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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-12

Last Wednesday the President sent to
the Senate veto of the bill authorizing
the construction of railroads through
the Indian Reservation in Northern
Montana.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-12

The Dominion government now re-
fuses to allow American fishing vessels
to buy coal and ice at any of the provin-
cial seaports. This hurts the Cape Bre-
ton and other coast people who want to
sell such supplies more than it does the
officers and crews of the vessel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-12

Grosvener, of Ohio, hit the nail on the
head when he asserted that the President
had approved the Fitz John Porter bill
the very day that he vetoed the bill
granting pension to Sally Ann Brad
ley, mother of four sons, two of whom
died on the battlefield and two were in
the hospital disabled. Fitz John Porter
would go on the pension roll at $4,000 a
year, while Sally Ann Bradley would 90
to the poor-house.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-12

De Lesseps is evidently booked for a
reverse in his attempt to get the French
government to father the Panama canal
sponge. The committee has postponed
action on the S12O,OO0,O00 lottery pro-
ject, and the chamber is likely to disap-
prove it. Already S00,000,000 francs
have been thrown into the ditch.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-12

STATE FAIR.-The annual fair of the
Wisconsin State Agricultural Society
will be held at Milwaukee, September
20, q, %, 90, and "a.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-12
The opinion in diplomatic circles that

The opinion in diplomatic circles that
the Car is cutting up his eapers with
perfect understanding with Bismarck
IS justified by precedent. Alexander
IL did not dare to cross the Pruth in
1877 until he had obtained Bismarck
permission. His son IS equally defer
entail to the German Chancellor for OBJ
vious reasons.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-12

Mrs.J. A. Street and her children arrived
Thursday evening from Chicago. They
will spend the summer with Mrs. Streets
parents, Mr. and Mrs. f. B. Phelps.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-12

There are additional reports of further
damage by forest fires in Wisconsin
and Michigan. Much damage is also
done to the cranberry marshes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-12

The Minneapolis post-office was bro
ken into last Friday night and robbed of
$4,000 in money and stamps.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-12

Miss Jessie Meyer arrived home Fri
day evening from short visits in Chi
ago and Madison, after years school
work at Rhinelander. She will not re-
turn next fall. and Lancaster society
will gain what the youth of Rhinelander
will lose.
Miss Ellen Woolstenholme, of Ian
caster, who was the guest of the family
of Mr.. T. j. Sehell last week, returned
to her home on Monday. Miss Wool
stenholme has been successful teacher
IN the Lancaster schools for the last
eight years, and is lady of rare attain
ments and splendid social qualities.
She made many friends during her
short stay here. who will be glad to ex-
tend her 81 hearty welcome whenever
she shall again come among US
Dodqerilie Chronicle
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-12

At Waterford, Wis, fifty persons are
stricken with typhoid-fever, and a num-
Der of deaths have occurred.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-12

The militant activities of the negro
Knights Of Labor in Arkansas indicate
that much trouble may be expected
from such an armed combination, I'M
willing to listen to reason In the
Southern states great labor strikes
have been comparatively rare, and such
demonstration of agricultural laborers
was entirely unexpected. 1t is not inn
probable that il conflict occurs be-
tween the negroes and the authorities,
bitter race conflict may be the out
come. The negroes in Arkansas have
heretofore been very peaceable and in
dustrious; but, when their blood is up
through attempts to subdue them. it is
not unlikely that they will indulge in
all kinds of excuses, as indeed they
threaten.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-12

The Hennepin Canal amendment to
the River and Harbor bill was taken up
in the Senate last Friday. Senators Lo-
gan and Cullom both made speeches in
its favor. The Senate adjourned with
the matter still pending.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-12

The Senate last Wednesday adopted
an amendment TO the River and Harbor
bill appropriating S150,000 for the pur-
chase of the Sturgeon Bay & Lake Mich
igan Ship Canal as harbor of refuge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-12

Yesterday our Mexican neighbors
held their Congressional elections in
the twenty-seyen states of the re-
public, and the occasion is noticeable
because for the first time an organized
effort will be made to prevent govern
mental interference with the bailoting.
The new. national electoral committee
has demanded an election according TO
the constitution. which provides theor-
etically for the absolute freedom of the
ballot, which, it is to be regretted, is
not the vogue in Mexico. 1t is under
stood that the Diaz government intends
to promote the election of its own par
tlsans as against the candidates of the
Gonzalez party, but there is so much
feeling against the project that it is pro-
bable more voters than usual will be
brought out. There may be serious
trouble if Diaz undertakes to run the
elections in the old way.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-12

The editor of the Milwaukee Journal
writes and the editor of the Platteville
Democrat copies the sentence. Nothing
is more prolific of chronic disease than
the pension laws which demagogues
compose and enact to catch the soldier
vote" 1t these gentlemen had ever
loaded themselves with big musket
and hundred rounds of caliber 53 cart
ridges, days water, three or five days
victuals and all their bed and shelter
against rain, sleet and snow, and expert
enced even for week the horrible hard
ships of private solders's life on u
campaign, say such rs that of Nashville,
they would have found something much
more productive of chronic disease than
pension laws, and they would not be able
to see anything either wise or witty in
the coarse, ignorant sneers of Copper
head Cleveland, the substitute-sender.
against the men who carried muskets to
put down the treason of the men with
whom the Milwaukee Journal and Platte
vile Democrat s President has put into his
cabinet and a great many other offices.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-12

4 motion for new trial in the Max
well case was denied in st Louis last
Wednesday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-12

The first page of Harper's Weekly last
week is occupied by piece from Bret
Harte, Illustrated We suppose the piece
is called poetry, as every line begins
with a capital, although it has no rhyme
and hardly any meter and less poetic
spirit than most of Harte's prose. 1t is
of the scrappy, slang-dialogue character
into which that writer fell after his first
great successes in the Heather Chi
nee" and Brown of Calaveras." 1t
looks as if it might once have been 4
complete story, but was blown up with
dynamite, and the publishers had found
a few fragments of it and two or three
still smaller scraps of a Spanish diction-
AIRY and Jumped the whole together.
Mr. Sexton shares with Mr.. Gladstone
the honor of having been elected for
two constituencies during the present
contest. He was elected unopposed for
South Sligo Tuesday. He will retain
the Belfast seat. and surrender the
Sligo one to some one of the Ulster Pro-
testant Home Rulers. probably to Mr..
Thomas Dickson should the latter fail
to win the seat in Scotland which he is
contesting with Tory. Dickson is the
ablest man of the Ulster Liberal Ma
tional party.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-12

The PlatteviIle Democrat quotes the
concluding sentence of an item in last
Monday HERALD concerning Garland's
telephone stock and adds: ut is pity
about Garland" This is intended to be
ironical, but it may well be said in sober
earnest, it is a pity. The Democrat fur
Their says: THE Democratic press said
long ago that Garland had done n foolish
mot criminaD act and it would be bet
ter for him to sell his phone stock or re-
sign, and there the matter has rested. :
Yes; there it rested. He neither sold his
stock Git is not vet valuable enough) nor
resigned; nor has the great reform Presi-
dent done any needed reforming here
The Democrat also declares that Garland
has shown himself vertically deadhead
50 far rs using his official position to
enhance the value of his stock This
may be so in Il narrow. literal sense, but
it is not true morally or legally. 1t is n
maxim of law and of morals that what
one does by his agent he does for him
self When it became necessary, rs a
speculation to make stock worth millions
for which Garland paid $3.50, to insti-
tute a suit to break down the Bell COM
pany. Garland. rs Attorney General.
did not bring the suit in person He
simply went into the country and left
his creature and subordinate in his place
to bring the suit, which, if successful,
was to put ymillions into Garland 5
pocket. This may not have been tech
nically criminal act. but ii was
plainly Il corrupt one.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-04-08
ASSIGNEE'S SALE.

NOTICE is hereby given that j. i.
~ Wiseman having been appointed
by Hop Lees creditors Assignee in his
Estate, the said Lease, Goods and Chat
tells will he sold at public auction OH
TUESDAY, April 18th, 1886. The pre-
misses being the Restaurant situated on
the corner of Nuunnu and Queen streets
known as the Old Corner. For further
particulars apply at the Office Of j. f.
Wiseman. All accounts due TO Hop Lee
must be paid without delay, and all
bills due by Hop Lee should he pre-.
scented at once to j. E. W1SEMAN.
91lw
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-04-08
DIVIDEND NOTICE.

A QUARTERLY Dividend of Three
IA Dollars per Share will he paid to
the Stockholders of Wilder's Steamship
Co., Limited, on THURSDAY, April
10, 1886, at the Office of the Company.
S. b. ROSE, Sec'y Wilders s. S. Co.
Honolulu. April y, 1886. ~ 81
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-04-08

About O'Clock in the afternoon Of
March 9th, an equipage provided and
driven by Mr.. b. F. Dillingham;, chief
promoter of the Oahu Colonization
Company, ratified up the Eva road
bound for honolulu Ranch. 1t was
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1886-03-01
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The National tribune., 1886-11-04
The Business Outlook.

Special kilograms TO Bradstreefs, while re-
cording a somewhat improved movement in
merchandise at Chicago, Burlington, Kansas
City and New Orleans, reflect on the whole q
continuance Of the late check TO general trade.
The total Of bank clearings at 80 cities this
week is $685., 974l20, against 81, 090 as, 9S4 last
week and S97l 1864, 1876 in the like week last
year. Boston and Philadelphia each lost $l2,-
100000 this week as compared with last week q
clearings Chicago lost 81, 100000, St. Louis 81,
100000, and Baltimore, $l,700,000. while San
Francisco gained 100000 and New Orleans
100000.
Special reports of earnings of IS railroad COM
panies during the third week in October give q
total of "a, 697, l2e against $4,5S3l7l in 1885.
The Western money markets generally con-
tinue quite firm, with the current of funds still
10 the West. The distribution of dry goods
from Eastern centers has been noticeably
checked. though prices are strongly held. The
demand for raw wool from manufacturers il
not so large az In September, though the de-
creased demand from the Eastern knitting
mills has caused no weakness yet. The strength
recently shown in the iron and steel trade il
fully maintained. Wheat has been stronger and
higher again after q reaction from the advance
made early in the week. Speculation, foreign
war rumors and the growing opinion that i'm.
porting nations will have 10 buy largely from
the United States are underneath most recent
advances.
The total number of failures in the United
States for the week was 2l6 against 1873 LAS
week and 40 same week last year. There wer,
10 failures In Canada against % last week and
81 during the same time in 1885.
The National tribune., 1886-11-04
Brave Soldiers HOnOred.

The armory Of the 9Th N. Y. regiment was
thronged on the odd inst with a fashionable as
sembage to witness the unvailing of the tablet
in memory of Captains Henry Shumway and
George William Smith. The spectators were
entertained for an hour by drill of two conf
panes, after which they adjourned to the Vet
eran Room, where the tablet was presented to
the sth Company by Lieut.. G. Z. Lydecker on
behalf of the committee. He referred to the
eminent services of these citizen soldiers, who
had served 81 and Al years. respectively, il the
same company and succeeded each other in the
captaincy in the order named. Capt. Shum-
way was the first officer of the militia to de-
mand the expulsion of one of his company for
leaving the ranks without permission. From
that day exact obedience had been enforced,
and was the basis of the high standard of the
regiment. In the presentation speech Lieut..
Lydeeker said: May the men of your COM
mand and of the 7th Regiment ever have the
examples of these honorable gentlemen before
them, and thereby be elevated to a full appre-
citation of the true dignity of their positions a:
citizen-soldiers and defenders of the peace and
dignity of the Commonwealth"
Capt. Andrew Mills accepted the tablet in &
few well-chOsen remarks on behalf of the com
pany The tablet is q beautiful PLAGUE of an
| tique silver, about five feet long by two in
| width. 1t will be panelled into the wall OF the
| company room over the massive fireplace. Col
Clark read a summary of the services of the
two officers thus memorialized, paying high
| tribute to their characters, both as gentlemen
| and soldiers. Capt. Smith, who was honored Sc
highly, served 20 years before he reached the
rank of Captain.
The National tribune., 1886-11-04
A Kentucky Holocaust.

Eight persons were burned 10 death last week
In the dwelling Of VIM. Poe, near Flat Lick,
Knox Co., KY. The house was pitched in an
open field mile from any other residence, and
the fire was not discovered until long after the
dwelling had been consumed with all its in
mates. The lost were: Mrs. Poe, aged about 80
years, and five children, the eldest nine years
old and the youngest Is months; Mary earns
and Lizzie Adams, aged 10 and u years re-
spectively.
The house, log one, was built about FIVE
years ago and was one and half stories high,
with only one door. Ii was composed of two
rooms one Of which was used by the family as
a kitchen, where il is supposed the fire origi-
mated. The family had all retired TO sleep in
the other ROOM shutting the door, and were
doubtless only awakened by the falling timbers
when 10 was too late TO escape. From the posi-
tiOn Of the remains il seemed that one had
reached the door and fallen back
Near where the window had been the body
of the mother was found. BY her side were
her helpless children, the babe lying across hei
breast Remnants of bed clothing encircled
all, indicating that the mother had fought tn,
flames in vain efforts 10 save the lives of her
self and children. Only few bones and ashel
remained. These were carefully placed in
box and inferred in one grave, great crowd o
people being present at the ceremonies. VIM
! Poe, the father, is almost crazed with grief
| He is probably the best known man on th,
river connected with the log business. He hR
not prospered for some years past and was com
PEELED 10 retire from a comfortable home ant
seek shelter for his family wherever he coult
find it. The family were left alone while b
went in search Of work, and Mt the time Of tn
accident he WAS at his log camp on the Ston,
| Fork of Straight Creek. about five miles distant
The National tribune., 1886-11-04
A Great Pigeon Roost.

The greatest wild pigeon roost In the United
States is just now located 20 miles north OF
Tshlequah, Idaho Territory. The trees COW
ering mile square are literally AS full as the
limbs will bear at night with these birds.
Millions of pigeons are there, and at night
when they come in TO roost they make noise
like thunder. Birdmen say there are only
two droves of wild pigeons now in North Amer
lea. This is the larger one A great many
people are encamped around the roOst engaged
in trapping netting and killing them for ship
ment, which they are doing by thousands.
New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, st. Louis
and other places in the States of less note are
I represented at this roost. For dead ones the
slayers get on an average OF 81 per hundred
for live ones the meters get 81 to Sc hun
dred, as a great many of these are used in the
East for shooting by sporting clubs
The nets are placed at some point where g
bunch water, and sometimes as many as 40
dozen are caught in one fly OF the net This
makes several years in succession these bird:
have come to this place TO roost, after nesting
and Summering away up among the lakes Of
Minnesota and adjoining country.
The National tribune., 1886-11-04
AMnnnment Tor the Snlhiers-

Two hundred soldiers and sailors of the late
war lie buried in St. Demands Cemetery, New
Haven, Conn. and on the 18th ult. monument
erected to their memory by the State of Con-
necticut was dedicated with impressive SER
vices. long procession made up of the city
battalion of the I'd Regiment, the Catholic tenn
perance, mutual benefit and social Organiza-
tions, and the Grand Army Posts of the city
marched from the center of the city to the GEN.
etery, where the monument was formally pre-
sented to the cemetery association by ex-Sena-
tor J. ID. Plunkett chairman of the committee
appointed by the Governor. 1t was accepted
by the Rev. Father Russell, pastor of ST. Pat
rick's Church, and a short address was made by
Gov. Harrison. On account of the weather the
remainder OF the exercises were held at CarlPs
Opera House, where the Rev. DIR. Edward Nc
Gynn, of New York, delivered the grafton OF
the day. He advised his hearers to do every
thing in their power to maintain the purity OF
the ballot, and delivered an eloquent tribute tc
the soldiers who lie buried in the cemetery
The monument is q very handsome one.
The National tribune., 1886-11-04
He Surrendered ut Last.

A pretty little romance, growing out OF Sher-
mans march to the sea, has just eliminated at
Forsyth, Ga, in the marriage of David +.
Rogers, of Logan. Kan, to Miss Donnie Good
man. On the third night out of Gen. Sher-
mans army from Atlanta, on its famous trip to
Savannah, il camped on the plantation of j. L.
Goodman, a wealthy citizen. 1t was a night of
terror for those in the big farmhouse, who had
heard exaggerated reports of the doings of the
invaders. They watched through closed shut
tiers all night long the campfres surrounding
the place, not daring to speak above whisper.
Daylight found the column on the march again,
and as the last man disappeared the children
sailed forth to examine the deserted camp.
Among the articles found was a knapsack, in
which was diary, which showed that its owner
had served in a Kansas regiment from the first
year of the war, and that his name was David
+. Rogers, of Logan, Kan. Five years ago Miss
Donnie, the youngest sister Of Mr.. Goodman,
born since the war, paid him a visit and became
deeply interested in the diary, which told the
perilous story of soldiers life She wrote to
the address, expressing her readiness to return
the memento If its owner should still be alive.
A grateful answer was received both from Mr..
Rogers and his wife, Mrs. Mary Rogers. The
two ladies thereafter kept up a pleasant corre-
spondence. One year ago a letter, bordered In
black, came from Mr.. Rogers, in which he
stated that his wife was dead; that at the
urgent solicitation of his children he wrote his
Southern friend the fact. Two weeks ago Miss
Goodman received a second letter from Mr..
Rogers stating that he was about to make a
business trip to North Carolina, and that he
would take occasion TO call upon her. Sunday
brought the couple face to face. 1t was love at
first sight. The visit was heightened out until
the couple clasped hands before the hymeneal
altar and formed union from which there is
no secession.
The National tribune., 1886-11-04
Attacked by q Wild Cat.

George Robinson, foreman, employed at the
Keystone Mines, had q terrible battle with a
wild cat near Wilkes Barre, Pa. The animal,
mad with hunger, attacked him while he was
at work in the breaker tearing his coat from
his back and decorating his face and arms in a
terrible manner. Robinson cried loudly for
help, and half dozen breaker boys responded.
The cat still showed fight and il was with
much difficulty that the lads succeeded in driy-
ing the beast off, although they punished him
hard with shovels and picks. About 100 men
and boys secured the neighborhood, armed with
reyolyers, In search Of the animal.
The National tribune., 1886-11-04
The Corn and Wheat Crop.

The TURNER'S Reriep, Chicago, publishes the
following summary of its weekly crop reports
The reports from the corn belt this week out
line the actual yield of corn from husking. In
IL Counties of Illinois the yield is given at "a
bushels; in IL Iowa Counties, 30 bushels; in 8
Kansas Counties, "a bushels; in Nebraska
Counties, 80 bushels; in 5 Missouri Counties,
"a bushels; in Indiana Counties, 36 bushels
in Minnesota Counties, 81 bushels. In 10 OF
the Winter wheat-growingC osnties Of Southern
Illinois the acreage seeded TO Winter wheat, as
compared to 1885, is I0i per cent; in Indiana
los per cent; in Ohio. los per cent; in WiscoH-
sin, log per cent. The returns from Michigan
indicate slightly increased acreage and in
Kansas decreased acreage.
The National tribune., 1886-11-04
A Blind Man Running for Office.

One Of the curious features of the campaign
In Chicago was the candidacy Of JAS. 0'Connor,
q blind man, forSenator in the First District
An appeal was issued in his behalf and in that
Of the 1900 blind people Of the State. who are
endeavoring 10 secure Legislation in favor Of
establishing an industrial home for the blind,
In which many who are now dependent can be
made self-supporting. The committee peril
nently said: Being blind ourselves, we have
given the subject considerable thought, and
are Of the opinion that one Of the most effective
means Of accomplishing this end is 20 elect q
blind gentleman TO the Legislature, who, fully
realizing the wantOf such an institution, would
give the matter his constant attention. We
know Mr.. O'Connor 10 be gentleman Of in
tegrity and ability and thoroughly qualified TO
I'll the position 10 which he aspires"
The National tribune., 1886-11-04
scOoped Out by the Earthquake.

In oglethorp County. Ga, the people are agi-
tated over a sinking in the earth which has
since grown into an immense cavern. The
farm of James Thompson has been cultivated
for generations having in that time been
cleared and worn out three times. While Mr..
Thompson was blowing his mules hind foot
slipped and broke the crust Of the earth. The
ground rapidly gave way for space of about
90 feet square and the plowman had a narrow
escape for his life. He tried to fill the hole
with rails, but they disappeared from sight
Finally he took sounding and found that the
bottom was out of ordinary reach. By peerinl
into its depth water could be seen at its bot
tom, while the rush of an underground stream
was distinctly heard. The cave is shaped like
q cistern.