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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-01-21
SHORT LOCAL HAPPENINGS

the west.
Mrs. Percy Brandt. OF Mt Ida. is
seriously i'll.
Mrs. James Hore, Little Grant, is
dangerously i'll.
Best concert company on the
smalleys.
Hon. J. B. Mccoy Of Platteville
was in the city Monday.
-Thos. Mckee of Fennimore visited
the county seat Saturday.
Hear Miss Caruthers with the
Smalleys next Friday night.
Miss Bessie Zeigler gave a party
to her friends Saturday evening.
Sanford Dodge and his talented
company in Richard III, Jan. 49,
Hon. j. B. johnson of Montfort
was in the city Monday on business.
Mrs. l. Luce of Fennimore is Wis
iting with Mr.. and Mrs. 5. w Rogers.
Prank Doran has moved into Al.
Enege's house on south jackson street.
The smalley Ladies' Quartette at
Reeds opera house Friday night, Jan.
p.
Judge Carter returned last Satur-
day and held court regularly on Tues
day.
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Hors-
fall, ST.. OF Millyille, are yet very
sick,
Miss Marjory Vaughn is visiting
in the city the guest OF DR.. Cronin's
family.
Mrs. NJ. j. Hill OF Waupun is
guest at the home of Mrs. I, j..
Brown
Mrs. Geo. VandeWan spent the
first of the week in Platteville with
her mother.
The county judges room in the
court house is being repaired with a
new steel ceiling.
A league for the study OF art has
been formed among the progressive
people of Platteville.
-Boscobel Dial-Enterprise. There
is little use in SO many Peep e making
applications for office.
The officers Of the Lancaster
Knights OF Pythias lodge were in
stalled last Tuesday evening.
Mrs. rockingham mas been on
the sick list for several days but we
are pleased to note is now improving.
: Four pair bobs, two horses, one
harrow to trade for cord wood or
corn and oats. j. f. BARNETT & Son.
Since the Sth of January Geo. A..
Moore has shipped from Lancaster p
cars Of hogs and from Platteville 3
cars Of hogs.
There will be basket sociable at
the Knotwell church on Grant River
on Wed. evening Jan. ~; every
body invited.
Fred Burrs new billiard parlor
had its opening last Monday night
and has been doing fourishing bus
mess ever since.
Arthur Marks. a clerk in Gimbel's
shoe department at Milwaukee, came
home to Lancaster Monday for two
weeks vacation.
Tom Cox Corps and Post will
hold their monthly social next Satur-
day Refreshments will be served by
the Corps ladies as usual
a child Of Prof and Mrs. + w.
McNair is very sick in Fennimore with
lung fever. The child's illness has
prevented the parents return to Mich
igan.
The new officers Of Calanthe J 4
pie. Rathbone sisters are LIZZIE -i.
orion, NJ. f. c.; Clara Rhodes, p. c.;
Alice orion, E. S; Alice Wenzel, Z.
j.; Ruby Dyer, NJ. of T.; Ida Show
alter. NJ Of r. & c.; Jessie Mccoy,
NJ. OF F.; Lucy Wier. 2. of T.; Lena
Tenant, O. Of 0. T.; Emma Lowry
Trustee; Clara Rhodes, Grand Repre-
sentative. At their recent installation
Ocea Basford was Installing officer.
The ceremonies were followed BY
excellent refreshments which were
snrrad - ~ now ntficars
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-01-21

Boggs-If women were allowed to
vote, the inspectors would never get
through.
Foggs-Why not?
Boggs-An hour after one had cast
her ballot she would sneak back and
want to change tn. Y. journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-01-21
Not Necessary.

THE good die young"
II wouldn't take out a life insurance
policy, if I we're you."-N. Y. Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-01-21
Cur ed

Hoods Pills with Hoods SarsapariIla,
and they have done me much gooo. 1
will not be without them. / have taken ID
bottles of Hoods Sarsaparilla, and through
the blessing of God, it has cured me.
! worked as hard as ever the past sum-
mer, and am thankful to say l am
well. Hoods Pills when taken with
Hoods Sarsaparilla help very much.D
MRS. M. M. MESSENGER, Freehold, Penn.
This and many other cures prove that
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-01-21

People find just the help they so much
need, in Hoods Sarsaparilla. 1t fur
nishes the desired strength by puri-
flying, vitalizing and enriching the
blood, and thus builds up the nerves,
tones the stomach and regulates the
whole system. Read this:
81 want to praise Hoods Sarsaparilla.
My health run down, and l had the grip.
After that, my heart and nervous system
were badly affected, SO that could not do
my own work. Our physician gave me
some help, but did not cure. decided
to try Hoods Sarsaparilla. Soon could
do all my own homework. have taken
The times., 1897-06-28
never was better time to raise one than
right now,
weyler's Last Cast.

1
Canovas has warned weyier that the
Republic of cuba must be conquered ir
short order, no matter at what sacrifice
of life, and the Hyena has begun the
IN the expulsion of the Spaniards; but
at the cost of such volume OF carnage,
outrage, pestilence and horror as the pages
of human history have not before been
| befouled with
So, Weyier begins operations by ordering
his commanders in Canaguey and San
tiago de Cuba to take no prisoners; sol
| d.ers and pacifioos alike are 20 be butch
cred rs fast as seized Women aud chill
dien VIII be taken to the towns and
starved to death. few DAYS VIII be
given them, nonainaHy to leave the island
After that they are to be ''Meated as
enemies that is, murdered.
The scene of the movement planned by
the captain-general is the territory conn
prised in the provinces of Puerto Principe
snd Santiago de Cuba This covers the
eastern end Of the country, and is al
most wholly in tie control of the patriot
forces. For its subjugation, Weyler con-
siders that he must use so, ,ooo men He
has MANY more on paper, but it is sig
nificant that he has called for 20 900
additional colonial volunteers and las
notified the home government that he must
have 10000 fresh troops from Spain.
notwithstanding these gigantic pfepara-
tons, unpre1udiced military people re-
gard the enterprise as one OF abject folly
The seasoa OF the year is deadly for
Spanish soldiers. The country to be
an active, confident and resourceful native
enemy. Malaria, smallpox and yellow fever
are likely to put 90 per cent OF the royal
force "bors du combat within month
after H. takes the field; while Gomez and
Garcia ask for nothing better thar just
such campaign over their own chosen
ground.
AT last, after two years OF mercy aud
Kindness to prisoners, the Cuban patriots
have been driven to the extreme necessity |
of repTisils, and, from now on, the war
viii be without quarter. For this state OF |
affairs the Government OF the United States |
is solely responsible Recognition OF bel,ig- |
erency a year ago, or month ago, would |
have compelled the Spaniards to observe
Tie laws OF civilized warfare. and SO, for I
the blood that will be ruthlessly and use
lessiy spilled, the sin viii lie at the door
OF the American Adrninistra ton.
The times., 1897-06-28
upon the intimate society OF statesmen,
is one Of the problems of the age, and
we give it upl

Germany is flooded with American BIZ
cycles, which are sold there at reasonalBte
prices, and are very much better than the
native product They are subjected to a
duty of from II cents to 81 81 each, and
at these rates are shutting out the clumsy
ndinferior home manufacture. Taking a
leaf from the American book OF protection
the German bicycle makers are petilioning
their government for tariff OF $11 80,
and probably viii get it, Their own in
rant industry demands protection against
the pauper labor Of the United States. ir
they are successful. American bicycles will
cost almost as much in Germaay as they
do here
The times., 1897-06-28

1t sometimes seems as il the Mohalnnedan
mas the best OF the argument. and that
death and disaster will overtake us even
though We do ourselves up in cotton wool
two feet deep and retire to the weIl pro-
tected precincts of TburheT guarded
castle. III IL isn't one thing which brings
calamity IL is another Keep the children
away from the river and they yli get
the matches and burn themselves; put the
matches in a locked safe and they will
find a pistol sotHeS here. or COAX a stray
dog TO play with them, or get scratched TO
death by an indignant cat 1t has hitherto
been supposed that molasses was the most
innocent and peaceabIe OF fluids When
compared with kerosene and mountain
dew. it seemed almost Iife-preserviug
liquid The only way in which 1t was
supposed that Iisolasses could be dangerous
and then more ar a passive than as an
active agent. But only last Saturday
large, two-horse wagon, loaded with bar
reis or nolasscs, was moving along the
streets of Atlanta and one OF the barrels
exploded. The hoops flew off, aad the
debris OF the barrel hit one of the prominent
citizens, who are always around or such
occasions, and nearly killed him The
Tnoiasses went in every direction. spoil
ing the best clothes of some OF the passers
by. and then, TO cap the climax, the mules |
exhibiting he usual sense of that animal, |
ran away and injured much property. II |
molasses is not safe, by the beard of the |
prophet, what is?
The times., 1897-06-28
Circulation Statement.
MONDAY, JUNE IS.
Pawning America to Europe.

PawnIng A America TO Europe.
1t is painfully noticeable that, in every
proposition of arbitration with Great
Britain, our governmental authorities con-
cede in advance the propriety of submitting
American interests, which are demo-
cratic, ID the final arbitrament of "A
European tribunal that must in the nature
of things be monarchicai, or under donl
nant nlonarchical influence, and hence,
Inindcal to u.s.
WHO supposes that European power
would submit its differences with us to
arbitration before tribunal which sboaid
he distinctly and PreponderantIy Amen-
can! There is not a nation OF the old
World that would not laugh at such au
idea Yet Qeyelandism and Hannaisu
consider the converse of the proposition
good enough for us.
What can be the reason for this? Is 1t
becalse the influences that control this
Administration. as they did its predecessor,
are so thoroughly allied with European
f''NNiSo"Hf .RhH ~ SDdheu III bIt
corruption OF foreign subsidies, that they
deliberately design to bind the United
States 10 exist for all future time under
tie jurisdiction of a European police
court, with the club of Europe's con,-
bined military and naval police to en-
force its DEGREES?
What other reason can there be for
trying 10 force us into a position that any
and every European government woukl
regard as ridiculous and Infamous IL ap-
Piled to Itself? We cannot have arbitra-
tion with England in an \ rnerican tribunal
the casting vote of which would be in
the hands OF an American Republic
Then why hsye arbitration at all?
We stu have all the resources of diplo-
macy ut command. and they ought to he
sufficient to settle most misunderstand-
ings with our neighbors If they fail,
1t is infinitely better to fight than to
stand up and be sentenced to fine and !
other penalties by a crowned umpire in /
European court packed against US
The times., 1897-06-28
SENATOR PETTIGREyy BETTER.
No Evil Result From His Sudden
Attack of Illness.


Senator Pettigrew, who was suddenly
stricken speechIess while debating on the
floor of the Senate last Saturday, has
entirely recovered from his temporary all
ment. When seen last evening Mr.. Pet
sigrew was in his usual spirits, and, be-
yond slight rasping Of the voice, there
was nothing to Indicate that his vocal
organs had been in any way affected.
When asked about his peculiar attack, the
Senator said:
Il was not IN ny usual state of ealth,
and was far from feeling robust when
went to the Capitol Saturday. However,
my voice had given no Indication of Civ
ing out, and just when / was in the
midst OF very vehement peruration, 1
found myself utterly incapable OF making
any sound whatever. At the same time
sudden faintness came upon me, and
l found it necessary to take my seat
At the end of several hours I felt con-
silerasdy better, and experienced hut slight
difficulty In speaking. When my ph ysieiun
came he thought that had uuptured a
blood-Eessel OF the brain, but l hardly
thought that such was tie case.
m y opinion is that i was affected with
a temporary paralysis OF the vocal organs,
but at no time did l feel the slightest
concern that 1t would result seriously In
deed, upon my return home, l ate my
supper with more than usual appetite.
The news has most certainly spread 1
must say, for all Gay long l have been
in receipt of teiegrams from all over the
country Here's one from a San Fran
cisco club inviting me to come out to the
slope and recuperate. OF course. that
is entirely unnecessary. for you can see
that i am anything but sick maa.''
The times., 1897-06-28
CHINA FAvoRs BELGIANs.
English and German Influence Wan
ing at PekinP.

foe dt VhthS
San Francisco, June 27.-Shangbai ma
pers which arrived today by the steamer
Gaelic are fun OF details of the remark
able advance of Belgians in the favor of
the Chinese government Not only has
Sheng, the imperial commissioner of rail-
ways, signed contract with a Belgian
syndicate for building new railroad from
Hankow to Picking. but Tsung Ii Yamen
has appointed Commander Baeser, of tae
Belgian army, his military advisor End
twenty Belgian army officers have been
chosen to drill the select force of men
who win form the nucleus of an irnpasial
army tn be distinct from the vice regal
army which now serves at Peking.
The concession for building this railway
20 the Chinese capital was given to the
Belgians, although Il big English syndi-
cate, headed by Millionaire Hooiey. offered
better terms sheng favored the English,
but Chang Cti Fung insisted on the
baigians. because it was safer To put the
railway In the hands OF Belgium, as she
was a small power and could not send
ships and troops to China I'm case any
trouble occurred. He maintaiped this
ground, although it is an open secret that
the Brigham syndicate is merely a cloak
for the French and Russians, who have
united to antagonize English and German
influence
The German and British ministers at
Fekin have protested at the upfairness
of the award OF the concession, but no
action has yet been taken by the Chinese
The times., 1897-06-28

Down in Alabama" said Mr Henry
L. Cobb of Birmingham, at the Ebfitt
yesterday, not far from my city Is "A
negro colony unique in the South Its posu-
office address is Vance, and the colony
Is settled on the former plantation of
Marion Banks, a slave owner OF old
days, who left his land to his negroes
wlien he died There were eleven heads
or families among the negroes at the time.
and each got a farm OF 209 acres, but
they have preferred to live together in
community, working together, and help
Ing each other when necessary The set
tlenfent has been prosperous one. and
Is now sef-supporting. and has over 300
members, nearly all Of the pure African
type But what the negroes want more
ihan anything else, are better school IA
ciifies, for they are beginning to appre-
ciate the fact that only with education
can they keep up with the procession, and
they are now going to work to add the
necessary school. and thus secure educa-
uonal advance as well as material pros-
perity. There are dozens of negro set
tlessents in the South, but this Is per-
haps the only one which has been thor
eughly successful without the advice, as
sistance or guidance of white men, and
where the principle Of cooperation, be-
heved to be so difficult in the negro, has
been carried out thorou ghly"
The times., 1897-06-28
The Kaiser Next.

II We had annexed Hawaii when Har-
risoel and, LET US add, the vast majority
OF the American people wanted us to, and
if we promptly had recognized the beIIic-
erency Of the Cubans as national dignity
and duty demanded, Europe would have
acquiesced, Hawaii would have been
american territory, Cuba would have been
thriving commercial republic practically
under the protection of the United States,
and this nation would have been respected
and feared, where now it is only buIlied
and despised
The hired cowardice OF the Cleveland
administration, followed by the sortid
callousness to the cries of outraged hu-
nfntty which so far has characterized its
successor. have placed the United States
in an International situation OF complex
enlargement not remote from dan ger, and
1t would take more OF the true spirit OF
Washingtenlan and Jacksonian American
Ism than we are just bow able 10 give
our present masters credit for, to extrI-
cate ourselves with credit and honor.
In short, the Kaiser is reported to have
made nrIinous remarks concerning alleged
Intentions OF the present Administration
to interfere in Cuba The London Specta-
tor credits the Emperor with the view
that we ought to keep our hands out of
European affairs; az II the relations OF
this country with Cuba. or the application
OF the Monroe dot tfine to the affairs of
that island were not our own exclusive
hennspherie busjnessl
But the Spectator thinks it not impossi-
ble that Wilhelm might take II into mis-
bead to put stop TO our movements. By
allying himself with Spain, in which event
the combined German and Spanish fleets
might give us more trouble than Cuba
would be worth to us. The British journal
considers that the Monroe doctrine Is |
annoytng To European governments, be- /
cause 1T menaces their ambition 20 colonize !
and erect subject states in South America. |
The Kaiser, especially, Is supposed to |
take thus view. as he has his eye On ter
ntery IN the south of Brazil, and SO on. |
There Is but one line Of American aryu-
meat in connection with this growing for
eign tendency to assume that the great |
Western Republic has lost it's oid-time |
stnengti nr fighting force Hawaiian an
nexafaon Sic uld be completed at once. and
the Independence Of Cuba should be recog- !
nized without an hours delay Soon OF
late we viii be compelled to meet an
tssue with ouI monarchical enemies There
The times., 1897-06-28

One of the westxrx silver Republicans
recently received "a long letter from a
constituent solving the money problem and
telling exactly how to go about it to put
silver into sifcula ton and to ho:ird gold.
tne or his ideas was to pay the pension
ers in silver. That, ne said, would make
1t home standard. BY pa ying the pen
sioners in silver 81 AZ 100000 would be
put among the people annually aud that
amount OF gold could be set aside in the
Treasury, an1 in ten years the gold in
the Treasury would, this correspondent
writes, be enoIgHous. After citing tie ad-
vantage OF this and several other brilliant
ideas he concludes by adnonishing the Sen
ator not to let the goldbug Republicans
know who disulged the scheme, for he
might have to apply for a pension him
self and ~ the eoldbug Republicans knew
he had started such a great monetary
idea they might refuse to give him a PEN
sion. The Senator has not yet put the
ideas of his correspondent into the form
of bill.
The times., 1897-06-28

Representative Shsfroth OF Colorado
has introduced a free coinage bill that
has some new features. lt provides that
all persons bringing silver bullion to the
ndnts for coinage shall receive silver Ger
tificates for the coinage value OF the
bullion presented. These certificates are
made fun Legal tender Nj shafroth says
that the purpose OF the propose d legislation
would be to make it impossible for the
mints to prevent or congest free coinage
on any plea that the facilities were
snadeauate for the work put upon them
1t is good idea.
The times., 1897-06-28

Another OF those beautiful arbitra Ion
treaty stories has been punctured. Is was
reported at great length recently that tx
Senator Ednunds was hard at work pre-
pairing an arbitration treaty with Great
Britain. and that he had retired 10 the
seaside, where he might save rest and
tluset, for the great task. The ex-senator
is now at Ray Head. and denies The story
In toto In his denial Mr. Ednunds says:
The report is absolutely without founda-
ton am not preparing an arbitration
treaty, nor have 1 been asked to do so
by MIR. Mckinley. l do not understand
how such report could have originated
To my mind, it is the Imaginative con-
ccIiion OF an enthusi asttc Washington
newspaper man who frequently saw me
In consultation with people supposed to
have Something To DO with arbitration
matters.
=. know positively nothing about the
Presidents plans. ! believe it is quite
important end necessary that President
Nick ihley should make some move IN the
matter, but SO far as his CLANS are con-
cerned, am ia the da rk. | am not here
for the purpose OF preparing treaties, but
for rest"
The times., 1897-06-28

The Cleveland scheme to sell out the
dollars, which it is thought would have
amounted to a handsome deal for some
bGGy, is likely To come to naught The
chances are that Senator Morgan's reso-
luton, asking the President to suspend
action until the Congress can dispose of
the matter, and protect Government in
terests, will be adopted when it comes up
in the Senate today.
The times., 1897-06-28
CAPITOL NEWS AND GOSSIP.

The Senate Committee on Finance, act
Ing upon the suggestion of the caucus the
other night, has agreed to an ad yilorem
duty upon hides, instead or the specific
ratr of one and u half cents a pound
as the item was reporte.s TO the Senate.
Tbs ad yaioreni rate has been fixed at
~ per cent, the most extreme figure sug
gested in the caucas, and just twice the
figure which Mr.. Lodge contended was
about right. Mr. Allison had something
to do with this matter. His State is
Interested In hides, and " hile he was
about 1t the Republican leader thought
lie might as well see that the rate was
fixed so the cattlemen could get the
best or 1t. 1t reinains to be seen what
kind OF d blurf the New England men will
put ap for hoise consumption w hen hides
is reached this week
The times., 1897-06-28
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

Whether we look on the one hand or
the other shouted the leader of the mob,
waving both arms in the air, what do
we see?"
Dirt, reckon replied a calm, uniIa-
passioned voice from the rear.
This crowd, by Jove, !" said Roland Hey
roller, ecstatically, lis a corker.''
by the way you behave" said his
FRIEND cynically, lone would have thought
IL was an uncorkeT.''
And the sea- serpent under the yacht
heard and smiled.
''She isn't a poern,'' said Reginald de
Rayter. dreanily, n he watched theniuble
eyolutions OF the ballet girl next to the
end OF the trent row ~saithough she does
have feet; nor is she a picture, although
she is artisticafly tinted. She's novel
a dear. little, daodecimo novel, with a
happy eading
Miss CornfiowsT, crossing one pretty foot
over the other as she sat on the sand,
that the salt sea waves do make men
SO dFeadfuily fresh.''
Il don't see why they CALI the honey
moon," said she.
Because there's @ man in IT," said he.
Il know - she said, still more tireamily,
'sbut tie man in the moon is bachelor"
The times., 1897-06-28

prominent mcInber, OF the Ohio dele
CATION was proudly showing his colleagues
telegram from Ohio yesterday, showing
an advance in the price OF wool. This is
the first evidence Of what Mr.. Vest calls
the sunshine of prosperity" The dis
patch stated that at Warren, Ohio. over
1000 pounds of wool were received by
one local dealer. at prices from 20 to %
cents pound, an increast of Is per cent
over last year. The dispatch further stated
that many farmers IN that section We're
again stocking with sleep.
The times., 1897-06-28

Somewhat alarming reports are around
that Philip D. Armour, of Chicago, is
handling a deal to corner July wheat. 1t
is Possible, then, that we may see con-
siderabiy higher prices for the king OF
grains, and that will prove Mckinley
prosperity" but it Will he OF the GUS
tomary kind. Some speculators VIII take
in a few barrels of money, and the farmer
viii not benefit cent
The times., 1897-06-28

Senator E1kIns, who, more than any
other man In the SENATE. has the A m erican
shipping interests at heart, has given up
hope OF accomplishing anything at this
session OF Congress As soon as the
regular session begins ne will renew the
fight for the passage OF his bin imposing
discriminating duty OF 10 per cent on
all goods shipped into the United States
in other than American bottoms Favor
able sentiment is being gradually devel-
oped. and il .ft does not go to the extent
OF doing what Mr. E1kins wants. it is
likely that something beneficial TO Ameri-
can shipping will result.