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Telegram-herald., 1889-08-09

friendly Rush leaTned Afterwards that
on Ehis occasion were a lucky accideat-
At another time no might have been un-
4pproschaDle. ut On this particular
afternoon sonetAins hAl happened 10
put him ia a good hllLnOr and RUSH got
the benefit u IT,
J0nn Gaspar Plummett was peculiar
man. tie ~as the son u a very able
father. and had inherited fortune and a
newspaper Asa young man he had been
very Wild and az forty lie was not tanned
q any great extent bis eauberance Of
spirits showed isself IN the conduct Of his
paper Re kot up the widest schemes
and generally earned IheEa cut with sue
cess. thu making The Dawn the best
known newspapsr ia A1erica and tho
best known American newspaper Ia Eu-
roDe. Piummert. without being hand
some. was very distinguished looking
he hsd a tail. aTistOcratic figure and bore
himself wiki a great deal OF dignity. It
would % impo-sLbis fOS A stranger 10
pass him Ia TIE street without tuI aing
around and saying TO us companion. II
10 happened TO have one. Nv 40 Is rh.t
distinguished looking mani" de was
very particular about his dress. and had
a styls " hs own that his friends trled
10 initiate but. as few had such a figure
the imitation was not successful Peo-
pie who knew PlumInett slightly fancied
that his Wild schemes were without
method. and that he was a harum-scar-
urn sort OF fellow. who did everything
hit or miss. and whose business was a.
loose ends On the contrary. be always
knew what be was about. and he had a
long head for business
Although be Vas seldom in New York,
he watched his paper carefully and knew
who wrote every article IN it. tie had
been looking closely after Rush ever
since De came upon the paper. and was
very much pleased with his work When
he found that bis London Office was not
managed As ne thought it should be. lie
at once made W MS mind that Rush
WAS the man - reOrganlze IL. And he
proved 70 be right In a general way he
told Rush what be- would ike 10 see
i0ne hut b.. dfl f.f rfr. very minute
rne young man would 90 n ier 70 nIm-
self Having had charge OF the foreign
department in New York. Rush knew its
shortcomings and had plan mapped out
FOR its improvement This he laid before
Dir. Plummett Il won his instant ap-
Telegram-herald., 1889-08-09
PONY MOORE At HOME.
An Bour WITH q Famous London
MinstreIsy Hero.
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Telegram-herald., 1889-08-09

For don't care dull, tired feeling,
Impoverished blood, duh pans IN back
and head, tantallzlng san eruptons,
Domp's Sarsaparilla never fails 10 give
relief. We ALWAYS guarantee n. Puce
81 per bottle, Tibbs' drug store, 20
MOnTOc-st.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-10-24

DISCOVERIES MORE VALUABLE THAN GOLD
Are SANTA ABLE, the California dis
covery for Consumption and Diseases
of the Throat, Chest and Lungs. and
CALIFORNIA CAT-R-CURE, the only
guaranteed cure for Catarrh, Cold in
the Head and kindred complaints. They
They are sold At 81 per package; or
three for $3.50, and are recommended
and used by the leading physicians OF
of the Pacific Coast. Not secret COM
pounds. Guaranteed by Stone Bres. &
Hassell.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-10-24

March l. 1851, during the time of peace.
He further recommends, as did his prede-
cessor, that the act of March g. 1877,
be amended SO as to grant pensions
to those who, having partici-
pated in the sebellion against the
United States, subsequently enlisted in the
navy and were disabled therein. The act
referred to confines its operations to those
only who under the same conditions, en-
listed in the army of the United States
The Commissioner asks attention to the
fact that the act OF August I, 1882, which
terminates the pension of widow be-
cause Of immortality, makes no provision
for continuing the pension to the minor
children of the soldier when the widow
pension is terminated He asks that Con-
gress be requested to correct this palpable
injustice.
The Commissioner is also OF the opinion
that the act OF Congress approved Feb
ruary ~ 1889, providing rate of sl00 for
the loss of both hands uniustly discrim-
mates against those pensioners who have
lost both feet or the sight OF both eyes
The Commissioner earnestly recommends
that whenever an invalid pensiOner dies
the usual pension DO granted to his widow
or, il he leaves no widow, then to his minor
children, without regard 10 whe her or not
his death was due to any cause incident to
the service and line of duty
The Commi sioner favors granting pea-
sions to all soldiers who are disabled. He
says:
AS the war period reeedes from us and age
and its attendant infrmities afilict the veteran
who served his country faithfully and we'll a
quarter OF a century ago il is a serious question
whether the Government does him jus
tice in limiting the application OF the
pension laws to those disabilities only
which were contracted Ia the service and
line of duty | earnestly recommend that a
pension be granted To every hOnorably dis
charged soldier and sailor who is row or who
may hereafter become disabled without re-
gard to whether such disability is chargeabIe
10 the service OF the United States or has been
contracted since discharge therefrom.
The Commissioner also favors pension
for army nurses and makes an earnest APP
peal in their behalf.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-10-24
MONEY Fan ON so1.n1Ens.

WAsuINGTON Oct The annual report
for the fiscal year lSSs-S. OF the Commits
sioner of Pensions has been submitted TO
the Secretary OF the Interior and il now in
the hands of the Public Printer The fol-
lowing summary of the report will show
the more important details OF the work OF
the Bureau OF Pensions during said fiscal
year:
There We're AT the close OF the year 4S9 ~
pensioners. There were added to the rolls dur
ing the year the names Of 81 ,99i new pensioners,
and the names OF i75l, whose pensions have
been previously dropped. We're restored TO the
rolls making an aggregate Of $3.50 pensioners
added during the year There we're 1857 pen
Sioners dropped from the rolls for various
causes leaving net Increase to the rolls Of 81
i6s names
The average annual value Of each pension al
the close Of the year is shown 10 have been
SiSitS The aggregate annual value Of pen
sions j. Nit 80. 5S2 ~
The amount paid for pensions during the
year was SSS27AiiSss The total amount dis
burscd by The agents for all purposes was $50,
isl, a6s.4
Amount paid ~ ices To- attorneys. ~ sss. 5S8 a.
There was disbursement Of st4.5ih.s9 for the
payment Of arrears ~ pensions IN cases where
the original pension Was granted prior to Janu
airy % 1879 and the date Of commencement o.
pension was subsequent to discharge or death.
In the aggre gate .sfs itS pension claims hav,
been filed since 1881 and in the Same perios
80 t2l have been allowed.
The amount diShurscd - account ~ pension.
since 1861 has heen 81 .t59 2is. fiSl7.
The issue " certificates during the veal
shows a grand total Of ltssS OF this number
81 .Q2l were original certificates
The report shows that at the close of tbs
year there were pending and unallowec
49,. 600 claims of all classes
Commissioner Tanner recommends that
Congress be asked 10 amend the act Of
June q, 1874. SO rs to extend the ben
eht Of all pension laws as 10 rates
to all pensioners whose pensions have
been granted by special acts passed
subsequent To said date, and that
the benefit of pensions be granted e
the widows OF soldiers who died from
causes originating In the service prior t.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-10-24
AN IMPORTANT WITNESS.

CHICAGO, Oct la-Charles lander, an
Austrian mechanic, who was closeted with
the States Attorney for nearly two hours
Thursday evening will be one OF the most
important witnesses for the State in the
Crentn Case lander knows Coughlin,
O'Sullivan and Martin Burke. He recog-
niZed all three OF them in Judge McCon-
nelrs room three weeks ago. lie over
heard OSullvan and Coughlin about the
middle of May speaking about the
Cronin murder IN Con Sullivan's
stable at Riverside His first story was
that Con Sullivan participated in the con
versation, but he has since contradicted
this. His story now is that Coughln and
7. OSullivan drove out from the city in a
red wheeled tax cart and while Con Sui
Ivan was attending TO their horse they be-
gan discussing the Cronin murder In the
stall next TO where lander was attending
to his duties as a hOstler. They expressed
anxiety lest the body should be discovered
Coughlin said he would depend on Burke
to hide it away. O'Sullivan said the Lake
View health officers were about to look after
the sewers and catch basins, and that he
feared the body would then be found
CoughIin said that measures ought to be
taken at once to remove the body to the
beach. where it ought TO be buried
III It is discovered, said Coughlin, we
will have to clear out"
NO, that will not do. said oSullivan.
1T would arouse suspicion Somebody will
have 70 go deeper into his pocket than he
has heretofore done He has been too
stingy with MS as it il lam sorry for the
part have taken in this matter believe
we have been fooled aud that Cronin was
no spy after ali.
There were some further remarks of the
same general tenor lander left the en-
ploy OF Con Sullivan thereafter He went
TO work for Father Burke. the Catholic
priest at Lyons. On Saturday he went to
confession at the st Peters German
Catholic Church on Polk street The con-
tessor refused To give him dissolution I'M
less he communicated the story as he de-
tailed It in the confessional 70 the authori-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-10-24
FROM WASHINGTON.
A Daily Chronicle of News from
the National Capital
Census statistics Concern ng Textiles
The Maritime Conferences : Important
Questions tor tue Fny-Fir4t Con
greSs-- her Notes


Il
| WASHINGTON. oc-. is The members OF
the Intersa ioual Marine Conference occn-
pied the time yesterday IN discussing the
question OF signal lights
WASHINGTON Oct Is - superintendent
| Porter, OF the census has had con
Terence with the special agents in charge
| or the collection OF statistics concerning
cotton, wool, worsted. silks and mixed
textiles The desire Is 10 secure better
classification The list OF manufactures
OF these goods in ths United states is com
plete, and shows "a total OF 5,2ls
WASHINGTON, Oct Is The Washington
Press, the only Republican paper now
printed here, says that Mr. Blaine Is re-
ported 20 have said To a friend that the
first thing the Republicans in Congress
Will undertake at the coming session would
be the passage of a tariff bill
This friend, in the course of a converse
ton with the Secretary OF State, asked him
II there was likelihood OF the Republic
ans passing Federal election law with a
view TO stopping the frauds on the ballot
and suppression OF the negro vote in the
South
Mr. Blaine said the tariff question ought
to receive attention first; that it had been
the issue OF the late campaign, and there
was no reason why the Republicans should
allow themselves now TO be turned aside
from dealing with it, The passage Of a
Federal election law could wait
Revenue Legislation is not the only mat
ter that will occupy the time OF Congress
There are some international questions
which may be proposed and it would
be more agreeable to Mr. Blaine to
have a Speaker with whom he could
talk over the situation from time to
time. Having had experience through
three Congresses OF Speaker, he thinks he
knows what would be most advantageous
to the Administration, now that he sits at
the right OF the President in Cabinet ses-
sions
WASHINGTON, Oct lg.-The refusal Of the
United States Express Company to ship
notes OF small denominations from Wash
ington TO banks throughout the country at
less than the regular rates has practically
stopped the issue of sm I'll notes An issue
has now been raised between the Treas
ury officials and the express company as to
whether the latter is not compelled to
carry these notes under the rates pre-
scribed in its contract for the tt ansporta
ton of Government funds.
WASHINGTON, Oct l9-In an address be-
fore the Boys and Girls National Home
Association Alexander Hogeiand, president
OF the association. made the startling state
ment that there were 81. 900 boy tramps in
the United States. lie advocated the es-
tablishment of registration system by
which boy tramps might be found and
sent to farmers who were willing to en-
ploy them
WASHINGTON. Oct. 21.-Internal rev.
enue receipts for the three months end
ing September 30 were: S34.64S, 1894. an
increase Of $40. sO7. 20 over the same
period last wear
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-10-24
The World in a Nutshell
FOR the wsek Ending Ger. I'll.

FOR the Week Ending Occ. "a.
Forest fires are doing great damage
near New Orleans.
Typhoid fever is raging to small OK
tent in Yale College at New Haven.
Patrick Calvin was robbed of S2,O1S in
saloon in st. Joseph, Mo. by couple
of confidence men.
George w. McGuire, prominent
lawyer, committed suicide by drowning
at Rochester. n. V
The Office of the Southern Express
Company at Memphis, Tenn, was robbed
Saturday of 81. 1875.
While out sailing as Frankfort, Mich,
Ole Oleson and Silver Siyerson were cap
sized in boat and drowned.
In the libel suit OF DIR. Barnum against
the ST. Paul Globe the jury gave the
plaintiff verdict for $4,000.
The Government of Korea has abso-
lutely forbidden the teaching of the
Christian religion in that country.
z. A. Geidtzen, administrator for Miss
Lena Weinberger found $3.50 in the
false bottom of trunk belonging to the
lady at Winona Mimi.
William Nation, the oldest moon
sinner in Kentucky, for whom officers
had been searching for twenty -five years,
was captured Saturday.
Cyrus p. Berry, an employee in a ma
chine-shop at Biddeford, Me, will re-
ceive S1,O00,O 900 by the death of his
uncle, Silas Emerson, of California.
Kinch West, member of the Guam
troll gang of desperadoes, has been ar
rested in Indian Territory for murder
committed in Louisiana eighteen years
ago.
The Rowan County (Ky.) vendetta, in
which nineteen persons in all were
killed, has been settled by marriage
between members of the warning fac
lions.
The st. Louis Exposition closed its
seventh annual exhibit Saturday night.
The cash receipts for the forty days dis
play were over $3.50, 900, and the attend
ance $50, 1000 persons.
Invitations received in Philadelphia
announce that the wedding between ex-
Secretary Thomas Il. Bayard and Miss
Clymer will take place in Washington
Thursday, November :.
William Carey, an Altamont (Ill.)
farmer, died Friday night, supposedly
from the effects of poison placed in his
we'll. His wife and child and Mrs Dur.
bin and her children are sick, and there
is danger that some, if not all, will die.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-10-24
THE KING is DEAD
POrtugaI's Ruler Passes Away surround
by the Royal Family.

Portugal's Ruler Passes Away Surrounded
by the Royal Family.
LISBON, Oct. 2i.-LuiS l.. King of
Portugal, died Saturday morning. The
physicians who were attending him
announced to the royal family last
night that his Majesty's death was only
a question of few hours, and the rel
atives in the palace remained at the
bedside Of the sick man until the end
Paralysis was the cause of his death.
The Duke of Braganza. who succeeds
80 the throne, will assume the title of
Carlos |.
liking Luis /. was born October 81. 1873. He
was the son OF the late Queen Maria H. and
the late Prince Ferdinand Of SAKE Coburg. His
royal mother was the first sovereign OF the
line of Braganza to break through the custom,
which had prevailed for two centuries,
of keeping up alliances with the reign.
ing house OF Spain. Her union with
Prince Ferdinand resulted in the begin.
ming of the house Of Braganza Cobure, the first
sovereign of which her Pedro ", AZ
whose death, in 1851. Luis succeeded to the
throne. The young King took to wife Pia the
youngest daughter of King Victor Emanuel. OF
Italy. They were married October 6, 1862, when
the bridegroom was "a years old and the bride
only IS From this union were born two
sons, the elder of whom. Prince Carlos,
Duke of Braganza. born in 1888 is q
cutivatedman King Luis has been wise and
liberal King toiling 20 establish freedom and
education and encouraging railroads and tele-
graphs, but the people appear to have lost thai
enterprisng character which made them so
active during the fifteenth and sixteenth cent
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-10-24
naaursrIs PASSED

And now is The time when the farmer,
having worked (with) the hired man
harder than ever during the long days
of summer, feels that he can leave The
boys TO fodder the cattle and carry swill
to the pigs, while he takes a stroll out
side the farm fences, to see little OF
the big world beyond. Unless he is a
gentleman farmer. living in the east, he
will not go to Europe, but try 10 see
some Of his own country, the Dakotas
and tho Pacific Northwest, or California
and the Rockies. To do this, rail travel
must be bis means, and his enjoyment
OF the trip will depend much on his Sc
lection Of line. In whatever direction
he goes. he will find 1.-The Burlington
unparalleled for speed, safety and com
fort. and can be supplied with tickets
and any needed information, by the
losal agents of the line, or by writing 70
w. J. c. Kenyon, Gen. Pass Agent C..
B. & N. X. r.. st. Paul, Mimi.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-10-24
THE COMPOST HEAP.
Its Usefulness Demonstrated by Facts
Well as Figures.


Well Figures.
The art OF making composts is one To
be well studied. Perhaps its useful
ness is now lost sight OF in the pressure
OF other matters. which never occurred
to the old farmers, who practieed it
assiduously, But the value of it should
not be ignored. AS food is digested
by certain processes, SO plant food may
be by skillful fermentation in a COM
post heap. There are digestive agents,
such as lime particularly which may
be used to make plant food soluble and
available for complete assimilation by
crop. Lime is the best material for
this purpose, and as Yeast starts fer
mentation in a mass of carbOnaceous
and heterogeneous matter, so lime starts
this action in a mass of organic ma
terial, which, without it, would re-
main crude and undigested and unfit
for the use of plants. Many years ago
''nitre BEDS as they were called, were
made for the purpose OF procuring salt
petre (nitrate of potash) for the manu-
facture OF gunpowder, the great natural
nitre beds of South America not having
then become known. These nitre beds
were nothing less or more than we'll
made compost heaps.
A quantity of earth rich in organic
matter was mixed with manure, and
fresh quicklimc was mingled through
the mass as evenly as possible, so as to
exercise its corrosive action most com
pletely. An active fermentation en-
sued. The organic matter was decom-
posed, and as the heat expelled the
moisture from it urine was added to
prevent dry rot and furnish additional
moisture aud heterogeneous matter for
the ferment to act upon. Whether or
not the nitrogen OF the atmosphere,
separated from its accompanying oxy-
gen, was acted upon chemically dur
ing INSTRUMENTATION, has not been sat
isfactorily determined, but it was sup
posed at the time that this action did
occur in the mass through what is now
known as the nitric ferment.' The
of nitrates, which were leached from
the decomposed mass and made into
saltpeter-the most valuable nitro
genous salt known.
Available nitrogen is now worth in
the market, in the form OF fertilizers.
no less than seventeen cents per pound.
II it can be made by composing the
necessary substances on the farm with
the fresh lime large saving OF money
will result The most available sub
stances are peat or swamp muck; earth
rich in organic matter. such as the soil
OF an old barnyard or that taken from
under old farm buildings; the wash
from drains; the household wastes;
scourings of bitches; black soil from
woods, and a small proportion Of coarse
manure and liquid from the stables.
These are built up iuto fiat square
heaps and fresh air-slacked lime is
evenly scattered over them as the heap
is built up. The heap is made in an
open place where it can be kept moist
by the rains, and is left to ferment for
three months Such compost heaps,
large enough to contain hundreds Of
tons, are often TO be seen on the best
English farms. and they may be Well
considered as the rea sOa why the
average WELD ~ the rrops is two and a
half times a. mach ~ yHat o. American
farms. N Y. LeI.er.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-10-24
The News Condensed.


Cassville has voted to establish high
school
The farm dwelling of Albert Bennett
near Omro, was destroyed by fire recently
with contents Loss, 81 1000; insurance,
5000
sulphite fiber plant is TO be located at
Depere.
An unknown man committed an out
rageous assault upon Henrietta Miffer,
fourteen years old, at Ashland few days
ago. The man would be lynched if caught
Henry c. Allen, of Wood County, writes
from the State of Washington that he and
two other Wisconsin mem. W. Knapp, of
Pittsyille, and F. B. Starkweather, Of
ShRwano, have discovered a mine of tin,
which will be put on the market shortly.
They have also made rich find of gold and
silver.
daily mail route has been established
between Sylvan Lake and Bryant
bear weighing three hundred and
twenty Live pounds was recently killed at
Colby by John Prossor.
While Andrew Mcconnell, sailor, was
snoring away in front of saloon in Mil
wnhkeA the other day some one stole from
hina $3.50, the savings of several years
Little Annie Sorgenfrei, who was acct
dentally struck with a baseball bat while
playing near public school at Appleton,
died from her injuries the other day. For
twenty-fOur hours previous to breathing
her last she suffered intensely.
A little girl named jacobson, Of New
Lisbon. was recently seized by two tramps,
who attempted a vile assault. The girl
escaped after a terrible experience, and
word was telegraphed all around giving Q
description of the scoundrels. A supposed
clew has been found, and lynching party
Is believed to be on the track of the
tends.
Jacob Breuer, farmer of Nix Corners
died recently of injuries received IN falling
from his wagon
James Kelly, wealthy farmer of Gu
tagamie County. recently lost his reason.
jealousy unbalanced his mind He was
taken to an asylum He has been married
for twenty years.
Ell Hodge, Chippewa Falls saloon
keeper, made an attempt the other night to
kill his wife by shooting. Several shots
were fired, but none took effect
Ex-senator William NJ Griswold died at
his home in Columbus the other morning
from cancer at the age of ssxty-six years
He was elected to the Wisconsin Assembly
from that district in 1853, 1859 and 1860, and
to the Senate in 1868 and 1870