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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-01
Tragedy in Indiana.

RocKPoRT, Ind, Oct. I6.-Art Will
Hanson, fireman on the Louisville g.
st. Louis railroad,l was shot dead at 1
a. m. Monday by Robert Burr. The two
men met on the street when William
son accused Burr of visiting his house
during his absence and disturbing the
peace of his family. Burr was arrested
and is now in jail Threats of mob VIZ
olence are heard on the street.
Seeing Is Believing.
A sleptica1 young collegiann confront
ed an old Quaker with the statement
that he did not believe in the Bible.
Said the Quaker:
docs thee believe in France2''
Yes; for though have not seen it. 1
have seen others that have. Besides.
there are plenty of proofs that such a
country does exist.
Then thee will not believe anything
thee or others have not seem"
mo: to be sure won't"
did thee ever. see thine own
brains?"
No
.'Dost thee believe thou hast any?"
The young man was seized with 6t
u silence.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-01
Oneida Indians Hold a Fair.

The Oneida Indians agricultural So
ciety's fair at Green Bay was marked
success. Among the special attrac-
tions was a genuine war dance by
half dozen young bucks" arrayed
in paint and feathers. This was the
first agricultural fair ever given by
Indians and they made most credit
able showing. The display of farm
products, fruit and vegetables was
fully equal to those exhibited by their
white neighbors IN that region.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-01
MoCKING-RIRp MUSIC.
Experience of Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt
Down in Tennessee.

Experience of Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt
Down in Tennessee.
Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt expresses the
opinion that the musical reputation of
the mocking-bird suffers greatly from
its habit of mimicry. On ordinary
occasions, and especially in the day
time, it plays the harlequin, but at
night. during the love season, 1t has "a
song. or rather songs, which are not
only purely original. but also more
beautiful than any other bird music
whatsoever" Once, near Nashville,
he heard mocking-bird sing in way
that he can never forget. He thus de-
scribes his experience:
The moon was full. NY host kindly
assigned me room the windows of
which opened on a great magnolia
tree, where l wa~ told, a moclSing-bird
sang every night, and all night long
/ went to my room about ten O'Clock.
Tie moonlight was shining in through
the open window, and the mocking-
bird was already in the magnolia.
The great tree was bathed in flood
of shining silver; could see each twig,
and mark every action of the singer,
who was pouring forth such a rapture
of ringing melody as have never lis
tened to before or since.
Sometimes he would perch notion
less for many minutes, his body quiv-
ering and thrilling with the outpour
of music. Then he would drop softly
from twig to twig until the lowest
limb was reached, when he would rise.
fiuttering and leaping through the
branches, his song never ceasing for
an instant, until he reached the sum
NIT of the tree and launched into the
warm, scent-laden air, floating in
spirals, with outspread wings, until,
as if spent, he sank gently back into
the tree and down through the
branches, while his song rose into an
ecstasy of ardor and passion.
His voice rang like clarionet in rich.
full tones, and his execution covered
the widest possible compass; tn, me
followed theme. torrent of music, a
swelling tide of harmony, in which
scarcely any two bars were alike.
stayed until midnight listening TO
him; he was singing when l went to
sleep; he was still singing when
woke two hours later; he sang through
the livelong night.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-01
A FISH THAT FISHES.


The Ugly Lophius and How II Secures Its
Daily Food.
would you think. Tommy, that
fish would be cruel enough to fish for
other fishes?"
"Why not, mother, he has got 10
make livirg?"
But WHY does he not catch worms
and bugs and snails and live on sea-
weeds. instead of catching little
fshes?"
"How does he catch them, mother,
and what is his name? / never heard
of such fish,"
many things, Tommy, that you know
now, that you did not know year
ago. IT is very silly thing to say, as
many girls and boys do, when told
anything, i never heard of that be-
foreF Why should they have heard of
it? If they don't inquire and read,
and use their eyes, how are they to
learn anything they did not learn be-
fore?"
Eyes, mother, but do not many
fish catch and devour other fish?''
Yes, Tommy, but this fish that l
was about to tell you of is fisherman
and does not chase fishes. but catches
them as you do"
What, does he go out with fish
pole and an angleworm to ish?"
Pretty nearlyl He is call-1 the
Lophius or fishing frog, or by SC the
frog fish. 1t is sea-fish, which is
shaped like bull head or catfish. and
sometimes grows to the length of two
feet, but its head is more than half the
length of the fish. Its broad mouth is
armed with sharp, curved teeth, and it
catches its food in very curious way.
1t will settle down at the bottom of
the sea, where the water is shallow,
and lie in wait with its mouth wide
open. On the front of its head are
antenn@, or HORNS | suppose you
would call them, being long flexible
spikes, shaped like a whip, which
end in a silvery ornament like the
cracker on the whip Then, as he lies
there, almost invisible. in the mud, he
sees with his half-shut eyes, small
fish come playing along, like boy go
ing to school and looking IN the win
dows to find goodies"
Mamma, does he go to a school of
fshes?"
Tommy, you must listen; when the
little fish sees this silvery baitdangling
in the water, he thinks it must be
something good to eat, aDd says to
himself: %, here lisa chance to get my
dinner cheaply. So he plays about it
awhile, as the Lophius or 'loafer,' as we
had better call him, waches the little
fellow through half-shut eyes. Then
the little fish rushes at the bait, and
tries to swallow it, when frog fish
jumps forward and catches the little
fish in his big mouth, and devours him,
while the mud stirred up at the bot
tom spreads in yellow cloud through
the water and hides the murder. IN.
v Advertiser.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-01
Baptists Protest.

The Wisconsin Baptist association,
in session at GAINESVILLE, demanded
that the gov eminent cease aiding
sectarian schools among the inoiS as
For several years the Baptists have re-
fused such aid. In the last eight
years, however, the government has
put into the hands of other religious
bodies 81, 5000 This the Baptist de-
clare is contrary to the constitution
and provocative of religious contro-
versy and political corruption.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-01
They love Their Homes.

Indian Agent Mercer and his clerks
left Ashland for Grand Portage. Lake
Superior, where they would distribute
So, 800 in cash to the Indians. These
Portage Indians number about 100
families, and live on the most barren
reservation in America, fir ON which,
however, no inducements can get
them to move.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-01
Body of a Man Found.

The body of an unknown man was
found by bevy of girls at North Mil
waukee lying. beside buggy. His
skull was fractured and he had a chest
wound There was an air of mystery
about how the man met his death. 1t
was believed he was murdered, but
the police had no clew to the perpe-
traitor
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-01
Mllwaukee NatIonal Ranls..

The statement of the five national
banks in Milwaukee on October 3
shows loans and discounts amounting
to S13.s17 ,597.7s lawful money reserve,
81, 740, 1854, of which s1,s79,0 3O was in
gold; total resources. 1913, III, 624. SO; in
dividual deposits, S15,746, $40. 70; aver
age reserve held, 81. 80 per cent, which
is 1899 per cent. above the amount re-
quired by law.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-01
Monument Unveiled.

TARRYTowN, n. Y, Oct eO.-This
place presented gala appearance Fri
day in honor of the patriotic boys Of
177e The Immediate cause of the
brilliant display of bunting was the
dedication of the revolutionary monu-
ment on the historic battle hill in
Sleepy. Hollow cemetery. United
States marines and soldiers took part
in the ceremony.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-01
The Preshrterians.

The Presbyterian synod in session
at GAINESVILLE elected Rev. w. F,
Brown, D. D., of that city, synodical
missionary for Wisconsin, and the
present synod officers were elected for
the year. The different reports
show that in Maine, New Hampshire
and Vermont no Presbyterian schools
exist
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-01
The Usual Autumn Crop.

While Fred Rossow and Grant Welsh,
two lads about II years of age, were
in the woods hunting near Green
wood Rossow was mistaken for a
deer by his companion, Welsh, and
shot. The ball from a Winchester
rifle shattered his left arm and en-
tered his side. His recovery was ex-
tremely doubtful.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-01
Brewers Must Abandon Union.

The four great breweries and two
minor ones in La Crosse gave their
employees notice that they must aban-
don the Brewers union or be dis
charged. This action is taken on ,ac-
count CT the boycott declared by the
Grand Labor council against all La
Crosse beer. The cause for this was a
dispute with the coopers
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-01
Another Train Held Up.

FORT WORTH, Tex Oct so he
westbound Texas & Pacific through
train for California leaving here at 9:05
q. m, was rubbed about noon yester-
day 20 miles west Of here. near Cor
don The robbers secured about S20,-
Oo0 from the Pacific Express company.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-01
ON an Errand of Death.

New YORK, Oct. 90. -Four sons of
James Hunter are about to start for
Montana to avenge the murder of
brother by desperadoes at Medicine
Lodge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-01
OUR NEW GRIST MILL


At. the depot is filed with
machinery Of the very latest
and best make. Fine flour
and feed always on hand.
Grist work promptly done.
Our Perfection brand of flour
cannot besurpassed in quality
OF, for baking purposes. Try
it. A sack of it will be given
to the one who brings to the
fair, the best bread made of
our PERFECTION.
LANCASTER MILLING COMPANY.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-01

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devoid OF sensations and Objectionable adyer.
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-01
100
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Given by the Oldest Newspaper
IN New York CITY.

In addition TO the numerous new and original
premiums offered TO subscribers, we propose to
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-11-01
OEMcNAN4RA

KARL'S GLOVER ROOT. the great
Blood Purifier, gives freshness and
clearness II the complexion and cures
Constipation, 25e.. SOC.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-11
VIRGINIA NEWS.

Rev. Edw. Wall, of Hyattsville, Md.
has accepted call to Grace Church
Berlyville.
The democrats of Wyoming have
every prospect of electing the Legisla
lature which will choose two United
States Senators.
Mr.. Taylor Rollins, of Stafford coun
ty, has pear tree which has produced
two crops of pears this season and is il
bloom for the third time.
The steamer City of Lowell, of the
Norwich Line. ran away from the
Priscilla, of the Fall River Line, Tues
day night, in race from New York te
New London, Conn.,, in the fastest time
ever made between the two cities
hours and "a minutes-average speed
2l3 miles.
The postofice at White Post, Clarke
county, was broken open on Tuesday
night and $50 worth of stamps stolen
Several watches were also taken from
| the store. A few nights before Mr.
Gardeners store, at that place, wa:
robbed of several hundred pounds O.
meat.
The Richmond city council last night
passed over Mayor Taylor's veto a reso
luton appropriating 50, 800 for an arm
DRY for company of colored military.
The mayor says in his veto that he
deems it unnecessary, unwise AND
against public policy to maintain color.
ed soldiers n that city.
Robert Boswell, baggage master al
the Southern Railway Company's de-
pot in Orange, committed suicide at
that place yesterday by hanging him.
self in a shed. He was 81 years old
and leaves wife and two children,
The cause for committing the deed is
not known but is supposed to be due to
domestic troubles.
The wharf at Wakefield-the birth
place of Washington-has been com.
pleted. The wharf is of cast-iron
screw piles with timber deck. This
structure is 1850 feet long, which car
ries it out to a depth OF nine feet Of
water. 1t is sixteen feet wide, and has
head 60x4O feet. This work cost
81, 1876, leaving. of the.orginal appro-
priation, 1855 With which to con-
struct the monument it is intended to
erect to Washington.
The steamer Louise, of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railroad, left Newport
News at halfpast ten Tuesday night
for Norfolk. While in Hampton Roads
one shaft slipped, disabling her so that
she was compelled to anchor. The Old
Dominion steamer City of Columbia at
tempted to come alongside, to offer as
distance, and crashed into the Louise,
port side amidship, going through into
the engine room. A panic followed
among the members of the military
company of Norfolk returning from
the Richmond exposition. No lives
were lost.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-11
NEWS OF THE. DAY.

Mrs. Catherine Neale, aunt of Stone
wall Jackson, died at Parkersburg, w.
Va, yesterday.
Mr.. Levi P. Morton yesterday issued
his letter, accepting the republican
nomination for Governor of New York.
Senator Gray, of Delaware, says the
democrats will elect legislature in his
State next month, and member of the
House of Representatives.
Washington is to have spiritualistic
temple in the near future if the plans
of the spiritualists, now in convention
assembled there, do not miscarry.
A large democratic barbecue was held
at Moorefield, Hardy county, w. Va,
yesterday, at which speeches were de:
livered by Hon. VIM. L. Wilson and
others.
Hon. Henry Beatty, of Terra Alta,
w. Va, o. lifelong republican politician
and twice an Office holder under that
party, announces his support of Hon.
W. J.. Wilson for Congress.
At the conference of archbishops in
Philadelphia yesterday the Ancient Or,
der Of Hibernians was approved. In
the evening the Catholic Total Absti-
neuce Society gave banquet to the
prelates.
Gov. Tillman, of South Carolina, has
issued an order suspending all military
officers who refused to go to Darling"
ton, when he ordered them, and pro-
viding that they cannot, in the future,
be members of the militia until further
orders.
Senator Stewart, it is stated. contem-
plates transferring-tos some extent at
least-his interests in Virginia City,
New, to the State of Virginia. He is
negotiating for the purchase of the
Mount Airy estate in Shenandoah
county, one of the most picturesque
stock farms in the Shenandoah Valley.
The northeasterly storm Tuesday
night did great damage to shipping
along the coast from Cape Henry north
ward. On the Newfoundland coast
many fishing vessels were wrecked, and
over 80 lives lost. Teu men were lost
at St. Pierre, and reports from the
Banks state that the hurricane of ten
days ago probably cost the lives of 200
French fishermen. The New Jersey
coast was again badly battered, but as
the storm was very short-lived no very
great amount of damage was done at
any point.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-11
Attempted Robb cry.

WILKsBARRE, Pa, Oct. ILL., d; q
ing attempt was made to hurgla-ize tie
Wilkesbarre postoffice at , o'clock this
morning. When Night Clerk Carney
opened door leading to the main en-.
trance for the purpose of collecting the
mail deposited in a box, a man present.
ed revolver at his head and ordered
him to "hold up his hands" Carney
rushed back into the main department,
slamming the door in the would-be
robbers face. Several other attaches
of the postoffice then blew police
whistles and officers responded. The
would-be robbers, however, had fled.
A man giving the name of Frank
Charles was arrested later, but Carney
could not identify him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-11
THURSDAY EVENING. OCT. II, 10 4
"It is the South that is forcing tn

est is the South that is forcing the
odious income tax upon the North, and
it is very fitting that Southern hands
should collect it. Mr.. Pugb, who is to
be superintendent of the income tax
branch of the Internal Revenue Bu-
reau, is Southerner. He believes IN
squeezing money out of the North, and
his duties will be congenial. Mr.. Mil
Ter, the Commissioner of Internal Rev
enue. is another Southern man, and at
the head of the Treasury Department
stands Southerner Carlisle. The income
tax was passed by .Confederates, and
by them it will be enforced. In the
democratic party the South has COM
plete control, and the income TAX is its
product. Southern hands will take the
money of Northern citizens from them,
and all protests and appeals must be
taken to Southern man as judge"
So says the New York Press, one OF
the leading organs of the South-hating
republicans of the North. But the
democrats of Massachusetts, in State
convention assembled, have just declar-
ed that: "We approve the principle OF
the income tax as return to correct
theories OF taxation"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-11
Murdered.

QUINCY, Ills, Oct. ia double
murder was committed near Liberty
yesterday. ]. c. Lou Miller, blind
man, who, some years ago, was beg
gar, but is now quite wealthy, on Tues
day evening left home, leaving his
wife and her niece, aged ten years,
alone. When he returned yesterday
both were dead. Their skulls were
crushed to pulp. Robbery was evil
IDENTIFY the object of the murderers and it
is believed that the robbers were recog-
nized by the woman and killed her TO
shield themselves.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-11

young, compose the delegates to the
9th annual convention of the Brother
hood of ST. Andrew, which began to-
day at Metzerott Music Hall. The
conventiuh will last until Sunday when
mass meeting will be held. Dele
gates are present from Scotland, Cana
da, and nearly every State in the Union.
1t was noticeable that a large number
of the delegates were young clergymen
of the Episcopal Church. An address
of welcome to the churches and homes
of the city was made by Rev. Randolph
II. McKim. DIR. McKim referred to
the fact that men who had
fought against each other in the
great American civil war, knelt
to-day side by side at the altar of God
and would never again follow any 9th
er flag than that which was the emblem
of united country. His remarks Gre
ated great applause.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-11

THE New YORK democrats have
come out emphatically against the A.
P. A., as they should have done, and
the chairman of their State committee
says: 1.-THE same narrow, medieval
spirit which proscribes citizens because
of their religion or their fatherland,
will, if encouraged, place sumptuary
laws upon our statute books; and the
republican party is further committed
to this last kind of legislation than
many of you think" But, for all this,
there are white Catholics and foreign
born citizens of Virginia who are so
blinded by their prejudices that they
can't see even what is for their own in
terest, and who, acting solely from
prejudice, will vote the republican
ticket next month. But their demo-
cratic fellow citizens will still continue
to protect them from the A. P. A., as
they did from the know nothings.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-11
A One Dollar Verdict.

HAMILTON, Ont. Oct. 11.-Mrs Eliza
beth Beaton, of Huntington, has secured
a verdict of 81 and costs against Editor
Briefly, of the st. Thomas Journal, for
libel contained in an article published in
August, 1898, regarding the mysterious
disappearance ola wealthy old gentle
man named Cicero Harrison Case, who
was lost overheard from the Old Do.
minion line steamer on voyage from
Norfolk, Va, to New York. A wo-
man named Mrs. Oliver who claimed
to be the daughter of Case was with
him on the steamer and was suspected
of knowing more about his death than
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-11

IN AUGUSTA, Georgia, as in all other
places in which the high license has
b.en tried, the result has been the same,
the number of liquor sellers having
been reduced fifty per cent, the income
greater than under the former system,
and the police arrests considerably less.
When will the city council of Alexan-
dria be wise enough to adopt system
that has worked so satisfactorily every
where else?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-11

MAYOR TAYLOR, of Richmond, We
toed bill increasing by $500 an ap-
preparation for negro armory in that
city, for the wise and sufficient reason
that where there are so many negroes,
it is against public policy to maintain
military organizations composed en-
tirely of that race. The Board of Al
dermen, however, passed the bill over
his veto. But, as the GAZETTE has
previously stated, it is not now what
Richmond does, but what it does not,
that is surprising.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-10-11
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.

Quincy, Ill.,, was crowded to-day
with democrats from all over that see
ton to hear Vice President Stevenson
speak.
Two men were killed by frightfal
explosion in coal mine near Keiths-
u g, ILL.,, Tuesday night caused by the
premature explosion of a blast.
The establishment of the Cleveland
Foundry Company and the Enterprise
Desk and Stamping Company at Cleve-
land, O., burned last night. The loss
is $4,000.
At the second days session of the
American Bankers Convention in Bal
timore to-day Comptroller of the U. S.
Treasury Eckels made speech on the
currency question.
twenty-five railway men, including
Eugene V. Debs, president of the
American Railway Union, were indict-
ed at Milwaukee, Wis, yesterday by
the United States grand jury.
A paving contract scandal Indicative
of rottenness to considerable extent
in former city administration and in-
volving half million dollars, was un-
earthed at Lincoln, Neb., yesterday.
GrdnGy Moore, 10 years of age, was
brought to Brownsville, Tenn, yester-
day, charged with having thrown the
switch that ditched the Louisville anG
Nashville vestibuled train at Bells two
days ago.
Corbett and Fitzsimmons met in New
York to-day and agreed to battle some
time after July 1st next at the Florida
Athletic Club, Jacksonville, the club to
fix the date of the fight. The club Of
fred purse Of $41 900.
Nine prisoners escaped from the Mad
ison county Jail at Marshall, n. c., last
night, among them George and William
Cody, sentenced to hang for burglary,
and George Roberts and George Hens
ley, indicted for murder.
George Van Taller, who was in jail ut Che
boygan, Mich, charged with the murder of
Gus Genesmere, committed suicide yesterday
by cutting his throat with razor. In let
ter he confessed to twelve murders.