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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-05-15

Gridley Herald: One Of our promi-
nent ranchers has been laid up for
several weeks with very sore foot,
caused by what appeared to be huge
carbuncle on the heel Monday after
noon the swelling broke and an old-time
bullet emerged from the fe ,ter file was
soldier IN the rebellion and was shot
in the lieshy part of the leg. between the
hip and the knee, at the battle of Antie-
tam. The bullet was never extracted.
and he has suffered more or less pain at
various times ever since, the sensation
APPARENTLY working down the limb as tho
missile slowly worked its way towards
the surface Two years ago his knee
was SO lame that he was unable to walk
for some months, and the lamness was
caused by the bullet in its passage by
tire joint. lie is now rapidly regaining
good health, and has had the relic Of
the hot times made into watch charm.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-05-15

New York Press Ernest Mamma,
in just one day more will be 4 years
old What are you going 10 give me?
Mamma-Hes, my dear. You shall
cave a lovely birthday cake, with four
candles in it.
Ernest (thoughtfuliy1 Cant | have
four cakes and one candle, mamma?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-05-15
Money to loan-Real estate security.
Loig time Seven per cent
G. w. Hill, Lancaster, Wis.

The new German rifle will kill q man
with the steel pointed bullet after it has
gone though a tree foot in diameter,
a wall brick and half thick, or lif-
teen inches of loose earth. A soldier
can carry 200 rounds and deliver six
shots without re-loading, and loads by
a single motion adjusting tin maya
zine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-05-15
NOTICE TO cREolToRs

In consequence Of the decease Of John
Pollock, an immediate settlement of all
accounts contracted with the firm of
Pollock & Mccarthy, is hereby ordered
Geo. Mccarthy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-05-15
UNCLAIMED LETTERS

List of Unclaimed letters remaining
in the Lancaster Postolliee May 18th.
1890.
Clark, Miss Ella
Nanduesen. Mrs Charles
Fitch, Valentine
Jeffers, Orla
Schlact, II. G.
Shaben. VIM
Persons claiming the above will please
call for advertised letters.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-05-15

New passenger train leaves Plattevile 80
p. m, arrives in Milwaukee : 40 p. m. and Chi
caso 1884 p. m. Leaves Chicago 100 a. m. ar
rives in Milwaukee $50 a. m. Leaves Milwaukee
$50 a. m. and arrives in Platteville l ;07 p. m.
E. b. Smith, Local Agent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-05-15

Take your Eggs TO Needham &
Humphreys and get cash for them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-05-15
FREE ANALYSIS OF SUGAR BEET at
TIE EKPERIMENI STATION

The EXPERIMENT STATION
The subject of sugar production from
the beet is. very properly, attracting
considerable attention at this time, and
many Of our farmers are DESTROYS of
ascertaining whether their soil and
local conditions are suitable to the
growth Of beets rich in sugar This is a
most important topic, and the first that
should be looked into in considering the
subject Of producing sugar from the
beet. In order to help the cause along,
the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment
Station offers 20 make analyses of sugar
beets grown within the state, which may
be sent to it next fall. free Of charge.
Seed can doubtless yet be obtained on
application to J. NJ Rusk, Secretary of
agriculture, Washington, d. c., and
may be planted any time up 10 June
lst. Seed should be planted in good
garden soil, in drills Is inches apart,
the plants to stand about every 6 inches
in the row. Large beets are not suitable
for suga production: the most desirable
specimens weigh only about / pound
each w. A HENRY, Director.
Agricultural Experiment Station, Mad
ison. Wis
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-05-15

Texas Siftings Parson Whangdoodle
Baxter (who is very ugly) You has
done paid me. What's dis ten dollahs
foah?
Bridegroom-Dats an extry gif' from
de bride, bekase You didn't kiss her
after de ceremony.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-05-15
SPECIALS


For bargains in wood, green or dry.
apply to j f. Barnett d Son.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-05-15
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF NAILS AT LAM
CASTER, WIS. POST OFFICE.
STAGE ROUTES.

LANCASTER & PI.ATTEyILLE STAGE.
Daily.)
LEAVES Lancaster at , p. m, and ARRIVES al
Platteville at p. m. .Y
caster at II IN. ;. H. 1FEEN' AtoP'
LANCASTER q SPECHT'S FERRY STAGE.
Daily.)
caves Lancaster at q. m and ARRIVES at
Potosi at II m, -.
LEAVES Potesi at p. m. ana ARRIVES AZ
Lancaster at 430 p. m.
HARCLERoAD & DYER, Proprs.
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LANCASTER s. BURTON STAGE.

LEAVES Lancaster every Tuesday Thupsday ano
Il m. a. "a
s. r. GREEN, Prop.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-05-15

Needham q Humphrey pay cash for
Eggs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-05-15

New Time Table Chicago, Milwau-
kee e. St, Paul R'ys
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-05-15


LANCASTER, BEETOWN 4 BLooMlNGtoN
STAGE
LEAVES Lancaster every Tuesday. Th0rsaasy ana
and Saturday at q. m and Arrives at Bloom
ington at ~ IN. L.
LEAVES Bloomington at p. m. on same Gays
and Arrives at Lancaster at ?. m
s. JOHNSON. Prop.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-05-15

Going East. Passenger. Coming West.
, 1890-10-28
western Union GullIotlne.

ST. PAUL, MIMI. Oct. 26.-Chief
Operator Kelly of the Western Union
Telegraph company walked into the oper-
atiug room of the central Office IN the
German-American bank building late this
afternoon and discharged operators Coo.
peer, Gibbons, Moore, Dempsey, Leads
worth and Patterson, six men who have
been in the employ of the company for
the past tour years. and who are among
the best operators in the service here.
why are we discharged without no
tice2' asked Gibbons.
You know us well as | do" said Kel-
ley.
The discharges are the result of a CON
ference between Assistant Superintendent
Levin and Chief Kelley, at which it was
agreed that all brotherhood men should
be let out at once. It is understood that
general orders have come from the gen
eral superintendent at chicago to dis
charge forthwith all operators known to
belong to the brotherhood. More than
two-thirdsp of the operators in the twin
cities are brotherhood men, aud it is
stated that many more heads will fall in
the basket in the next forty eight hours.
There is great indignation among the
operators, and talk OF a general walkout.
, 1890-10-28

DR.. Mendel, of Berlin says that the
inebriety of coffee, If not as dangerous to
others may be as harmful to its subjects as
alcoholism; and there is little dispute Of
the fact that in the high nerve tension
American make up tea and coffee become
so harmfully and habitually necessary.
as to rende. their frequent use dangerous,
as tending TO drive the physical
machinery faster then it was intended to
run, thus causing incalcuable wear and
tear. Oflate there has grown up a far
more rational, because healthful custom,
that of cocoa drinking. This custom has
been largely brought about by the
introduction into this country of hat in.
comparable product of the cocoa bean,
Van Houten's Cocoa. This cocoa is
almost absolutely nutritious and strength
ening to the nervous system. Gently
stimulating. it aids digestion and all the
flesh forming functions, and Is peculiarly
adapted Tor the nervous and dyspeptlc.
Van Houten's Cocoa has a world wide
reputation as being superior to anything
OF the kind manufactured.
, 1890-10-28

Denver, Oct. 20 The United States
marshal arrested James Pltrre aud vii.
liam NJ. SUIT on the charge OF running a
fraudulent real estate business at Plain
6eld addition to Denver, thirty miles from
here on the Denver 4 Fort Worth road.
The Plalnfield addition company began
business in September, 1889. Thousands
Of circulars were distributed throughout
the country from Colorado to Maine.
These announced hat the company were
giving away lots for the price OF recording
them, say 50 80 and a two cent postage
stamp, which was necessary to return the
deed. In July 4, 100 deeds were returned
to the company with the necessary 81. so
and postage stamp, to be returned. The
only house within six miles of Plainfield
Is Pierce's own house. The secret of the
scheme is that the county recorder re-
ceived only ninety cents for each deed
the company pocketing the balance. By
this deal the company had cleared nearly
5000, n great deal more than they paid
for the whole property. The recorder has
made over $4,000.
, 1890-10-28
Cen. Gibbons Report.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-The secretary
of war has received the annual report of
Bugadier General John Gibbon, COM
manding the department of the Columbia.
He reports the Indians of the Northwest
perfectly peaceful and says he thinks they
will remain so indefinitely unless goaded
to desperation by the constant encroach-
ments of the whites and their acts of in
justice.
He SAYS in regard to courts martial, the
supposed irregularities In court-martial
proceedings has recently given rise to a
good deal of comment throughout the
country and the proposition has been made
to take from the department commanders
the power to order general COURT and rest
1t only in the division commanders. am
Of the opinion this would be a great mis-
take. 1t would not be in furtherance OF
the administration OF justice and would
simply add one more to the disadvantages
of the present division organization.
lie recommends, however, certain IN
provements in the administration of mill
tarY justice as follows; ITO authorize the
secretary by law to establish a schedule of
punishment for certain well defined of
fences, to which the court should conform
in sentences; by requiring a strict compli-
ance with the law in converting general
courts; by establishing military courts OF
appeal whose duties should be similar to
the corresponding civil courts.
Gen. Gibbon reports the troops in his
department in goo1 condition as regards
discipline and drill and gives it as his
opinion that the various measures taken
to decrease the number of assertions in
the army will result beneicially. No
steps" he says, will produce better re
suits than the plan to get better material
rather than in crowded cities"
He reports the cauteens in his depart
ment in a satisfactory condition, and says
the system is not only better than that of
traderships, but the enlisted men are be.
ginning to realize some of its benefits.
, 1890-10-28
A Familiar Advertisement.

The advertising columns of the daily
papers have ever been a fruitful theme
for speculation and deep research. OF
the many which strike the observant
reader as, to say the least Of it, pecul-
ar is that one emanating from the
man with the horse which he is always
desiring to sell, and which some unkind
fate would seem to hinder him from so
doing. Quite a sad history attaches to
some of them. That one in which the
widow of a deceased merchant offers a
very tony" horse at an absurd sacri-
flee is eloquent Of distress and kind
heartedness. The horse always costs
originally 81, $50, and equally, of course,
is for sale at $3.50.
Then follows a fearfully and wonder
fully wnrded lad" in which the horse
is praised up to the skies. The stable
is always a private" one. The steed
for sale undergoes some peculiar meta
morphosSs both in breed and record.
He has 2lways any number of aliases
so far a. his first name is concerned.
By a strange coincidence each stable
has its own pet To give the
whole thing "A glamor of genuineness
there is always for sale a top buggy,
harness and whip. The causes assigned
for the sale are monotonous, the changes
being run on business complications
and death of owner" OF course these
gentry are not acquainted with Adam
Smith, and do not know that a 'little
originality and the diversion of their
energies TO u new channel would Head
to fortune New York Telegram.
, 1890-10-28

WASHINGTON, Oct. Elk President
Cleveland, today. had an argument be.
fore the supreme court as associate coun.
sci for James W. Peake in what is known
as the New Orleans drainage case. The
court room was filed with members OF the
bar and general public while an impatient
crowd awaited outside the opportunity "a
enter. When MI. Cleveland entered he
was heartily greeted by ex-Attorney Gen
eral Garland and ex-S Secretary Bayard,
while Justice Lamar bowed from tie
bench, to which he had been appointed
by the lawyer who now sat before him
waiting to plead a case. Mr.. Cleveland
read from a printed brief and although
the case was very technical he held the in
terested attention of every member of the
cOurt.
, 1890-10-28

\ great many ingenious devices W
their origin to taking some old familiar
appliance and making it serve a new
purpose. Hardly any invention is COM
moner than a pendulum clock, and yet
from m of its parts an American in
ventor has developed a scale much
more sensitive than the best knife edge
balance. If the wire rod by which a
pendulum rod hangs is examined, the
upper end, where it is fastened to the
clock frame, will be found fattened
into the form of u spring.
As a spring the metal sways to and
fro with the minimum of friction. Sus-
pending the horizontal rod of his bal
ance from Just such a spring, the in
ventor has been able not only to con
struct an exquisitely sensitive scale,
measuring n part in 1850, 900, but
also to build a testing machine, in
which steel bars are drawn out and
broken as easily as if they were glass,
and in which the force at work is indi-
Gated with the utmost accuracy.-New
York Commercial Advertiser.
, 1890-10-28

ST. PAUL, MINI, Oct. 27.-The will Of
the late Ed ward L~angevin, the St. Paul
pioneer who died a few weeks ago, was
filed for probate today. The estate is val
ued at about 81. 900, 900. The sensational
feature is the fact that Mr.. Langevin dis
inherited his only son, Geo, W. Langevin.
whose waywardness so mortified lis
father that he cut him off without a penny.
This is sad news to the creditors OF young
LanReyin, whose debts amount to $54,-
900. When the will was read Mrs. Ian
gevin is said to have expressed great re-
Rret that young George was disinherited
aud for a fortnight seriously contemplated
burning the will that he might come 10
for his full share of the estate. One-third
of the property goes to the widow and the
other twc-thirds Is equally divided among
the Eve daughters.
, 1890-10-28

EDINBURGH, Oct. GA meeting OF
the liberals was held here today at which
Gladstone delivered an address. He said
the liberal party was prepared to wait for
the expression of the oountry's opinion
regarding home rule before announcing a
premature scheme. He urged the people
to closely watch the navaland military ex-
penditures which he declared has gone
beyond bounds of prudence and propriety.
Referring to the foreign policy of the gov
rnmen Gladstone blamed Salisbury for
sending an accredited envoy to the vati-
can. The sending OF Simons to consult
with the Pope regarding the rights of the
Catholic churches in Malta came danger
ously near to supporting the papal claims
to clerical Dominion over part of Italy.
Continuing. Gladstone said accounts Of
the internal opposition in Russia raised
feelings akin TO adherence and he trusted
the world would soon be favored with
better reports regarding Armenia and the
misruie of the Porte, he said, the long
series OF outrages committed by the
Turks on the Christians might eventually
seal the doom of the once great Turkish
empire.
, 1890-10-28
INDIANS EXCITED.
They are Waiting for the Com
ing of a Messiah.
A Woman Crank the Cause of
the CommOtion.
Colorado Real Estate Sharks
After the Suckers
Los Religious Craze.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-The Indian
bureau has received from Agent Nc
Lsughlin at Standing Rock Indian agency
a report upon a prospective outbreak
among the Sioux in consequence of the
promised coming of the new messiah"
he says in part: 4 do o with to be
understood as considering the present
state of excitement so alarming as to indi-
cate any immediate uprising or serious
outbreak, but | do feel it my duty to re-
port the present craze and the nature Of
The excitement existing among the Sitting
Bull factions Of the Indians over the ex
pected Indian millennium the annihila-
ton OF the white man and the supremacy
OF the Indians, which is looked for not
later than next spring"
He repeats in detail the stories which
have been told the Indians by the
medicine men and adds: Sitting Bull
is high priest and leading apostle OF this
latest Indian absurdity; in a word. be is
the chief mischief maker at this agency,
and If he were not here this craze, 50
great among the Sioux, would never have
gotten a foothold at this agency. He has
Dteu u uiotuIUluR tltmtuL hluCe HIS re
turn from confinement as a military
prisoner in the spring of 'S3 but has been
growing worse the past year, which is
partly to be accounted for by the presence
here OF a lady from Brooklyn, N. Y,
named Mrs. @. Weldon. who came here
in June 1889, announcing herself as a
member of DR.. BANDS society. the
Indian Defence Association, u was
a-nnuaA m Inuaana rat.frsn- A., .oA -
March 2, 1889.
While here she bestowed numerous
presents Upon Sitting Bull, considerable
being money, which had a demoralizing
effect upon him, initiating hun with his
Importance. This woman is now located
Just outside this reservation, and about
twenty-five miles north of the agency.
Sitting Bull has been a frequent visitor to
her house and he has grown more insolent
md worthless with every visit he has
nade there, her lavish expenditure of
money and bestowal OF other gifts upon
him enabling him to give frequent feasts
and hold councils. On the 9th inst,
upon invitation from Sitting Bull. an In
dian named Kicking Bear, belonging 10
the Cheyenne River agen ~, chief medi-
cine man of the ghost dance among the
Sioux, arrived at Sitting Bulls camp, on
Grand river. to %inauQurate the ghost
dance and initiate members. | sent a de
tachment of Indian policemen to arrest
and escort him from the reservation, but
they returned without executing the or
der, both officers being 10 a ''dazed" CON
dltion and fearing the power of Kicking
Bears medicine. Sitting Bull was very
insCent to the officers. He has since
kept up the ghost dance"
The agent has sent for him to talk with
him personally aud hopes to check the
matter.
, 1890-10-28

BERLIN, Oct. 27.-Two thousand and
L%inety-nine congratulation kilograms
passed through the Berlin office fol
Won Moltke.
New YORK, Oct. 27.-The goth ami
versary of the birth of Count Won Moltke
was celebrated tonight by one of the
greatest festivals of music and oratory
ever held at the Metropoli-
tan opera house. All German
societies and prominent clubs of the city
added interest to the event. The great
ball was thronged with people. The fes-
tiyal opened with the Kaiser March rem,
dered by the Metropolitan orchestra.
Ferdinand Month, president Of the Ger
man society, delivered the opening ad.
dress In German. Gen. Franz Siegel and
Chauncey NJ. Depew also spoke.
, 1890-10-28
nenrer 10 SaII Lake.

CHICAGO, Oct. ga morning paper
says: James Mclean, president of the
Colorado, Utah & Pacific railway has
arranged with the Manhattan trust
company to get financial aid in building a
new road from Denver to Salt Lake City.
The projected road will run from Denver
to Boulder and cross tie continental
divide at Buchanan's Pass, running
through Middle Park thence to Steamboat
Springs and over Geese Range to Green
River, Provo aud Salt Lake. The length
of the road from Denver to salt Lake
will be 446 miles which Is 2s6 miles
shorter than the Denver & RIO Grande.
The Colorado. Utah & Pacific claims to
have about $40, 900. 900 back OF 1t. There
will be a tunnel 5000 feet long on the
projected line just before Middle Park is
reached. The tunnel will 90 through a
high mountain and be an expensive piece
Of engineering work.
, 1890-10-28

The lines over which it is proposed
to lay a Geographic cable are now as
carefully surveyed beforehand as a line
of railway is surveyed before construc-
ton. Not only are soundings taken
to find out the inequalities of the ocean
bed, but the nature of that bed is also
investigated. This is done by using a
sounding machine, which brings up a
portion of the bottom itself The fol-
lowing account of the survey between
Cadiz and the Canary islands gives a
good idea of the care with which the
work is done;
Two ships made zigzag courses across
the proposed line of the cable, and
soundings were taken every few miles,
and more frequently if circumstances
warTsinted the delay. In this manner
the ground was covered etfectually.
On board the Dacia we had an inter
esting time and made some remarkable
discoveries.
We came across several banks where
deep water had been supposed to exist.
One of these banks nearly escaped us,
as we were sounding at long intervals,
but n suspicious shoaling was noted on
comparing one sounding with the pre-
vious one, and Is a little further on
deeper water was found we tried back,
stopping to sound every few miles. The
lepth decreased very rapidly, and ex.
element ran high when the sinker
sound bottom at sixty-eight fntholas.
We had found a submarine mountain
raising its crest to within a few hundred
feet of the surface, rising precipitously
from a depth of nearly :, 900 fathons.
Such incidents as this show clearly
the necessity for careful surveys of
ocean cable routes. This bank was
right on the proposed course of the
cable, and if this had been laid as
originally intended the strain would
have proved fatal to its existence.
, 1890-10-28

PIrTsBURG, Oct 27.-Word received
tonight from Brownsville, Pa, that four
hundred hogs being fattened at a dis
tillery had died and had been buried in a
trench. The state veterinary surgeon,
after carefully investigating, pronounced
the disease hog cholera of the worst
kind. Meanwhile the rest of the drove,
some 700, had been driven through the
streets of Brownville aud shipped east,
mainly to Philadelphia. Many of the
hogs dropped dead on the streets but
were picked up and shipped with the
living. Many animals owned by farmers
in that vicinity have since died.
, 1890-10-28
SUED FOR LIBEL.
GOV. Pattison, Unlike Voiceless
Quay, Enters Protest
And Sues Three Newspapers
for OBTAINING Him.
Gen. Gibbon Reports His De-
~partment's Condition.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 27.-Robert j..
PattIson, Democratic candidate for gov
ernor OF Pennsylvania swore out war
rants for the arrest this morning in pro-
ceedings for criminal libel against the
publishers and editors Of the Inquirer,
the proprietors of the North ADleI lean
and the publisher and editor eli the Har-
risburg Call The three papers men
toned published Saturday morning
charges that Pattison was bribed by the
Vanderbilts to sign what was known as
the South Pennsylvania bill of 1888 and
that the governor sought out and retained
judge jeremiah S. Black to write the
veto message and having received it with
the understanding it was to be sent to
the legislature he changed his mind by
the next morning and without notice to
Judge Black approved the bills and that
Judge Black denounced Governor PATTI
son for his alleged deception aud severed
all amicable relations with him. The ar
tiole also charged that $4,000 10 stock
had been paid Governor Pattison and At
torney-General Lewis S. Cassidy for the
signing of the bill charteripg the Pitts
burg natural gas corporation.
, 1890-10-28

ST. LOUIS, Oct. PA shooting affray
which resulted 10 the killing of one and
wounding others occurred on the levee
this afternoon. An old feud existed be-
tween McCune. a negro roustsbout, and
Byron Nj, Scott, captain OF the watch. As
Scott was walking up the levee he met
McCune and two other negroes. Mcclure
drew a knife and made a hostile move
ment toward Scott. The latter pulled his
revolver aud fired four shots in rapid sue
cession. McCune dropped and died. The
other " men, Abe Thomas and Walter
Stevenson, received serious wounds. Scott,
who is also a negro. was arrested.