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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-01-31
AN ORDINANCE

To adopt for the government of the city of
Lancasterthe General City Charter rs con-
tanned in Chapter 4Oa Of the Wisconsin
Statutes Of 1888, III place OF the existing
special Charter of said city.
The Common Council of he city of Ian
caster do ordain as follows:
section |. The City Of Lancaster. which IS
organized and existing as a municipal cor
pOration. by the name of the city OF LancaS-
ter under a special charter granted by Chap
ter - of the Laws Of the state Of Wisconsin
for the wear lSS2 by section Of which law II
embraces within its boundaries all of Sec
ton three CD the west half of Section Two o.
the north half of section ten dO), ana the
northwest quarter Of section eleven Cd. Of
Town four - north. of Range three CD. west
Of the fourth principal meridian. through its
Common Council does now and hereby adopt
for its charter and government the General
city Charter Law. being Chapter l0a. OF Wis
conSin statutes. lsas, in place ofits said Special
charter: said city under said General Char
Ter Law to ba classified a. a city of the fourth
,tla,- according to tire census Of 1900 taken
uu,,pr he laws Of the United states. which
census shows the population of said city of
Lancaster within said boundaries 70 bc
2iO3
section >. The Common Council Of the
city of Lancaster do further ordaiu a. fol
lows.
That when said city in accordance with
this ordinance and the Letters patent issued
ny tho Governor pursuant thereto becomes
Il city under said General city Charter Law
il shall be a City having four wards.
which shall he known as the First. second.
'rhird and Fourth wards The First ward
shitl bc ll Of the territory of the city that
lies north of Maple street and of its center
line when extended east To the limits of said
city. and east of Madison street which ward
territory ny said census contains popula-
tion Of over five hundred persons. The See
and ward shall he all of the territory
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-01-31

Notice IS hereby given that the foregoing
Ordinance which wa> offered bv Alderman
+ +. Mccoy AT "a special meeting Of the
Common Council Of the citN of Lancaster.
held on January g. 1901. Will hc considered
bv said Common Council at the regular
March meeting Of said council. which will hc
held ON the first Tuesday heu- the 5th day
80 March 1891 at a.ctetN I'M The evening
By order 81 tile Common Council Of the city
of Lancaster.
Dated this january 5Srd. i4Oi.
FRANZ >CaREINEB. Mayor
ARG MiCHAEii> clerk ot the civ 81 Lam
caster aforesaid
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-01-31
MI r A Williams, leading dry-goods ner.
chant of Stharla tilflrr rrrifne L.nr Yea "a

= $3.50 - - -fA -
I had a severe case of
nasal Catarrh. with all
the disagreeable effects
which belong to that
disease. and which
make life painful aud
uncomfortable / us e q
medicines prescribed by
leading physicians and
suggested bv numbers
OF friends, but without
getting any better 1
then began to take 5 s.
). 1t rad the desired
effect, a II 4 cured me
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-30
The Travels of an Eyelld.

The many thousands of miles which
O man unconsciously travels In his life
time, taking into consideration the
PAGES his footsteps measure as he
walks about each day, are enough to
make him sit down to rest for the re-
mainder of his life.
But now German scientist has
come forward with some still more
startling facts concerning the journeys
which our eyelid undertakes every
time 1t winks. and it Is not possible for
us to see, he says, unless we wink.
Unconsciously we wink once o second,
so that for the time we are awake dur
ing the day we voluntarily wink from
4S,600 to $4,000 times and in year
have moved our eyelids down and up
again no less than 1S,25O,000 times.
The distance that the eyelid travels in
it's great speed is measured from sil-
gle involuntary wink.
This. the scientist says, is a quarter
of an inch both ways. the eyelid NOV
ing equally up and down, so that, TAX
ing the movement of both eyelids into
consideration, they cover some 10000
inches in day. The eyelids of man
who has lived for 30 years will have
unconsclously travelled third of the
way around the earth, or about 7,20C
miles, calculation sufficient in itself
to cause the victim of insomnia to fall
into dreamless sleep as he reads it,
London Mail
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-30
Fun Ha. a yaIunp1e side.

"Show me a man who does not
appreciate humor," said JOHN Kendrick
Bangs to me, "and I will show you
a man who Is morbid, cynical. un-
responsive to every call of nature.
Such man Is worse than pessimist
and more to be pitied. Take some OF
the greatest and most successful men
in the world. Humor has always play
ed an important part In their lives.
Often funny incident has marked
the turning point Of Il great mans
career. Often some ridiculous con-
dition has been the impetus Of n new
start In life"
Mr.. Bangs is right Did not Coium-
bus apparently hopeless task Of stnnd-
ing an egg on end make thinkers OF
the wise men who sat around him
Was not George Washington credited
with being n master Of the truth be-
cause he once saw a boy punished for
trying to Jest with his father and dnal'
ly became. as Mr.. Bangs facetiously
remarks, SO "he couldn't tell a lie even
II he saw oneT' And didn't Johann
Gutenberg invent the printing press
by working out theory which found
Its origin while he was playing leap
Z frog with some boys on damp ground:
The impression made in the soil by the
boys feet is said 10 have given Guten'
berg his first idea Of the Impression
that could be made by types.-Roberi
Mackay in Success
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-30
Apead Face In the WINDOW.

Crockford, the proprietor of well
known London gambling house, was
made to play n queer role after he was
dead. When one of Crockford's horses
was poisoned just before the Derby,
the misfortune brought on an attack
of apoplexy, which proved fatal with.
in 4S hours. Now, many OF Crock
ford's friends had staked large sums
on another of the gamblers horses,
which was favorite for the Oaks and
which was disqualified by the death
of the owner. Only the people in the
gambling house knew of Crockford's
death, and 1t was resolved to keep 1t
q secret until after the race.
The servants were bribed and sworn
to secrecy. and the conspirators on
the day after the night upon which
Crockfortt died had the body placed In
q chair at a window, so that people re-
turning from the track could see the
gambler sitting there. He was fixed
up to look as llfellke as possible and
through the window and partially con.
cealed from view by the curtains look
ed so natural that no one of the great
crowd which came cheering by the
house when on their return from see
ing Crockford's horse win the Oaks
suspected the trick
The next day It was announced that
CroclSford was dead, ,pt It was years
before the true story baked out.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-30
Ea,thful shepaora Dogs.

A cold spell in Montana killed a
sheep herder in the Great Falls dis
trict. Two feet of snow covered the
range in places, and the thermometer
indicated 40 degrees below zero.
The herder was frozen to death ON
the prairies while caring for the sheep,
and 1t was three days before his fate
was known to his employers. Two
shepherd dogs Were with him when he
died, and one of these staid with his
body while the other attended to the
sheep. just as though the herder had
been with him, The dog drove them
out on the range in the morning and
back again at night. guarding them
from wolves and preventing them from
straying off, Neither dog had any
thing TO eat during the three days
vigil, so far as could be ascertained,
but the $500 sheep thrived as well ap-
parently as though directed by human
agency. The singular fact about the
matter is that these faithful creatures
would have starved to death rather
than harm one of the sheep left in
their charge. ge.-Portland Oregonian.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-30

Distressed by her cooks frequent
complaints of toothache, mistress OF
the upper west side decided a few
days ago that 1t was time to recom-
mend heroic remedies.
Hannah, there is no use putting it
of any longer. There is DR.. Jones over
there. He promises to extract teeth
without pain. Why don't you see him
and have 1t over withf'
Hannah scarcely relished the sug-
gestion, but after another nights suf-
tering sorrowfully announced, Deed,
l kin jess stand dis no longah," and
asked permission to go to Dr, Jones.
Her mistress rejoiced in the thought
that the agony was at last to be end
ed. When an hour later, however, she
beheld Hannah march down the Area
way steps, the whites of her eyes fash
ing and her head bobbing with a ye-
hemence born of righteous fury, visions
not only of lost molars, but of a de-
parting cook came before her. She EN-
tered with the dignity of an insulted
African queen.
Anything wrong, Hannah? Didn't
he get the right teeth?' ventured the
mistress.
Got de right teef all right and dol
lah an a half besides. Yas'm, he did
So"
"Well, did he hurt you?"
Nom, can't say he did"
"Then what's the matterT
"Well. Miss Liza, didn't you tell me
dat man ober dere 'stracted teet wild
out payin ?"--New York Sun.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-30
HE WAS SLOW.
Wherefore He Was at First sadden-
ed, but Later Wns Plensed.

w thereIOre ne Sah at Sduuen-
ed, but Later Was Plensed.
She had solemnly promised to be
hisn. She had promised it in the sun
shine, under the moonlight, In summer
and winter, and he had never doubted
that she would he true. A number Of
but when young man is working on a
salary of SIS per week 1t takes fleeting
years to get together the furniture nec-
essary to furnish four room fiat.
The time came when he could hope.
He had got enough for two rooms and
was thinking they could rent the other
two out to party of plain and home
like tastes when he called one evening
to discuss the matf5isw with Britomarte.
He found, her cold and distrait, like a
dog viewing cat on top of IL foot
fence.
Darling. what isit?" he asked as he
sat down beside her.,
"Nawthin much" she answered as
she shrenk away from him.
"But | must know. demand to
know. You are not usually like this.
What has happenedT'
"only a trifie."
"Ah, that relieves mel But what is
the trifie?''
"Well, got married this afternoon
to Joseph Bones"
"My God, girl, but do you know what
you are saying?" he shouted as he
sprang up. You can't mean It! You
are testing me. Throw your weight oil
me and tell me that my ears have de-
ceived me-"
"But you were so slow" she sighed,
"and thought seven years long
enough to walt Please don't feel bad
Yes, we We're married this afternoon
but will be sister to you"
"Will you, thought lie asked, with
tears In his eyes.
FOR sure"
"And you won't expect me to send up
bonquets?"
"Not a one"
Nor theater tickets nor boxes of
candy?'
Not at ALL"
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-30

so points. He sold 100 shares at par,
intending to close 1t out at 90. But
instead of going down the blamed
thing scared to 1875: At every three
points gain he sold another 100 until
he. was carrying all he could tote. In
"a hours he lost nearly every cent it
had taken him three months to make.
With what little he had left he bought
T. ]. on the recession to 116, friends Of
the Hanover National bank assuring
him that it was going to $50. Then
came the fireworks and the funeral.
The bottom fell ont of the speciality
and young DR.. KpOwall found himself
$4,000 in debt. He hasn't been in
Wall street since.-New. York Press
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-30
rrv,nr 70 Ma,.e rorty polIar,.

Here is hard luck story apropos or
efforts to make little sum In Wall
street: A yorng man started with 500
and ran it up to $4,000. or $40 less than
an even $4,000, The desire to round
ont the sl0tW0 goaded him on. He
said to his broker. "lf can make that
additional $40 on quick turn will
draw out my $4,000 and invest 1t In
real estate" II was strong bull mar
ket. but things appeared sky high. and
he picked out an active stock TO sell
short. thlnk he landed on I G, and
l., which had a. phenomenal rise and
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-30
GIRLS AND BASKET BALL.
Two Teams Organized by Young Ladies at Akron
High SchooI--It Was Secret

not included in the announcement. The
male student body was highly elated
by the news. 1t has aroused the boys
to high pitch of enthusiasm. After
the chapel exercises Principal Rybolt
arose and on behalf of the young ladies'
invited all the girls Interested in
basket ball to meet with the Philo,
mathean society Wednesday. 1t is
proposed to arrange series Of bames.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-30

"And | can have my evenings to
knock around with the boys and save
enough out of my salary to get square
with my laundry bjll?o
"You can"
"Then shake! You are noble girl,
and if | ever win anything on the races
you shall come In for half False. false
to me, who loved and trusted you so,
and yet-shake again! I'm off to see
the town by gasllght Ia. ta."
NJ. QUAD.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-30
Half Minutec With a7 &5 &s
S AS AS 15 Akron Men

MIR. ANSON II. RUSsELL:-I am
going to Texas to VISIT the new oil
fields, next week. Not until tests of
the oil are completed will the value
of the new territory be known. If
the oil is good the Texas fields win
make them all hustle.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-30

Akron High school girls have the
basket ball fever. Two teams have
been organized and a number Of games
played. The matter was secret, as far
as the boys we're concerned, until
Tuesday morning when it was an.
nounced by Principal Rybolt.
No one knows wnere the girls have
met for athletic exercise. This was
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-30

II notice" said Uncle Allen Sparks,
n couple Of our learned professors
have found the secret Of prolonging
life. II Is simply to have plenty Of
salt In the system. If that's true. and
I'm not saying II isn't. Lots wife
ought TO be alive today. which," con.
tinued Uncle Allen refectively, 81 be-
lleve she ls not"-Chicago Tribune.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-30

MIR. WILL CHRISTIAN l have
to say is that within the next year
Akron people will have one of the
finest street railway systems in the
country. The improvements that have
been made within the last two years
have not been excelled anywhere.
H. L. SNYDER, Essl., secretary of the
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-30

EDISON G. WEBSTER, Eso;-1
have been busy in my Office for few
days, but now shall give my Mayor
atty fences inspection. 1t is anybody S
race thus far.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-30

Miss NcwrichI know nothing about
the world.
Mrs. Chaperon-That is immaterial.
Does the world know anything about
yn,,r-- lndinnnnOlis News.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-30

MIR. FRED Q. WOOD;--The trouble
is they have never gone deep enough
in looking for oil at Peninsula. AT
$500 feet, I believe, all sorts Of oil
and gas can be found there.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-30
The Fight would Re worth 1t.

The FIGHT WouIU We WurtH U'
Mr.. Suburb--My neighbor has big
dog that we are all afraid Of. What
do you advise?
Lawyer-Get bigger one. Five dol
lars. please.--New York Weekly.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-30

PROSECUTOR r. NJ WANA.
MAKER:-I expect to be trying erin,
inal cases way along into April, al
most UP to the opening of the May
term of court.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-30
gucidity Of slang.

$50 you Goored your opponentT
"Yes, indeed; knocked him sky
high. h."--Cbicsgo Record.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-30
=-;, ~.=h;1~-
9dp;;: 9oGr Restaurant

Has changed hands, new management
now. Come here for a good meal.
Everything home made, and of the
best Six meals for $1.0o; II meals for
1926, 215 4. Market st, next to
Grand bowling alleys.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-30

WM. r. VAUGHAN ESQ, Treasurer
of the Library Board:-A change in the
system of paying library bills will
simplify the work of the Boards Off
GERS. The new plan is the voucher
system. 1t will be decided upon at
our next meeting.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-30

CAPT. AARON WAGONER:-rll
not be satisfied until Ohio RECEIVERS the
profitable contract of boarding federal
prisoners at the Columbus Peniten-
tiary.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-30
Schumacher 6 Gammeter

i64 South Howard ST. S, & G,'s block.
Tel. $40 Peoples,
Coffee Roesters, Millers and Grinders
Hekell dishes. 4
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-30

Chamber of Commences The Chamber
of Commerce is doing nothing just
now. There will probably be n meet
ing IN February
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-30

PROF. H. v. EGBERT:-T is
nothing unusual about there being no
myth of the oldest Inhabitant" type.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-01-30

H. L. SNYDER, Esq., secretary of the
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-05
Circulation Statement.
The Jacksonville Fire.

As fuller information comes to us ii be-
comes evident that the fire which swept
over the city of Jacksonville, Florida,
on Friday was much more disastrous
than at first reported. The money loss.
il is thought, may reach fifteen mil
lion dollars, and it is estimated that
ten thousand people are homeless.
This is subject which ought to oc-
cupy the minds of our prosperous and
happy people as they join one another
in praise and prayer today. No such
fearful calamity has fallen upon any
American city, Galveston excepted, in
recent years; and ii is to be feared
that the need for national help
movement will be almost as urgent in
this as in the other case. We are ad
vised that a call for aid is contem-
plated, and IL may be issued today.
When 1t comes it will be responded to
in the true American spirit. In Eu-
rope it is said that we are a sordid.
grasping, -worshipping nation
Perhaps we are; but the history of our
costly efforts to aid in the Irish Rus
sian. and Indian famines do not sup
port the theory very well. There was
no niggardly spirit manifested by the
American people of all classes. includ-
ing our wealth.est capitalists and our
poorest day laborers, in going to the
relief Of the Chicago fire sufferers or
the stricken inhabitants of Galveston.
The people Of Jacksonville may be sure
that their appeal will not go UNDECIDED
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-05
BOSTON AND THE BOOM
Stock Market Long Distrusted by
New England FfnancIers.

BOSTON. May 4-The turn-about in the
stock market caused much gossip after
the close OF the board Most brokers de-
clared that ii was a good thing that the
reaction had come at last; that a few
more days of the unlimited bullishness
would have made a serious condition. The
general opinion on State Street last night
was that the climax of over-booming has
been reached Attention was called to
the fact that in the last few days the
Wall Street tactics in the railroad shares
have been employed here in the copper
properties, and that while Amaigamated
Montana. and Butte were neglected, com
paratively with a declining tendency
other stocks, notably those of the South
Range group. have had skyrocket ad-
vances. First Trimountain and later Mo-
hawk and Wolverine have been conspic-
uous for this sort of thing on the SOME
what hay idea that the Amalgamated
will endeavor to combine them next, after
it finishes with the Montana and the
Butte. This crazy trading. advancing
stocks s., $40, or SI2 per day. without any
reference to dividend ability, was bound
to hurt the market. and the decline Of
Yesterday was greeted with undisguised
pleasure by everybody, save the few
buyers on margin at top prices.
As for the New York market, Boston has
felt for some time that the wild trading
reflected more the rush of country buyers
that is, of people from cities outside of
New York. the class which always waits to
buy on top of a rise, which doubts a bull
movement until Ii is about through. and
then throws prudence to the winds in its
rush to buy anything and everything.
Nest BostoE houses with Wall Street con-
nections have kept their customers well
informed and the losses here from the de-
cline are comparatively slight.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-05
WELCOMED IN THE WEST.
Chicago Greatly Pleased Over the
stock Market Reaction.

CHICAGO, May NEARLY every large
stock operator of Chicago is now in New
York City; but Chicago, in its stock trad
ing, represents the entire West, includ-
ing st. Paul, Minneapolis. st. Louis. ON
aha, Denver. Kansas City. and the inter-
mediate points. All these communities
have gone stock-market crazy. Some of
the leading houses here, representing
these points as well as commanding the
rich trade of this city, estimate that Chi
cago has been sending fully one-third of
the orders executed on the New York
exchange.
Chicago itself, however has during the
past week INDUCED freely in taking,
and many persons have withdrawn from
the market, in fear that the speculation
has been overplayed- Some of the best
brokerage houses have been urgently ad-
wishing clients to reduce their lines of
stocks. They have doubled their require
ments of margins on all purchases. and
some have even gone SO far as to refuse
all buying orders for certain stocks the
course OF which has been cratic, render
ing them too dangerous to handle on al
most any margin. Especially since the
stock exchange moved Its quarters in New
York. the facilities for transmitting and
reporting orders have been seriously ha-
raised. and this condition of affairs has,
to a large extent, encouraged brokers who
are carrying large amounts of securities
for their customers TO force curtaiIment
of their lines. Nobody can be found here
today, however. who believes in very
much lower prices, though they regard
the break of the past two days a good
thing. They have hitherto argued that
the market might even go higher on good
stocks, but yet they are afraid of it, and
especially fear to carry large volume
Of stocks which might embarrass them
II really serious setback occurred.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-05-05
COLONEL WILSON RETIRED.
The Necessary Order Issued by Sec
rotary Root Yesterday.

The announcement of the retirement OF
Col Charles /. Wilson, Assistant Pay
master General of the Army, was an
nounced yesterday. Colonel Wilson had
served for nearly forty years and Seere-
tary Root made known the retirement In
the following order:
by direction of the Secretary of War.
the retirement from active service by the
President, May 3. 1901, OF Col Charles l.
Wilson, Assistant Paymaster General. u
s. A.. by operation of law. under the pro-
visions of the act OF Congress approved
June 80 1851 is announced. Colonel VIII
son Will proceed to his home
Colonel Wilson was born in the District
of Columbia and was appointed from New
York assistant surgeon in the army on
May IS, 1861. He attained the rank of cap
tain in the Medical Department on May
IS, 1866, and was appointed captain IN
the Sixteenth Infantry on January q, 1861
He was assigned to the Fourteenth Infan-
try on December 10, 1870. On March he
was appointed major in the Pay Depart
ment and was promoted to the rank Of
lieutenant colonel on June 10. 1898. He
became a colonel and assistant paymaster
general on July L, 1899
Colonel Wilson was brevetted captain
March Is. 1865, for '.merftorious and dis
tingushed service in the battles of Todd $
Tavern and Yellow Tavern. Va" On the
same day he received the brevet rank OF
major for highly meritorfous and dig
twelve engagements in the Shenandoah
| Valley Va