
this now well-known remedy for Kid
ney, Liver and Dropsy complaints. Cali
on them for a circular and testimonials.
This celebrated medicine is compound
ed by most cleanly process from herbs
gathered in Palestine and one is not re.
quired TO take half dozen bottles to
prove its usefulness. A single dose will
convince the sufferer of its curative
power. Manufactured in the great med
icine city of Rochester. ~ T., it has a
larger home patronage than all other
compounds combined in that city. -
THOUSANDS SAY SOM. T. w
Atkins, Girard, Kan, writes Il never
hesitate to recommend your Electric
Bitters to my customers, they give en-
tire satisfaction and are rapid sellers.
Electric Bitters are the purest and best
medicine known and will positively cure
Kidney and Liver complaints Purify
the blood and regulate the bowels. Nc
family can afford to be without them
They will save hundreds of dollars in
doctors bills every year Sold at fifty
cents bottle by STONE 4 HAssELL.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1885-03-04
No Fish Story.

1t is commonly accorded that Florida
beats the world for fish, and if we ever
had a question in our mind that such
was not the fact, we had it most success
fully removed last Saturday noon.
Messrs. w. c. Peyton, Charlie and Joe
Hayden, who came from the home of the
editors of this paper, in the old Buckeye
State, happened to walk up the railroad
track to the little stream, about half a
mile above our office, which joins Trout
Lake to the broad waters of Lake Eustis.
Two big jumps, if you wasn't afraid OF
the first one, would take you across the
stream, and as the young men, that day,
gazed on its rippling surface, as it hur-
ried on its tireless way, the idea struck
both of them at the same time, and
formed itself into ''there's fish there. !"
A few hurried steps brought them back
to the office, and big ball of twine in
conjunction with barrel hoop, soon
formed what is commonly called dip
net, although it would be an insult to
those which come out OF the shops where
sporting goods are sold, and ten minutes
more found them on the banks of the
stream.
The picnic was fairly under way when
big two FOUNDER lay wiggling on the
grass, to be shortly followed by another,
and another, until the question was
what to do with them, and even the
strong arms of the Buckeye boys were
tired of the warfare. A few more dips
and all had enough, and count of the
spoils was made. Over hundred vic
TINS lay as testimony of Florida fishing /;
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1885-03-04
Vegetable Growing.

The capacity of Florida for the pro-
duction of vegetables has not yet been
fully tested. The experiments that have
been made are sufficient to show that
nearly all kinds of vegetables can be
proftably grown in Florida.
The fact that large portions of the
country have but recently been settled,
and the high price OF labor and the great
! attention paid to orange growing, have
prevented the growing of vegetables in
4 large quantities. Butas the coantly be-
comes more thickly settled, and the price
of labor becomes cheaper, and the orange
fever subsidies the people will find it
more profitable to grow vegetables for
Northern markets and for home con-
sumption.
have the advantage of two good mark
cts. In the first place they can put
early vegetables into Northern markets
several weeks in advance of any other
producers. This gives them the advan-
tage of fancy prices for the earliest
grown vegetables.
After this demand has been supplied,
at good profit to the growers, and it
does not pay to ship vegetables north,
the home market may be supplied at
prices that will pay the producers, and
come within the means of the consum-
ers. This home market ought not to be
despised by the vegetable growers, be-
cause it does not pay the fancy prices
which the early Northern market affords
them.
After realizing such profits from early
shipments the remainder of the crop can
be sold at home with a good profit at
much lower prices. Nearly all the cost
of transportation is saved, and no dan
ger of loss by shipment is incurred. No
INSCRIPTIONS commission merchant to
take the profit that rightfully belongs to
the producer.
When all these things are considered,
the vegetable growers will find that the
home market will afford them as good
profits as the Northern markets, even if
they do not get such fancy prices for
their products.
The true policy for vegetable growers
is to keep both markets well supplied
and they will generally realize fair
profits.-Apopko Citizen.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1885-03-04

Representative Long, also from Massa-
chusetts Grafton by Hon. Jno. w. Daniel
of Virginia, and benediction by the chap
lain of the House of Representatives
Among the favored two thousand who
were invited by ticket to these proceed
ings, were the surviving kindred of
Washington, thirteen of whom bear his
name. They came in body together,
and naturally attracted curious ohserva-
ton.
The history OF the Washington Monu-
ment is almost coeval with that of the
Republic itself, for at the close of the
revolution, the subject of erecting me-
mortal to the General of the Revolution
ary Army, was brought up in Congress-
The corner stone was laid on the Fourth
of July 1913, in the presence of Presi-
dent Taylor, both Houses of Congress,
and vast concourse OF people. At the
outbreak Of the war it had reached the
height of loo feet. But there it stood
for. years and years, forlorn and neglect
ed, and while standing thus it settled an
inch or two out of the perpendicular.
This obliquity was corrected by one of
the most remarkable engineering feats
ever performed; new foundation OF
broken stone and cement being placed
under the entire structure. Hundreds
OF tons OF weight have since been added,
but it has not swerved hair from the
line. The structure is SO feet square at
the base, 800 feet high, its walls are 10
feet thick, and it has cost up to the
present time 81, ,1S7 ,710.31.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., February %, 1885.