Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-06-21

Go and see Wonzot, the wonder
worker He has good things to sell.
and good show to amuse you.
DR.. Glasier and A. Z. Lewis, from
Bloomington, had business in Lancaster
Tuesday.
Orlando Themes Esq, of Montfort,
made some of his friends pleasant
call Wednesday.
Thos. NeColIins has Just tiuished
burning kiln of 10000 brick for DR..
j. ID. Reed They are well made and
burned to turn.
Mr.. j. Fl. Iartsook, of Montfort,
took his horse Stent oris t. Freeport
week ago, an took third money ia
the 40 race. One heat was made in
%!
The Lane aster markets quotes wheat
az SOC. O ds 40a C,rn 45c Rye 40c.
Nil o, s s.. BacSwhcat Sl.15 Hogs
81 10, $3.50 Cattle PA Calves q
to 81. Eggs So. Butter Zoe, 1Se.
Saturday oy.n'ng in Madison twenty
two ne were arrested as lramps and
Obliged to APP a, in couit Monday
m1rIiEg Seven were discharged and
tn rest G i snced to various numbers
Of days il j all.
Just b ire George Stewart left Tues.
day morning lie received letter from
Scotland telling lin of the serious ill-
ness OF bis only sister whom he was
gong II visit. This makes his trip
abrJad an anxious one
FRI. Lawrence DeGraff. Principal
of the GAlena high school, has accepted
position at u higher salary, as assis.
tant Superint II 4 ,nt of the Dixon
schools. He will spend the summer
studying law in Chicago. We remem-
her Prof. DeGraf as very superior
penman AMI good scholar.
Mr.. and Mrs. JOAN Schreiner and
daughter Emma, are now in Berlin,
Germa ~. Thew were all seasick on
the voyage ard Mr.. Schreiner is some-
what weak from the effects but other
wise is in rather better health than
when he LEFT here.
Part Of the powder mill near Platte
vile blew up last Tuesday afternoon as
2 o'clock. TIE portion destroyed it
known as the oyhnder-mill and it had
Just been charged with about $50 kegs
Of green powder, and had been started
about ten m nutes when the explosion
to * place. the cause is mystery.
The report was heard here and at Du-
bnque and sounded like clap of thun-
der Leman Bros. show was Just about
TO begin its performance in Plat 3vile,
bat when the crash came and the huge
C Jlumn Of SIN oke shot up into the air,
wheels, heels, horses, buggies, wagons
and carriages went pei mel toward
the ! 0 4der mills, and the big elephant,
and the boxing kanga % were forgotten.
No body was hurt and the circus suffer-
I'd as much loss as the powder-m
Work has commenced on a new cylin-
der mill aud i. VII b ready IN short
time.
The toll strike is an end The I'm,
promise effected at Columbus on Mon
iav has been accepted by the large
chi nifty 0; the mite 5 aud in the few
districts whe 70 there still exists discon.
ent the strikers must accept the com
promise terms, for without the coopo-
ration Of all tle districts they can win
% concessions from the operators
The compromise agreed on could Just
BIS well have been reached sig weeks
ago had the miners and operators
shown p spirit of mutual int crest.
But with strange obduraey both
sides held olt against compromise
" hie the divers on cost tbs miners
$500. 600, for every day Of idleuess
and the operators much more. While
they locked horns, railroad men and
factory operatives throughout the
were made lie because of the
coal famine, and anarchy prevailed in
the coal regions The coal strike is
Iorcibe instance of the necessity Of de-
vising some scheme eff arbitration to
prevent conflicts of labor and capital.