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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-03-17
A NOVEL PROPOSITION

The Pioneer Press Co. Of st. Paul.
Mimi. makes some remarkable offers in
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-03-17
SHORT SPECIALS.

The Mitchell G.. A. r. post received
the most recruits of any post in Indiana
last year.
1t has been discovered that Plainfeld,
n. j.. is built over large and swift
subterranean river.
Numerous iron mills at Pittsburgh
have discharged part Of their forces as
a measure of retrenchment
Eugene II. Clapp, a prohibitionist
leader and prominent business man,
died Thursday at Boston, Mass.
William Pryor. aged Il, shot and
killed William Lee. aged l6, at Lexing-
ton, Ky, Monday. Both were colored
jockeys.
Sparks from an engine set fire to the
depot at GAINESVILLE, Ark, Monday and
145 bales OF cotton burned. The total
loss was 500, 600.
Work on schooners is being pushed
at Mare Island navy yard, 50 that a
formidable feet can be sent TO Behring
sea If necessary.
f. T. Stevens and George d. Mitchell,
New York attorneys, ;rrived at San
Francisco Monday on their tour around
the world on bicycles.
Thomas MeCue fell eleven stories,
100 feet, down an elevator shaft in
New York Monday AID was able 70
get up and walk about
New York brokers, it is said have
defrauded the government OF Si0O 600
in customs duties by a system OF under.
weighing and false entries.
Fred Hoppel has been sentenced to
one year in the penitentiary at 0sh-
kosh for forging the name Of Bradley
& Metcalf, Of Milwaukee, to a check.
George Floto, delirious with fever,
plunged from a bridge at Grand Rap
ids, Mich. sunday night aud vas
drowned. His body has not been re-
covered.
Monday a 24-foot fly-wh-ri weighing
twenty-four tons burst in the Cinciu-
natl electric light works. knocking out
one side OF the building and doing $50
600 damage.
Sensational charges against Capt.
Bourke, of the United States army,
are said do have been placed before
President Harrison by Mexican ranch
ers on the Texas frontier
Ben amin Page died in Blooming-
dale IN Y. insane asylum, Monday
where he had been confined twenty
seven years At one time he was prom.
inent in New York society.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-03-17
GUILTY MEN ESCAPE.

Detroit's Courts Are Compelled to NolIe
Pros. the Considine Conspiracy Cases.
DETROIT, Mich, March 16-Before
the present week shall have passed
the BE. rien- Considine conspiracy
cases will be no more. In a
few days the matter will come
before the court, and the cases
against John Considine. Frank Grifiiths,
Edward Kent, Thomas Kennedy and
Frank Fulton, all charged with conspir.
acy to abduet and rob, win be summar-
lily disposed Of by being nolle prose-
qnied The story of the bold crime of
the night of March 10. 1897, when Jo-
seph Perrien, the wealthy miller was
abducted from his home md at a re.
volver's point forced to sirn papers
for $4,000 is too we'll known to
need repetition As a result Of
the investigation made by the
attorneys in the case, they have ar.
rived at the conclusion that the defend.
ants cannot be convicted Of eonspir-
acy. Had the charge been abduction
instead Of conspiracy the conclusion
would have been different
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-03-17
To Inyestlgata tie Mead Murder.

WAUPACA, Wis, March 49, AT last
the Mead murder case is 10 be investi-
gated A grand jury has been called
by Judge Webb TO be returned Monday
evening which will sift the case to the
bottom. II. c. Mead, the banker, was
murdered in his bank in October, 1851
and his murderers have never been
brought TO trial Last fall the county
board offered a reward OF 81, 900 for the
conviction of the murderers aud since
that time Sheriff Williams has collected
enough evidence, it is thought, to war
rant the indictment of at least five
men.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-03-17
4 sudden Cali.

MERtpEN Conn, March l6 Dr. J. II.
Chaplin, Of this city, died very suddenly
in the City bank Of South Norwalh
Monday morning. 1t is supposed that
he succumb bed to an attack Of heart
failure DR. Chaplin was native Of
Leavenworth, Ind, and was well
known in scientific, educational dnd
religious circles. He is the father Of
the anti-sereen law, which is directed
against violations of liquor law by sa.
Icons
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-03-17
WAVED HIS HAT AT DEATH.

Misfortune Causes "a Farmer to Commit
Suicide in Sensational Manner.
MAPLE STATION, Pa, March To-
Shortly after midnight Monday night
freight train No. "A on the Fort Wayne
road struck and killed A. +. Galley, a
resident Of this place. The engineer
reports that the man would not ret of
the track; that lie stood facing the
train, waving his hat At Maple Sta
ton, where the remains were taken, it
was learned tnat Galley WIS poor
farmer; that his farm was lost by a
mortgage one week before, and that
he was emp Dyed as q farmland on his
own property.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-03-17

jewelers. Circular: DR.. Optycuss-
You are standing at eighteen feet. Can
You read these letters?
Pauent-No. Sir.
DR. 0ptycuss-Approach two feet
nearer. Now?
Patient-Nc, sir.
DR.. Optycuss-This is strange Come
four feet nearer Now?
Patient-No sir.
Dr. Optyeuss-M Most remarkable case
ever met. Stand four feet away from
the chart. Can you read now?
Patient-No. sir.
DR. ODiycuss Pisistratusl am
| mad? Young man. you are the most
remarkable case that has come to my
experience. You conquer me You
can know more about yourself than /
do. Have you any idea why you can't
read these lettersp
Patient = Perhaps because I never
learned to read.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-03-17
For Sale
A No. cook stove in good repair. In
quire of JOE WALKER

New York Weekly: Chappie (faintly)
- Doctah. my.aw-head feels awful
Does grip evan go to the brain?
Observation-Disclosures.
Chappie-I have pains rusbin' around
all ovah. in the arms, and hands. aud
feet, and everywhere
Doctor-That's grip
ppie-What's it trying to do,
Doctah2
Doctor-Trling to find your brain,
guess
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-03-17
MORE LAND FOR SETTLERS.
The sisseton Reservation Expected TO lie
Thrnwn Omen ON April ID.

BROWNS VALLEY, Mimi, March l6. -
There is no longer doubt as to the open
ing Of the Sisseton reservation on April
Is. Soldiers, sailors aud marines may
file a declaration and have claim re-
served for six months at a cost Of 81
fees, and the land may also be com.
muted at 81. so per acre. United States
Special Allotting Agent H. : Morris
says that in his opinion all the land
will be taken within a week after the
opening
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-03-17
Amy VIII BE Rn.entsnes.l.

CoScoRp, n. H., March 10 In view
OF recent decision Of the United
States supreme. court in the Chicago
anarchist case, that prisoner must be
present in court when sentence IS pro-
nounced, Chief Justice Doe will shortly
fix day for resentencing Frank c
Almy, the murderer of Christie War
den, Of Hanover,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-03-17
To whom it may concern.

counts will be placed IN the hands of
Attorney Brown for collection.
Will find me in office from , O'Clock
to $50 p. NJ. 5. E. HAssELL
March 2nd 2t Lancaster
n Y. Press: This is the velv latest
sgony in engagement rings A heavy
band that looks like q dozen little rings
welded together and fastened with a
knot on top: on taking it off t slips
apart and becomes chain long enough
to wear as II bracelet. It is elastic
enough to at any arm, and Is sometimes
worn above the elbow Another pretty
freak is the black velvet band of old
times resurrected, and worn above the
elbow. where it can be seen only when
the long glove slips dowr. A ieweled
buckle is 3 pretty finish. One very in
genionS Young won IN who lost one Of
a stunning pair Of garter buekels u,iliz-
ed the other in this way and nobody
was ever he wiser. May not THIS piece
of ingenuity also account for some Of
the e rgeous buckles that adorn letter
books nowadays? These books are
made very large and old fashioned. and
fastened with straps after the style of
the wallet of our grandfathers, affording
an excellent excuse for the employment
of clasp or buckle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-03-17
Flames in a Gun store.

FoRT WORTH, Tex. March 10. The
gun store Of A. ]. Anderson, on Hous
ton street, was totally destroyed by
fire Monday. The loss will reach SEQ.
600; insurance SIS, 600. The cause Of
the fire is mystery.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-03-17
..LoMep UP Use GRAVES.
A Indiana Man sues for the Dissertation
Of isis Private Bury.ns Ground.

Of isis Private Bury.ns Ground.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, March ia
suit unprecedented in Indiana has be.
gun here by w. Mcdaniel Twenty five
years ago the plaintiff established a
burial ground on his farm and
removed the bodies Of his wife
and children to II. A few
years later he sold the farm
to Charles Hatues, who, he claims, only
recently plowed and leveled the
graves and scattered the dust Of the
plaintiffs relatives all over the farm
He wants s5,0oe damages from Haines.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-03-17

Somebody overheard a man say. If
married people would never give utter
ance to a thought they would not speak
into the ear OF one another. big barrier
against unhappiness in marriage would
be built : The moment women says
to friend, Il hink 50, but would not
have John know it for the world, y
there IS something wrong with one or
the other of hem. and the sooner they
mutually find out which it is, and what
the fanlt, the better for the continuance
of happiness Don't let TIT go too far.
Don't let concealment become a habit
Talk it All out without delay. Wipe
the clouds from the mirror 80 that you
can see the image daily. Take d piece
of amber with a fly IN it. II it is per-
feet il i absolutely clear and cloudess,
the tly il visible from every side. and its
delicate little limbs and wings are love-
lier from The medium through which
they are seen 4 single shadow in the
amber spoils is value md makes il
worthless Married life s4au,d be like
that absolutey clear and transparent
50 that the love at the heart Of il may
be seen absolutely; shade Or shadow
Of eoucealment, o. flaw Of mutual
deception, aud the value is gone-N.
I " p,..--
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-03-17
HILL IN MISSISSIPPI.
The senator Received with salute on
Ills Arrival 1T Meridian.

MERIDIAN, Miss, March l6 Sena.
tor Hill and party arrived here at
1850 a m on the East Tennessee
road Frank O'Brien, of the Bir
mingham Age-Herald, and dele.
CATION OF citizens of Meridian,
Joined him on the train. !
company Of the Mississippi Southerns,
Of Meridian, fred a salute The sena.
tor was greeted by large crowd, who
surrounde,. the reat platform Of the
car, from which the senator made a
brief speech, which was received with
great enthusiasm. The party left Me.
ridian at O'CLOCK on the way to Jack,
son, Miss.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-03-17
zine stallion. Rnrne.i.

NATION, Ill, March 10 Charles
Westrup, owner Of the finest collec.
tons Of stations in Coles county.
suffered loss of four thoroughbred
imported horses by fire, the money
value Of which was IS, 600; insured for
81, 400
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-03-17
SPECIALS
Notice!

Having removed ms Carpenter shop
from Geo. Benn's old stand to my resi-
dence 2 blocks east and one block south
Of the city Hall. / viii be pleased TO see
my old customers there. Thanking you
for past favors and hoping for q con-
tinuance Of the same. Resp.
So JOHN F. CLARK.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-03-17

DETRoTr, Mich, March ld-Fire gut
the drug house Of +. +. Ingram 4
-, Jefferson avenue and shelby
street Loss, 10000; Insurance., S2s,-
900.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-03-17

Literary Treaty with the United states.
BERLIN, March le. = The literary
convention between Germany and the
United States passed its third reading
IN the reichstag Monday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-03-17
Ordered ID nehrinc sen.

WASHINGTON, March 16 The rev.
enue cutters Corwin, Bear, Rush and
Alhatross, now at San Francisco, have
been ordered to police Behring sea
during the coming season in conjunc.
ton with the United States men.of-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-03-17
Wanted!

An experienced girl to do house work.
viii pay good wages Call at house,
j. T. BARNETT.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-03-17

Happy and content is home with "The Ro-
chester; lamp with the light OF the morning.
Catalogues, write Rochester LampCo. ,NewYork.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09
Snnsnnnhln Hints.

The present weather has given riss
TO a large number OF cases OF pneu-
monia plcurisy and rheumatism. All
OF these diseases begin with cold
This fastens upon the kidneys and
manifcsts itself in one OF the maladies
named above. II the sufferer viii
take RElp's GERMAN CoUGH AND KID
NEA CURE he will be speedily relieved,
for this great remedy contains no
poison IL excitcs the kidneys TO 40
tion, stimulates the circulation, re-
lieyes the lungs Of their burden, and
will thus cure the worst case of pncu-
monia or pleurisy and will relieve an
attack Of rheumatism quicker than
anything else. II is the only remedy
on the market that will relieve the
consequences Of cold, or from any
malady that arises from a cold. Ask
your druggist for IL, and II he does
not have IL write TO US and wo viii
send 1T TO you by mail or express
Small bottles are % cents, large onss
90 cents.
SYLVAN REMEDY Co, Peoria, Ill
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09
A MAD POET

rushed into s newspaper Office recently.
and threatened to "clean out" the es-
Establishments because they printed his
yerses wrong. Said he: q wrote, ITO
dwell forever in a grot of peace and
Won idiots put it a pot Of grease q"
Tbe mortified editor presented him
with q vial Of DR.. Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets, q years subscription and ar
The little "PelletsS positively cure
sick and nervous headache. biliousness,
sostiveness, and all arrangements of the
stomach. bowels aud liver. It's large
contract, but the smallest things in the
world do the business - DR.. Pieree's
Pleasant Pellets. They're the small
est but the most effective. They go to
work in the right way. They cleanse
and renovate the liver, stomach and
bowels thoroughly but they do It
mildly and gently. You feel the good
they do-but you don't feel them do
Ing it
They're the cheapest pill you can
buy, because they're guaranteed to give
satisfaction, or your money is returned.
You only pay for The good you get.
That's the peculizr plan all DR..
Pierce's medicines are sold on, through
druggists.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09
THE FAMILY
But Three Generations Allowed From
shirt Sleeves to shirt sleeves.


shirt Sleeves to Shirt sleeves.
II is difficult to say what constitutes a
family In England where all laws and
practices still recognize this az the social
unit and important element, it is no
torlously hard TO keep a family together
half Of the peerages IN England have been
maintained only by bringing some seventh
cousin from the rem0test religion Chi
C 20 carpenter shop, for instancs-to
keep the name from disappearing OF the
title from l8psinR The heir Of the house
Of de C0UrCey was discovered some years
ago in a Newport, Or. H. sailor, and his
descendant now holds the title, says Harp
er- Bazaar
The hBea repre- sentative Of Simon de
M0nttOrt was "a sajd.er In TOoley street,
London; and the representative OF the earl
dom de Mar was hunted up ~ q coal pit.
hugh Miller had fellow apprentice in q
stone mason yard who came so near being
the heir 70 an earldOm that lac was often
addressed by hls mates, John, Ieri Craw-
ford. bring us another nod In tins Couu-
try, with no such elaborate mechanism 10
preserve the succession, it's even easier for
family TO run down. TIE FIRST President
Adams, who, az a self-made man, had "a
great distrust Of aristOcracy joined with a
marked leaning toward 1T, declared that
the foundation for a permanent order Of
nobility Of the English type had been
laid In Roston; and he triumphantly mem
toned four family flames as convincing
proofs OF bis assertion. Not one Of these
four names has now any marked local pro-
mince, and some Of them are not to be
found in the "biue books" and social
regifters' Of that city at the present day.
Asanatter Of fact, all families begin IN
the same way and end in the same way; it
is only a question Of time. The rustic
proverb allows but three generations from
shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves though with
modern appliances the course is longer.
Every pedigree says Gibbon, how
ever deep and lofty, must ultimately rise
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09

In the gastric regions II troubled with nausea
from sea sickness, Viliousness or other cause,
Hostettsrs stomach Biters will Immediately put
stop to the stomachlc disturbances, A promi
nent and most unpleasant feature OF liver con-
plant is nausea 10 the morning. The symptoms
disappear aud the cause Is removed by tbs Bttsrs
Many persons have very delicate stomachs Thict
triaing indiscretions in eating or drinking, OF
even some sight that is repulsive, disorders. suci
persons cannot act more wisely than 70 invigor
ate their digestive region with the Bitters, tonic
specially adapted TO reinforce II. For malaria
rheumajism, kidney troubles and nervousness
the Biuers will be found marveliously beneficial
and when sleep Is untrnnqul and appetite yari
able II soon improves both. IL IA IN fact most
ccymrehensiYe and delightful remedy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09
AN oLDLANGUNGF.
Specimens of the Oldest knowA Language
Found In Babylon

Specimens Of the Oldest INuowa Language
Found In Babylon.
Probably the oldest known specimens of
recorded language in the world to-day are
the inscription ON the door sockets and
brick stamps found al Mfr 10y the Baby.
lonian exploration EXPEDITION OF the uni
versity OF Pennsylvania, which has recent.
ly returned The brick stamps, which are
Of yellow clay, about four by five inches,
and and inch in thickness, bear the name
and title OF King Sugon and his son,
Marin Sin, who lived about $500 b. c.,
and they were taken from the mound
which covers the site of ancient Nippuru,
with its famous Temple OF Bnal The eX-
petition also found many other obj cts Of
interest, such as clay tablets containing
contracts, lists of goods, temple incomes,
art fragments and images sold by the tenn.
pie fakirs. These throw much hight on the
history OF the people, as opposed to that
Of the kings, and the work Of the eXpedl.
tion carries Babylouian records back q
thousand years
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09

from plebeian root, or, rs Lord Muir.
ray put it more teJsely in SCOTS Mon
astery, An families have sprung from
one mean man" On the whole the nsst
form of family pedigree is found in a
republic; for il is not butiressed by de-
moralIzlug couvenuonausms; its stands
by itself, it silently disappears
when the representatives of the family
have become unworthy or incapable, and So
does not remain eXtant as public nuisance
after all It's u,ttnlu,ssis gone. Aud il, as
Prof Bryce maintains, one-half the pop.
ulatioD ofthe civilized world is to be in
cluded acentury hence under the Amer
lean government, the social system OF this
country will ultimately be more import.
ant than that of any other
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09
tstlII
II Is Indestructibie and Retains It's Bril-
lianoy Uusullied

liancy Uusullied
Gold may be said to be everlasting and
iudestruchble. TIE pure acids have ne
effect upon it, Air and water alike are
unable to work its destruction While TO
baser metals tney are decay, to gold they
are innOCuOug.
Bury it through the long ages, and
when the rude tool of the excavdtor again
brings to light, while everything around
it or originally associated with it is re e
turned to dust, and the delicate form
has become power so impalpable as TO
be inapprecabIe, and the delicate tracery
of the finest gold thread remains
Days, years, century upon century may
roll by; empires rise and fall; dyuasties
which deem their power everlasting and
armics which have marched aud conquer
ed may become never less; cities iee1inR
with millions may become the abode O
the owl; yet thin 6lament of gold remains
today as it was 5000 years ago. Truly
gold is a noble metal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-09
August
Flower"

am Post Master here and keep
a Store. Ihave kept August Flower
for sale for some time. think it is
a splendid medicine" +. A. Bond
7. NJ, Pavilion Centre, NY.
The stomach is the reservoir.
Ii it fails, everything fails. The
liver the kidneys, the lungs, the
heart, the head the blood, heuerves
all SO wrong, If you feel wrong,
look to the stomach FIRST. Put that
right at once by using August
Flower. 1t assures a good appetite
and good digestion. o