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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-29
PREFER SUICIDES.
Dies In The County Jail Tuesday Evening Al
ter Ten Hours OF agony.

About noon Tuesday the Jail officials
learned that Rudolph Paetzer was
sick. He was taken with vomiting
and purging He declined to have a
doctor called and had but little to say.
About o'clock he got 50 bad that
Sheriff Hymer called in DR.. Seaman.
The doctor thought the man had an
attack of summer trouble and gave
him medicine accordingly.
Paetzer was in terrible agony all
the afternoon and about 5 O'Clock
Seaman was called again. Paetzer
wanted beer and gave the doctor %
cents to get some. He then told Mr..
Scanlan that he had taken arsenic
about IL o'clock and that the bottle
was under his pipe in the cell. The
bottle-a little vial about an inch and
quarter in length was found. A
white powder having the appearance
OF arsenic was sticking to the sides.
DR.. Strong was at once summoned
and the two physicians worked with
the man until $3.50 o'clock when he
died.
After having admitted that he had
taken poison he talked more freely.
He said he took it because he wanted
to die but had changed his mind and
wanted to live He took medicine
and treatment willingly. He said he
was member of the Lutheran church.
He did not want a minister and didn t
want his wife sent for. He left no
message for any one.
Regarding the poison he told con-
flicting stories. He said he found it
in Bloomington and also that Seeley
got it for him at Holford's drug store.
he got ii to poison squirrels. The
bottle would hold enough arsenic to
kill fifty men.
A coroner's jury consisting Of Alex
Ivev. II G. Nathan, G. H. Basford A.
G. Howell II Ressmeyer and Dclos
Abrams were summoned in Justice
Wheeler's court and after viewing the
body and taking testimony gave the
verdict that death was caused BY ar
senic poison administered by his own
hand.
Paetzer was German who had
been in this country Z years, three
years in Chicago and four IN Bloom
ington He was large muscular
man about 40 wears Of agc
The authorities Of Bloomington
took charge Of the body and carried
it to Bloomington today, Wednesday,,
for burial.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-29
A Road CASE.

On Thursday afternoon Of this week
a road case Will be head in Justice
W. +. McGonigal's court. 1t is the
State Of Wisconsin VIRTUALLY the
town of Waterloo) against Christ and
Samuel Blum. The complaint is for
obstructing highway in the town Of
Waterloo The defendants, Blum,
closed the highway and plowed it up.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-29

Prof. H. L Johnson will lecture in
the Baptist church. Bloomington next
Monday and Tuesday evenings. sub
jects Prom Dixie to Canada" and
An Hour with the Hebrews
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-29

C0ualui.d ~ Inst Pare
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-23

T. K. Q. SHERWOOD, Receiver PHILADELPHIA, READING { EEY tRGlGsD p.R. PoUGHKEEpsuE BRIDGE ROUTE. In Effect sunday, May 30th, 1so7.
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-23
The Offender.

You ought to have been firmer in your discipline when the boy was little. Spare the rod, and you spoil the child. ''
 'I know 1t, and if had it to do over again I'd club his indulgent old grand father black and blue. "-Chicago Trib- une.
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-23

"THoUGHTFULLY ToYRD WITH THE WOOD.
 PILE WHILE BEING INTERVIEWED cisco, thence via any reliable line of air ships to Juneau, from where one can easily walk to Dawson City or be carried "pick a back" by an able-bodied Chilkat Indian for trifing fee.
 The climate is extremely salubrious and highly recommended for consum- tives and bank cashiers.
 Troublesome reptiles are remarkable for their rarity, the harmless varieties occasionally encountered being generi- cally classified as jim jams.
 The hotels provide ali the comforts of home, together with an excellent cui- sine-spermacet candles, train oil, hot house strawberries and like delicacies appearing on the menus.
 Mem bers of the most exclusive society are not unduly strenuous in matters of fashion and considerable latitude land
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-23

PECTlNG FOh HIS WE'LL.
 of the kitchen stove. One new come CT, who neglected this precaution, froze his ears the next morning prospecting for his we'll and finally discovered it trans formed into gigantic icycle, which he was forced to hang on the sunny side of the house to melt.
 Great activity prevails in the building trades, carpenters and masons finding lucrative employment in erecting the tents and snow-houses which are spring ing up on all sides.
 An electric light plant WAS talked of some time ago in Dawson City, but fears prevailing that the aurora borealis, being 6rst on the ground and having an es- abolished patronage. would prove too strong competitor, the scheme was abandoned. MILO.
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-23

Again, Christian workers shall shine like the stars in clusters. In looking up you find the worlds in family circles. Brothers and sisters, they take hold of each others hands and dance in groups. Orion in 8 group. The Pleiades in a group. The solar system Is only a com pany of children, with bright faces, gathered around one great fireplace The worlds do not struggle off. They go in squadrons and fleets, sailing through immensity. So Christian work CTS in heaven will dwell in neighbor- hoods and clusters.
 am sure that some people I will like in heaven a great deal better than others Wonder is @ constellation of stately Christians They lived on earth by rigid rule. They never laughed They walked every hour, anxious lest they should lose their dignity. But they loved God, and wonder they shine in brilliant constellation. Yet I shall not long to get into that particular group Yonder is a constellation of small heart ed Christians asteroids in the eternal astronomy. While some souls go up from Christian battle and blaze like Mars these asteroids dart feeble ray like Vesta- Wonder is constellation of martyrs, of apostles, of patriarchs. Our souls as they go up to heaven will seek out the most congenial society
 Wonder Is a constellation almost merry with the play of light On earth they were full of sympathies and songs and tears and raptures and congratula- tions When they prayed, their words took fire; when they sang, the tune could not hold them; when they wept over worlds woes, they sobbed as if heartbroken; when they worked for
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-23

Trains stop only on signal, or whom oonduc- tor ia notifed. -.
 Additional train leaves Highland for rough- keepsie at l2 Oo n. Leave Poughkeepsle fT Highland at l2 % m -. Trains leave Poughkeepsie Tor Hopowoh 6 90 and 2 D a. m, 8 is and o5 p m.
 Trains leave Bopewell for PouRhkeepeie 60 and 10 a5 a m. { 60 and 8 SO D. m. - Trains and 10 carry through coach between WinAted and Grand Central station, New fork
 Western Express train 1, makes otreot oon- nection at Campbell Hall with tast saprvshs slA following day Q 10 D m also connects wllh Erie R k fast western trains special attention fouer than any other line Write for rates and particulars before puchasing tickets over Any other route. - -.
 Hartford, conn
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-23
G.L. Parsons & Son. General Merchandise, .
 Canaan, Conn
Traoelers' Guide.
HOUSAToNIC R. R. ROUTE
 Commencing Sunday. June IS. lsg7.

 HoUSAToNIC R. R. ROUTE
 Commencing Sunday, June IS, 1897.
 GOING SOUTH Leave North Adams G 20 am, Pittsneld 1s Oanaan < 20. Arrive New Haven 10 b5, Leave Albany 10 n. m., State Line s 70. ritts. field s 10, Canaan 2 40. Arrive Bridgeport l2 05 ?. m., NewHayen 12 4s New York i.b0. Leave Albany 10 co a. m.. State Line II 70. North Adams i2 is 2. m.. Pittsneld S0, Canaan 242. Arrive Bridgeport 6 10, New Haven c 95, New York 0.l0. Leave Albany 10 70 n. m., State Line II th, Plttsneld i2s P, m., oanhan 2 n Arrive Dridgeport 2s, New Haven 500. New York 300.
 Leave Albany 22o p. m., State Limo 70, Pittsneld so, Canann ( A9. Arrive Fridge port 2s, Now Haven s %. New York s@ Leave North Adams 8 co p. m., Pitisneld 10. Canaan 5 10. Arrive Bridgeport 2s New Haven %, New York 90. Csundays only) Leave Pittsneld il5 p. m. Canaan 8 2b. Arrive Bridgeport . 06. New Haven 20. New York 8 70. Sundays only) Leave pittsneld 10 ?. m., Canaan 2 20. Arrive New York II %.
 oorso NORTH
 Leave New York 500 a. m. Bridgeport os, New Haven c 10, Canaan 9 40, Arrive Pitts. field II 05, State Line 10 q, Albany IA a4 D. m, saratoga ib. North Adams IA 0o. Leave New York 0a Q. m., Bridgeport bb. New Haven 9b, Canaan i2 10 D. m. Arrive piufeld 1 20, North Adams Sb, Albany 243, Saratoga ( 20.
 Leave New York 02 a. m., Bridgeport bS New Haven 35, Canaan i2 SS D. m. Arrive Pittsheld 9 0b ?. m., State Line 1 27, AL bany 2 4s, Saratoga 20. Leave New York 9 04 q. m, Bridgeport II co. New Haven i0.30. Canaan 6.IO p. m. Arrive Pittsneld iU.00 p. m.
 Leave New York 8 90 p. m. Bridgeport q 25 New Haven ( co, CanRan c sb. Arrive Pitta' field T 60, North Adams 60, State Line 6 100, Albany Q 40.
 Leave New York 8 90 p. m., Bridgeport 26 New Haven co, Canaan 2 %. Arrive Pitts field 8 30. State Line s %, Albany %. | tSaturdays onlyl Leave New York 2 % ?. m, New Haven 2 co, Bridgeport aS, Canaan bl7. Arrive Pitufield 90. Sundays oplyl Leave New York ( 50 a m. Bridgeport oe, Canaan 70. Arrive Pitts field II 05.
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-23

o'clock in the morning. You telegraph to America and the message gets here at 6 o'clock the same morning. In other words, it seems to arrive here five hours before it started. Like that is prayer. God says, Before they call I will hear" To overtake loved one on the road you may spur up a lathered steed until he shall outrace the one that brought the news to Ghent, but pray CT shall catch it at one gallop. A boy running away from home may take the midnight train from the country village and reach the seaport in time to gain the ship that sails on the morrow, but mothers prayer will be on the deck to meet him, and in the hammock before he swings into it, and at the cap- stan before he winds the rope around, and on the sea, against the sky, as the vessel blows on toward it. There is mightiness in prayer. George Muller prayed company of poor boys to- gether, and then he prayed up an asy- lum in which they might be sheltered. He turned his face toward Edinburgh and prayed and there came G1, ,000. He turned his face toward London and prayed and there came R1,O00. He turned his face toward Dublin and prayed and there came e1,000. The breath of Elijah's prayer blew all the clouds of the sky, and 1t was dry weather. The breath of Elijah's prayer blew all the clouds together, and 1t was wet weather. Prayer, In Daniels time, walked the cave as lion tanner. It reached up and took the sun by it's gold en bit and stopped it and the moon by its silver bit and stopped it.
 We have all yet to try the full power of prayer. The time will come when the American church will pray with its face toward the west, and all the prai- rdes and inland cities will surrender to God and will pray with face toward the ssA end au the islands and ships will haoanA 0lGlG1fons AIsnta XANs
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-23
COLD-STORAGE TRUTHS
PHASES OF EXISTENCE AMID THE
 kLONDIkE oOLD-FIELDS.

Our Special Correspondent Truthfully
 Describes she Existing Conditions-
 The Camera Lends fts Afd-scenes
 and Incidents.
 Especial to the NEws.l
 DAWSON CITY. Aug. 31. 1897-As vast numbers of people are at present gazing eagerly toward the Klondike gold fields, it seems an opportune time for setting forth few cold-storage facts regarding this modern Fl Dorado.
 There are, as yet, no trolley lines rum ming to the smaller towns in this section, though the genial boniface of the Palace hotel, wbo thoughtfully toyed with the wood-pile while being interviewed, ex- pressed his opinion that such a means of transportation would be inaugurated in the near future. At present the most expeditions way is by rail to San Fran
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-23
Merit
 "Merit talks the - m intrinsic value of 0UDc Hoods Sarsaparilla. h Oe NS

Merit in medicine means the power to cure. Hoods SarsaparilIa possesses actual and unequalled curative power and there- fore it has true merit. When you buy Hoods Sarsaparilla, and take it according to directions, to purify your blood, or cure any of the many blood diseases, you are morally certain to receive benefit. The power to cure is there. You are rot trying an experiment. It will make your blood pure, rich and nourishing, and thus drive out the germs of disease, strengthen the nerves and build up the whole system.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-13
AN ADVANCE SHIPMENT OF FALL SILKS.
Black Dress Goods.

Startling Bargains in Black
at less than the making prices
bring your samples for comparison
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-13
Lot 5-At, Yd., soc, worth 81. rs
Lot 6-At, Yd., 69c, worth $500
Lot 8-At Yd., CSC, worth $3.50
Another SpeciaI at SO Gents

HNUlIIeI 0PHGIdi di US JenTS
100 pieces Plain and Changeable
Taffetas, in all the leading next sea-
sons colors, came Saturday. This is
an extra good quality and worth and
sold all over the world at Csc per
yard. Our price for Mon Hm~
day only OOV
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-13
.QzAhezY Room.

and i aaTh Point int Curtains in white 60 "a
~ - - - pan ............-..... ~A11 ~ SS
Irish Point, Brussels Net and Swiss Curtains;
hnmm anef Tate Styles tss every one %E.9R
Irish Point Curtains, in ecru and white Brus-
sells Net and Tanbour Swiss Curtains. These goods
are shown in this city every day at a. AA @AO
Sl0 pair. Take your choice - Ia OO
rs pairs of Irish Point Brussels Net and Swiss
Curtains Look over the other fellows $500 Cur
taIns and then this at, per o. n0
Nottingham Lace and Novelty Net Cur
s'1as Others IS bargains Our price, So SO
Nottingham Lace and Novelty Net Curtains
H'@' 'so0 and 5000 values S3.48
onea''ls Curtains all eo'9f. per $3.50
nicely Ghf bordsr eaf pd4 wde $1.98
Chenille Curtains, all colors 48 inches wideyery
ass Sc ps o'F oaf Stsfs have them
Is handsome Rope Portieres, 6x7H feet you
positively cannot match them for a. 9n HA6n
less than So each; price Monday. - sD I'D
Evening journal., 1897-02-25
Pope and Soldier.

The pope used to be the idol Of the
French soldiers during the occupation Of
Rome and did not disdain to maintain
with them the intimate relations and
cordiality Of a village pastor. Whenever
there was a regiment called home, its
members never failed to visit his holi-
ness to obtain his benediction, and the
folders were always warmly received.
One day a trooper made a singular and
daring request-that the pOpewould say
a mass for him, for him alone. The
pope consented. ''But, - said the sol
dier, Il want to be present well, -
answered the pope, come at tomor-
row TO my private chapel No one but
yourself shall be admitted. " "Tomor.
row, suddenly replied the soldier.
Tomorrow I've got 70 go to the station
to see some Of the toys off; but the day
after, pope, I'm your man. +" Very
well, my son, F" said the pope with .
smile, "day after tomorrow be it. -
New York Tribune.
Evening journal., 1897-02-25
WROUGHT IRON FAD.
1t Had beginning In Germany In th'
Middle Ages.

IL Had a beginning In Germany In the
Middle Ages.
There is no doubt that wrought iron
is more and more used every year in do
nestle economy and decoration De
servedly so. There is nothing that lends
itself so easily to the requirements Of
both utility and art. Besides, it has an
ancient and respectable history.
Germany in the fifteenth century pro-
duced mucn wrought iron work of a
rather special character, such as the
grave crosses and sepulchral monuments
to be secnin the cemeteries Of Nurem.
berg. Iron was also employed for well
canopies, such as that at Antwerp at
tributed to Quentin Matsys. Originally
o blacksmith from Louvain, he came to
Antwerp to seek his fortune There, as
the story goes, he fell in love with the
daughter of painter, and, to propitiate
the daughter as well as her father, ex-
changed the anvil for the painters pa
lette, and before his death, in 1881, he
was successful i'll helping to raise the
school of Antwerp to a celebrity equal
to that of the schools Of Bruges and
Ghent
Ironwork was extensively produced
at Augsburg under the fostering care
Of the Fugger family, taking the shape
Of brackets projecting from the walls
and grills over fanlghts or in a balcony.
Grotesque knockers are also common i'll
Nuremberg. Keys were sometimes elab-
orately decorated, and the part which
is now acommon ring was once occupied
by little figures in full relief, with coats
Of arms and the like The French revo-
luton was the cause Of much splendid
ironwork being destroyed, when, in
1898, certain provinces had TO gather
together every available piece Of iron
to transform into pixies and other weap-
ons New York Herald
Evening journal., 1897-02-25
KANGAROO HUNTING.
Riding TO Hounds After the Eimble Brutes
In Australia.

In Australia
There are two ways Of hunting kanga-
roos in Australia--one followed by ma
tive hunters and the other by white
men. The natives surround a herd OF
lie animals, narrow the circle and then,
when the kangaroos dash at them in
wild efforts to escape, kill them with
short spears and clubs, commonly called
waddies. 1t is lively work for the native.
This kangaroo uses its hind legs viciously
and with great Judgment, and dogs,
horses and men have been torn open by
the nails Of its hind feet
The white men prefer to follow the
kangaroos with dogs. Every herd Of
kangaroos has a leader, known as the
old man, or boomer, which warns its
followers Of the approach Of danger by
stamping the ground with its hind foot,
making a booming sound that starts all
the kangaroos in hearing ON rum A
scared herd will run 20 or 30 miles at
times, or until it reaches safety. A
male weighs from 100 to 175 pounds
and is z or feet long. The English
make up parties Of hunters and follow
the'kangaroo with dogs somewhat like
foxhounds, but Of greater size and
strength. Women and men join i'll the
sport, riding to the hounds on good
horses.
Riding to the place where a herd Of
the beasts had been seen the day before
by bushmen," Il Sportsmen's Magazine
writer says, eve came to the bush, a
growth Of ubiquitous ii trees and tree
ferns, fit to brush one off his horse.
Quiet was the word of caution passed
when we came near the sparsely grown
ground beyond the bush where the kan
garoos had been seen. The dogs were
called in, and then we rode from the
bush into view of the herds sentinel,
and then away went the kangaroos, fol-
lowed by the dogs, and we were at the
tail tips Of the dogs. The kangaroos
| could not run; but, folding their forelegs
across their breasts, they sat down.
Then, with tail and hind legs, away
they went by hops, no hop being less
than 20 feet long and others being more
than 30 feet. They cleared shrubs Z
feet high.
"Curiously enough, the kangaroo
travels faster up hill than down, the
dogs catching up on the down slopes.
The beast sometimes breaks its necl
while running down hill by going head
over heels. The does began TO throw
their young out of their pouches, anC
we knew they were hard pressed. They
turned suddenly for the water. W.
found the dogs at a water hole with two
boomers at bay. We dismounted and
drawing our knives, waited an oppor
tunity to run in and hamstring them
A dog rushed in and was caught by ;
hind leg Of a boomer and pressed unde.
water, where it was quickly drowned
Then a dog got one Of the beasts by th'
back and threw it, whereupon my cousin
quickly hamstrung it, while Trapped it
nose with my whip, killing it. We ha'
kangaroo tail soup and steaks for Dime
for several days. -
Evening journal., 1897-02-25
THOMAS FRAZER, JR.

ON ACCOUNT OF THE INAUGU
RATION VIA PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD.
For the benefit of those who desire 10
attend the ceremonies incident to tn
Inauguration of President-elect McKin
ley, the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany will sell excursion tickets to
Washington March 1, 2, 3, and A, valid
to return from March to s, at the fol-
lowing rates:
From Philadelphia, S5.40; Harris
burg, S5.O6; Wilmington, S4.35; Balti-
more, SLIGO. and from all other stations
on the Pennsylvania system at reduced
rates.
This Inauguration will be most in
teresting event, and will undoubtedly
attract large number of people from
every section of the country.
The magnificent facilities of the
Pennsylvania railroad make this line
the favorte route to the national capi
tai at all times, and its enormou
equipment and splendid terminal ad
vantages at Washington make it es
pecially popular on such occasions.
Evening journal., 1897-02-25
REPORTS ON DELAWARE DREDG
ING

The Bureau of Surveys, Of Philadel-
phia, which has in charge the work at
Schooner Ledge, in the Delaware river.
makes this report on the work OF
dredging in that stream: 1T is ex-
pected that with the money in hand all
Of the dangerous rock at Schooner
Ledge can be taken out. the shoals
along this range removed. the deep
harbor of this city extended to the
southward TO the point Of League Is
land, and a deep channel dredged
through Miffiin Bar. With the compile
ton OF this work there will be a clear
water depth Of twenty-six feet between
the harbor and Cherry Island fats.
where the United States government Is
now operating With the removal OF
the Dan Baker shoal and the dredging
CT a passage over Duck Creek fats. all
Of which work has been Initiated bJ
the government. there will be- a clear
water way for deep-draught YES.
sells from the harbor to the sea-"
Evening journal., 1897-02-25
A rINr HORSE nRoMNEn.

About o'clock last evening, a fine
horse. being driven to a doctors buggy
by two young men from Wilmington,
became unmanageable opposite DR.. Les
lies South street gate. He dashed the
carriage into a telegraph pole and,
tearing himself loose, ran down to Del
aware street wharf and jumped into
the river, from which he never arose
Edward Martin, a bridge-builder, stop
ped the horse on South street. but the
animal was tall and fiery, and Mr.. Mar
tin soon lost control
Evening journal., 1897-02-25
TO AMEND RELIANCE'S CHARTER
THE FIRE COMPANY WANTS TO
HOLD $4,000 WORTH OF PROP
rrlr1r.W

THE FIRE COMPANY WANTS TO
HOLD $4,000 WORTH OF PROP
ERTY.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal
DOVER, Feb. 25.-The Reliance Fire
Company, Of Wilmington, wants some
legislation, and has sent to Senator
Pyle for introduction bill amendatory
OF it's charter. 1t is a short bill, and
its meaning is net clearly expressed as
q copy Of the original charter is not
available down here in the absence
from town of the secretary of state. 1t
is as follows:
Section /. That the act entitled An
act for the incorporation of the Re
lance Fire Company, in the borough Of
Wilmington, passed at Dover, January
%, 1902, as amended by an act entitled
An act to amend an act entitled an act
to Incorporate the Reliance Fire Com
pany. OF Wilmington, passed January
%. 1902. (Which last named act was
passed at Dover March, p, 1S7D, be
and the same is hereby amended by
striking out the word four in section
3, of said original act, and the word
twenty in the said amendment thereto,
and inserting in lieu thereof the word
forty.
At the house of the Reliance Com
pany this morning an Evening Journal
reporter learned that the bill is simply
to give the company power TO hold
$40. 900 worth of property. When the
company was granted its original char
/ ter ninety-five years ago, $4,000 was
considered an ample amount to cover
the value of it's real estate and personal
property. Then in 1871, when more
property was acquired, it was founC
necessary to increase the amount tC
! 500 600.
Since then the company has built it'
/ handsome building at Fourth and LON
bard streets at a cost of $4,000, anC
purchased new equipments worth pos
sibly $4,000 more. Then the beques
Of a farm to the Fire Department b!
the late Charles Bush made its neces
sary to again increase the amount o
property that may be held. John Bigg
is the attorney for the company AM
prepared the bill.