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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-05-14

recalled the cOmrade Of his young man
hood. and Gen Cullum was made his
chief-of staff No man was ever more
worthy of the confidence thus reposed
than was Cullum- lie stood BIZ his old
friend manfully and unselfishly.
The friendship of former years was
renewed and whatever recollection re-
manned Of the cause Of their estrange-
ment in the long sgc was never encour-
aged to appear above the still water
far beneath the surface Through and
to the end Of the war they went togeth-
er Halleck, returning 20 the pleasant
paths Of peace and the enjoymcnts Of
home life. brought Cullum with him,
and their friendship, in the presence Of
Mrs Halleck, and under her guiding in
fuenee, was increased.
At last the summons came for Gen.
Halleck to penetrate the hitherto un-
lifted veil of the undiscovered country
He died, in the fullness of years and
honors, his every want lovingly admin
istered to by the devoted wife whom he
left widow 20 mourn the loss and re-
joice in the career of one Of the historic
figures Of the great civil war
In due time, and after forty years Of
friendship, during a long period of
which she had been the wife of Gen.
Halleck, the widow again received Gen.
Cullum as an old and valued friend, and
finally concluded that one who had
been loyal in his allegiance o the love
of his youth for so long a time was
worthy of the hand which he again
sought She gave her assent, and they
lived happily together until the death
of Mrs. Cullum few years ago Gen.
Cullum still resides in this city.-N. Y.
Press
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-05-14
Murdered Ills sweetheart.

DUQUoIN, H.. May l3.-Sunday even
ing a colored boy named Anthony Chat
ton, who had been trying to court
Bertha Coleman, followed her as she
was going to church and struck her on
the head with a rock, crushing her
skull. Miss Coleman lived near Mat
toon, H., and was visiting relations
here. Chafton escaped, and before the
police were notified took a train going
south, but it is reported he was cap
tured at Carbonate. Miss Coleman
died of her injuries.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-05-14
AT DENVER.
Reception of the President and His Part
at the Colorado Metropolis

Reception of the President and His Party
at the Colorado Metropolis.
DENVER, Col. May lS.-An immense
crowd gathered at the Union depot to
welcome the president and party, who
arrived here at 9:15 a. M At the sight
of the train the crowd cheered them
selves hoarse Senators Teller and
Wolcott were the first to approach
the presidents carriage, and bid
them welcome to the city Then
came the governor of the state
to bid them welcome. The APP
pearance of the president was the
occasion for another outburst of cheers
The party were escorted between two
lines of military to their carriages.
The procession was formed and the
march through the principal streets of
the city was begun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-05-14
A CoIored Ruffian Lvncbed,

BALTIMORE, Md, May 13-Asbury
Green (colored), sentenced to twenty
one years in the penitentiary at Center
vile, Md, for an assault on Mrs.
Howard TOlson, of Kent Island, on
February 2s, 1891, was taken from the
jail at Centerville by masked body of
men shortly after l o'clock a. M, and
hung to limb of tree.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-05-14
Not a Candidate.

ATLANTA, Ga, May IS, The Atlanta
Journal to-day publishes letter from
zen. Palmer. of Illinois, in which he
states emphatically that he is not d
candidate for vice president or presi-
dent, and that political dissertation
from him would be very much like an
imnnrtinence.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-05-14
Three Lives Lost.

JENNINGS, o.. May IS On Monday
a passenger train struck timber pro.
jecting over the track throwing a num-
Der of men who were unloading a car
on the siding under the wheels. Three
were killed and others were injured.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-05-14
. sTATE-GEoReE DoNAu, deceased.

: "0'''" -0'''
State of Wisconsin, County Court OF Grant
County-In Probate
Notice is hereby given, that at the general term
of the County Court, to be held in and for said
County at the Court House in the City of Laucas-
ter in said County, on the first Tuesday%of June,
A. d. 1891, being the I'd day of June, 1891, at the
hour of one O'Clock in the afternoon the following
matter will be heard and considered:
The application of Jacob Shrake as administra-
tor de 6oaiS non of the estate of George Donau,
deceased, late of Wyalusing, Grant County, Wis
consin. for order allowing the final account OF
said administrator de bOniS non, and assigning the
residue of said estate, aud for his discharge.
BY order of the Court
1912 GEO. b. CARTER,
Dated April %, 1891. County Judge
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-05-14
Nm De Kenrrscnted al Chlcngo

WASHINGTON. Nav Is Peru and
Jamaica have officially accepted invita-
tions to participate in the Worlds Co
lum bian exposition in 1875, and have
made appropriations to defray prelim-
mary Ok penSeS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-05-14
NsTATE-KNurE Tno y psoN, eeeeased.

NsTATE-KNUTE THO PsON, deceased.
State of Wisconsin, County Court of Grant
County-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given, that at the general term
of the County Court, TO be held in and for said
County, at the Court House in the City of Lancas-
ter, in said County, on the LIST Tuesday of June
A. d. 1891, being the ID day of June, 1891. at the
hour of one O'Clock in the afternoon the following
matter will be heard and considered:
The application of John T. Thompson as admin
istrator of the estate of Knute Thompson deceased
late of Marion, Grant County, Wisconsin, for an
order allowing his final occount as such admins
traitor and assigning the residue of said estate and
for his discharge.
By order of the court,
LIP GEO. B. CARTER.
Dated April 2sth 1891 County Judge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-05-14
DIed at the Age of 107.

ROCKFORD, H., May IS -Peter Nc
Gill, of this city died Monday, aged
IO7 lie was born in Ireland and went
to Rockford with his family when 81
years old Until few days before his
death he enioyed excellent health.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-05-14
NV dorsey Fallure.

PArERsoN. y. j., May lS.-The Flor
once silk mills have been placed in the
hands Bof a receiver. Debts, SO, 600;
assets. jS4a, 900. Cause, general dizziness
in tha silk trade.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-05-14
OWED BY WESTERN STATES.
The Individual Indebtedness as shown by
"A Census ONCE Bulletin.

WASHINGTON, May 1S.-The census
office has issued bulletin showing
among other things, the debt per cap
tia. 1t shows the individual indebted
ness of the various states and terri
tories per head in the western states as
follows, and the total, including both
county and state debts:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-05-14
Legal Notices.

cUMMONS.
- CIRCUIT COURT GRANT COUNTY.
Walter j. Brennan receiver
by appointment of the Circuit
Court of Grant County in the
matter of the creditors of +
Power, Powers and Stone
pending in said court Plaintiff,
VS..
Charles H. Baxter. W. Brv-
an. Charles X. IT, omas and
Joseph Nathan. Defendants.
The State of Wisconsin, to the said Defend
ents:
You are hereby summoned to appear within
twenty days after service of this summons, ex
elusive Of the day Of service, and defend the
above entitled action in the Court aforesaid;
a. d in case Of your failure to do. judgment
will be rendered against you according to the
demand OF the complaint; OF which copy is here
with served upon you.
JOHN d. WILSON & j. Il. MILLS,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
P. o. Address. Boscobel or Lancaster, Grant
County, Wis. 7-l2
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-05-14
Verney Expelle,i.

LoNDoN, May 10 The house of COM
mons has expelled Capt Nerney from
membership.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-05-14

English SPAWN Liniment removes all
Hard, Soft or Calloused Lumps and
Blemishes from horses. Blood SPAWN
Curbs, Splints, Sweeney, Ring. Bone,
STILES. Sprains, all Swollen Threats,
Coughs, etc. Save $50 by use of one
bottle. Warranted the most wonderful
Blemish Cure ever known. Sold by
STONE Il HAssELL, Druggists,
Lancaster, Wis.
Itch on human and horses and all
animals cured in 80 minutes by Wool
ford's Sanitary Lotion. This never fails.
Sold by STONE & HAssELL, Druggists,
Lancaster, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-05-14
WOUNDED IN THE CANTEEN.
A Supposed Mortal Wound That Proved
Harmless.

A Supposed Mortal Wound That Proved
Harmless.
During the war an officer had to send
a messenger across an opening where
the bullets were flying dangerously.
lie selected a very brave man and eau.
toned him as to his peril. telling him
to ride for his life on reaching the open
field. The officer watched him through
his field glass, saw him fling himself be-
hind the flank of his horse for safety,
and finally saw him drop from the steed
as if MORALLY wounded. \ second man
was sent safely on the same errand,
while the wounded soldier was cared
for. lie had merely tainted. On com
ing to he found the surgeon at work
over him, and anxiously inquired as to
the precise nature of the wound. He
was told by the surgeon that he had
been squarely hit. and that the injured
part could never be made whole again.
But rest easy" said the doctor, for
the shot only took effect--in the can
teent' The man had not been in
jured in the least, but had been de-
ceiyed by the flowing of the contents of
his cherished canteen, which under the
circumstances he naturally mistook for
his hearts blood. The soldier is living
yet TO laugh over his ludierous mishap-
Scientific American
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-05-14

Good Luck for an Iowan Soldier.
When the federal troops made one of
their raids into the state of Mississippi,
in pursuit Of Chalmers forces, one of
the privates Of the Seventh Iowa In
fantry, while excavating the ruins of an
old house, for the purpose Of fixing
bed for the night. suddenly struck upon
a bottle, which on being brought to
light and examined, was found TO ex-
hibit the refreshing spectacle of seventy
dollars in silver coin Amazed at his
undreamed of good luck he determined
to follow the lead, which soon
changed from silver into gold-for, upon
further digging he turned up the glori-
GUS sum of seven hundred and eighty
dollars in massive gold. A large and
precious haul indeed for hard up"
soldier in the enemy's land. 1t had
probably been deposited there for safe
keeping by some of the natives" who
ludicrously expected it could thus
escape a Yankees" scent. anecdotes
of the Rebellion.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-03-18

tam top. WIFI SOOO seven iullcS VI
rough walking still before me.
Duke was to be hanged at noon. un-
less l was on time.
At ten o'clock l was but two miles
away from him, and with all the hor-
rors of my journey presumably behind
me, l smiled self-congratulatively at
the thought of how easy the rest would
be, and of how would disappoint those
who were even then gathering to see
my client hanged
A vine caught my foot and threw me.
Falling. sprained my ankle. and the
pain was so intense that had to exert
every atom of my will to keep from
going into a dead faint.
Breaking forked stick from sap
ling present.. extemporized it into a
crutch and hobbled on as best could.
At the end of an hour had made but
half mile. and was so exhausted that
l knew another fifteen minutes would
bring my locomotive powers to full
stop.
Poor old Duke must die. after all.
There was no help for it. and with an
cutlery of utter despair settled on the
ground in heap.
The mental anguish suffered in the
half hour which followed was enough
to unSeat a mans reason.
Watch in hand counted the fleeing
seconds.
In twenty-five minutes more my eli
ent would hang for want of the re-
prieve in my pocket
And then. joyful sound, heard ap-
preaching feet!
A moment later . negro appeared.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-03-18
UNEXPECTEDLY DISPLACED.
George Westinghouse. Jr., Put Out Of the
switch & Signal Co.'S Presidency.

George Westinghouse, Jr.. Put Out Of the
switch & Signal Co.. Presidency.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. March 12.-At the
annual meeting of the Union Switch &
Signal Co. in this city the old board OF
directors, headed by George Westing-
house, Jr., as president, was very unex-
pectedly displaced by an entirely new
board. Secretary A. 7. Rowan, acting
for himself and others as proxy, cast
the bulk of the votes The adherents
of Mr.. Westinghouse claim that Rowan
took advantage of the proxy sheets and
saw that the matter will be contested.
Messrs. Brown, Pitcairn and other
stockholders offered protest against
the election of the new board, claiming
that it was illegal. The protest was
put in writing and was then read and
the meeting adjourned amid much ex-
cited talking. After adjournment OF
the stockholders meeting the new board
organized by electing A. I. Rowan pres
ident.
The financial statement OF the COM
pany shows: Earnings from sales, $780,
9.Os; operating expenses, s6i7, 7os.24;
settlement of old accounts, SIS, S39. %;
net earnings, S9a, SO; total assets,
81, 500, 245OS; total liabilities, S2,15,-
$40 Of
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-03-18

He was old, dirty and stupid-entlrely
unable to understand me until l men
toned money. When l said: Il Will
give You a hundred dollars 1t you get
this paper in the hands of the sheriff
before twelve o'clock" with yell like
a fiend he snatched the reprieve out OF
my hand and darted away.
Again / sought my watch.
NV messenger had twenty-five min
utes in which to cover q mile and .
half. portion of his route being
through thick underbrush. 1t was
doubtful if he would make it.
The hour which passed before he re-
turned with help seemed hundred
years to me.
Il done got dar." he gasped, nearly
out of breath, AN de gemmen am all
safe.''
Probably it was unmanly. but wept
for joy.
They tried to make hero OF me for
that exploit. but am too commonplace
and stolid for that l had simply done
my duty. l had saved my client That
was all.
However, was rewarded more glO-
riously yet.
Before Dukes reprieve expired his
butler was taken seriously i'll. Just
before he died he made a startling con-
fesSiOn.
1t was he who killed Mrs. Duke.
She caught him in the act of stealing
her Jewels and he killed her to escape
punishment. Returning a moment
later to make sure that his victim was
dead, he saw Duke beside the dead
woman with the bloody knife, and so
made capital out of this circumstance
by swearing away his employers life to
save his own.-Chicago Herald.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-03-18
LONG-DISTANCE LAUGHTER.
How the Telegraph Operator Commune
Gates His Mirth.

How the Telegraph Operator Commune
Gates His Mirth.
Did you ever laugh by telegraph?
Probably not. 1t would hardly pay.
When one reflects that it would cost a
cent or two per chuckle to express his
sense of amusement, he refrains from
manitesting it and lets it go.
But laughing is done by telegraph.
1t is the telegraph operators who in.
dulge in this luxury, and mostly the
night operators. who have more time
than the day people. When an operator
becomes lonely and his saunders are
clicking out messages not intended for
him, he calls up some friend operator,
maybe a hundred squares away, and
opens a conversation.
A conversation, of course. cannot DO
continued long before something fun
n.y. is said. 1t then becomes the duty
of the operator to laugh. This he does
by making four dots, then one dot and
dash. thus: -. -, spelling ha-
Thus to all jokes he replies Ia, Ia.
Sometimes, to make it easier, he says
hi. that is, four dots and two dots.
The laugh by telegraph Is necessarily
cold and sardonic. 1t does not bubble
irresistibly to the surface. 1t is the re-
suit Of deliberate purpose. When one
has sufficient self-control to laugh in
this way. proS8bly his tribute to your
joke is not what you would desire. But
the operator is often shaken with
laughter before shaking his key with it,
so to speak.
Telegraph operators have few other
conversational expressions, among
them him." four dots and two dashes,
indicating surprise. - Indianapolis
News
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-03-18
A NIGHT AMONG WOLVES.

The Thrilling Experience of an old Trap
per on the Plains of Kansas.
Years ago when the plains of western
Kansas were the feeding ground of the
buffalo, antelope and prairie wolf, an
old trapper named Harris had thrill
ing experience and narrow escape
from death by pack of gray wolves.
The story is probably best told in the
language used by the old trapper while
relating it. and is as follows:
Zone day had been out looking after
my traps along the Smoky river, nearly
south of where Hays City now stands.
1t was in the first days of January, and
the winter had been such a severe one
that the wolves could get hardly any
thing to eat, and had become rather
ferocious. l was about three miles
from my cabin, returning home, when
l was startled by the howl of a wolf
hardly three hundred yards to my right.
Barely had it ceased before the howl
was taken up in my rear and on my
left. l then knew that l was being
trailed and that l would have a hard
run for life. with the chances ten to
one against me. l increased my pace
to a long dog trot.' but it was not long be-
fore could see the yellowish eyes OF
the beasts as they glared at me through
the gathering darkness. l broke into a
hard run, and was beginning to con-
graduate myself on escaping, when
down came the whole pack right at my
heels, swapping and snarling like bed
lam turned loose. My rifle was a
double barreled one. and suddenly
wheeling. l fired into the pack twice,
killing one at each shot. Being winded,
nothing was left for me bit to take to
a tree, which l did insta lily, the dis
charge of the rifle stopping the wolves
for moment and giving me a chance
to climb.
I'll staid in that tree until my feet
were frozen. and l was fast becoming
so numb that it was but a question of
short time until should fall out. Feel
ing round in my pockets. l discovered
some matches. and as l then believed
that 1 would never get out alive, l
pulled off my heavy hunting jacket,
and set it on fire: it was made of buck
skin and burned brightly. BY its aid I
discovered an old dead limb that had
fallen. and trusting that the light would
keep the wolves at bay, 1 concluded to
try and reach the limb and build fire.
When l reached the ground my lower
limbs were SO badly frozen that l could
not walk, so l started on my hands and
knees for the dead limb, with the
L. Al
down the burning coat and began to
break twigs in order to start fire, but
had my left leg badly bitten and
mangled before the fire burned vigor.
ously enough to scare off the varmints.
now walk on crutches on account of
that night out with the wolves, but I
never think of it unless l thank the
Almighty for His goodness in allowing
me to escape with my life."-Chicago
In,rra1
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-03-18

lieved in letting minority defeat the
plans Of q majority who were respon-
sible to the people. To this his answer
was equally final:
Rules for the discipline Of . parlia-
mentary body exist for the restraint Of
the majority and the protection Of the
minority. The majority needs no rules
for its own protection, as the stronger
OF the contending elements, as it can do
anything it chooses if left so itself. But
the minority are helpless unless they
have some guarantee of protection
against majority aggression, A minor
ity on the floor of the senate have,
under our rules. rights which are just
as sacred as those Of the majority
Change the rules if you will. but do it
honorably. As long as the rules are
what they are, shall not be a party,
directly or indirectly, to any effort to
set them arbitrarily aside for the &C.
complishment of special end. no mat.
ter how desirable from a partisan point
of view"
A similar utterance was made by Sem
ator Ingalls, in less notable case dur
ing the last executive session of the
senate. held on Wednesday morning
The nomination of James H. Beatty to
be district Judge Of Idaho was under
consideration. The two Idaho senator's
were opposed to the nominee because
he belonged to an obnoxious faction of
their party, and Senator Farwell, of
Illinois. stood by them in demanding
that the nomination should lie over a
day-a fatal postponement, of course.
The rules require that a nomination
shall not be considered by the senate
on the same day that it is reported from
the committee except by unanimous
consent The democrats were indiffer-
ent spectators of the struggle among
the republicans, and could be depended
on to keep quiet and let things take
their course, so few of the cleverer
friends of the administration who
wanted, for the the presidents sake,
to have this nomination confirmed,
put their heads together to concoct
some plan or other for evading the rule
The vice-president, who was in the
chair. was firm in his resolution not to let
the senate vote on this matter as long
as an objection was raised by any one.
and would not let the parliamentary
jugglers confuse him by any of their
tricks. Mr.. Ingalls, came promptly to
his support, declaring again that the
rules were there to protect the rights
even of one senator against eighty
seven, and that it was the highest duty
of the chair to enforce those rules in
letter and spirit to the best of his abil-
ity. This was, of course, case of
trifling Importance from the point OF
view of public interest 1t involved
nothing more than the preservation
intact Of the principle of senate
rial courtesy" which is often subject
of derision. But as senator who never
found much to admire in his Kansas as
sociate remarked, in commenting after
ward on the scene, it afforded Mr.. In
gals chance to show that The died
game. "-Washington Cor. st. Louis
Globe Democrat
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-03-18
W00druHs DefalcatiOn.

LITTLE Rock, Ark. March l2--Sena-
tor Russ of the joint committee on
Treasurer Woodruff's accounts states
that the committee is not done with the
count and the ex-treasurer is short
about $4,000 in addition to the adj
mitted defalcation. Certain scrip be-
longing to several of the counties is
missing. and the ex-treasurer has OBJ
tanned permission of the COMMITTEES TO
put up the scrip of the other counties In
lieu thereof.