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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-09-12
ALMOST EATEN ALIVE.
Mosquitoes and Flies Attack Man Who
Escaped Drowning.


Five young men who left the city in
a small sailboat for Greenwich had a
terrible experience. says a Salem On.
j. telegram. One of them. George Tay-
lor, q years old, was drowned and an
other William Warrington, saved him
self by swimming and then narrowly
escaped death from the bites of mos
. quitoes and greenhead flies.
The five had secured work at straw
berry picking on a farm at Greenwich
and expected to begin this morning.
They had reached Dunk's bar, above.
Bayside, when they were struck by a
equal. Despite their best efforts their.
boat was capsized and all were thrownl
into the water. While their compan-i
ions managed to reach the bottom of
the overturned boat Taylor and War
rington started to swim ashore. They
had reached within fifty yards of the
beach when Taylor called to Warning
ton for help. He had become exhausted
and his swimming was slow and meas
ured. Warrington turned about to,
help his friend but as he did so Taylor
sank beneath the surface and rose no
more. Nearly exhausted himself, War
rington turned shoreward again and by
great effort managed to reach it. He
fell in faint amid the rank grass of
the salt marsh. where he was found
several hours later almost dead. He
had suffered untold torture from the
stings of 'greenheads' and mosquitoes,
which swarm in myriads about the salt
meadows. The rest Of the party chung
to the upturned boat and were rescued
by passing vessel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-09-12

The johannesburg correspondent Of
the Standard reports an extraordinary
series of fatalities at Warrenton. where
by a resident lost his whole family in the
space Of a few minutes. Three children
left the house to go 10 their father, q
farmer, who was in the field near. The
three put their hands in a crevice of the
rocks TO obtain birds eggs. Il, this crew
ice there was a deadly snake. which hit
all the three. Two Of them died bef& Y
the third could get home to tell the
mother what had happened. The moth
er, frantic with grief. tried 10 lift the
third child on horse 10 gallop for help.
She pushed him toe lar; ne fell over on
the other side, fraeturing his skull, and
died instantly. The mother re-entered
the house and found a fourth child had
lalen in the bath and been drowned.
The whole family 5.ed within one hour.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-09-12
SIXTH DAY OF sEPTEMBER. A. D.. lss5
ESTATE BERNARD WAGNER.

state Of Wisconsin, County Court Of Grant
County--fn Probate
No ice il hereby given that at the general term
OF the c. unity Court, be neld in and for said
county. AZ the Court Hon IN the City of Ian
caster, in sa'd County, the 1st Tuesday q +
0efeoer A. D 1895 being h Isl day of Oct 1895
IS The hour Of one O'Clock q the afternoon til e
flowing matter viii be heard and Considered:
t. application of John Bernard Wagner
al 10 probate instrument in
IL pu porting n be the last will
and 'est ment 81 Rernard Wagner late OF the
town 81 Paris ia said oun y, deceased.
by order Of the curt
GEO. B. CARTER.
County JUDGE.
Date August 81. 1895 3-3t
Herman Raehner. Attorneg for petitioner
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-09-12
CAUGHT IN A TRAP
Arrest of the Supposed Robbers of IS
Lancaster Music store.

Lancaster Music store
on Wednesday night the music store
Of Kirk johnson, on one of the principal
streetts .Ras robbed of about $500 worth
of instruments. whose aggregate weight
and size was such that it puzzled the.
police to know how they were taken
away, says a Lancaster. Pa, special
ON Friday part OF the stolen goods were
found seereted under tool house and
last night the police set watch there.
resulting in the capture Of Frank and
Fred Bitner. brothers, aged, respective
ly. q and H. The former is a pres
ent under indictment for attempting to-
blackmail prominent business man. In
Fred's pockets was found a quantity
of red pepper and a package of the
same was found in the store the morn
ing after the robbery. A physician whdsi
passed the store on the night it was
robbed saw man in It, who, when no
ticed that he was, observed, picked up
book and carelessly looked through it..
From his description he is believed to
be one of the Ruhle brothers, window
Smashers and general crooks, Of Phila-
delphia, who were intimate with the
Bitner boys, and who was but recently
released from the Eastern Penitentiary.
A little girl was playing jacks on a
doorstep on Water street to-day, when
one of the jack-stones rolled under the
steps She pushed il away, and beside
her jack-stones there lay two banjos
and a guitar. The police then began
an investigation, and commenced nov
ing all the steps along that street. Two
squares away they were rewarded by
finding a SIS music box The search isl
being continued, about $500 worth of in
struments having been so far recovered.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-09-12
Partition sale.

sIA t5; OF WISCONSIN w IS. In Circuit
COUNTY OF GRANT Court
Margaret Sneelode and n. A. English. plain
t1ffs.
vs..
Elizabeth A. Boyle and Patrick Boyle her
husband, defendants.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of
ana pursuant TO a judgment OF partition and
oroer OF sale. made in the above entitled &C
ton At the regular term Of the circuit court
Tor crawford county. Wisconsin the same
being a special term Of the circuit court for
Grant county Wisconsin and said order
bearing date the 3lst day OF May A. D. 1895
the undersi gned sherif If OF said Grant countv
Wisconsin. viii, on the
SIXTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER. A. D., 1925.
at one O'Clock in the afternoon, at the front
door OF the court house, in the CITY Of Lam
caster. Grant comfy. Wisconsin. offer for
sale and sell at public vendue to the highest
and best bidder or bidders for cash. the fol
lowing described real estate, to-wit.
The southwest i OF section twenty-five
60, and me southwest Il Of the southeast
y o1 section sixteen l6). all in town sly a.
north % range i've "a west. in Grant county.
Wisconsin.
Dated Sheriff's once. Lancaster, Wis. this
2;ira Gay Of July, A. D.. 1925
", J. DYER. Sheriff Grant
Co. Wis
BUSHNELL. WATKINS & NOSES. plaintiffs at
torneys. r Q Address, Lancaster Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-09-12
LEGAL NOTICES.
UNREDEEMED LANDS
NOTICE FOR TAX DEED.
(OFFICIAL-)
+ or WISCONSIN
TY CH GIANT. Pr

STATE or WIS, ONSIN, u
COUNTY CT GIANT.
OFFICE or THE COUNTY CLERK
LANCASTER GRANT COUNTY. WIS.
july lst. 1885.
Notice Is hereby gwen that the fol-
lowing described lands and City and
Village lots in the County Of Grant
and State Of Wisconsin were sold BY
the Treasurer Of said County on
lie 10Th. day OF May 1898. for
the delinquent taxes OF 1892, the
amount set opposite to each tract Of
land, city or village lot, is the
amount Of tax. interest and charges
due thereon computed up to the last
day ii redemption.
Now sAerefore unless the taxes and
charges are paid on the follow
ing described tracts OF land, city
and village lots, on or before the
Sixteenth Dag Of Moy. 1896.
the same win be conveyed by
Tax Deed to the purchasers ac-
cording to the provisions OF law.
(Abbreviations:- east, ne north
east, Sc southeast, " west. NV north
west, sw southwest. north. $ south.
com commencing, beg beginning. run
running, &C acre, blk block, it feet,
ks links, chs chains. addn addition.
pit part, adj adjoining. ctg containing.
ex except, und undivided, cor corner,
frac fractional, BID bounded. tn thence,
see section.)
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-09-12
-LoaIsA NJ. WALKER. deceased

ate q Wisconsin, County Court OF Grant
{ oaaiy IN Probate
Notice j. h-reby given. that at the general term
~ he County Curt to be held in and for sai,.
County at the court House IN he City of Iancas-
ter II said county. on the lst Tuesday of October
a , 1895. being the lst day in October 1895. at
the naur 81 one O'Clock il the afternoon the
10 owing matter will be heard and consider q:
The apple iiion Of ". F. dcGonigal as adInini-
stratoT of the estate Of Louisa NJ. Walker late Of
the city # Lan easter. Grant county, Wisconsin,
dece eed for the dust ueut and allowance OF his
fnsi account and the assignment OF the residue OF
said estate 20 such other persons as are by Law,
emit to ne same
by order Of the Court.
GEO. b CARTER
County Jude.
Dated September :. 1897, 30-it
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-09-12

Parker'slAdd. to Boscobel. Town s, Range 8.
Lots II and r. % Unknown. %
Watkins Add.sio Boscobei, Town ?. Range 5.
i-o' -. ...-.2 y Clark &c
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-09-12

OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK
LANCASTER GRANT COUNTY. Wis.
july lst-. 1855.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-11-23

ell alone with old Jehu, CROWN crank
ier an bitterer ev'ry day. As fur him,
les got a pretty little wife an baby, an
yet I'll bet his heart keeps a hankerin'
after the sister that was alwuza mother
to him. An / say it's a shame, an I'm
Jest a goin' to bring 'em together"
He shook his head. at can't be done,
Marthy," he said. "If you bring 'em
together in this house it'll make it on
pleasant for ev'ry II Besides. it'll be
n queer Thanksgivin' for poor Tom and
Susy, fur we've alwuz had sech good
jolly times on this day. Wen all be
like chunks O. ice"
Tom and Susy were as blue as their
father over their mothers decision.
Lots of fun we'll have" complained
Tom. II don't see what mother can
find in Aunt Jane, a regular straight.
laced old maid. Her very looks would
turn sweet milk sour"
II know / shall laugh at her" said
susy. 81 do just love to do something a
little bit improper, just to see how
shocked she looks. She thinks I'm the
boldest, worst-mannered girl she ever
met, | know she does. And she thinks
Toms the sulkiest."
"Susy," said Tom, scornfully, ~ do
wish you'd be a little more particular
rhout your pro,pp,or O,o ,o,1J ,,,
pose ! was the sulkiest girl she ever
met. Don't nnderrate my dignity any
more than necessary. It'll be crushed
enough when Aunt Jane comes. She
isn't our aunt, either-only our second
cousin, thank goodness"
"Oh, mother" tauntingly cried Susy,
there's Tom talking about losing his
dignity because my grammar made him
out a girl. My goodness! Ireckon there
isn't any such thing as dignity unless
it's connected with boy, boy"
"Now do stop your quarreling," ex-
claimed Mrs. Gates. ITS very strange
that you two can't talk without saving
somethin' hateful to each other, I
don't see why you can't behave and
treat each other politely as you do other
peoples brothers and sisters"
"But Susy is SO unladylike," grum.
bled Tom.
sand Tom isso dignified," sarcastical-
ly retorted Susy, that even his W sis.
ter can't touch him with a ten-foot
polei"
"Besides," said Mrs. Gates, severely,
Aunt James had enough to make her
stern and unloving. She was a pretty
girl when her mother died and left John,
only three years old. She was goin' to
be married, but gave that and every
thing all up, to make a home for her
father and John. Then her father got
sick with old-fashioned consumption,
and for long. weary years she took
care OF him and managed tho farm. and
no* sass pt John, TIL Der health give
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-11-23

called out: "Now, John, I'll take care
of Jane, an leave you to take are of
your wife an baby"
They felt Jane suddenly start and
then grow rigid, and then felt more and
more sure, as the miserable time passed
on, that she could never forgive them
for their good-intentioned deception.
She would not speak one word on the
way home, but sat upright and motion
less. The others talked to keep up
appearances" but Il strange wall of ice
seemed to have frozen up between each
one there.
Tom and Susy met them at the door.
filled with mingled humor and appre-
hcnsion. They were too young and in.
experienced and thoughtless to feel
the tragedy in the scene before them.
Their bright, inquisitive, laughing faces
filled the lonely, middle-aged woman's
heart with new bitterness. Then, when
they entered the warm room, everybody
crowded around the baby and Johns
pretty young wife. They tried to in
clude Aunt Jane in the brightness, but
she kept herself persistently aloof. She
wouldn't even take off her hat and cloak,
o wait to warm her hands. but march,
ing straight up to Mrs. Gates, said:
martha, please tell me which room I'm
to have" She added, sternly: "Tll
never, never forgive you, Martha
Gates!"
Poor Mrs. Gates showed her the room
and left her. Then she went into the
kitchen. 'Bijah was there alone. "Oh,
Marthy, Marthy," he said, ~ wouldn't
have had this happen for the world"
shes a-goin' off on the six o'clock
train in the mornin'," half sobbed his
wife, IAN she won't eat no supper nor
breakfast, an she says she'll never for
give me. Oh, 'Bijah, l did it all for tie
best! Surely, Godll help us out. He
alwuz did before when we did the best
we could"
1t was only about six o'clock in the
evening when they reached home from
the train. The DAY had been very mild
and the heavy TO- of the day before
had rapidly disappeared in the warm
sunshine. Suddenly, however, a keen,
fierce wind arose, and when John and
his wife went to bed their panes were
covered with a thick frost in spite of the
fire in the little stove, which on this
night proved inadequate to keep the
large room warm.
John. too, was considerably annoyed
at Martha Gates deception. He would
have done anything to spare his wife
the unpleasantness Of this ill-advised
Thanksgiving gathering.
III hope mas satisfied now," said Tom,
sulkily, as he and his sister were getting
ready to go to their rooms.
"She probably is" Uttered Susy.
u think It's so silly for q girl to bs
giggliag Ill tho time," said Tom,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-11-23
TALlEST IN THE WORLD,
Some Structures That Almost Reach the
Clouds,

The tallest chimney was built at
Fort Dundas, Glasgow, Scotland, 1857
to 1859, for f.. Townsend. 1t was
the highest chimney in the world
(454 feet and one of the Hottest ma
sonry structures in existence. 1t is,
independent OF its size, one of the best
specimens OF substantial, well-made
brick work in existence. In Europe
there are only two church steeples
that exceed this structure in height
namely, that of the Cologne cathedral
(5lO feetl and that of the Strasburr
cathedral H6S feet. The great pvra-
mid of Ti2eh was originally $50 feet.
although not SO high at present. The
United States out-tops them all with
its Washington monument, $50 feet
high, and the tower of the Philadel.
phia public buildings, which is 537 feet
high.
The Eiffel tower at Paris, France.
surpasses all other terrestrial metal
structures with its altitude of nearly
1000 feet. The great tower of Lon.
don, England, in course of construc.
ton from designs OF Henry Davey, c.
f., will out-top all metal structures
being built of steel, and its extreme
height will be 1850 feet when fin.
ished.
The highest and most remarkable
metal chimney in the world is erected
at the imperial foundry at Halsbrucke,
near Frieberg, in Saxony. The height
OF this structure is 452. feet, and II. "a
feet in internal diameter, and is situ.
ated on the right bank OF the Mulde
at an elevation of 2l9 feet above tina,
Of the foundry works, so that its total
height above the sea is no less than
Tito feet. The works are situated on
the left bank OF the river, and the fur.
mace gases are conveyed across the
river to the chimney on a bridge
through a pipe a.927lG feet in length.
The highest artificial structure in
America is the water works tower at
Eden park, Cincinnati. The floor ri
the tower, reached by elevators. is 5o9
feet above the Ohio river. The base is
4o4 feet above the stream. If the
height of the elevator shaft be added
to the observation floor, the grand to.
tai height is $50 feet.
The highest office building in the
world is the Manhattan Life Insurance
Co., of New York city. Its beioht
above the sidewalk is 347 feet, and ita
foundations go down 50 feet below tho
same, being about 20 feet below ths
tide water level, making a total of 4oo
rect The foundation piers consist of
hfteen masonry piers and are carried
by the same number of caissons. Tho
latter were sunk to bed rock bv tho
pneumatic process. The cantilevnr
system was used for the foundations
Machinery.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-11-23

And l think it's just delightful 70
have a dear brother find so much fault
all the time" said Susy.
And wen far into the night Mrs. Gates
lay wakeful and restless beside her
sleeping husband. Her strong, r~esolute
spirit was completely humbled. "Oh,
dear Lord" she whispered, II meant II
all for the best! Amt there no way to
bring EN- t~ogether2 Oh, make a way,"
Vt last a feeling OF sweet peace stole
over her troubled senses and she slept
She awoke very suddenly. Some n
was moving about in the kitchen. She
could hear the stove covers rafting and
other sounds, then startled voices. She
lit a lamp, half dressed herself and en-
tered the kitchen. There were John
and his wife, also half dressed, trying to
give the baby a warm drink.
Everything was confusion for a little
while. The only thing definitely known
and understood was that the baby was
dangerously i'll.
Then 'Bijah was aroused and started
of poSthaSte for the doctor. In the
meantime the baby grew less and less
able to breathe.
The young mother was CRYING pi.-
eously as she held the baby 10 her
breast, John walked about the kitchen
in . perfectly frenzied condition and
Martha looked on helDlcssly
Suddenly a gaunt, stiff form appeared
in the doorway. II was Jane.
Don't any of YOU people know any
thing?' she exclaimed, vigorously.
THAT child's got the membraneous
Group, Give him TO me this minute. l
saved a bahy's life once before the doc
tor came, and reckon | can do it again.
Martha, wan steam, Set the kettles
boiling and give me steam"
How she did hy around. She made a
bed some way and raised over it a
blanket tent, Then under cover of the
blanket she slipped the spout of the tea
meanwhile ordering them TO
place the baby in the bed. Very soon
the little tent was filed with warm,
moist air, and a hot poultice was
on the child's throat. When the
doctorcame the little one was breathing
Jane told him what had been
the condition of the child and Just what
She had done and he said, very emphat-
ically and respectfully; MADAM, you
have undoubtedly saved the child's life.
| should have come too late"
He remained a short time, then left,
and there was Il deep silence amid the
little company. The pretty young
mother went up TO the stern, lonely old
maid, put her arms around her neck and
sobbed on her breast. Jane" she said,
dear sister Jane."
And John? John was crying like a
big baby, and Martha's eyes shone, and
Martha's lips said: "Oh, Lord, | thank
thee''-Rodney Blake, in American Ag-
riculturist.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-11-23
THE THOUGHT OF HOME.
suggested by the Talismanic Words
"ThanksgIyinp Day.r

lfanything has characterized the gen.
uine American, it has been the love of
home, and, if anything has emphasized
hat fact, il has been the festival of
Thanksgiving. What, after the thought
OF obligation to the Giyer of all good, is
suggested by the words "Thanksgly-
ing day. if not the thought Of home?
To millions of people those words are
talismanic. The prince, in the Arabian
tale, had only to spread out his magic
tapestry, seat himself upon it and wish
to lie in a certain place, to be trans
ported to that place as on the wings Of
the wind. Put let the words "Thanks-
giving day be mentioned in your pres
cnce, friend, and. though YOU may be on
the other side of the globe, distance is
annihilated and you are instantly car
ried of and set down on the SPOT to
which you give the dear and ever-sacred
name of home. The place where Won
are landed may be an u~npretentous
city dwelling in a dingy back street, or
a rude, implanted farmhouse in some
out-of-the-way rural district where the
whizz of the trolley and the whistle of
the locomotive are never heard: but
there is no place in all the world for
which you care so much. 1t is home,
and when we have said that we have
sad everything. Could the most COM
Portable Of boarding houses, the most
sumptnous of hotels or the lordliest of
palaces mean so much to you? We
crave your pardon for the question.
Home means to you father and mother,
sister and brother, wife and child. il
is associated in your mind with expert
ences that you would not exchange for
all the gold in the Sierras or all the dia-
monds in South Africa; and if you bless
the memories of the founders of New
England for anything, it is for the in
stitution of a festival that appeals to all
that is best and truest in your nature
and awakens thoughts that sweep the
chords of your soul until it is flooded
with loves sweet Observation-Disclosures.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1895-11-23

out an her nerves got all unStruug
Then she grew awful fretty, an ev'rN
thing bothered her. .hu' John. he neycI
understood how it twas. natter heiI
father died they had a few words, which
led 10 bigger ones. and John called hel
"a mean. ~hatefulold maid, that the world
would be better of If she was out of il.
and she retorted that that was all the
thanks she got for giVin' up ey'rythin'
for him. So they parted. She give
John half Of what the place was worth.
an he bought another in Stamford. An
they've never spoke ene But know
she's most broke her heart over it, an
its q shame"
But how in the world. Marthy," said
Mr.. Gates, "Ain you reconcile two PEG
PIE II they won't be r~econciled2"
That's jest what I'm goin' 10 try 70
find out, father" said his wife. ~ RELY
don't know nothiu' about il. but it does
seem to me as if they two couldn't he in
she same house together. an at a
Thaukscjyin' dinner. too, withou.
;hinkia' Of the past an kinder meltin'.
A there's the baby, too. l s'pose If
will be kinder embarraSsin AT first, but
il We Use tcct. an be reel keerful-"
The UnsuSpecting brother aud sister
both accepted their cousins urgent in
NtariCa 10 spend ThanksSiyin'with her
family. Poor 'Bijah's heart misgave
him o and more - the time passed
on. He didn't have the heart 10 speak !
his diScoGraging thoughts TO his
troubled wife, and he felt that il would
not be loyal 10 her 10 appear to blame
her 10 Tom and Susy, 50 he made a fire
queut con6dant of old Sorrel. the horse.
10 whom he would shake his head and
say: Il never looked for'agd with dread
10 Thanksgiyin' day before, Sorrel, an
| hope | never will ag'in."
On thanksgiving eve, 'Biiah Gates and
his wife were at the depot to meet their
The train from the east came
IN and deposited John and his pretty
Young wife, and his wonderful baby.
Then the train puffed away westward.
'Biiah placed the three newcomers oil
the back seat, then they waited a few
minutes before starting, ostensibly for
the purpose Of talking. Then the train
from the west slid in.
Now Mrs. Gates heart gave a great
jump, and 'Biiah became very nervous
and uneasy, What would Jane say
when they brought her to the carriage,
and she saw who were there?
Mrs. Gates slipped away to meet Jane.
Thank heaven. its too dark for her 10
see. Now if the trainH only start be.
fore she finds it out, Then she can't
DO nothin', but come with us tonight.
anyway. cause there isn't another train
till tomorrow morning"
This train also puttcl Off, Mrs. Gates
TO feel a little shaky, as she es.
corted Jane to the carriage. What
would Jane and John do?
Wall, Jane, said Mr.. Gates. heartily;
glad we've come. step right in on the
front seat with Marthy and me-" Then,
with a fast-beating heart, to let her
know who was in the back seat, he