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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-14
A city clubs Work.

Although W. I. Steals scolding in
1898 raised a jeer and sheer on ths
countenance Of Chicago, there is no
doubt that scolding brought to a head a
movement that had long been agitating
the thoughts Of respectable citizens
there. At any rate the 23d Of last No
vember there was formed the Civic
Federation Of Chicago. It's object. as
stated in a report Of the meeting in No
vember, was 1.-THE concentration in one
potential, nonpolitical, nonsectarian cen
ter all the forces laboring to advance
municipal, philanthropic, industrial and
moral interests, and to accomplish ali
that is possible toward energizing the
public conscience of Chicago.
The federation now numbers 1O, 900
members, men and women. All the
money it uses is contributed by private
subscription, and the statement has late
ly been made that still more money
would be contributed if the federation
needed it.
The organization has been in active
working existence not quite year
Here are some of the things it has done
1t has suppressed the gambling houses Of
Chicago Appointments to offices in the
city and in Cook county have been put
under the civil service system and are
made under merit examinations. The
citizens Of Chicago raised fund of $50, :
600 for the punishment of rioters and
illegal voters at the April election. The
streets of the business portion Of the
city are cleaner than they ever were be-
fore. Iron boxes are affixed to the lamp
posts TO receive waste paper.
The federation has its own street in
spectors, paid from its own fund. Filthy
bakeries and doubtful milkshops have
been done away. To keep politics for
ever ont of the organization a rule was
made that no member should be city
official. The federation has further I'M
deItaken the task Of Kidding the city of
professional beggars and of reforming
the unsanitary conditions of tenement
houses. The approval of public senti-
ment is what made the society's work
possible.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-14


The crop of beet sugar in the sea.
son of 1S77-7S was / ,420,S27 tons.
The crop of the season of 1S94-9 50
reaches 1900, 1000 tons, an increase in
seventeen years of about $50 pei
cent. This enormous increase in
the production of sugar in Europe
necessarily arises from the fact that
the indu, try is more profitable to
those e gagged in it agriculturally
and in sugar manufacture than are
other industries. The gradual
awakening OF the beet growers and
sugar manufacturers in Europe 10
the grand opportunity that the sugar
industry offered them as new and
profitable crop has finally so affected
every leading continental nation in
Europe that we find all of them legis-
lating carefully to foster their sugar
industry, with the results of enormous
production in excess of the home con-
sumption, until now, with their
great crops, they are competing with
each other actively for the good will
OF the only two large buyers left TO
them-Great Britain and the United
States. Louisiana Planter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-14
November Literary Note.

A complete and immediate revolu-
ton OF transportation methods. in
volving a reduction of freight charges
on grain from the West to New York
of from 30 to 60 per cent, is what is
predicted in the November Cosmopoli-
tan. The plan proposes using light
and inexpensive corrugated iron CYL
inders, hung on slight rail support
ed on poles from cross arn-the
whole system involving an expense OF
not more than fifteen hundred dollars
mile for construction The rolling
stock is equally simple and compar-
atively inexpensive. Continuous
lines Of cylinders moving with no i'm
tervals to speak of would carry more
grain in a day than a quadruple track
railway. This would constitute a
sort OF grain-pipe linz The Cos
mopolitan also points out the probable
abolition of street cars before the
coming horseless carriage. which can
be operated by boy on asphalt
pavementa at total expense for la
Dor, oil and interest of not more than
one dollar a day.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-14
Proposed New Apportlonment

MIR. A. j. Turner, clerk of the
legislative apportionment committee.
has completed his apportionment OF
the state into senate and assembly
districts. which will be submitted to
the committee in the form Of a report
at its meeting Nov. 20.
According to this plan Lafayette
and Grant counties. population 3d.
S60will constitute the Tenth Senatorial
District and Crawford. Richland and
Iowa, population 60, 269 will consti-
tute the Eighth.
The assembly Districts for Grant
county are as follows.
First District Towns of Blooming
ton, Boscobel, Castle Rock, Clifton
Fsnnimore. Hickory Grove. Lancaster,
Liberty, Little Grant, Marion. Mill
vile, Mt. Hope. Mt. Ida, Muscoda,
Watterstown, Wingville, Woodman,
Wyalusing. population 1920.
Second District Towns of Beetown,
Cassville. marlborough. Glen Haven,
Hazel Green, Harrison. Jamestown.
Lima. Patch Grove, Paris. Platteyille,
Potosi, smelser, Waterloo, population
1903.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-14
The Outlook bright for %.

More than usual Importance attach
es to the recent elections. In sew
en- or eight typical states the votes
have emphatically condemned the
principles and administration of the
Democratic party. The free trade
sentiment has received blow from
which it will not soon recover. Pro-
lection and progress must be in
scribed on the banner of the succe $
full party of the future.
In '92 the people were led to be-
lieye that it would be wise to place
the management Of national affairs
completely in the hands of the demo-
Gratis. They did so and the resulting
generalization to business and hui
initiating foreign and domestic poll
eies have convinced them that four
years of that kind are enough.
That the next president will be a
republican is almost a forgone con
clusion.
Even the solid south that group Of
states that for nearly half a century
has been held together by race preiu-
dice and the bitterness of defeat in
the civil war-eyen the solid south is
broken and her people will in the
future be guided in part at least by
their judgment rather than BY their
passions.
Another result Of the election ii
the failure of the free silver idea to
draw votes TO its advocates. That
the voters Of the Union have no
patience with I'll visionary theories
Of the free-silverites seems abundant
ly proved.
The friends Of honest money and
honest government have asserted
themselves, and in a way to inspire
the brightest hopes for the future.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-14

The gods help only those who help
themselves. The farmers lot is in some
respects an undesirable one because he
does not have the conveniences and So
cial advantages the city dweller pos
sesses. But there is no reason why he
should not have them. He can get them
every one for himself.
The isolation in rural life is not at
all necessary. In the fertile Genessee
valley the beautiful village Of Avon is
largely farm settlement. Well to do
agriculturists have their homes there,
with grounds about them large enough
to accommodate only the necessary
amount of poultry and live stock The
village has beautiful shaded, graded
and lighted streets, with city water
works. The church, the school, the post
office, the grocery, blacksmith shop and
dry goods store, as well as the doctor are
within few minutes walk of every one
Of these rural homes. In the morning
the farmers go betimes in their wagons
to the outlying farms. accomplish the
days work there and return to rest, So
cial life and recreation.
What the Genessee farmers have done
their class everywhere else can do.
There is a decided movement in that
direction now. French farmers live in
villages Ia Minneapolis farm colony
has been formed which will be watched
with interest throughout the country It
is called the Sismondi Cooperative as
ISOLATION and is organized as a stock
company. Its stock is So share. When
So, 900 shall have been secured, tract
of land will be bought in com ION. It
will be farlned in common, AZ it as
we'll as the live stock and agricultural
machinery Will be owned il common.
There, however, community owner
ship ends Members of the association
will live in village which has city i'm
provements They will purchase their
own lots and build houses upon them as
individual owners. With their means
combined these cooperative farmers
will have every advantage of machinery
and cheap purchase. They can buy and
sell to far better purpose than the iso-
lated ruralist can who must do every
thing single handed. Thus the best two
features of modern progress, combined
labor and individual homes with all
conveniences, will be had by these pio-
neers of cooperative farming.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-14
petrolt.s nrainr Mayor

Mayor Pingree has broken out again
in a new spot. The people are never
unprepared, however, for a fresh
eruption from the versatile Detroit ex-
ecutive. His resources are not bound
BY the limitations OF few potato
patches. and the little matter of rum
ming city Ike Detroit and capturing
the nomination for fourth term does
not occupy the Pingree intellect to
the exclusion OF other weighty con-
Germs. Mayor Pingree has been max
ing a study of the convict labor prob
lem. He believes that the conyicts
should be placed on a state farm and
employed at fancy farming. such as
raising French peas and mushrooms
and other products that do not COM
pete with the ordinary farm products.
He believes they can be taught in this
manner to have a genuine love for the
soil and can thus be started in use
full and productive pursuit that will
to a large extent destroy the criminal
tendency. Simultaneous with Pin
gree's statement of his plan for the
employment of convicts comes the
launching Of his presidential boom in
a Detroit paper. Recent events show
ing Pingree's popularity indicate that
Pingree as presidential possibility is
not so much of joke after all.
All of which shows what new kind
of brain may do in country where
there is no law against a fecundity Of
ideas.-Chicago Times-Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-14

We offer one hundred dollars re-
ward for any case of catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY u Co, Props, Toledo. o.
We. the undersigned, have known
f, J. Cheney for 5 years and believe
nim perfectly honorable in all busi-
ness transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligation made
by their firm
WEST 4 TRrAN, Wholesale druggists.
Toledo O.
NALpING. kINNAN 4 MARVIN. Whole.
sale Druggists Toledo. q.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
naliy, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system.
Price '5c per bottle. Sold hv all
druggists, Testimonials free.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-14

A brief paragraph can hardly do
Justice to the interesting announce
ments which the Youths Companion
makes for the coming year. Not
only will some of the most delightful
story-writers contribute to the paper
but many of the most eminent states
men. iurists and scientists of the
world. No fewer than three cabinet
ministers are announced, among them
being the secretary of agriculture,
who chose for his subject '.Arbor
Day" the celebration of which he
originated; Secretary Herbert writes
on what the President of the United
States does" and Secretary Hoke
Smith on .sOur Indians"
In fascinating group of articles
under the head of How / served my
apprenticeship. Frank r. Stockton
tells how he became an author, Gen.
Nelson A. Miles gives "reminiscences
OF his army days and Andrew Car
negie recalls his earliest struggles in
getting a business footing.
The publishers of the Youths Com
panion make the following liberal Of
fer: New subscribers who will send
at once their name and address and
$40 will receive free a handsome
four page calendar for 1896 & \ 10 in.
Autographed in nine colors. the re-
tail price Of which is 80 cents. Tn,
Companion free every week until
January /, 1896, the Thanksgiving,
Christmas and New Years double
numbers free and the Youths Com.
panion tifty-two weeks. full year tc
January l, 1895. Address.
The Youths Companion.
1875 Columbus Ave, Boston.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-14

Those state commissioners who are
trying TO promote uniform legislation
among the various states of the Union
ought to be encouraged. At present a
man may be lawfully divorced in one
state and a married man or a bigamist
in another. In one state he may be a
fully qualified voter, in another he is
arrested for violation of election laws
If he attempts to cast his ballot A man
may be guilty Of crime in one state
when he could do the same thing in an
other one and go scot free It, has been
suggested as a remedy for this that the
national government take up the matter
and enact legislation of general applica-
tion, as it has already done in case of
postal, bankruptcy and other laws But
then would certainly rise the cry of CEN
tralization from the state rights advo-
Gates, and there would be reason in the
cry. 1t is better for the separate states
TO move in the matter and make uniform
laws of their own accord. The divorce
laws are perhaps those that need the
most thorough oyerhauling. Distressing
complications frequently arise here in
cases where the property rights and the
rights Of children are involved.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-14
Teach Good English.

immigration to this country is in
creasing again. and with it comes in
creased corruption of the English Ian
guage Teachers the country over must
redouble their efforts to make their
pupils speak and write correct English.
1t as fact in our large cities that at
least half the public school pupils are of
foreign parentage. The English they
use is a horror. Many Of them attend
school q number of years. They can cal
culate corr ectly and know geography
and United States history. But it seems
somehow ms if they never do learn de-
cent English The composition of their
written examination papers is something
fearful and wonderful sois their spell
ing. 1t gives rise in the unprejudiced
mind to the wonder what public schools
are for.
Certainly these schools signally fail
TO teach the pupil correct English Far
too little attention is paid to compost
tion and the correction of the pupils
habitual speech There ought to be a
drill class in these subjects several times
week If it is objected that there is
not time then, again. what are schools
for?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-14

Every dog has his day So, apparent.
ly, has every sheep and goat The bean
tiful Angora goat, with its lustrous
fleece, has not been particularly profita-
BILE to its owner for some years But
sud denly 4 caprice of fashion demanded
that mohair fabrics should be the vogue
again. The price of the wool of the An
CORA goat was "a cents pound when
fashion took the mohair freak. Within
few months the wool has advanced
105 per cent in price. The moi,air weav
ing firm whose mills cleared them So
600, 900 in less than five months can af.
ford To take a trip around the world II
is agreeable to know that little of this
prosperity viii also reach the man who
raises the goats and the wool The An
CORA goat has been bed i'll the south.
west more extensively than elsewhere
in this country. One ranchman in Texas
was fortunate enough to have flock Of
1000 of the goats at the very time the
mohair craze struck The fabric former.
~ called alpaca is that now known a.
mohair
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-14

The put upon dwelier in the suburban
village will send forth a hearty prayer
of thanksgiving to Mr.. Thomas Cald-
well of Newburg, N. y. Mr.. Caldwell
is an inventor, and what his latest
achievement is may be- gathered from
the question which started the idea to
working in his brain. 1t was this, and
it was put to him by his l9-year-old son,
why don't you take lawn mower and
attach it to the front of bicycle instead
of the front wheel?" The idea took. .
The result is the cycle mower. which is
warranted to make the moving of the
front yard just fun. The boys will cry
for it. All the man who mows has to dc
is to just pedal. The front of the thing
is an ordinary lawn mower; the back is
the hind wheel of bicycle
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-14

An important work Of the next few
years will be the search for low grade
gold veins and the invention of methods
for extracting the precious metal from
them cheaply In many Of the states Of
the Uuion these low grade veins are
known to exist, hut they We're not
thought rich enough to pay for mining
the ore. Now. however. it is different,
and every indication of gold is carefully
watched. II may be that the tIace of
gold found in the neighborhood of Os-
wego, n y. Will he worth following
up. Perhaps the veins of gold already
known 20 exist IN the province of On
tario run underground and crop out
also in New York. The sample of ore
found at OSwego assayed at the rate of
$50 TO the tom. which would pay wen if
more could be found like it,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-14
DEMOCRATIC statesmanshlr.

Now that people have So emphatic
ally rebuked the party Of free trade
and destruction of home industry, the
leaders are looking for new issue,
and the startling suggestion is made
that President Cleveland will be
urged TO provoke war with some
foreign country in the forlorn hope
that in some way such course would
draw support TO the democracy
Think OF Cleveland as Jingo,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-14


reasonable terms. Call at my office
for printed list.
/ have 500 acres of choice farming
lands in South Dakota, Sully county.
all in one body, one-half mile wide
and mile long, forty acres under
cultivation on south and an elegant
hay meadow on north /, One-half
mile from school house and eight
miles from county seat. 1t is all No.
! farming land as there is not an
acre on it but what can be cultivated.
The soil is dark, rich deep black
loan, gently rolling, no hills or ra-
vines. VIII exchange this excellent
property for Lancaster property, i'm
proved or vacant and give a good.
square deal. This is an excellent
chance for speculation. or win sell
same for cash at bargain.
Five room house, woodshed, cistern.
desirable location. blocks west of
Court house. $1,000.
A new residence in western part of
the city for sale cheap for cash. The
best bargain in the city. Call and in
vestigate.
}. w. Altizer
Real Estate Agent.
ONCE over Baldwin's Jewelry Store.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-14

The League of American Wheelmen
have tinanciered so successfully that
their organization is out of debt, has
good surplus and is ready for aggressive
action in the matter of good roads aud
bicyelerS' rights. There is something in
bicycle riding itself that is conducive
to clear medicines and businesslike
promptness
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-14

Ii begins to look as if the World S fair
business was being run into the ground.
With the show in Mexico open whole
year in 1896. and the great fin de steele
exposition in Paris in 1900, saying
nothing of several small ones that inter
vene, people may well become weary Of
the same features over again. 1t is al
most impossible to find anything new
now.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-14

Each mind hath its own method.
A true man never acquires after col
lege rules. What You have yourself
aggregated in a natural manner sur
prises and delights when it is pro-
duced. We cannot oversee each 9TH
er : secret. Emerson.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-14

A great deal OF nonsense is current
in the press Of the country about the
advisability OF nominating W. O.
Bradley, the newly elected governor
Of Kentucky. for wee president. Brad
ley may be all right but he lacks eN-
perienee in public affairs requisite for
the nigh office of vice president Let
the honors the nation has to bestow
go to men who have proved them
selves great by a long course Of wise
and patriotic service in the councils
of the party and the nation.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-14

The glass industry is booming ags
in almost every place where glass is
made. 80 are many other Industries
Good times are com X back.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-14

The browning achievement If the
German language has been reached in
the following word Leichenzugsge-
Observation-Disclosures, In Eng
ish il means the speed 1t which fu-
neral procession moves.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-14

According TO the details furnished
by the eleventh census, the estimat-
ed value of all the farm products
raised in this country in 1889 was
81, 400. 107, 454.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-14

The democrats carried New York
City but the party generally is not
boasting very much about il
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-14

The Milwaukee Journal has not
really made up its mind whether The
recent election was case OF Demo
cratic Gains" or specter Of the panic
OF rs
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-14

Maryland. NJ Maryland" is a
popular song with republicans uow-a-
days.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-11-14
Real Estate !!

! nave some choice city
property, lots and farms
which can be bought on
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1895-08-06
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