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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-10-01
CHECKED BY RAIN.


Showers Come to the Aid OF the Fire
Fighters in the Northwest = Flames
Under Control-Their Awful Rayages in
Emmons County, y. D., and Elsewhere.
ST. paul. Mimi, Sept 2S-Dis-
patches from Carleton, Milaca, Hincx-
ley and Pine City state it has been rain
ing at all those points Tor tbs last
eighteen hours and thai the forest fires
are everywhere under control. There
has never before been a fire Of the mag
nitude of this one in this region. The
whole country has been swept by
the flames. aud everything has been
burned outside of tie towns except
that a few lum Der camps We're. by great
exertion, saved. Thousands of tons Of
hay have been cut ON the lowlands
about the lakes and this Is all destroyed.
For miles and miles ON every side there
is nothing bat blackened waste.
A dispatch from Wlliamsport, n. D.,
the county seat of Emmons county,
says the property loss there has been
somewhat exaggerated. but Will reach
$1,000 Three persons were burned
TO death in that county-Iienry Tabor,
w. and Clyde c. Johnson, farmers
living near Beaver Greek 4 report
from the Holland settlement on the
Missouri. north of Bismarck, says three
farm hands were burned there. The
loss at that point is about so, 200.
Whole herds of cattle hemmed in by
the awful confiagration were burned
to death. The prairies are strewn with
carcasSes.
Hundreds of families are homeless
and penniless, ard in many instances
they had to lee from their abodes with
only the clothes on their backs. There
is certain to be great suffering this
winter unless assistance comes to tIem
from outside sources. The fire which
started this great conflagraticr was set
by thrashing machine.
TURTLE LAKE, Mimi, Sept. 2S-
Word has reached this village that the
family of Mr.. Nesse, farmer living a
short distance out OF town. consisting
of himself, his wife and several small
children, were hemmed in by the flames
and no doubt burned to death, as no
help could reach them.
BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis, Sept. 2S.
Reports from the east fork say that
forest fires are raging in that vicinity
LAUNDERING camps, timber and hay are
being reduced to ashes. and even the
flooding dams on the streams are not
spared by the raging flames Bears,
deer and all manner of small game are
seeking the streams for place of safe
ty. In this vicinity fires are raging on
every side and large amount of prop
erty has been destroyed.
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis, Sept. rs
Forest fires are raging all over Chippe-
wa county and the air in this city is
thick with smoke. Considerable tim
Der land, barns containing summer
crops, stock etc, have been burned.
Whole villages have been burned.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-10-01
FASHIONS IN JEwELRY.

SUPPORTS for candle shades are made
Of silver
FoUR-LEAvED clover is the lucky
garter clasp.
TOURISTS chains are made Of oblong
silver links.
GOLD ears of corn are designed for
sleeve buttons.
Tiny silver chairs have plush seats
for pin-cushions.
SNAIL tunnels of silver are among
the novelties.
SuvEP fruit knives are set in stand
ards of ,ilver, blades up.
FIVE little enameled swallows on a
twig is a pretty design on a silver
branch.
SMALL scent TASKS of crystal are over
laid with perforated silver ornaments.
SILVER match boxes with backs of
perforated ornament are pretty and
new.
STRAIGHT cups of glass with fine con-
centric ribs are bound, as it were, in
enameled gold.
MUcIIAGE bottles of glass with fine
concentrie riggs have silver tops and
brush handles
DBuNUTIvE silver broons prove to be
pencil cases to which are attached
glove buttoners.
LIGHT and graceful standards Of sill
yer containing gold-lined egg-eups are
placed between pendant egg-spoons.
Lone sheaths of Russian leather are
bound and tipped with repousse silver
They are designed for scissors.
LARGE feurs-de-lis and hearts sur
mounted by a coronet covered with
white velvet are used in displaying jew
eled ornaments.
OBLoyG card counters of perforated
silver have the counters inside on
wheels slightly projecting from the
side that are easily moved by the thumb.
Jewellers Circular.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-10-01
FANCY SCREEN.

trimmed so as to have only small and
pretty branches, and should be stripped
of all leaves, but not of the tendr;ls.
Artificial leaves and punches of grapes
are fastened to look as if they grew on
the vine. The leaves and fruit may be
purchased ready to adjust, or they may
be made at home The web and the
spider may be purchased and easily adj
justed, or the web may be done with
silk, with much better effect, as it is
difficult to find web large enough to
look well. Such a screen is artistic and
decorative and need not be expensive
Delineator.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-10-01
short on silver Dollars.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S.-Owing to
the fact that the coinage Of silver dol
lars was by law stopped July l Except
that Of the trade dollar bullion, about
S., 600, 600 in all, which is now in prog
RESI- the shipment from the minis of
standard silver dollars now depends al
most entirely on the amount Of silver
certificates of treasury notes presented
for redemption. In the absence Of
ability to ship silver dollars the depart
ment, in response to acquisitions for sill
yer coin, is sending ont large amounts
of fractional silver coin as the most con-
venient substitute for the silver dollar.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-10-01
The Vow. Condensed.

Forest fires in the neigh borhood of
Cumberland did great damage.
A fire at Thorp destroyed $50, 600
worth of lumber belonging to Nye,
Lusk & Hudson.
Mrs. Ruth Silsbee, one of Wisconsin,
pioneers, died at the home of her
daughter in De Forest, aged rs years.
The United States government has
purchased land in Door county, on the
shore of Green bay, for lighthouse.
The board of regents of the State
university have virtually let the con-
tract for the erection of the daily build
ing to be built this fall to L. c. McCar-
thy, of that city for S23, S75.
The twenty-eighth anniversary of the
battle of Antietam was celebrated by
Wisconsin veterans in Madison.
The election at Neillsville to decide
upon high or low license resulted in
favor of low license by a very small
majority.
Nellie Manning, OF La Crosse, was
awarded $4,000 by a jury in her damage
suit against the Green Bay road.
A butter and cheese makers conven-
ton will be held in Madison next Feb
ruary.
August Schultz suicided at Appleton
by shooting himself in the forehead.
He was intoxicated at the time He
leaves mis- family destitute.
At Milwaukee the Northwestern
Fuel Company's she'd was damaged by
fire to the extent of $4,000
A 3-year-old child of Ed Jolliffe, of
Palmyra, drank some kerosene and
but for prompt medical attention would
have died.
Edward Buchner, of Butternut, acct
IDENTIFY shot and killed himself j. 4.
McKeene, Wisconsin Central brake
man at the same place, was caught be-
tween the ears and killed.
The Jupiter Mining Company has been
reorganized at Ashland and the capital
stock increased to 5000, 600 They will
work the old mine.
L. Mcdonald, helper IN the North
western depot at Trempeleau, was shot
in the shoulder by Section Boss Deck
er, who mistook Mcdonald for thief.
J. G. Donnelly, of Milwaukee, says
that he will not accept the presidency
of the Irish American national league.
William Hartman, of San Francisco,
Cal, was shot while burglarizing Will
liam H. Smiths dry-goods store at Eau
Claire.
Ruble Cole, an Ashland attorney.
filed papers in the supreme court al
leging that Judge Parish, of the Eff
teenth circuit. was filing an Office that
was not legally created.
An insurance company has guaran-
teed to build $50, 600 opera house in
Marshfield, should the citizens guar
antee a certain amount of insurance
business.
Mrs Theresa Barrette. a pioneer,
died at Prairie du CHEN at the age Of
50 years. She was born there, and her
grandfather settled there over 100 years
ago.
a team belonging to Thomas Rundel.
of Crystal Valley, Trempeleau county,
took fright at a traction engine that
was going along the road, and ran
away. 4 7-year-old son of Mr. Rundel
was thrown out and fatally injured
and Mr.. Rundel suffered broken arm.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-10-01

nv IN bohShAhb' illness e l.
oped into peritonits. He was 70 years
of age
The doctor was known principally
through his famous alliterative ex-
preston to which is accredited Mr..
Blaine's defeat DIR. Burchard was
present at reception to Mr.. Blaine,
then republican candidate for president,
rendered at the Fifth Avenue hotel in
New York by several hundred ministers
of various denominations. DR. Bur-
chard was there and had been chosen
to address Mr.. Blaine in behalf of the
clergy, who gathered in the grand cor
ridor of the hotel on the second
floor Mr.. Blaine was escorted
down the staircase in full view
of the clergymen and others who had
gathered to greet him. PauSing on the
staircase half dozen steps above the
corridor floor where the throng was,
Mr.. Blaine stood and waited the adj
dress of welcome. DR. Burchard
left his colleagues and assembled the
staircase to the second step below
Mr.. Blaine Then DIR. Burchard spoke,
and as he neared the close of an adj
dress of affectionate regard and esteem
for Mr.. Blaine he used practically these
words: And we admire and we well
come you, Mr.. Blaine, as a steadfast
opponent of rum, Romanism and re-
bellion"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-10-01
10 Tu.nigate a Room.

A very simple way to purify the air
of a room is to heat an iron shovel very
hot, then pour upon it, drop by drop
good vinegar. The steam will prove
an excellent disinfcctant There should
be good current Of air in the room at
the time OF using, which can be OBJ
tanned by opening the doors and win
dows. care being taken in a sick room
that the patient is protected from the
draught by screen and extra bed
clothing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-10-01
SWEPT BY A TORNADO.
Northern Minnesota Partly Denuded of
Timber by the Wind.

THIEF RIVER FALLS. Mimi, Sept. 2S.
"A hurricane swept through northern
Minnesota Saturday night, strik.
ing the Red and Rock lake
lumber regions The tornodo
struck Beltrami county and passed
in northwesterly direction into Itasca
county, spending its force near the
Manitoba line. 1t is estimated that
$50, 600, 600 feet of tim Der was destroyed.
The country was sparsely settled with
woodsmen and it will not be known
for several days whether or not any of
them were killed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-10-01
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
MAY BE a SERIOUS LOSS.

The Original Document If wisconsin,
Constitution Cannot Sc Pound.
Wisconsin has lost a constitution. 1t
has not been deprived Aof its funda-
mental law, but it is minus the original
document adopted by the constitutions
al convention of 1875. Hunt high or
hunt low, the engrossed copy which
bore the signatures OF the members of
the convention cannot be found. 1t
should be among the archives of the
secretary of states office, but it is not,
and one of the most valuable historical
relics of the state is either lost or
stolen. Meanwhile the state must con-
tent itself to work upon the copies of
the constitution which have been ac-
cepted as copies of the original, though
whether they are correct copies cannot
be absolutely verified unless the orig
inal is found.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-10-01
SELECTED FROM A LECTURE DELIVERED
BY DR. HARTMAN. OF COLUMBUS.
ONO.

need only TO refer every one To their
OWE observation in malsrial Diseases To
prove that the usual remedies have not.
as a matter of fact. been successful in
curing them Go to any malarjous
section OF the coostry and You find its
inhabitants taking regularly enormous
dcses Of the medicines that are lauded
as cures of these affections, with little
or no fleet. The various preparations
of cinchcna or calisal bark. known IS
quiuine, sulphate of einchona, sweet
quinine and tasteless quine. are taken
with wonderful p'rsistency, with seem,
inglv no other effect han to Gppress the
hearts action. lower the nervous vital
| iiy, and produce a most pernlcious form
of bilioesne>s
When travelling through the mal4rial
districts it is often plliful to see the
sallow, hollow eyed, listless. woe begoue
victims indusriously swallowing large
doses of these harmful chemical pre-
pan atoms, vainly hoping, through them,
to regain their health. but rarely realiz-
/ ing their hopes. have much TO say in
favor of cinchona bark in the treatment
Of malarious affections. but these
peculiar chemical salts quinine. elc =
Which are obtained from cinchopa barks
by adding to them poisonous acids. |
can not too strongly denounce as
dangerous drugs. which will inevitably
produce much worse condition of the
system than the disease for which the,
are taken.
1t is almost an everyday occurrence
in my practice that patient comes To
my office TO consult me who has been
treated for some form of malaria from
one to ten years. The unfortunate
victims have gone helpesslY from
doctor to doctor. taking of each one
about the same list of vegetable and
mineral poisons, until broken in body
and spirit, they laDguidly begin to use
my prescriptions with hardly faith
enough left 10 take any more medicine
Pc ru-na is a specific for this condi ior
but generally find it necessary in such
cases to use, in addition to Peru ma, a
few bottles of Man-a-lin TO restore the
action of the liver and bowels, which
have been deranged, as the result of
former treatment. In these cases the
Pc ru-na aud Man a-lin should be taken
as directed on the bottles. Having con-
tinued the Man-a-lin long enough to
thoroughly regulate these organs. the
Peru ma is continued alone until cure
is complete. which is sure to occur nm
less some serious complication has set
in before the treatment was begun.
Cor complete treatise on Malaria.
Chils, and Fever and Ague, send for
The Family Physician No. l. Sent free
by The Prruna Medicine Company,
Columbus Ohio
Boston Post: Flatte-'There is one
man cnioying the show anyway Call
cum " hat not the Ean in the third
row Flatte- Yes that's he Hhy.
Won don't seem pleased Calcium L
why should /? hat man is Fakes The
critic. and HE harder he laughs at :
play the rougher he is on it the next
/ morning
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-10-01
Shot a RnrcIar.

Burglars effected an entrance into
w. II. Smiths general store at Eau
Claire through rear window. An In
dian doctor living in the basement of
the building heard the men moving
about, and lying in wait for them he
caught one of the robbers making his
egress through a rear window The
doctor fired his rifle and the robber
fell, MORALLY wounded, shot through
the stomach. His companion escaped.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-10-01

spending to the body of the butterfly is
of plush, stuffed with cotton, and
crossed five or six times with silk drawn
tightly around it. The various pieces
of plush should be lined with silk or
satin, and a broad band placed across
the back and stitched to the edges of the
plush to hold the broom. American
Apriculturist.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-10-01
Murdered Their Bahx.

Edward Popke and his wife, of Sey-
mour, were each sentenced to one
year in prison for causing the
death of their baby by cruel treat
ment when it was scarcely three hours
old. They had pleaded guilty. The
wife is only about IS years old. They
committed the deed out of sheer bru-
talitY.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-10-01

Mr.. Alvin Dings, electrician at the
Allis Reliance works in Milwaukee, has
discovered system by which iron can
be melted by electricity. 1t is now not
improbable that some time in the near
future the iron melting process at the
extensive Reliance works will be gen
orally performed by this means.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-10-01
How to wipe the race.

Thousands Of people when drying
their faces after washing, wipe them
downward; that is, from forehead to
chin This is a mistake. Always use
upward-from the chin to the forehead
and outward-towards the ear mo
tons. Never wipe any part Of the face
downward
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-10-01
A Village Burned.

The village of Comstock, Barron
county was nearly destroyed by fire.
The fire caught from the forest fires in
that neigh borhood Comstock was near
the city of Cumberland, which was in
great danger If no rain fell soon there
would be a still greater loss of proper
ty, as it was an impossibility to stop
the fire, everything was so dry.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-10-01
Cloudburst at Eagle Town.

Eagle Town, miles southeast of
Palmyra, had cloudburst which in
undated the ground in all directions 4
feet deep for an area of over 2 miles.
Corn was beaten down and highways
were overfowed and cut in gullies.
The rainfall continued most of the
night and was the greatest ever known
hoy
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-10-01

$3.50 o'clock Fri
day afternoon.
He at t nd e d
the First Pres
byterian church
la st Sund a Y
and was taken
i'll in the even
ing, but he was
not considere d
in a serio u s
condition until
Tuesday. Hi
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-10-01

Boston Post: Fatte-'There is one
man enjoy ing the show anyway Cal
cum " hat-not the raan in the third
ro.V ? Flatte- Yes that's he. Nhg.
You don't seem pleased Calcium l.
Why ahould /? hat man is Fakes. the
critic. and The harder he laughs at !.
play the rougher he is on it the next
morning
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-10-01
BUTTERFLY BROOM CASE.

A Novelty Which should Fiad a Place in
Every Dressing Room.
Harmonious shades of plush should
be used for this. all the edges being
worked with a button-hole stitch Fan
cy stitching with the same silk should
be inserted upon the leaves, as shown
in the engraving. The long roll CORE
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-10-01
HANDSOME SCREEN.
Although Really Beautiful 1t Need Not
Re Very Expensive.

This beautiful screen has bamboo
frame, which may be purchased at any
shop dealing in japanese goods. In
and out through the frame Is twined
the stem of wild grapevine, which is
found in abundance in the woods. The
vine should be carefully selected and
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-10-01
Old Malaria Sufferers!
BROKEN DOWN N BODY AND SPIRIT
EAGERLY SEEKING A CURE.

MEDICINES THAT ONLY DAMAGF-NFpt
CINES THAT ONLY PALLIATE -MEDI-
CINES THAT PERMANENTLY CURE.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-10-01
DR.. BURCHARD DEAD.

The Eminent Presbyterian Divine Sue
cumbs to Peritonitis.
SARATOGA, n. Y, Sept 2s-Rev. DIR.
Burchard, of New York city, died at
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1891-08-21
HER ,HEARTS DESIRE.

The prevailing tone Of family is
sometimes reflected in conceptions of
the children. A lady, hearing little
girl repeating the form Of prayer she
had learned, told her to ask, us she
would of q father, and in her own
words. for what she needed most.
The child knelt, and after few mo-
mentk reaection implored earnestly:
20 lord please make US all very styl-
'ish." To be stylish is the great desire
Of many, but the hearts desire of all
experienced travellers is a smooth track
easy and comfortable cars, elegant
aud luxurious sleepers, fast time and
,saiping car service, which rivals the
tables of the best hotels: ;. It is so easy
to crafty this desir by travelling over
"The Burlington that there is no
reason why any should go unsatis6ed.
In whatever direction one wishes to
trayel, thereFis hardly a place IN ILL.,
inois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota Ne
braska, Kansas, Missouri, Colorado,
Wyoming, or the Black Hills region
that cannot be most conveniently
reached via "Fhe Burlington" and
connections. For tickets, rates, maps
and timetables; apply to any ticket
agent, or write to W. J. C. Kenyon,
Gen. Pass. agent G. 3d. N. R. R.,
st. Paul, MINI ILL.,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1891-08-21
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE.


Default having been made in the conditions OF
q certain mortgage made and dated the 8th day
of August. A.. d. 1889. by Mary Jane Borden and
james Borden. her husband: mortgagors to The
Land Mortgage Investment and Agency Com
pany Of America (Limined) mortgagee, and duly
recorded in the Office Of the Register Of Deeds in
and for Morrison County, State OF Minnesota. Oh
the 9th day Of August A. D. 1889. at II O'Clock Q:
M. in Book ''R" Of Mortgages. on pages 1853. 95l
and 355. conveying and mortgaging the follow
ing described tract or parcel of land, lying and
aeing in the County Of Morrison and State OF
Minnesota. to-wit:
The southeast quarter Of the southeast quar-
ter (se4 seN), and lot four (4) Of section twenty
(s SWAY Of section twenty.one (2l), oil in town
ship thirty nine 1897. range thirtytwo 1927. con-
tanning one hundred forty-six and fifty one-hun.
dredths (146 5O1O0) acres more or less, according
to the government survey thereof.
No action has been instituted at law to recover
the amount secured by said mortgage or any
part thereof. There is claimed to be due thereon.
and is actually due on said mortgage at the
date Of this notice, the sum Of one Thousand two
hundred ninety-four and forty,eight oae:han-
Collars
fifty one dollars and ffty-nine one-hundredths
(15l SOY interest, and forty-two dollars and
eighty.nine cents (42So) taxes paid by said mort
Said mortgage contains full power Of sale In
due form of Law, in case Of default in the pay
Of the principal or interest Or any part thereof
when due. And whereas default has been made
In the payment Of the interest. and said power
Of sale has become operative.
Now, therefore, notice Is hereby given that by
reason Of said default. and by virtue of the power
OF sale In said mortgage contained, and pursuant
to the statute 10 such case made and provided,
the said mortgage will be foreclosed and the
premises therein described and covered by said
mortgage will be sold at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash. to pay said debt, inter-
est and taxes and seventy-dve dollars attorney
fees for the foreclosure thereof. as stipulated in
and by said mortgage, and disbursements allow
ed by law, which sale will be made by the sheriff
OF Morrison county at the front door OF the court
house, in the City Of Little Falls. County of Nor
rison. AID state of Minnesota, on Saturday, the
forenoon OF said day, subject to redemption at
any time within one year from the date OF sale,
rs provided by law.
The LAND MORTGAGE INVESTMENT AND AGENCY
COMPANY OF AMERICA (LIulTED).
Mortgage.
Dated July 8, A. D. 1891.
II. w. YOUNG,
Attorney for Mortgage.
4o2 Globe Building. Minneapolis. MINI.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1891-08-21

Friday, September IL, has been
designated as farmers day at!the state
fair, and several prominent men, who
are identified with farmers as a class
have been invited, 70 be present on
that day to address the great crowd
thatwill be present. Among others
Invited are: Jeremiah Rusk, Secretary
ofthe y. S. board of Agriculture;
Jeremiah Simpson; Member of Con-
gressstnmt Kansas; Hon., Ignatins
Donne1ty, who will deliver short ad-
dresses. An interesting programme
will be arranged for the afternoon, con-
sisting Of Trotting, Pacing and Run
ming Races.