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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-06-11
scENE oF a. sHooTINe.

We went to the home Of Jim Schiff-
man Found him hobbling about Che
room on crutches and reclining on the
sofa by turns He looked peaked and
tired with suffering and anxiety; said
the doctor had been probing in his
thigh for ballet but could not find
it as it had struck the bone and turn
ed off In some other direction His
right hand was splinted and bandaged
and he did not know as he would be
able to come up to Lancaster to-day
to the hearing; but rather thought he
would have to come up anyhow. On
being asked to give an account of the
trouble he said:
..On Thursday evening. June A, at
about s o'clock. started home from
town after hearing the band play at
DR.. Hambitzer' At the corner of
Squire Tom Stephens / was joined
by my daughter Lulu. 16 years old.
She took my arm and we walked as
far as the bridge whore we met five of
Blindert's children. Lulu Stopped to
fix the Blindert boys collar, when
John Webb passed us on his way home.
After getting past us he began to
abuse me- Wanted to know what had
my hand in my pocket for. Said |
would blow up mans house with
dynamite and shoot man in the dark
and all Of that kind Of stuff. Then |
spoke to him for the first time in over
wear and told him to attend to his
own affairs that I was attending to
mine. He kept on with his abusive
language about me stealing and the
like Of that, when I said What the
heart is full Of the mouth speaks OF
Clarence Cardy had just rode up on to
the bridge with his bicycle and stop
ped to listen to what we said. Webb
asked me to strip my linen aud fight.
l said: Dogs fight and mea do not
fight and l said to Cardy. Maybe
he would like to Jump onto a sick man
| have been sick with the grip for a
year aad he would like 10 pound sick
imam A few more unimportant
things when Webb walked on. talk.
ed to Cardy for a little while when he
mounted his bike and left, and ! with
the children came on home. Opposite
yogelsberg' house I again met Webb
who apparently had gone home and
came back again or was waiting for
me. At the same time ] met my wife
with Mrs. Gierens and Mrs. Rich
voglesberg When opposite and al
most touching me Webb said wow
pull your gun if you are man.
kept walking on or sideIing around
until got to whore my wife and the
other ladies stood and ,urned about
and faced him when eight N ten feet
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-06-11

1t is but step from the sublime TO
the ridiculous yet there are few come
dians who can take that step without
falling down or over-stepping the
mark. Alba Haywood is one of the
few aud there is probably no comedian
today who can write comic parody
or render it with more success than
he His latest The Sunshine Of Par
adise Alley before and after taking
Is sabply 9ide-splitting In clear.
sweet voice and with beautiful ex-
preston be sings verse Of the orgi-
nal catchy ballad aud during the APP
plause and while the interlude is be-
ing played completely metamorphoses
himself into veratlble enlightened
champagne supper blood and the
tloonshine Of Pair-of-dice Alley
that follows battles description. Every
line and every bit Of business and ac-
ton is comedy
Tiilin Ohio, Advertiser: The Alba
Haywood organization is the finest
miscellaneous company that has ap
peared before the footlights IN this
city Dewey Hoywood'- lutte solo
was a gem lie responded with an
encore which was also heartily APP
plauded
Will be in our city next Tuesday,
June IS.
The young lady yiolinist Miss
Flora Drescher, a pupil Of Jacobsohu,
PLAYED with wonderful power and de-
lighted her hearers, who gave her
three encores with every appearance.
She was quite revelation. seldom
has such good. rich resonant violin
PLAYING been heard ii Augusta.
June 10Th 81 Reeds opera 1use.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-06-11
NUMBER IS

4 Prominent Candidate for Governor Of
Wisconsin
Duncan McGregor was born and
reared in Perthshire Scotland. He
moved to Wisconsin in 1857 when he
was u Years Of age. settling with his
fathers family in the woods OF Wan
paea county
The first years of his residence in
the state were spent in numbering.
farming and teaching school in rural
districts. Later he became principal
OF the "aupaea high school which POI
sition he resigned to become soldier.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-06-11

people or family. attend to your own
business, you and your family must
not bother me, nor my little children
when ] am away at work. I don't
want my children's heads cracked
with rocks when am away at work.
They have got no mother to look after
them and want YOU not to hurt
them when | am away. Attend to
Your own business and will attend
to mine. have nothing against YOU
ifyou attend to your own business.
He said: Il don't have to attend to
my own business for you, YOU damned
black dog! You have been crazy for
the last year and every body knows il. y
! started to walk off. He chawed at
me-talked. said II am no thief.
60 ask your brother-in-law.n He
asked me ii | meant to call him a
thief and | said go ask your brother
in. law. His brother-in-law is Theo.
Vogelsberg, whom | had heard accuse
sohitfman ofsstealing potatoes, to his
face. | told him had heard his
hrother-in-law tell him what he was
down in a saloon one time.
when did the shooting begiuY'' we
asked.
Now have talked to you. gentle
men, as long as feel | ought. MY
head is bad | have laid here md
thought and thought. don't want
to say any more. | never saw the
dear little child Didn't know that
she was there. AS God is my witness
| did not see her until after the shoot
ing. (Violent tears ana sobbing.l
Il could pile up money as high as
the heavens ! would give it all to
bring back the dear little child. /
didn't know she was shot until they
told me she was dead. Didn't know
then she was shot didn't know but
that she bad been ran over by team
or something 0 God. the dear little
child was shot in the forehead,
When We left him he was rolling
upon his bed and crying wildly and
sobbing in distressed way He said
that perhaps Brown & Goodsell would
defend him
Justice Il. NJ Willmotte held an In
quest over the body Of Lily Blindert
with the following named gentlemen
as Jurors. Thos. Davies, Simon Lang
staff. Henry Beerman, John White,
Peter Gierens. Frank Daniels. who
found that the girl came to her death
by a revolver held in the hands OF
John Webb.
The hearing opened before Justice
VIII McGonigal this Wednesday morn
ing at 10 O'Clock iii the Grand jury
room of the court house The room
has been crowded with people, the
majority Of whom are from British.
Mr.. Schiffman is not able to be pres
ent The evidence thus far given
does not conflict with the interviews
given above.
AT 6 O'Clock Wednesday night, af-
ter hearing only portion of The
states evidence, Justice McGonigal
committed Webb TO Jail without bail
TO trial at circuit court
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-06-11
owl Club Minutes.

On opening, the president had a
grievance which he explained as fol-
lows: .'Owling Brothers: Your
worthy president is dead ~ot agin'
insinuations Of whatsoever sort. AS
came into this bower tonight met
the ianitor who seemed suddenly
seized with coughing. What's the
matter. old fellowa saws Got a
frog in my throat. SAYS he Take
some water. says l. You can't
drown out frog with water, says he
It was voted to extend an invitation
to the Boscobel Green Corn club to
meet al the Lancaster lodge bower
next pay night with view Of discuss
ing the best means of finding out a
certain mystery. A few days ago at
Flower, Ind, some man while asleep
felloG the limited train when under
full Roadway. Upon returning to
pick him ur the trainmen found him
fast asleep beside the track. a dis
patch says he was uninjured and had
no recollection Of falling from the
train. Some members Of the Owl
club believe the man to be Colonel
Kavanaugl1, while others contend that
il IS George Mckinney Green Corn
members will please bring The money
-the owls will do the rest
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-24
Let Your Light Shine.

Recent developments have rendered
it certain, if any doubt existed before,
that the rank and file of the Republi-
can party in Vermont are fol McKin-
ley by large majority, some setting it
as high as four.ffths. In this vicinity,
and We speak from knowledge, the Nc
Kinley sentiment is all but unanimou :.
In views of these facts it will be
clearly the duty Of the coming state
convention to put by sentiment and
give expression to the peoples will.
Tom Plat has returned from his out.
ing. in Florida and the New York leg.
islature can proceed to business. The
Advertiser Of Monday says:
There were almost as many callers
on Mr.. Plat yesterday as there were
on the Sunday before the meeting o
the Republican State convention. Tit
callers went to tho Fifth Avenue Hote
singly, in pairs and in threes, and a
one time nearly every leading membe
Of the Legislature was in his rooms
The Greater New York bill was th
sole topic Of conversation. A few wen
to advise against the measure, but mos
of them we're there to urge that n,
change should be made in the pro
gramme. One Of the opponents was S
Fred Nixon Of Chautauqua County.
is said that he saw new light after dis
cussing the situation with Mr.. Plat
and Others and although openly OF
posing the bill, will vote for it now.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-24
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure Deafness. and that
is BY constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eu>tachian Tube.
When this tube gets iDfamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed Deafness is the
result, and unless the Inflammation can
be taken out and this tube restored to Its
FORMAL condition, hearing will be de-
stroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but
an infiamed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars fol
any case of Deafness Caused BY catarrh.
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrl
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F.J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, 0.
0-Sold by druggists, 75c.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-24

Toledo, O., April ia gigantic
bicycle trust Is taking shape, will,
every probability Of its being located
in this city. The scheme originally
contemplated having the headquarters
10 Worcester, Mass, but one of the
largest men in the corporation, who is
also resident Of Worcester, spent
the past month here, and has decided
that this is the proper place for the
plant.
Three of Toledo's largest concerns
have already signified their intention
of taking stock IN the trust. The
matter was definitely settled by q
conference which was held 10 Chicago
three days ago, at which the Toledo
gentlemen and the Worcester capital.
lists came 10 an agreement.
Three large Eastern factories are
behind the Worcester man, and the
new concern will be capitalized al
from 100000 to $4,000, 900.
The combine aims to control the
price Of every wheel on the American
market, and to that end it will con
troll the manufacture in large quaint
ties of everything that enters into bi
cycle connection, including tires
wood rims and saddles.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-24

Nellie Clark was before the Mu'
hicipal court at bennington Friday
fos shooting at Thompson Niles and
Orville Nd@es Of SALISBURY with a
revolver. Shssslsims that she order
ed them frrm her house and they
would not CO.. She was committed
TO Jail in default OF $500 bail to await
hearing next Monday. Before her
arrest she led the officers quite a
chase and was finally found in the at
tic of the house, drawing herself up
through small hole.
She has recently served term in
Jail for riding horseback through a
part of SALISBURY and Write Creek
in perfectly nude condition. She
claims that her home is in Boston and
that she is a dressmaker. She has
been in several other scrapes before
the last one.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-24
Women Of the Prrss,

The New England Women's Press
Association will give reception, April
81, in honor of the presidents OF the
four women's colleges in Massachusetts
Radcliffe, Wellesley, Smith and Mt.
Holyoke.
Miss Helen M. Winslow, the former
president of the New England Wom-
ans Press Association, is president of
the chapter Of the Daughters Of the A.
merican Revolution which was recently
organized in West Roxbury, Mass.
and named in honor of Mary Draper.
When the Lexington alarm" was
given 12O years ago, Mrs. Mary ORA.
per, who lived on the road near Ded-
ham, started all the men in her family
off for the fight, and heated her two
great brick ovens red-hot. Then she
and her daughter Kate went to baking
bread. They set out long table in
front of the house, and kept it spread
with bread and cheese and buckets Of
cider for two days, until the soldiers
had all passed; and every mothers son
of them ate, drank and was refreshed
by her ''good cheer" When the call
for bullets came, she procured bullet
molds, AID, with herown HANDS, melted
every bit of pewter in the house. Later,
when it became almost impossible to
keep the "rebels' sufficiently clothed,
she spun and wove all the wool from
her ample Rocks and gave freely to the
soldiers. "She couldn't fight any more
than women can vote to-day" write:
Miss Winslow, "but how many men o.
1916 did their duty better?"-Woman''
Column.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-24
How Sound waves Move.

The speed with which sound waves
are transmitted through the atmo-
sphere depends on several conditions.
When the temperature Is at 80 degrees
Fahrenheit, sounds move with speed
Of LEGO feet per second. the velocity in
creasing with the temperature at the
rate of about one foot of speed per sec
ond for cnch degree above the freezing
point. Then. again. in damp air sound
moves with greater velocity than il
does in dry air. no odds if the dry air be
warm and the damp cold. In water
sound moves more than four times al
fast as It does in air. or say at abou'
the rate OF 400 feet per second.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-24
WAS A REAL STATESMAN.
The Late President Hippolyte's
Patriotic Work for Hayti.
he Ruled Wisely Over the Little Island
Nation Of Negroes and Was Truly
afeAt MAI ID His sphere
Sketch bf HIS Career.

Louis Moudestin Florvil Hippolytc,
presldeh, Of Huyti, who died recently,
was horn ut Cape Haytien, In the Island
OF Hayti, III 1927. His mother was ma
tive woman Of almost pure African
deSrent; his father one OF Soulouquis
ministers. The boy bad oil the advan-
tagcs his native country afforded, and
grew into q handsome and promising
youth. From the first he WAS Of .
proud, aggressive nature, and naturally
became prominent In the movements
which serve a. politics in the half-trop-
ic,l land. He first attaiOed distinction
In the civil war Of 1868, where he was
the leader OF the sanguinsry revolt in
which Legitime was defeated. So sig-
nal success could not but give Hippo
lyte a prominence which marked him
either for ASSASSINATION or dominance,
and he was strong enough to escape the
former by achieving the latter.
For 25 years he was one OF the fore.
most men In Tire Haytian nation, and
did perhaps more than any other in
shaping its policy and developing its
resources. III October, 1889, he was
chosen acting president; and in the fol
lowing May his election was formally
confirmed. The term Is seven years
of which he had served less than sir
at the time Of his death.
The status OF affairs In the Haytiar
republic calls for the exercise of rea
statesmanship. Oneof the chief prob
lens is the overcoming Of letharg,
which prevents any real activity except
such avs 10 developed at the time OF I
revolution. But Hippolyte managed r.
discourage lawleDness and to cultivate
In steady growth system which gsv'
great promise Of making his count,
~ prosperous - 1t was peaceful.
The population Of the littA r-psbli'
IVES $4,000 by census taken in 1870
| Matte statesncn have recently place.
their estimste at 100000; and the hop
of 100000 was wnrm in Hippolyte'
bosom in these later years. Nine-tsetA
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-24

Holmes, the multi-murderer, who
confessed to the killing of twenty.seven
persons has repented and is to be bap-
tised before going into the hangman's
hands. This will insure him crown,
a harp and a halo, with free seat in
the throne room. What a thing is this
so-called religion. If decent man.,
who all his life has been an honest man
and good citizen, happens to die skep-
teal as to Jonah swallowing the whale
or that the sun ever stood still that a
bloody warrior might butcher his thous-
ands, be is packed off to hell while the
red-handed murderer walks the golden
streets. Well, after all the advantage
is with the good, honest citizen for all
such would prefer birthstone corner, in
good company, to elysian fields with
murderers and hypocrites for compan
ions. No greater truth was ever ut
tered than this one by Shakespeare
"What fools we mortals be-"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-24
Sirterlets Short and Snappy

The wind storm which recently
passed over part OF Texas may be
merely foreranner OF the political
storm which is brewing in that State.
This is the way it will read when
science makes it impossible to print
anything but the naked truth: The
relatives OF Mr.. Richman, who was
thought to be dying day or two ago,
are greatly chagriuned at the indi-
cations OF improvement in his con.
dition.
Emperor William gave King Hum
bert the glad hand, but he didn't Of
fer to help him knock the stutfing out
Of King Menelek's fighting Abyssin-
ians.
The man who saw George WASH
ington has turned up once more. He
is in West Virginia this time, and is
so modest that be doesn't claim to
have been one of G. WIS body.
guard.
Wonder what Colorado folks will
think of Senator Teller's having
been "touched" by Washington
pickpocket for $l06.
The Sublime Porte can upon oc-
casion be sarcastic, as was shown by
cablegram to the Turkish legation
concerning the reported expulsion OF
missionaries from Turkish territory,
in which he said: "Those among
them who attend peacefully to theil
business are not and will not be dis.
turbed."
Congress is talking about adjourn.
ment, and the talk is less liable to dc
harm than any INDUCED in during the
present session.
The "filled cheese" is not half sc
bad as the filled Congressman.
Senator Chandler is said to have
determined to confine his remarks tt
the weather and kindred-topics for {
time. Wonder if Speaker Reed in.
fiuenced him any
No Mckinley man has yet suggest
ed either Senator Quay or ex-Sena
tor Plat as vice-presidential POSSIBLE
tiles on the Ohio mans ticket.
Doubtless thousands of men hav,
been killed by the contents Of bee
kegs, but it remained for an Italian
to get himself killed 10y having bee
keg which he was trying to lift owe
his head, fall on him.
The campaign poet seldom make
his appearance until after the nation
al conventions are held. Anothe
reason why late conventions ought I,
be popular.
1t doesn't seem to have occurred I
anybody that Mr.. Cleveland nigh
| have sant for ox Soorotorv Wh;tno
to consult. him concerning the prope
treatment for the meseles.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-24

find much thsA u Of interest in the re-
csat investigAtion csaducted by the
conmission concerning the Adirondack
black spruce. the most important mer-
camille timber Of the region. Its habitat
is in New York, Vermont, New Hamp-
shire, Maine and Canada-though it is
sometimes found in Pennsylvania, anu
even as far west as Wisconsin. In the
Adirondacks 1t commonly attains y
height OF about eight feet and diam
eter of IS inches. The maximum height
10 i05 feet, with diameter of SO inches.
1t il distributed pretty evenly through.
out the region. forming something like
Is per cent. of the whole forest.
The habits of the black spruce are
quite erratic. When 1t grows in dens'
thickets its lower branches fall off.
leaving q columnar, tapering shaft,
sparsely and irregularly crowned Will,
foliage; but in the open it forms beau
tifuI dark green pyramid. the branches
extending from very near the ground
to the apex.
The lumber taken from the black
spruce forests Of the Adirondacks III
1893 exceeded "a. oso, 900 feet That !,
y ~ very much gTsatsr = chiefly dua
| - two peculiar causes. Ono = tAe az.
tssrdinArily largo number Of sesmy
trsas, % called from . creek which ex
tends up the trunk from base to the
lower branches OF the crown, In most
casas penetrating to the heart OF the
tree. This seam fills with resinous
substance which exudes and hardens
thus forming the spruce gum Of Gem
merce.
Some rs years ago destructine
blight fell upon the black spruce forests
II attacked only mature trees. and thu
cause Is still puzzle to the foresters.
1t is interesting 70 note that the cleal
butt logs OF the Adirondacks blacl
spruce Is the principal source of sup
ply for the manufacture Of sounding
boards for pianos. Choice timber Is ex
>penAive. the minimum price being abou'
$3s per 1000 feet 1t the mill. In trad
parlance these logs 20 a. fiddle butts
To ascertain 1t what age the blacl
spruce natures, thu commission ha
made most interesting investigation
Impressions were taken by it's orders o
the stumps. and Of oroas sections at va
rious heights Of the poae, Of 1000 trees
in various portions Of the. forest. b.
the use of magnifying glass it wa
discovered that the tree which had
diameter Of SO inches at the STUN
showed an age Of $50 years on a sectiol
at the base. and of 1o2 years at heigh
Of 40 feet. The average age of 12-inc
, trces lie III years; Of 13-nch trees. II
, years; Of 14-inch trees. 1879 years; o
r i5-inch trees, 1S5 years.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-24

The famous Wheel of Life, which a
few weeks ago was issued by The Bos-
ton Sunday Herald, is being weekly
supplemented by the issue of IL new
groups Of figures. Next week the star
feature will be the Dancing Skeleton,
which Prot. Pepper immortalized. The
illusion is produced in much SIMPLER
way, but the result is exactly the same
A skeleton of a man is seemingly en-
dowed with life, and dances with Wig
or that would tire live man. Their
there are flying birds, dancing darkies
and number of mechanical trips tina
seem past explanation. All these anc
the best Newspaper in New England
will be yours if you buy The Bostol
Sunday Herald OF April rs.