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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
EARTHQuAKg AT EvANsvI-LE
A Series of shocks Cause Panic, bu'
Little Damage in the Indiana CITY.

Series of shocks Cause \ Panic, bu'
Little Damage in the Indiana City.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. July 27.-At $50
Sunday evening Evansville expert
eneed a severe earthquake shock. The
entire city was thrown into q panic.
congre cations in all the churches
rose 10 their feet in the midst
of the service and ran prl
nell into the street. women and
children screaming and faintiug.
AT the hotels the greatest ex-
element prevailed. Guests rushed
from their rooms into the corridors,
then into the office and finally on to
the streets. The duration of the shocks
was scarcely more than three seconds,
but it was long enough TO unhouse near
" every man, xonan au6 child in Ev-
ansville.
The noise accompanying the disturb
ance was really the most panicly part
of the whole performance. 1t was loud
and indescribable. 1t was not a report
like cannon, but rather like crashing
of big tree in heavy wind.
AT the First Baptist church DIR.
Heagle had just given out his text when
there was rumble, a shock and the
building groaned. The congr egation
was thoroughly terrified and the
church was empty before one could
count five.
James Seiffert and wife and two
ladies were driving along Cherry street
in carriage when the shock came.
The people pouring out of Mcfarland
chapel frightened the horse and a run
away resulted. All the occupants of
the vehicle We're more or less injured,
but none fatally At first nobody
appeared to be certain of Just what was
the matter. On Sycamore street, near
the chamber of commerce, some one of
the excited throng there cried: The
courthouse" Immediately there was a
headlong rush in the direction of that
structure Its foundation had been
said to be weak and verybody seemed
to conclude that the massive pile had
| collapsed.
The shock was felt more severely in
the southwest end Of the city. Part of
the side wall of the Stock Yard hotel
was shaken off and the window lights
in several houses in the western sec
ton of the town were broken. This is
the first shock felt in this vicinity for
several years 1t was much more pro-
nounced than the last.
The distinct report accompanying the
shock led many to suppose that pow
der magazine on the outskirts of the
city had let GO The vibration at Hen
derson, 10 miles below here, was very
violent Chairs were overturned and
several buildings are said to have
been wrecked. Reports from other
outlying cities tell of no Sc
rious damage. Mount Vernon, New
burg and other southern Indiana points
and places in northern Kentucky ex-
perienced stronger earthquake shocks
| than those felt in Evansville.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
PAUL IN PANTS.
The Trouble a Little Boy Had When
Trying 10 Wear Papa's Clothes.

The Trouble "A Little Boy had When
Trying TO Wear Papas Clothes.
Little Paul was having a spell. :"
That was what nurse always called it
when he was as cross as y.
What was the matter? Why, he did
not want to wear girls dress any
more. He was five years old So there
he was in his chamber 'sulking behind
the closet door
Papa didn't have to wear dresses
he thought. for there was whole suit
over to grandma's house, in the back
chamber, that he had worn when he
was little boy.
Paul thought hard for minute; then,
as soon as nurse had gone to the kitch-
en-, he ran down stairs, out of the hall,
and over to grandma's house.
Grandma was in the dairy making a
cheese, so he crept quietly up the back
stairs.
Yes, there they hung on high wood
en- peg by the chimney. He got up on
the meal-chest, and then had to Jump
to reach them.
But such nice time as he had dress
ing! The buttons would not stay but
! toned, and there was a hole in the
jacket sleeve-lining through which his
hand would slip every time. And the
pants came away down beyond his
shoes. Then he rolled the legs up like
| Jake, the hired man. But the jacket
hung nearly to his heels, for papa was
/ ten years old when he wore it.
Yet Paul went down and looked at
himself in the duck-pond, and was well
| pleased
He had not gone far on his way home
when Jerry and Dick Dean, two rude
boys, ran out after him from behind a
high fence, and made sport and shouted;
Daddy -long-legsr'
Oh, how he RAM And they did, too.
The pant-legs unrolled and tripped him
up and he fell into the dirty road.
Well, he got to the home gate at last,
but Rover would not let him come in.
lie barlked and growled, thinking it
little beggar, for I'm sorry to say that
Rover did not like beggars
Then Bridget came to the door and
babe him go away.
Poor Paul! He could not bear any
more He leaned his head on the fence
and cried.
Pretty soon mamma came out How
she laughed when she saw who il was.
And she took him in and washed him
and put on his pretty blue-cloth dress
with the white braid, and Paul was him
self again. Western Rural
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30

"May take It this noon. ana ask
him. said Ida.
Mrs kimball told her that she might
do so, and Ida took the kitten tende-ly
in her arms and carried it away.
Mr.. Green said that he had kitten
already. and did not care for another
one, and Ida left the store with hap
py heart
When She looked at the church clock
she was surprised to see that she had
hardy time TO reach the school before
it began. What should She do with
kitty?
She could not carry it home, for that
would make heE late for school, and
she could not leave the poor little thing
in the street 10 get lost There was
nothing to be done but carry kitty to
school
The teacher was surprised and the
scholars amused to see Ida walk in with
kitten in her arms The teacher shut
kitty up in the dressing-room, where he
cried distressingly. After awhile all
was still. One of the girls went to the
| dressing-roOm to get pencil. and re-
turned with the news that kitty was
gone. The teacher searched the build
ing in vain, and Ida's face was a very
sad one.
HE probably jumped out of the win
dow" said Miss Brown, ''and has gone
/ home"
81 think he is too little to find the way
home, added Ida.
Just then the bell rang for school to
dismiss, and the children walked slowly
to the dressing-room. In moment one
of the largest girls came running back,
followed by Ida. whose face was again
covered with smiles and dimples.
Miss Brown" said Maggie, heres
the kitty, asleep in my hat"
Maggie's hat hung on the highest nail,
and kitty had climbed up to ii. Nesting
in the crown, he had slept there while
every one was looking for HMM. A.
Haley, in Our Little Ones.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
What Georcle Pound.

George had new spade, and went
out into the garden to dig. 1t was
spring, and the earth was soft and
smelled so sweet that he was glad he
lived in the country. He turned up a
shovelful of dirt, and then dropped his
new shovel and ran away.
Come, see what have found, mann
ma, he called.
What do you think it was A baby
toad. The cutest one you ever saw.
He had just been waiting for spring to
come, and there he sat, winlting at
George as though he said We've
both got lots of growing to do. :"
George laughed so hard he frightened
the little toad away. -Harper's Young
People.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
Dangers of Following the Fashion.

Caprices of fashion sometimes carry
good ideas or articles to the topmost
wave Of success, after years Of persist
ent and unavailing effort to popularize
them. Common-sen sc shoes became
fashionable, then every body wore them,
The statuesque waist was called artistic
and became craze. Physical exercise
has been carried to excess; and dieting,
good in its way, has been the means of
undermining many constitution un-
able to bear the burden of life on Il
strictly hygienic bill Of fare Some per-
SONS require en- abundance Of nourish-
ing food, others do well on restricted
diet 1t is the extreme Of folly to think
that all persons should use or refrain
from using the same articles Of food. 1t
is positive cruelty TO force children TO
eat things they do not like, N. Y.
Ledger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
The Fifth ON the List.

Wisconsin IS sometimes called the
great beer state of the country, yet the
facts show that New York, Pennsylva-
mia, Ohio and Illinois are ahead. The
sales of lager beer in the United States
for the year ending April 80, 1891,
amount to 80. OBJ, ore barrels, an increase
81 ), 252,S1 over the previous year. In
New York the sales were BOSS, IO9 bar
rels, Pennsylvania 3,I1s.24s barrels.
Ohio 2,636,66S barrels, Illinois 2,6Os, 916
barrels and Wisconsin ?, 4O3, $40. This
makes Wisconsin the fifth state in this
business
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
The Wrong Man.

p. j. Furguson, who was arrested at
Ashland for timber stealing and taken
to Madison by United States Marshal
Oakley. was released and informed
that he probably would not be called
upon to appear again and that proceed
ings against him would most likely be
dropped. 1t seemed tnat the complaint
was made under a misapprehension.
When it was found just how the mat
ter stood a halt was called. Instead OF
making wholesale arrests as was
threatened, further investigation was
ordered
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
IN A QUEER BED.

Where a Little school Girls Lost Pet Was
Found When school Was Dismissed.
Ida was on her way to school. As she
passed Mrs Kimball's, she looked long
and lovingly at the little Maltese kitten
that was lying asleep on the piazza.
Mrs Kimball saw her from the window,
and said:
Would you like that kitten, Ida?"
"Idas pretty teeth and dimples
showed themselves as she answered,
tYes'm
Il told Mr. Green. the grocer, that he
might have it; but if he does not want
it. Won ma have it. heard this morn
ing that George Conant had given him
one"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
20 BOOKS zGIVBH AWAY

We will send the entire list Of Twenty valuable
Books enumerated and described below, 70 every sub
srr this paper for the ensuing year, who RENTS
oenty csnts IN addition to the regular subscription
price These books, each Of which contains com
piete first class novel or other work by wellknown
and popular author, are published IN neat pAmpbles
form printed from good readable type on good paper.
and many Of them handsomely illustrated. They com
Of the finest works ever written by some or
he greatest and popular writer's both Of Ameri
co and Europe Each one is complete In Itself
n 25 Mrs. Caudle's Curtain Lectures. By
DouGLAs JgRRoLD. Very old and very funny. The
younger we'll as older generation should read them
No pa Adventures ofa Bachelor. By tha au
thor OF Biiah Beanpoles Adventures IN New York;
No 2i6 How to MAI q and save Money ON
the Farm. valuable compilation OF useful faetH
hints aud suggestions Tor farmers and gardeners
No al. From the Earth 60 the Moon.
Novel By JULES VERNE.
No 24s The Little Old Man Of the Baug
noIIes A Novel. BY EMILE GABORIlU.
No ~ a Dangerous Woman. Novel By
Mrs Ass s. STEPHENS
No 365 The Linden Farm Bride. Move
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"a 2i2 The Baron's WIN. ANovel. By sTL
NJ 40 The Peril or Richard Pardon.
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No. 26 The Guardians Plot. Novel. By
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K 10. The sorrow OF n secret. Move.
~ 81 Percy and tho Prophet. A Novel
No Z37 The story OF Wedding Ring. A
No. E6 Martyr Wares Temptation.
Novel By Mr.. HEsRT Woop;
the author Of =" Dora Tborne."
No "a The Island Home. ANovsL By N. T.
No Is The Fatal Glove. ANOvsl. By CLARA
Augusta
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
HartIey CIlnord Pardoned.

Gov. Peck has pardoned Hartley Cliff
ford, serving life sentence in Waupun
for the murder of Capt. Pugh, of Ra-
cine. The case has attracted wide
spread attention, application for a par
don having been made to Cows Rusk,
Hoard and Peek in succession. Cliff
ford is about IS years old and has served
eight years of his sentence.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
Broken Brake Canses a Panic on q
Scranton Electric Car.

ScRANToN, Pa, July 27.-A street
car on the Dunmore electric line, com
ing to this city from Laurei Hill park
late Friday night became unmanage-
able. Two girls, frightened by
the efforts of the motor man to
stop the car, jumped. One of them,
Nettie Morgan, living in Hyde Park,
broke her neck and was instantly killed
The other girl, Stella Hughes, suffered
internal injuries believed to be fatal.
Several others received slight injuries in
jumping, but those remaining on the
car escaped uninjured A broken brake
was the cause Of the trouble.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
Board Of Control Appointments.

The state board of control held
meeting at Madison and removed
Superintendent Head, of the state hos
pital for the insane, and appointed in
his stead DIR. f. p. Taylor, of Ripon.
DIR. w. L. Wegge. of Milwaukee, was
appointed superintendent of the north
ern hospital for the insane.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30

DR. Knox and +. Mcclure, two prom
inent business men of Chippewa Falls,
who filed on claims at the recent open
ing of lands of Wisconsin land grants,
have received notice that the Ashland
courts have decided in their favor
against the claims of squatters who
had settled upon the land before date
of fling
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
FOR GIRLS AND BOYS.
BABY ToNITA's LETTER.
MI DEAR PARA

R PAPA:
How do you do7
Is pretty we'll
Hope you are, too.
rs fine baby,
Ever so fat;
Weigh ten pounds now
just think OF that!
Got a lot OF hair,
Black as a crow,
And eyes just as black
As black eyes grow.
And l have a nose
on my little face,
And the sweetest mouth,
just in the right place;
Cunning little ear
Each side of my head,
SO that can hear
Everything that's said;
Resy pink fingers,
And tiny pink toes
Pretty little things,
Like mice in rows.
rs real good baby,
Sleep most all night,
And stay awake daytime
Isn't that right?
What long letter
For this little /!
Guess Pm tired now,
So I'll say good-by.
With great lots of love,
And sweet kisses, too,
From your new daughter,
TONITA-ah-gooi
-Babyland.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30

The deficit of the saengerfest fund
at Milwaukee was reported to be SIS, 600.
DIR. Coburn picked a strawberry at
Washburn seven inches in circumfer r
ence.
Archie Greenough. 1S-year-old APP
pleton boy, was sent to the county Jail
for stealing whisky from saloons.
Loose timothy hay of prime quality
brings S12 to S14 ton in the Sturgeon
Bay market. The available supply in
the hands of farmers is very light.
A little son of John johnson, of Hur-
ley, was killed by a bullet from rife
in the hands of young man who was
shooting at a mark.
Henry Young, aged about 10, son of
Nathan Young, of Phillips, was
drowned while in bathing in Elk lake
He was taken with fit while in the
water.
Eighteen hundred dollars worth of
binding Irvine that had been consigned
to Mr.. Schneider was consumed by the
burning of the Lodi depot.
Jacob Morawetz, aged II years,
prominent Milwaukee business man,
was found dead in bed at his home
from heart disease. He came to Mil
waul1ee in 1910.
George LEM, operated on at Eau
Claire for construction OF the pylorus,
died. He was an old settler and served
in Company c, Eighth Wisconsin, the
Eagle regiment.
Ole Oleson, whose home was in Eau
C1osTa Cd 4 Acb 10
bathing.
The skeletons Of two men, supposed
to have been mound builders, were I'M
earthed on the college campus at Beloit.
Fred Ropiels, a boy Is years old.
wanted in Green Bay for robbing a
cigar store, was arrested in Milwaukee.
Willard Miller engineer of the Shaw
tannery at Medford, was killed by being
caught in the fywheel
Andrew Hunzicker, in the employ of
the Jump River Lumber Company, was
killed at this place by falling from
load of lumber while going down hill.
Mary Gasson was discharged from
the Madison city hospital, having been
cured of consumption by Koch's lymph.
While driving home the wagon of
Searle Hill, of Baldwin, was struck by
lightning, and Mr.. Hill was killed and
his two sons fatally injured.
Rose Zoldske was sentenced to the
Wisconsin penitentiary Tor life by
Judge Clementson at Lancaster for the
murder of Ella Maly.
The body of an unknown man was
found in the Wisconsin woods north of
Rheinlander. He was supposed to have
lost his way and persisted of hunger.
Two freight trains ran into each
other at Rice Lake. demolishing a loco
motive, caboose and box car and
wrecking several others to some ex-
tent. Loss estimated at $40 900.
Tollaln Whipple, wealthy farmer
of the town of Shabby, committed sui
eide by hanging He had been suffer
ing from mental alteration for about
three years.
The Madison lodge of masons has
purchased the old Presbyterian church
and the property viii be used for an
amusement hall. The consideration
was ST. 500
Mrs. o. Cottrell Of Milton Junction,
was seriously injured by a thunder
bolt that struck the chimney and Their
divided up and went through every
room but one in her house. leaving its
mark upon the pictures and furniture
and rnininr number of the former.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
GREAT FIRE AT DALLAS.
Property to the Value of 100000 De
stroyed by Flames.

ST. LOUIS, July ga brief dispatch
from Dallas, Tex, says: A fire broke
out in j. b. Cowan & Co.'s big liquor
house on Commerce street, shortly
after midnight Friday, and spread so rap
idly to the Benbrook School Furniture
Company's place, the Brewers Stor-
age Company's warehouse and Wolfe
and Company's cotton gin. Five hun
dred bales of cotton in the gin belong
ing to SAUCER Brothers was destroyed
The loss is placed at $500, COO
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30
WIN Pay to Work IL.

Judge Wiltse and others, of Cadott,
have had gold which they found in that
vicinity assayed. 1t is shown that in a
ton of the rock mined there is So in
gold and S. in silver besides a large
residuum of silver and copper in each
ton. 1t will pay to work a mine, it is
said, if it Yields S. per ton.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30

Ed and Minnie had another falling
out last week Serious quarrel?"
no; hammock. Washing ton Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-30

No ethereal mildness" about it,
The spring Of watch.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-24
TO The COUNTY JAIL.
Sheriff Swensen Is Now Car
ing for Anna Brunder's
Alleged Murderer.
G. L. Merrill and His Bottled
Evidence Secure One In
dictment.
Milwaukee Short Line Tracks
Cannot Be Lowered, Says
Cappelen.
Two More Boys Drowned Yes
terday--Round-Up Of the
City.

John Mazu, the boy accused of hav-
ing outraged and murdered Anna Brun-
der, an eleven-year-old child, at Mont
rose Friday last. was brought to this
city last evening by Sheriff John NJ
gent, Of Wright county, and lodged In
the county Jail for safety, it being feared
that If he were kept in the Wright county
Jail an attempt would be made to lynch
him. The child was found lying dead
In the woods near her home, gagged
with strips of her own apron and her
mouth tightly bound with pieces from
other portions of her clothing.
The marks of her murder
er's fingers were still on her
throat. An examination developed the
fact that she had been most brutally
outraged. From the facts that Mazue,
who lived near the BrundeIS, had been
seen in close proximity 10 the scene of
the murder and could not give salts
factory explanation of how he had
spent his time that afternoon, and that
pipe ana handkerchief belonging to
him were found near the giIrS body, he
was connected with the affair, and was
Monday declared guilty OF the murder
by corOner's jury. He is brutal, ig
notwithstanding fellow. and does not APP
pear TO appreciate his very dlsagreeable
situation.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-24
HERE'S ANOTHER.

Sensation Without Basis Causes
Second Evening Paper to Go
Crazy.
1t was the Journals turn at bat last
evening. Right well it made use of its
opportunity.
Over column and half of valuable
first page space was devoted to telling
why the late Galen B. Coffin committed
suicide. 1t is alleged in this column
and half that Mr.. Coffin committed
suicide because he had gambled extern
Sively and lost money that did not be-
long 10 him. Simmered down to actual
knowledge, Mir. Coffin;s gambling trans
actions consisted of shaking dice for the
cigars or playing hearts for the dinners.
AS 10 his shortage, according to the
figures given in this ultra-seDsational
tale, Mr.. Coffin was not behind over
$4,000. Debts of that amount do not
drive a man to suicide, especially a man
who is concerned in large financial OBJ
erations,a5 Mr.. Coffin was. His partner,
Z. G. Glynn, says Coffin was no gam
bier. Members Of the Flambeau club
deny that there was ever any card play
ing in that clubs rooms for money.
This story assumes TO explain Mr..
Collins act without explaining. There
is no explanation of the letter which Mr.
Coffin left for his wife. That letter
would. doubtless, explain why lie took
his own life. But its contents are known
only to Mrs. Coffin, She has ever re-
fused to diVulge them.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-24
ADJUSTMENTS.

The Shaw Comic Opera company is
presenting "MascOt" at the Lyceum this
week to large audiences. Miss nilda
Thomas, as Bettina, sings in the same
exquisite voice as she did last week in
"Olivette." Z. A. Gilbert. as Prince
Lorenzo, infuses some bright comedy
into the part. Alonzo Iiaich's sweet
tenor voice is heard TO excellent ad-
vantage. MIR. Kane, Miss Cheesamau.
Miss Freeman and Miss Sylvester also
have an ample opportunity to display
their abilities az entertainers. There
will be a Saturday matinee.
DanI Sully's Corner Grocery" is
enjoying prosperous run at tho Grand.
There are many interesting features in
this production. The Corner Grocery"
ran all the week, with Saturday matt
nee.
That famous spectacle, "Kaiourka. :"
will come TO the Grand next Sunday
night for a weeks engagement 1t is
being presented by an exceptionally
strong cast and staged in an admirable
manner, two cars being required to
transport the scenery.
Streets OF New York" will receive
its last presentation in a matinee per-
Torrance to-day at 2:30 and an evening
performance. These two perfol mances
will present the farewell appearance of
Louis James. Tomorrow night Il change
of bill occurs, and JetTreys Lewis will
make her first appearance with Jacob
Lifts Stock company in her creation Of
SteDhanie in Forget Me NOt.n