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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09
CROWDED TO THE WALL

The Years Record as to Railway Fore
closures and Receiverships some Big
Figures.
CHICAGO Jan. G-The Railway Age
publishes a review of the foreclosure
sales and receiverships of 1889. Tho
year makes less favorable showing
than its predecessor, although its record
is not as discouraging as were those of
the three years preceding 1858. During
1889 twenty-five lines, with 1850 miles,
were sold on foreclosure. These roads
had a total funded debt of Ss4, S64, 900
and a total capital stock of So, 951, 600,
making grand total of S137, sl5 900.
For the fourteen years, which closed
with 1889, AS roads with a total of As,
roo miles and combined funded debt
and capital stock of So, $50. TAO 900, were
sold at foreclosure. The number of
roads which passed into the hands of re-
ceivers in 1889 is the same as in 1888,
with about the same mileage and cap
ital. Twenty-Five companies with 3,sOS
miles and funded debt of Ssh, 702, 600
and capital stock Of 500, 664, 900. went
to the wall
Inc moSt important lalt"iCS OF 1888
were the st. Louis. Arkansas e Texas,
Ito miles of road and SOS, sec, 900 CAPT
tai; International & Great Northern,
IT'S miles and set 755 900; Cincinnati,
jackson & Mac NAV, 323 miles AMI
$50, $40, 900; Chicago & Atlantic, 248
miles and Sl9,Gl7, 900; Kentucky Central,
217 miles and Sl3, 31t.000. and Kanawha
& Ohio, 129 miles and SIS, 354, 600
canita1
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09
He RAN THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVE.
Death of Horatio Allen, Inventor of the
Paper wheel.

New YORK. Jan. S.-Horatio Allen,
who took most prominent part in the
development Of steam as motive power
in the early part OF this century, who in
vented the Allen paper wheel, and who
ran the first locomotive ever propelled
over track in this country. died
Wednesday morning at his residence
near South Orange, \. J. He was SO
years old.
INF Allen was born in Schenectady. He
graduated from Columbia College about 1890.
few years later he entered the service OF the
Delaware Hudson Canal Company the great
engineering enterprise Of the time In January,
1928 he went TO England and purchased three
locomotives for that corporation. They ar
rived in New York in the winter Of 1928 20 and
the following spring we're put upon the railroad,
which had been laid for the experimental
trip at Honesdale, Pa. The line ran from
the town 10 a point about three miles away,
terminating in the woods. Fears were ex.
pressed by the crowd that the road would either
break down under the weight Of the locomotive
or that when the one curve was reached the
locomotive would not keep the track. but Mr..
Allen made his trip successfully He had, he
subsequently stated, never run locomotive or
any other engine before, and never ran one
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09
A Safe Investment.

Is one which is guaranteed 10 bring
you satisfactory results, or in case OF
failure a return OF purchase price. On
this safe plan you can buy from our All
vertised Druggist bottle of DIR. King )
New Discovery for Consumption. Il is
guaranteed 70 bring relief in every case.
whom used for any affection of Throat.
Lungs or Chest, such as Consumption,
Inflammation of Lungs, Bronchitis,
Asthma, Whooping Cough, Group, etc,
etc. 1t is pleasant and agreeable 10
taste, perfectly safe, and can always be
depended upon.
Trial bottles free at Jos. 4. Bcnnett's
Drugstore,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09
The News Condensed.

Joseph Amendale was arrested recent
ly at Rio by Under Sheriff Warning, of
Sparta, on a charge of bigamy.
Upward of one hundred and fifty are
at present cared for at the Waupaca Vet
Grams Home.
Alaska Jourdan, Stock bridge Indian,
while skating on Lake Winnebago re-
Gently broke through the ice and was
drowned.
At the recent annual meeting Of the
Chippewa Logging Company, in Chip
pewa Falls, Frederick Weyerhauser was
reelected president.
Richard Dewhurst, of Neilsville gave
a barrel of flour and turkey to each of
a dozen poor families in his town for a
Christmas present.
The report that the Northern Pacific
and Wisconsin Central roads are to be
consolidated is denied by officials of
both roads.
James McNulty, who had been res
ident of Fond du Lac about thirty-five
years, was found dead in his bed re-
Gently.
The report of the building inspector
shows there were l, 553 buildings erected
in Milwaukee during the present year,
costing 81, 100000
George D. Ern, of Milwaukee. jumped
into we'll the other morning and was
drowned lie was subject to fits Of
temporary insanity.
Louis Christiansen, serving six years
for murder at Waupun, died the other
day of consumption. His body was
buried in the prison cemetery.
Surgeon General Palmer and wife
gave a wedding reception to their son,
DIR. viii II. Palmer, and his bride, nee
Miss Kittie Nichols, at their home in
GAINESVILLE few evenings ago.
Hans Hanson was struck by Wiscon-
sin Central switch engine at Ashland the
other day and killed. A few trinkets
and twenty cents were found on his per-
son.
A man named Ingalls,, who was arrest
ed at Depere the other day for stealing
overcoats, made confession implicat-
ing himself and several others in the
Hurley bank robbery.
Albert Butler. of Juneau, accidentally
shot his wife recently while handling a
revolver, and it was thought she would
die
An incendiary fire in tho lumber yard
of Henry Sherry & Co., at Vesper, Wood
County, the other day destroyed l,500,-
900 feet of lumber, valued at s25. 600.
The loss was partly covered by insur-
ance.
Charles Morris, Chippewa Falls bar
tender, was sentenced to Waupun for
one year the other day for stealing a
so check 1t was handed him to get
cashed at the bank but on going out he
failed to return.
Warnie Burns and Johnny Finlaysoa.
aged seven years, each of Washburn,
were drowned the other day. They
were coasting from the bank into the
bay and went through the ice.
The mercantile house of J. n. Man
sion at Wausau was recently placed in
the hands of the sheriff on a chattel
mortgage claim for s24, 935. Mansion
operated two large stores.
An explosion in the still-room of the
Root River Distillery Company near
Milwaukee the other afternoon caused
the destruction of the entire plant, to-
gether with 400 barrels Of highwines.
Loss 81 000. Insurance, SO 900
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09

FROZEN UP.

A Cold Wave sweeps Over Montana,
Washington and Portions of South
Dakota.
HELENA, Mont, Jan. 4. -Thursday
night was the coolest SO far this season
in Montana, the thermometer going as
low Mt some points as 35 degrees below.
There is but little snow reported in
Eastern and Central Montana, but there
is some delay to traffic in the western
part of the State. Considerable suffer-
ing is already reported on some of the
ranges, though confined to limited areas.
SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. 4. The over
land trains are all delayed in Eastern
Washington by snow-storms. Northern
Pacific trains are about eighteen hours
late. The weather is the coolest known
here for years.
DEADwooD, S. D., Jan. 4. = The Their
mometers registered % degrees below
zero here Friday morning, the coolest
Of the winter. Business Is practically
suspended owing to the intensity of the
cold.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09
Merit Wins.

We desire to say to our citizen, thai
for years we have been selling DIR.
Kings New Discovery for Consu nption.
Dr. Kings New Life Pills. Bucklen's
Arnica Salve and Electric Btters, and
have never handled remedies that sell
as well, or that have given such univer-
sal satislastion We do not hesitate to
guarantee them every time, and we
stand ready 70 refund the purchase
price, if satisfactory results do not fol.
low their use. These remedies have
won their great popular purely on theii
merits jos. +. Bennett Druggist
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09

District-Attorney Rossman went into
the private Office Of Managing Editor
Doyle, of the Ashland Daily News, the
other night and made vicious assault
upon him. hand-to-hand scufile en-
sued, but friends of both parties inter-
fered and the fight was stopped. The
fracas was the outcome of a series of
articles which have appeared in the
News rejecting on the District Attor-
ney's bearing in certain law cases in
which Rossman had been retained as
counsel
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09

New York, Jan. Castle Garden
has received 3l5, 22s immigrants during
the year Every nation on the face of
the earth, with the exception Of China.
is represented in these figures. The
Gssracter Of this immigration has been
vastly superior to that of the preceding
year, while in volume it has decreased
6s.361 as compared with 1883. The de-
crease in every nationality is per-
eeptible. The Italian immigration has
fallen or over $1,000, representing the
noorer element Of that country.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09

Captain Jacob Gray, Department
Commander of the &. A. r. for the State
of Louisiana, has granted the colored
ex-soldiers in his department permits
sion to organize posts.
The next reunion Of the Army Of the
Potomac will be held at Portland, Me-,
July 3 and g. 1890. General Francis
Walker will be the orator, and ex-Post-
master-General lIoratio King will be
the nOet
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09
GALE IN GREAT BRITAIN.
Many Wrecks and Much Damage Done
Over the Country.

Many Wrecks and Much Damage Done
Over the Country.
LONDON. Jan. GA gale has been
raging all over Great Britain. Much
damage has been done throughout the
country and many wrecks are reported.
The Protestant church at Birr, ireland.
was struck by lightning and bad
ly damaged. The Cunard steamer
Umbria is delayed at Queenstown
for repairs. The gale was particularly
severe on the Irish coast. At Killarney
two women were killed by falling
tree. Floods are reported in Queens
land. A part OF the town Of Norman
ton is submerged, the water in many
places being twenty feet deep All the
adjacent territory is under water. The
floods cover an area Of 500 miles.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09
RINGING NOISES

In the ears, sometimes roaring buzz
ling sound are caused by catarrh. that
exceedingly disagreeable and very com
mon disease Loss OF smell or hearing
also results FROM catarrh. Hoods Sar-
saparilla, the great blood purifier. is a
peculiarly successful remedy for this
disease, which it cures by purifying the
blood. If you suffer from catarrh, try
Hoods Sarsaparilla, the peculiar med
icine
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09

The best anodyne and expectorant for
the cure Of colds and coughs and all
throat. lung, and bronchial troubles, is,
undoubtedly, Ayers Cherry Pec'oral.
Ask your druggist for it. and. at the
same time. for Ayers Almanac. which
IS free to all.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09
a REAL sPooK.

A special to one of our leading daily
papers from Cochrane, Wis, says:
"For several years the existence of a
ghost has been reported here. Last
Friday party was organized to inves-
tigate. Arriving at the ghosts walk,
we saw an object about ten feet high
and six or seven inches in diameter. 1t
slowly advanced to within rod of the
most daring. Some of the party fled,
but those who remained saw il suddenly
disappear No European family of
ancient lineage and blood, with any
pretentions to note, is witho u a vorita-
bic and well authenticated ghost. "The
Burlinton" is away ahead of its compet-
itors IN this respect, as well rs in those
of fast time, smoothness of track. and
and elegance of equipment. This is
recognized by the travelling public gen
orally, and allowed by all who patronize
the line. For tickets, time tables, rates,
and any information, address agents of
of 1.-The Burlington" or connecting
lines, or write to w. j. G. Kenyon.
Gen. Pass Agent c., b. & N. X. r.
St. Paul, MINI
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09
A Receiver Appointed.

SPRINGFIELD, o., Jan. 6.-The Will
lam n. Whitley Company of this city,
manufacturers of reapers, mowers, self
binders and othor harvesting ma
chinery, on Saturday passed into the
hands Of receiver Suits for 500, 600
were brought, and the reaper works
would have had to close down had not
this action been taken General J.
Warren Koifcr was mutually agreed up
on for receiver.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09
shortest CourtshIp on Record.

I. J. Munson, living a few miles from
Black River Falls, in La Crosse County,
should be credited with one Of the short
est courtships on record. The otherd day
he went to see the sights. and while
eating dinner at one of the restaurants
was smitten with the waiter girl, whom
he engaged in conversation. In few
minutes they were friends. in an hour
lovers, and before shutdown were man
and wife, he returning with his bride,
having been gone from home but three
DAYS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09
STOLE a shirt and Ten Dollars.

Joseph Dormer. young farmer,
wanted TO take his sweetheart riding
recently and took clean shirt and ten
dollars from his uncles house at Fair
child village, got a team and the girl
and started. His uncle was opposed to
Dormer's fancee and started an officer
in pursuit with warrant. The young
people were both arrested and Dormer
was Jailed on sentence of sixty days
for larceny of the shirt and money.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09

aence Is obtained against many persons
high in imperial favor and authority,
contem plating not the assassination OF
the Car alone, but the murder of the
entire reigning family as we'll Already
many of the conspirators have been
taken into custody and those still
at large are under espionage or being
tracked by relentless police officials to
the end of their Judgment in prison,
whence they will all most certainly go
to their death. Several of the impli
Gated persons We're apprehended while
atternntinr to Leave the country.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09

ST. PAUL. Mimi, Jan. 3. = Dexter
Turner, South Dakota agent Of the
Citizens Life Association Of Cherokee,
Ia. whose operations in South Dakota
are termed a gigantic swindle by State
Auditor Taylor. was arrested at
Mitchell. 5. D., Thursday, and will be
prosecuted to the full extent of the law,
which provides penalty Of $1,000 for
each policy written.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
SEVERE slow no loeaERs.
No Pine to BE Cut on Indian Lands This
ANinlal.- Mann. LLr...s

No Pine TO BE Cut on Indian Lands This
Winter-Many Firms Out.
The announcement that no pine will
be cut on the Indian reservations in this
State this winter is a severe blow to the
reservation lumbermen at Eau Claire
and in other northern towns Consid-
cradle money and supplies have been
advanced on speculation to Indians on
contracts which will never be approved.
Loggers have about $40. 600 tied up in
supplies on the Flambeau reserve alone
and as much more in the Improvement
of streams and roads. Some loggers
went as far as to build houses for the
Indians on the strength of the contracts.
The Eau Claire firms claim 10 be $50, 900
ont
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09


Time: We'll" said the editor be-
nevolently, "What is your special line
of workP'
The applicant for literary fame (and
lucre) blushed modestly: II have
written about fifty poems and have two
serial stories under way-none Of"
The editor waved his hand. "My
dear sir" he remarked kindly, 81 am
sorry, but our poetry and story line is
filled to overlooking l., however, you
can give us an article on Political
Economy we would like to consider it,.
Are you n subscriber No? Well, Il
YOU would take our paper for a while
You would see Just what we need.
James, show this gentleman TO Mr..
Naish at the subscription desk, and Tell
the next gentleman to come in-good
day, sir--you will like our paper,
know The door creaked and another
parsonage entered Take a seat, sir, >
remarked the editor. "What can do
for iou?"
IL have, said the new conner, can
essay on Political Economy which
-
The editor pressed his hands TO his
brow. "My friend,H he answered, that
line is worked 10 death--if you could
give us some light matter now we would
be glad e. look at it. DO you see our
paper2 No? Well, you should do SO
and then you can see just what we need.
All, James, show this gentleman 10
Mr. Naish-ah, good day, sir; thank
you, good day"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09

A notorious tough named c. c. Wayne,
with many aliases, shot and killed an
Eau Claire man, Robert Goarts, about
one mile from Hayward the other day.
The affair caused great excitement and
Wayne narrowly escaped being lynched
The officers succeeded in bringing him
to jail at Ashland, whore he was under
close surveillance.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09
OF couRsE HE WOULDN'T

Life: Manhattante- The Idea OF
holding the Worlds fair in Chicago is
perfectly absurbi The celebration is to
commemorate the discovery of America
by Columbus, and he never discovered
Chicago.
St. Louis Man-No, you bet he didn't.
If he had he'd haye been so ashamed
that he'd never have owned up 20 it
when Ne got back to SPAIN.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09
A RECKLESS EXPERIMENT

Exchange: Mrs. Gotham Mercy on
US! What has happened? We're you
run over2
Mr.. Gotham (much dilapidated) -
Worse There was terrible panic in
Patriot hall tonight, and | got caught
10 the rush for the doors
Horrors! Did fire break out2
mo, but just as the vast assemblage
came to order. and the chairman had
announced that the meeting was in aid
OF the Worlds fair, some crazy foo
jumped up and began 10 pass around
The hat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09
yellow reyer IN Rlo .InnIero.

LONDON, Jan. 5.-The Times Lisbon
correspondent says that Brazilian paper
reports that the Government at Rio
Janeiro intends to expel the Russian
Envoy in consequence OF Russia's re-
fusal to recognize the republic. Private
letters from Rio Janeiro say that in
tensely hot weather prevails there and
that yellow fever of the most malignant
type has appeared in the city.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09

HOME RULE FOR CUBA.
Agitation Provoked by the Revolution In
BRAZIL Independence Wanted.

agitation provoked by the revolution I'm
Brazil Independence Wanted,
MADRID. Jan. S.The Brazilian revo-
luton has produced great develop
ment OF the home-rule agitation in
Cuba and Port Rico. and unusual activ-
ity has resulted among the col
ored people in favor Of the indie
pendence Of Cuba In opposition 70
this news, however private information
has been received in this city which
shows that the idea Of the sale Of the
island 10 the United States is opposed
by the great majority of the creoles
who unhesitatingly say that they would
separate from the mother country only
TO remain independent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09
TO KILL RusslA's GAR.

A Far Reaching NihiIl>t Conspiracy Tn
earthed r The ConSpirators Contem-
plated Not Only the Assassination Of
the CEar but the Murder of the Entire
Rsigning Family.
LoNpoN. Jan. 4-The arrest Of the
notorious Nihilist leader. Pierra Gross,
at Warsaw. has been productive OF dis
closures far more startling than any OF
the alarming revelations which have
come To the police within the last few
days, appalling as theY have been. From
letters and documents found concealed
in his c,o.a.fe 'lf ~0ng cvi-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09
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TWO MORE VICTIMS.
The Death List from the Tilden School
Fire at Detroit Now Number Eight.

DETROIT Mich, Jan. 4.-The list of
those whose young lives have gone out
as a result of the terrible Tilden
School tragedy now reads: Jennie
Lankshear. Bertha Moody, Flor
inc Westgate, Edith Wheeler,
Nellie Thatcher, Edna Fonda, Bes-
sic Bamford and Lucy Renshaw. Bes-
sic Bamford was among those most
cruelty burned Death came as a well
come relief Thursday evening. Lucy
Renshaw passed away Friday. The
other children who were burned are in a
fair wav tn recover
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09

Saturday night William and Elmer
Meyers, of Glover, Pocahontas County,
we're so seriously injured that they
died Sunday. A stockman named
Rhodes, of Dallis Center, was paralyzed
and will probably die. A number of
others were more or less injured. The
accident was caused by the failure of
the rear train to see the signal of tho
forward train owing To the dense fog.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09
Will RESUME WORK.
A settlement of All the Difficulties on
L. ,InnI.n,. Inn.Ls LNnnm. Inhontn.I

A settlement of All the Difficulties On
the Mackey Roads Finally Effected.
EVANSVILLE. Ind, Jan. "a COM
mittee representing the strikers on the
various lines Of the Mackey system held
long conference with Mr.. Mackey
Sunday night, which resulted in set
Element Of all their difficulties. The
conference was concluded shortly after
II o'clock, when a satisfactory agree
ment was signed by both parties, and
the men Will return to work this morn
ing. Neither the railroad officials nor
the employees will say on what basis the
adjustment Of the differences was
-aftlad
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09
THROUGH A BRIDGE.
Several Lives Lost by Railroad Accident
at HalIettsviIIe, Tex.

HAILETTSyII.LE, Tex, Jan. Thurs
day night at o'clock a freight train on
the San Antonio 4 Arkansas Pass road
went through the bridge at this place,
There were twenty-five cars in the train
and all fell through. On the cars were
dozen men, Upto last evening seven
had been taken out, four of them not
seriously injured -Four have not been
recovered yet. 1t is reported that the
bodies Of three dead men have been
found about seven miles below here
oati n in the river
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09
euckLlN's ARNIcA sALvE,

The best salge in the world for Cuts,
Bruises. Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores. letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilbains, Corns. and all Skin Erup-
tions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money refunded.
Price % cents per box. For sale by
JOSEPH Il. BENNETT. 29ly
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09
pronosed TestImonIal to STANLEY,

LONDON, Jan. 4.The American col
ony at meeting decided to present a
testimonial to Henry NJ. Stanley on his
arrival. The testimonial will be an
electro-silver shield. having the coat Of
arms of the United States for its center,
around which will be grouped panels
bearing representations Of incidents in
the explorer's career
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-09
SHE WANTS MILLIONS.

Mrs. McMurdO Brings Suit Against the
Portuguese Government to Get 80, 5OO,-
600.
NASHVILLE, KY, Jan. 1.-THE widow
of Colonel Edward McMurdo, formerly
of Washington, this county, has brought
suit against Portugal to recover
$4,000, 900, claimed to be due her
by the confiscation of railroad
owned by her husband, running
from Delagos bay in Africa to the
Transvaal gold mines. 1t is said the
government admits the claim, but dis
putes the amount