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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11
Read This Slowly
) there a man with soul 50 dead:

Lives there man with soul so deads
Who never to himself hath said,
I'ntake St. Patrick's pills before 90 to beds
When a mild cathartic is desired. one
that will cleanse the whole system and
regulate the liver and bowels, you can
not do better than take 81. Patrick's
Pills just before going to bed. They do
not nauseate nor grippe, and leave the
system in splendid condition For sale
bv JOS T. Bennett % 81
West Shore: Sill Cured the Old
WAY Maddox-"The faith cure has
reached Chic go. Gszzam-' Have
they tried it on their hams yet?"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11
suicide of a MlIwaukee Girl.

The body of Franziska Schulist, the
1T-year-old daughter of Jacob Schulist,
of Milwaukee, was found in the water
works reservoir recently. The las tseen
Of the young lady by her father was at
the steps of her home where she was en-
tertaining her lover, Charles Koretka,
who left for his home shortly after
wards. 1t was supposed to be case Of
suicide, bet no cause whatever was
known for the act.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11
Found a Pearl in the River.

A pearl weighing forty grains and
valued at So, QUO has become the subject
of law suit at Argyle. The gem was
discovered in a part of the Pecatonica
river that had been leased by certain
party who sets up claim to a half
Share in it, which the fellows who
found the pearl refuse to allow. Hence
the suit.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11

English SPAWN Liniment removes all
Hard Soft or Calloused Lumps and Blem
ishes from horses. Blood Spavins, Swee-
ney, Curbs, Splints, Ring-bone. Stiles.
Sprains, all Swollen Threats, Coughs,
Etc. Save $50 by use of one bottle War
ranted the most wonderful Blemish Cure
ever known. Sold by Stone & Hassell
Druggist, Lancaster. A
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11
Eel or Rrlare.

The dead body of Charles o. Dixie, of
Cumberland, single man, was found
floating in the mill pond about forty
rods below the Wisconsin Central rail-
road bridge the other day. He was last
seen alive the previous evening. He
was drunk, and it was supposed that
in attempting to cross the bridge he
fell in. There we're no marks of vio-
lence on has person except a scratch on
one cheek
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11
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AMERICAN BANKERS.
The Association in Session at Saratoga
Elects Officers.


SARATOGA, n. Y, Sept 5.-At the
session of the American Bankers Asso-
citation yesterday the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
President, Morton McMichael, of Phil
adelphia; First Vice-President, &. NJ.
Nelson, of Selma, Ala; Treasurer,
George T. Baker, of New York;
Secretary, William B. Greene,
of New York; Executive Council,
George S. Coe of New York, Charles
Parsons of St. Louis, j. G. Hammer of
New Jersey, E. S. Butts of Mississippi,
E. B. Judson of New York. James H.
Wheelock of Pennsylvania, George A..
Butler of Connecticut and Charles Mer-
Twill of Kentucky. Vice Presidents were
also elected, one from each State.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11
Progress.

It is very important in this age OF
vast materiql progress that remedy
be pleasant to the taste and 10 the eye,
easily taken, acceptable to the stomach
and healthy in its nature and effects
Possessing these qualities. Syrup of Figs
is the one perfect laxative and most gen
lie diuretic known. 20 -26
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11

ForstAree hours the other afternoon a
terrific rain-storm, amounting at times
almost to cloud burst, hung over Ash
land. Eight or nine of the principal
tstores were waterlogged from cellar to
Roof Streets we're like rivers and in
places heavy logs fioated around on the
principal thoroughfares, The loss to
dry-goods and other stocks will go up
ward of 500 600.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11
Failures for the Week.

New YORK. Sept. 6-The business fail
ures occurring throughout the country
during the last seven days number 203,
as compared with total of 1S9 last
week. For the corresponding week Of
last year the figures we're pol.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11
Want Damages.

Papers were prepared the other day
in Eau Claire for two suits to recover
damages sustained six years ago in the
Chippewa river floods. NJ. II. Early
sues Frederick Weyerhauser and others
for $4,000 and A. d. Cbappell sues the
same parties for Sl0,O 600. The aggregate
of all the suits to be brought is nearly
$500. 600.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11

Itch, Mango, and Scratches on human
or animals cured in 80 minutes by Wool
ford's Sanitary Lotion. This never
fails. Sold by Stone & Hassell Drug
gists, Lancaster. A.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11
a Great Find.

New YORK, Sept. G.-Working-men,
while digging for new county road at
Congress street. Jersey City heights,
found at depth of fourteen feet a box
containing over $4,000 in State bank
currency. 1t had probably been hidden
rnioer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11
A Dairy War.

Sheboygan County is having a merry
dairy war. The Plymouth Dairy Board
of Trade insists that it is the official and
the only board of the county, and the
Sheboygan board disputes this allega-
tion vigorously. Both towns are send
ing out dispatches booming their own
boards and denying the dispatches of
the othcF town.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11
Murder of an octogenarian

Anton Haus, an old man aged so
years, living on farm near the town
Preble, Brown County, seven miles
from Green Bay, was murdered the
other day by some one unknown. His
head, face and body were terribly
bruised and $3.50 in money was taken.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11
bCONSIN STATE NEWS.
UeHT MEAT FOR LIONS.
Eohs SWindle by Man Who said
He Was a CLcas Agent.

ohs SWiRdle by Man Who said
He Was a CLcas Agent.
ingenious swindler was arrested
y Claire the other day. He had
err 70 Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls
rnee Of a circus company, which
fsely claimed to represent. He
fined with number Of butchers
f0O pounds of meat each, which he
was for the circus lioas. Kelly got
ash commission from the butchers
advance, and also borrowed sundry
L4ms. lie likewise ordered meals for
fifty mer at several hotels and got
commission. He has worked several
towns in that section of the State.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11
STRIKERS SUED.
The III. c. Frick Coke Company seek to
Recover Damages

Recover Damages.
PITTsBURGH, Pa, Sept. 6.-The H. C.
Prick Coke Company has sued its strik-
ing employees at the Standard coke
works for 500, 600 for breach of contract.
The Knights of Labor struck for the
discharge of seventeen non-union men
despite the existence of an agreement,
signed last February, that the company
should have the right to employ and dis
charge whom it pleased. This agree
ment also called for six days notice for
settlement of grievance before strik-
inc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11
Decline the Nomination.

MILWAUKEE, Sept s.-W. NJ. Lock-
wood, of Ripon, has telegraphed his
declination of the nomination for Sec
rotary of State on the Labor ticket, and
K. Shawvan, nominee for Attorney
General, refuses to accrpt.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11
Republican Clubs.

At the second biennial convention
OF the State League of Republican
Clubs, held recently in Milwaukee, Off
GERS were chosen as follows: President,
John I. Kelley, of Milwaukee,; Secre-
tary, William H. McElroy of Milwau-
kee; Treasurer NJ. A. Thayer, of Sparta.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11

..The invitation | received from a
Waterbury. CT, man recently amused
me a good deaf, said Congressman
recently What was ftp" HE said
run down and see us. Washington
Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11

New York Herald: ats awfully
hard" said the Five Dollar Bill. as he
WIS borrowed for the hundredih time,
ito 90 through life entirely loan"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11
Five score and Twelve Years Old.

BELoIT, Wis, Sept. s.-Jerry Craig, a
colored man, whose age is given as liz
years, died here Saturday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11
A TRAGEDY.

There lived in the City OF Worcester
A mar who could crow like a roocester,
But. as be grew old.
He often caught cold,
And then couldn't crow as he nrcester.
I A NJ
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11
Most Reasonable Terms!
Id Blu u

After ten years exclusive sale. can now be
obtained Of all Druggists and Dealers IN Medi-
eines. 10 CURkS-take notice-not simply helps
bat CURES LIVER COMPLAINT.
EfiiOusness and Dyspepsia.
Il a strictly vegetable preparation and will
CURE MALARIA, and all MALARIAL troubles
DR.. s. II. Wise, of Boston, Ky. says
'Iiave practiced medicine 10 years, and find no
equal 10 HERBINE as a Liver Regulator
DIR. w. A. Baker, of Madison, Fla, says
bottle of HERBINE is worth more than
$500 worth Of Quinine Ia any famlly''
acting on the Liver in different way from
any other medicine; it is positive cure for
Chronic Constipation and Is cheaper than Pills
Its peculiar composition is such, that we
guarantee TO cure any case of Chills and Fever
or Bilious Fever with one bottle.
II costs but 70 cents and each bottle con-
tains over 40 average doses, making the cost
less than two cents a dose Would YOU ask
for cheaper medicine 1t II not a cnrc-all. But
viii cure Any Liver. Bilious or MaIa.
rial Complaint. Manufactured by
Tho Horbi11o CO.,
Successors to VIM. Condell.J vt. Louis, Mo.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11

lands SS sons on 5b free Great SoyS Low
Ry Line IN North Dakota and
markets for products. anu "He Rates
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11
MEN WANTED!

TO represent our well.known Nursery in this
county for town and country trade. Good pay
weekly. steady position with q nursery Of
over thirty years standing, and known re-
.ponsibility We want good, lively workers,
ADD will pay well Good references required.
Apply quick, stating age.
CHASE BROTHERS COMPANY,
Chicago, III.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11
EEE, LIGHTNING AND TORNADO,
Losses promptly adjusted.
Responsible Companies.
Lowest living rates.
w. A. Johnson,
100 Lancaster, Wis.

Home SEE kers will dnd the last OF
the. plblie domain Of agricultural
and grazing IN value along the
Great Northern Ry. in North pa :
kota aud Montana.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11

Along the Great Northern Rail- "
way Line in Montana are free AOtlllS
ranches and pasturage, mines of
precious metals, iron and coal andl
your chance Man!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11

New 100 or more. along the Great
Northern Railway Line Business
chances. Write +. /. WHITNEY,
Towns s etc. r1 Write Hln now lot Books Maps
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11

The valleys Of Red, Mouse, Ms-I q NJ
souri,, Milk and sun Rivers reach W. M
cd by Great Northern Ry. Line /
Half rate excursions Sept, o. %
WHITNEY. ". Paul. MINI. II, L..
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11

Sweet Grass Hills, Milk and Suns Chez,
River Valleys. Montana, reached 0lASSpB
only by the Great Northern Rail.
paradise Hogs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11

HuntinO Finest resorts IN America along
. Great Northern Ry. Line in Min
nesota, DakOtas and Montana
Fishing. e @ss' climate Tor health seek
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11

Montana produces The finest II o,....
Horses and Cattle Free Ranges sI1OISeS,
yet in Mouse, Milk and sun River
Valleys and Sweet Grass Hills.
Gait
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11

Herds : These have made Montana the
I richest state per capita in the
Union Plenty of room for more
M;nos Iminers and stock raiscrs. Now is
mllleS. Ithe time.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-09-11

Go TO the Great Reservation Of, nR:11-
Montana and get a good free AAAh
homestead Low rates and Free
Sleepers on Great Northern R'yf -.
Line. Go now. 1 RlVor
The Forrest City times., 1890-08-23
WASHINGTON.

The Missouri River has been treated gen. erously in the river and harbor bill. The variety of equpages to be seen on Washington streets is an interesting study. American consular agents have gathered considerable interesting information re- garding rug and carpet making. Ignorance of the law against counterfeit ing has led to troublesome mistakes by ad- vertisers in several instances. There is much uncertainty about the congressional programme this week, owing to the position of Senator Quay's order of business resolution and the talk of . quorum in the House. The post office fight at Liberty Mo, has been renewed.
 Senator Edmunds introduced an i'm portant amendment to the tarin bill Mrs. Grant is willing that the Generals remains be moved to Washington. The National Democratic Congressional Committee has held meeting. In the House, tho anti-lottery bill was discussed and passed. There Is much doubt over the passage of a Federal Supreme Court relief bill The Senate considered and passed ths river and harbor bill, Tho deficiency appropriation bill has been reported to the Senate Ex- Senator Mcdonald has written an argument against tho election bill In thc Senate Friday the river and harbor bill was discussed. the debate in clnding the Mississippi and Missouri river appropriations.
 No business of importance was transact, ed by the House of Representatives Fri day, except the agreement to the Indian appropriation bill conference. In the House of Representatives nothing
 was donn Thursday tsorc being no quorum Organization of the Republican Congress sional Committee has been completed Senators Reagan and Plumb attacked the Finance Comicittee's tariff measure The mate rejected Senator yests amendment to the tariff timed. plate para graph.
 Judge John A. Williams has been ap pointed United States Judge for the East ern District of Arkansas. By the results Of the Republican caucus. is senators refusing to bc bound by it's ac ton on the election bill. the fate Of thai measure is thought to hc settled. A"' .'@ taattNss 'A@sr fNbhruu utiuke bill has passed the House In tho House of Representatives nothlns of importance was accomplished las week
 Director of the Mlnt Leech bought SIG, ,o0 ounces of silver under tho new law Secretary Windom has made an expiana ton of the retention of trade dollars in ths Treasury vaults.
 Representative Perkins repor ed favor ably to tho House from the Committee on Indian affairs the bill to change the bound. aries of the uncompahgre Reservatiou. The bill, the committee says, has beee prepared to meet the objections urged by the President, who vetoed the Senate bill, and in its opinion is reasonable and fair ts all
 Senator Piatt has proposed an amend. ment to the deficiency bill to pay to the State ot South Dakota sl5,s5a, being the amount disbursed by that State in paying the expenses of the constitutional conveu ton iu iss5. District Commissioner L. C. Hlne has rendered his resignation to the president IL is understood that his resignation ia dns to differences which have arisen between the Engineer Commissioner, Col Robest and the civilian commissioners.
The Forrest City times., 1890-08-23
-s-aaaz711.-a- SlNCLE-TAx CONFERENCE.
Convention of Henry GeorEeites to be
 Held at New York.

NEW YoRk, August is-During the first week in September the sing;e-taS organiza tlous of the United States will hold con ference at the Cooper Union iu this city which will be one Of the largest representa- tive bodies that has ever been got together of men who are believers In the doctrines of Hcnry George as set forth in his work on Progress and Poverty For sis months the committee having charge of the matter have been making arrangements tor this gathering. Responses were re celvcsi from the clubs In all the States, besides n few of the Territories, stating that il was tho intention to send delegates. Tho indications are that there will Do over 5Do delegates present
 This will be an important gathering, from the fact that during the past few years the single tax movement has found many allies ready to so with IL, at least te tho extent Of aoolishing most Of the taxes on the products of labor. Furthermore, the K of l.. have formally declared 1T favor of taxing land to Its full value, ant after that declaration it formed a csoss connection with the Farmers Alliance, IL has never been tho purpose of the leaders of the single tax movement to commit 1t ts either of the great parties. There arc to day over 100, GOO men who are actively en gagged and are advocates of the single tax At this convention the delegates will dis cuss the best means to bc pursued in press ing forward the movement toward free trade As the two great political parties ore about to enter on a struggle for th, control of Congress, plans no doubt will bt adopted for active work during this cam paign.
 On Sunday, 4he 3lst of August, Mir George will arrive in New York on the Cunard steamer. He will be received al the wharf by large delegation, which will conduct him to the Manhattan Club on Lexington avenue, where m informal re ception will take place. On Monday after. noon following al ? o'clock the convention will organize. and in the evening there will bc large meeting at which Judge Mct;uirs of California, Wm. Lloyd Garrison oi Massachusetts snd T. " powde~ly and number of others will speak.
 On Tuesday morning the convention will settle down to regular business. There will also be a session ir the afternoon and evening. Op Wednesday afternoon the conference VIII adjourn. In tho evenirl the Manhattan Club will give the visiting delegates n dinner at Coney Island.
The Forrest City times., 1890-08-23
EPITOME OF THE WEEK
Brief Summary of the News
 for Busy Men.
NEWS AT HOME AND ABROAD
Condemned Tclegraphic Hcports of the Current Events of ihe Past Week In America and the Countries
 of the Old World.
FOREIGN,


 A potato famine in Ireland is certain to be uad.
 At Rome next spring a tariff reform con ference wilt be held.
 Emperor William is tho gues: Ji the Czar on Russian soil,
 The choral festival began at Vienna, at tended by 2o,CO0 persons.
 England's Parliament has bcen pro rogued formally by the Queen. Russia has decided to erect an arsenal and fortress at Libau to protect her Bal tic fleets.
 London's dockmen celebrated their strike victory of year ago.
 Guatemalan troops on the Salvador Frontier are said to have mutinied. An Armenian insurreetion is believed by statesmen to be near a: hand A remarkable festival opened at tue Crystal Palace.
 The Kaiser's visit to Russia is the politi cal event of the day.
 Socialism is making great progress among the London trades unions, The Liberal Unionists are calling halt on the Irish policy of the Tories.
  over the suffrage question. The practice of pstolcarrying is becom- ing aiarmngly prevalent in England, Spanish army circles arc excited over the massacre at Tap.
 Emin Bey announces that hc Is in Afr ca merely as an adventurcr. The Tanner. Matthews episode is causing much discussion.
 The Swiss government has decided that William Tell is myth
 The Lancet says the Kemmlcr execution was practically a failure The Times decides that Canada does not desire political union with tho United States
 It is announced that Crispi's persecu tions have driven the Pope to the rcsolu ton to leave Rome
 King Kalakua will visit London this fall
 Syria has been fearfuliy ravagcd by storm and flood
 The railroad strike in Wales is assuming very grave proportions. A general strike in tho shipping trades in New Zealand is threa tened Sir Wm. Vernon Harconrt made vi cious attack on the House of Lords. The international congressional council will assemble in London July i3, 1891. The Kaiser has sailed for Russia A chemical trust has been organized in Paris
 A plague of worms has appeared in Ger. many.
 Serious trouble is feared with tho Brit ish troops,
 The Argentine Legislature will lcgalige the fraudulent issue of notes The cholera is abating in Spain. Ex-President Grevy is seriously i'll In the Carolina Island 2 Spanish Soldiers were massscred by natives. There is danger Of a complete suspenion of the Australian shipping trade
The Forrest City times., 1890-08-23
FORREST CITY, ARKANSAS SATURDAY. AUGUST 23 1so
Chicago iron moulders threaten to ssrik.

Chicago iron moulders threaten to strike The r. and L. U. convention at Sedalis, Mo, elected U. $. Hall president
 A soap factory at Providence, R. l., ex. ploded and many people were injured
 A Lutheran church at Tcrre Haute, Ind, has split on the secret society question.
 A plan has been formulated to remove the sand bar in front of the Memphis har. Dor.
 Gov. Palmer addressed the old settlers of Macoupin County at Carlinville, Ill.
 Four men were blown to fragments by tho explosion of boiler in North Carolina A distillery and 9, 900 barrels of whiskey were burned at Louisville, Ky; loss, ssoo,. 900.
 A Newark girl tells sensational story of how the was forced to marry a man while drugged.
 Kansas Democrats will nominate . straight ticket instead of fusing with the Peoples party
 Information has been received of tho murder of three American missionaries by Soudan Arabs.
 As predicted the Democratic convention at Columbia, $. C., split on the primary question. Two conventions were held
 The whole vicinity of the site of tho recent gas explosion in Indiana is saturated with gas and another explosion may occur at any time.
The Forrest City times., 1890-08-23
Ts,esrarh,c nu.v,t,es

The first annual convention of the Nc. tional Letter Carriers' Association con. vened at Boston.
 Attorney General Jamcs s. Hogg was nominated for Governor by the Tsxas Democratic convention.
 State conventions were held al Colum. bia, S. C.; Columbus, O.; Topeka. kas., and Sacramento, Cal
 Eugene Harrison, young man of Evans- vile, Ind. was soundly cowhided by . Mrs. Taylor, whose daughter he had in. suited
 Reynolds was nominated for Governor by the Delaware Democrats
 The election in tho Chickasaw Nation passed on quietly. resulting in a victory for the Nationals and the reelection of Gov Byrd
 Wednesday was . big day with the c. A. R. Col, wheelock c. veasey was elected commander-in chisf. and Detroit was chosen for the next national encampmsnt In the evening the various auxiliary sccis- ties held meetings
 The Mississippi constitutional conven- ton met at Jackson and elected officers.
 A~new political society. tho Citixens' Alliance, hes been organized in Kaasas-