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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-03
CITY AND COUNTRY.

Harry Fluke of Westport was ser
iously injured by the kick of a horse
last Friday. The blow struck him in
the fore head and left side of the face
tearing the skin of the face and scalp
away and denting in the skull. Ply
SicianS were summoned from Aber.
deem and at last accounts the patient
was on the road to recovery.
Sewer contractor Kennedy has four
blocks of sewers laid on Arch street
and the e~Xcavating for the remaining
blocks nearly finished.
The hippGdrome races and COLISEUM
sports of the Adam Forepaugh-Sells
Brothers notable aggregation are the
finest of modern times.
Work on the big buildings is pro-
crossing at as rapid a rate as can be
expected. The Iewett warehouse
contractor has d large force at work
on the walls of the first story. All
door and window frames are set and
most Of the posts and girders that are
to support the second floor are in
place. At the court house the roof is
nearly finished, ready for the slate,
and workmen are at work laying up
the stone work of the tower. In the
interior nearly all sewer, gas and
heating pipes are III place and the
concrete filling of the floors is being
put in place. At the government
building the steel columns are
in place and the stone work Of the
first story walls is about half way up.
The contractors on the Olwin-Angell
building have the first floor joists in
place and the masons have begun on
the brick walls as they have most of
the granite water table laid. The
masons and bricklayers have the walls
of the Jackson addition above the
second story floors, the joistS of which
are IN place us are the iron columns OF
the Front.
SiIhc. ANtlUCl VI liSIld w Id dl ~ Dei-
deen visitor Saturday.
M. Mailon arrived last evening from
Lahore n. ID. and reports d boom
in building operations at that place.
The famous Adam Eorepaugh herds
of educated elephants and that of the
Sells Brothers will both be seen here
on the same day in parade and per-
Torrance. 1t will BE- d ~stupendous
aggregation Of e%lephautine avoirdu-
pois and Intelligence.
Architect Elliott made a business
trip to Frederick Tuesday.
Ed Harnois Of James has his new
residence nearly completed it will be
n OF the finest in that section OF
the country.
j. K. Russell has the foundation in
for the new house he is building on
his farm near Westport.
Ole Holten of Brainard has added an
addition to his farm house.
j. Maxim north east of town has be-
gun work on a new barn 42x4S.
/ have a hundred quarter sections
OF land in Brown County on which 1
offer the hay for Sale. Write for list
OF what | have near you.
G. G. Fletcher
Aberdeen S. D..
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-07-03
Very Low Bates TO Denver, Colorado
Springs, Pueblo and Return.

Via the North-W Western Line, July /
to 10 inclusive, with final return limit
until and including August 31st, 1903,
account of c. E. Convention. Stop
ever privileges and choice of routes.
Side trips can be made at reduced
excursion rates to various Colorado
points, to the summit of Pixies Peak.
TO Ogden and Salt Lake City, ito
Yellowstone National Park, from
Denver only and to San francisco.
Los Angels, etc. Low rate excursion
tickets to Colorado also on sale daily.
limited for return until Oct. 3Ist.
For particulars apply to ticket agents
Chicago & North-W Western R,y.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15
PROFIT IN CORNSTALKS.
Mills Co be Started to Make Paper from
Them.

Farmers generally will be inter
ested in the following from Wash
ington, D. G:
The Agricultural department. is
interested in the plans of capitalists
to manufacture high grade paper
from cornstalks. The farmers of
Indiana and Illinois, it is announced
are to be the first to profit by the
new process. Reports to the de-
partment show that experiments
have been carried on at Kankakee,
ILL.,. for some time, and information
was received recently to the effect
that by the time this years crops of
stalks is ripe the men using this
process will be ready to begin the
manufacture of paper on large
scale.
Samples of paper made from the
stalks of corn have been received at
the department. Three different
grades are exhibited. One is made
from the shell of the stalk, another
from the pith and third from the
hulk. From the pith is turned out
a fine grade of oil paper-almost, if
not quite equal to linen paper, ex-
perts at the department. say.
The department is informed that
the great problem has been to make
it an inducement TO farmers to sell
their cornstalks to the manufacture
ers instead of feeding them to live
stock. To overcome this obstacle,
it is announced, a machine has been
invented and is building which will
take the stalk with the ear still on
it, husk the ear, remove the husk
from the stalk and then remove the
shell from the pith. With a ma
chine that will do this work per-
fected the men who propose to man
ufacture paper out of cornstalks
will propose to farmers to buy their
corn crop outright in the field. Ii
the farmers wish the corn after it
has been husked it will be passed
back to the farmer or it will be mar
keted by the paper manufacturers.
In time, it is predicted at the de-
partment, there will be machinery
which will make use of every part
of the cornstalk and the ear. In
stead Of turning the husked corn
back to the farmer or putting it on
the market, the buyers will grind it
into various kinds of food.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15
4. L. Lenroot, a West Superior
lawyer, will be speaker of the AS
sembly.
Handed Ping-PonE.

A southern girl gave left-handed
ping-pong party which proved the jol-
lest sort of extravaganza. The game
was, of course, ping-pong but played
with the left hand instead of the right.
What a difference it made! The crack
ping-pongers were reduced to the level
of the veriest tyros and ones most
strenuous efforts resulted in absurdly
low scores. It so fell out that the town
champion in ping-pong received the
BOBBY prize. The prizes were little
silver pins in the shape of racquettes,
with box of ping-pong candy as boo
by. Supper was served upon a table
decorated in japanese style, the favors
being japanese dolls filled with sweets.
Ice cream took the form of the balls
used in the popular game. Sandwiches
were cut with a sharp tin cake cutter
the form of a racquette, with small
olives pressed down into the break to
give the effect of balls.-N. Y. Sun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15
LENT WILL BEGIN FEB. 25.
Dates of Fixed and Movable Festivals
During 1908.

The following are the dates of
the fixed and movable festivals of
1903 Epiphany, January 6; Septua-
gesima Shrove Sunday, February
%; Ash Wednesday, February 25;
first Sunday in Lent March 1; st.
Patrick's day. March II; Annuncia-
ton, March 25; Palm Sunday, April
5; Good Friday, April 10; Easter
Sunday, April II; Low Sunday, APP
ril 10; Rogation- Sunday, May II;
Assertion day, May 81; Penticost,
White Sunday May 81; Trinity Sun
day, June Z; Corpus Christi, June IL;
Michaelmas day, September 80; first
Sunday in Advent, November 20.
The following areEmber days: March
4, 6, and 7; June 3, and 6; Septem-
Der 16, Is and 10, and December 16,
Is and 10
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15
Farm Stationery.

Now that land over most of our
territory is worth from $50 to 800
per acre no farmer should think for
a moment Of going without farm
stationery, that is-letter heads on
which is printed his name, the farm
name, postoffice and the number of
rural route and return envelopes
with his name and address printed
thereon. Every farm should have a
name which should be part Of the
address. The name Of the farm
should be matter for family coun-
Gil It should be short, if possible
significant of the character Of the
farm and should be different from
the name of any other farm in the
neighborhood. Why should this be
done? First it makes the man him
self and his family feel better. The
COW is all the better for having a
name, the horse must have one of
necessity. The farm should have a
name. A man thinks more of a
farm properly named than he does
of the same farm without a name.
1t will not bring bushel more grain
per acre, nor pound more hay, but
nevertheless the farmer will think
more of his farm if he goes to the
trouble of giving it a name. The
man who receives a letter written
on paper with a name, postoffice
and rural route printed therein is
always more favorably impressed
than if written on a piece of blank
paper. He says to himself that the
man is more than an ordinary farm
er. He takes pride in his farm. His
stationery shows this. The object
of letter is to make favorable i'm
preston and the printed letter head
and stationery helps to make this
impression. The receiver will al
ways give the farmer credit for be-
ing better business man if ne re-
ceives from him letter written on
appropriate farm stationery.
The Herald will turn you out a
good big bunch of printed paper and
envelopes for 50.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15
Is YEARS OF USEFULNESS.
Modern Woodman Camp of Lancaster is
One of the Oldest

It will be eighteen years tomor-
row since the Woodman camp in
Lancaster was organized. Jan. 16,
1885, thirteen charter members at
tached their names to the constitu-
ton and bylaws of the order, and
of the original thirteen but five are
still surviving members. These are
John S. Wright, VIM. E. Webb,
Anton Schmitt, F. w. Strong and
VIM. McGonigal
The camp is No. rs, and the total
number in existence Nov. LIST last,
throughout the country was 10, GAL.
It is thus seen that the local camp
is one of the old school. Platteville
is few weeks older than Lancaster
and these two camps were the first
receiving charters in Grant county.
Lancaster camp is the largest and
most fourishing in the county, hav-
ing membership today of 262.
The order as a whole is one of the
largest and most popular of the fra
ternal lodges in the country and
operates in 33 states.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15
Bagley Notes.
is morning II below zero.

This morning II below zero.
Mrs. M. Conner spent a week lately
visiting friends in East Dubuque.
We experienced genuine blizzard
on the 7th.
Rev. Custer held a few evening
meetings here first of last week.
Quarterly meeting here last Thurs
day, the 8th, conducted by presiding
elder.
Our teachers we're at their posts
again Monday, after New Year. 1t is
doubtful if we ever had such popular
pedagogues, who know just how to
teach the young idea to shoot.
Mrs. J. Bossi is gradually growing
weaker and there is no hope OF recov-
cry.
Mrs. Alice Hodge is seriously ill.
DR.. Mecum will take her to Lacrosse
Monday, the 18th, if able to take the
trip. She will probably have to sub
nit to an operation.
Mrs. AID Handy and j. Harvill are
both much better and we hope Will
soon be around again.
Miss Laura Porter of Gutenberg is
now welcome hand in the hotel Bur-
lington. The house is doing a rushing
business.
Geo. Hodge drove to Bloomington
Tuesday.
H. Sutton, Chas. Bradley, j. T. Day
and wife took supper Friday at the
home of Chas. Calkins'.
Our highly esteemed merchant, II.
F. Stagman, is better now and behind
the counter again.
We regret to say T. B. Anderson was
badly hurt last Saturday running his
feed mill His arm was caught in a
belt wheel and broken, throwing him
against a studding and his face was
badly cut. DR.. Mecum set the arm and
dressed the wounds, taking fifteen
stitches. When we called, T. B. said it
might have been worse. Just so, but
it was close call just the same.
January, the 18th, Roxie Gasner,
gave supper to her schoolmates on
her 7th birthday.
Miss Edith Bailey took the train the
18th for Chicago, where she will COM
plete her trade as dreSsmaker.
Wedding bells again. Listen!
U q l.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15
Did You Know

That Pete Henkel says he knew
a man who tried to dry snow by the
fire and ms Ike bricks of it?
That Louie Alt sharpened his pen
Gil with a cheese knife two feet long
which he says is a kaese messer?
That Charley Roberts got his first
massage last week and when they
put the alcoh oil rag on his face he
ate it?
That Otto Behncke went hunting
with a shotgun, but is such poor
marksman he shot the end off one
barrel with the other one?
That County Clerk Grifis has lost
seven pounds of flesh and two
pounds of tobacco trying to color a
new Meerschaum pipe?
That there are a lot of cheap
screws in this town who borrow
their neighbours Herald rather than
blow themselves 81. SO for it?
That our devil has new pair OF
overalls?
That the Bloomington girls say
the Lancaster boys in dancing
squeeze too hard2
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15
.orhe Biography of a snowhake.'

Under this title Mr.. Arthur H. Bell
describes the life history of the
aerial frost flowers of winter. In or
der to have fair start in life a
snowflake should be built up on a
particle of dust. Then, if it has the
good fortune to begin it's career at
the top of cloud many miles above
the earth, and to pass through many
atmospheric strata, differing in their
temperature and the amount of
moisture they contain, our snowflake
is very likely to become a notable
individual among it's kind. In a
stratum of warmer air the little fake
catches moisture on it's tiny spicules,
and when it enters colder stratum
below, the moisture is frozen, and so
the flake grows. IN thawing air
many flakes sometimes cohere, form
ing disks from an inch to two or
three inches knowledge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15
M'GONIGAL GETS PLUM.
Asylum Trustees Appoint Him Assistant
Superintendent

The trustees of the Grant county
asylum and county home at a
special meeting Tuesday besides at
tending to other matters pertaining
to these institutions, named James
McGonigal as assistant superlntend-
ent to look after affairs in connec-
ton with Matron Anderson. There
we're numerous applicants for the
place, but Mr.. McGonigals endorse
ments and we'll known qualifications
we're such as to make him the unan-
imous choice. The salary fixed was
$50 per month and his services date
from today.
No better man for the place could
have been secured and the selection
made by the trustees is very salts
factory Mrs. Anderson will con-
tinue in service until June LIST at
least when her term of office ex-
pires.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15
White Oranges.

In few years white oranges may
grace the American dinner table or
the Italian fruit wagon. One of the ex-
plorers of the agricultural apartment
discovered this freak of nature along
the shores of the Mediterranean some
months ago, and brought some cut
tings from the tree to the United
States. These were carefully grated
on an ordinary stock at the depart
ment grounds, and are now three feet
high. A cutting of this plant was sent
to Santa Ana. Cal, to be tried in that
climate. A couple of years will see the
first fruit. If it proves of fine flavor
cuttings will be widely scattered, and
in time the white orange may be as
plentiful as the seedless orange
Washington Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Mcdonald,
a happy bride and groom, are COM
fortably ,domiciled in a new home in
the fourth ward.
L. Alt & Sons have installed a
new meat chopper of modern manu-
facture It is operated by power
furnished from w. S. Lathrop's gas
oline engine.
The new M. E. church at Bos-
cobel was dedicated Sunday with
auspicious ceremonies 1t is one of
the finest edifces of it's kind in this
section and cost $4,000. Subscrip-
tions taken at the morning and
evening services Amounted to 81, 40
and this places the society free from
debt.
W, A. McWright of Boscobel
will be committed to Mendoza hos
pital for treatment. An order was
issued by Judge Goodsell to this eff
feet Monday. Mr. McWright is a
man of intellectual ability and it is
to be hoped he will receive benefits
that will restore his physical and
mental capacity.
The Herald hasn't time or type
enough to say all the good things
the editor would like to about all
the newly married couples that have
embarked on the matrimonial sea
since Jan. 1st. But we trust they
will accept our hearty congratula-
tions and best wishes and take the
will for the deed.
The regular February term Of
circuit court for Grant county which
is scheduled to open on the third
Monday in the month will be called
as usual, but an adjournment will
be Immediately taken to the second
Monday in March. This is due to an
order of Judge Clementson and his
reasons for the postponement is the
difficulty met with in heating the
City opera house during frigid
weather to a degree of comfort for
those in attendance at court.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15
Joe Wright, owing a large tract

Joe Wright, owing a large tract
of land east of the Eberle mine,
started operations with crew of
men this week in mining and struck
a rich seam of oxide and mineral
ore.
Statements were made in the
Teller last week concerning the
Chas. Thomas case that were alb
solutely false. Whether the infor-
nation furnished the writer was as
the article appeared or not we know
not, but Sheriff Dickinson and I'm
der Sheriff Mcmahon were certainly
done a wrong. In the first place
when the Teller states that Thomas
went from Potosi to Prairie du Chen
on freight train it errs. Thomas
was not aboard a train during his
wanderings until he was brought
back by the under sheriff. He was
not kept at Tennyson over night but
was brought to Lancaster. At Pc
tosi Under Sheriff Mcmahon pur-
chased him pair of overshoes and
an overcoat and even loaned the
patient his fur coat to wear home.
1t was nearly midnight when they
arrived at the asylum and knowing
the unfortunate mans condition and
certain that the attendance of a
physician must be secured at once,
the officer acted very wisely in
bringing his charge direct to Ian
caster. The Herald had no inten-
tention of wronging Mrs Anderson
in the article giving an account of
the affair and laid the blame to no
one. 1t was simply chronicled as
an item of news and no portion of
it was in any way untrue.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15
Rev. Ralph Accepts Call.

Rev. w. j. G. Ralph of Clinton
vile, Congregational divine who has
been filing a trial engagement here
for month past, so pleased his
hearers that at a meeting of the
church last Thursday evening it
was decided to extend him a call to
preach permanently.
Rev. Ralph accepted the proffer
and is now at his former field OF
service preparing to move here. He
is married man, has wife and
one daughter We trust his new To-
cation will be one to his liking and
that his labors in the vineyard will
be fruitful.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15
Vol. 90; No. AZ.
State Historical Society
Modern Woodmen and Royal Neighbors
Install Officers.
"A ~ % AL ArnAA'

Given the opportunity of having
a good time the Woodmen and
Royal Neighbors can knock the
spots off any of the other organi-
cations for right down, old fash
toned joviality and the festivities in
connection with the joint installa-
ton of officers of these lodges at the
City opera house Friday evening
was an example of the entertain
ment they usually furnish. There
was no select class to hold them
selves alOof from the multitude or
criticize actions or wearing apparel.
1t was an intermingling of the high
and the low in station and all ate,
danced and passed the time until
past midnight, forgetting cares,
trials and tribulations for the time
being with the one thought upper
most of enjoying themselves. In
the first place preparations made
were carried out successfully and
there was not a hitch in the pro-
gram. The committee on reception
were leaders in seeing that all pres
ent had the best there was and the
fraternal spirit that characterizes
Woodmen and Neighbors pervaded
every portion of the hall. The room
was hastily decorated for the occa-
sion and insignias of the orders oc-
cupied conspicuous places. An in
teresting program was carried out
in connection with the installation
ceremonies proper that was replete
with creditable numbers. Music for
the dancers was furnished by the
high school orchestra and Landlord
Bennett of the Lancaster house was
chef for the bounteous feast to
which 319 of the gathering did
justice.
The event goes into history of
Lancaster's social realm as one of
the most enjoyable ever recorded.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15
Town Pigeons.

The increase in bird life in the me-
tropolis is not one of the least strik-
ing of the many changes which have
come about of late years within the
sound of Westminster bells. Scarce
ly less noticeable than the Eruption
of wild species, though as yet little
commented on, is the enormous in
crease in the numbers of the
enormous increase in the numbers of
the tame pigeons haunting our Lon
don streets.-London Field.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15
Geo. Hickok and son we're over

Geo. HickOk and son were over
from Bloomington Saturday.
Wallace Richie moved into his
new house Wednesday that he re-
Gently completed on his farm west
of town.
-Platteville Masons celebrated
the Goth anniversary of Masonry In
that city with appropriate ceremon-
les Monday evening.
Mrs. VIM. Street of Brisbane,
Australia, nee Ella Roberts former
ly of Patch Grove, is guest OF G.
F. Dickinson and family. Her mis-
sion in America is to educate son
in dentistry.
Under Sheriff Dyer went to
Neilsville first of the week and re-
turned with Frank Smith in custody.
Monday afternoon wedding cere-
mony was performed at the office OF
Justice Wheeler, that dignitary ty-
ing the knot that made Mr.. Smith
and Miss Kate Morgan man and
wife, Sheriff Watson being best
man.
An adjourned term of circuit
court is on this week before Judge
Clementson The principal case is
an action brought by the Stevens
Lumber company of Rhinelander
against the Morton Eastman Lum-
Der company of Platteville for &C
counting. The case is lengthy one
and involves the business deals Of
both firms for a period of many
years. Attorneys Lowry of Lancas-
ter and Barnes of Rhinelander are
counsel for the plaintiffs, while
Clearly of Platteville and Riley of
Madison are engaged by the de-
PENDANTS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15
PLIGHTED TROTHS.
Cupid's Work of a Week Recorded at
County Clerk Griffis Office

Geo. Hoffman, Beetown, and Ella
Walker, Lancaster.
Geo. Splinter, Paris, and Lena
Nice, Smelser.
Frank Weber, Jamestown, and
Lizzie Hinderman, Paris.
W. E. Louthain, Harrison, and
Sylvia Stanover, Lima.
Frank Waters, Lima, and Katha-
rine Oettiker, Platteville.
Willard M. Ludwig, Milwaukee,
and Kathryn Wenzel, Fennimore.
Chas. Loeffelholz and Elizabeth
Gubbels, Paris.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15
Mans Inhumanity to Man.

First Detective-How did you man
age to get confession from that des-
perado?
Second Detective-Well, you see, we
travelled together by rail for 200 miles.
''But what had that to do with his
confession?
I bought cigar of the train boy and
gave it to him. After smoking it he
thought he was going to die, SO he told
me everything."-Chicago Daily News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15
Our Cities q Century Ago.

At the beginning of the nineteenth
century there were 16 cities in the
country which had a population of
more than 1000. Philadelphia was first
in the list with $4,000, with New York
a close second, while Baltimore had
taken third place from Boston by 10000
to $4,000. At the same period the popu-
lation of the country was 5,3OS,48 of
which only per cent. was urban
Indianapolis News.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-01-15
Community in n Crater.

In the interior OF the extinct crater
Aso San, about 30 miles from the city
of Kumanmeto, in Japan, 10000 people
live and prosper. The vertical wall
of the crater is 500 feet high. The in
habitants rarely make journey into
the outer world, but form almost a
little nation by themselves.