Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-07-17

THE man who singled a barn near
Paramount. New Jersey. in 1871, the
roof being still in intact, should get out
a patent.
GEORGE B. SHAW. Of Eau Claire, was
elected Supreme Chancellor of the
Knights Of Pythias at their ConcIaye in
Milwaukee.
A FIRE at Fort de France in the
island Of Martinique. destroyed 1900
buildings. with loss of over three mil
lions. Many people persisted and five
thousand are homeless.
The hides Of animals in Texas are said
to be tanned BY rubbing thereon the
brains of the animal Perhaps this is
why so many youths who have been
well tanned seem 10 lack the natural al
lowance of intelligence.
We ARE in receipt Of copy Of neat
little sovenir story damon & Pythias,
presented to the Knights of Pythias by
the Pabst Brewing Co, OF Milwaukee
It is finely illustrated and makes a val
liable memento Of the Sir Knights visit
to Milwaukee
Mrs JENNIE Fem, Christian sci
ence healer has been arrested in Omaha,
for causing. through negligence, the
death Of a lady patient The trouble
about these science and faith cure frauds
is they are MT arrested until they have
killed somebody.
A YOUNG woman Of Indiana is said to
have been struck in the back by q freight
train and knocked twenty five feet with
out injury The reporter bad better
take of twenty feet Of the distance
showed" or else r.ace the accident
over a high embankment
MILWAUKEE papers state crooks
could be seen standing around the
streets during the Conclave in punches
II they were known to be such and were
not arrested on general principles, that
city cannot complain if she is held re-
sponsible for all the thievery occurring.
The young couple who were married
at Lowell, Mass. during the fourth eel
ebration and took balloon trip for their
wedding journey, cannot complain of
lack Of notoriety, enough to last the
remainder of their lives. especially as
the minister had had sensation too.
THE work of classifying and counting
the census returns is done by a machine
operated by girls. fifteen Of them being
able to handle 100000 names a day
The travelling enumerator gets to be a
perfect machine by the time he is
through bis district. but he is not put to
this work
IT Is authoritauvely stated that the
democratic leaders will place a plank in
the platform of the coming state con-
vention denying the right Of the State
to control educational matters, and par
ticularly in regard TO the teaching Of
English. A better move to increase
the republican majority could not be
made. and the promoters will have the
cordial support of all republicans
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THE agents of the Northwestern Mu-
tual Life Insurance Company held a
meeting yesterday at Milwaukee
in novel manner. There
being no room in the new
Insurance Building for the purpose
large tent-like structure was erected on
the roof, where business and pleasure
were intermingled. Besides novelty it
was probably the coolest place that
could be found.
A MAN named Meyer who went from
White Lske. OAK. to Peoria, H.. threw
his wife IN to bind the bargain OF sale
Oi lIiAtt boatS- n idaAAAA OtANbSA buS
three men who bought the boats. as 10
which owned tine wife, pretty woman
OF twenty-five, brought the facts to
light. Such a man should be hame.
strung, and if there is such thing as 3
Christian Womens Association the little
woman should be properly cared for.
A DEMOCRATIC exchange impudentll
says the Harrison administration hs,
wiped out the surplus, and that tn,
Democratic administration in '9S vii
have q deficiency to provide for Thi
is unadulterated gall in face of the fac
that the Democratic party never die
anything but make deficiencies in it
administrative life. The only deficiency
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