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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-29
SHORT LOCAL HAPPENINGS.
Maud Hymer is visiting friend

in Potosi.
s W. Rogers was in Fennimore
over Sunday last.
Lancaster streets are unusually
animated with school teachers.
Mr.. Bert Farrell returned home
last week after years sbsence.
Mr.. Jas. Dodd, of Woodman, had
business at the county seat last Fri
day.
A new sidewalk is being laid
along the south side Of the Ryland
block.
Mrs. Henry Pitts and her son
Henry visited friends in Lancaster
Tuesday.
Rev. T. j. Brown, of the Congre-
CATION chuch, is taking five-week's
vacation.
Miss Belle Bartlett went to Mont
fort Monday afternoon, to be absent
one week.
Miss Bee Woodward terminated
her visit here Saturday, returning to
Platteville.
Mrs. Flora keenan,, Of Madison,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Joseph
T. Bennett.
The crop of rattlesnakes in Craw-
ford county is said to be immense
this season.
Born: In Lancaster, Saturday,
July "a, 1897, to Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Glider, a son.
Mrs. Frank Nathan returned
TO her home in West Superior Tues
day morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Green returned
from Potosi Friday night after
weeks onting.
Henry Muesse is making four
water tanks for traction engines for
C. w. Knapp & Son.
There will be an eclipse of the sun
Thursday, July 30. II will be visible
from 7:25 to 9:25 a. m.
Lizzie Oswald of St. Paul, former
ly of Boscobel, is here visiting Miss
Tossie Dyer for week.
Umbrellas covered and repaired
at Smiths Restaurant. Sixty-five and
seventv-fiye cent covers
Mrs. S. w. Rogers and Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Baxter are attending Monona
Lake Assembly this week.
Henry Muesse and his carpenters
have about completed their work on
the Grand Central hotel barn.
AT Muscoda Henry Gies is build
ing a teamboat to be run on the Wis
consin river as pleasure boat.
Willard Smith of Oklahoma, is
visiting his mother in this city. He
arrived here Friday afternoon.
Don't overlook the date of DR..
McElwee's next visit, Thursday, Aug
5th, at the Grand Central Hotel.
Miss Jennie Stewart treated her
Sunday school class to a picnic at
Griswold's spring on Thursday.
Mrs. Whitney and Stewart re-
turned Saturday after several weeks
visit in GAINESVILLE and other cities.
Miss Alice Wright gave picnic
to her Sunday School class in Nathan's
woods this "wednesday afternoon.
II. j. Leyan, Jr., and his family
came to Lancaster Sunday for a short
visit with the family Of Harry Nathan.
Prof. John E.Byan Of North And
over. who will teach in Lacrosse
next year, is attending the institute
this week.
Mrs. F. T. Stubenrach. nee En-
ma Budworth, IS visiting her father.
Her husband arr ed Tuesday, also
for q short visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dana Curtis Of Colo
RADIO viii spend the summer with Mr..
Trowbridge, Mrs Curtis father.
They arrived several days ago.
IVES Nier, the efficient clerk at
Schreiner's has week Off He is en-
joying himself by an gu ing. He and
his wife went to Montfort Monday.
A party Of tourists from Dodge
vile are in camp near Prairie du
Chen. The Courier says that they
left all kinds Of money" il the city
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-29
Cures
"Cures talk I" in favor 80
of Hoods Sarsaparilla, AkN
as for no other medi- n ~ D ~

cine. Its great cures recorded in truthful,
convincing language of grateful men and
women, constitute its most effective adj
vertising. Many of these cures are mar
velous. They have won the confidence of
the people; have given Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla the largest sales in the world, and
have made necessary for its manufacture
the greatest laboratory on earth. Hoods
Sarsaparilla is known by the cures it has
made-cures of scrofula, salt rheum and
eczema, cures of rheumatism, neuralgia
and weak nerves, cures of dyspepsia, liver
troubles, catarrh cures which prove
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-29

SarsapariIIa
Is the best-in fact the One True BLOOD Purifier
a, D.,, cure liver ills; easy to
Hoods Pills take. easy to operate 25c.

Is the best-in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-29

BY the Court,
GEo. b. CARTER,
25w4 County Judge.
The herald., 1897-02-20
THE BELL WILL
A Remarringe Causes the Last Testament to
Be Declared Void

The estate of the late John c. Bell,
the wellknown auctioneer, will be dis
tributed in accordance with the provis-
ions of the code. The decision of Judg=
Clark, rendered yesterday. in denying
validity TO the will, renders this course
obligatory.
The facts in the case are rather ex-
ceptional, and certain features of it
were examined into closely some weeks
ago by Judge Clark, when he gave an
opinion on certain phases of it.
Family difficulties had arisen that ul-
tlmated in Mr. and Mrs. Bells ssparat-
ing and living apart About the end of
May, 1896, these difficulties, whatever
they We're. were Strengthened out and the
husband and wife were reconciled. On
June l, 1896, Mr.. Bell made a will in
which he briefly stated that inasmuch
as all differences existing between him
self and Mrs. Elizabeth Bell had been
removed. he wished to appoint her as
executrix Of his will without bonds. and
that without making any specific be-
quests, he desired that his estate be dis
tributed according to the provisions of
the code of this state.
Mr.. Bell was man we'll advanced in
years. being II years of age, and. pre-
sumably made the memorandum will
any possible contingencies On June T.,
Just three days later, another will was
drawn up by Mr.. Bell, and this time
more in detail. He appointed Jerome
curtin and Samuel B. Dewey, both If
this city. as executors, and left to Mrs
Elizabeth Bell certain real property on
Philadelphia street. the remainder of the
estate being divided among the children.
A few days after making this will Mr..
and Mrs Bell were remarked, and the
very fact of the parties remarrying re-
Vokod the will made on June 4, for the
reason that under the code wife is en-
titled to one-third of the estate, and no
will can take away from her the right
to this proportion of her husbands es-
tate. The will of June erred in this
way, less than one-third of the estate
being left to Mrs. Bell by her husband.
The case stands, therefore thus: The
will of June 4. 1896, revoked the will of
June l, 1896; the latter revoked all pre-
vious wills. and Judge Clark having
now knocked out the will last drawn. the
estate will of necessity. have to be ad-
ministered in accordance with the pro-
visions of the code
The herald., 1897-02-20
THE SEAS GIFT
Romantic Story Attaching to the Adoption Of
Boy Baby

When Tennyson wrote his poem. "The
Coming of Arthur" was it with the
prophetic instinct that is supposed to be
one of the attributes Of the true poet?
Right at our doors the essential feat
ure of the old Arthurian legend has been
duplicated. Drifting shoreward from
the mystic land a boy baby was found
with its tiny feet being kissed by the
waves at Santa Monica, and when the
darkness disappeared and the sun
tipped the dim outlines of the hills above
the modern Avalon, the little stranger
was found and cared for
Such, in brief, are the facts as set
forth by Mrs. Minnie Francis Clarke
widow lady, who yesterday petitioned
the court for permission to adopt the
boy baby and give it the name of Robert
Ellsworth Joseph Clarke. The story Of
the child's birth is enshrouded in mys-
terry Early one morning in July, 1S95
the baby, then apparently about four
months old. was found lying on the
beach at Santa Monica, perfectly naked
save for a light cloth that envelCpei
1t, and within which was a big stone
w as it possible that the mother weight
ed the little one in such a manner, so
that 1T might be carried away by the
coming tide and sink down to the
depths without possibility of her bein :,
reminded of her wrong doing? 1t looked
IKE 1t. Some unknown person picked
Ine chlld up, however, and cOnfided it
TO the care of DR.. Ellis, who has been
conducting founding hospital. About
TWO months later the baby became sick
ana olseased and was sent to the county
The herald., 1897-02-20
DON'T LIKE IT
When nade in q Wrong Way

IT wish you would say to the people
some day that 1 don't believe more than
half of those who try Postum,
the health coffee, for the first
time get it right. In my family the
first time it was served, the color was
thin and the taste SORT of watery without
much character. Come to inquire, the
cook had boiled it about five minutes IN
stead of fifteen; so, the next morning we
tried it again and had it boiled properly,
then it came on with the rich deep brown
color of fine coffee. 1 drink my coffee
with cream and sugar, and Postum hit
my taste very favorably. Now we are
daily users of Postum, the food drink,
and staunch champions of it. But if we
had formed an opinion from the first
trial, when the fault was entirely our
own, we should have condemned it and
been denied the use of a beverage We
prize most highly and which is helping
us physically as we'll as adding to our
table comforts"
The above is almost a literal reproduce
ton of a statement made to the adver-
tisement writer of the. Postum Cereal
company, Linn, of Battle Creek, Micn.,
and contains fact that is we'll to nc
tice We do not think he is quite right
in his estimate of the percentage who
blunder in the preparation of the grain
coffee.
Our heavy sales in this city indicate
that it is easily prepared and success
fully Now and then a person may he
careless in brewing it and get a poor
drink; carelessness with fine coffee
makes it a disagreeable instead of
pleasant drink.
Postum properly brewed is delicious
and nourishing.
The herald., 1897-02-20
A HARD CASE
The Charge Of EnibezzIement Against Psiic.
grini Dismissed

On motion of Deputy District Attor-
ney McComas the information filed in
department one against A. Pellegrini,
the whilom treasurer of the United An
cient Order of Druids, was yesterday dis
missed.
Defendant was accused of appropri-
ating Sis belonging to the order of
which he was treasurer, and was arrest
ed upon the charge of embezzlement at
Fresno and brought back to this city.
He was examined before Justice Young
in the township court and held to an
swer the charge in the superior court
The ordinary legal method was followed
and an information was filed and then
and not until then, was it discovered
that the possibility of convicting Pelle-
grim was very small and for technical
reasons. 1t developed that albeit the
money that Pellegrini took did belong to
the Society of Druids, there was no
proof that he had absconded, and he had
never been asked to either return the
money or give an accounting. In this
state of the case there was no alterna-
tive but to dismiss the charge.
Meantime Pellegrini has grievance
He has been dragged back here from
Fresno, held up to public odium by rea-
son of a scandalous charge has been
estopped from pursuing his business and
has suffered a large amount of shame
and humiliation.
The herald., 1897-02-20
THE WELSH VERDICT
The Jury Found for the Defendant bv E;cbt
TO Two

The sealed verdict returned by the
jury in the suit Of Thomas Welsh agains t
the Los Angeles Railway company for
$4,000 damages late on Thursday night
was opened in department three yester-
day morning. The jury found for the
defendant company.
Lucien Earle, counsel for the plaintiff.
who conducted his side of a most
difficult case with marked ability. de-
manded that the jury be polled, with the
result that eight jurors assented and
two dissented from the verdict. The dis
sehting jurors were Barker Emery and
Henry Fesler
Despite the find.ng of the jury the fact
remained that the plaintiff as he ap-
peared in court was minus one of his
lower limbs, and no denial was made
that it had been lost as a consequence
of being crushed by one of the defend
ants cars. Probably this was result
of Welsh's own evil habit of drinking
the jury must have thought so-but
nevertheless it did not remove him from
the sympathy Of those who had occasion
to watch the progress of the trial
The herald., 1897-02-20
hIGH SCHOOL TAX
The Mode of Its Levy Defined by Assistant
District Attorney Holton


County Superintendent of Schools S.
V. Riley recently addressed a commune
cation to the district attorney. inquiring
whether, when new school districts are
formed in whole or part from territory
included in a high school district, such
high school territory becoming part of
the newly formed district ceases to be-
long 10 the high school district. Another
point Of inquiry was whether high
school board of trustees can order a
special tax upon the high school district
without submitting the question to a
vote of the people of the district.
Deputy District Attorney Holton in
his reply, forwarded to Superintendent
Riley yesterday, gives it as his opinion
that the formation of new school dis
tricts within union or other high school
districts does not affect the territory of
the high school district at all.
With regard to the second inquiry, Mr..
Holton points out that the high school
board is required by subdivision IA of Sec
tion 1870 of the political code to furnish
estimates of the cost of conducting the
school for the school year. etc. And by
subdivision 10 OF the same section it il
made the duty of the supervisors, upon
receipt of the estimate, to levy a special
tax sufficient in amount to maintain the
high school. No vote of the people is
necessary for levying a tax sufficient in
amount to maintain the high school.
The herald., 1897-02-20
THE MAIL ROBBERlES
When the Pasadena Mail Boxes Were Looted
of Their Contents

OF ] nelF NOntentS
John Fushia is only % years old, and
he looks much younger, but for all that
he is called upon to answer the serious
charge of having broken open and rob-
bed fourteen mail boxes at Pasadena
upon night in November last
number of witnesses were examin-
ed in the United States district court yes
terday, and the testimony given was Of
a character to weld a strong chain Of
evidence around the actions of the ac-
cused which, unless some convincing
testimony in rebuttal can be introduced,
is likely to place Fushia in the peniten-
tiary.
The story Of the crime, as shown by
the evidence, was to the effect that on
the night of November 18th last, Fusha-
with companion named Rey, hired a
horse and buggy at Lafferty's livery
barn on San Pedro street, and drove out
to Pasadena. There, after securing a
crowbar from a plumbing shop. they
proceeded to break open number of
mail boxes in different parts of the town
and extracted their contents. They re-
turned with the horse and buggy at
about o'clock next morning. The same
day Rey tried to pass check on AL Bar
rett, saloon keeper, but was unsuc-
cessful He then took it over to the
First National bank where it was dis
covered that the endorsement on the
back was forged. Rey took the alarm
and left the city and has not since been
heard from. 1t was subsequently learn
ed that the check, the endorsement to
which had been forged, had been mailed
on the evening of the 18th of November
by a resident of Pasadena
Fushia was arrested on the same day
the crime was committed and has been
in Jail ever since.
Further hearing in the case will be
continued this morning.
The herald., 1897-02-20
A GIFT FROM THE SEA
Captain James Has to Face q Heavy
Sentence
Opinion Of the District Attorney on the High
School Tax
The Pirst Parkhurst Case-The Pasadena
Tail Robbers Small Damages Awarded
RuhIand--A Technical Histake.
A Juror Continues Case

The internal dissensions of the Bis
Rock Creek Irrigation district appear t.
to be interminable. Law suit after law
suit has been fought in the courts, and
yesterday two more were filed which
promise to be prolific in breeding i'll feel
ing.
The first suit has been instituted by B.
F. Carter and thirty-two other persons
against l.. B. Doan and L. r. TflShman
to have certain tax sales declared void,
and to enjon the defendants from max
ing out certificates of sale or deciding
away these properties.
1t appears that on October l, 1896. an
assessment was levied by the Irrigation
district on the plaintiffs lands, for the
then current year, for the purpose of
paying the interest upon the outstand-
ing bonds. and it was the only assess
ment levied for the year at the time of
the annual levy. on December 26th the
plaintiffs rendered the amount due to
Doan, who was. and had been since
April, 1895, acting collector, while Thigh
man was treasurer of the district. Right
here it is right to say in explanation that
since May. 1885, Tilghman has claimed
that he was also collector and in this
conflict over office lies the root of the
present difficulty.
On July 1st the directors had called
special election for the voters to decide
whether a special assessment should be
levied in order to raise money to defray
certain expenses of the district. This
election was held on August 5, and the
proposed special assessment was showed
under. Notwithstanding this however,
in October pretended levy was made of
special assessment upon the lands, and
later a delinquent tax list was adver-
tised, and certain lands sold The pres
ent action has been brought to restrain
defendants from carrying these sales to
completion, pending the suit determin-
ing the legality of the directors action.
A kindred action is that of P. b. Math-
Jason and Others against L. r. Tilghman.
In this case the facts are almost identi-
cal. only that February % has been ad-
vertised as the day of sale for the lands
to be sold for delinquent assessments,
and restraining order was issued yes
terday by Judge Shaw enjoinng the de-
fendant from taking any action pending
a decision of the court upon the merits
of the case
The herald., 1897-02-20
Court Notes

L. Lavally pleaded not guilty to the
charge of assault to murder, in depart
ment one yesterday, and had his trial
set for the 25th inst
Judge Allen yesterday gave judgment
for plaintiff in the suit of Nitigliano
against Tanzola, suit to foreclose on
an Indebtedness of $1,000.
Marble & Phibbs. the law firm, are
suing the city of Redondo for attorneys
fees amounting to $685., and the case
is now on trial before a jury in depart
ment five.
The bill of exceptions in the case of
Ashmead and Wilson. the University
fruit thieves, was signed and filed yes
terday in the appeal taken to the su-
preme court.
The case of E. V. Smith, charged
with having obtained $1,000 from MIS-
Harriet Stanley by false pretenses. was
continued yesterday by Justice Young
until Tuesday next.
In the case of E. Child against w. j.
Hatton a suit to recover S2679S on
mechanics lien. Judge Allen yesterday
gave judgment for the plaintiff in the
amount claimed, less $50.
Stanley Richmond, an oil operator re-
siding at 1412 Union avenue, filed mis-
petition in insolvency yesterday His
debts and liabilities are placed at
$2103.66, and assets at S464.69.
Upon motion of T. p. Dyer, esq.,, and
upon presentation of certificate from the
superior court of Washington, Charles
c. Biting, esq. was yesterday admitted
to practice in the superior courts of this
state by Judge York.
The case of Mcconnell, charged with
running off thirteen head of horses be-
longing to one Mclean, was dismissed
on motion of the district attorney in the
township court yesterday. Some of the
horses were left in McConnells charge
when Mclean went north, and if any
charge would lie it would be one of em-
bezzlement. Other of the horses. too,
were returned by Mcconnell and the
transaction all around was rather en-
tangled.
The herald., 1897-02-20

! ais of those whose minds are open to
such influences. and into whose hands
/ a publication of the sort may fall"
/ Mr.. Hughes would have had it inferred
| that this alludes to children whose
minds might be corrupted by an exam
| ination perfectly proper to grown up
! people. He urged, too, that wide dis
tinction existed between what is vulgar
and what is obscene, and, quoting from
the cases of United States VS.. Blattin-
ger and United States VS.. RoSen Q61
Sup. CT. Rept., page 2O showed when
language too vile almost to be repeated
had been held to be obscene in the dis
trict court, but upon appeal the Judg-
ment had been reversed. The supreme
court then held that such language was.
doubtless, vulgar, and might be libel
Gus, but was not obscene, because, as
stated in United States VS.. Clarke (3S
Fed. Rep, 1922 ii was not calculated to
excite lustful and sensual desires in
those whose minds are open to such in
fluences."
In return for counseFs fine-spun dis
tinctions United States District Attor-
ney Denis scored both Capt. James and
his counsel in his argument to the jury.
The particular article upon which the
charge preferred was based appeared in
the Christmas number of the Non-Par-
tisan, and was in the nature of adverse
comment upon the action of the COM
mittee in "Parkhursting" among the
Chinese women in Chinatown.
During the trial the defendant ap-
peared to take the keenest interest in
the proceedings in court, and did not
seem to be surprised when the verdict
of guilty was returned against him.
Under the statute he is liable to a fine of
from 500 to $4,000 or from one to ten
years Imprisonment, or both. But even
here Capt. James troubles will not
cease, for in sending that Chinese
Lady" number through the mails he not
only came in conflict with federal, but
also a state law, and for this latter Of
Tense he has yet to be tried in the police
court. Then. too, there is a second in
dictment against him in the United
States district court, wherein he is
charged with having sent through the
mails a number of the Non-Partisan
published on November l. which the
at Washington declared
against. 1t was the squib published in
this number of the paper that caused
orders to issue from Washington in
structing District Attorney Denis to
take action in the matter.
The herald., 1897-02-20
THE PARKHURST CASE
J. e. 1cDowelI Now Being Tried Before a
Jurv


The case of J. f. Mcdowell, the pro-
prietor of the white Wings saloon on
First street, came to trial yesterday in
department one.
This is the first of the "Parkhurst'
cases that has reached the superior court
and was carried up on appeal when
Judge Smith reversed the Justices court
and granted new trial
The charge against the defendant is
that he outraged the city ordinance by
selling liquor sitter the hour appointed
by law for closing his premises. Assist.
ant City Attorney Frank Thomas is en-
gagged in prosecuting the case, and At
torney Rush is retained on behalf of the
defense. A very short time was occu-
pied in empaneling jury, the following
gentlemen being selected to try the case,
John Langdon, j. F. Myrick, l. L. Fetter-
man, Henry j. Ebinger, Fred Conant
Chapman A Clark, H. C. Thomas, Nm
Spencer, Marshall Horton, Nelson b.
Church, A6elbert L. Bennett, A V. How
ard.
Harry S. Ryder, student at the Uni
versity of Southern California, was the
first witness put forward and his testi-
mony was a recapitulation of that given
in the court below. He told how DR.. Nc
Lean, Mr.. Decker, Mr.. Ross and himself
started out on their investigating tour
about midnight of the day in question.
They commenced with the Vienna Buffet
which they entered at about 12:15. In
turn they then went from the Vienna to
the Eintracht, the Golden Eagle. the
Washington, to Ella Sullivan's, and New
High street, and then to the " hite
Wings saloon on First street. DR.. Nc
Lean and Mr. Decker were walking
ahead about 100 feet, and when the Wit
ness and his companion reached the sa-
loon they found the doors fast Upon
looking through the chink of the door
they saw DR.. Mclean and Mr.. Decker
inside, however, but We're refused ad-
mittance by the proprietor. Three sew
eral times they returu-d to the door
and upon the last occasion a police
officer, accompanied by another man.
came up and also inspected the interior
of the saloon through the chink in the
door
MIR. Decker followed the last witness
upon the stand, and he also simply told
the old story of having had liquor sun
Piled while inside the saloon with DR..
Mclean.
The further herring will be continued
today.