Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-08-27

carload OF material has already arrived,
a powerful new engine has been order
ed. which viii be here as soon as they
are ready to place it, men are being
engaged to dig holes and put in the
poles. and gentleman is on hand to
superintend the wiring, so it can be seen
that it wont be long before electric light
will shine for all in Mineral Point
Saturday afternoon at $50 o'clock.
the Fire Departments were called out
by the burning out of chimney in
John Schreiner's residence. However,
before the companies reached the house
the fire was out. The Boys" deserve
credit for being on hand 30 readily, for
the alarm had hardly been -;ven before
/ the Hook and Ladder trucks. Hose Cart
and Engine were hurrying up the street.
The companies are in good training.
and could only be improved by giving
them the assistance of water works.
All people will do well to recollect
and duly observe the game laws. No
persons can hunt with dog or dogs
prairie chicken, partridge, or any kind
of grouse, for the period of two years
from Sept. /, 1891. For violation of
the law the fine is not less than $50 nor
more than 500, or Imprisonment for
thirty days to three months, or by both
fine and Imprisonment and costs of
prosecution. within discretion of the
court. 1t is made unlawful to Kill quail
before Sept. 1st, 1894. under peIalty
as above. Two thirds of the fine 90 to
the lnformer, the balance to the school
fund.
A novel plan for extinguishing
church debt has been hit upon ia Mel
bourn, Australia says the Pail Mall
Gazette. The church committee-orv YES
try. as the ease may be-divide the total
debt among themselves, and each man
insures his life for the amount that falls
to his share The policies are trans
ferred to the church and the annual
payments on them are made out of the
collections. Then, of course, as the
members of the committee ''drop off,"
the sums insured on their lives drop in.
and later, when the only survivor dies,
the last installment of the churh debt is
paid.
Washington Press: Persons who
patronize papers should not put off pay
ing promptly. for the pecuniary pros
perity of the press has peculiar power
in pushing along public prosperity.
If the printer be paid promptly, and
his pocket-book kept plethoric by
prompt-paying patrons, he viii ply his
pen in peace, making his paragraphs
more pointed, paint the pictures of
passing events in more pleasant colors,
and thus the perusal of his paper be a
pleasure to the people. Please place
this piece of proverbial philosophy in
in some place where all persons can
perceive and profit thereby.
A writer in Littell's Living Age says
that liquor of strychnine ,as an antidote
for snake bites has been successfully ex-
perimented with in Australia, so that
now instances of death from the bites of
serpants are very rare in that land. 1t
is applied by simultaneous injection of
ten to twenty minims continued every
fifteen minutes until the paralyzing
effect of the venom on the motor nerve
cell is removed and slight strYchnia
symptoms superyene. A reliable anti
dote for snake bites has never been
known in this country, and already
physicians are experimenting with the
new remedy, using dogs or other ami
mails for subjects.
A remarkable yield of oats is reported
from the farm of John Westing Mr.
Westing is owner with Mr.. Hurley of
new corn cultivator and subsoil pillow
attachment, and has been testing the
appliances on his farm. In five acre
lot of oats one acre was SUBSIDIZED and
the remainder plowed in the usual way
All were sowed evenly at the same time,
but the one acre was threshed by it.
self and yielded 11S bushels, while the
other tour averaged but 20 bushels. At
this rate one of their subscribers would
pay for itself in one season. The corn
cultivated with their new pstent cult
vator shows a remarkable stand in
comparison with that planted at the
same time and treated with the old style
cultivator, and much larger yield is
looked forward to as result of their
mechanical ingenuity.
One of those delightful affairs so diff |
cult to describe, took place at the resi-