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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-20

According to the statistics of 1875
there were in Italy 3,4S9,1 25 head Of
cattle. The census of 1881 showed a
total of 4,7S3, 232, an increase in the
production of about 1900, 900 head, or
upwards OF one-third. 1t is, however,
a well established fact that during the
last ten years the number of cattle in
Italy has been steadily increasing, es-
pecially as regards mich COWS. This
increase has been noted In almost every
province of Upper Italy, chiefly in the
province of Venetia, and in certain
parts of Sicily. Off al estimates. in
deed, place the nun 1er Of head of cat
tie at present in Italy at about 5000, 600.
AS regards aheep, the last ten years
have shown a decrease, caused by
changes in methods Of cultivation;
numerous herds which were driven
down from the Abruzzi and the Basili-
cata to winter on the tablelands of
Apulia were deprived of the necessary
pasture. Goats also show a decrease;
and we read: Not a few of the forest
commissioners. following the example
OF what takes place in several districts
of Switzerland. have strictly forbidden
the breeding of goats"
Gems Discovered in Plants.-The as
sistant director Of Kew gardens, lee
turing at the London institute on some
curiosities Of tropical plant life, said
that among these were the pearls found
occasionally in the c%ocoanut palm Of
the PHILIPPINE islands, pearls which,
like those of the ocean. are composed
Of carbonate Of lime. The bamboo, too,
yields another precious product in the
shape Of true opals, which are found in
its joints. In each case this mineral
matter is Of curse obtained from the
soil. The natives Of the Celebes use
these vegetable opals as amulets and
charms against disease.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-20
nrnmmers in Mexico.

City Of Mexico. June 10.-Neai1y one
thousand commercial travellers and
their families and friends have arrived
fron the T. p. A. convention at San
Antonio. About two hundred visitors
came in IN Friday in advance 81 the
main parties and took up nearly all the
available space in the hotels. leaving
the remainder TO occupy their Pullmans.
This is the largest excursion that ever
visited Mexico. and it is expected to he
a great card for summer excursions to
the south in future.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-20
The wonderaul CROWN of cbicago.

The population of Chicago in 1880
was 20; 1870. 4.s53: 1s45. 12.OSs: 1850. %
1863; 1855, 60,227: 1860. 1I2,I72: 1865. U.s.
500: 1870. 298,977; 1872. S64.377; 1850. 5O3.-
1S5; 1884 (~estimated). 10000; 1885 festi-
mated). $4,000; 1886 (estimated), 100000:
1887 (estimated) 100000; 1889 (estimat-
edl. 10000: 1883 (estimated), 1000. 600;
1885. I.S50.0G9.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-20
OUR NEW GRlST MILL

AT the depot is filled with
machinery of the very latest
and best make. Fine flour
and feed always on hand.
Grlst work promptly done.
Our Perfection brand of -four
cannot be surpassed IN quality
or for baking purposes. Pat
ronize home industries. Try
our and be
happy.
LANcAsTER MILLING COMPANY.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-20
wARcLouDs ROLLED AWAY
All Danger of a Conflict between Nica-
ragua and Costa Rica Past.

Guatemala, June 10.-Several small
risings nave been reported within the
last few days in different parts of SAL
vador, Troops have been sent to the
frontier to preserve order. The danger
of war between Nicaragua and Costa
Rica is past.
San Salvador, June ia courier
from Santa Tecla reports a rising there
among the C~oljutpeque Indians, the
dread of the entire country near Santa
Tecla. Fighting lasted from daylight
till noon and was still on at latest re-
ports. General Regalardo has gene
from Santa Ana to reinforce General
Rivas. So far all attempts to re-estab-
lish telegraphlc communication nave
failed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-20

Trieste. June 10.-The population cf
this city was thrown into a terrible
panic early this morning by two severe
earthquake shocks. The people rushed
in terror into the streets and camped
out until the panic subsidized. No dam
age was done. however.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-20

New York. June t0.-Ex-Congressman
Frank Jones Of Portsmouth. ". H.. mas
just returned from a tour Of England.
Il drove through the English farming
districts" he said. and / found that a
late frost had killed the crops there.
The result viii be TO make a market in
England for American wheat and grain.
which will bring good times to the
western farmers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-20
WAuTCn statesmen

WhMTrn statesmen Local and Travel
HHnl Ing. A good Chance Don't Miss 1t
You need no capital to represent a re-
liable nrm that warrants nursery stock hrsf-class
and true to name. Work all the Year. Good
pay weekly 10 energetic men. Our famous Min
eushel Of iiuit. Cur Seed Potatoes sell every-
Where. State age. L. /. MAY G. CO..
ST. PAUL, MINI.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-06-20

Wanted Statesmen. . s i.. S s:s'
Choice Line OF Nursery Stock. We canoot make
you rich IN a month but can give you steady en-
ploymeht and will pay you we'll for it. Our nrices
territory to ~ And
II HAWKS NURSERY o
milwaukee, Wis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-25
ENVELOPE CLOSING.

II People We're Better Informed They
Would Not Care to Moisten Them.
From the Oakland Echoes. Envelope
ickers will do we'll to pause and pom
der on the fact that man has died in
consequence of indulging in the popu-
lar but disgusting trick of moistening
he adhesive envelope with the tongue.
Some say: How can gum arabic poison
any person." Gum arabic? Are they
so innocent as to believe that this ar
ticle, raised to a prohibitive price by
the Egyptian war and subsequent clos
ure of the Seudan, is used on their en-
velopes? Do they see that ancient nag
hobbling down the street? There is
the parent of their gum arabic, and IN
q few weeks time, when that decrepit
animal has made his bow to the knock
er and yielded up his hoofs to the glue
boiler, perhaps they may have lick at
his remains on an envelope they are
dispatching to a friend or sweetheart.
And should some faint of animal poison
Turk amid that gum" they may soon
require other and black-bordered en-
yelopes to be licked for them when
their mourning cards are sent out. Per-
haps no more unpleasant part of visit
to a stationer's shop is when, having
folded the small purchase in fimsy
envelope, the tradesman raises it to his
lips, opens hippopotamus mouth, pro-
trudes a tongue that looks at least two
sizes too large for its habitation, and
then, with a smirk, hands the dark
delicacy to his customer. May he, OF
all men, be warned by the premature
| departure of a fellow Ticker, and may
all who send literary missives to their
friends rest assured that the recipients
CT these envelopes would feel better
pleased if these coverings had been in
| closed without any exhibition of moist
anatomy
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-25
For Rainy Weather.
@ girl in blue was thoughtful.

The girl in blue was thoughtful
my skirts need protection in rainy
weather. she said as she knitted her
brows. IAN umbrella protects only the
head and shoulders on windy days.
"Quite right" admitted the girl in
gray. IAN umbrella won't prevent a skirt
from getting wet and muddy"
And then one looks like a fright and
feels like one, too, - suggested the girl in
blue.
'sOf course . replied the girl in gray
''It is little more than an aggravation.
But, then, every one knows that so what 9
the use of discussing itf''
The girl in blue did not answer for a
moment. Then she said:'
''I'm trying to decide what to get"
'What to getI'' exclaimed the girl in
gray.
Certainly. It's quite problem. What
would you adviser
"Get long macintosh, of course"
81 guess I will - said the girl in blue,
although sometimes think a pair of silk
stockings better when it comes to keep
ing skirts out of the mud.''
NO. returned the girl in gray decid-
edly. ''That may do for summer, but it
gets dark too early now. Chicago Post.
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Which is Said to be More Preg-
nant Than HutchinSOn's.
ARE AFTER MORRILL,.
Atchison County Wants Charley
Lobdell for Governor.
Mexican Slabs a Newton Man
and is Shot in the Back.

WICHITA, Dec. 25.-Interest in the
prospect we'll was intense yesterday, and
when the word was circulated that salt
had been reached, there was much dis
appointment.
The drill entered subterranean river
No. 8. which is between six and eight
feet deep, at depth of 500 feet. The
brine is very salt, SO much SO that salt
cannot be dissolved in the water.
The contractor states that the finding
of salt is nothing against the finding of
either oil. gas, or coal, as it was for
gone conclusion that salt would be
reached, If nothing else is found than
the salt it is said that this will prove TO
be a paying ind to Wichita.
At the bottom of subterranean river
No 3 was found about two feet of rock
salt, and then the drill entered shale
again.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-25
BILLIARD GUT.
The Veteran Deputy United Sta ties
Marshal Resigns His Position.

For the first time in over twenty yea rs
Henry billiard, bailiff in Judge Fosters
court has no commission as deputy Unit
ed States marshal. He surrendered his
commission to United States Marshal
Medley yesterday afternoon.
Henry billiard is one of the best known
of the United States deputies. When
there was bad or dangerous piece of
work to do or a man 10 capture who
might resist Henry was sent. He has
been almost invaluable in the marshaPs
Office for all these years.
His resignation was the result of his
failure to receive his pay. When Christ
mas was approaching he went to Marshal
Medley and asked for some money. The
marshal told him that his clai m had not
been allowed and he could not pay him.
1t has been the custom to pay the
deputies as they needed money, keeping
enough back to insure the marshal
against loss, and billiard supposed he
would have no trouble in getting some
money, but when he found that Marshal
Medley had changed the rule-of the
two or three hundred dollars coming to
him he could not even get Christmas
! funds-he surrendered his deputy COM
mission, and for the first time in twenty
years he is a private citizen.
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time, as he is confident he can show
them a few fast tricks on steel runners
they never heard of before. He is par
ticularly anxious TO test the speed of Joe
Donoghue in a race.
81 am satisfied 1 can beat all of the
eastern men," he said yesterday, land
feel equally certain of establishing some
new records if I can get good ice and the
other conditions are favorable. My work
on the wheel has put me in good condi-
ton and I need only couple of weeks
to get my speed. In Sweden frequent
ly skated eight and ten and several times
twelve hours at stretch and then /
knew nothing about training.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-25
Wonderful Growth.
6,4O7
1880
1884

The boast of the Topeka
Capital that it pays more
postage than all other To-
Deka dailies combined, only
proves the meagerness Of its
local circulation as COM
pared with that of the STATE
JoURNAL-as no postage is
paid on any circulation
within Topeka Or Shawnee
county.
The STATE JOURNALS local
circulation is far and away
ahead of the combined cir
culation of all the other
Topeka dailies.
The circulation OF the
TOPEKA DAILY STATE Jour-
NAL in the towns near by
and tributary to Topeka is
very large, as the evening
trains in various directions
carry the STATE JOURNAL
giving its readers the first
and latest Associated Press
and state news Of the days
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-25

One year has elapsed since Hannah
Hopewel1 pressed her pretty nose against
tho parlor window pane to see if Jack
Potpourri was coming in.
He came in to stay, for she is now Mrs.
Potpourri.
Every Saturday night Jack has party
of five at his home. he plays with marked
cards and seldom remarks, "That's good %
There's nothing the matter with Han
nah either, for she divides the spoils with
Jack, and her heart beats with delight
Whenever she hears the other fellows NUT
ter as they glare at Jack:
Hes coming in!''-New York World.
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11SSe9'Fyageo,.334

This is the greatest show-
ing the STATE JOURNAL has
ever been able to make for
q period of any six months
in its history.
This is a greater figure
than was reached by any
daily paper in Topeka for
the year 1894. The Ameri-
can Newspaper Directory,
issued in June, 1895, and
covering the year 1894, gives
the average daily circula-
ton Of the Topeka Daily
Capital for the year 1894. as
only STA. These figures
were furnished by the pub
fishers of the Capital, to the
Directory, and are guaran-
teed to be correct by a for
felt Of 800, which will be
paid to any one disproving
their correctness.
The following figures, sub.
sta ntiated by sworn state
ments in detail, giving every
issue for the first six months
in 1898, 1894 and 1895, shows
the TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL 8
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-25
NORTH TOPEKA.
Items of Interest From the North Side
tho RiYer.


tho River.
AL Vailand is in Chicago on bust
ness.
Lou Graham is spending Christmas at
his home in St. Marys.
Miss Byrd Watkins is spending a two
weeks vacation home.
A. ". Wickham is spending the holt
days at his home in Salina.
c. S. Gillespie has returned from a
two weeks trip in southern Kansas and
the Indian Territory.
Miss Louise Kmmerly, of Harrington,
is home for the holidays.
Miss Della Perkins and VIM. Gushard,
of Decatur, ILL.,, are to be married this
afternoon.
Joe and John Cromwell, are spending
Christmas at their home in Menok en-.
L. w. Conan, of Winchester, is in the
city for few days, the guest of c. B.
Vining.
Miss Maud Cramer. of Lawrence, is
spending Christmas with the family of
her brother, N. A. Cramer.
Tom Evan, of Kansas City, is spending
part of his holiday vacation in North
Topeka.
Walter Jackson, of Beloit, is spending
Christmas with North Topeka friends.
Mrs. Fred Bannister and little son of
Chicago. is spending Christmas with her
parents Mr.. aud Mrs. Johnathan Irons,
IN Central avenue.
George r. WATSON, of Linn county, is
acre attending the teachers convention
lie is the guest of his brothers, w. Ii.
and r. NJ. WATSON. while in the city
IfYOu Cannot Remember
301, coal for Horner Coal Co. and Central
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ONCE MORE a BUSINESS MAN.
John L. to Open Hosiery on State
street, Chicago.

CHICAGO, Dec. 25.-It will not be many
days before john 1. Sullivan's name will
decorate the front of q South side host
lery as owner, and the "big fellow; will
once more be q boniface. The location
selected for this, the ''sieenth" business
enterprise undertaken by the once cham
pion exponent of tistic skill, is the corner
of State and Twentieth streets, near the
power-house Of the South side cable
road. Sullivan has not been sin bust
ness" since the days of his Boston saloon,
which he could never make go in the
right money making direction. He is
said to have the backing of d Milwau-
kee brewery in his present venture.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-25
z. E. r1sH,s CHALLENGE.

The Former Champion of Missouri Wants
Meet King Gilmore the Mat.
WILDER, Neb., December 20, 1895.
To the Sporting Editor OF the State Journal:
Having seen through the columns of
your paper an account Of the wrestling
match between Jack King and Harry
Gilmore of last Monday, which King
won, and having once met King myself
and through overconfidence lost the
match, and being out of employ at
the present, l -houg ht. would drop you
a line and see how prospects ars to get
u match with either man.
F. E. FISH
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-25
FOR THELITFLE ONES.

Bishop Vincent and Mrs. f. b. Mer-
Ram Give S25 Each to the Kinder
Earfens.
A Christmas donation of $25 from
Bishop Vincent and one for the same
amount from Mrs. F. B. Merriam were
received by the kindergarten association
today.
The Christmas exercises at each of the
eight kirdergartens this morning we're
largely attended by the mothers and
others interested in the kindergarten
work, fifteen mothers with their babies
being present at the exercises of the
Santa Fe department..
The kindergarten work occupies an
important place on the programme of
the state Teachers association, which
convenes in this city today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-25

Next morning at o'clock Jack was
tossing restlessly on his couch at homo.
81 wonder who Jack brought home with
him last night?' said his mother as she
listened outside her darling boys bedroom
door. II heard voices
Another blue-one harder-give me a
fresh stack of blues-and another, -
drowsily mumbled Jack.
His mother softly opened the door and
said:
"Jack. I was coming in
Coming in?'' he repeated in his sleep.
"What cher gotP That's goodl''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-25
CHAPTER II.

''He's coming inl''
Tho air is blue with tobacco smoke. A
bright light streams down upon green
cloth covered table on which are little piles
of red, white and blue oelluloid disks about
the size of half dollar. Five eager eyed
young men are seated around the circular
table, in the center of which is a big heap
of the disks. Each man clutches convul-
sively Eve cards. Jack Potpourri is ono of
the players. He hesitates, scans his cards
closely and hips blue chip into the CEN
ter.
''He's coming in, - murmurs each Of the
others, with i'll disguised glee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-25
HE CAME IN.
CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER I. ! = -
"He is coming in!"
Hannah Hopewen pressed the tip Of her
turned up nose against the window PIANO
of the parlor window as Jack Potpourri
passed by.
''He is coming in, - she murmured aG he
paused moment and waved his hand to
her.
just then a stranger stepped up, slapped
Jack on the shoulder and whispered some
thing in his ear. Jack nodded joyously,
tipped his hat to Hannah and passed on
into the night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-25

ELDoRADo, Dec 25.-Conductor Moran
says he saw and talked with Andy Swig
gett, who is missing, on the Frisco train
Saturday night between Wichita and
Augusta. Swiggett said he missed the
Missouri Pacific and concluded to take
the Frisco to Augusta and come home
by the Santa Fe. But Swiggett didn't
get off at Augusta. and as an explana-
ton said he had some business at Eureka
aud would GO around by Severy. but
whether he got off there or not is not
known
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-25

D. W. Fuller, of Canajoharie, N. Y,
says that he alw avs keeps DR.. XII g 8
New Discovery in the house, aud IS
family has always found the very best
results follow its use; that he would not
be without it, if procurabls. G, A. Dyke
man, druggist. Catskill, N. Y, says that
DR.. Kings New Discovery is undoubt-
eddy the beat Cough remedy; that he
has used it in his family for eigh years,
and it has never failed to do all III Il;
is claimed for it. Why not try a remedy
so long tried and tested. Trial bottles
free at J. &. jones' drug store. Regular
size Soc and 81.
c,,b.,.;h.f.- .ba O.;I,- C-,r- 1,--
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-25
Wants to Match Light Weights

DALLAS, Tex. Dec. 25.-Dan Stuart has
offered purse of $1,000 for finish
fight for the worlds light weight cham
pionship between Jack Everhardt, of
Dallas, and Lavigne or Leeds, the former
preferred He telegraphed the offer to
Lavigne. Stuart said: "Any fight in
which l become interested must be for
the championship and to finish, by
men indisputably entitled to battle for
the title"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-25
TO poMN NEoRR1LL.

The AtchisOn Republicans Said to Be for
Charley Lobden for Governor.
ATcHIsoN, Dec 25.-There seems to be
no doubt that a strong movement has
been organized against E. N. Morrill, in
Atchison county. The scheme is to turn
the Atchison county delegation over to
Charley Lobdell, who will formally an
nounce himself as a candidate for gov
ernor on Kansas day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-25
OPENS TO NIGHT.
First Session OfState Teachers, AssO.
citation at Representative Hall.

citation at Representative Hail.
The first meeting of the twenty third
annual convention of the Kansas state
teachers association will be held in Re
preventative hall tonight. lis expected
that there will be a large audience at to-
nights meeting but the big crowd of
teachers will arrive tomorrow to attend
the convention.
At tonights meeting Secretary of State
W. c. Edwards will deliver the address
of welcome and it will be responded to
by Miss Ida II. Hodgdon of Junction
City.
Prof. John DIETRICH of Emporia presi-
dent of the association will deliver the
annual address and the Modocs will sing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-25
ArcLouth Editor an Embszzler,

MCLoUTH, Dec. 25.-H. N Kelsey,
who started the McLouth Tribune six
weeks ago was called on by the Bloom
field, Iowa, sheriff last week and arrested
for embezzeling about $500 from an in
surance company at Bloomfield.
Kelsey was taken to that place and
the sheriff left him for an instant when
he skiDped
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-25
THoKoUGHBREDs GO TO ENGLAND.
Duke 6 Wishard Take a String Over
Secure Some Purses.

Duke & Wfshard Take String Over
to Secure Some Purses.
NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-The steamship
Manitoba, which sailed for London yes
terday, carried some valuable freight in
the shape of a string of thoroughbreds,
the property of Duke 81 Wishard, the
western turfmen. Messrs. Duke &
Wishard, like Richard Croker and NJ. +.
Dwyer, will try their luck on the Eng
lish turf.
Nichols, Wishard, Hugh Penny, Mac
Briggs and Damsel, as we'll as bay
gelding. a colt, and two fllies, all of
which have excellent breeding. Jockey
Reiff was also passenger. He will
carry the stable colors in all races where
he can make the weight.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-25
ITS SALARY LIMIT $1,000.
Southern League Decided on that Amour
for Players.

southern League Decided on that "A IN un {
for PIayeers.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Dec 25-The
Southern Baseball league has appointed
Henry Powers of New Orleans and
George Stallings of Nashville, commit
tee with power to act to fill three vacan-
cies now existing in the league. This
committee will select Chattanooga. Knox
vile and Birmingham if they come up
to the requirements.
The salary list was fixed at 81, 900. The
president was instructed to corresL ond
with President Nick Young of the Ma
tionai league with view to securing
the protection of class A.
DR.. White OF Nashville, and B. L. Holt
of Montgomery, were made a ommittee
on constitution and bylaws. The ses-
sion then adjourned to meet January 26
in Chattanooga, when officers will be
elected.
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A $3.50 Christmas Present.

WICHITA. Dec 25.-Myrtle Hammond,
a little girl who was injured by being
struck on the head by piece of gas
pipe that fell from bundle case on a
st. Louis 81 San Francisco train, secured
a verdict for 81, $40 here today.
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Seymour sues Cor $4,000.

FORT ScoTT, Dec 25.-Rev. Robert
Seymour, former pastor of the A. NJ. E.
church of this city, and who stands
charged with assaulting Lizzie Han
cock. has sued the sheriff and deputy
sheriff at Louisville, KY, for $4,000
damages for alleged false arrest The
girl has refused to testify against him.