Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-08-01
Around Us.
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The heaviest rain storm we have
had Tor wears, accompanied with hail
sld considerable wind visited this
section on Friday afternoon last, the
hail doing great damage to corn,
many fields being completely ruined,
while the flood swept away fences,
bridges, spring houses and everything
that was on the ground near a branch.
The Calvert boys at Benton lost forty
fat hogs and a crib in which was 500
bushels of corn. About three miles
of the track of the G. & NV railroad
was washed out; trains are running
no farther than this place at present.
Our town was visited BY burglars
on Thursday night last. Three dwell
ing houses were entered. Gus
Schmidt was robbed of a poeketbook
containing $12; at Mat Brynes they
secured his watch and hat, and at Ed.
McCormack's they made the raise of
a dollar and and a match box. Con-
stables Laird and Williams arrested a
tramp next morning near Elmo and
brought him to town, bat nothing
aould be proved against him and he
was released.
1t appears that Secretary Hoke
Smith is making a series OF speeches
in Georgia. Here is a sentence in one
of them. 1T is a source Of gratifi-
cation to democrats To know the trou-
bles of 1898 were brought upon the
.ans4ta+r.- ltr- Ella -, ,xrs@o 1a.~4-l ,4sot, -
the previous administration. Truly
there must be great consolation in
that thought. ii it were only true
there might be a slight source Of graf
iication in it, but the worst of it is
il IS utterly false. 1t was the expect
alton that the legislation Of the previ-
u congress would be repealed and
nothing else that brought on the trout
lie of '93. The country prospered
under that administration as it never
did before, and when a party came in-
to power pledged 10 undo everything
that had been done 20 make prosper
ity possible. then the trouble began
and not until then. and the great
body Of people understand this per-
fectly. Further on he say Let the
daily news that factories are again at
work and that one million wage earn
ers have had their wages increased. "
Yes, but how much of an increase?
AS much as they had formerly been
cut down? Hardly. Now and then q
firm does increase the wages of it's
employees ten per cent. but they had
previously cut them down thirty to
forty per cen from the wages of '92.
And why are they raisedp Simply be-
cause business men know that the
democratic party has no further pow
er to enact vicious legislation and
that whatever changes are made will
be made in the interest of the United
States instead of foreign countries.
He then says I'VE will go to the
country in 1897 with the democratic
party fighting further high-tariff leg
1slation, opposing bad money and as
sured of success. Very good, but as
no one but democrats are trying to
foist bad money on the country that
part of the fight will be a family
quarrel. There is one point he fails
to mention which Will swamp the par
ty and that is the infamous course he
has pursued in regard to pensions.
There are thousands of old soldiers
who voted the democratic ticket,
thinking that a change would benefit
the country, who are moi at all salts
fled with the change they received
and will not be caught the second
time. The laboring men will no long
er be fooled with the cry of high
wages and cheap goods. He is also
very careful not to mention the defic-
it in the revenues. the increase in the
public debt and the big balance of
trade that is piling up against US in
this administration. None of their
| speakers are anxious to discuss those
subjects. AGITAToR.
Admission to the fair grounds Ath-