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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-11-21
MAIL CLERK A BUSY MAN
For the Next Few Months There Will
Be Big Rush.

A railway mail clerks life is not all
roses. especially at this season of the
year. In fact from now until the
first of next February it will be al
most slaves life. There is scarcely
a harder worked man in existence
than railway mail clerk.
The real holiday rush in the mails
will not commence for about three
weeks yet, but there are many other
things that make the mailsG heavier at
year. Many of the big wholesale
houses and department stores are
sending out catalogues by the ton all
over the country.
The mail order departments OF
these big concerns are kept busy from
now until after the holidays, and a
large percentage of the goods ordered
are seat to the purchaser through the
mail. Holiday gifts going to foreign
lands are already beginning to move.
The miscellaneous mail is not the only
one affected by the catalogue bust
ness for there are many letters sent
regarding articles which the pur-
chaser wishes to obtain, so that the
letter mail is also heavier at this time
of the year.
To see one of Uncle Sans mail
clerks step out of his car at the end
of a run person would not think
that he had been more miles in two
weeks than the average person travels
in lifetime, yet such Is the fact and
he does it, because there is no other
way out of it. When a mail clerk
goes to WORK he generally works two
weeks, although on some of Uncle
SANS runs the men work every day
in the year, except perhaps a month
when they enjoy vacation.
The clerk on the two weeks run
practically lives in his car for that
length of time but when he is done he
is of duty for the next two weeks.
There is hardly another occupation
that is as hard on the human system
as that Of the letter man, who travels
day and night, sometimes at the rate
Of fifty miles per hour, working by an
tifcial light. and eating only when
ne gets chance. The mail clerk has
to know just where every little village
and hamlet in the county is located
and he must be able to tell in an in
slant how to throw letter, so that
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-11-21
VOTE TO BUILD
A COURT HOUSE
Grant County Board OF Supervisors
ADprODridtes $4,000.
THE SINE SITE is CHOSEN
Necessary Funds Borrowed from the State
at 81 Per cent. on Ten Years. Time.
6itU Makes Concessions.

After voting down the adoption of
the report of the special committee
appointed last year whose duty it
was to investigate the matter of
erecting a new court house, and who
favored same most emphatically, the
county board Friday evening recon
sidered the question and by vote OF
% to "a decided to construct a new
building at cost not to exceed
$4,000. The report of the above
named committee was then adopted
unanimously, and the new courthouse
is an assured Improvement.
The matter came as surprise to
many who believed the question was
settled definitely last year, but an
inspection of the present quarters
enlightened the most skeptical upon
the fact that new building was an
absolute necessity soon, and it was
wisely concluded to delay action no
longer.
The city council at a special session
Friday evening agreed to provide Of
fee room for the county officials dur
ing the interval of time between the
razing of the old building and COM
pletiCn of the new and also guaran-
teed safety of the county records dur
ing this period. at request of the
board the council went still farther
by voting to provide system of sew
erage for the the new court house,
present Jail and sheriff's residence
whenever first named structure was
completed.
The action of the council was time
]yand is commended by every citi-
zen of Lancaster and the subsequent
action of the board is as deserving OF
praise from every resident of the
county. With its progress along
other lines old Grant does not wish
to be in the rear in this respect and
the expense in erecting a model court
house suitable for every need will
prove a mere tritle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-11-21
Ric Fire at sturgeon Bay.

Sturgeon Bay. Wis. Nov. 16.-Fire
destroyed $4,000 worth of lumber and
for time threatened the entire city.
Four firemen were seriously injured
before the flames were under control.
They are Joseph Johnson, Fred Nab
bet. and Remharder of Sturgeon Bay
and Fred Baker of Kewaunee. The
fire started in the yards of the Parker
Lumber company during heavy gale
and spread rapidly TO the yards of the
Milwaukee Lumber company and the
Fankrantz Lumber company. All
these We're destroyed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-11-21
TRY Lathrop's Horehound Cough
Drops for that cough.

Died: In Preston. Thursday,
Nov. 18th. of general debility, Harry
Richardson, aged 81 years. Deceased
was pioneer settler of Grant county,
and was always held in high esteem.
He is mourned By eight children who
survive him, five sons and three
daughters. Mrs. Mary BROKER Of
this city is a sister of the deceased.
Funeral obsequies we're conducted
Saturday Geo. BROKER and Mrs.
Clark Of Lancaster were ia attendance.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-11-21
burned to the water.s Edge.

Green Bay. Wis. Nov 1s-As the
steamer Elfinmere was leaving port
Saturday lamp exploded in the en-
CINE room and the flames were soon
sweeping the length Of the ship. driven
by the high northwest gale The crew
was compelled to abandon the boat.
which finally landed on the beach in
the harbOr. There the fire burned TO
the waters edge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-11-21
Suspected To BE a Murder Case.

Eagle River. Wis. Nov. 19.-The
body of Edward Hedges was discov-
cred lying ON the Northwestern tracks
between Eagle River and State Line,
yesterday by nOrth-bound freight
crew. The engineer was unable to
stop the train until the engine and five
cars had passed over the body. mang.
ling it badly 1t is surmised that he
had been shot and left there.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-11-21
Hunter KilIs His Friend.

West Superior. Wis. Nov. 1s.-The
body of G. \. Larkin. who was acct
dentally shot while hunting deer on
Saturday was brought to this city.
I.arkin was shot by his friend. Will
lam Kirk. of this city. who was hunt
ing with him at the time. Larkin. aft
or being shot made written eXOnera-
ton Of his friend. who seems to have
been blamelpss
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-11-21

Amigo, Wis, Nov 19-The farm
house of John SewitZke in the town of
Lagladow, twenty-four miles from
here, was destroyed by fire Sunday at
5 p. I'D Three children. ranging from
3 months to , years, lost their lives
and their bodies We're almost entirely
consumed. The piother had gone a
quarter of a mile away for water. and
before she returned the home was in
ruins
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-11-21
PLIGHTED TROTHS.
County Clerk Griffis Has Issued Follow
ing Marriage Licenses Past Week.

John Rudersdorf, Erwin, S. D., and
Kate Muench. Lancaster.
Richard Byrne and Elizabeth Muir
ray, Cuba City.
Albert vogt and Katharine Brandt,
Keller.
Roy rockingham and Rittie c,
Wright, Lancaster.
Geo. Smith and Ida Curtis, Bosco-
bel.
Fred STEINER. Marion, and Bertha
l.. Hill, Fennimore.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-11-21
Robbers DemoIssh = Bank.

Wellington, Kan, Nov. 19.-Safe-
blowers who are believed TO have been
the same who attempted to rob the
bank at Milan Sunday morning, blew
open the safe of the bank in Manches-
ter. south of here in Oklahoma terri
tory. They secured small booty, but
demolished the bank.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-11-21

Cleveland, O., Nov 19.-Judge Will
lam r. Day. president of the Mckinley
National Memorial association, has
called a meeting of the executive CON-
mittee of that association for Thurs,
day, Nov. 81. AT 10 a. M, in the office
of Senator Hanna, in this city, TO con-
slider matters of importance.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-11-21
senator o.Neil DenIe. dc storr.

Washburn. Wis. Nov. Estate
Senator O'Neil emphatically denies the
published report. emanating from Ash
land. that he has ordered all logging
operations suspended on the Bad river
Indian reservation because Of the prev
alence Of SMALLPOX He said there is
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-11-21
Death at a Golden Yedding.

GAINESVILLE Wis. Nov 1S.-To the
happy golden wedding celebration of
Mr. and Mrs NJ. H. Soverhill. of this
city, there came sad ending yester-
day As the guests were departing
William Sanford. the aged brother or
Mrs. Soverhill, played Home. Sweet
Home" on his violin. and as the last
strains of the melody died away he
dropped back In his chair. dead.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-11-21

interchangeable mileage tickets in
the territory west OF Chicago and east
of the Missouri river are to be in
creased from 1000 to 5000 miles.
The mileage tickets will continue to
be sold under thu present credential
system, holders of the book covers
paying cash tor local tickets and be-
ing refunded the difference between
the Scent and 2-cent per mile rate
1t is likely that a number of new
rules regarding the sale and use of
these tickets will soon be promul-
gated.
IS. E. Hood, the genial travelling
man of Madison, took last week off
and pat in the time in northern Wis
consin hunting deer. He secured the
regulation two. keeping one for him
self and disposing of the other 20 l..
Alt OF this city. The latter was a doe
and was the largest seen here for
sometime, weighing 125 pounds
dressed
"A subscriber to the Herald in a
town not far from here recently paid
up and stopped his paper after being
dunned several times, expressing him
self as follows "There is few pa
pers cooming to me you can through
them into the street and keep your
paper to home as it amt worth caring
home and | dond want it any more. >
A dozen new subscribers to the
Herald voluntarily added their names
the past week. What they say about
it makes our ears red and we don't
like to repeat it. Now is the time to
come into the fold. Remember you
get il from now until Jan. l, 1908,
for S1.50.
The second number of the Potosi
school lecture course is Alton P-"k-
ard in his art entertainment consist
ing of sketch lectures accompanied
By impersonations and songs. who
comes on Thursday, Nov. . =
Seats on sale q. Ennor & Ssaton's.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-11-21

milwaukee,. Nov. 1S.-The jury IN
the case of Charles II. Rowan. charged
with attempting TO bride Assistant
United States District Attorney
Charles McAndersOn and Postoffice In
spector Ralph Bird. disagreed. This
was the second trial. Rowan was
found guilty on the first trial. but was
granted a new triEl on a technicality.
At the time of the alleged attempted
bribery Rowan was under Indictment
for fraudulent use of the mails in con-
nection with a matrimonial bureau.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-11-21
mckinley Memorial Association.

not the slightest foundation for the
story.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-11-21
Double Tragedy in a HUNT.

Chippewa Falls, Wis, Nov. ia
most peculiar accident occurred near
Boyd. in this county. Saturday. Will
lam Kampf, of this city. while hunting
near Boyd, mistook William Shaffer.
another hunter. for a deer, and shot
him. Kampf. upon finding his victim,
notified the party whom he accom-
panied to the hunting fields. In the
party was James White, an aged man,
When he viewed the corpse lying on
the ground he dropped dead, presum-
ably from heart failure.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-11-21

H. f. Roethe. the versatile Fenni-
more editor. has ofliciated as official
reporter of the board in a manner
that calls forth no objection. It's no
small Job to furnish an accurate re-
port of these proceedings in short
space of time to three or four news
papers and the task is very arduous
and most responsible one. Henry
filled the bill to the letter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-11-21

On - an Of Mr.. Henderson the re-
port vas adopted.
The following petition from the
town Of Mt. Hope for aid in building
bridge was presented, read and re-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-11-21

0. F. Geiger, the whole-souled, lev
el-headed supervisor from Cassville,
took advantage of Saturdays recess
g visit Madison and incidentally took
in the big game.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-11-21
County Board Notes.

Jacob Bremmer, the veteran mer-
chant of Muscoda, who has been a
familiar figure on the board for de-
cade past. is not a mem Der of that
body this year. Nevertheless be was
here as a committee member to re-
port on court house matters and his
old friends cordially greeted him.
Mr.. Bremmer recently completed a
big, new store at Muscoda 50x150 it.,
two stories, that is heated by steam
and lighted by electricity. He en-
ploys ten clerks.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-11-21

John j. Tobin of Potosl, an ex-mem-
Der of the board, and man possessed
with excellent judgment on county
affairs was present at Monday even
ings session. His friends and ac-
quaintances were more than pleased
to greet him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-11-21

Dist. Atty Brown hasn't got a bad
cold. The impeachment in his speech
is due to the excessive use of mega
phone at the Madison football game
Saturday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-11-21
ferred to committee on roads, bridges
and ferries:

and ferries:
To the Hon. Board of Supervisors: Your
petitioners. the undersigned supervisors of
the town of MI. Hope. respectfully repre-
sent that at the last annual town meeting
held in and for the said town of Mt. Hope il
was voted to build an iron bridge across
Snider stream, that we met on the 9th day
of April, 1901, in conjunction with the coun-
" commissioners and contracted with the
Massillon Bridge Co. of Ohio for an iron
bridge for the sum of $3.50: that the ap-
proaches to said bridge was $50. total cost of
said bridge $40.
Your petitioners pray that your honorable
body will appropriate and pay the town OF
Mt. Hope the sum of $3.50. which is half the
cost of said bridge.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
JOHN NARROWER,
FRANK PLACE,
FRANK BRANDT,
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-10-04

An instance of the kind of work
experimental stations do at the west
ern colleges is shown by recent
Kansas bulletin. The professors saw
that feed is to be rare this fall and
winter, and set about to see what could
be done with a cheap substitute
wheat straw with added amount of
ground wheat. Says the bulletin:
Three dry COWS, two 2-year-old heif-
erS and three calves were selected for
this test. The experiment began Aug.
l, when +he aggregate weight of the
eight head amounted to 1927 pounds.
The total weight of the lot at the close
Of the experiment was 1911 pounds,
a loss of ITO pounds for the lot, or Is
pounds per head, small item when
one considers that it all came in the
first week of the experiment. This
experiment indicates the possibilities
in wintering cattle. When wheat
straw, doubtless the poorest roughage
on the farm, can maintain an animal
with small outlay for ground wheat,
it ought to encourage a farmer to hold
his cattle"
We do not have enough wheat straw
in Wisconsin to make the suggestion
pertinent to our farmer save as it sug-
geGtS some other form of cheap feed.
And the Madison station is quick to
watch for these possibilities.
ORLANDO BURNETT.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-10-04

That Was Why His Signature Was
Rejected mt the Bank


Bank clerks are so often called upon
for directions that they sometimes fall
into the habit of giving them in hur-
ried and mechanical manner, conse-
Quently they are frequently misunder-
stood" remarked the clerk of a saw
ings institution to reporter the other
day. For instance, the usual formula
when a stranger is called upon to sign
his name is, Sign here; pen and ink at
your left hand One morning last week
a stranger entered our bank and asked
me for certificate of deposit for a con-
siderable sum Of money which he hand
ed over. l counted the money and found
the amount to be as stated and hurried
ly said, Sign there, sir; pen and ink at
your left hand
well, it took the stranger a long
time to sign his name, but l thought
nothing more of it and issued the GER
tiflcate Of deposit. About a week later
the same man, whose face l had for
gotten, reappeared and presented the
certificate. He dashed off an ornate
signature, which I proceeded to COM
pare with the first signature. The two
were vastly different, as the first one
was apparently the labored effort Of an
old man.
81 can't pay you this money, SIR I
Eaid.
"'Why not? asked the astonished
stranger.
"'Because it is not the signature Of
the man to whom l issued the certifi
cate Of deposit replied.
well, said the stranger, when
was here a week ago you told me to
write my name with my left hand, and
I did so. but 1 can't write very well
that way
"'Then will you oblige me by writ
ing your name with your left hand
again. asked as a light dawned upon
me.
Certainly said the man, and after
much labor he produced facsimile of
his first signature, and [ apologized
and paid him his money."-Washingt
Star.
CONEE TIoNIc ED0kA NDAIkI
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-10-04
CONNECTIONS FROM GRAIN.
Wheat and Malt Used In the Manu-
facture of Candy.

facture of Candy.
A manufacturing plant in New Jer-
sey, formerly used as q MANILA paper
mill, is now operated by a corporation
engaged in the unique industry of MAX
ing CONNECTIONS from wheat and malt,
about the last materials in the world
one would expect to find in candy.
In the earlier stages of the process
the grain is famed, ground and mixed
in proper proportions. Then it is cook
ed to a mash, from which thin strip
is squeezed by hydraulic presses and
conducted to a great iron evaporation.
Thence the sirup is carried in pipes to
a vacuum pan. Here it is vigorously
stirred and further evaporated. The
thickened strip is drawn off into huge,
shallow tin pans, where it is cooled
and hardened. Plain or favored with
peppermint, the mass is a rich golden
brown in color. Combined with chOcO-
late it is dark as the familiar caramel
in the candy shops.
When q batch Of goods is needed for
the market, the stock in the pans is
broken into pieces and put into boiler
surrounded by steam jacket. 1t is
reduced by heat to the consistency Of
taffy at an old fashioned candy pull.
Skilled workmen shape the mass into
long strips that lie like golden snakes
on board table.
They are fed to a cutting machine, a
noisy little monster with an Unsuitable
appetite for sweets. You could almost
cover the machine with a hat, yet it
turns out malt creamlets nearly as fast
as Maxim gun hurls a storm of bull
let's. The boys who carry the cream
let's from the machine to the tables
where they are wrapped have little
time for meditation.-Cha Her
aid.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-10-04
State Tax Matters.

A years hard work in tax assess
ment has been rounded up and the to-
the state, as figured by the tax COM
mission, is $1,436 284, 0OO-something
like $715 per man, woman and child,
which should make us all glad. The
surprising thing is the increase over
last year-$SO62S4 or over 1873
per cent. This enormous increase is
due to the efforts of the state tax COM
mission to introduce the system Of
full assessment.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-10-04
IqDEH e mn
z Q 4aQz q 81 gDgeSe

to water but you cant
make him drink.
You can't make him eat
either. You can stuff food in
to a thin mans stomach but
that doesn't make him use it.
SCOTS Emulsion can make
him use it. How? By max
ing him hungry, of course.
SCOTS Emulsion makes a thin
bodyhungryallover. Thought
a thin body was naturally hun
cry didn't you? Well it isn't.
A thin body is asleep-not
working-gone on a strike.
It doesn't try to use it's food.
SCOTS Emulsion wakes it
up-puts it to work again
making new flesh, That's the
way to get fat.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists, 400 Pearl St, N. Y.
soc and SIoo; all druggists
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-10-04
WISCONSIN TOPICS.
Governor LaFoIIette Better; Green
Bay Goes on Board OF
Control.
THE ASSESSMENT: $1,436,284,OOO
Value of Real and Personal Property
as Indicated by State Tax Com
mission-Iron Ore Output.

Madison, Wis, Oct. 1.-Governor
IyaFollette is making progress. The
man seems to have turned the corner
and to be positively getting better.
DR.. Fox, his physician, is encouraged
and the patient himself is enjoying life
again. He gets all over the house,
though he does not leave it yet, and
works with his secretaries every day,
reads the papers and does necessary
business. If YOU write him a letter
you will get a reply from Colonel
Murphy. but YOU may be sure if it is
important, the governor has been con-
suited and knows what's going On.
He wrote an admirable proclamation
on Mckinley with his own hand. Mrs.
I.aFollette, who has been closely
chained to the house with a sick hus-
band and an ailing infant all summer,
is once more seen on her handsome
horse, and withal there is a conviction
that the governor will, in few weeks,
be able to take up active life again.
New Members Board of Control.
To fill the vacancy on the board of
control caused by the resignation OF
Mr. Bishop, the Rhinelander editor,
Governor LaFOllette has named Gus
tav Kuestermann, business man Of
Green Bay, a music dealer, bank di-
rector and a popular Commandment
can. Mr.. Kuesterman has long been
an active Republican, and mentioned
in connection with various offices; in
deed, he made a spirited contest with
Mr. Barney when last he went to con-
gress. He is a man in good repute,
and it is an appointment that elicits
the commentator OF even the govern
Or's opponents.