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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-12
Brief State Happenings.

Eau Claire has decided to hold street
fair from Sept. % to Oct. 3.
While attending a dance at Newton,
Mrs. Albert Mueller fell dead on the
floor She was As years of age and the
mother of four children.
A freight train ran into the rear of
another freight o. e mile north of Clinton
vile. Twelve cars were thrown from
the rails. No one was hurt.
Mat Arneson of Barron, 45 years old,
was killed by a hay fork, which was ac-
cidentally tripped, striking him in the
breast, causing instant death.
Fred Miller, a Milwaukee youth of Is
years, was drowned in Lake Michigan
at Sheboygan, about 200 feet off shore,
in scarcely more than five feet of water.
Paul Kiessling, one Of the Oldest resi-
dents, who has made his home at Jeffer-
son for fifty years, died as q result Of a
stroke of paralysis. He was Is years
old and came to Jefferson from Bavaria
in 1853.
John Hedrington was arrested at Chip
pewa Falls, charged with driving horse
to death. He will be taken to Ashland,
a check at Glidden. He had been sen
fenced to eighteen months in the reform
atory at Green Bay. On Jan. 5, when
Sheriff Dowd took possession of the coun-
ty Jail, Hedrington with other prisoners
were detailed to assist in moving the
household goods of the sheriff and he es-
capped.
At Ashland Mrs. Young, her son and
her brother, Edward Floss, are under ar
rest on a charge of attempting to murder
Joseph Kizer, a bachelor, living near
Parialville., The suspects are IN Jail in
default ofshail. Three weeks ago while
I<izer was preparing breakfast there
came a deafening roar and he was hurl-
ed from his feet and fragments of the
stove were strewn about the room. 1t
developed that some one had placed a
stick of dynamite in the stove and that
1t had exploded when the fire was start
ed.
After dragging the river during the
entire night Andrew Hall found the body
Of h1 son Hilgo, aged II years, who was
drowned in the river at Racine. 1t Is
supposed that the boy fell from a raft
upon which he was playing.
AS a result of a portion of the old
court house at Kewaunee collapsing and
falling upon him, Henry Sangerfrei of
it is also believed that be is internally
injured. Sangerfrei is a mason employ
ed at the building of the new addition to
the Kewaunee County court house and Is
81 years of age.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-12
A DICKENS GRIEVANCE.
Tom Pinch's Seats Removed from
Fountain Court.

40" Flnch's Seats Removed from
Fountain Court.
Dickens worshippers are lamenting
the mysterious disappearance Of the
seats from Fountain Court, in the
Temple, says the London Express.
Always numerous here, they have a
real grievance to discuss, for this now
violated shrine had hitherto been held
sacred to the memory of lovers meet
ings and Martin Chuzzlewit
1t is easy to imagine that Ruth
Pinch and John Westlock-John so
bold and Ruth so shy-may have sat
on these identical seats. And what
would Tom Pinch, who so loved this
fountain refuge, have said to the graf
ultous impertinence Of their removal?
Some Of the most delightful senti-
ment in all Dickens is associated Vs.
this spot. Here it was that John West
locks secret designation with Ruth
was stumbled upon BY ingenious Tom.
What an extraordinary meeting!
said Tom. I should never have dreamt
of seeing you two together here
Quite accidental John was heard
to murmur.
Exactly cried Tom; that's what
l mean, you know. If it wasn't acct
dental there would be nothing remark
able in it.
To be sure said John.
Such an out-of-the-way place for
you to have met in pursued Tom,
quite delighted. Such an unlikely
spot
And so on, until Ruth managed to
get around on the further side of her
brother and squeeze him, as much as
to say, care you going to stop here
all day, you dear old laundering
Tom?'
Afterwards came another, and
more fateful meeting.
'Why they came toward the foun-
tain at all was q mystery, for they
had no business there. 1t was not their
way. They had no more to do with
the fountain, bless you, than they
had with-with love, or any out-of
the-way things Of that sort"
However, there they found them
selves. And another extrao ordinary
part of the matter was that they
seemed to have come there by silent
understanding. Yet when they got
there they were little confused by
being there, which was the strongest
part of all; because there is nothing
naturally confusing in a fountain.
"'What a good old place it VAST
John said. With quite an earnest af-
lection for it.
GA pleasant place, indeed said
Ruth. Why fly that tiny, precious,
blessed little foot into the cracked
corner Of an insensible old fagstone
in the pavement, and be so very anxi-
Gus to adjust it to a nicety?"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-12
Pantomime by Max O'Rell.

"When Max O'Rell came to Montreal
some years ago." said a man from that
city to a Detroit Journal contributor,
had noticed how gracefully he could
unite a caustic criticism with compli-
ment, faculty that enabled him to say
the sharpest things without offending
the people he was criticising. We
were going to put the faculty to test.
"We had him lunch with us, and
there were at the table beside himself
an Englishman, Scotchman, an Irish
man and a French Canadian. When we
got our guest off his guard we demand
ed an honest opinion Of the different
races we represented. AS the opinion
had to be given in the presence Of all
four, the situation for him was
rather delicate one. But it never
seemed to trouble him, and he gave his
opinion without moments hesitation.
1.-the Scotchman,' he said, and he
clenched his right hand tightly and
pretended to try and force it open with
his left THE Englishman-'a and hewent
through the same performance, open
ing the hand at the end after an appar-
ent struggle. The Irishman-' and he
held out his hand wide open, with the
palm upwards. The Frenchman-'
and he made motion With both hands
as if he were emptying them on the
table.
There was not a word Of eXplana-
ton, but we all understood thoroughly,
and had hearty laugh. Max O'Rell
had maintained his reputation"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-12
Tore Up a $3.50 Check.

Eden Snyder and Allen Henerty, the
two Milwaukee boys who robbed the
rural mail box of G. w. Wolff, were Civ
en- hearing before Justice of the Peace
August Riess of Elkhart Lake. They
admitted taking a letter from the Sen
ator's mail box containing a $3.50 check
payable to the Sheboygan German Bank
After opening the letter they tore the
check in parts and threw the remnants
in a fence corner. The village marshal
went and found the torn check in pieces.
The Senator withdrew his suit against
the boys and their respective parents
paid the costs and took them back with
them to Milwaukee,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-12
EYH.SErain.

The interesting conclusion has been
reached by DR.. George NJ. Gould, in his
Geographic Clinics" that Browning,
De Quincy and Carlyle all owed their
mental affection to the one cause Of
eye-strain. From an examination OF
De Qulncey's portrait, the author be-
lieves that he had a disease known
among oculists as exophoria. It is not
squirting, but is rather a divergence
Of the eye leading to great mus
cular strain.
The u',e Of opium would narrow the
pupils to the smallest diameter. This
would greatly aid in shutting out con-
fusing rays, and would. in a way.
make the vision better. So the great
authors use Of the drug may not have
resulted wholly from weakness Of will.
but because he found that it fitted him
temporarily for his work.
Carlyle's sufferings find an ample
explanation in eye-Strain. After each
completed work, indeed after each
busy day. he had to rest, and the ex-
haustion that overlook him savored of
despair. Yet intellectual activity did
not tire him, but the physical labor in
yolved in reading and writing.
Robert Browning lived a temperate
life under the best conditions. Still,
after every attempt at reading and
writing, he found himself afflicted by
headaches and vertigo. Darwin and
Huxley also suffered in the same way.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-12
NEWS OF WISCONSIN.
A WEEKS RECORD OF STATE
HAPPENINGS.
Woman Slain in Her Home-Robbers
of Rural Mail Box Are Released
Father Efectua11y Ties Up His Prop
erty-Young Girl Drowned.

Mrs. Henry Peske, aged 20 years, was
found murdered in her home in Wauke-
sha County near Prospect. She had been
working in the fields with her husband
and went to the house early in the af-
ternoon. An hour later the husband
found her dead body OIL the kitchen floor.
The skull was fractured as with a club
and bullet had pierced her body. The
house was ransacked as though by
tramps. Suspicion points to a young
man who had dinner at the house. The
sheriff and large posse has been search
ing the neighborhood and the Milwaukee
police force has been hunting in the city
for suspicious characters.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-12
MYSTERY OF THE KAISER'S ARM.
The German Emperor is the Worlds
Most Conspicuous Man.

The Kaiser's arm has always re-
NAMED mystery to most of us Amer
leans, writes Victor Smith in the New
York Press. So many different stories
have been told about it that we know
not what to believe. We have heard
side is destroyed; yet he hears per-
fectly we'll. We have heard that his
! left arm was deformed. It was in
| jured, believe, at birth, and never
| grew to full proportions, so that he
has been handicapped through life by
being practically one-armed man.
The Kaiser is throwing so many
| bouquets at us of late that we can
hardly take our eyes off him. There is
a man who can write song, set it to
music and sing it. He can paint
picture, frame it and criticise the
critics who praise or condemn it. He
can write drama, stage it, act it and
! give critique upon it. He is the best
| horseman in Europe, and one OF the
most expert yachtsmen. He talks
| f1uently in five modern languages. He
plays chess and poker, and at the lat
ter can hold not only his own, but
some of the other fellows. He under
stands engineering, and is an expert
in electricity. He is theologian, and
| has composed a prayer. He can COM
mand a ship or regiment, fleet or
an army. He can discuss horse breed
|
| talk cattle breeding with A. A. Cor
| teIyou. He is an ideal cook. He
makes speeches that startle the world.
He is a literateur. He drinks beer
and champagne with equal facility and
gusto. He is the friend of rich and
poor. He teaches editors how to run
newspapers. He thrums the guitar
and plays the organ. He is a multi
| milionairs. He crushed Bismarck;
then. when the Chancellor was old
and helpless, nursed and petted him.
Nothing would please the Kaiser
more than to steer the Kearsarge from
Kiel to New York, stick her nose
against the Battery wall and call for
three cheers for Uncle Sam. He can
be very charming. He will play child
ish games, run, romp and wrestle; but
he never permits any sort of familiar
ity. No one can get inside his guard.
At Albania he made himself extreme
! ly pleasant to the Hungarian aristoc-
racy who have villas in the neighbor-
hood. He played lawn tennis every
day with them, the Empress looking
on. One day he introduced Count
Eulenburg to a young woman with
the words: 'He is very young to be
an Ambassador, and at Vienna, too!
But he is not bad fellow, all the
same" The woman had it on her
tongue to reply: ''He is older than,
you are, and you are not bad EN-
peror;;" but there was something in
the cold glance of his steel-blue eyes
which made her feel that he was not
fit subject for jest.
The Kaiser is not short man by
any means. He is, in fact, about five
feet ten. But he likes to surround
himself with giants, and by compare
son looks shorter than he is. His
most intimate friends never dare to
| take the faintest shadow of liberty
with MIN. 1t is amusing to see him,
| shorter by head than the men of his
suite, but absolutely their master, and
as dignified as Queen Victoria could
be on occasion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-12
NOT FOR THE lDLER.

-,
This world 1t is gentle place
Ills filed with scenes of wondrous
u grace,
With blooming fields and singing rills,
And distant tx ilight-tinted hills;
sIwould be glorious spot for play
If life were all holiday. -
;<S*
But winter comes with biting chill,
With clouds that threat and storms
+; - that kill.
And we must labor through the year,
And tremble in the Frost Kings fear;
It were a glorious place for play,
But man must earn his holiday.
- Washington Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-12
Thought Him a Footpad.

In Beloit Harold Stevens shot T. w.
Foster in the breast, believing him to be
a hold-up man. 1t was in a lonely part
of South Beloit and Foster was ON a
wheel, Seeing someone coming he got
off the wheel. Stevens thought him a
footpad and drew his revolver and blazed
away Fortunately Foster had his side
toward him and received only a slight
wound
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-12
Insanity on the Increase.

The largest number Of cases of insan-
ity in many years is shown by the report
of the State board of control. For the
last fiscal year, June 80, 1908, there
were 1877 more cases in the State than on
the same date year ago, the total insane
population of the State under public care
being 5,372, as against 5175 on June 80,
1902.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-12
Father Tied Up Estate.

Aleis Malzacher, a wealthy farmer, be-
lieved that his son would go insane be-
fore reaching the age of 80, and there
fore so tied up his fortune that the son
could gain no part of it until he has es-
tablished his sanity at that age. One of
the provisions of Malzacher's will is that
if the son should be in want he may be
given a limited amount at periodical
times. Suit will be started to have the
estate turned over to the heir at once
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-12

William REM went fishing at La
Crosse in the Mississippi and caught a
large catfish. The fish gave him battle
and REM, unwilling to let go, was drawn
into the river and drowned. Patrick
Dugan. aged u years, tried to rescue
him, but failed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-12
Young Girl Drowned.

Florence Bohn, oldest daughter of Lau-
renee Bohn, was drowned while bathing
with a number of companions at Shell
Lake. She had been diving and when
she did not come up promptly her COM
panions thought she was shamming, and
so paid no attention to her for some time.
Doctors were quickly summoned, but she
was past hope. She was II years old,
and would have graduated from the high
school this wear
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-12

The largest tree in the world lies
broken and petrified at the end of a
defils in northwestern Nevada. It is
said to be 666 feet long.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-12
Substitutes for Human Hair.

A substitute for human hair is now
made from cellulose ard nitrocellulose,
according to a German scientific peri
odical.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-12

The banana and potato are almost
identical IN chemical composition.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-12

When a boy gets candy on his fin
gers, he knows how to get 1t off.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-31
HORSELESS HOSE WAGON.
Several Reporters Take a Fast Ride
Over the City.

The La France automobile combination
chemical engine and hose wagon which has
been on exhibition for several days at fire
headquarters was given good tryout by
several reporters, accompanied by E. ].
Mitchell, the representative of the Inter-
national Fire Engine Company, yesterday
afternoon, and if the reporters had their
way the city would lose time in making
several purchases. The strange vehicle and
its occupants were objects of curiosity, and
people on the streets stopped in their tracks
TO gaze in open-eyed wonder at the mechan-
ical fire apparatus, while trusty family
steeds driven by women and children cut
capers that would have done justice to Cir
horses.
One of the reporters, in his haste to ac-
cept the invitation Of the salesman to take
a ride on IAN automobile fire wagon" fell
from a street car in front of fire headquar-
tiers and was compelled to go home and
change his clothes, which were rent in I'M
seemly places, before he could start on the
Journey. The feelings of the ,newSgatherers
a soft oak board while the horSeless
wagon rumbled and bumped over the ruts
in the road can only be realized by per-
who has at some time ridden in the City
Dispensary ambulance or taken a rough sea
voyage, but they enjoyed 1t nevertheless,
and several street dogs who followed after
enjoyed ii also.
The automobile fire wagon, il is said, will
soon come into universal use. and 1T is con-
sidered by the fremen who have tried it
much better adapted to the purpose than
the horse, which is still in use in this city.
The chief advantage in the use of the
horseless wagon for fire fighting purposes
is the speed which is attainable and the
possible saving in the expense of maintain
ing a stable of horses.
The city, it is said. is contemplating the
purchase of one of the machines, which will
be used in the downtown districts entirely,
and if experiments with it prove successful
others may be bought
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-31
NOTICE.


Formerly of Now York. Will call at residence
Address COZ North Delaware street
NOTICE-Hot air furnaces with combination
gas burners; for burning gas and other fuel
at the same time. JOSEPH GARDNER. 80 Ken
lucky av. Telephone 322.
NOTICE-Stay there, stick tight, don't peel off
whitewash for stables. storeTOoms, ETC.; calci-
mine sprayed on evenly in colors HENRY TAY-
LOR * CO., COS y. Senate. New Phone 30O7.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-31
The Mileage Trouble.

passenger official of one of the Western
lines said yesterday that the way matters
were now drifting there was a possibility
Of settlement of the mileage trouble by
the adoption of a plan to have committee
of passenger representatives of the West
ern lines frame a ticket for use by their
bureau. Considerable trouble as to the
merits of the rival tickets has developed
among railroad men In the last few days.
The idea of the ticket devised by the MEM
bers of the mileage bureau is said to have
originated with the Central Passenger AS
ISOLATION, and if the plan is adopted the
committee will frame ticket and prescribe
rules for it's use, and the form will then
become the property of the association.
The advocates of this plan, says Chicago
paper, think there will be enough advan-
tage in the ownership of the ticket by the
association instead of private persons to in
duce the advocates of the several forms al
ready proposed to take up the common
ticket. There are others who indiffer-
ent and think the question will not be ma
terially affected by any action the associa-
ton may take
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-31
NOTICE TO BIDDERS.

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Man
ayers of the Indiana Industrial School for Girls
and Wornan's Prison. located at indianapolis.
Indiana, will receive sealed proposals until
O'Clock p. m. July 81, 1903. for furnishing 1000
tons more or less, OF steam coal, delivered at the
institution.
Bidders must state the grade Of coal which thew
propose to furnish viz, block, lump, nut mine
run, slack or other grade.
Bidders must give and location of the
mine mines from which the coal they propose
TO furnish is mined, and submit an ANALYSTS of
the coal with their bid
Deliveries of the coal shall commence on Nov
l. 1893. and shall be completed by oct 81 1904
the coal to be delivered in such quantities and al
such times required by the Institution. Coal
to be accepted at institution weights
The Board OF Managers reserves the right to re-
ject any all proposals Should any bid be
accepted the successful bidder must, within ten
days after being notified of such acceptance
enter into contract and give bond with good and
sufficient suretes for the faithful and proper full
filment thereof. and certified check for $500
must accompany each bid, made payable to the
President of the Board OF Managers as a guar
anty that said contract will be entered into and
bond given by the bidder, il awarded the con-
tract. Checks will be returned TO unsuccessful
bidders, and also TO successful one on his COM
pliance with the terms herein
Address all bids, marked Bids for Coal" to
President of Board OF Managers. Indiana Indus
trial School for Girls and Woman's Prison In
dianapolis, Indiana
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-31
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
INDIANA STATE PRISON

Michigan City, Ind, July S. 1909
The labor OF 400 prisoners now confined in tba
Indiana state Prison will be let to the highesf
and best bidders, in four separate Contracts Of
100 men each. for period OF six years from OCT
], 1904 '
Bids will be received until Aug. J. 1903
All labor 10 be performed within the nriso,
walls and in accordance with the statutes Of tba
State of Indiana and disciplinary rules governing
the Indiana State Prison e
Bidders must state the square feet of floor
space required for their special class OF work
and the board of control will take into considsra
ton the number of officers required in the differ
ent classes of work In awarding the contracts
The board OF control reserves the right to re-
feet any or all bids.
Bids to be sealed and directed to the board NJ
control of James ID. Reid warden being
marked bid for Prison Labor
A certified check of 81, 900 must accomnanv
each bid guarantee that the bidder will enter
into at the price bid.
Bids will be opened the Sd day OF August
1900, at o'clock a. m, at which time bidders
are invited to be present.
JAMES d.