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The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-09-26

The first she'll from the lyldito bat
terry was fred into Omdurman lust n
the English bnttaliOus, maxine their
way through the mimosn copsos on tho
bank Of the Nile reached the foot of
the Kerreri ridge, Rldmore, news
paper correspondent, hearing the
heavy report of the gun, ami feeling
sure that good Wow of what was
going on in tho direction Of the town
would DO obtained from the top Of the
Kerreri ridge, fastened on in advance
of the troops aud ran ns fast as he
could to gain the summit.
After n ton minutes scramble over
thorns, stones aud gullies, he reached
the crest Of the hill, where the dcryish
camps had boon placed Many white
cloth tents aud nuts, with the still
smoking opbcr camp fires inside
q low"'" = work, here marked the
cucTss abandoned limo Of defence.
aor,il, COIN the gunbyot7 ont ON tho
lad burst all oJout tho place.
l'nehs RadmDrc wont on he sqv many
But tho view from This point was
not quite what DIE wished. Beyond
aud 30 the right. r. few hundred wards
farther away, n portion OF tho ridge
rose higher than the place where DE-
stood, and hcr1u ON, OBVIOUSLY. nmoug
tho thorn clunp 1ll rora Co. roach
the highest point
Meanwhile. several vajo.tc8 and 9l.
voucod skrmisler from the laucsr
had climbed mp close iu Dol. rear. and
passed over the Greet 90 the other side
Of tine ridge EldmJIc continued
moving G, the right, aud presently
got 20 Che top but Ii ou exceedingly
rough spot amidst dry thorus auI
stones. -Four or Eve Kissing wlluros
rose heavily from beside % dead body
just before hc gaiuel tho summit. and
he also noticed another body lying
face downward between two stones
% s'ropping B1gylrt who. Ualmgra
couiectred. had bsau uf ay 20 nar.
meut Of a she'll, aud had o-.p. hero
~ die.
Grucsomo scenes llto This were zoo
common In tho 5oudon 10 claim moro
than passing attention without r.
second glance ut the bodies, Eadm9ro
directed his attention southwark 90.
ward Omdurmau
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-09-26
business Announcement.

Sometime advarti semouts arc funny
enough tD deserve aratuitous circula-
ton. The following arc from Eng.
land. but they viii be appreciated by
readers iu This country
Two laeuogmics recently arrived u
q border town, one Of which was uu-
der The management of Siguur -,
and jho other uudor Chat of h wife.
travelling respectively ou thcir owuac.
count Hero thcy decided TO unite
their forces, aud tho fact was iut-
mated ON The bill thus
lowing tY the arrival OF my wife.
my collection OF fcr1ci1u. wild aut-
mails is considerably Augment
ibis was iIo wor., of foreigner. Ii
is thought D1 have boon mirly uul-
dono by unt.yc who hung ont tho
following from travelling exhibition
OF wHNwUrk
Tho public is invited jo SEQ Her
Most Gracious Majesty, Queen Vic.
torIo, i'm wazwork, us large as life, and
other cuTioUitiCg.'
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-09-26

entrenched themselves for the defence
of Omdurmau; but carly in the day
the gunboats accompanying the army
Of the sirdar, General Kitchener,
shelled the ridge so vigorously that
the Khalifa's troops were forced to
abandon it i'll haste, with some little
loss, aud retire toward their capital.
Meantime battery of howitaers.
under Major Elmslie of the Royal
Artillery, had been landed on the
other or east bank of the river, with
orders to gain position on the hills
aud shell the town, directing its fire
particularly against the Notifications,
the Khalifa's palace, and the famous
tomb of the Mahdi Much interest
attached to this battery. The howit-
zers were very effective, and tho fifty
pound projectiles frel from them
were charged with the new explosive,
lyddite.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-09-26
shooting at = Balloon.

sc Moudou, near Paris. captive
balloon was reccutly allowed 10 rise
to height OF $50 metres aud then
shot at with Lcbcl riGc. Most ol
tbo shots pa cd through tho lower
bali pf tho balloon, and some pierced
ibo upper hall The effect ON the
balloon was hardly pcrcepGble. as
.iy hours elapsed before, In very
gentle descent, it reached the earth.
IL is crijcut that The light gas did
un. escape through tbc holes made In
ihc lower par. Of the balloon. and 20
mako hoie effectively iu the upper
half would require gun Of greater
ro.lbro and firing perhaps shrnpnol
~ would not, however. be an easy
matter 60 hIt with shot from a large
gun. balloon travelling alta consider.
able distance from theprcund Lon
don Times
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ADVERTISING RATES

Advertisements will be inserted At one
dollar per square for the nrst insertion and
1ttN cents for each subsequent insertion.
Local. Business and Special notices ten
cents line. and NO notice inserted for i@ss
than one dollar.
Legal advertisements VIII bc inserted at
the rates allowed ny law and " M In ali cases
ne charged To the attorney, and payment will
Toe required upon delivery OF certified copy
CHNRGES EoR ANNOTNCEnK~rs - For
county Officers, 8; state aud Congress- $40.
Terms FOR standing advertisements made
AhoWh on application % the publisher.
Jon PRINTING executed with neatne.x aud
dispatch. tE-Ordeis bv maii will recaiy,
prompt attention
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Having now had the distinction Of
providing Cambridge with n Senior
Wrangler, India may ono day achieve
the complementary success Of win
ming the wooden spoon" This
coveted trophy goes to the man WHO
comes last-as tho Senior Wranglcr is
first--in tho mathematical hUnors
list. 1t is not a distinction only in
name for the wooden spoon IFS n
reality. Provided by fellow. students.
it iso huge, spadelikc thing, decorated
with the arms aud colors Of the col.
lcgc with which its winner is asso
ciotcd; md as tho latter passes out Of
tho Senate House aftcr taking his dc
gree 1t i7 lowered from the gallery,
vhcro DO has been kept ready until
the psychological moment. Tt may
be mentioned tlot while the last man
in the Trip07 is known as the
''wOolou spoon tho lost dozen f1f
whom hc is ono. Ure popularity dcsig
uatod 'the twelve apostles A fcw
years ngo tho coxswoin Of the uni.
yersity bant won the spoon, and the
glory of even the Senior Wranglet
pa!cj 900 comparison with his on that
occasion London Chronicle.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-09-26

Whore cats haycruu Wild ON isolated
islands iEcy hayc become very wild
and powerful. ON Sable Island, on
the coast of Nova Scotia, they were
introduced about 1850, and rapidly
cSlcrmiuaicJ tho rabbits. which had
been in possession for at least half p
century. I'm one Of the harbors of
kerGuclcu Laud, q barren mud dcsJlato
bit of Aulrcii" icrra-Grma 10 the
southeast of the Cape of Good Hope,
cats escaped from ships have made
themselves n. homo ON q little isloi
known as Cat Island, which has been
used as q wintering place for seGlcrs.
Here they live I'm holes i'm the ground.
preying upon seabirds aud their
young, and arc sail TO have developed
such extraordinary fcrocity that it iB
almost impossible 10 tame them cvcu
when captured young. ON Aldabro,
two hundred miles northwest of
AIadaga oscar, cats have completely
cEtcrmiuatol au interesting species rf
rail peculiar tJ that island. which.
being unable 90 Gy, had uo chance of
escape.
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THE FAcE lN rAE CROWD.

was out lace q sire
strange a all IN" darkness
hat
Lips tha never meant the one,
Did l feel pulses quicken, sudde mist OF tears
u 'eay tho brightness
was ou feeling
e' knew twas but vision fading in the
sure there lneve
races shall be fair tomorrow Tor
] u nb I'VE the unst
ma tho dust OF
But these
{ .c NJ love 1. loyei
In the ian"iel leneicOn Of a face D.
Dreamsa droas tho light above ma Iao
LIE has dgoduo phantoms hould
Leave tho lights that
Let 3 OF thac
Jl'c aud faliug- the myt
90 our snnip
Lot us dream viii lpe
Frank l. stanton &c anita Consi
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-09-26

' the morning OF
the day before the
battle Of Omdur
man tho English
and + 8 yptiau
force advanced
along the west
bank OF the Nile
from Seq El-Taib
to that high, rocky
ridge abutting the
river called Ker-
reri, or "thc death
place of inGdels. "
Upon this ridge
A. 1.1
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1899-09-26
Tho Amatcur shcrlncI. 1Iolmn..

81 wonder who that regular army
officer is?' said an amateur Sherlock
Holmes, Of this city, indicating
middle aged gentleman who had lust
emerged from a ST. Charles street
store. Glow do you know he's Il
regular army oilicer?" asked an adj
mlrlnG friend, cit strikes me that his
appearance is distinctly Unmilitary."
Permit me to say" responded the
amateur sleuth, chat you are very
superficial observer. You evidently
overlooked the fact that when he felt
in his trousers pocket just now he
raised the bottom Of his coat instead
of brushing il aside. The movement
was most unnatural for civilian, and
proved cenciusively that he was in
the habit of wearing a side -slashcd
military blouse"
Did you base your conclusion en-
tirely on that trining circumstance?
asked the other, with some scorn.
"Oh! no, - replied the analyst airily,
ut was cumulative, entirely cumu-
iltiyc. / had already observed that
TIC carried his watch in his outside
breast pocket, habit common TO OIL
Gers, and that he mele an Involuntary
movement toward his larbuard hip az
he brushed past n lady in the door
way. or course, lac was pushing aside
an imaginary sword, and when ho
paused and started again with his left
foot ! was certain he was in tho SER
vice. You said he was a regular 1
bcIicve?' Certainly, those things
arc in tho habit Of years. Your
sagacity does you great credit" said
the amateurs friend. of hadn't
bought my groceries from that gentle
man since - ia agree with you OF
tho pot. New Orleans Timca-D Demo
nrnI
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1899-10-04
Publications Sept. 9th to Oct. 18th.
CONTEST NOTICE


DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
~ United States Land Office, Ashland, Wis
cOnSln, September 9th, 1892
A sufficient contest affidavit having been
filed in this Office by Elise Zeh sdorff, contest
ant, against homestead entry No. 1889, made
May 18th, 1895, at said land office for E1s NE14
of Section Is, Township 40 N, Range w, by
John A. Sonju, contestee, in which it is al
legged that said John A. Sonju has not resided
upon, cultivated or improved said land to
any extent whatever, at any time during
three years next prior to August 25, 1899, and
that said land has been entirely abandoned
during said time; that said abandonment
and failure to cultivate and improve said
land at any time prior to June 1st. 1898. was
not due to service or employment by said
entryman i'll the army, navy or marine
corps of the United States, or to any military
or naval service whatsoever; said parties are
hereby notified to appear, respond and offer
evidence touching isaid allegations at 10
o'clock. a. M, on October 31st, 1899, before the
Register and Receiver at the United States
Land Office in Ashland, Wisconsin.
The said contestant having. in proper
affidavit, fled September eth. 1899, set forth
facts which show that after due diligence
personal service Of this notice can not be
made, it is hereby ordered and directed that
such notice be given by due and proper pub
LEGATION.
AUG. DOENITz, Register.
N. AULEY, Receiver.
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June % to August 3Oth.)
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Timber Land, Act June Srd. 1878.
United states Land Office, Ashland, Wis
consin, June 9th, 1899.
Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions of the act of Congress
of June 3rd, 1878, entitled "An::a for the sale
of timber lands in the States of California.
oregon, Nevada and Washington Territory. I"
as extended to all the Public Land States by
act of August 4th, 1892 Eberhard A. Holt of
Washburn, county of Bayfield,, State of Wis
consin, has this day filed in this office his
sworn statement No. 2S1, for the purchase of
the E1a N w 4.ofiSection No, in Township
No. 40 North Range No. West, and will offer
proof to show that the land sought is more
valuable for its timber than for agricultural
purposes. and to establish his claim to said
land before the Register and Receiver of this
office at Ashland, Wisconsin,, on Saturday,
the 9Th day If September. 1899. He names as
witnesses: Christ Bjorkeland of Bayfield,.
Wisconsin. Ben Gilpin, Andrew Sonju and
Peter Haugen, of Washburn, Wisconsin.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above-described lands are requested to file
their claims in this office on or before said
9th day of September, 1899.
AUG. DOENITz,
Register
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When you buy farm or build factory, it.
IS natural to consider all conditions, and to.
locate to the very best advantage. In the
| northern portion of Wisconsin there lies a
vast portion of undeveloped or partially de-
veloped country, which is awaiting the set
tier and manufacturer to turn into produc-
tiveness and wealth.
Thousands of acres of rich lands covered
with fine hardwood timber are open to the
settler,who can obtain as much as he de-
sires atvery reasonable figures and upon easy
terms. improvements, such as school houses
and roads are being pushed and ten years of
of progress will make an astonishing change.
Tie earth's rich deposits of iron ore, clay
kaolin and mari, together with hardwood
timber, easily supply the wants of the manu-
facturer and offer fine inducements for the
location of plant or factory.
The Wisconsin Railway Company running
through this rich timber and mineral belt,
has opened to the world by Offering quick and
cheap transit to the principal markets of the
country
Ii you are interested, complete descrip-
tions, maps and pamphlets will be sent upon
application to w. H. Killen. Land and In
dustrial commissioner, Colby & Abbot Build
ing, Milwaukee. Wis, Burton Johnson, G. f.
A., Milwaukee, Wis. JAS G, Pond, G.. P. A.,
Milwaukee, Wis.
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publications Sept. Goth to Nov. 1st.)
SHERIFF. SALE

STATE OF WISCONSIN. BAYFIEL n
- County. in Circuit Court.
Val Blatz Brewing Company. Plaintiff, VS.
Patrick DENIM and Mary DENIM, his wife
Defendants
WHEREAS judgment and decree of fore
closure was rendered, entered and docketed
in the above entitled action on the 9th day Of
September, A. D. 1898, in favor of the above
named plaintiff. and against the above
named defendants for the sum of eight hun
dred and eight-seven dollars and twenty
cents. damages and COSTS and
WHEREAS by said decree it was ordered
that the property hereinafter described be
sold to satisfy said Judgment, and
WHEREAS there has been no redemption
from said Judgment or any part thereof, and
WHEREAS said Judgment and decree re-
mains wholly unpaid and unsatisfed; now
therefore,
Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day
of October, A. D. 1899. at ten o'clock in the
forenoon, at the front door of the court
house in the town of Washburn, county of
Bayfield, in the state of Wisconsin, I shall
expose for sale and sell to the highest bidder
all of said property ordered by said decree in
said case to be sold, or so much thereof as
may be necessary to satisfy said Judgment
With interest and cost, and costs of sale.
Said property decreed in said Judgment to
be sold is described as follows, wit: Lot in
block 26, in the Townsite of Washburn, Bay
field County, Wisconsin,
Dated September 18th, 1899.
JOHN O'SUTL1vAN,
Sheriff of Bayfield, County, Wis.
Geo. p. Rossman,
AttOrney for Plaintiff.
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Publications, Aug. End to Sept. 27.)
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the West Ash
land Land q Improvement Company. under
signed, will apply to the circuit court for Bay
field County, State of Wisconsin. at the
opening of court on the 10Th day of October.
A. u. 1899, or as soon thereafter as COUNSEL
can be heard, the same being a regular term
OF said court, to vacate the plat Of the south
half of the southeast quarter and the south
half of the southw est quarter of section two.
township forty-seven north. range five vest
IN the county Of Bayfield,, Wisconsin, which
plat was filed on or about May 30th. 1897, in
the office of the register OF deeds of said
county. and which land was plated by said
West Ashland Land s. Improvement Com
pany as proprietors under the law of the
state Of Wisconsin, in force in the year 1887,
that said West Ashland Land & Improve
ment company is now the proprietor Of said
recorded plat. Signed,
West Ashland Land & Improvement Co.
Lamoreaux 81 Shea. Attorneys for Petition er.
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amount Of work on the roads that
is without any permanent value
simply because it is not prop .r,u
directed and applied. 1t is o,,,,o
shift, patchy work that ofte- ,ooros
the roads in the course or fow
months worse than the . woro whom
started. If the agit alton Of Tho o,h
lect leads US TO n lake better applica-
zion Oh Inc lao' 81 that is every year
put on the roads farmers will find
that it is good thing for them and
lor I 4e public, and will listen with
al eagy liberation to advice that
lcontamplates immense exsendltures
for road pusposes-advice that they
don t mean to take. The way good
roads will eventually be reached in
this country will be by easy steps,
or gradations, as the hills should be
ascended. We will do a little better
here this year and ittle4 better
there next, and out of it all good
roads will come. Easily feasible
plans will be devised here and there
for making special bits of roads
better, and when they are thus
made better they will be object les
sons for others in the neighborhood
to emulate. One of these plans, not
accomplishing anything great per-
haps, but desirable and 0valuable
nevertheless, has recently been put
into operation at Liberty, Montana.
1t consisted simply of the merchants
raising purse of $50 or 800 and
Offering it as a prize to the road
overseer who made the best two
miles of road leading up to the city
limits. The results of the offer
were very encouraging. On all the
roads leading to town an effort was
made to win the prize, and the bust
nesss men interested in having the
farmers come to town, and in max
ing it easy for them to do so, could
readily afford to offer such a prize.
The roads in all directions from
Liberty for two miles out, we are
told are vastly better than they
ever were before, and the pieces of
roads thus made encourage the con-
tinuance of the work further out,
and will be of permanent and endur-
ing advantage to the road system of
the country. This IS one of the easy
methods OF encouraging road i'm
proyements that is entirely feasible
in any country, and it is by methods
like these, rather than any great
bond schemes or any material in
crease in road takes that the roads
are likely to be made permanently
better .-Wisconsi Farmer.
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Sept. 9th to Dec. 6th 10 publications :,
Timber land, act June 3d. lS7S.-Notice
for publication.
United States Land office, Ashland, Wiscon.
sin, September. 18th. 1899.
Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions of the act of Congress OF
June 3rd. 1873 entitled IAN act for the sale
OF timber lands in the States of California.
Oregon, Nevada, and Washington Terri
tory as extended to all the public land
states by act OF August 4th. 1892. L ora Z.
Lundgren. of Washburn, county of Bayfield,.
State OF Wisconsin, has this day filed in this
ONCE her sworn statement No. $40, for the
purchase of the ne4 ne14 of section No. 10 in
township No. 40 North, Range No West. and
Will offer proof to show that the land sought
is more valuable for its timber than for agri-
cultural purposes, and to establish her claim
to said land before the Register and Receiv-
er OF this Office at Ashland, Wisconsin, on
thursday, the 18th day of December, 1892
she names as witnesses: VIM. Olson, Charles
Olson, OlafOlson'and David Hedlund, all of
Washburn, Wisconsin,
ANY andall persons claiming adversely the
ABOVE described lands are requested to file
their claims in this office on or before said
18th day Of December 1899.
AUG. DOENITZ.
Register
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Smiths grocery, there is a good
deal of satisfaction in being told
where it is instead of chasing off to
the corner drug store to rummage
through directory.
There is more genuine friendship
too, in small places than in the
great cities. People in the cities
have not time for friends, while in
the country towns they always have
them and always know their value,
and their business too.
"Subserviency to conditions an
masters is needed in the citieo onc
is what wins. One must h,,ol,,e
down to greater COM at;ons anf
greater men than himself # ht
would expect to succeed in the
metropolis, BIT in the country town
one Is eA' .,ected and must needs be
lnoepe- ndent and self reliant. That
IS che difference between living ir
{ a large town and in the small one
Individuality speaks out in the
country and it's voice echoes back
independence. In the city it be-
comes muffled and is hardly heard
Then who wouldn't live in the
small town?
but why dwell on such things
as these. Have I lived these hun
dreds and thousands of years, have
existed among the poorer regions Of
the far north and followed the drift
of the period long ago to the chilly
regions of this northern state to dis
cant simply upon the difference OF
the relations between the men living
in different sized places? If so, the
| oSO.oA COH OoliOo Aoo y IOLStOO OuO llUulS
for the ancient Sphinx. The wisdom
of ages should be manifest by those
things whose forms have been ur-
changed down through. the centur-
les. We can each see the shore oil
iternity just beyond and it reminds
us that a life timeof a'human being is
each moment drawing nearer to a
close. 1t matters not so much what
our condition has been, but what
have we done to make it better and
to improve the world in which we
have lived. Our sphere is small in.
deed, but by united effort'w can &C.
complish much. Have we done it!
Are we doing it? Let us not only
help ourselves to the good things oil
this world, but also do something for
those about us with whom we daily
come in contact.