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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-11-04
Mount Hope.

Hugh Hazen, with Biederman Bros,
at Fennimore, spent Sunday at home.
Jay Snider went to Chicago a few
days ago with fine bunch of cattle
for which he probably received good
price.
Sickness seems to be prevalent in
this neighborhood. Era Griffith,
Frank Kemnitzer and Others are down
with typhoid fever
The Adventists held series of
meetings here recently. They were
well attended by people from neigh
boring towns, as we'll as here.
Amos Hazen, who spent the past
summer in South Dakota, returned
recently to spend the winter. He
reports work scarce and pay small.
Things are quiet in this section
nowadays. Farmers are busy husk-
ing, while few have finished. Corn
seems to be an average crop or in
some cases better.
Many relatives and friends were in
attendance at the funeral of Travis
Better, which was held at the house
Sunday The Modern Woodmen had
charge of the funeral, the interment
taking place at the Hermitage ceme-
terry.
School closes in two weeks for a
short vacation. We have good
school in charge of corps of good
teachers. Other neighboring schools
are closing for vacations. Shady Dell
school closes Friday, with an enter
tainment Saturday evening. The
school is under the charge of Lizzie
Brady. -.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-11-04
BdgIey.

John Keller is still confined to his
bed.
Fat stock is being shipped from
here most every day.
Weather still remains fine with
sharp frosts at night.
Len Stagman is building a shop to
manufacture harps and other musical
instruments.
Our painters, Urine and Cleveland,
will have cold fingers before all the
painting is done around town.
The weather is very enticing but
don't put off too much work depend
ing on it and in the rush don't forget
to snug up for winter.
Tony Huston, John Harville, Peter
Gasner, Jim Day and others are all
painting their residence this fall.
We note several changes around
town. Tony Huston has sold his nice
residence and four acre lot to John
Gasner who wishes to retire from the
farm.
! viii Handy is back from a years
farming in Iowa and we understand
has purchased lots here in view of
building on them either this fall or
next spring.
The hog cholera has broken out in
one or two places in this township
and it is hoped proper measures will
be taken to prevent the spread OF the
disease. Dead hogs should be bur
ried at once or burned up which is
far safer.
School opened here November 1st.
Miss Bailey has charge of upper
rooms and Miss Nellie jenkins the
lower. The upper rooms have been
refitted with new furniture through
out and the school board looks upon
their labor preparing for this change
in the school arrangement with par
donable pride.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-11-04
tuesdays Election.

The result of Tuesdays election was
about what had been predicted. Iowa
is carried by forty thousand for the
republicans. Shaw will be the next
governor.
New York City was captured by the
Tammany tiger, Van Wyck being
elected by large plurality. Low was
second in the race. Tracy third and
George fourth. In Ohio the majority
will be small but is claimed by the re-
publicans. The next senator from
Ohio will undoubtedly be Mark Hanna
The city of Boston has republican
mayor for the second time in many
years.
In Nebraska the fusion ticket was
victorious, defeating the republicans
by safe margin. In Kentucky and
Virginia democrats carry everything.
Republican gains over last year are
reported from South Dakota.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-11-04
ObItuarp--BrlttOn TAILOR.

Mr.. Britton Taylor died at his home
in South Lancaster the night of SAT-
urday. Oct. 30. 1897, OF diphtheria.
He had been sick only about two
weeks. He was the youngest son of
John Taylor, deceased Both parents
are dead, he and two brothers and
Two sisters living together on the
farm.
Britton Taylor was young man Of
promise. He was attending the Lam
caster High school, in the third year
class and expected to complete the
course and pursue his studies farther
in a higher institution of learning.
The high school feel his loss keenly
and showed their appreciation and af-
lection for the deceased by becoming
" decorating his seat in school with
emblems Of mourning.
The body was buried Sunday after
noon without public funeral ceremony
owing to the contagious nature Of the
malady that brought the noble young
man to his untimely end
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-11-04
fl VETERAN TIRED OF LIFE.
John Mains OF Potosl, Makes An Unsueeess
ful Httsmpt:TO Shuttle OFF His Mortal Coil
BIZ Cutting His arteries.

John Mains. veteran of Palmer's
Company of the 9TH Wisconsin Regi-
ment, aged 81 years. is now lying in
a precarious condition from self-in-
fiicted wounds at Vogelburgs hotel
in Potosi.
Last Sunday afternoon at half-past
three or four o'clock Veteran Mains
left Potosi. At half-past four O'Clock
on the same afternoon while passing
through the woods near the cemetary
Ben Elscamp ran on to the PROSTATE
body of Mr.. Mains. An open pocket
knife laid beside the body and on ex-
animation Mr.. Elscamp found that
Mains had severed the arteries in both
wrists. Life was not yet extinct and
MIR. Elscamp procured vehicle and
took him to town where DR.. Ennor
dressed the won nds and it is thought
that the unfortunate man may recover.
John Mains is a bachelor and was
in the service fifteen months Like
many another brave man who passed
through those trying times, he ac-
quired the habit of drinking liquor,
which in later years grew into an ir-
resistible disease that controlled all of
his actions, and for three months prior
to last Sunday it is said that he had
been continually under the influence
of liquor. He was a very good citi-
zen when sober and a great trial to
his friends when intoxicated. He re-
ceiyes liberal pension on account of
a terrible gun wound in the top of his
head, which enables him to live and
indulge his strong appetite for drink.
Several times he had been sent to the
Soldiers home, but he will not stay
there as they take all of his pension
excepting 81 month and that sum
will not begin to start good time''
for him.
Lancaster relatives are now trying
to make some disposition of his case.
They have discussed the probable out
come of having him examined for his
sanity before the county Judge; but
are rather of the opinion that he would
not be adjudged insane as he is APP
parently all right when not in liquor.
There appears to be no place provided
for such cases among the charitable
institutions of the county or state.
Thinking people will arrive at de-
cision sometime, that an asylum with
liquor-cure attachment is necessary
if nothing more to secure the peace
and happiness of innocent relatives
who are worried almost past endur-
ance by the man who cannot control
his appetite for strong drink.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-11-04
Travis j. BeltIer. Dead.

Alter a painful illness lasting sew
eral months, Travis j. BETTER died at
the home of his father, Lewis BETTER.
IN Patch Grove, October 20. 1897.
The cause OF death was quick con-
sumption. About a year ago he
suffered from some severe hemor-
rhages of the lungs after which he
was never quite well. but that con-
sumption had fastened itself upon
him was not apparent until last
spring. Travis j. BETTER was the
son OF Lewis Better and Carrie M.
BETTER, deceased, and was born at
Patch Grove, February l, 1872.
He attended school until he was IS
years of age when he graduated from
the Mt. Hope high school. After
teaching school for eight terms he
commenced studying medicine with
DR.. Strong, of Lancaster. In 1895 be
entered the Milwaukee Medical Col
lege which he attended until the
spring 1897, when failing health com.
PEELED him to return home. The dis
ease made rapid inroads in his
strength and seven weeks ago he took
to his bed and gradually grew weaker
until his death. He died a member
OF the Episcopal church into whose
communion he was received and bap-
tised. He was buried from his faith
er's residence on the 31st ult., DR..
Edwards, of Lancaster, officiating.
and preaching a short memorial SER
mon The ceremonies at the inter
ment in the Hermitage cemetery near
Mt. Hope, were those of the order of
Modern Woodman, of which deceased
had been a member Mr.. BETTER was
well known and much esteemed for
his geniality aud excellent qualities
of mind and heart, and the funeral
assemblage was perhaps the largest
ever seen in the neighborhood.
There were 154 teams in the pro-
cession which reached distance OF
nearly mile. Floral Offering were
abundant and beautiful. Excellent
vocal music was rendered by a quar-
tette of gentlemen from Lancaster.
Harry orion, John Orion, Earl Ivey
and w. b. Carter. The immediate
members of the family who are so
sadly bereaved by the untimely death
are the father, Lewis BETTER. the
step-mother, whom Travis as sim
cerely loved as though she were his
own mother, brother, CLAY, and a
little sister, Louie. The sorrowing
family have the sympathy of the
entire community in this their ire
parable loss.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-11-04
Mccartney.
Jail.

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This is rather dry weather for husk-
ing corn and saving the fodder
Z. Rockefeller has purchased forty
acre farm of Frank Fisher; considera-
ton $500.
A large force of men are at work at
this place for the C. B. q n. RR. Co.,
repairing the telegraph line. putting
in new poles and changing the wire TO
the other side of the railroad track.
Henry Welsch, our road boss, is
calling us farmers out to work our
road tax, and | will say that for the
first time in long while the road
from here to Cassville is in pretty
good order.
Several hunters are camping along
the river near this place, hunting
ducks and fishing. Both ducks and
fish seem to be quite plentiful this
fall and we must also remark that the
unwelcome mosquito is also plentiful.
Last Saturday, week ago, the
people in this section were excited
and anxious to hear how the Burrows
and Blum road case was settled at
county court. And the glad news
came that in spite Of the alleged unfair
work by some OF the defendants side,
the verdict was given in favor of the
state and allowing Burrows road to
his premises. The next Sunday when
Burrows and his family were visiting
some neighbors some one came and
opened both gates to the Blum field
and removed all distractions from
the road among which was a play
house belonging to Burrows little
girls which was thrown in every di-
rection. The little girls seeing the
work that was going on danced for
Joy and cried, Papa has got a roadn
Burrows and his neighbors say they
are willing to chip in and get a keg
or two on the strength of the road
case. +. Rockefeller was among the
first to use the new road (or rather
the old road opened new by going and
buying horse OF George Bur-
rows
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-11-04
FennimOre.

Miss Zimmerman Sunday at Mount
Hope
Rev. Vincent is visiting at MIR,
Gelvin's.
d. b. Brunson has returned from
his Dakota trip.
Mark Bailey spent Sunday at home
with his parents.
Miss Racy Hmm returned es1ay
from her western trip.
Miss Cham bers, of Brodhead, is Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. Stair.
Mrs. Bessie narrower is again able
to be out after her severe illness.
Miss Maud Stephens is able to
attend school after a weeks sickness.
Ed Roethe, of Whitewater, is visit
ing with his brother, Henry Roethe.
A. f. Storis and wife and d. b.
Brunson and wife went to Crawford
county Sunday.
Mrs. Christopher and sister, Miss
Green, entertained a few friends one
evening last week to tea.
Rev. Hammond is the new U. B.
preacher Rev. Tresidder, the Nj. +.
Presiding Elder. held services here
Sunday morning.
Everyone is trying to borrow a
baby to take to the show Tuesday
night. Every mother but one will be
dissatisfied with the decision of the
judges. Am glad I'm bachelor for
no one viii think Of asking me 10
Judge.
Miss Blanch Gelyin met with an
accident Thursday last when return
ing from her school, Her horse in
going around a corner upset the
buggy and threw Miss Goivin out
bruising her quite severely. sht
will be able to resume work MONDAY
! morning. -.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-11-04
Preston.

The "skined cow find is a corker.
the most eomical thing we've heard
of for some time.
win Kirk, of Sitter. thinks of
moving to st. Joe to winter where he
has numerous jobs of drilling.
Pork. grain and hay are down to
moderate prices. Potatoes so cents
per bushel. Mich cows and stock
hogs are high.
Miss May Sanders has returned
from Plainfeld. Iowa, where she
spent the summer with her sister.
Mrs. f. Folks.
Fred K~amer and the Walker Bros.
are going to sell some choice steers
and heifers on Friday afternoon OF
this week. Cushman, auctioneer.
Alex Sweeney is laying the rock
foundation, plastering and building
cistern for Mr.. Lostitter Alex is a
good workman and gets most of the
jobs throughout this vicinity.
mo Hunting Allowed on my Prem
Uses" we see stuck up on every gate
and cross roads in this section of
woods. Lots of guns and hunting
dogs for sale cheap. The boys are all
going to Alaska. -.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-11-04
Obituary..

Floyd Oswald, only child of Alfred
and Maggie Miller, died at Platteville,
Oct. Z, 1897, age about years. Lit
tie Floyd had suffered with lung trou-
BILE for about a year caused by swat
lowing a grain OF coffee, which he
coughed up a few hours before he
died.
This lovely bod so young and fair
called hence by early doom.
Came to show ow sweet flower
In paradise would bloom.
Ere sin could harm or sorrow fade
Death came with friendly care
The opening bud 70 heaven conveyed
And babe II blossom there
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-11-04
Cracked Heads Together.

VIM. }. Dyer had a very peculiar
and not at all pleasant accident We'd
nesday. He was driving Iyiea near
the brickyard and in going over a
crossing the horse stepped on stone
and fell Dyer did not stop as
quickly as he ought but went right
on over the horse head first. The
horse threw up its head just as Dyer
got to that end Of him and their
heads came together with a mighty
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-11-04
KIDNAPPED and ROBBED.
Patch Grove Farmer Claims To Have Had
Rouqh falOws'en Experience In Bloom
ington.

Ed. c. Day Of Potosi (recently ac-
quilted of the charge of numbering his
brother). and Geo. Bradley were ar
rested by Under Sheriff jim McGonl-
gal at ) o'clock Monday afternoon on
the Paul Humphrey farm in Patch
Grove and lodged in the county jail at
Lancaster.
Day and Bradley are charged with
having robbed John Nash. prosper
Gus farmer at Bloomington, last Sat
urday night. The victim relates that
the two men caught him in a dark
place, carried him into a barn and
searched him; that they took from his
pockets fifty cents in money, a jack
knife worth fifty cents. a pair of nit
tens worth fifty cents and a pipe
worth twenty-five cents. Mr.. Nash
had in one of his pockets one hundred
and ten dollars which the men did not
find or take.
The prisoners claim that they did
not intend to rob Nash and only per-
petrated a Halloween joke on Nash
Almost everybody in Bloomington
was having hot time in the old town
that night, and they claim they felt
called upon to help along the orgies.
Neither Nash nor his assailants were
intoxicated.
Day and Bradley were brought be-
fore a justice in Lancaster Tuesday
noon. Their attorney. Ed. Lowry,
moved to dismiss the case on account
of alleged defects in the warrant and
complaint, but the objections were
overruled by the court. Then hear
ing was set for Monday, Nov. 8. at
o'clock in the afternoon, and bail was
fixed at 500 for each man, which
they thought they would be able to
procure. However, they are still in
Jail.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-11-04

instead OF run away in the ground as
it thaws Consequently there can
never be any successful agriculture in
that country"
is Dawson growing into city
like Dubuque or Milwaukee; y will it
in time grow into solid city?" asked
the reporter.
Dawson is place Of rude. cheap
structures with front street and a
back street. There are stores, dance
houses and saloons. There were some
restaurants, but they have shut down
on account of not being able to buy
provisions. There is nothing there to
maintain the city except mining, and
the place can never grow into sub
stantial city that will continue indef-
nitely, but will cease to exist as soon
as mining plays out"
''Are there many tough characters
and bad places in Dawson City?
Yes, but can't tell you much
about those people as l have yet to
spend my first two bits in dance
house or saloon. OF course the city
is full of men who never work. They
gamble and live off of dance house
women. AS a rule women who come
there are bad. Life there is much
the same as in any other place. Men
wis work hard at mining and keep
away from saloons and dance-houses
and abstain from high living, such as
eggs at 81 each, are the ones who will
come out with fortunes. | am ac-
quainted with number of men who
are taking out large quantities of gold
who will come away from Alaska just
as poor as when they started N on ac-
count of following out the adage, 'eat,
drink and be merry, for tomorrow we
die Speaking about dying, there
will be plenty of it next spring on the
road to the Klondike. All along the
Dyea trail through Chilkoot pass there
are hundreds of dead horses and when
warm weather sets in decaying car
casses will faint the atmosphere in a
deadly way for passers-by. My part
ner writes me that since left disease
has started in among the camps that
is killing several men every day. He
says a man falls sick, turns black
from his hips up to the top of his head
and dies in few hours. They do not
know what the disease is nor what
causes it.
"Any person who is reasonably
strong and willing to work can 60 to
Alaska and make money. When left
here l was troubled with my stomach,
had kind of dyspepsia so that | had
to be careful what | ate. Now | can
eat anything and weigh third more
than when left Grant county. We
have been in no more danger of dying
there than we would have been here.
A person starting from Lancaster can
get to the Klondike nicely with three
hundred dollars and have a little mon
ey left on getting there. | took twelve
hundred dollars with me- Did not
need that much. The want of money
did not trouble us-it is the want of
food that causes anxiety
''In Alaska there are plenty of bear
and moose. Moose meat is splendid.
1t is long and tedious journey
through the pass on foot. When |
left they were building a railroad
there. 1t is an electric railway and
is to be run by powerful waterfall.
After the road is built the trouble of
getting to the Klondike viii vanish.
There is plenty of room there for
everybody. The country seems as
large us the United States and new
gold regions that promise better than
the Klondike are being opened
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-11-04

whack. Dyer's face and right eye
are badly bruised and it will be
weeks before his cheerful features
can resume their usually benign ex-
preston.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-04
HOWELL IS TAKEN TO JAIL.
Charged with Forgery by the North
End Lumber Company.

Hugh A. Howell we'll known
throughout the city, a resident of the
West Side, where he was up to a
short time ago a building contractor,
and prominent lodgeman. is now in
the county Jail. having been committed
yesterday by Alderman Millar in de-
fault of $500 bail on a charge of forg
cry. p. M. La Bar, secretary of the
North End Lumber company, was the
prosecutor.
Mr.. Howell, it appears, has been act
ing as collector for the company. The
books showed a shortage of about ST.
900, and an investigation resulted. It
is alleged that Howells made big col
lections and forged the names of other
collectors. An instance of fraud which
directly caused the arrest was when
Howell collected 1866, the full amount
of a bill. He credited the firm with
$500, and made no return OF the other
$165.
Secretary La Bar, in due time, asked
for a settlement on the balance of the
bill. The firm produced it's receipt in
full. Howell was then arrested and
Alderman Millar fixed the bail at $500.
Howell could not secure a bondsman
and wept bitterly as he was being TAX
en- to Jail.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-04
DEATH FOR RELIEF.
Mrs. Ella Marsh Drank Carbolic Acid
and Died...Smoked Cigarettes Ex.
cessively and Was Despondeut.

Dependency, melancholy and cigar
cite smoking apparently led to the
suicide of Mrs. Ella Marsh at the home
Of her mother, Mrs. Matilda Waller, of
324 Linden street, yesterday.
Mrs. Marsh had been living apart
from her husband for over a year. She
worried over this and on Wednesday
afternoon drank about tablespoonful
of carbolic acid from a bottle. Death
ended her sufferings shortly after 9
o'clock yesterday morning.
The rash act was probably premedi-
tated, as several women were in the
house at the time and the bottle was
properly labelled, some of its contents
having been used for medical purposes
previously. DR.. Pennypacker was sum-
moned Immediately and after consider
able effort succeeded in bringing Mrs.
Marsh to consciousness, but the vital
organs had been attacked too severely
and death could only be stayed for a
time.
Mrs. Marsh had shortly before suf-
fered from nicotine poisoning from the
excessive use of cigarettes and was
consequently prone to the effects of the
deadly poison.
No inquest was deemed necessary by
Deputy Coroner Pennypacker, inas-
much as he had been in regular at
tendance on the case. Her friends re-
fused to discuss the case. The de-
ceased's sister arrives today.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-04

In previous articles on this subject
it has been insisted that the owners OF
securities in the anthracite mining and
carrying railroads were as vitality az
fected by the price at which coal was
sold as were the individual operators,
and that a large tonnage and low
price meant a heavy loss to them, while
a smaller output, enough to meet the
actual demand, and sold for fair
price, would yield profit The proof
of this was in the earnings during 1872
and 1898, and in the heavy losses in
Cured in 1894 1895 and 1896.
Since the beginning of the current
year there has been a strong and hon
est effort to recover part of the ground
that had been lost. The output was
kept within the market requirements,
excepting a slight excess in August,
and as a consequence it was possible
to maintain a better price. The result
for the eight months just closed fully
confirms all that has been claimed, and
If the same policy prevails for the re-
mainder of the year there,is every rea-
son for believing that the losses here
tofore shown by the operating COM
panies will be greatly reduced, and in
some cases a material profit be shown.
EIGHT MONTHS SHIPMENTS.
For a period of six years the ship
ments of anthracite for the eight
months from Jan. 1 to Sept. /, have
been as follows: