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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20
HON He Deceired Them.

There is an intense feeling of indigna-
ton againt Gen. Neal Dow in this I'M
mediate vicinity. Milwaukee has been
one of Gen. Dow most frequent places
of refuge from the deep SHOWS and bitter
blasts Of a Maine winter. Here OPEN
handed hospitality has welcomed him,
and warm and palatable viands have
nourished his abstinent frame. And his
return has been deceit.
"Come, Gen. Dow, his entertainers
have said, tell how this thing works in
Maine, before we devote our time and
talents and money to your cause. And
Gen. Dow has responded verbatim:
There is not word Of truth in the assertion
that he Maine law Is a failure. On the contrary
il has been a great success from the beginning.
Ii has driven out every distillery and brewery
and has reduced the volume of liquor trafhc 10 at
least one-twentieth Of what il was before. We
save by it directly an indirectly at least S24,
OO0,OOO. which without prohibition would De spent
and wasted in drink.
And this has had some sort of intlu-
ence. Against all the worlds experience
and against the nature of men, this pos
tive evidence of the practicability of
legislative prohibition. has stood for
much. Gen. Dow lives in Maine and
for thirty years it has been his exclusive
business to watch the Prohibition law.
So that when he said in deliberate terms
that the law had reduced the volume of
the liquor traffic to at least one-twentieth
of what it had been-an enormous re-
duction and practically abSolute-people
were impressed.
With what amazement and indigna-
ton, then, do these men who were i'm
pressed by his positive declarations, read
his latest proclamation on this subject.
This paralyzing statement:
For many years we have applied to Republican
Legislatures for such additions to the law as ex-
perience has shown TO be necessary, but we have
been absolutely refused, or have been put of by
insufficient and Insignificant measures. The con-
sequence is that the volume of the liquor traffic
has not been at all reduced within the last twenty
years. In every city in Maine under Republican
rule, except in Portland the law has been and is
absolutely ignored, aud the authorities refuse to
take anymeasures whatever for the extinction of
the low grog-shOps which infest them and inflict
great suffering upon large numbers of people
If prohibition has failed in Maine,
where the majority of the people favor
it, and where the majority party is
pledged to it, what ground is there to
hope that it can be made to succeed in
Wisconsin? Here "a per cent. of the
people are from countries where beer
drinking is social custom and few of
the immediate descendants of these but
have the ideas of their fathers on this
subject t. MtlaCdltbee Sentinel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20

The Lancaster Democratic paper asst
week had long article coyertly alleg-
ing that the county treasurer deposited
the county money in bank and then
caused the bank to fail, with the DELHI
crate intention of losing the county's
money to make sympathy for himself.
If the article referred to doesn't mean
this it doesn't mean anything, and if 1t
does mean this it is as foolish as it is
dishonest and malicious.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20
Commercial Intelligence.
OUR CHICAGO MARKET REPORT.
CHICAGO. September IS. 1SS6.


The leading grain markets are rather
tame to-day, and prices suffer a decline
in all the leading articles. The shipping
demand is small Wheat is again weak
with not much trading. Foreign advices
point to lower figures in wheat. Corn is
active but weak, partly on account of
large receipts and partly in sympathy
with wheat. Oats are selling slowly at
a slight decline Rye is steady and dull,
while there is slight improvement in
in barley. Garden produce is moderately
active, and there is boom in eggs, but
butter is weak andlow. The cattlemarket
is actively with prices steady, and the
receipts show slight falling of. Ar
rivals of hogs are very heavy and prices
rule to Zoe lower The demand for
home slaughter is brisk, but shipping de-
mand is weak. Sheep advanced about
15c in price.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20
ImDracticable RefOrmers.

If, instead of frittering away their
influence in foolish and utterly hope
less separate third party movement. the
Prohibitionists of Illinois would mass
their forces for the election of members
of the Legislature, whether they be Re-
publicans or Democrats, who are favor-
able to the submission of the Prohibit
ton question to the popular vote, they
would give evidence both of wisdom
and honesty. As it is. by nominating
candidates of their own, who can not
possibly,be elected, for state and county
officers and for Congress and the Legis-
lature, they are simply casting what
few votes they control for the benefit
of the liquor interest, which, as mat
ter of business is doing its utmost
to prevent the election of submissionist
candidates to the Legislature.
The trouble with the third-party
Prohibitionists is that, however sincere
they may be, they are lacking in prac-
teal common sense, and the really wise
reformer recognizes practical common
sense as the one indispensable requisite
for the attainment of any object that is
attainable at all. Chicago Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20
Testimonial Presentation.

f. L. Lynde, travelling passenger agent
of the Union Pacific Railroad, with head
quarters at Chicago and st. Paul, who
has been in Milwaukee, was made the
recipient Of handsome testimonial
from the members of the Grand Army of
the Republic and Woman's Relief Corps
of Wisconsin, who attended the recent
national encampment at San Francisco.
The presentation was made by Maj. H.
Rogers The gift is a valuable and beau
tiful solitaire diamond ring, with the in
scription, sc. A. r. and W r. c. Wis,
to F. L. Lynde, 1886" The testimonial
is in recognition of courtesies rendered
by Mr.. Lynde to the delegates while on
their trip.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20
The Labor Ticket.

NEENAH,Wis. Sept. 16.-The People
party in convention tonight nominated
by vote of PIT to 90 John Cochrane, Of
Dodge County, for governor, against d.
T. Powell, of La Crosse; Geo. i. Lloyd,
of Clark County, for lieutenant COVER
nor; j. P. Jasperson, of Winnebago, fol
secretary of state; Friedrich Hoeing, of
Chippewa Falls, for treasurer; John E.
Thomas, of Sheboygan, for attorney
general; Heinrich linn, of Marinette
for railroad commissioner; E. A. Eagery,
of Racine, for superintendent of public
instruction; Ritner Stevens, of Grant
for insurance commissioner.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20

Special Envoy Sedgwick is expected
to make his report in the Cutting case
by the end of the week. 1t will be a
verbal and private report to Mr. Bay
ard, and as it will not interest anybody
but that individual, it will probably not
be made public. The whole affair has
been a great farce from beginning to
end, and this would be a suitable end
ing of it, if it were not that the people
will have to pay for the useless journey
of this Mugwump dude. That part OF
il will be clear steal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20
Anti-SaIoOn Platform.

The Republican Anti-Sal0on Confer
ence at Chicago adopted the following
platform:
First-That the liquor as 4 exists to-
dag in the United States is the enemy of
society, fruitful source of corruption
IN politics, the ally of anarchy q school
of crime, and, with its avowed purpose
| Of seeking to corruptly control elections
and legislation, Is a menace to the pub
lie welfare, and deserves the condemna-
ton of all good men.
Seoond-That we declare war against
the saloon, and hold it to be the supreme
duty of the government to adopt such
measures as shall restrict and curtail its
influence, and at the earliest possible
moment extinguish it altogether.
Third-We believe the National Gov
eminent should absolutely prohibit the
| manufacture and sale of Intoxicating
liquor in the District of Columbia and
the territories of the United States.
Fourth-We believe the best practical
method of dealing with the liquor traffic
in the several states is to let the people
decide whether it shall be prohibited by
the submission of constitutional amend
ments, and until such amendments are
adopted, by the passage of local option
laws.
Fifth-That inasmuch as the saloon
business creates a special burden of tax
alton upon the people to support courts,
jails.and almshouses, therefore a large
annual tax should be levied upon the
saloons SO long as they continue to exist
and that they should be made responsible
for all public and private injury result
ing from the traffic.
SiXth-That the Republican party,
wherever and whenever in power, should
faithfully enforce whatever ordinances,
statutes, or constitutional amendments
may be enacted for the restriction or
suppression of the liquor traffic.
Seventh-That we approve the action
of Congress, and of those states that
have done So in providing for teaching
the physiological effects of intoxicants in
our public schools, and that we earnestly
recommend to every state legislature
the enactment Of such laws as shall pro-
vide for the thorough teaching of such
effects to our children.
Eighth-We demand that the Republi-
can party, to which we belong and
whose welfare we cherish, shall take
firm and decided stand as the friend of
the home and the enemy of the saloon
in favor of this policy and these meas
ures. We pledge ourselves to do our
utmost to cause the party to take such a
stand. And we call upon all temperance
men, and all friends of humanity of
whatsoever party OF name, to join with
us in securing these objects and in sup
port of the Republican party, so far as it
shall adopt them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20

A thinly disguised Democratic sheet
attacks County Treasurer Mcmahon be-
cause the county board voted to receive
the Platteville bank vouchers at so per
cent. Nearly all the prominent Demo-
Gratis on the board voted in the aflirma-
tive, and all were reelected except one,
and he is on the Democratic county
ticket Nearly all the members who
voted in the affirmative were reelected
by a large majority of all the votes in
Grant County. What is the disguised
Democrat gong to do with these mis-
guided voters?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20

Granted that MIR. Grimm is an honest
and capable man, ''good fellow" and
German. The saloon-keeper whom
the Democrats nominated for sheriff
two years ago was all these. yet with
all the indirect aid he received from the
Prohibitionists, he was defeated by a
large majority. A similar fate awaits
Mr.. Grimm.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20

f. c. McFctridge, the present state
treasurer, has been nominated for Con-
gress by the Republicans of the Second
District. This is the district in which
the Democratic convention has Just ratl-
fed the dsgraceful bargain between
Bragg and Delaney which assumed that
the voters of the district were mere
tile to be traded off by office-holders
and office-seekers. Mr.. McFetridge is
a strong man and clean man and if
the majority of the voters of that dis
trict have a spark of manly resentment,
they will prefer him to the corrupt
Delaney.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20

tell you that you can't kill the Demo-
cratic party, because it has no soul.
We are going to build our party on the
ruins of the Republican rty.-Neat
Doc, OF Maine.
As far as heard from, the Republican
party has less ruins" to build upon
than the Democratic party has souls to
kill.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20

The Chippewa Lumber and Boom
Company's saw-mill at Chippewa Falls,
the largest in the world, was struck by
lightning at o'clock Monday morning
and completely burned, Loss, S250,000;
partially insured.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20
REPUBLICAN TICKET.

For Governor.
JEREMIAH NJ. RUSK.
For Lieutenant Governor,
GEORGE w. RYLAND, Of Grant.
For Secretary of State,
ERNST G. THINE, of Kenosha.
For State Treasurer,
HENRY B. HARSHAW, of Winnebago
For Attorney General,
c. Z. ESTABROOK, of Manitowoc.
For State Superintendent,
JESSE b. THAYER, of Pierce.
For Railroad Commissioner,
ALLEY PETERSON, of Crawford.
For Commissioner of Insurance,
PHILIP CHEEK, Jr., of Sank
For Member of Congress, Sd District.
ROBERT Nj. LA TOILETTE,
For Sheriff
JOHN DOLPHIN, of Glen Haven.
For Clerk of the Court,
w. A JOHNSON, of Clifton.
For County Clerk,
j. A. THOMAS, of Wingyille.
For Treasurer.
THOMAS MCMAHON, of Harrison.
For Register Of Deeds,
i. II. BOUGHTON, of Cassyille.
For District Attorney,
j. w. MURPHY, of Plattevile.
For Superintendent of Schools,
c. L. HARPER, Of Lancaster.
For County Surveyor
GEO. MCCALL, of Harrison.
For Coroner,
FRANKLIN LYSTER, of jamestown.
For Member of Assembly, 1st District,
j. b. MCCOY, of Platteville.
For Member of Assembly. Sd District,
RUFUS NJ. DAY, of Mt. Hope.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20

Work will commence in Potosi, Fenni-
more, and Cassville at 9. a. m. of the
first day; in other places at 10 a M. of
the first day, and in all places men,
toned at 5 a. m. of the second day All
persons, not already legally qualified,
who expect to teach in this county dur
ing the fall and winter, must write at
some one of these examinations An
intelligent perusal of the law relating
to certificates, renewals and Gin
dorsements," and action in accordance
Herewith, will save teachers and school
officers much unnecessary annoyance.
Teachers meetings will be held on
Saturdays of each week, commencing
November G. A more extended notice
will be given in due time. School Off
GERS and all friends of education will
meet with a cordial welcome at any of
our examinations or educational meet
ings. Respectfully,
CHAS l.. HARPER,
County superintendent.
Lancaster, AUG. 81. 1896.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20

That million-dollar cannon of Great
Britian's will strike the bottom of the
ocean with a very dull thud if it ever
comes fooling around the American sea
coast and gets within the reach of a
Yankee Peacemaker.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20

The following gentlemen have been
selected as the Republican committee for
the Third Congressional District: Geo.
+. Bryant. of Dane, chairman; Geo. w.
Parker, of Grant; w. j. F. Randall, of
Green; w. A. Jones, of Iowa, and A. c..
Martin, of La Fayette
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20

Frank r. Stockton has writtena serial
novel for the Century. to begin in No
vember and run through twelve num-
bers. 1t viii be called The Hundredth
Man"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20

At the Republican Congressional con-
vention for the Seventh District held at
Richland Center, last Thursday, O. b.
Thomas, the present member, was nomi-
mated by reclamation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20

At the last annual meeting of the
county board the present Democratic
nominee for CLERK of the court introdu-
ced the following resolution:
RsSGEped, That the statement vouchers or Ger
tihcates of deposit Issued by the platteyiue bank
OF |. Hodges s. Co. to Thomas Mcmahon, treasurer
Of Grant County, for the money of said county
there on deposit with said Plattevlle bank To his
credit as county treasurer of said Grant County,
be by this board accepted aud accredited 10 said
Thomas Mcmahon as 50 much cash.
ED. 0'NEILL.
There is not much Democratic capital
in this matter, and few of the open and
undisguised Democrats are trying to
make it So 1t is the underground
Democrat, who deals in deceit and
makes Misrepresentation n business,
who is trying to make capital out of the
matter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20

Matthew Arnold contributes to the
October number of the Century a paper
on Common Schools Abroad.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20

Ex-senator Dorsey announces that he
is making money in New Mexico and
viii not re-enter politics. Some people
find the business of making money not
entirely inconsistent with politics.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20

STOVES! STOVES! Mr.. John j.
Oswald has received his fall stock of
stoves and house-furnishing goods, He
has the latest and most modern patterns
which will repay a careful inspection.
29w3
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20
Grimm Won't Get There.

The Democrats and semi Democrats
are congratulating themselves on Mr..
Grimm's chances of being elected
sheriff this fall, because he made good
run before, and this time he has the
Prohibitionists to help him (although
he is a saloon-keeper). But there is
very little ground for their hopes.
There is no reason to believe he will
come any nearer being elected than he
did IN 1876 when he was beaten by a
majority of 597, by an opponent so
very unpopular that he ran 10l votes
behind his ticket in his own town of
Fennimore, while in Mr.. Grimm town,
Cassyille, he ran only 67 votes behind
his ticket, showing plainly that it
was the Republican candidate S unpopu-
larity, much more than Mr. Grimm's
popularity, which decreased the ma
jority of the former. But the Republi-
can county ticket has not nor never had
a more popular man than John Dolphin,
nor more active and effective worker.
Then counting the whole Prohibition
vote as though it were cast solidly for
the Cassville candidate, it will come
far from electing him. The Prohibition
vote in Grant County for sheriff two
years ago was only $40, and their party
was as we'll organized, as enthusiastic
and polled as large vote as it prob
ably will this fall. They cannot elect
Mr.. Grimm this time.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20

The October Horper'S is unusually
rich in poetry. The most important
poem is 1.-The Brahman's Son." a
powerful picture of India life, with four
exquisite illustrations by Alfred Freder-
icks. A sonnet by Andrew Lang, en-
titled ''Grass of Parnassus," is illus
trated by Alfred Parsons. The other
offerings to the muses. are "a Band of
BluebirdS, by William H. Hayne,
The Reapers," by Win Wallace Har-
neY, "lndian Summer" by Commander
William Gibson, and 1.-The Quaker
Lady," by Margaret Deland.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20

Eight cases of Asiatic cholera have oo-
CURED at Pesth Three of the patients
have died.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20

A valuable discovery of kaolin has
been made in Kosciusko County, Ind.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20

The newest weapon of war is an cleo
trio sword.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20

The Prohibition party is growing
one. 1t is growing smaller.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20

Those Democrats, open or disguised,
who are making it an excuse for beat
ing ThoS. Mcmahon that twentY-eight
members of the county board voted to
receive the vouchers of the Platteville
bank at so per cent. ought to remember
that among those who voted aye were
such ''sound Dimecrats' as Ed. o. Neill,
Herman Grimm, John HER, George
Whitcher, John Murphy, Jacob Brem-
mer, Arthur Doyle, Patrick Glynn and
Gottlieb Wehrle--two of whom are on
the Democratic county ticket this fall.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20


NATIONAL GARMENT CUTTER.-Un-
der the head of new advertisements on
our first page will be found an adver-
tisement showing from testimonials
and other data the merits of the Ma
tional Garment Cutter. The invention
Is one of great popularity, 1t is the in
vention of w. H. Mosely, of Sparta,
Wis, land is being introduced here by
Mr.. Ii. p. Jennings and A. &. Calkins,
agents, whose headquarters are at the
Wagner House. They are appointing
agents and introducing the cutter in
this vicinity and undoubtedly offer first
class inducements to agents.
Mr.. j. w. Nichols, of Bloomington,
ILL.,, addressed a fairly large audience
Saturday evening at HYde's Hall on
Prohibition. He also lectured at the
Methodist church yesterday evening on
the subject of Temperance. Mr.. Mich
OILS is veteran newspaper man, having
for many years been an editor and pub
Usher of a paper at Bloomington.
Blackmore's latest novel Spring
haven" now running in Harper'S Maya
zine, maintains its high standard in the
October number, with charming reve-
lation of the naive sea-town life of two
generations ago, The illustrations, by
Barnard and Parsons are worthy COM
panions for so good story.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20
Inc Anti.Saloon Increment.

The proceedings of the National Anti
saloon Conference, which began its ses-
sions in Chicago last Thursday, viii be
followed with interest. both by temper
ance and anti-tenperance people
throughout the country Most Of the
important states of the Union are rep
resented and many Of the delegates are
men Of high personal and political stand
ing in the communities in which they
live. These men have undoubtedly
come together for an honest purpose,
and there is no call to question the purity
of their motives.
1t is a conference of Republicans to
consider the best method of dealing with
the liquor question. There are delegates
from the East and from the West, from
the North and from the South. These
men will compare views and the methods
of their respective localities in control
ling and restricting the business Of iq-
uor-selling. The views and opinions of
intelligent men differ very widely upon
this subject, and certainly no harm can
come, while good may result, from u
free interchange of opinions touchings
the most practicable and effective meth
Cd of legislating on the liquor question.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20

For Member of Congress, Sd District.
ROBERT Nj. LA TOILETTE,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-20
Teachers Examinations.
FALL SERIES, 1886.

The regular examinations of teachers
for Grant County will be held as follows: