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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-01-03
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.



uenerai rains fell throughout ne
braska. the first time since July 3.
The Commercial bank at ST. Joseph,
Mo, failed for s27O, 600; assets, sS25,-
600.
Dr. john Lord. historian and lee
turer, died at his home at Stamford,
Conn.
The Office of the Denver Times was
destroyed by fire, the loss being
$50, 200.
Philip Crow, a Kansas City bar
tender, killed his wife and then com
mitted suicide.
The Kearney (Neb national bank
closed its doors with liabilities of
about SIPS. 900.
In Boston tenement house James
Murphy fatally shot his wife and then
killed himself
Job Batty's Sons, an old Philadel-
phia carpet and yarn establishment,
failed for $500, 600.
Two gold leads of fabulous richness
were struck by drillers at Iowa Gulch,
southwest of Lillian, Col
Ten men were injured, several fatal
ly, by an explosion of gas in the Vul-
can mine at Newcastle. o.
The damage by the recent earth
quake to the cathedral at the City of
Mexico was estimated at $500, 900.
John Hall and his wife, New York
acters, were asphyxiated, Hall having
turned the gas on while he was drunk.
United States officers arrested mem.
bers of gang of counterfeiters in
oklahoma and captured much spurious
coin.
An automatic telegraph transmitter
has been invented which, it is said,
will send 200 words minute over the
wire
Judge Sewers, for fourteen years a
member of the Iowa supreme court,
was stricken with paralysis at Oska-
loosa.
An unsuccessful attempt was made
near Upper Sandusky, o., to wreck the
Pennsylvania New York and Chicago
limited.
The remains of Count Ferdinand de
Lesseps were inferred in the Church
of St. Pierre de Chaillot, just outside
of Paris.
The Easterly Harvesting company at
Minneapolis has made an assignment
Liabilities are $3.50, 742; claimed assets,
SSs5, obs.
William Strausbaugh, maker OF
spurious coin, and two confederates
were captured by federal officers at
Tiffin, o.
The republican state committee of
California will contest the election of
James H. Budd as governor before the
legislature.
The Lexow idea has reached San
Francisco, where the clergymen are
organizing a movement to purify mu-
nicipal morals.
Two masked men held up Smyth
Taylor at Greenville, Tenn, and
robbed him of S.. 900 which he had just
drawn from a bank.
Frank Rowley. of Wisconsin, has
been granted a patent upon an express
car calculated to withstand the a S
saults of train robbers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-01-03
COULDN'T FOOL HIM.
How Gen. Grant Was Held Up by Old
Bile Oliver.

A new story of Gen. Grant was told
the other day by resident of Wash
iugton county, Pa: 'I'll never forget
how old Bile Oliver, who kept the toll
gate at Washington on the old Wheel
ing pike, held up Gen. Grant for toll, !"
he said. Bile was annoyed great
deal by the college boys who drove
over the pike. They worked upon his
credulity, promising to pay toll on
their way back. Many a nickel has
been lost to the old tolll1eeper. for he
is kind-hearted fellow, and often in
the face of better Judgment RENTED
the toll until they returned But the
boys, like that letter, never came; they
took another route home, thus eluding
old Bile. Upon one of Grants visits
to Washington, during his administra-
ton, a young Mr.. smith. who was then
in college. took him out one day for 9
drive. As they came near the toll
gate on the Wheeling pike old Bile
caught sight of them. He went out to
his house, took hold of the rope and
pulled the pole down, obstructing the
road. Smith greeted Bije in familiar
way, and said: Look here Bile, we
4 n.
Grant with me here Bije looked up
with sardonic smile. He had just be-
gun TO see through the tricks of the
college boys and was not going to al
low himself TO be gulled any longer
So he replied: i don't give a darn if
You have Gen. Grant with you; you'll
have to pay toll or you can't get along
here. Then he ad.ed in a most sar-
castle way. with leer: Gen. Grant!
You must take me for fool Really
persisted young Smith, this is Gen.
Grant. But Bile got angry at his APP
parent impudence and said, angrily:
Grant or no Grant, you pay toll See
ing that he was adamant, Gen Grant
put his hand down into his pocket and,
after tossing him a coin. drove on.
laughing at the incident. He often re-
lated the incident afterward, and it
seemed To amuse him greatly. Pitts
burgh Dispatch.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-01-03
INDIFFERENCE TO DANGER.
4 Confederate Who DEMONSTRATED That
lie Was Not Easily Skeart."

a Confederate Who DEMONSTRATED That
l~~S lie Was Not Easily Skeart."
Absolute Indifference To danger I'M
der the most perilous circumstances
has been the characteristic of the Tex
as soldier from the days of sam Hous-
ton. An illustration of this fact came
under my observation in 1864, when
Gen. Warren with several thousand
troops occupied the town and PENN
sula of Indiauola on the coast of Texas.
The confederate cavalry regiment to
which / belonged did picket duty
around lndianola, while the main
force of the confederates was encamped
about five miles from the town. Every
night a detachment Of cavalry APP
preached within a short distance of
the federal Notifications, watching
every outlet, and retiring at daybreak
One night two confederate pickets
were on guard on the main road to the
town. They were Buck" Graves and
sam" Gazely. While thus sitting on
their horses they got into a dispute.
Gazely maintained that the federal
troops had evacuated the town Graves
admitted that the "YanlSsN we're living
low, so as to encourage the confeder-
ates TO make a night attack. which
was being arranged. Moreover that
very night Graves, who had lived in
lndianola before the war and knew
every inch of the ground, had crawled
up IN the darkness and located q large
federal picket just outside of the
trenches TO the left of the very road
they were guarding Gaxely. however
remained incredulous
The result of the discussion was that
they bet pair of saddle-hags agains'
two hundred dollars in deprecated
confederacy currency on the question
IT issue, and proceeded 10 settle tbs
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-01-03
AUSTRALIANS CLIMATES.

1t Has More Varied Assortment Than
Almost Amy other Land.
What is our idea of the Australian
climate? 1t is most probably news to
us to be told-perhaps we have never
even thought of it-that in one colony
of New South Wales, in parts, the in
habitants experience winter like Can
ada and summer like Jamaica. in
Kiandra says All the Year Round, a
mining town on the borderland be-
tween New South Wales and Victoria,
there is no communication with the
outside world for four months in the
year except by the use of snowshoes
Snowshoe races are organized, and the
mail man has to use these means of To-
comotion.
At the same time in Queensland the
sun will be pouring down in over
towering strength, drying all before
him and making water dearer than
wine. To continue the tale of this di-
versity of climate, in part of northern
Queensland the rainfall and vegetation
are not unlike those of Ceylon; in the
northern rivers of New South Wales
canebrakes flourish as moist and lux
uriant as in Jamaica; in the west of
the same colony long file of camels
laden with merchandise has become a
common object. And in Tasmania
Assam hybrid tea plants grow side by
side with barley, maise and potatoes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-01-03
DRAWBACKS OF FREE LIBRARIES
The Particular Book You Want Is Always
Out and the System of Fine, Annoying.

The Particular Book You Want IL Always
Out and the System of Fine Annoying.
Here is one mans .experie nee of a
free circulating library: Il gave my
reference and took out my first book
1t was good to scan the library list and
see the amount of literature / could
read free. The second time l wrote,
according to the rule, the list of cabal-
istic figures which index the book, and
after nearly half hours delay ! was
told that the one / wanted was out
Then put down fresh sets of figures
and wasted more half hours, but they
were all out until finally took in
desperation "a book recommended me
by the young woman who disappears
for such an age to make the searches.
This book proved SO uninteresting that
i brought ii back next day and again
went through the figure list business
and the half hours of waiting, until |
wound up by repeating my previous ex-
perience and taking a book by recon-
mendation.
Il threw it aside on reaching home
and forgot / had it until postal warn
ing me of the due of one cent for every
tAti OFEA Two nGGhS III WHICH 4 AliA ~
had now set in. / turned up with it
when eight cents were due, took out
another | didn't want and forgot it
until eleven cents were due, kept up
the business of figure lists, waitings,
books didn't call for and fines after
ward throughout year until might
far better have bought straightout the
books wanted, but never got.
SAT last one time with book in my
possession | left town. A siege of
postals and of visits from mysterious
looking man kept my servant busy. I
had forgotten all about the book, and
my friends were indignant over the
dunning of this individual. On my re-
turn to town l found that my refer
ence had been called upon to pay for
the book which | was in the position
of having stolen from the library, and
that my reputation was in an unpleas-
ant fix. | now pay for my books
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-01-03
COSTLY AND HARD WORKED.
Circus Horses Run in Value from $4,000
to Sc. 900 When Thoroughly Trained.

Circus Horses Run in Value from $4,000
to $4,000 When Thoroughly Trained.
"A good circus horse is most expen-
sive purchase" said trainer to a
writer for Harrison's Magazine. ''as-
you may judge when / tell you that |
frequently pay as much as 81, 800 for a
single animal before it has been
trained. have one black horse now in
my possession which would not part
" ith for s. 600 although it is only en-
ployed in the ring. Last year when
was exhibiting near New York city a
New York millionaire and his family
visited my exhibition and were so
much impressed with the beauty and
grace of this noble animal that he of
fered me 81. 500 for her, but | declined
the offer. An ordinary thoroughbred
Kentucky horse bought for 81 500 is
worth to me when thoroughly trained
for the circus ring anywhere from
$500 to s., GOO. American thorough
bred horses, although they are more
difficult to train by reason of their fine
organizations and excitability, are far
and away the best animals for perform
ing purposes. They stand work and
are fit to be put in harness soon after
going through their tricks, l am the
owner of 300 horses, and | guarantee
that every one of them is sound and
perfect. Remember, horse for my
purpose has to be sagacious, and | re-
iect an endless number before fixing on
a clever one. Horses differ entirely as
regards intellect. As an instance | NAV
tell you that two and one-half years is
occupied in training some horses. while
two or three months may suffice for the
thorough tuition of others / took nine
months. by the way to teach horse
to catch bali in his mouth, but by
far the hardest task is to induce big
horse to jump over pony. expect to
give this act during the coming sea-
son
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-01-03
WAR "REMINISCENCES.
AN OLD SOLDIERS CONFESSION.
He Never Participated la Fight without
being Most Horribly Afraid.


he Never Participated in a Fight without
Being Most Horribly Afraid.
"In a number of years of active serv-
ice during the war" said an old sol
der recently, u must confess in all
honesty that my bosom never swelled
with the enthusiasm of heroes that
you hear so much about. On the con-
trary / experienced more fear than
anything else. / always did my duty,
but / am forced to believe that the
feelings ! had when drawn up in line
of battle were shared by my compan-
ions, who never dared to acknowledge
them. Facing a large body of men with
guns, and not knowing what moment
one of them will send ball through
YOU, is not a situation to make man
feel exultant. In my case | was always
ready and willing to turn and run,
only waiting for some one to make the
start. How often when about to enter
a battle do / remember soliloquizing:
Now. if this fellow next to me would
only make start. how thankful /
would be- But pride and sense of
duty will hold men together As 1
said, / have not the least doubt that
many men felt just as did, no matter
how they may talk now. And, when
you consider that we always stood our
ground, it shows how strongly pride
can influence onr actions
II remember once, while our cayal-
ry troops were out upon skirmish,
we took a vantage position upon a hill
that rose out of a plain. From there
we could see the enemy gradually sur
rounding US This to one of my tenn
permanent caused extreme nervousness.
When there was but small opening
remaining at one point and that slow
ly being closed, | went to the COM
manding officer and suggested that he
had better order retreat while such
a thing was possible He refused to
do it, saying that he was going to
stand his ground. / knew this was
sure death, and would have readily put
spurs to my horse and ridden to safety
had not my sense of duty and pride inn
PEELED me to remain with my officer
He was sitting on his horse calmly
taking in the situation when | came
to him a second time to make the sug-
gestion. But did not have to speak
providence dld my work Tor me IN
manner that prevented argument.
THE bullets were flying about thick
and fast, and just as was about to ad-
dress the officer stray one struck him
in the wrist of the hand which held
the reins. The ball shattered the bone
and the reins dropped from the help
less hand. Before the officer could re-
cover the reins with his other hand the
horse bolted, and, strangely, started
on a dead run for the one place which
offered a way of escape. 1t was my
duty to follow the officer, and it was
the most cheerful duty ] found during
the war. spurred my horse and soon
was at his heels. We got away all
right, but the company of cavalrymen
on the hill were with few exceptions
captured and sent to Andersonville
prison, and but small percentage
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-01-03

manned. The federals believed that
the expected night attack was being
made, as | learned afterward from
federal deserter.
In the meantime Gazely and Graves
rode back to their station on the road.
Neither said anything until Gazely re-
marked, sententiously:
Buck, them saddle bags are your'r,
l reckon"
A few days later Gen. Warrens
troops did eyacuate Indianola, on their
transports and gunboats, to reinforce
Gen. Banks. who had been defeated by
Gen Dick Taylor, at Mansfield, on Red
river.-Alex f. Sweet, in Chicago In
ter Ocean
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-01-03
The Last Prize Fight.

The press of the country is unani-
nous in opinion that the killing of
Bowen in the prize ring at New Orleans
should make ar end of public fist en-
counters. The amusement is barbaric.
The class of men attending upon it is,
with here and there a rare exception,
low From this city Sol. Van Praag
and O. Malley, whose name is bruited in
connection with the Collianber murder,
went as representatives of its prize
fighting constituency. 1t Is hardly
worth while to expose a man TO the
chan es of death by blow from bet
Ter muscle or more skillful hitter for
the qualification of the Van Praags and
the O'Malleys, and such men as these
are types of the crowd who attend prize
fights.
1t is part of the evidence of divorce
suit CHE details of which no reputable
journal prlnts), now in progress IN one
of our courts, that the corresponds
was in attendance at the Corbelt- Sulli-
van fight. In short, New Orleans has
become the cess-pool of the Union at
every period 10 which the so-called
sporting clubs have offered a purse to
the winner of a fight. 1t is time that
these orgies of brutality should end.
We are nearing the close of the nine
teenih century OF Christianity.
We compliment the chief of police on
his order that benceforth no exhibition
of fighters shall BIZ made IN any club,
theatre or barn within the limits of Chi
cago. We shall take occasion 10 COM
pliment him yet more warmly upon the
first enforcement of his order. We re-
joice that ons in dependent newspaper
of New Orleans. The Item. has been the
first 10 demand that that city no more
shalt be polluted by the foul streams of
humanity that flow toward the vortex of
prize rings We trust that the butchery
OF Bowen, to make a holiday for human
brutes, will be the last recorded Incident
of prize fight on the soil of this repub-
lie. Inter Ocean.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-01-03

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short notice.
Give us a call,
THE HERALD.
Lancaster Wis
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-01-03

Ak WAS SITTING ON HIS HORSE CALMLY.
ever came out alive. That is how
runaway horse saved my life. never
went into action without dread and
fear of death. This may be looked
upon as the stamp of coward, yet /
hardly think it is fair to give such
name to person who never shirked
duty To me the brave man is not the
one who recklessly, without thought.
plunges into the thick of battle. but
rather the man who, while realizing
the danger and appreciating the nm
certainty of life, still keeps to the path
of duty, - Pittsburgh Dispatch
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-01-03
TORTuRING TURTLES.
How tho Poor Reptiles Are Deprived of
Their Shells.

How tho Poor Reptiles Are Deprived OF
Their Shells.
Il never see any of the pretty arti-
cles made out of tortoise SHE'LL" So id a
citizen of Oakland, Cal, recently,
without thinking of the probable
torture the poor turtles had been sub
jected to in order to procure the ma
terial for their manufacture. The ma
tives in the West Indies lie in wait for,
the turtles as they come to the shore
to deposit their eggs, then they catch
them and turn them over on their
backs, so that they are absolutely help
less The operation of divesting these
creatures of their shells is cruel in the
extreme. The tortoise shell that we
value is merely the scales that cover
the bony shield of the turtle. These
scales are thirteen in number, and
large turtle will furnish about eight
pounds. In order to detach this shell
from the living ANIMAL for they don't
want to kill them, as in that case they
would be externinated in few years.
they fasten him down, and then put
dry leaves and grass under his back, to
which they set fire. The heat causes
the scales TO separate at the joints.
They then insert a large knife beneath
them and lift the shell from the back.
Many turtles die under the operation,
but they have been known to be
caught second time with an outer
coating reproduced, but in such eases
there was only one piece, instead of
thirteen
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-01-03

Glass, copper, zinc, lead, platinum
carbon. plaster. petroleum. silk. cot.
Il n and paper are used in the manu-
facture of Incandescent lamps.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-01-03
DO YOU Know !?

That more ills result from an
Unhealthy Liver than any
other cause-Indigestion, Consti.
patton, Headache, Biliousness,
and Malaria usually attend it.
Dr.. Sanford's Liver Invigorator
is a vegetable specific for Liver
Disorders and their accompany
ing evils. 1t cures thousands
why not be one of them? Take
Dr. Sanford's Liver Invigorator,
Your Druggist will supply yoi.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1895-09-18

CIR. III. Jan Drzycimski, 81. /,
del. l, Chicago, Ill.
CIR. 179. J6zef Cieslewicz, gF. l,
del. l, Chicago, Ill.
CIR, $50 J6zef Wichfaczyhski, g}.
2, del l, Chicago, III.
CIR. ISL. Michal Huntowski, gf. l,
del. l, Milwaukee, Wis.
CIR. 1877. Antoni Poznahski (2),
Ant. Danieski, 81. 8, del. 2, Milwau-
kee, Wis.
Gr. 100. Wal. Czachorski, g}, 2,
del. l, Milwaukee, Wis.
Og6tem jest tedy reprezentowa
nych grup 60; delegat6w jest r..
Maja og6fem g}oshw Ill.
Z Chicago przyby}o delegat6w
42ch; 2 Milwaukee 12tu; South
Bend jest Sch delegat6w; Bay Ci-
ty, Mich. 4ch; Grand Rapids,
Mich. Och; z Pittsburgh 2ch; De-
troit Och; po jedDym Sobieski
Park. ILL.,, Gaylord, Mich, Everson,
Pa, Saginaw, Mich, Blossburga,
Pa. Stevenspoint, Wis.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1895-09-18
ksieza Obeeni ma Seimie
W South Bend, Ind.
Telegram ,,Dzien. Chic.")

Telegram ), Dzien. Chic.')
South Bend, Ind, ls wrzesnia.-
W ostatniej jeszcze chwili przybyio
kilku ksiezy.
Dok}adny spis polskich kapfan6w
obecnych jest nastepujacy:
Wielebni: ks. Raszkiewicz Otis,
Ind; ks. Gutowski Detroit, Mich;
ks. Rosinski Cleveland, o.; ks.
Ponganis Grand Rapids, Mich; ks.
Matkowski Bay City, Mich; ksie.
"a J. Kasprzycki, w. Barzynski, J.
Piechowski i S. Nawrocki z Chica-
60; ks. Moron St. Joseph, Mo-; ks.
Czyzewski South Bend, Ind; ks.
Majer st. Paul, Mimi; ks. Szukal-
ski Milwaukee; ks. Wojtalewicz z
Sobieski Parku, Wis; nadto ksieza
Zylfa, Suplicki, Lipihski, Koikie-
wicz, Zubowicz, Kolesihski j Bob.
kieWicZ.
Dziennik Chicagoski. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1890-1971, 1895-09-18
PierWsza sesya Sejmu. -
CZynnOSci Wstepne.
Burmistrz m. South Bend vita dele
gat6w. - Listy cd biskup5w.
South Bend, II wrzesnia.


okoso godziny wp5} do Bel po po.
3udniu delegaci zebrsli sig W hall
sejmowej.
MIN jeszcze wszyscy zebrac sic
zdolali, rozeszsa sic wiek6 pomiedzy
delegatsmi, ze nadszedI burmistrz
miasta South Bend, p. d. B. J.
Schafer, i pragnie delegat6w powi.
tao.
zalsdwie tedy wszyscy sic zebrali,
radoa duohowny zjednoczenia, Wiel.
ks. P. Gutowski, odm6wi& modlitwe,
a prezydent, p. J0zef Kromka, powo-
8a} zgromadzonych do porzadku po
kr6tkiej przemowie, W ktorej wyka'
za} wzrost Zjednoczenia, zaprosis ma
platforme duchowiehstwo. Nadto "a
prosis do zajecia mieisoa na Platior-
ME honorowego prezydenta zjedno.
czenia, obyw. Piotra KioabaUOq, jako.
tez misych i drogich goGoi przybywa-
jacYch poselstwem cd Uni Pol
skiej: Wiel. ks. Majera pana ROsa-
ns, kt6rych powitano hucznymi O.
klaskami.
Nastepnie P. v. Korpal pFzedsta'
viii zgromadzonym burnnistrzs. Pan
schsfer wypowiedzias po angielsku
nastspuiace powitanie:
yPanowie! Jako reprezentant "a.
rzadu tego miasta nam pPzyjemnoS6
serdeoznie powita6 vase Zjedno'
czenie szan. gosci: W imieniu oby-
wateli miasta South Bend. Osobiscie
radbym powinszowa6 panom poste.
pow, jake osiagua} przez swoje pill
pracowitose nar6d polski, kt6rego
niekt6rzy przedstawiciele zapisali sic
na kartach historyi amerykahskiej
niezatartemi gloskami. Nam nadzie-
ie, ze odwiedziny vase W miescie
South Bend pozostawia u was mile
wspomnienis ze Vase Zjedaocze-
ME pomyslne Osiagnie rezultaty."
Burmistrzowi odpowiedzia4 W
dluzszej pieknej prEsmowie obyw.
Ign. Czerwihski " imieniu delegatow
dziskujac mu "a iegO przybycie na