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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-09-03
ono Ncgleeted petaiI.

NO, sir" said the man who was
chewing a long straw, Il amt salts
fed yet. | don't think airy one o. them
conventions went fur enough"
Il thought you regarded the future
very hopefully"
4 did fur a time. But in the excite
ment we overlooked things thet orter
a been done. 1t never occurred ter me
at the time, but we made big mistake
by not havin' plank put inter the
platform maxim 1t ag'in the law fur
it ter rain on a mans hay when he's
gone ter town ter tend p'litical meet
Washington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-09-03
THINK IT OVER.
Some Points for Farmers to Carefully
Consider.

Some Points for Farmers to Carefully
Consider.
Farmers who think that free silver
will help them to get rid of their mort
cages should consider carefully what
effect a siXteen-to-one law will have on
the lenders of capital. The silverites are
telling you beautiful stories about the
great volume of money which will be
ready for loaning at low rates of inter
est as soon as we adopt the silver stand
ard. But suppose the scheme should not
work in the way they expect? Suppose
that as soon as it becomes likely that a
free-coinage law will be enacted there
is general demand that all mortgages
should at once be paid in full? The
promise of cheap money when free sill
yer comes won't help you now. Where
are you going to get the money TO pay
off your mortgage? DO you suppose
any man is going to make loans while
there is possibility of his being re-
paid in 50-cent dollars? And if you can't
raise the money when it is called for,
and if your farm is sold at a sacrifice,
here will you be then?
Think these things over Don't be
fooled by the free-silver idea that cheap
money means low rates of interest The
facts are just the other way. Interest is
far higher in all silver-using countries
than IN gold countries. If we go on the
silver standard the men who have capt.
tai to lend will charge more interest
than they do now in order to cover the
risk OF being repaid in deprecated sill
Yer dollars. So, if you succeed IN bor-
rowing under free coinage you will pay
higher interest on the loan. Ask any
body who knows the facts whether in
tcrest is not much higher in Mexico, In
cia or the silver South American coun-
tries than in the United States, Eng
/ land or Germany, with their currency
based on gold. Then make up your mind
that YOU will vote for the financial sys-
TEN which if left undisturbed will ben
Gift you far more than free silver win.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-09-03
Towns. Range 5. wyalusing.
JOHN EPLETT County clerk.
-srATE-f0Hx MErcALF. Deeea-ea

srATE-foHS MErcALF. Deeea-ea.
state 81 Wisconsin, coLrty Court II Grant
Coumty--In Probate
40 ice j. hereby given. that at the special term
81 iile q uniy Court, 20 bt ne1 IN s.,.a for said
county at the Court Hcn4e ID fhr cisy OF Ian
caster ia said County, the 3rd Tuesday Of
sept. A. y lse5. being fhe 18th day of sept 1886,
~ the hour II mt O'Clock IN she afternoon. the
following matter will be heart and usidered.
The appIc at.au af Jane Metcalf a. sole executrix
Of thr last viii and testament ri said Johu M,acali.
deceased late o. @ en- Haven. "a said county. for
the allowance II fef hnHi account ani Tor 81 or
der as-iguing the residue % said estate
BY order u he C1uef
r. 4 BURR.
Register ia Probate
Dated Aug. "A. 1880 2sW3
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-09-03
LEGAL NOTICES
UNREDEEMED LANDS,
Notice For Tax Deed.
OFFICIALLY
OFFICE OF YHE COUNTY CLERK !
Ian AsFER. Grant Co. WIS Z
LII. Il 10.


Notice is hereby given that the foltowlie
desert he'd lands and village ana eIlY tots ~
ma. county of Grant ana state q " 47eollsll
were sold bv the treasurer OF saia county OF
the 18th dav of May, 1856 Tor me dehh4hent
taxes OF 1873. the amount set opposite 10
eacn tract of lana. village or city lot = tne
amount Of tax interest ana charges cue
thereon computed - the last day 81 re-
Ns,w therefore. unless the taxes and
charges are paid on the following descrl ned
tracts ii land. village ana city lots on or be-
fore the
SIXTEENTH DAY or MAY 1854
the same will be conveyed By tax deed TO
the purchasers according ~ the provisions
oflaw
Authorizations: east, ne northeast, sc
southeast. " west. NV northwest sw south
west. n north south, com commencing.
beg beginning run running. &C acre. blk
block. II feet, ks links. chs chains. add addi-
ton. pit part adj adjoining ctg containing
ex except. und undivided cor corner. frac
fractional, bd bounded. tn thence, sec sec
ton
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-09-03

Why is it that both the populists and
the democrats failed to put plank in
their platforms demanding that the
government own and control the silve-
mines of this country. so that the profit
which would he made from free coin
age would 10 to our government, and
TINS indirectly be a benefit TO the whole
pcople2 Why should this profit go to a
few individuals who own the silver
mines and who are already enormously
rich? Is not this building up one Of the
most dangerous trusts that the country
has even SEEM Think of a few men hav-
ing under their control all the silver of
this country and the government com
pclltd to turn it into dollars as fast as
they produce 1T! suppose that these sill
yer men combine to shut down work on
their mines when they want to produce
q stringency in the money market, then
open them again when they want TO
make money abundant. Would not this
put the whole business of the country at
their mercy2
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-09-03
silver Production and Prices.

In 1873 the total worlds production
of silver was 6I.1o0,000 ounces, and
the silver in a dollar was worth S1.o4 in
silver was l65,00o,o00 ounces ard the sill
YER in dollar was worth only so 7-10
cents. VIII the silver miners restore
the production of 1873 as the first step
toward restoring the conditions"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-09-03
Legal Ratios Cannot Fix Values.

While the advocates of free coinage
ere loudly asserting the power of the
government TO raise the bullion value
of silver from thirty to one to sixteen to
one of gold they at the same time pub
lish facts which prove the very reverse
of their claim. Thus they boast that for
the 20 years previous to 1873, the year
of the alleged crime, the value of silver
bullion ranged from three to seven
cents per ounce above its coinage value
lin other words, the silver in a "dollar"
coin was worth three or four cents more
than dollar. Now the preachers of
prosperity through legislation say that
ii is the law that fixes the value of the
money metals, and that if the United
States alone opened its mnts for the
free coinage of silver at sixteen 10 one
the commercial value of gold would be
exactly 16 times that of silver. That
their assertion is not true, and that the
bullion value of either metal cannot be
fixed by law, is clearly shown by the
facts given above in regard to the COM
plete failure of previJds free-coinage
laws to keep the real value of silver at a
ratio Of sixteen to one Of gold.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-09-03
4 STATE. WILLIAM JACKSON. deceased.

- STATE WILLIAM JACKSON. deceased.
State Of Wisconsin, County Court 81 Grant
County In Probate.
Notice is hereby given, that at the general
term of county court 10 be held in and for
said county al the court house in the city Of
Lancaster. in said county, on the firstTuesday
OF Oct, a. u. 1896. being the 9Th day OF Oct,
1896. at the hour OF one O'Clock in the after
noon. the following matter will be heard
and Considered
The application of Arthur T. Jackson and
Albert ii. Jackson as executors of the last
Will and testament OF William jackson de-
ceased. late of Hazel Green. In said county
for the allowance of their final account and
the assignment Of the residue of the estate
OF said deceased. in pursuance of the terms
of the will Of said deceased.
BY order of the Court
f. A. BURR
Register in Probate.
Dated Aug Is, 1896 2sw3
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-09-03

todd is the Spectator dollar
say The advocates of the silver standard.
How ahout the cheap money period
from ls6l to 1882 Did not speculation
az al kinds flourish then. and we're NOT
the gamblers III bonds, stocks or farm
products greatly aided by he depreci-
ated ard tiutt-sat NIX curreney2
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-09-03
In Southwestern Arkansas Just ODeR-
ed 10 Settlement
By the Building of the New
Road-The Kansas City
Pittsburg and Gulf-The
Port Arthur Route.
AsSA, !Hs NEW CITY IN POLK COUNTY
To Become the Center of a
Large and Important Trade
Territory,

The Kansas City, Pittsburg &Gulf Railroad
the Port Arthur Route-will con1nlets -
line to Polk county. Arkansas. Tabouf Ang *
This Will open mp one ofthe newest ana 6.sSt
portions OF southwestern Arkansas Ia s..ttIs,
me1t ms country has been without rail-
roads and Is very sparcely settled there r.
ing in this section of the state nsayIS- ; Any
900 acres Of the very finest kind III saye ~,
nlent land Tor homestead entry and nfilions
more 81 mag fruit growing farming.
mineral and heavily tim bered lands can 3Ss
purchased at from . to so per 49,. "a M, Is
i hlgn, rolling. well-watered heavily
ulnoefed healthy country with an exceII,su,
summer and winter climate
SPEeIAL Low RATE EXCURSIONS.
nv railroads Will sell half-rate stor-ov.r
IoLnesee kers tickets II any point on M.
kansas city, P.ttsburg & Gulf railroad an
sue ieiipWiag dates; Aug. ! and u Sent
anu u October and 70. Re sure 10 l7ll7 5-,.r,-
- SCI Y Mena and see all ut Sosfb5vfSf
missouri t1e ozark apple country ana v-.set
STU Arkansas. This VIII afford hong4s..-l.-
& $50 unparalleled opportunity Is visit trs.
county and secure homes Ga this r7a4,s Ia..f
taleFs and pamphlets giving 4 fun fias.-,i,,
ti9at'E TIE country VIII be mailed 49,.
-. s>9.l.s a horhne-iI. Lard COMMITS
No. + @liSas city
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-09-03
More monev.vis The dcinsive or,

More money" is the dciusive cry
Of the silverites in their campaign for
cheap dollars. BUT they 10 not attempt
70 show how = sixteen TO one free coin
age law. which would put our 5000, 000,-
coo gold al premium of nearly so per
cent. and drive il all ont Of circulation,
could possibly give US more money than
we have now
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-09-03

The c. b. and n r. K. will sell home
seekers excursion tickets from Potosi
station Al one fare round trip on the
following dates, August to IS, Sept.
l to Is and %. Oct. to 20 1896.
Tickets good to start on return passage
on Tuesdays ald Fridays within q
days from date OF sale. Tickets good
for stop over after reaching first har-
vest excursion point within Is days
from date Of sale.
Tickets sold to nearly all points in
the following States:
Alabama. Arizona. Arkansas. Colorado
Florida. louisiana. Minnesota. Missis-
sippi Missouri. Nebraska; y. Dakota.
y. Carolina. oklahoma, ;. Dakota.
:. Carolina. Tennessee. Texas. Utaha,
Wisconsin, and Wyoming. For fur
ther Information cali on or address.
+. A. BERGE.
Agt. c. p. y \. r. H..
Po;o~i. Wis
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-09-03
PRACTICAL srecrsTIoNs.

An people should praise God from
their hearts.
They should praise Him with their
voices ana with their lives: i'll public
and in private. in form and in spieit.
He thai hath praising spirit VII
always ind something 10 praise God
for.
\ praising spirit IS the sign Of a right
lcart
A praising spirit IS the way 70 be-
come better.
Praise Is the precursor Of brighter
blessings.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-09-03

For the young peoples Christian
Union held at Omaha Neb. Aug. Is to
"A. The c. b. and \. r. Il. will sell
excursion tickets at S11.1S for round
trip. Dates Of sale Aug. Is to II and
Is.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-09-03
Railroad Excursions.

For the Grand Army Of Republic to
be held at ST Paul Mimi. Sept. to 18th
the Chicago Burl and No r. Il. will
sell round trip tickets from Potosi to
St. Paul at $500. Dates of sale Aug.
81 and Sept. 1st Final limit Of tick
cts sept. 30th.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-09-03
Town :. Range 9. Potosi.

Lot less &C
exc rig n Of
way .a-.--+ - BdlneLd .--..- -
Sw1s of LeA ~ .-.-----.4 -
Town g. Range 3. Potosi
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-09-03
DESCRIPTION 10 Whom Assessed

Town . Range /. Smeiser
30 and ll5 fl in
NV a of nel4 90 WIN JOINS. ...-s > W
80 and IFS fl in ,e i,
SEA OF sel4 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. p
Village of Cuba CITY,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-17

Lookout Mountain, at the north, to the
foot of which the street cars run, the
eve looks over the city, Victoria and
Biltmore, then reaches the Vanderbilt
mansion, and the view stretches over
foothills, peaks and mountain ranges
until il fades away to the south in the
beautiful blue haze that gives these
rugged peaks 5heir. wondrously soft
and ever-changing tints. Or if the
seeker after pleasure is ardent in the
pursuit of wild and grand scenery, he
can easily and quickly organize
party for a iaunt to Mt Mitchell, the
entire trip being easily made in less
than two days, A similar trip can be
made to old Pisgah, which looms up to
the southwest, an ever watchful sem
tinel Of the beautiful bride, bonnie
Asheville as she nestles to rest i'm the
bosom Of the Blue Ridge.
But if the visitor imagines that
Asheyille is asleep, he will change his
mind by ever so brief a visit Her
beautiful scenery, the exquisite haze
that clothes her mountains in softest
raiment, and the ever varying sunsets
which greet the delighted eye, cause a
suspicion that she is under an en-
chanter's spell. Yet her streets are
uuhllhiIlS Will INC MUSIC " ACTIVITY
and her metropolitan air would do
credit to cities with ten times the
population. In the afternoons OF any
bright day Patton avenue presents
picture not soon forgotten, of busy
purchasers and strollers for pleasure;
of numerous vehicles of every descrip-
ton from the heavy dray of the city
merchant to the brilliant equipage Of
some city belle who handles the RI
bands in perfect style as she picks her
way through the maze; of the electric
cars as they reflect their flashing pic
lures in the beautiful show-windows
which on every side delight the eye
trained to artistic coloring and ar
rangement.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-17

view on the right Now we are at
Lillsboro, where CORVALLIS had his
headquarters during the Revolution
AIRY war, and it is said that ne would
easily recognize the town, il he could
come back to it to-day Across the
railroad from the town stands the De-
coneechee Mountain, the first TO be
seen on our trip. Very soon we will
Lass the Farmers Alliance headquar-
ters, occupying the building on the
right which was erected soon after the
civil war, and was known as the Hor-
nor q Graves Military School. We very
soon pass the Presbyterian High
School on the right just before reach
ing Mebane This school occupies the
ola Bingham Military School build
in gs. We are now in Alamance county,
the leading county in the State in cot
ton factoring. At Haw River are the
large factories of eX-Goy. Holt and
his sons
Only a few miles beyond Burlington
and to the right we pass Elon College,
which has grown rapidly of recent
years and will very soon receive a
very large endowment it is reported,
probably more than 100000. The col
Ieoe is owned and controlled by the
Christian denomination.
Nothing more of special interest
until about twenty miles away, we see
the Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege for the colored in the suburbs of
Greensboro, to the right. They have
handsome and well-equipped build
ings. Just across the railroad from the
\. and NJ. College stands Bennett Sem
mary for the colored people, supper
ted principally by Northern Method
SITS. We are now at the busiest rail-
the geographical centre of the State
road station, with the shabbiest depot
in the State Railroads radiate from
Greensboro in five directions, penetra-
ting every part of the State. This is
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-17

AIRY is passed on the left side, and the
agricultural and Mechanical College
on the right From Raleigh to Cary,
eight miles, the Seaboard Air-Line's
track runs parallel with the Southern
ard almost daily the trains on the two
roads reach and leave Raleigh at the
same time. As the roads are very
spirited competitors, the engineers
and conductors urge on their respec-
tive iron horses and some very beau
tiful races between two magnificent
railroad trains is the result. Of
course all passengers are full of inter-
est and excitement, but as the trains
on both roads must come to a full
stop before entering the town and
crossing each others tracks, there is
absolutely no danger. The roads are
as straight as an arrow and almost
perfectly level over this entire dis
lance. Here our train turns off to the
northwest and in about thirty mnu-
tes we stop at East Durham, between
two Of the biggest cotton factories in
the State About two miles further
We pass the Somerset Villa" the inn
posing residence of Col. j. S. Carr, and
r otel Carolina on the right, near the
station where we stop just in front of
the largest smoking tobacco factory
IN the world. The famous Durham
Pulls are painted on the front Of the
factory, just as they are on the Pyra-
mids of Egypt, and in every prom-
nent place throughout Europe, Asia
and Australia. Just beyond this inn
mense factory, a little further up the
road on the same side is the Durham
Graded School building. A model Of
It's kind. superintendent Toms vii,
le on the train with a number Of his
teachers. But don't look that way too
long, for on the right side, you viii
observe the immense cigarette fac
tory of the Dukes in which ipsttu-
ton, four men are said to have accu-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-17

That the numerous livery establish
ments in Asheville do a thriving bust
ness both winter and summer, is not
surprising 20 those who have expert
enced the pleasure of an outing over
the miles and miles of dTive-ways and
bride paths that network the country
for miles around the city. But, though
there are thousands of visitors in Ashe-
vile in winter. it is in summer that
the Somtherners flock to its life-giving
atmosphere and escape depressing
heat, warm nights, and mosquitoes.
And it is during the summer morn
ings and afternoons, when the air Is
deliciously cool and iDyigorating. and
at night. when one must wear wrap
while riding. that the drives are espe-
eially attractive To quote the recent
words of a Boston school principal,
'sthe air is SO Intoxicating as 10 make
enc dizzy" and with this to enjoy
the opportunity of a drive TO Wander
bits palace and over his elegant
roads, ii is no exaggeration to say that
these two pleasures alone make a trip
to Asheyille well worth the expense.
But to even mention the drives would
tax space Gold View. What 4 pic
ture of thrilling delight the very
words bring to those who have stood
on its heights and looked beyond
range after range of mountains until
the eye refused to further follow
space.
Perhaps the most popular drive for
the quietly inclined, the one which
seems peculiarly '.for Whispering
lovers made is the swannanoa road,
which winds for miles beside hat
lovely stream, whose waters mirror
the varying tints of the rhododen.
dron, with its pink and white face
and dark green dress, as it shyly looks
over the banks to catch a glimpse Oh
its own blushing beauty And with
the shaded vistas Of gently ripping
waters, the songs of native birds, and
perchance the happy -go-lucky chirt
of the grasshopper in nearby field
one thinks Of Eden and forgets care
and is for once, at least, perfectly
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-17

beyond hope of description. With two
engines to ordinary trains, sending
forth great showers of cinders, we are
climbing the mountains very slowly,
Il would seem, since we ride six miles
to accomplish a quarter of one in di-
rect line. After travelling one and
three-quarter miles, we find ourselves
on track $50 feet ahead of the track
at the starting point, but about 260
feet above it. Just after leaving
Round Knob, we cross Mill creek, the
head waters of the Catawba. This
creek we will cross eleven times while
travelling six miles. Presently we
shoot through a tunnel, another and
another until six or seven i'm all have
been gone through. After passing the
third tunnel, if you will look down the
Royal Gorge to the left, you can see
Kings Mountains, ninety miles away
The Swannanoa tunnel is the longest
and the highest elevation you will
reach, length 1900 feet and elevation
$500 feet. Just one hundred yards be-
yond the western end is the water dl-
vided between the Atlantic and the
Mississippi. Springs within a few feet
of each other send their waters thous-
ands of miles apart. The Catawba
towards the East and the French
Broad in the opposite direction along
whose banks we are soon descending
the mountains towards Asheville. At
ter passing Black Mountain (where
the Assembly met in 1885 and 1866,
Coopers and Glen Inglis, we arrive at
Biltmore, Mr. Vanderbilt's model
town. Kenilworth Inn is on the right
side up the mountain. You will recog-
nize it from the picture. The bus will
be at this station for you if you wish
to stop here. To the left is Mr.. Wander
bits 100000 acre farm only as describ-
ed elsewhere. Now only two miles fur
Their on and you will be at the Asheville
depot
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-17
AsHEVILLE
Pen and Picture s ketch

The visitor who comes to Asheville
with the idea that the city would be
taxed to hold a large assembly, is
probably not aware that upwards of
$4,000 visitors are annually accommo-
dated within her doors, with room 20
spare.
The Battery Park Hotel alone can
easily handle $50 guests, and Kenil-
worth Inn, one and,a half miles from
the centre of the city, will hold at
least 200. These hostelries are too fa-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-17

rhe teachers and friends from the
eastern part of the Stare will find the
trip to Asheyille full of interest and of
great educational value. The country
through which they win pass has ex-
perieuced marvellous development dur
ing the last decade
Taking Goldsboro as a starting
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-17

nous to need a word of mention. Be
sides these, Hotel Berkeley, Ehe Swan
nanoa, the Oaks and other hotels could
swell the number to more than double
these combined figures; while the in
Vulnerable boarding houses are ever
ready to give board and rooms to all
visitors.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-05-17

!. ulated over 4 million dollars each.
Cur teachers tell the boys ABOUT the
ad effect of narcotics. but the factory
IS always busy, turning out millions
Of cigarettes daily; shipping TO all
POINTS i'm the civilized and uncivilized
world; they viii supply the inhabi
tauts Of Jupiter, Mars, &c, as soon as
means of transportation can be dis
covered. But Trinity College is now
in sight on the same side; here we VIII