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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23
Dakota as an Issue.

The question of Dakota's ad mission
does not look to the Democratic party
like the harmless plaything it appeared
to be during the last session of Con-
gress. The reckless insolsnce of par
tisan power kept great territory out
of the union of states. The retribution
10 coming, and even Democrats are be-
ginning to see that there are possible
lesses more grievous to bear than the
addition of one or two Republican
members and two Republican Senators.
The speech of Congressman Hill at HUI
ron shows that he has heard the warn
ing. At Washington he was, indeed, in
favor of admission But now he has
got enough farther not to care whether
the territory comes in as one state or
two. And there will be, ere long, a
good many OF his party associates who
will wish even more earnestly than he
that they could undo the work of last
winter. The exclusion Of Dakota long
after she had exceeded many of the old
states in all the essentials of statehood
forms an issue about whose merits there
can be no contest. 1t is one which
must be kept before the people in the
approaching congressional elections.
For it has come, by reason OF the per-
sistent denial by the Democratic party
OF the rights of citizenship, to be not a
local but national issue.
1t was taken up by the Republicans
of Connecticut in their state convention.
1t was introduced by Mr.. Blaine in the
Maine campaign as one Of tho things
which should influence the voter IN
making his choice between parties this
year. There is not state in which it
should not be brought to and kept at
the front. There can be, in this coun-
try, no question at all comparable to
that raised by denial of the right of
self-government. There is no injustice
which ought to touch honest men to the
quick more surely than this exercise of
power to disfranchise community of
more than half million people, solely
because their party opinion happens to
differ from that of the majority. And
the Democracy IS loft without ground
for explanation or extenuation, be-
cause it not only refused to either di-
vide or admit Dakota. but it would not
take step in either direction. There
are not many definite and stirring party
issues this year. On the great ques-
tons of the tariff and the currency, up
on which the people ought to be- divid-
ing, there are such internal differences
Of opinion rs fairly prevent either from
forming basis for strict party fight.
But the Dakota outrageis one supported
by practically the solid strength of the
Democratic party. 1t cannot be pal
lated or defended Let division and
admission for Dakota be made princi-
pal issue of the campaign in every con-
gressional district OF the North, whore
Democratic opposition to the creation
of new commemorative, imbued with
the ideas of freedom and progress, has
history that is familiar and meaning
that is distinct
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23
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TOWN 5, RANGE s--LANCAsTER.
NwL, sw u, ne u 3SThos Carmody.. 8
TOWN 6, RANGE 8. MOUNT IDA.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23

OF course it would be preposterous to
assert that single drug store in q viii
lage blessed with fair condition OF
health was required to dispense such an
amount of intoxicating liquor for ''tbe
actual necessities of medicine" The
case cited above is not exceptional. In
| another small place q druggist made
| reports which showed that if he kept
| his establishment open fifteen hours a
| day he must on an average have filled
an alcoholic prescription every fifteen
| minuteS-a liyeliness of trade that would
be entirely satisfactory to the ordinary
saloonkeeper in a rural village. As a
rule the Prohibitory law has increased
the number OF drug stores in the smaller
towns and greatly multiplied their sales
of liquor, every man in Iowa being his
own doctor and having legal authority
to make his own diagnosis and pre-
scribe for his own malady. 1t is only in
the larger places where saloons are still
open that the drug stores fail to show
an amazing increase in the medicinal
demand for liquor.
Now, what is gained, even in small
towns, by law which merely changes
the traffic in liquor from one channel
to another9 The liquor bought by the
quantity in the drug stores for "medic-
inal purposes" is usually carried away
and drank at home or in offices or club
rooms Under such circumstances
drinking is peculiarly apt to be carried
to q ruinous excess. Perverse human
nature delights in the pleasures enjoyed
in defiance of the consta5ularv, and
ma rbn = IN
be content with glass of beer will be
satisfied with nothing less, in prohibit
tory state, than - whisky carousal. A
prohibitory law which requires liquor
to be sold under false pretenses and
carried away to be drank at home or in
the office is essentially demoraizing
and tends to encourage drunkenness in
its worst form. Another evil result is
that drinkers arc tempted to abandon
the use of mild malt beverages, which
are difficult to transport and keep ia a
potable condition, while premium is
put on the consumption of "hard
liquors" large supply of which can
be carried in the pocket and easily
secreted or preserved from seizure by
the constables. Iowa drinkers seem to
be still to great extent users of beer,
but just in the degree that the enforce
ment of the Prohibitory law is made
rigorous they will substitute whisky,
brandy. gin and rum.
Prohibitory laws unfortunately do
not change or abate the appetites of
drinkers, and in any community where
there is a demand for liquor the utmost
such cnactmeats can do is to throw the
the traffic into new channels, substitute
secret for open drinking, aud 'hard''
liquors for mild beverages, while the
dealers 10 intoxicants are exempt from
taxation and the deficit is made up by
an increased levy on property owners in
general. Chicago Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23
Drug Stores VS.. Saloons.

The effect of a prohibitory law in
diverting the liquor traffic from saloons
to drug stores is quite well shown in
Iowa, where registered pharmacists are
required to make sworn reports setting
forth the amount of whisky, brandy,
gin, wine, alcohol, ETC., dispensed for
alleged medicinal uses. For instance,
one drug store in small place reports
the following amounts sold in the course
of four months:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23

comes the next presidential election,
with a Democratic party in power
insisting on coming Republican capital
for the next campaign.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23

Congress was in session seven mouths,
and three-quarters of the time was spent
in wrangles for political effect and in
devising ways and means of getting Re-
publicans out of office and Democrats
IN, and of increasing places for the hun
CRY gangs that have so long watched
the public crib with fretful Impotence
Instead Of the administration proving
an economical one, it has proved the
most extravaganza in years. Instead of
the primitive simplicity which was TO
once more restore our governmental
affairs to the homely solidity OF Rcvolu-
tionary times, Washington is ou'rival
ing Paris in the splendor of its social
requirements. Economy and reform"
has been lost in the whirl OF exirava.
gance and greed for Office. The ad-
ministration asked for an Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, Of War, aad
the Navy, and SEEKS provisions fns
two officials and two salaries for the
work that has been done under Repu5-
iican administrations by one ofiieai for
one salary. Instead of reducing sala
ries the Democratic House insisted on
increasing salaries and expenses If the
legislative, executive and judicial
branches of the government By restor-
ing them to where they were before the
reduction in 1876 The deficiency in
this years finances is estimated at four
teen millions of dollars, and it win more
likely exceed than come below that
figure. Not until nearly year after
the present administration came into
control was there bond cal, issued.
and in the meantime the United States
treasurer borrowed money of the New
York bankers TO maintain gold pay
ments at the clearing house, The party
which slid into power on the civil SER
vice issue, in less than fifteen months
afterward was attempting to nullify and
deal death blow to that reform. 1t
was good enough to get into power with
but, became stumbling block to the
spoils of Office. And nearer andn carer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23
EXECUTIoN SALE.-SrErnEEs .

State of Wisconsin, County Of Grants,
Circuit Court.
Joseph Hausmann, Plaintiff, vs.w 0. Stephens
Defendant.
BY virtue of an execution issued out OF the
Circuit Court for Grant County Wisconsin. upon
Judgment rendered in said court on the 18Th
day of June, 1886, in favor of the above named
plaintiff and against the above named defendant,
TO me directed and delivered have levied upon
all the right title and interest the defendant had
on the date said judgment was rendered or has
since acquired, to the following described real
estate, to wit:
The undivided one-half G9) Of North thirty
five (55) feet OF Lot number seven (7) in Block
eleven G11, of the city OF Lancaster, Grant
County, Wisconsin, and will offer for sale and
sell the same for cash to the highest and best
bidder or bidders at the front door OF the Court
House, in the city of Lane aster. said county and
State aforesaid. on the 9th day of October, 1886
at one O'Clock in the afternoon. to satisfy said
judgment, interest and costs
Dated Sheriff's Office, Lancaster, Wis. August
81. 1886.
ORA RICHARDS, sheriff
Grant County, Wis.
BUSHNELL & WATKINS,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Pogtoflice address Lancaster Grant County.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23

OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK. !
Lancaster, Grant Co., Wis !
August 10th, 1886.
Notice Is hereby given that the following des-
eIioed lands and village and city lots In the
county OF Grant and State of Wisconsin were
sold by the Treasurer OF said county. on the ootb
1888 Ne'n4uehs taxes OF
~, ne amount set opposite to each tract of land
sliage or city lot is the amount of tax interest
ana charges due thereon, computed up to the
last day OF redemption r ~ 'te
NOW, therefore, unless the taxes and charges
are paid on the following described tracts az land
sillage and city lots, before the Goth day Of
may, 1887, the same viii be conveyed by tax deed
law. - O piO'isAons VI
lABBREVIATloNs:--e. east; ne, northeast: Sc
southeast; W, west; NV, northwest; sw south,
west; n, north; s, south; com, commencing: beg
beginning, run, running; ac acre; blk, block; II
rect; ks. links; chs, chains; addn addition pt'
part ADJ, adloining ctg, containing; ex, except
nnd, undivided; cor, corner: fracI frsctionai
%, bounded; tn, thence; sec, seetionl
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23
Dr.F enner's Kidnev
0BaCk-ache Cure.

Rev. A. j. MERCHANT, Presiding FL
der Nj. E. church. Meadyille, Pa, writes:
(Apr 16. 1850 DR. FENSER's Kidney and
8acfS-aehe Cure gave me almost instant re
heI IL effected cure so completely. I have
needed nothing sinceI took it, four years ago.
Frank F, Perclyal, Rochester, \. T., writes:
(Apr. 5, 1880 "oneG bottle Dr. .Fenner,s
Kidney and Baek-ache Cure helped me
more than all the Kidney Remedies taken in the
past two years; six bottles entirely cured me-"
Mrs. James Fuller. Fredonia n. Y, writes:
(Mar. s, 1889 DIR. Fenner's kidney and
Back-ache Cure has relieved me of kidney
Disease Dropsy Heart Disease and fcmaiu
Weakness. / never had : medicine help so
quickly
Harry Waters Hamlet. n. y, writes:
(July Q, 1881 One bottle Of Elr. Fenner's
Kidney and ssack-ache Cure has cEred
me OF Kidney Complaint and Rheumatism after
other Celebrated Kidney Remedies and Doctors
had failed.'
Cures all diseases of the Kidney, Blad-
der, Urinary Passages. Back-ache. Drop
sy, Female Weakness. Nervous Debility,
Heart Disease, Rheumatism, Etc
The most successful remedy that has ever been
administered in the diseases named. Superior
TO all others.
For sale by BARBER. MoNAIR & co.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23
BUSHNELL & WATKINS.
ExEcUTIoN sALE.-srnrnExs.

LNXECUTION SALE.-STEPHENs.
State of Wisconsin, County Of GRANTS.
Circuit Court
Louis Stern s Co, Plaintiffs, ys. W O. Stephens,
Defendant.
By virtue of an execution issued ont Of the
Circuit Court for Grant County. Wisconsin. upon
judgment docketed in said court on the 2sth
day Of June. 1886, in favor OF the above named
plaintiffs and against the above named defendant,
to me directed and delivered. have levied upon
all the right title and interest the defendant had
on the date said Judgment was docketed or has
since acquired TO the following described real
estate, to wit:
The undivided one-half (5k) of North thirty
i've 1851 feet Of Lot number seven 60 in Block
eleven I'D, OF the city of Lancaster Srant
County, Wisconsin. and will offer for sale and
sell the same to the highest and best bidder or
bidders for cash. at the front door OF the Court
House, in the city Of Lancaster. said county and
State aforesaid. on the 9th day Of October 1886
at one O'Clock In the afternoon. 10 satisfy said
judgment. interest and costs.
Dated Sheriff's Office, Lancaster. Wis, August
81, 1886.
ORA RICHARDS. sheriff
Grant County. Wis
BUSHNELL e. WATKINS.
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
Postotilce address Lancaster, Grant County
wisconsin
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23
LOST FAITH IN PHYSICIANS.


LOST FAITH IN PHYSICIANS
There are innumerable instances where
cures have been effected by Scoyill's
Sarsaparilla, or Blood & Liver Syrup,
for all diseases of the blood, when the
patient had been given up by physicians
1t is one of the best remedies ever Of
fered to the public, and as it is prepared
with the greatest care, as specific for
certain diseases, it is no wonder that it
should be more effectual than hastily
written and carelessly prepared pre-
scriptions. Take Scovill's Blood and
Liver Syrup for all disorders arising
from impure blood 1t is endorsed by
all leading professional men.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23
Grant County 4erald,
REPUBLICAN TICKET.

For Governor.
JEREMIAH NJ. RUSK.
For Lieutenant Governor,
GEORGE w. RYLAND, Of Grant
For Secretary of State.
ERNST G. TIMME, of Kenosha.
For State Treasurer.
HENRY b. HARSHAW, OF Winnebago.
For Attorney General,
c. E. ESTABROOK, of Manitowoc.
For State Superintendent,
JESSE B. THAYER, of Pierce.
For Railroad Commissioner,
ATLEY PETERSON, of Crawford.
For Commissioner of Insurance,
PHILIP CHEEK, Jr., of Sank.
For Member of Congress, Sd District.
ROBERT M. 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 Wingville.
For Treasurer,
THOMAS MCMAHON, of Harrison
For Register of Deeds,
l.. II. BOUGHTON, of Cassville.
For District Attorney,
]. w. MURPHY, of Platteville.
For Superintendent of Schools,
G.. l.. HARPER, of Lancaster.
For County Surveyor,
GEO. MCCALL, of Harrison.
For Coroner,
FRANKLINLYSTER, of Jamestown
For Member of Assembly, LIST District,
j. B. MCCOY, of Platteville.
For Member of Assembly, Sd District,
RUFUS M. DAY, of Mt Hope.
E-@--s-...~-~----->-~~----
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23
Dated Aur n
NOTICE 10 CREDITORS -cAvxoN.

State Of Wisconsin. County Court for Grant
County-In Probate
In the matter ofthe estate Of John NJ. Cannon.
Sr.. deceased.
Notice is hereby given. that the claims and de-
lnands Of all persons against John NJ. Cannon.
Sr.. late Of the town Of Ellenboro. in said coun-
ty, deceased, win be received, examined and ad-
justed by the County Court Of Grant County. at
the regular terms Of said court, to be held at the
court house in the city Of Lancaster, in Grant
County, on the first Tuesdays of December A.
d. 1856, and March. 1857. Also that six 90
months from and after the 31st day Of August.
a. d. 1885 il the time limited for the creditors
Of said John NJ. Cannon, ST., deceased, to pre-
sent their claims TO said commissioners for ex-
animation and allowance
By order OF the Court.
GEORGE y. CARTER.
County Judge.
Dated Lancaster, August 81. 1886. 27w4
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23
TOWN 9, RANGE B--WYALJsING



JOE NATHAN'S meat market will
be closed on Sunday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23

Inc people OF the state OF Wisconsin. represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact as fgllows:
Section I. Every woman who is a citizen Of
this State, of the age Of twenty years or up
wards Except paupers, persons under guardian
ship, and persons otherwise excluded ig section
2 of article of the Constitution OF Wisconsin,
who has resided within the state one yelr. and in
the election district where she offers tovote ten
days next preceding any election pertaining to
school matters, shall have right to VOTE at such
election.
on the Tuesday next succeeding the FIRST Monday
in November A. d. 1885, at all the usua places
of holding elections in this state, for theelecton
Of all officers required by law then to 5eelected
the question whether this act shall go mo effect
or in any manner be in force shall be submitted
to the people, and if the same shall be approved
of by majority of all the votes cast on flat sub
ject, it shall go into effect and be IN face from
and after the date of said election otherwise it
shall not go INTO effect or in any mann'r be in
force.
Section g. The votes cast upon the subj ect
speclhed IN the last preceding section sinai be by
separate ballot, and shall have written orprnted
or partly written and partly printed on ZACH OF
them the words, For Woman Suffrage iuSchool
Matters or Against Woman Suffrage iTrchool
Matters, which words shall indicate the iOte of
the elector for or against the approvalAf this
act and the ballots so cast shall be ca1flssed
and returned in the same manner as the votes
cast for state officers are required by lawto be
canyassed. and the Secretary of State shsl inn
mediatey on the completion Of said canvas pub
fish statement of the result thereof, insome
newspaper printed at the seat OF government.
and shall communicate the same to the pext
legislature at the commencement OF its session.
Section A. This act shalltake effect and b in
force from and after its passage and publication.
Approved April l, 1885.
Given under my hand and official seal at AN
caster, in said Grant County, this 10th da Of
August y. 1886
IL. 81 C. w. HILL, County Clerk,
24td Grant County. Wis
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23

Gold and silver assaying $500 to the
ton has been discovered near Selkirk,
Man.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23

That part of ST. Johns speech here
last Saturday in which he bitterly at
tackled the United States revenue on
whisky as partnership with distillers
and liquor-sellers, and said that il the
government could by punishment pre-
vent man from making or selling
liquor without paying the tax it could
prevent him from making it all. shows
the utter inability OF the third-party
Prohibitionists to comprehend the diff
erence between what is practicable and
what is not. In most parts of the coun-
try the United States government is
able to collect the tax because the great
majority of the people favor it and look
upon the man who refuses to pay the
tax as shirk who is trying to throw
his burden of taxes upon the rest of the
community, hence every man and es-
pecially every dealer is detective upon
the man who violates the law by max
ing or selling liquor without paying the
United States tax. But in some parts
of the South public sentiment is just the
reverse. The people don't wish to pay
taxes to the government and they want
free whisky. Hence in these parts the
revenue laws are constantly esaded.
Let the government try to suppress in
stead of taxing the business and it
would no longer have the overwhelm-
ing majority of public sentiment as a
backing to help detect and punish
evasions of the law.
Mr.. Stockton's riddle, 1.-The Lady or
the TigerP" has gone all over the world.
The Advance says: "a lady missionary
in India writes to a friend: i have
letter from a friend who has been visit
ing in an out station where there are a
lot of Karens Zone of the wild tribes of
Burmah) who have learned some Eng
lish, and who continually come to her,
she says, to ask if she has not learned
which came out of the door-the Lady
or the Tiger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23

E,STATE-JULIA r. You're.
State Of Wisconsin. County Court Of Grant
County--In Probate
Notice is hereby given, that at the regular tern
OF the County Court, 70 be held in and FOR said
county, at the court house in fhe city Of i.ancas
ter. on the
FIRsTTUEsDAY or OCTOBER. A. D. 1856.
the following matter viii be heard and consid-
cred:
The application OF John c Knapp general
guardian Of Julia r. Young. an Incompetent per
son. for the examination and allowance OF his
final account as such guardian.
BY order OF the Court.
GEO. b. CARTER, County Judge.
Dated August 81. 1896 27wg
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23

Attorneys WILSON q PRovIs, Boseo-
bel Wis. Attorneys and Counsel0rs at Law
wiilpractice in ali Wisconsin Courts and In the
United States Courts. make Collections and tran
saet business promptly. Office over Ruka Bros
hardware store.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23

There are 1,505 prisoners in Sing Sing,
N. Y.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23

WHAT IT DOES. Almost every lady
habitually uses some kind If hair dress
ing. 1t is toilet necessity. Parker's
Hair Balsam is the best, because: it
gives gloss and softness; arrests falling
out; does not soil the most delicate
fabric; is deliciously perfumed; cools
the head; eradieates dandruf, and pro-
,,,,ta. N l,,xr-;a,+ crrovrth
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23

FACTS WORTH KNOWING all
diseases of the nasal mucous membrane
the remedy used must be non-irritating.
The medical profession has been slow
to learn this. Nothing satisfactory can
be accomplished with douches, snuffs,
powders, syringes. astringents or any
similar application. because they are all
irritating. do not thoroughly reach the
affected surfaces and should be ahand-
oned rs worse than failures 4 multi
tude OF persons who had for years borne
all the worry and pain that catarrh can
infiict testify to radical and permanent
cures wrought by Ely's Cream Balm.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23
CHAPTER 211.

AN ACT relating to the exercise Of the right of
suffrage of women upon school matters.
The people of the state of Wisconsin represented
in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23
TOWN 5. RANGE
TOWN 5, RANGE 5-PATcH GROVE.
Town G. RANGE patch GROVE 111S

TOWN G, RANGE 5-PATCH GROVE
NeA neA ...... 30lF b Pratt 50
Ne diagonal x of
nw14 neA ...... 30lF B Pratt . Cd
W side Of nei4 sw
2S acs. ......... 30lJ G Clark 2 DO
Ne cor of sell
swl4 acs 800. SOD G Clark $500 Oh
5 side Of nw1 Sc
~. -.,...:. aoIP Simpler -. . %
As described in
book AZ, page
49, acs -. 30lMrs Brazee > 81
Els swl4 sell -. 30J w Brack 1T. ; as
EIs nel+ sell -. SOIL w Bracket 3 AZ
VIZ nell seiI 3nIr r Pratt ) *
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23
=
TOWN 6. RANGE 1.-wINGvILLE.
Leadbetter's Addition to Montfort
Laird s. Johnson's Addition to Montfort.
Block next to de-
pot. .......,... Henry EastHan....l2 "a
Laird's Addition to Montfort.
OTIS md Rpifstacl- p
OWN s, RANGEI,-MUSCODA.

Lots and g.. 1 = Reifsteck. ..... 5
TOWN Z, RANGE CASTLE ROCK.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23

For Member of Congress, Sd District.
ROBERT M. LA TOILETTE.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-23
TOWN 6. RANGE 5-MILLyILLE.
TOWN Z, RANGE 5-MILLymLE

Eighteen acs off
nw4 SELL. SiJno Townshend . 8