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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-01-17
LATEST NEWS

TfEg exchanges at twenty-six leading
clearing houses in the United States dur
ing the week ended on the 18th aggregated
SO, OF, S93, against S1,095, 024, 974, the pre-
yious week. AS compared with the cor.
responding week of 1888 the increase
amounted to A.
MRs. CAROLINE SHARKEY was found MUIR
dered in her bed at Eaton, o., on the 18th
The murderer was not known.
Mrs. JAY GOULD, tho wife of the railway
magnate, died at her home in New York
on the 18th, aged about forty nine years.
THE satisfactory of Smith, Pratt a. Her.
rick, at Albany, n. Y, was burned on the
18th. Loss, 100000.
The British steamer Priam, from Liver
pool for Hong Kong, was wrecked on the
18th on an island near Corunna, and the
ship surgeon and four of the crew were
drowned.
IL fit of jealousy on the 18th James
butcher, of Toledo, O., fatally shot his
wife and then killed himself
AT Gin arron, Kan, desperate fight
occurred on tho 18th between citizens Of
that town and Of Ingalls,, the cause bong
dispute as to which town was entitled
to be the county seat Of Gray County, and
number were killed and wounded.
A DETALcATToN Of 500, 900 in the Office OF
the city collector at Richmond, Va, was
reported ON the 18th.
AT Pratt Mills, Ala, Mrs. J. s. Kel-
Ian, wife of n mechanic, and her son
Willie, nine years old, were murdered by
a negro on the 18th. No motive for the
crime was known.
JUDGE LINEHAN on the 18th granted per-
manent injunctions against fortyseven
saloons in Dubuque, la.
ruu n
Of the Gloucester tMass.) fishing fleet,
were, with their crews Of eleven and
twelve men, respectively, given up as lost
on the 18TH.
IRA d. SANKEY, famous for his Gospel
songs" was a passenger on tho Britannia
which arrived i'll New York on the 18th
from Liverpool
DURING quarrel with roughs on the
18th at Kirkland, Ill, Marshal Ferguson
shot two men fatally and wounded third
The officer acted In sclf-defense.
NINE persons were drowned on tho 18th
in a wreck in tho English channel near
Finistere.
In the United States Senate on tho 18th
the reading of the Tariff bill was finished
A bill TO provide for regimontal bands was
introduced and several Presidential nom
nations were confirmed. In the House
tho bill TO revive tho grade Of Lieutenant
General of the Army was favorably re
ported In discussing the Diplomatic bill
Mr., McAdoo IN. j. advocated abolishing
United States Ministers abroad, said the
interests Of the United States would not
suffer II Ministers were not sent abroad,
aud said the system was absolutely unfit
ted to the character of free country. The
Pension, Military Academy and Consular
and Diplomatic Appropriation bills wero
passed
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-01-17

EVERY APPLICATION RELIEVES.
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sold b. Dr7Iogts% sid Dealers Ererrrhere.
VI.E CHARLES A. VoeELER co.. Baltimore. Nd.
COUNTY COURT PROCEEDINGS.

COUNTY COURT PROCEEDINGS.
January term, 1889. Geo. Is. Carter,
County Judge. Court opened at 10 q,
m. Jan. LIST. and adjourned to Jan
2nd, ut 10 =. IN. Court opened at Il
n. IN. Jan. 2nd.
Estate II Goodperry Rice, deceased
continued from Dec. Petition for
admir-.
Estate OF John Harms. deceased.
Petition for settlement.
Estate. NJ. NJ Scott, deceased. Hear.
ing OF contested claims.
Z, tate of Jonathan Watson. deceased.
Petition to probate will and to appoint
admx with will annexed. Will
proved and admitted TO Probate.
Elizabeth Watson appointed admx
with will annexed, her bond fixed
at 5000.
Estate C. A. Dillon, deceased. Peti-
ton for settlement. Account allowed
and final order made.
Estate Caleb Taylor, deceased. Geo.
E. raylor appointed Adm'x. dc bonts
non with will annexed and his bond
fixed at $1,000.
Estate Phillip Shlliam, deceased.
Last hearing Of claims. All claims not
objected TO allowed.
TO BE HEARD SECOND TUESDAY.
Estate Anna M. Dahmen. deceased.
Petition for settlement.
Estate Elizabeth Taylor, deceased.
Petition 10 Probate will. viii proved.
allowed and admitted to Probate.
Estate John Peter Friesen. deceased.
will proved, al owed and admitted to
Probate. Jacob Goergus named rs
Elk. and his bond fixed at 5000.
Estate, Louisa Oatey, deceased. Petit
ton for settlement. Account allowed
and final order made.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-01-17
Sufferers from catarrhal troubles should
read the above carefully.
43-49
how.srHls


We offer One Hundred Dollars Re.
ward for any case Of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by taking Halls Ca
tarrh cure.
+. J. Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo,
o We the undersigned have known
F. J. Cheney, for the last Is years aud
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able 10 carry out any obligation made
by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists.
Toledo, o.
Walding. Kinnau 81 Marvin, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, 0.
E. Ii. Van H9sen, Cashier, Toledo
National Bank. Toledo, 0.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally. acting directly upon the blood
and Mueus surfaces of the system
Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by al Drug
gists.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-01-17

William Cooney, of Green Bay, work
ing in lumber camp seven miles below
Wausau, in crossing the river on the Ice
recently broke through and was drowned.
In q quarrel over the expenses Of q
dance at Augusta, the other night, August
Schudder stabbed Nathan Butler fatally
in the lungs
George Meyer, one of the oldest men in
Wisconsin, died at Watertown the other
night, aged ninety-elght years. Mr.. Meyer
was born in the Kingdom Of Hanover, and
came TO the United States in 1S45, settling
in Ohio. In 1916 he emigrated to Wis
consin.
Two prisoners who two years ago broke
Jail at Ashland were captured recently at
Tacoma, w. I.
Joseph Yelling captured turtle recently
in the lake. at Beaver Dam, that weighed
sixty pounds.
Miss Fannie Kendall, aged seventy-seven
years, an early settler, died at Palmyra the
other morning.
Miss Augusta King, of Beloit has sued
Fred Luhm, shoe maker Of that place, for
SANDER, claiming Of him $4,000.
Eighty-three residents Of Hurley have
petitioned for division Of Ashland
County.
Aaron Wright; an old settler Of Merton,
! Waukesha County, died recently, at the
age of ninety-three years.
Frank Brodowsky, hardware dealer at
Milford, made an assignment the other
evening 10 7. G. Jeffors.
A sash, door and blind factory is to DO
built at Superior which will employ about
one hundred men.
Louis Vogt an old soldier, was arrested
at the National Home in Milwaukee the
other day on the charge Of robblng Milo
Graves, another veteran, OF forty-five dol
lars.
Gus Smith, the Ecu Claire boy who had
been missing for some time, was found a
few days ago floating under the ice in the
Dells Pond. The cororer's jury decided
that his death was accidental. There was
large cut upon his forehead.
George Whitbeck, formerly OF Martnette,
died in Central America recently, where
he was Interested in his fathers silver
mine
William Swale, for many years in the
wholesale millinery business in Milwau.
kee, died recently from blooc-poisonIng,
caused by slight cut with penknife
He was sixiy-four years old and q bach
elor
r. Reynolds, contractor at La Crosse,
failed the other day Tor $4,000, with assets
Of half thata Mount
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-01-17
LOW 70 GET 4 PUBLIC OFFICE

There are 100, 900 Offices in the gift
Of the new administration, and now is
the time for those seeking public en-
ptoyment to take proper steps TO secure
one of these lucrative positions. All
who are interested should at once send
rs cents to j. j. Soule. publisher, Wash
ington, ID. c., for a copy Of the UNITED
STATES BLUE Book, register of a 4
Federal Offices and employments in
each State and Territory. the District of
Columbia and abroad, with their salaries,
emoluments and duties, shows who is
eligible for appointment, questions
asked at examinations, how to make an
application and how to push it TO sue
cess. 1t gives besides a vast amount OF
important and valuable information
relative TO government positions never
before published. Mention this paper.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-01-17
State News.
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Thirty-Sixth Annual Meeting Report Of
Carrafarv Thxroftan

Zhirty-Sixth Annual Meeting-Report OF
Secretary Thwaites.
The thirty sixth annual meeting Of the
Wisconsin State Historical Society was
held the other evening in the Socety'a
rooms at Madison, with DIR John a. Rice,
Of Hartland the president, in the chair.
In his annual report Secretary Reuben G.
Thwaites announced that the financial con-
dition of the society was excellent. The
annual appropriation of $1,000 was chiefly
spent in the purchase of books. The build
Ing fund now amounts to So, 19l. or the
income Of this fund 1894 were spent for
binding and the salary of the binding
clerk. The antiquarian fund now aggre-
gates s633. These funds are largely
formed by donations. The secretary rec
commended that copies of the reports.
OF the society should be distributed
freely among the school libraries of the
State. Tho art gallery now contains $50
Gil and crayon portraits OF Wisconsin
worthios and the gallery was visited by
nearly 10000 persona the past year. The
additions TO the library were 2.664 vol
umcs, of which 1907 were by purchases
and /, 157 by donations, exchange OF dupli-
Gates, etc, and 2, $50 pamphlets. The pres
emit strength of the library is 63, SS6 vol
umes, and 65, l07 pamphlets; total, 12S, 409-
Nearly every newspaper in Wisconsin 10
regularly received at the library and
bound. By personal searches in the State
Secretary Thwaites has added very many
old letters, books, diaries, memoranda,
etc, to the collection, besides many valu.
able interviews with old settlers. The
secretary closes his report by earnestly
recommending the erection Of a soldiers
memorial hall at the State capital, to be
the permanent home of the Historical So
cietv
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-01-17
The World in a Nutshell.
CONGRESSIONAL
--~--------~
Second Session.


THE Senate passed resolution on the 9TH
declaring that the United States Government
win look with disapproval on the attempt oil
any foreign rower 10 control the proposed
canal across the isihmus OF Panama. In the
House the contest over the proposed change
OF rules aDollshing the call OF States on sus-
pension Mondays was resumed. and the entire
session was spent in filibustering.
BILLS were introduced in the Senate on the
sth 10 make regulations as to the time, place
and manner OF holding elections for Represent
atives 10 Congress, and 10 establish harbors
Of refuge AT or near Point Barrow and Point
Hope. Alaska, and a. East Cape, Siberia.
The Tariff bill was further considered. In
the House the Sundry C;vil bill tSss, sle, $3.50
was reported. The rest of the day was devoted
TO measures from the Printing Committee and
10 further filibustcring by the friends Of tho
Oklahoma bill.
IT was voted in the Senate on the 9th TO non
concur in the House amendments TO the Mica
raugua Canal bill. The Tariff bill was further
discussed. j. In the House the time was passed
Ia hlibustering over the Oklahoma bill.
In the Senate discussion OF The Tariff bill oc'
cnpIed The time on the 10TH nearly twelve
pages being disposed off,. In The House the
day was again passed in flibustering over the
Oklahoma bill
DISCUSSION Of the Tariff bill occupied the
time OF the Senate on the nth. =. In the House
hlibustcring prevented the transaction OF any
business
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-01-17
A GLASS $50.

The town Of Arroyo Grandc is on the
boundary line between Arizona and
a.eNico, Il fact which enables the topper
ID work an old game. They step into
!, saloon on the Arizona side and ask
far drink, laying down an American
collar. The chances are that the bar
lender will give them Mexican dol
ar in change. it being worth only ninety
,snts. Then they strike saloon on
lie Mexican side and tender the Mex
lean dollar for drink, getting an
american dollar for change, which in
his case is worth only ninety cents.
The truthful editor of the Arizona How
lar SINS that tho practice has broken up
III The saloons ia the town.
The Hon. Chauncey NJ. Depew, says
the Philadelphia Star, was taken from
his Office 10 the Grand Central station,
Kew York, ut two o'clock IN the
afternoon. 10 his home IN East fourty-
6fth street. where the surgeons sawed
ais leo off II was the glass leg Mr..
Dapew had it on three weeks. The
class was almost an inch thick and en-
.arcled his flesh and blood from below
lhs knee to the instep.
With the finest saws it took rue sur
cons an hour to saw it apart aud an
other was taken in bandaging the ten
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-01-17
rArAL NEGLECT.

The breaking of little wheel in a
mammoth factory, if not repaired OF
replaced, will ruin the entire plant. as a
speck of dust will derange the delicate
machinery of watch Were people
as thoughtful to repair their broken
health on the first approach of disease,
as the owner is to mend his machinery,
they would escape indescribable suffer
ing, and often death. Slight causes
will sometimes derange the digestive
organs, on whose healthy action the
health OF the whole system SO much
depends, and feyerish blood, headaches
and consumption itself, set in. The
wise person will at once arrest the cause
of these unhealthy symptoms, resorting
to that world-famed remedy, DR..
Pierce's Golden Medicsl Discovery,
which purilies the blood and cures liver
disease OF all druggists.
THE WORST NASAL cATsRRH.
no matter Of how long standing, is
absolutely cured By DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy II does not merely give
relief, but produces permanent cures in
the worst eases. so cents. by druggists.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-01-17
Hoods SarsaparlIla
100 Doses One Dollar
FREE GOVERNMENT LAND.
Sidney, Neb., Land District.
IN SOUTH WESTERN NEBRASKA.


Sidney Neb., Land District.
IN SOUTH WESTERN NEBRASKA.
from the Potter Press
The Sidney Land Office was opened
for business on July 2, 1887. This
Land District embraces the South
Western portion of the State of Nebras-
ka, and is bounded by Colorado on the
South and the Territory of Wyoming on
the West. 1t measures 104 miles from
East to West and 20 miles North and
South. and embraces III townships
containing 4,07s,OS0 acres The land
District is identical with CHEYENNE
county. The Union Pacific r. r. Co.'S.
Land Grant covers about 100000 acres.
The land covered by homestead, pre-
emption and timber culture entries will
not be less than 100000 acres. De-
Quoting the area of entries and II. II.
grant we End that there are not less
than 100000 ACRES OF VACANT
GOVERNMENT LAND N THIS LAND DIs-
TRIcT. \ largo proportion of this
unoccupied tract is smooth farming
land, the balance good grazing land.
1t is safe TO say that 5000 good farms
can be made on The vacant land
The best portions Of these vacant
lands lie in Inc southern central part Of
the county near Potter, 433 miles west
of Omaha on the Union Pacific r. r.
The U. L. Land Office is at Sidney,
Neb; but all the desirable government
land near this place has already been
taken. The Cheyenne County Land
Office, private Land Office, is located
at Potter, where plats of the surround
ing country can be found, and correct
and reliable information about govern
ment land can be secured. Surveyors
and teams can also be secured to ex-
anime the country.
At the Cheyenne County Laud Office
can also be found 100000 acres cheap
Railroad laud at from So. to Sc for
choice farming land, within ten miles
Of the r. K. Grazing land and land
farther from the X. X. can be had at
from 50 SO TO So per acre.
The town of Potter and country
tributary to it offers good advantages
as home. 1t has fine school house
and no saloon. The churches repre-
scented are the Methodist and Lutheran.
The various lines of trade are already
here but there is room for many more.
Good openings are found for brick
yard, lime kiln, broom factory, sugar
and syrup factory, bakery and doctor.
The Potter improvement Company
has lately been organized with an
authorized capital of S5,000,000. Its
officers are: VIM. McAdam, Pres.
Chas. Anderson, Vice Pres; H. w.
johnson, Treas, j. Elmer Anderson,
Secy. Address all inquiries to
j. ELMER ANDERSON, Secy.,
Potter, Neb.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-01-17


the 10th, the result OF an explosion Of
some cartridges she was removing from a
mantel piece.
TIE National ol-Growers Associa
tion in annual session or the 10th al Wash.
ington elected John Mcdowell. of Wash
ington, Pa, as president, aud adopted res
olutions demanding protection for their
industry
A FiRR on the 10th at Madison. Ind. de
stroyed the business houses OF NJ Kreii
William Wolfe and james Connolly and
other small buildings.
TnE farmers of Warren and Sussex
counties, N. j., were blowing on tho 10th,
something unparalleled for the middle Of
January. The weather was so mild that
buds were beginning TO swell on the trees
THE annual convention OF tho American
Newspaper Publishers Association will be
held at New York February l3
A LITTLE boy was fooling with a shot
gun on the nth at Titin, O., when the
weapon was discharged killing Miss Belle
Egbert, sixteen years OF age.
SEVERE shocks of earthquake were felt
on the 18th at Dannemora, Saranac Lake
and other portions Of Northern Now York
THE seventh annual meeting OF the Cit.
izens' Law and Order League OF tile United
States will be held in fremont Temple, in
Boston, February is and 10
CooS, CRoCKER a SwAzEY, dealers in
hides aud leather at Boston, failed on the
18th for 500, 900.
The National Farmers Alliance in ses-
sion on the 18th at Des Moines, Ia, elected
J. Burrows, of Filley. Neb., as president.
Resolutions were adopted that the Gov
ernment should issue money direct to the
people instead Of through the National
banks. aud that United States Senators
should be elected directly by the people
A. b. SIEARHs, the newly appointed APP
praiser of the port of New York, stated on
tho 18th that during the past fifteen years
the Government had been robbed OF mil
lions of dollars at that port by dishonest
officials
| ID. II. DRIscoL, a marshal at New
Florence, Mo-, was shot aud killed on the
18th by Isaac Wills, an escaped convict.
/ Wills was followed by posse Of eitizeus
and shot dead.
| THERE were 337 business failures in the
! United States during the seven days end
! cd on the 18th, against $50 the previous
seven days.
SEVERAL parties at Huntington, Ind, re.
ceived letters on the 18th, surmountcd by
| skull aud cross bones, and signed
Twenty seven White Caps" advising
them 10 mond their ways.
CHARLES T. BoGGs, the sixteen-y ear-old
son OF the postmaster at Gallia Furnace
o., was arrested on tho nth for robbing
/ the mails.
Ex.SHERIFF c. c. MCKINNEY, OF Mitchell
County, N. C., was frozen to death on the
| 18th on Roam mountain.
FIFTEEN business houses at Leland,
Miss, were burned on the 18th.
J. BELDEN MORRISON, leading dentist
at Pittsburgh, Pa, who was a victim OF
dyspepsia, committed suicide with a re.
volver on the llth
THE Kennebec river was open for navi.
CATION on the 18th from Augusta, Me-, tc
the sea, the ice having gone out The con.
dition OF the river at this season was un.
precedented.
GEORGE BISHOP, farmer OF Knox Coun-
ty, Mo-, committed suicide on the 18th by
cutting hole in the ice on q creek and
plunging in, drowning himself. Financial
troubles wero the cause
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-01-17
FOREIGN.

AT Kingston, Can, o sleet-storm on the
Sth did great damage to the telegraph
wires, and many orchards were destroyed
DISPATCHES of the Sth say that land
slip occurred at Poslippo, Italy, mass
of rock and earth five thousand Cubic
yards In extent falling on the houses be-
low, killing one man and many animals.
ADyIcEs OF the Sth from Mandalay state
that a battle had been fought between the
British forces and the Karens, wild
tribe Of the country, the British losing five
killed and the Karens over two hundred.
TERRIBLE distress was on the sth said to
exist among the crofters on the island Of
lewis, Scotland Crops were exhausted,
end in some districts people were on the
brink Of starvation.
A wrND-sToRM did great damage in por
lions OF Canada ON the 9th, the greatest
destruction being done between Cornwall
and Napanee, including Kingston. Hun
dreds of trees were torn down by ice and
wind, houses were wrecked, and the total
loss was estimated at nearly 81. 000, 600
ApvIcEs of the 10th from Peru say that
in q riot at La Plaza indiscriminate firing
by the troops killed 1871 men, women and
children, and sixty others were wounded
Tue oldest musical society in the world,
the Antlitzgesell schaft, of st. Gall, swift
erland, celebrated its two hundred and
SEVENTEEN anniversary on the 18th.
Tue Mexican Telegraph Company on the
18th completed arrangements for the lay
ing of new cable across the Gulf Of
Mexico from Coatzacoalcos TO Galveston,
Tex, distance OF one thousand miles.
IT was estimated on the 18th that the
damage done by the recent storm in
Ontario and Quebec would aggregate s., !.
100000. Wrecks OF houses and barns were
seen in every direction and numerous
lives were Iost
CABLEeRANs received on the 18th say
that the steamship MacGregor was
wrecked on reef in Ascension bay, Yu.
catan, and that both vessel and cargo were
total loss. The passengers, crew. mails
and valuables were saved. The ship was
valued at $3.50 600
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-01-17

6. l.. MILLER took charge OF the
Prairie du Chen Union the first of the
wear. vice A. NJ. Beach retiring The
Union has always Teen q bright paper
under brother Beach, and the indica-
tons are its high excellence will be
maintained under the new management
success to both gentlemen
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-01-17
moTAres Read

The proprietors Of SANTA Able
have authorized Stone Bros 81 HassclI
to refund your money if, after giving
this California King of Cough Cures q
fair trial as directed, it fails to give salts
faction for the cure of Coughs, Group,
Whooping Cough and all Throat
and Lung troubles. When the
disease affects the head. and assumes
the form of Catarrb, nothing is so aifec-
tive as CALIFORNIA CAT-R- CURE.
These preparations are without equals
as household remedies
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-01-17
ZIG Sole of standing Pine.

Henry Hewitt and Charles Tucker, OF
Appleton, stockholders in the st. Paul g.
Tacoma Lumber Company, recently sold TO
the Mississippi River Logging Company
twenty-five million feet OF standing pine
in Barron and Chippewa counties for q
consideration Of $50, 900, and to the Shell
Lake Lumber Company twenty million
feet in Washburn County for considera.
lion of sGl 500
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-01-17

Railroad ticket agents of the Eastern,
Middle ana Western states, will sell on
any date, Wis the Burlington Route from
Chicago, Peoria, or St Louis, roand-trip
tickets at low rates to San Francisco.
Los Angeles. San Diego, Portland,
Tocoma, Seattle, Vancouver, or Vic
toria; also to Denver, Cheyenn Col
orado Springs. or Pueblo. For a special
folder giving full particulars of these
excursions, call on your local ticket
agent, or address z. s. Eustis. Gen'l
Pass. and Ticket Ag'f, G. b. & q, Il. Il i,
Chicago. IN. 42-52-7
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-01-17
4 Ripe old Age.

Mrs Charlotte Simonton, of New Rich
mond reached the age of 101 years few
days ago. Mrs Simonton was born the
year before General Washington was in
augurated President, and was twelve years
of age at his death. Her general health
was good and her mental faculties were
remarkable for one of her age.