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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-07
A COOP FIRE DEPARTMENT.,
No Town Can Afford to Be Without Al
ple Protection From Fire.

No Town Can Afford to Be Without Am
pie Protection From Fire. (.
Scarcely day passes but there is
chronicled the destruction Of some city
or town by fire Disaster from storm or
food human ingenuity has not as yet
been able to guard against, but any
community provided with modern fire
fighting apparatus may feel that danger
from that element is reduced to the
minimum. There are several plans BY
which an efficient body Of tiremen may
be ready at the call. Some cities that
are not able 20 afford 6, paid department
have half rate force, which with sufi-
cient apparatus renders the municipality
comparatively safe. .... ~
Towns of less size are fairly protect
ed with volunteer companies, and when
these volunteer organizations are actu-
ated by the proper spirit and receive the
support of tie citizens at large they fur
,nish force that is all that is required.
No town should be without at least one
steam fire engine and well equipped
ladder truck. With these and with wa
ter not too far away fire may be con-
fined to the building in which it starts
under ordinary circumstances
Rival fire mpanies-that is, rivalry
in which one seeks to outdo the other in
fighting fire (not among themselves),
each striving to make the best showing
with their 1nachines-make up in ener-
BY and enthusiasm for Lack Of method
of paid fire departments.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-07
a GAME OF NlNEPINs.
Munchnnsenlihe Story of . Beheada
German Criminal.

Munchnnsenlihe Story of q Beheads0
German Criminal. -.
III an Imperial city lately a criminal
was condemned to be beheaded who had
a singular itching to play at ninepins
While his sentence WAS proneuncing he
had the temerity to offer request to
be permitted to play once more ct his
favoritc game at the place Of execution.
and then he said he would submit
without a 1nurlnur.
AS the last prayer Of a dying man
his request was granted. When arrived
at the solemn spot lie found everything
prepared, the pins being set up and the
bowl ready. He played with no little
earnestness, bat the sheriff at length,
seeing that he showed no inclination to
deaist, privately ordered the executioner
to strike the fatal blow as he stopped
for the bowl.
The executioner did go, and the
head dropped into the culprit's hand as
he raised himself to see what had &C.
CURED. He Immediately aimed at the
nine, conceiving that it was the bowl
which he grasped. All nine falling, the
bead loudly exclaimed, II have won
the game Prom the German.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-07

NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF REDEMPTION
PERIOD.
s74 Gou 1f M II 1oof, }ss.
To Fred Nichols:
Take notice that the following described pieces
or parcels Of land situated in the county of Cook
and state OF Minnesota, to-wit: Southeast quar-
ter OF southwest quarter, and lot seven in section
six, and lot five in section seven. all in town six
ty-two, north OF range two west of the 4th princ-
pal meridian, was on the 2n6 day Of May, A. d.
1892, bid in for the State for the sum of six dol
lars and seven cents pursuant to real estate tax
judgment entered in the District Court in the
said counties of Lake and Cook on the 21st day
of March, A. D. 1892, in proceedings to enforce
payment of taxes delinquent upon real estate for
the years 1858 and 1889. for the said county of
Cook and was on the 31st day of December. A.
D. 1885, assigned by the State of Minnesota for
sixteen dollars and four cents. That the amount
required to redeem such lands from such assign
ment, exclusive of the costs to accrue upon this
notice. s the said sum of sixteen dollars and four
cents. with interest thereon at the rate of per
cent per month from said 31st day of December,
1885, to the time Of such redemption, and delin-
Quent taxes. penalties and costs accruing subse.
quent to said assignment, with interest thereon
to the time of such redemption; and the time
within which said land can be redeemed from
said assignment will expire sixty days after SER
vice Of this notice in manner prescribed by Sec
ton 81 of chapter 6. general laws of Minnesota
for the year 1877. and amendments thereto.
Dated this 23rd day of January. A. D. 1896.
lsEAL.] VIM FISHER,
Auditor Cook County, MINI:
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-07
NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF RE
DEMPTION PERIOD.

STATE OF MINNESOTA. ..
County of Cook. 60
TO Charles N. Stuart:
Take notice that the following described pieces
or parcels of land situated in the county Of Cook
and state OF Minnesota. to-wit: northwest quar-
ter of southeast quarter, southwest quarter of
southeast quarter and lots five and SIX, sec
ton u one. township sixty-two, north Of range
May. A. D. 1892, bid in for the State for the
sum of six dollars and seventy-seven
cents. pursuant an to real estate tax Judgment
entered IN the District Court in the SAID coun-
ties Of Lake and Cook on the slst day Of March,
A. .. 1892, in proceedings to enforce payment of
taSe delinquent ia upon real estate fer the
was cn the sist day of December. A. D. 1895, as
and fifty EIGHT cents That the amount required
to redeem such lands from such assignment ex-
elusive OF the costs to upon this notice is
the said sum. of twenty dollars and 6fty-eight
cents with interest thereon at the rate of one PEI
cent. month from said 31st day of December,
1895, to the time Of such redemption, and the de-
SHnquent taxes, penalties and costs accruing SUBJ
aequent to said assignment with interest thereon
to the time of such redemption, and the time
within which said land can be redeemed from
said assignment will expire sixty days after SER
vice of this notice in rnanner prescribed by Sec
ton 81, of Chapter 4. General Laws of Minnesota
for the year 1877 and amendments thereto.
Dated at ,5rand Marais. this 2srd day of JAN
(sEAL.] VIM. FISHER,
.@s Auditor Cook County MINI
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-07
To Keep Cool.

: FOR four years St. Louis and Denver
have been keeping cool by currents Of
anhydrous liquid ammonia that flow
through mains as gas and watcr do and
refrigerate food, air and people, If they
desire it, in hotels, markets and private
houses. Like most new ideas, this took
root in the west first. The present sum
mer the system has been adopted by cot
itagers and hotel keepers at Atlantic
City.
It is tolerably certain that ice will be
supplanted as a cooler before many
gears. either by anhytlrous liquid am
tmonia or by new preparation known
as carbon doxide. It is produced by
*;ealcining limestone with the coke of
soft coal. It is a gas as first formed, but
can be compressed aud liqSeied. Then
the PLAZA is to pass it also through un-
;derground pipes from a central plant to
houses, hotels, 1neatshops and any 9th.
or place where it is wanted.
The oarbo,l dio4idc may be sprayed di-
rectly upon meat which it is desired to
ref2igerate. tits said to sour. milk, how
over. And when the temperature is boil
ing hot outside it is expected to be able
by either one of these methods to cheat
old father sun out of his innings and
depress the mercury to any desired point
indoors.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-07

xSASeDRIl 16&Dll AS u FOWL EOOmeFs
Reluctant thoug h we may be to &C.
knowledge it, it is- nevertheless fact
that baseball club adyertises a town
more extensively than almost any ordi-
nary business enterprise, says the Dma-
ha World-Herald. So patent has this
become that business houses have their
own baseball teams now to keep their
names conspicuously before the public.
Column after column is given up by
the press to baseball returns and the
wires are kept busy every night telling
tho public what Casey did at the bat. tt
therefore happens that the results Of the
ball games find their way into print
not only in the papers at home, but in
every paper which enjoys an Associated
or United Press franchise. Millions Of
readers are every day reminde led that our
city has representation in a baseball as
sociation. ss,9t9
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-07
His Account With Els Dentist,

Brown has the reputation of being
one of tho most misery of men, but be
plumes himself On his memorable sense
Of justice. For IS years he owed den.
fist s22 for filing front tooth with
gold, refusing to pay it because he said
the bill was exorbitant. The other day
the filing came out. he took the gold
to a jewelry store and had it valued.
Then he svrote to the dentist and in.
closed check for his account, based on
the following computation: ''Actua]
value Of the gold, s.. 80; amount Of
labor (which I deem liberal), IS; for use
of the tooth = years, So; total, $l3. so.
I return gold on account and inclose
check for the balance, $40. Washing,
ton Post.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-07

= congress OF representatives of the
lr1sh people is to meet in this country
before long. It is not quite clear wheth-
r.representatlyes' means descendants
OF i1lsn and those having more or less
o1 the D1ood O. the old country in their
VEINS or not. y It means those who
snare the irish blood, what 9 great COM
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-07
Timber Land. Act June 8, 1a78.-Notice for Pub
ication.-United States Land Office, Duluth

Timber Land, Act June 8, 1a7s.-Notice for Pub
lication.-United States Land Office Duluth
Mimi. December IL. 1895.
Notice is hereby given that in compliance with
the provisions of the ACT of Congress of June
s, 1873. entitled IAN act for the sale Of timber
lands In the states of c. hfornia, Oregon, Nevada
and Washington Territory" as extended to all
public land states by act of August 4, 1892,
John Messner: of Duluth, county Of st.
Louis state Of Minnesota, has this day filed in
this Office his sworn statement No. 2769, for the
purchase of the lots "a and II of section 30 and
swk of swM of section 80 in township 81 north,
range NV, and will offer prof to show that the
land sought is more valuable for its timber Or
stone than for agricultural purposes, and
to establish his claim to said land before the
Register and Receiver of this Office at Duluth
Mimi. on Tuesday, the 18th day of March. 1896.
He names as witnesses: - E. g. =. -,
Christian Haug, Gotfred Dyson of Duluth
MINI. and Reinhold r. Graetz, William Hown-
slime Of Grand Marais Mimi.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above described land are requested to file their
claims in this Office on or before said 18th
day of March, 1895.
A. j. Taylor Register.
W. H. Smsllwood Atty. Ia
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-07
J. CONCERNING LAWNS.
Information "A bout Their CONSTRUCTION.
,Sodding and Grass Sowing.

4 information About Their CONSTRUCTION.
.sodding and Grass Sowing.
The formation Of lawn, as the basis
Of al future operat ions, should be care
fully looked after. after shaping the
ground tosthe req ulnefl grade, enough of
the subson is removed to allow Of at
least FIVE ,inches Of ,topsoil being spread
evenly over the entire surface. If the
natural slope is not sufficient, drainage
should be provided for by tile or other
drains. Then the surface should be
plowed, a subsoil following the common
pillow, the ground being thoroughly pull,
verified, a harrow following to complete
the work. After ..athe seed is sown a
light narrowing g, followed BY thorough
rolling, gives a. firm and smooth surface.
Grass seed should .be planted early in
the season in This climate to secure the
best results, although early fall plant
: ing has advantages
It the laMn is Of limited size, if suit
able sods can be obtained, simpler
method Of procedure is to sod the sur
face. Before this operation the ground
should be beaten to form firm surface
For sods IL by Is inches is convenient
size. The. edges should closely adjoin
and the x:sods be beaten down with the
backaf shovel If the weather is dry,
the .sods should be drenched with water
once in two days, in the evening, for a
week or two. On the sloping sides Of
terwaces or elsewhere on banks it may
be absolutely necessary to use sods, as
the rains would wash the soil away be-
fore the seeds could terminate. IF neces-
sary, the sods can be held in place with
little wooden pegs. ..
. The lawn mower should be used once
a week if the weather is moist, or fort
nightly even when rain is infrequent,
for, with proper sprinkling in dry
weather, if the lawn is we'll made,
growth will still be rapid. In the fall
a good coating of manure should be Civ
On the surface, the rough parts being
raked off in the spring.
Lawns that have run down by neg
lect can be improved, when it is unde-
sirable to pillow them up, by raking the
surfaces with sharp toothed rake, or, if
the surface is extensive, narrowing
This work should be carefully done,
that the roots of tho grasses be not in
iured. Then seed should be sown, one
half the quantity used for original
planting beng employed. After this the
surface should be enriched with prep.
aration made for the purpose, the har~
row or rake used and the roller en1-
ployed to complete the work.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-07
Her Choice.

A woman who has travelled largely
in Japan mentioned in the course Of a
lecture the fact that the Japanese Ian
guage does not contain an impolite
word hence there is no swearing in
that happy land. She also stated that
csculation was an unknown pleasure.
As. the audience dispersed, commenting
faYorably upon different points, an old
woman remarked in voice loud enough
to be heard by all, well, for my part,
/ prefer country whore they kiss and
cuss! ''-Atlanta Constitution.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-07
NOTICE OF EXPIRATION OF REDEa
PERIOD.
STATE OF MINNESOTA.
County of Cook. 3d.

To Harry K. White:
Take notice that the following described pieces
or parcels Of land situated in the county of Cook
and state of Minnesota. to-wit: south half of
northwest quarter, north half of southwest quar-
ter, section twenty three, town sixty-tyo north
Of range two west, was on the End day of May,
D. 1892, bid in for tie State for the cum of six
dollars and seventy-four cents pursuant to a real
estate tax Judgment entered in the District Court
in the said counties of Lake and Cook, on the
21st day of March, A. D. 1892, in proceedings to
enforce. payment of taxes delinquent upon real
estate for the years 1885 and 1889 for the said
county of Cook. and was on the 31st day of De-
cember. A. D. 1895 assigned by the State of Min
nesota for the sum of nineteen dollars and sev-
enty-six cents That the amount required to re-
deem said land from such assignment exclusive
of the costs to accrue upon this notice. is the said
sum Of nineteen dollars and seventy-six cents,
with interest thereon at the rate of one per cent
per mon tn from said 31st day of December, 1895,
to the time of such redemption, and the delin-
quent taxes penalties and costs accruing subse-
quent to said assignment, with interest thereon
to the time of such redemption. And the time
within which said land can be redeemed from
said assignment will expire sixty days after SER
vice Of this notice in manner prescribed by Sec
ton 81, of Chapter 6. General Laws of Minnesota
for the year 1877, and amendments thereto.
Dated at Grand Marais, this 23rd day of Janu-
uary, A. D. 1896.
:, (sEAL.) VIM. FISHER,
Auditor of Cook Co., MINI.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-07
EPHkAiM AND THE BEAR.
How He Killed Yearling IN : Eat.
Fight without Weapons.

Fight without Weapons.
Old Ephraim Hatfield, father. Of Anse
and Elias Hatfield, Of Nice Coy Hatheld
feud notoriety. was a born fighter. He
was also mighty hunter, and had one
ambition. sItswas to kill a yearling bear
In fair fight without any weapons
other than those nature provided him
with. Every day that he felt especially
strong he would 90 ont with his dogs
and his boys, and, freeing bear, would
get him down and fight him. When
bruin would begin to got the best of the
encounter, he would call his boys to let
loose the dogs. Year after year passed
and Ephraim lad not yet whipped a
bear.
One day a fine yearling bear was
freed, and as Guilty was climbing to a
place Of safety old man Hatfield cut off
apiece Of the animal s;fail with q quick
blow of his knife; and the bear came
down. ssEphraim threw his gnn and
knives to the boys and cried out:
He's likely varmint. Stan aside,
boys, an watch yo' dad. Tn comm,
BARI. And be clutched the bear by the
throat.
The animal got it's paws around
Ephraim, and they fought, rolling in
every direction, until it was almost i'm
possible to distinguish man from beast
in the cloud. The boys held the dogs
and encouraged the old man by shout
ing to him: s.s-.
eco it, pap1 You've got 'eml Give
It to i'm, dad!"
Down the hill the two rolled until
they could roll no farther. r.
''Let 3oose the dogs!'' shouted the old
man. "Iet 'em loose The critters got
mel'
But the boys thought the old man
would never have better opportunity
to realize his ambition and whip year.
ling bear and kept the dogs away.
Finally Ephraim, seeing that he was not
to have assistance, began to use his feet
and hands with an energy born of de-
spair, and in half an hour he succeeded
in choking the animal to death, but not
until his clothes were torn to shreds and
his face and body were covered with
gaping wounds, from which the blood
flowed so freely that it left a crimson
trail wherever the man went. Dragging
the carcass out Of the pit Ephraina start
ed after the boys, and it would have
Jared poughly with them, but they fled.
The old man reached his homo and was
almost dead from loss OF blood, but his
ambition had been: realized-he had
whipped a yearling bear in a fair fight.
The boys hid out ia the woods for sew
eral days, and would not return until
their father, whose joy at his success
had got the better Of his pain and an.
ger, sent them word that he would not
whip them if they returned. Hatfield
never wearied telling how he whipped
ayearling bear, and his sons arc equally
proud Of their fathers achievements
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-07
lumber Land. Act June 3. 1e7e.-notice for Pub
l1cation.-United States Land Office Duluth
MINI Dana1nk

Timber Land. Act June 3. 1e7e.-notice for Pub.
l1cation.-United States Land Office Duluth
MINI. December r. 1895,
Notice Is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions of the act of Congress o!
June s. 1878 entitled IAN act for the sale of
timber lands in the states of California, oregon,
Nevada and Washington Territory" as extended
to all the public land states by act Of August 4,
1892, Christian Haug. of Duluth county Of
St Louis state of Minnesota has this day 1iled in
this office his sworn statement No 277O. for the
purchase Of the seA Of nw@ swA of mex nk of
west 4th P. NJ. and will offer proof to show that
the land sought is more vluable for its timber
or stone than for agricultural purposes and to
establish his claim to said land before the Reg
later and Receiver Of this Office at Duluth Mimi
on Tuesday, the 18th day of March, 1906
He names as witnesses:
John Messner, Gotfred Dyson of Duluth MINI
and Reinhold R. GFaetz, William Howenstine of
Grand Marsis MINI.
ANY and all persons claiming adversely tn
described lands are requested to file their
claims in this Office on or before said 18th day
Of March, 1896.
A. j. Taylor Register.
H. w. SmallWood Atty. Ia
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-07
LocaA Paper. Satisfactory.

The New York Herald has disoontin-
ned It's weekly edition and makes this
true but start1ing statement for a great
rity daily: The Herald has discontin-
ned its weekly edition because the legit-
innate field Of weekly news is filed to
the satisfaction Of local readers b com
try and town papers 4 This is the fist
time on record that q metropo tan pa
per Acknowledged that it did not cover
everything in sight and that a eount ,,s
Wselsly had itin.ate Sc ebras
ka I'd Tor
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1896-03-07
Terms. 81 90 Q Year in Advance.
Reformed, Spelling.

y.
Some seven years ago the German ma
zion quietly simplifed its spelling by
the knocking out OF various snperhuons
letters. For 80 years number Of Amer
ican enthusiasts have been trying to do
something Of the same kind for the Eng
lish language. Before that Webster in
itated the move, which has finally enc
seeeded here, to drop the s a : that is still
retained by the English IN such words, as
favour" Y. labour'' and honour 2
Webster also made several other admira-
.sble changes ia the direction Of shorten
ing and simplifying words, changes
which, although generally adopted in
America, are still dated with soosn
by the British.
The, changes contemplated by another
school Of reformers Of the English Ian
.guage, in addition to notifications like
spelling words beginning with "ph''
with ''f'' instead, as Erase tor
phrase would reorgapize our IAN
.guage on the phonetic basis, or 70
..netic," as the new spelling would be-
I'VE would spell words as they are pro-
nounced This was the reform, attempt
ed 80 years ago, but which has never
succeeded to any extent. Funk & Wag-
nails, the publishing firm, propose now.
howeYer, to take the matter up in ear
nest.
They have issued circulars on the sub
,jeet to publishers, teachers and scholars
throughout the country. In these circu-
liars they declare that they will adopt
forthwith into their four periodical
publications the new spelling if a suf-
!,ficient number Of .thosestowhom tho cir.
iculars arc addressed will do the Same,
so that E. &. W. will not be forced to
bear alone the brunt Of oil the criticism
that will be fired at them. The circular
contains list Of the words whose snell-
ing it is proposed to change.
Some Of the words they will change
slightly are geographical naznes To,
instance, they Will spell Bering sea,
Tibet, Sudan, Chile, Korea and Haiti
as here written. Many authorities dc
that already, however. They will drop
silent letters, giving us, for instance,
"receit" for receipt. Perhaps they will
spell knowledge" thus, "nolledg" 1t,
such words as "dropped'' they would
change the 'ted'' to- t." thus, "dropt, "
writing words whose final ':ed" is pro.
lnounced like ''t'' as they are spoken.
This would be a great gain i'll the line
Of brevity In many other words Iunl'
g Wagnalls would make ono letter grow
! ssass191sa>e trg :ttsge grew before.
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Timber Land Act June 1s78.-Noticefo Pub
lication.-U Land Office Duluth MINI, Jan.

!, Notice is hereby given that in omplirnee with
the 1ou provisions of the act of Congress of June
1873 entitled an act for the sale Of timber lands
Washington Territory as amended by act Of
August 1892, Frank Damberg, Of Dnlut6, county
OF st. Lo95s' state of Mimi, has this day fled
he purchase of lots 8, and S, and seA
OF nwA Of section No. 3, in township No
q, range W 4th IN, and will offer proof to show
Der or stone than for agricultural purposes and
to establish his claim to said land before the
register and receiver of this Office at Duluth
MINI, on Wednesday. the Goth day of April, 1896.
Ole Erickson, Of Hibbing, Mimi, and Lars NJ
Erickson n, John Bromen and Claus Holmstrom
all of Dulutl, MINI.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above described lands are requested to file their
claims in this Office or before said Goth day OF
April, 1896.
A j Taylor, Register
wv H SmallXQQd. Atty. 2 %