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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-10-03

LANCASTER q PLATTEVILLE STAGE.
(Daily)
4gAvEs Lancaster at p. m. and Arrives al
plattevlle at p. m.
Leaves Platteyille at a. m. and Arrives at Ian
caster at II m. s. X. GREEN, Prop.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-10-03
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STAGE ROUTES.

Office hours from a. m to go p. m. Money
order Department domestic and foreign) open
rom a. III. to p. IN.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-10-03

LANCASTER q sPECHT's FERRY STAGE.
(Daily)
4EAvEs Lancaster at a. IN. and Arrives At
PotOsi at II IN.
leaves Potssi at p m. and Arrives at
Lancaster at 430 p. m.
HARCLEROAD q DYER, Proprs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-10-03
GnEEETY slii;lsIIIisi 5i;si
rnICAGO { NORTHWESTERN n. r. TIME-TABLE

LEAVE.
Mil. aud Chicago Passenger, No. 100. BOO a. M
Freight No 112. Observation-Disclosures. iO;5O A. NJ
Galena Passenger, No. 120.. 4;l5 P. NJ.
ARRIVE.
ialena Passenger, No. 12l II 80 A. NJ
Madison Freight, No. liz ....-...:.. 5:oo r NJ
Nil. and Chicago Passenger, No. lOi.. 7:O0P. M.
Trains ON Narrow Gauge make close connec-
IONS with trains on Milwaukee & 81. Paul X. X.
Stock train. coming in every Monday, Wed
nesday and riday mornings at O'Clock and
leaves Al half past ~
VIII. DECKER, Agent.
,KRIyAI. AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS AT Ian.
CASTER, WIS.,, POST OFFICE.
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New Time Table Chicago, MiIwau-
kee q ST. Paul R'Y.
Going East.


7:20p m Nv Platteyile Ar 4 :30pm
7:40 D m Nv Belmont Ar4:O0pm
$40 p m ar Mineral Point L'v2:l5 am
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.ANcAsTER. BEErowN 8 BLOOMINGTON

EhvEs Lancaster every Tuesday, Thursday and
and Saturday at a. m. and Arrives AT Bloom
inPton al ~ IN.
LEAVES Bloomington at p. m. on same days
and ARRIVES at Lancaster at p. m.
$. JOHNSON, Prop.
CHICAGO, BURLINGTON NORTHERN Il. u.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-10-03
Rheum atism.
Ayers Cathartic Pills,

Or. J. C. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Sold By all Dealers In Mealsias.
The Progress., 1889-02-16
Detroit City Pharmacy,

E.'H. coMBAcKKn, PROPRIETOR,
Washington Ave-, Detroit, MINI.
Drugs and Patent5 Medicines kept
Constantly on hand. Also fine
Line of Toilet Articles.
PhysicIan's Prescription Compounded.
n@- All Mail Orders will receive our
Prompt Attention,
The Progress., 1889-02-16
st. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba
E. 3. Right Of Way.

On Wednesday the 18th inst, in
the Senate the House bill grant
ing the St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Manitoba r. R. the right of way
through the White Earth reserva-
|tion was reported and on motion
Of Senator Sabin who asked unan-
imous consent for the immediate
consideration Of the bill, it was
read and passed in five minutes.
The bill now awaits the approval
Of the President to become 4 law.
There is hardly any room for
doubt as to the Presidents action
IN the matter. He has unreserved-
y committed himself to laws Of
this character By signing every
bill of q similar nature which has
been presented to him this session.
The Progress., 1889-02-16
Hunger's Consequences.

It is given out by very good au-
thority that chief White Cloud
desparing Of any interference on
the part Of the Government to
save many Of his people from star
vation, has advised those in the
hardest stress to kill their cattle
for food purposes.
Things have come to a pretty
pass in the affairs Of the people
Of this reservation when they, sup
posed to be under the special care
Of the Republic, are constrained
to sacrifice the very animals who
contribute most to their support.
This condition Of affairs becomes
the more odious when it is borne
in mind that the Government has
owed the Chippewas Of the Miss
issippi jointly with the Lake Su-
perior tribe some $40, 600 for the
last 38 years. Congress has twice
passed bills recognizing the in
deptedness Of the Government in
thisErelation; but withal, no step
has ever been taken to iquidate it..
There is also a very valid claim
against the Government to the
amt. Of S15O,O0O arising from the
disastrous effects attendant upon
the building Of the reservoirs at
the headwaters Of the Mississippi.
All this and the fact that the ware
houses of the different Indian
agencies throughout the North
west are literally bursting with
their plethora Of provisions, im-
plements aud goods are apt to in
duce some very curious reflections
and people will be prone to the
conclusion that ''there is some
thing rotten in the State Of Den
mark.
The Progress., 1889-02-16
"That Disputed Source. !"

It seems to be almost as hope
less a task to prevent Captain
Willard Glazier from periodically
parading before the public his
claims and pretensions as the "dis-
coverer" Of the source Of the Miss
issippi as it was to lay Banquo's
ghost. Do what you may. he will
not down. And if wholesale lad
vertising and the inflated bombast
Of personal communication to the
daily press will avail anything the
doughty captain may eventually
obtain some sort Of public recog-
milton. The Progress has given
very considerable study and In
vestigation to the vexed question
of the true source Of the Mississ-
ippi and its discoverers, the results
Of which it proposes to elaborate
in print before long. Access to
manuscripts Of the earliest known
traders and yoyageurs in this part
of the Northwest has been given
US and we have improved the oc-
I5casion to extract certain data
which will seriously disturb the
irrepressible Captain Glazier's ti-
tie. We hope to be able to settle
these claims and counterclaims Of
discovery to the satisfaction Of an
intelligent and impartial public.
The Progress., 1889-02-16
Martyr. TO Tr.ditionaI Custom.

The death lately, Of the two
small children Of Say-ge-tonze,
in this neigh borhood, affords q
striking Illustration of the tenaci-
ty with which the Indian adheres
to the customs Of his forefathers
and Of the deep and abiding faith
he has, despite all efforts to shake
it, IN the potency and efficacy of,
his own medicines and peculiar
treatment of sick persons. All
overtures Of the agency physician
and Of the missionaries looking to
the proper nursing of the children
were met with repulsion and the
parents persisted in caring for the
little ones in such manner as
really to bring about their death.
And all the time they were sincere
IN their belief that they were pur-
suing the best course to restore
the babes to health. And when
death set its leaden seal upon the
broWs Of the little ones the father
and mother accepted the fatal re-
suit with strange mixture Of fa-
talism and repressed grief that
would have done credit to those
ancient philosophers who boasted
of their stoicism and utter callous-
ness to all human emotion.
The Progress., 1889-02-16
About the Commission.

A special telegram from Wash
ington under date Of Feb'y 11thI
intimates that Col. VIM. Crooks
of st. Paul is likely to be named
by the President as the Minnesota
member Of the Chippewa commiss-
ion. B. P. Wheeler Of Beloit,
Wisconsin is also mentioned as a
probable commissioner. Colonel
Crooks is a pioneer resident Of this
State and in the course of his di-
yersified career as a soldier, public
man and engineer has had much
to do with the Indian tribes of the
Northwest. His eminent fitness
for the position is beyond ques-.
tion. Of Mr.. Wheeler we know
nothing save that he is promi-
nent Democrat Of his State. From
all accounts Congressman Knute
Nelson would not be averse to sit
ting on the Commission and it is
stated that Secretary Villas looks
upon his appointment with great
favor. There are less than 80.
days remaining in which the Pres
idcnt may appoint the members Of
the commission under the terms of
the act. The newspapers and en-
thusiastic friends Of the Hon. X.
Nelson who are sounding his
praises from the housetops and are
SO anxious that he be appointed on
the commission are evidently un-
aware of the fact that he is
Constitusionally Ineligible
to the position, unless he straight
way resign his membership in Con-
gress. Cart. I. Sec. 6.--U. S.
Constitution.
With all due appreciation of the
ability Of Mr.. Nelson and his ex-
cellent record in Congress, we ven
ture the assertion that his connec-
tion in any way with the Chippe-
wa Commission would inevitably
result in prompt condemnation
Of the objects Of the commission
and in refusal to agree with the
commission on the part of all the
Chippewa Indians. In the inter
est Of harmony the President
should appoint members likely to
inspire the Indians with conf
dence.
The Progress., 1889-02-16
Devouyed By Wolves.

News from a creditible source
reaches us that q few days since
IN the sparsely settled country
around Aitken, two white children
returning to their homes late in
the afternoon from school were
attacked and completely devoured
by ravening timber wolves. A
few scattered bones and shreds of
clothing alone remaining as hor-
rible testimony Of the children's
fate. It was supposed at first that
there were not more than two
wolves at most in the pack, but an
Indian hunter shortly after the
disappearance Of the children en-
countered pack of ten Of these
fierce brutes near the scene of the
little ones death. He used his
WiE chester with such effect as to
kill eight Of them outright and
getting out Of cartridges he went
up tree to escape from the fangs
Of the remaining two. Nothing
frightened by the slaughter Of the
rest Of the pack, these two man
eaters squatted down at the foot
Of the tree, awaiting the moment
that the Indian would become
their prey. When he thought his
fate sealed two cartridges proyi.
dentially made their appearance
from the depths Of his pockets
with these he settled the last two
animals.
It is not often that we are called
upon to chronicle such revolving
occurrence as the one just narrated.
The wolves in our own and neigh.
boring districts have been pretty
nearly extermlnatcd. The red.
mouthed animals killed near Ait.
ken have undoubtedly been forced
Iby either man or hunger from
their densely wooded haunts. The
forests in the Northern part d
Aitken county have for many
years been infested with raging
and voracious animals; but this is
the first instance for many years
of their venturing 50 closely upon
the settlements.
The Progress., 1889-02-16

KNUTE Nelson in the House, on
last Wednesday, succeeded in pass.
ing his bill for the relief Of ex.
agent G. A. Ruffee. By provision
Of the bill ! balance Of 5000 due
him on his salary account as Indi.
an agent At White Earth will b,
paid to- him.
The Progress., 1889-02-16
White Earth, February 10th, 1889,
Published Every Saturday.
Local and Personal.

The wife of VIM. Walters pre-.
sented her husband with splen.
did boy on Wednesday evening.
The Progress., 1889-02-16
PROPOSALS FOR
Scotch Fife SEED WHEAT.
WHITE EARTH AGENCY

WHITE EARTH AGENCY.
Feb'y I'd, 1889.
Sealed Proposals. endorsed sPropo.
sails for field seeds, . and addressed to
the undersigned at White Earth Beck
er county. Mimi, will be received at
this agency until
I O'Clock Of March 7st, 1889
for furnishing and delivering at the
White Earth Agency, Minnesota
5000 Bushels Of Scotoh-EJe Seed
Wheat,
to be well cleaned and free from cock
lie or mustard seed.
CERTIFIED CHECKS:
Each bid must be accompanied by a
certified check on some u. S. Deposit
ory for at least per cent. of the
amount of the proposal, which check
or draft will be forfeited to the u. S.
in case any bidder or bidders receiv-
ing an award shall fail to promptly
execute contract with good and suffi-
cient snreties; otherwise to be re-
tusned to the bidder. For further in
formation apply to the Undersigned.
T. j. SHEEHAN,
IL. U. S. Indian Agent.
The Progress., 1889-02-16

E'strayI N0tice.-Came into lay premises
IL on or about the 1st of Dec. 1888, a
RED. STEER
about 9 years old The owner will please call.
prove property, pay charges and take said
animal away. IAHBErUB.
Wild Rice Settlement. III
The Progress., 1889-02-16
BABYHOOD PUBLISHING CO..
Beekman ST., New York.

DO not confound BABYHooD with picture.books
maoasime-,a nursery help. It's list OF contributors
On Msaieal subjects comprises many specialists Of
the highest professional IT tanttng,s
Inc t,prinseld GAS gnion says 1t is really
DO before the excellent little magazine BAEYaooD
was published. No number can be missed without
the loss beng felt. =, g.. -.
The Progress., 1889-02-16
Detroit City Directory.

IL A New Lot of CIoaks for
Ladies and Children s wear, Fall
and Winter Millinery, Hosiery,
Yarns and Fancy Goods just re-
ceived at Mrs. E. Irvine, Detroit
City. Mail orders will receive
prompt attention.
The Progress., 1889-02-16

Duncan McDougall, the Laird
of Redwood, came up from his
domain Of braes and lochs We'd
nesday and remained few hours
at the agency.
Charley Duran, the efficient
aide-de-camp Of our gallant friend
Field Marshal W. G.. Roberts the
well known proprietor of the City
Meat Market at Detroit, was at
the agency on Thursday.
The "Home Maker for March
has been received. It's contents
are unusually interesting and have
special pertinence to the house
hold. The frontispiece of the cur
rent number is splendid engray-
ing of the celebrated editress of
the Magazine, Marion Harland.
"Friar" Warren who does not
belle his name and who is as apt
with spiritual as he is with tempo
raj affairs was at the agency on
Thursday. As mine host of the
Twin Lakes Inn the "Friar'' is
likely to have considerable run
of custom this spring. Reports
reach us Of splendid hunting and
fishing grounds in his vicinity.
One glance at the plump and rubi-
cund face of the landlord is sufh-
cient assurance of good]y fare at
his hostelry.
Nell Lacy, one of Detroit's gild-
ed youth, was lowering about the
agency during the beginning of the
week. His pre-occupied look, 81
lent and sly movements gave color
to the suspicion that he was OH
some dark mysterious mission.
We are unable to satisfactorily
account for his presence here but
there is a lingering idea in our
mind that it had something to do
with the rumored advent of rail
roads through the reservation.
This however is only conjecture.
Inasmuch as Nell was as dumb as
! a blue-point oyster, it was next tc
impossible to extract anything
from him.
On our recent visit to Detroit
we happened in at the City Phar.
macy. A large invoice Of goods
had just been received and it re.
quired the skill Of Mississippi
river pilot to steer ones way thro'
the turns and twists caused by the
collection Of boxes, bottles, etc.
| with which the whole store was
crowded. We noticed however
| that Miss E. M. Combacker the
Iproprietress and one Of the few
|if not the only pharmacienne II
! the Northwest lost none Of bel
amiability or presence Of mind a,
the Babylonish confusion around
.|hcr; but went to work with 4
right good will and soon brought
| order out Of chaos.
| The weekly sociable Of the w
r. r. G. was held at Mr.. j. B
| Louzon's residence on last Wed
nesday evening. One Of the prin
cipal features Of the evenings en-
tertainment was the excellent
Equality of instrumental and voca.
music under whose inspiration al
| went merry as a marriage bell. $
4 One Of the draw backs to these
sociablesi is the great mispropor.
4 tion Of gentlemen to ladies in at.
tendance. The work Of entertain
ing and enlivening the gathering
then necessarily devolves upon The
|gentler sex which is hardly fair
4 However Madame Louzon and hel
accomplished daughters the EIissc.
i Louise and Mareelline, were mos,
successful hostesses. and they
sailed not to make the occasion
one Of nnmixed pleasure.
The Progress., 1889-02-16
The FUTURE AMERICAN.

It has been observed that the
bulk Of American citizens now en-
gagged in the attempt to free labor
from the tyranny Of capital were
NotaBorn In This Country;
and this fact has been mentioned
as if, in some way, it cast a refec-
ton upon the expediency or wis
dom Of the attempt in question.
Native-born Americ ans, it is urged,
trained from birth and by inheri-
tance in the traditions Of Amerii-
can Independence and in the prin-
ciples Of the Constitution of the
United States, would never lend
themselves to such foreign and
aggressive measures, as the boy
colt, the strike and the bomb.
This position however, will be
found upon examination to be
both logically and morally inde-
fensible. In the first place it is
much to be doubted whether one
native-born American in ten could
repeat from memory a single
clause Of the Constitution Of his
Country; and this ignorance bears
practical point in the
UHcomplaining Submission
with which most native-born
Americans endure insolence, i'm.
position and robbery that would
stimulate to rebellion the least
Warlike-denizens of The effete mon
arches Of Europe. Our foreign
born population on the other hand,
especially those Of recent importa
tion, are still instinct with some.
thing Of the same enthusiasm fo1
liberty and for having their own
way which distinguished the Pill.
grims of 1920 and the patriots Of
l776; they have not yet succumbed
to the apathy and timidity which
seem inseparable from prolonged
residence in the land Of the free.
It is not the descendants of the
"Mayhower" in short, who are
the representative Americans oi
the present day; it is those redo
lent Of the dudeen and the sauer-
kraut barrel; it is to them that
prudent public sentiment will
intrust the reins Of power and the
destinies of the Republic. Nor
should we stop here. There is a
further step to be taken; one which
the increasing enlightenment Of
this age will be certain, sooner
or later, to force upon US. Ameri.
ca like all other countries Of the
world is an idea rather than a
place, a moral rather than geo.
graphical expression. II is not SC
much the land, as the principle o.
freedom.
To be an American, therefore,
it is by no means necessary to be
an inhabitant Of the United States.
In a higher and truer sense, an
American is man of European
birth, who renders himself obnox.
ious to the land or the social pro,
prieties Of his birthplace. AND
since, as has been shown, the gen,
uine American spirit deteriorates
in direct ratio with the length d
the individuals residence II
America, it follows that the most
genuine Americanism must be thai
which has been free from this en-
ervating influence altogether. {
this reasoning be valid, an amend
ment to the Constitution shoulc
1 hn introdncnd with ont. dnlav nro.
The Progress., 1889-02-16

Gov. MERRIAM has appointed
Archbishop Ireland chaplain Of
his staff with the rank Of Colonel.
, 1889-01-29
stocks ana uattIe Markets.

New YORK, Jan. 2S.-The stock mar
ket was again very dull to-day except at
the opening and at the close. Prices on
the average were higher than the final
figures of Saturday. First prices were
generally from I@f per cent higher than
Saturdays final figures. in sympathy with
the higher market for Americans in Lon
don. The close was active and strong
and generally at the best prices of the
day.
Governments quiet but strong. Money
I4(G2 per cent. Mining shares dull.
Copper.-Markct quiet. Lake SIG 20.
Petroleum opened at SIT, but after the
first sales the market became dull aud
closed steady at 81.
Following are closing prices of stocks:
Pacific 6's. 100; American Express.
l09: Canada Pacific. sol; Canada
Southern, 50t; Central Pacific. 363; Bur
~lington, 1921; Delaware, LAckawanna.
l4OB; Lake Shore. 1929; Denver 4
Rio Grande, l6s; Eric, 2S2, Kansas l.
Texas, l3s; Louisville x Nashville. $50;
Michigan Central, ssh: Missouri Pacific.
IA; Northern Pacific, 25l; preferred,
500; Northwestern, 1913; New York Cen
trail, l0S4; Oregon Improvement, 6S1;
Navigation. 91g: Transcontinental. 300:
Pacific Mail, 354, Reading, 4sl; Rock
Island, 9S, Milwaukee Il st. Paul,
65I; Texas Pacific, 20; Union Pacific,
6Os; United States Express "A: Fargo,
1856: Western Union. s44
CHICAGO, Jan. d. -Cattle-Receipts,
10000; market strong for good grades;
steers, 80 OO(G3.40; stockers and feeders.
81 i0(d3. 40; Texas cattle, 81. 0O(63. so.
Sheep-Reccipts 6 900; market stronger
and s to 10 cents higher; natives, $500
(G5.l0i Western corn fed. 81 45(d 4 so;
Texas, S3.S0(G4.4 IS.
Wheat-Markct weak and lower. Cash
and February 94i, May 99l.
Corn-Market steady. Cash, 355; Feb
ruary, $50; May, &c 1916.
, 1889-01-29

DESPITE the prediction of many well
informed authorities Gen. Boulanger car
red Paris by a sweeping majority. 1t
was thought that Boulanger could only
command the support OF the rabble, as
the substantial middle class people, who
were doing very well were alleged to be
disinclined to a possible change of govern
ment. Boulanger, ~demagogue that he is,
has after all a deeper hold on the French
people than he has been credited with.
Notwithstanding all predictions he has a
faculty of getting there somehow, which
is refreshing if not inspiring.
, 1889-01-29

In THE old suburban town of Brook
line, Mass, the church folks got their
heads together a day or two ago, and the
result was an order from the chief of
police directing the solectmenIto not only
enforce the law relating to fast Sunday
driving, but also to put a stop to the
cigar smoking, candy eating and soda
water drinking. On Sunday last the
cigar smokers had to 60 to Boston for n
for a weed, the candy chcwers gave their
jaws 4 days rest and the soda water
drinkers fell back on natures best thirst
destroyer. In fact, the a~ristocratic old
town was as quiet as the most devout
inhabitant could wish.
, 1889-01-29

What on earth is the reason people
will not, can not, or do not see any differ
ence IN nhclD noStrums put up 10y Cheap
John houses or Irresponsible parties at
enormous profits, rather than lake a med.
icine of world wide reputation and one
that is giving universal satisfaction at
equal price? No medicine in the world is
giving such unparalleled satisfaction for
purifying the blood as Beggs' Blood Pu-
rifier and Blood Maker, and every bottle
that does not do its work will cost ven
nothing. For sale by W. n. Hunt, drug
gist.
, 1889-01-29

NO. III. A.. No. I5.-PROPOSALS
IN for Army Supplies. Headquarters
Dept. of the Platte, Office of Chief
CommIssary OF Subsistence, Omaha, Neb.,
Jan. 10, 1889. Sealed proposals, in tripli.
cate, subject to the usual conditions, will
be received at this office until II o'clock
NJ, central standard time, and at the Of
ices OF the acting cOmmissaries of sub
slstence at Cheyenne depot, Wyo.; Forts
Sidney, Neb. Douglas, Utah; Niobrara,
Neb,; and Robinson, Neb., until Ii
o lock a. m, mountain standard time, on
Wednesday, the Goth day of February,
1889, at which time and places they will
be opened in the presence of bidders, for
the furnishing and delivery of -four for
issue as a component OF the ration; and
also, at this office until IL o'clock m, cen.
trail standard time on the same day, for
furnishing flour, family. Preference will
be given to articles of domestic produc-
ton or manufacture, conditions OF
quality and price Including in the price
OF foreign production or manufactures
the duty thereon) being equal. The right
is reserved to reject any or all bids. Blank
proposals and specifications showing in
detail the quantities required and giving
full information as to condition of con.
tracts will be furnished on application to
any Of the above mentioned offices. j.
w. BARRIGER, Mai. and G. s., U. S.
A, Chief G. S.
, 1889-01-29
JNO. F. CARnOLL. - Editor.

THE house is willing to appropriate
$3.50, 900 to investigate the subject OF re-
claiming the arid regions of the West
No money could be better spent. Every
one who has given the subject any atten-
ton is satisfied of the feasibility of the
scheme, the success of which will greatly
enhance the value of all lands in the
West, largely increase the productive area
and in a measure contriblte to the pros
perity Of the entire country. Wyoming
Is very largely interested in this great
work and looks forward to its Inaugural
ton in hopeful confidence.