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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-15
In Grant County Court.


The following eases were passed
upon by Judge Geo. B. Carter in pro-
bate court on Tuesday, July 10:
Caroline Emholt, Hazel Green.
viii admitted to probate. Geo Van
De We'll named as executor.
James Johns. Hazel Green. viii
admitted to probate. James Johns
named as executor.
VIM. kirschbaum. Cassville. Adam
Kirschbaum appointed administrators
with bond fixed at $1,000.
Jacob Reiser, Platteville. Execu-
tors account allowed and residue as
signed agreeable to provisions of will.
Estate Of Kratochwill dismissed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-15

Then arose a sd.nted woman
mother in Tsreal
ana o. God repeated goodness
Qua IN trembling accents tell.
lie mad stayed her in the valley
mia the shadows dark and drear-
HIS countendnce had been her light
As she read her titles clear
one whose fourscore years hc.d mum
bei'ed
Next tn solemn silence broke
And OF Gods unfdilinp mercy
IN unmeasured terms he spoke
III the people caught the accents
ana ~ feelings all agloW
- ior thousand tongues they sang
ana FROM whom all blessing TOW
There they brought unto the pcople
The dear Saviours loving face
Ana IN deepest pathos did anfold
Hls blood redeeming grace.
Ihat gives its light to every age
y nat gives but b0rrowS none
iHdt Graves alone this simple PRAYER.
Falner Thy VIII be done
Thus an hour passed All too quickly.
amid song and sturi feast
E4ch one claiming Of Cod servants
tie mad ever been the least
31t now waiting ia Hfe.s evening
20 Loo s promise shine most bright.
falth- NADotanCe 0tthing~ hoped for
HAD become effulgenl Iieht
Iaaen tn people sang My country
IhoL bsest land Of liberty,
For Goo S nand revealed q history
mere most beautifully see
Bud WIKI MANY Il hear nauG-anaEr
And GOO bless Won On til Wae
DO tines leave that modern Bethel
Ihd- W. echri.tened VETERAN DAY
'ENeii @ II JoHN-eN
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-15

Dodge husband of the lady who was
buried from the Congregational
church last Friday EVENING" had
similar telephone from his residence
to some other point at that time; but
the writer never saw it.
In 1876 Alex Graham Bell further
perfected the telephone After max
ing some improvements on it he
claimed TO be the original inventor,
applied for and was granted patent
on it by officials at Washington and
has since pocketed millions of dollars
on the venture.
In the year 1880 Mr.. w. II. Beebe,
of Platteville. constructed telephone
line from Platteville to Lancaster.
The Lancaster end of it was anchored
in the Herald office. When that was
being built the writer can remember
of the printers figuring on the length
of time it would take word to come
from Platteville 20 Lancaster Sound
would travel one mile in five seconds,
therefore it must take a word one
minute and twenty seconds to come
from Piatteville. Is miles away You
smile, perhaps; but we were not
aware that lightning would be used
to hustle the words along. 1t was a
great undertaking to erect a wire 10
miles at that time. Mr.. Beebe, in the
language of the Scriptures, made the
world in six days and rested on the
seventh. The world was not then
ripe for telephone exchanges and with
limited means to squander on scienti-
tic playthings, he necessarily had to
rest.
Time rolled along and new hands
took up the work. Dir. &. G. NARROW,
of Bloomington. stepped upon the
scene three years ago with PROPOSE
ton to couple up the whole of Grant
County A glance at the map above
will show how well he is succeeding
with the work. AT first telephones
were hitched to trees, fences aud the
corners of buildings. Now the wires
rest squarely on large cedar poles
that stand square with the world.
Crude instruments that had to be
bawled at have given place to delicate
phones that accurately record wills
per. People at Cassville can hear
Joe Smith at the Lancaster central
pick his teeth after eating dish Of
ice cream; while Mr.. NJ. l.. Spaulding
at Potosi can distinctly hear Biscuit
Meyer think in Boscobel
The only wonder Of it all is that the
Grant County Telephone Company
can maintain such efficient central
offices as they DO. 1t was thought by
many at the conception Of the pro-
iect that our county was as vet too
sparsely settled to admit Of thing OF
the kind; but thanks to the financial
ability and tireless efforts Of Mr. Mar
low the line continues to grow in size
and Importance and the time may
come when it will yield its owners a
fair profit. We hope 50.
There was a small circus in town
Monday. It was poorly patronized
on account Of not being advertised.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-15

In these years when sunny childhood
Is abroad in bright array.
Ana when. dlaCk To youthful minds
1t is given to bear sway.
In the homes where parents marvel
AS the subjects Of command
In modes of family governments
The reins have so changed hands
And in church and state were yielding
Rights of way to raven Curls
And the sages that meet in council
Are but mostly boys and girls
1t most certainlys in keeping
To give age Veterans Dav"
Thdt those VINO fought in days lang
May speak of the good old way
Thus | unused as l entered the portals
OF stately temple Of prayer
And gazed on strange congregation
That had been assembled there
They were not the Young ana COurtlE
Nor TIE strong or beautiful. fair
But the old the halt, deCrepid
And the bowed with Snowy hair
a gazed = admiration
on those forms that spoke Of the past
Whose lives mid scenes of priratiou
In pioneer days were cast
] thot how changed the conditions
Since they We're buoyant and gay
And how have Increased temptations
That lure the unwdry away
There was awe in that congregation
As quantity these words arose
sOu the rock uf ages founded
VINO can snake NY sure rep0Net
And Hear ge what God hath spoken.
o my people faint and few
Comfartless afflicted broken
Fair abades b0ad for you
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-15
The Telephone.


1t IS surprising the rapidity with
which people accustom themselves to
the use of new inventions. A discov-
cry in mechanism or in the forces of
nature is made, we wonder for a
moment, adapt ourselves to it, and in
a few years can hardly remember a
time when it did not exist.
The telephone is a recent invention;
yet today the wears have woven toll
cradle web about the scene OF its
birth that threatens to hide without
especially clarifying the event. In
1861 somebody conceived the notion
of making a telephone; but he was
probably lazy man who failed to
put his dreams to the test
In 1873, in Chicago, Elisha Gray
invented and gave to the world the
telephone. Newspapers coming to
Lancaster from Dubuque by stage
were filled with accounts Of the new
invention and Grant County's citizens
were half filled with wonder and the
other half was filed with skepticism.
The writer can very well recollect
the time that the first telephone was
made in Lancaster, and probably it
was the first made in Grant County;
although it may be that Platteville
was working on the same line at the
same time as that city soon produced
a telephone enthusiast in the person
of Mr. w H. Beebe. In the latter
part of the summer of 1873, after
newspaper descriptions, number of
young men constructed a telephone
from oyster cans and common cord
or Irvine One station was n Mr.
LisherRess' porch at the Lancaster
House and the other station was on
Gen. John b. Calls porch at his resi-
dence across the street. Some of the
young men who made the crude tele-
phone were Frank Calls, Charley and
Frank Lisherness, Fred Vernon and
printers working at the Herald Office
for Mr.. John Cover. If put on oath
the writer could not to-day tell
whether it worked or not Every
body who tried it declared that it
worked admirably. for person at one
station could plainly hear what was
spoken at the other; but :he writer
always harbored the suspicion that
the distance being so short the con-
yersationalists could have heard each
other just as we'll without the cans
and cord
In the fall Of 1873 A. r. Bushnell
constructed telephone from Bush
nell and Clark's law office to his resi-
dence about an eighth of mile away.
This was made of wire and worked
admirably. 1t had no receiver and
the operator listened at the same hole
be talked into, so that a person in
conversation resembied in movements
a red-headed woodpecker boring a
hole. Il kept one busy to get his
mouth and ear in the right place at
the right time. Wishing to call a
person, you tapped into the hole with
a leadpeneil. and the alarm could be
heard all over the room at the other
end Of the line. Ii was said that Jerry
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-15
She Says His Name Is Dennis.

Under Sheriff McGonigal arrested
Denny Sullivan in Lancaster Friday
evening and Sheriff Wallace came
Saturday and took the prisoner away
to Dodgevillc. sullivan was formerly
an rpholsterer in Lancaster and was
iii company with MS brother. He
was arrested on complaint Of a young
lady Of Mnlin
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-15
Sunday School.

Missionary Macs, of the A. S. $. L.,
returned from an extended tour Of
Crawl ford county Monday to visit his
daughter, Mrs Ray North. who
arrived in Lancaster few DAYS ago
from BelvidIer, III. She is accom-
panied By her children James and
Charles and viii spend the summer
with her parents The missionary
reports very heavy rains in parts Of
Crawford county last sunday Pine
and Citron creeks were immense riv-
ers for time. Much corn, small
grain and 4 great amount Of hay was
destroyed
The missionary returned to Craw-
ford county Wednesday. lie will fin
ish the canvass Of the county this
month. He organized school at the
Hunter school house on Shanghic
Ridge last sunday. He was Obliged
to drive seventeen miles 70 get five.
the bridges having beea washed out
by Saturdays storm
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-15

The Bloomington fair premium
list is out, showing liberal premiums
in all classes. The book was printed
al the Record Office and is a good Job
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-15

Monday morning John Mehlhop
captured a large white owl in his
back yard 1t Dubuque. That 1, Fon
Moore owl and Mr. Mehlhop should
send il right back to Platte1llc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-15
VETERAN CHRISTIANS DRY.

NJ Gneoi t9era Of nc H. T. Chuyet IN Clqd
precision eae setting saJJa aaaauag qoa
ldrs Dag for No td fusc hearing testimony cle-
Of the Oil neabcrS Of the church Sut mcctng ne
Ch1rh lancaster Sunday. lime y suggests toHouag lines:
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-18
Pioneers and Battalion,

BEAVER, Utah, March n, 1897.
To the Editor:
While others are putting In their
claims for recognition In the Pioneer
Jubilee, beg TO be heard In behalf OF
the Mormon Battalion. While that
valiant band was not led directly by
that great, wise ana good man. Presl.
dent Brigham Young, he was the chief
recruiting officer, and but for him the
Battalion wOu d not nor could 1t have
been raised; lOr although the love oil
country burned deep and strong In
each bosom, but for a great, wise And
Influential leader, who would have
thought OF outraged, plundefej !.
persecuted (even unto death many OIL
them) exiled American citizens, while
fleeing unprotected from civilization
to escape death by maItyrdom at the
hande Of cruel, unieeliDg mObE-I
repeat who would have thought Oi
leaving their families in All lndlan
country without house or home AMI
but little provision, anu turning Out
over two hundred times ns many sol
dlers in proportion 10 their numbers rs
was required oiany ,tste In the Union,
TO face foreign foes Agaiu,
be- 1t rememDeInd that tnls sam
great patriotic leader met in council
with his subordinate leaders OF that
unfllnching corps on the eve OF their
departure, and gave them his last
charge and blessing. Furthermore, IL
should not bs forgotten that only
three days after the arrival OF the
Pioneers Ia Salt Lake valley, por-
Goa OF the Batlal on were the hrst TO
plant The American flag on that then
Mexican soil. FurtDer, to show his
recognition OF the valiant band, 1t
was President Young who, at or the
detached soldiers had setvtd little
over their time-wh0 stepped forward
against the wishes OF some military
officers and discharged them, and lha
discharge has been rsc1gniZsd by the
general government. 1t Is also notable
that 10 all human appearance but Tor
that body OF men the founders o.,
these colonies, including tnose who
composed the Pioneers aud Battalion
with their families, would havs been
slain on The bnnas OF tue Missouri
river. In conclusion allow me to AJAX
humbIy what hOnOIs are due the Pho
neers TO which the Battalion ia not
entitled? l Lot, why not? And why
not celebrate as one?
DANIEL TYLER.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-18
CAT ISLAND.


Elder willlsm X. Holnes OF Mont
pelier, Idaho, VINO lie lsbOring n the
Southern states mission, writing from
Bay 81. Lluls, Mississippi, gives the
following Interesting account OF a
visit to Cat Island: Cat Island Ia 20
miles from the city OF Bay St. Louis,
where we arrived some two months
ago, q most beautiful little city situ-
ated on the borders of 81. Louis bay.
On travelling down Washington street
one can look US far IS the eye VIII
permit out ovet the blue sparkling
waves, and the many oyster schooneTs
sailing in different directions, with
their canvas sales standing ont against
the VIM, form picture mos. beauli-
fcl to gnzs upon.
The city lie fifteen miles long and is
built along on the beach which In
shape resembles that OF a horseshoe.
A thell road very level and smooth
following along the beach with many
| beautiful little cottages and live OAK
trees on the one side, aud the cen.
linusl rolling Of The waves along tie
beach on this other, making most
magnificent road for the wheelmau 10
| sujO5 n lively spin. Would IT not be
Crane? And more especially after the
Run has disappeared below the parting
| waves, leaving the moon TO send forth
| its golden light upon tho deep, and the
young people 10 en- oy bicycle spin,
or tete-n-lete unJeT the beautiful
evergreen trees where comfortable
seats are prepared Tor such occasions.
TniIta mia Ep8 h.
| southeast is situated Cat Island, which
have mai the pleasure OF visiting,
| and while there gathering many
beautiful shells OF different shapes anu
colors.
Brother BuFdin, the owner OF
sailing vessel, oOk ue out; In the COM
pany were President Pomerny, Eiders
Parrish, Paddles anu myself. Lsay.
ing Brother Burdin's home on O
wednesday morning, and sailing
down JardOn river with fair wind
while we were waltilg aIounu
on deck, taikinr, laughing and ask.
Ing questions. Our little schooner
coon arrived AZ the m nth OF JRr, o.
TiveI, anu "a few mOmrrTs sailing 90
IN the bay brought u Tuun IA point
IA sight OF canning sctuTy, au-
while IRstlng by sehO3uers were busy
unloading oysters which are taken
nom the wharf into the factory, where
the shell !s REM we'd anu after going
through many different processes are
csnLeu up ready l"r shipment,
On sailing BIcuud IN front Of the
city, We neat caupe 90 the IailfOau
tTesIie WORK tuR. crosses over the b y
lhIee miles in lvugth. Passing on
through ths draw bridge which is 200
.eet long, We sailed out into the Nile.
siseippi sound. By this time the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-18

Anamia means "want of
blood" a deficiency in the
red corpuscles of the blood.
Its cause is found in want of
sufficient food, dyspepsia,
lack of exercise or breathing
impure air. With it is a
natural repugnance to all fat
foods. Scott's Emulsion is
an easy food to get fat from
and the easiest way of taking
fat. 1t makes the blood rich
in just those elements neces-
sary to robust health, by
supplying it with red cor
puscles.
For sale at so ssni' and 500 by alt druggists
SCOTT 8 BOVINE. New York
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-18
Salt Lake Temnle.

The Salt Llse temple will close on
Friday, April End, end reopen on
Wednesday, April TIN. La order to
accommodate Ine visitlng Saints from
tho districts outside of Salt Lake
Stake, the opening day (April 7.h)
will be devoted to the periormau OF
baplisms. The higher ordinances will
be attended to on Thursday and Friday
following (April sth and 9tb.)
LoRENzO SNOW, President.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-18
MINOR MENTION.

Senator Harbour continues to be the
target OF much adverse critic.sm Itr
his incomprehenslU le position Ia Il o
recent railroad pass incident. BY o
class OF individuals Ia his action d..
nounced more roundly than by lhv
laboring men OF this city.
ltis confidently predicted thai the
lowipnds OF Salt Lake City and
Vicinity Will be inundated this spring
as never before, wherefore tbs admon.
itlop, "LOok out for high water"
would seem to be particularly apprU-
ptlaie.
Tonight and tomorrow night the
West Side Dramatic and COmedy
company will appear in the Finh
ward nesting house, tive bill being q
splendid otto anu the three.act serio-
comic drama Daddy Gray.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-18

son, Ephram; J. Tehan, Pocatello; l.. L.
Woodruff. Mercur; James Hall, Stock
ton; j. a. Lusk, Idaho.
Templeton-.J. ID. De Lancy, New
York; DR.. J. II. Moore and wife, Black
foot, Ida; q. y. Hemphill, Oakland,
CAL; S. Il. Smith, Milford; Charles d.
Vall, ogden, p. n. Mum and wife,
Telluride, Colo.i IL. u. tansdell, Council
Bluffs.
llnutsford-PAu Il. Markof, Grand
Rapid; Mrs. j. A. Mcmahon, Kansas
City, Mo-; Samuel II. Agar, England g.
b. Peacock, New Hsaland; Il Resdi,
Sydney; Mrs. e. L. Rogers, Mimi F. o.
X. Sldle and wife, Mimi; Miss Johnson,
Albany, New York; Z. Clark, Montana;
A. Littaner, New York; q. Dittman,
Milwaukee,; l.. n. Camp, st Louis
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-18
HOME INDUSTRY TALK.
An Application Thereof to Literary
Productions.

BRIGHAM CITY, Utah,
March II. 1897.

BRIGHAM CITY, Utsh,
March II, 1897.
To the Editor:
read In my last NEs that Bro'her
Andrew Kimball hau been TALKING
hume industry to the people OF ffo'O'
The report was interesting, as Rno"
Brother Kimbill can tell facts ID
forcible manner. The speaker naoleo
nearly everything "indusltiaP' "hioh
the people OF Utah should interees
themselves IL; but one Item he forgot
to mention. Not that he only over
looked 1t. always look in vain ior
mention OF this item when our speakers
and writer's touch upon the subject Of
encouraging home Institutions anu
products. Often have wondered wby
AZ ia 40. ara why we do not consiuet
the subject OF nome literature oil Us
much importance as home shoes OF
home soap.
No one will deny the fact that the
establishing and maintaining oil insI'
buttons that will make our people sell
tupportinR Is OF great Importance; but
I % moi think that tins encourage
ment ehouId stop with the bread anu
butter ipstitutione. II ehsuid also
reach to our literature; to our news.
paperp, our magazines, our books. IL
il is a wrong policy to buy eastern
clothes W lille the products OF cur own
factories lie on the shelvts, why is II
any better to set our reading matter
from New York while our home pub.
locations must suspend from IacR OF
patronage?
[ claim that we are just ss short
sighted in one instance as the other
Go among the youth OF Utah To-Day
and what are they readiBg--l mean
gielt macy, far too many Eastern
magazines (not the first class Ones,)
twenty-five cents year papers, iuii VI
trash. Go into many house
where a large family OF boys and
girls are growing up. DO we hna
Anything provided for those craving
minds to read, or must they PICK up
what the can, what IL purpoesIyI thrown
inlo their hands to get them to buy the
next number go that they can get the
coordination OF this deeply interest
ing story" The father would not
think OF buying anything but home
mAue sugar anu tHe lhubupi AWAY
gets homemade lard; but some silly,
oitimes poisonous literature, from
some eastern press is good enough
upon whicn to feed the growing minds
Of their SINS and daughterf.
Tho Lstter.day Saints have a mes
sage to the world. Truths revealed
from heaven have been intrusted TO
them TO bring to the inhabitants OF the
earth. What more potent messengers
than papers ana magazines? Awe
should encourage them, and by our
encouragement not only benefit our
selves, but make it possible for our
publishers to make them valuable
messengers Of truth unto the world.
Even the minor argument sof keep
ing our money at honie anu giving
employment to home people has con
siderable weight in this rs well as In
the other branches. No doubt thous
ands OF dollars are sent out OF the State
for literature which should be printed
Mt home. Think OF the one item OF
school books. We will soon make
another contract with sons eastern oil
western firm to furnish our schools
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-18

No. 90 BroAdway New York, BanRers
a. BroIstra.

No. 90 Brohdway New York, bankers
a. brokers.
In Differences To the wishes Of a large
number OF our CORES g. ondents we have
cor cluded to extend the subscription
period 10 cur special wheat syndicate
No. 8 until April l, 1897. The salient
points In the csnuitlUBs That govern
this special deal are 10 per cent per
month guaranteed and RENTED on the
Slh OF esch month; rofits realized be-
yond 10 per ce remitttd when DIAL
is closed. Margins participate from
date OF their receipt 10y ne. Deal will
be finally closed on Septem her l, 1897,
ur earlier at our option. The profits
real zed from February s, 1897, when
operations were fret commenced to
March s, sh0w d let piofit Of "a per
cent. The wheat markets are z ting
mOre active caily aud We believe tnat
our success VIII improve with the
miTke,. Subscription books to this
zeal close April 1, 1887. No customer
has ever lost one uUJer through us.
Can or write FOR Information. Oflics
304 Atlas Book.
THos. W. MATTHEWS, Manager.
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come highly Recommended by The
Eastern press and public.
The thester- going public having tired
OF the eira.ic plays which have been
offered In tho days VI society dramas
have turned with pleasure to pure
romance. Such 10 the play winch
OTIS Skinner will produce at the SAT-
Lake rheater on Monday evening
next.
The play ia called A Soldier OF For.
tune, and is said to be a most interest
ing one. 1t deals with tho lie OF an
Italian free lance, serving under the
French banners, who, robbed OF bis
honor by false charge, 10 forced to
become soldier OF fortune. The play
10 mounted ami c0stumed as hand.
somely as could be desired by the most
captiuus 'heater.goer. THIS engage
menl. of o IL Skinner will be ore o.
the most important evente OF the
theatrical season.
Theater-Si. Pntlcks' Day wss very
httiDgiy celebrated at the Tneater last
evening with a concert for the benefit
OF 5t, Anne ofphanage which drew q
full house down stairs with light
one in tho circles. Some very enter
tanning numbers were given, the solos
by Miss Burke, Miss Levy, Miss Sin.
clair and Mr.. Lawrence all being we'll
received, as were also the duets OF
Miss Burke anu Mr.. Sherman. the
harp duo OF Misses Trumbo anu krne,
the other instrumental numbers anu
the recitatioDs. Mr.. Gsvln's comic
song received very persistent applause.
Mr.. McGurrin's lecture, "the Irish h.
America" was listened to with iutefe
and taken altogether tne 60 cert ma, o
an entertaining evening.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-03-18
ADJUSTMENTS.

Madame Camilla Urso will make
her appearance before n Salt Lake
audience at the Theater tonight, and
II the same enthusiastic spirit prevails
here that has characterized her per.
formances and that OF her excellent
supporting com pany elsewhere, large
attendance 10 assured.