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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03
List Of Jurors.

Commissioners D. T. Parker, W.
D. Ryan and Aug. KeJtler met in
Lancaster yesterday and superin-
tended the task of drawing the list
CT petit jurors to serve at the regu-
lar February term of circuit court
for Grant county, to open on the
18th inst, but already postponed
by arrangement to the goth.
The names drawn SO in number,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03

Prof. w. P. Roseman, superin-
tendent of the city schools of
Reedsburg, was here on business
Monday and Tuesday. His sister
Mrs. Boyle Of Blakes Prairie met
him here. Will is a Mt. Hope boy
and is one Of the best Of the young
educators of the state.
1t would only take about three
weeks like this to make every
plumber in town a millionaire.
1t is perhaps just as well to
leave the hammock in cold storage
for a week or two yet.
If you have spare dollar, give
it to the coal man. Stand the ice
man off.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03

Henry Steinborn, a resident of
the town of Harrison, is over eighty
years of age, and this winter be-
sides doing other work he has cut
twenty cords of wood for his neigh
Dor E. A. UT. The strenuous
young man of today will have to
mend his ways if he ever expects
to hold out like that.
james Jordan has moved to
Lancaster toIeside, having left his
farm in township of Potosi.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03

Fred Miles of Hurricane has
bought the Bennett farm just west
of town on the Beetown road, and
sold his Hurricane farm to his
brother-in-law Clay Knapp of
Cassville.
DR.. w. H. Van -Dusen has in
stalled Union phones in his resi-
dence and office. Call 1912 for
Office and 1913 for house.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03
Notice Of Republican County Con
ventien And Caucuses.

By order of Of the Grant County
Republican committee, a Convention
for said county to elect twenty-five
(22) delegates to the Republican
Congressional Convention to be held
in the city Of Baraboo on Thursday,
March Sd, 1904, for the purpose of
nominating candidate for member
of congress for the Third Congress
sional district, also placing in nomina-
ts3n one elector of President and
Vice President for said district, and
for the election of Two Delegates and
publican National Convention to be
held in the city of Chicago on the list
day of June, 1904, will be held in the
city Of Lancaster at one o'clock p.
m. on
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY %, 1904.
The Caucuses for the several towns
in said county to elect delegates to
the aforesaid Convention will be held
throughout said county on
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 70. 1904,
opening at two o'clock in the after
noon, and the Caucuses for the
several cities and villages will be held
at the hour of 7:3O p. m. on said day.
All Caucuses shall remain open not
less than one hour and be continued
and conducted according to law, and
so far as possible, held at the places
where the last preceding party
Caucuses were held.
Ten days notice of Caucuses must
be given to local committee by pub
LEGATION in a newspaper If there be
one within the precinct, otherwise by
posted notices in at least three (3)
public places within said precinct.
The total representation Of the
several towns, villages and cities in
said Convention shall be as follows:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03

Owing to the recent death of
the mother, Frank Pink will re-
move to Lancaster with his family
and reside with the bereaved
father, Henry Pink. The farm east
of town is offered for sale in this
paper.
Editor Fl. E. R9the was over
from Fennimore Saturday. His
much talked-of vest was frostbitten
last week.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03

Total. ........ l0S
Immediately after the close OF the
caucus and canvass of the votes, a
certified list of the delegates elected
and vote cast for each must be for
warded by the Chairman and Secre--
tary of the caucus to the Chairman Of
of the county committee.
Dated Lancaster, Wis, February 2,
1904. WALTER J. BRENNAN
Chm'n Co. Rep. Com,
Lancaster, Wis.
J. c.. CHURCHILL
Secretary,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03

Every coal-bin has fire escape
of it's own.
Good morning Have your
water pipes bursted?
The ice crop ought to be safe
now if it's ever going to be.
Considerable of the merchants
profit has gone up the fue this
week.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03
LICENSED TO WED.
Cupid's Franks as Recorded by County
Clerk GriffiS.

Frank Steil and Maggie Boyle,
both of Beetown.
Frank Neff, Castle Rock, and Cert
rude Elscamp, Fennimore.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03
FIGHTERS FINED.
Closing Epoch of a Christmas Eve
Pugilistic Encounter.

Five men from Woodman were in
Justice Shimmin's court Saturday,
on change of venue from Justice
Wheeler, charged with assault and
battery 1t appears that some of
the party met on Christmas eve,
and while celebrating became en-
gagged in an alteration in which
blows were exchanged. Again,
some Of them met on Jan. 25 and
repeated the operation. Following
is the result as assessed by the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03

The drawing of the list Of grand
jurors was postponed until Feb.
10th.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-03

The boys are said to have gone
home satisfied, and hereafter will
try to settle their family differences
peaceably.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-08
The Passing of tho Hearth.

Chicago Inter Ocean: An elderly woman
In Wisconsin. who was a young wife in
the young west, is telling in a local news
paper a few of the things that the young
wife OF the older west does not have to
DO. And in telling Of this she recalls
wildly her home as 1t was sixty years
ago
There were no wood, coal. or gas ranges
in those days. but there was a fireplace.
with a wide, deep h~earth-and a chimney
that would draw. built large enough for
the sweep to pass through.
The fireplace would take a log four OF
nve feet long and a foot n a half
through. This was piled on andirons and
as there were M matches in those days
one Of the greatest anxieties Of the care
ful housewife was to prevent tho fire from
going out. II it did go out she had to go
to one Of the neighbors, perhaps a quarter
of q mile away, for q shovelful of live
Goals.
One of the signs Of neatness in a house.
Keeper in those old days was the way she
Eept the hearth cleaned, using the broom
end wing, and a few Of her many duties
were to dip candles. put down pork and
beef by the barrel, make sausage for the
Eear, put down lard by the jar, preserved
fruit by the gallon, apple sauce by the
quantity, boiled cider by the key; to pro-
vide dried beef and moke ham, to spin
pAA A40 all " A10 lLlSnS ClOIQSS, 10
weave 1t into cloth, and to send 1t to the
hyers to be dyed, fulled, and pressed.
The coming of the cooking stove marked
the beginning of a new epoch in the lives
pf our grandmothers. oh" exclaims this
survivor, the good cheer the fireplace
brought to the childreni No corn was
quite SO good as the ears roasted before
the fire. No potatoes SO good as those
roasted in the ashes in the winter. No
apple equal to frozen apples, boiled; then
we would melt maple sugar and sugar of
again on the snow" And she says in con-
~clusion:
with the passing of the fireplace has
passed the word 'ireside' and the word
hearth It was around the firesids we
gathered for family prayer, around the
preside we gathered to read, to chat, to
visit. Gone with the fireside and the
hearth are most Of my dear ones, with
whom I knelt every day."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-08
CARE OF %PAvEMENTs.
Heavy Loads on Marrow Tires pestrue.
tive to Streets.

Heavy Loads on Marrow Tires pestrue.
tive to streets.
Asphalt Journal: Properly cared for.
a good pavement should last for many
years. and the real economy In work Of
this character 10 to build nothing but
good, substantial pavements at the
start, and then see to it that they are
protected from abuse and misuse. It IL
becoming generally recognized that the
most attractive and satisfactory pave
ment for all ordinary purposes Is the
modern, up-to-date asphalt pavement,
some of which has already been laid In
this vicinity, with the prospect that an
other considerable stretch Of 1t will be
mple during h present season.
The old theory that asphalt is not we'll
adapted for standing the wear and tear
of heavy teams is gradually being dis
carded, and the claim is now accepted
that a good asphalt pavement, laid on q
substantial foundation, will stand fully
hs much strain as any other kind of
pavement, provided care is taken to In
FIST on wide tires for heavy loads. It
Is in accordance with this theory that
The city Of Chicago is planning to pave
bill Of its downtown streets with as
.Phalt, which Is far more noiseless than
brick, block or cobblestone.
1t is a fact hat is we'll understood.
floNSSSit IidI Tile use VI narrow Tires
for heavy loads is terribly destructive
to n kind Of street pavement, no less
than to the maintenance Of good coun-
try roads, n there is a gem
eral tendency TO require W law that ali
wagons and other vehicles used IN
transporting heavy loads shall be
equipped with tires of specified width.
a list Of the leading cities of the coun-
try shows that most of them have or
dinances which require q minimum OF
one inch to the ton for actual loads.
while in many of them the SPECIFIED
width Of tires is still greater. With
the growing use of asphalt pavements.
however, there Is n general tendency
to require all wagons that are used to
convey ordinary loads to have tires not
less than three inches In width. while
N the cases of extra heavy loads the
tires mus be still wider. In this city
there is IN ordinance which REQUIRES
tires three inches in width for all loads
Of 5000 pounds or over. but this should
he supplemented by q further requires
ment that extra heavy loads. such as
coal, stone. machinery, etc., should
pave tires four or five inches wide. ac-
eording to the particular needs.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-08
Tho Mad Muuah.

London Chronicles: There IL much
gossip In military circles concerning
the big advance which, 1t is announced.
Is shortly to be made against the Mad
Mullah. None Of his English pursuers
have ever come into contact with the
Mullah, or Abdulla Achur. to give him
his proper and much more reasonable
name. He is neither mad nor savage,
but a man of considerable learning and
very sharp wits. A true Somali, he IL
tall, vigorous and has regular and not
uncomely features. His father was a
shepherd and he himself was brought
up among the herds. But he soon rose
in the world. The first of the four pill
grimages which he has made to Mecca
accomplished when he was only
20 years OF age-he is now about 35-
and the Sheikh Mahomed Salah, su-
preme chief OF the mysterious contra.
ternity called the Tariqa Mahadia, was
SO much impressed with him that he
kept him by his side. and in these daya
Abdulla Achur Is the favorite pupil Of
this powerful religious leader. It 10
said that no other mahdi hap eve re-
Mahomet In the way that this
one has done. He communicates all.
who do. not subscribe to his peculiar
tenets with . freedom that comes OF
omnipotence only.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-08

s%hrubbery in masses instead Of dottins
individual shrubs here and there over the
lawn. Then the drives are in simple
curves by which the symmetry OF the
plan 10 preserved. The back yard Or the
farm proper II 1t extends back from the
rear of the house is shut OFF from the road
view by q line OF %shrubbery at one side
on q line with the rear OF the house and
on the other sid from q little back Of
the middle of the house. At tho joining
OF the drives (Which are also the. walks)
Is made q bed for Towering plants. other
places for such plants being provided At
the corners Of the veranda. The whole
plan is simple, but very harmonious and
artistic and IA bs readily carried out
from the design shown.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-08

mental kind O. cfitter. an u he wan sen.
| arated from me for morn m hour or 30
he'd weep Jest like Q small b~aby-Just
open his mouth wide. SOS We Quiz see his
whole lnnards, and buwl out In a most
J sorrerful way, an the tears would coma
outer his eyes like from a human. Then,
when ia come back he'd cuddie up I'M
, my lap an sorter purr h.sself 10 sleep
like a kitten,
We'll. Use goin' to tell We how Rastus
saved my life. I was comm down from
the mountains one day, maxim for Lead
vile. with Rastus coiled up in my saddle
bags. Jest outside town q gang of fellers
met mo whae was ilookin' fer a boss thief.
an bein' in a highly excited state OF nerv-
Gus Irritation. an me bein' a stranger,
they swore. I was the boss thief. Wall,
they slung a rope over a nerby tree limb
an Jest hoisted me. an thar they left
me slowly chokin to death.
Thing was b%eginnin' to look kinder
dark around. when suddenly I felt suthinY
grab the collar o. my shirt an I was lift{
ed up. Course. that loosened the hoi(
OF the rope roundm my neck, but my hand1
was tied behind me and I couldn't srah
the limb above. Then all OF . sudden !
felt suthin' Jump Gown m back. then I
felt z ticklin' on my hands like q rat OF
a squirrel was there. Pretty soon I felt
a nibblin' at the lariat that lad my
hands tied: I felt the rope give and my
hands were free.
wall, ye kin Jest bet I got holt o. that
limb above pretty quick, got astride Of 1t.
undid the rope round my neck an hoped
down to the ground. Now, what do you
fellers suppose happened?"
Pete's listeners disclaimed any knowl.
edge OF the nature of the miracle.
Il Sounds Stiff.
wall, I'll tell We. I know it sounds pret.
" stin. but it's the honest truth. That
pardner o mine, Rastus, had rawled up
the tree, wound his tail round the limb.
then dropped his body and took a holt O.
my shirt with his mouth. Then he sorter
contracted hisself an hauled me up till the
rope hung slack"
But how did he cut yer hands loose2"
jim broke in.
The old man looked annoyed at the
doubtful tone in which the question was
put.
Wall, young ~feller," he continued, 1T
spose we've heard what great friends rat
tiers an prairie dogs be. Rastus, as soon
as he had taken in the situation, slid off
to the nearest prairie dog hole and lest
hisself. an I 'spose he told tho
prairie dog in their own way o. talkin'
that he needed his help. An that prairie
dog followed Rastus. an when Rastus had
hoisted me he jest climbed and bit through
the rope that tied my hands"
There was a moments silence, which
Jim again broke.
Pete, what became o. Rastus?"
But the old man was offended with the
youngsters tone.
HE drunk hisself to ~death-drunk till
he saw another snake bigger than hisself,
an they fought, an pore OIL Rastus got
licked, COS, ye see. he couldn't get no holt
on the other snake. An that sorteF
pined away with shame, an died of a brok.
en- heart"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-08
e SHIPMENTS.
Railway Men Glad That Their Season
is Over.

Washington Star: Thanh heaven
the freak shipments are ended for
some time, at least, and we can now.
get a rest from that lind of worry
The transfer agent of the Pennsyl-
vania depot made this remark yester-
day while a reporter was standing by
awaiting the arrival of a train. The re-
porter, of course, wanted to know what
he meant by freak Shipments" and
being a working man himself, he talked
to the point, and entertainingly.
The freak express shipments are
young %alligators, terrapin, green sea
turtle, an occasional monkey and great
mber OF parrots. On the live things.
there is a double charge, and they are
transported at the owners risk, but on
ish daggers, ETC., there's only the reg
THAR rate. These shipments are made
by northern people who go to the south
and who think to delight the heart Of
relative or friend by sending some-
thing horrible like IN alligator or q
terrapin that would naturally be worth
a $50 bill In a respectable restaurant.
And h express people have to bear
the brunt of the transportation of these
things, feeding and watering them as
occasion demands, and putting up with
noises that sometimes really are grew
some"
Say, you don't know a thing!" said
a railroad messenger who was standing
by. I'VE men on the road are the ones
who have to stand the worst of it. We
have to feed the brutes and give them
water and listen to their unearthly
yells, while the train is clicking along
a rate of forty or more miles an hour,
n 1T all sometimes sets on the nerves
Of a man SO edgy that he fears con-
stantly q wreck-wreck with all kinds
of disasters resulting.
II want to say, however. that the
women who send parrots to the north
seem to get the most hardened birds
possible. / remember one. not many
weeks ago, brought to this very depot
by h wife of a northern minister, the
bird to be sent to friends in the north
to hi kept until the owner got home.
She was extremely solicitous about II
and talked lovingly to Polly till the
train started. I thought 1 would get
something new-maybe q prayer or SO
out Of the birds and so treated him
extremely well. He didn't open his
head until we got past Atlanta. The
was a veritable mountain of crates and
boxes of berries ready for shipment.
We worked on 1t and made little i'm
preston for some minutes. Soon.
however, the conductor came along and
used language that caused us express
fellows to forget everything but the
loading of that stuff into the car. We
tossed the crates and threw them, and
after the train left I began straighten-
ing things out. I saw Their that we
had fairly buried the parrot. l worked
freed he used this expression, and ever
since I've wondered who taught him to
talk:
ooh, the devil! Praise the Iord,,s
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-08
Improving Homo Grounds.

While tho Illustrated design may seem
too elaborat: for application tito to farm
as well to tow or small city plots. 1t II
not expensive. for the main item is that
OF labor. Ones home may not be 30
pretentious az that shown In the plan,
but that will not interfere with the ap-
plication Of the design. It will be noticed
two things In the design are prom
inent-the preservation Of . large ex-
.panSe of lawn and the grouping of the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-08

30 rise. our strong Atlantic sons,
When war against our freedom spr:ngsl
speak to Europe through your guns,
They can be UNDERSTOOD by kings.n.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-08
A pivided Hou...

Life: mo; they didn't get .lons
very well together: though she regrets
how, now that he Is gone"
WHAT seemed to be the trouble7"
Greed difference: she believed IN tho
beauty Of holiness: he, In the holineas
Of beauty.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-01-08
ooh, the devil! Praise the lord!,.
a Suppressed Tennyson Poem.

~ suppressed ~Tennyson Poem.
In Harper's for December, j. c, Thorn
son has collected a large number of Ten
nyson's Suppressed Poems, some of sur
prising beauty. OF the one quoted below
and referring directly to America. Mr..
rightly asks. VIVA reason can
Tennyson have had for suppressing such
stanzas as these:
Gigantic daughter of the west.
We drink to thee across the flood
We know thee most, we love thee best.
For art thou not OF British blood?
Should wars mad blast again be blown,
Permit not thou the tyrant powers
To fight thy mother here alone,
When war against our freedom springsl
o speak to Europe through your guns
They can be understood by kings.".
N.Y.
Holiday Town Topics: The Magnate-
Yes, siri I owe my success in life to the
fact that my word has always been as
good as my bond.
Thu Cynic-Well, some Of your bonds
haven't been all that could be desired.
Not more than $50 square miles of
territory are under cultivation in hene.
,qutn or sisal hemp, yet on this small
area Is produced the fiber that literally
binds the wheat harvests of the world.
It Is used alike in Minnesota and Ar.
gentina. In Siberia and Egypt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-21
GA sTo RIA.
Bears the =, The Kind You Have Always Bough
';::'''' s'':: :; ''; zz =, Z; Z z; II
New Fashion for Men.

An Englishman in Petticoat Lane.
the other night was caught III tie act
of ste wing his handkerchief away in
his sleeve, just as the girls do. He
slipped it neatly between tho sleeve
and cuff. 1t is the common practice Of
fashionables in London society just
now. \ few New Workers had tho
habit years ago, eNcusing it on the
ground chat handkerchief in the
v=-eat lany pockeD blemishes the
!~.ral eontour.-NcW York Times
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-21

Everybody wants to go to the worlds
fair in st. Louis next summer. 1t will
be the grandest ever held in the his
tory of the wcrld-several times as
large as the one held at Chicago in
1892. The publishers of the Graphic
have decided to give free trip t. the
two most popular ladies', one from the
county, outside the city. All expense
will be paid from the time the ladies
leave their homes until they return,
including transportation to st. Louis
and return, parlcr or sleeping car fare,
admission to the grounds, hotel bills,
street car fare, etc.
The two ladies who are to take the
trip at the Graphic's expense will be
the one receiving the largest number
of votes within the city and the one
residing outside the city receiving the
largest vote. Votes may be secured as
follows:
Single coupon, cut from Daily or
Twicea-Week Graphic / vote.
Subscription to Daily Graphic. in ar
rears, each dollar paid, 10 votes.
Subscription to Daily Graphic, paid
in advance cne month, 65 cents, 6
votes.
Subscription tc. Daily Graphic paid
in advance, six months, 1915, 1S5
votes.
Subscription to Daily Grphic, paid
in advance, one year, $3.50 400 votes.
Subscription to Twice-a-W eek
Graphic, paid in advance, six months,
Is cents, 40 votes.
Subscription to Twice-a-Week
Graphic, paid in advance, one year,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-21
a He'~ =, His Day.

At this time of much airshlp talk,
one rarely hears the name Of Pilatre
de Rozier, one Of the first to test the
feasibility of aerial navigation, and
yet he was the zero of his day. A
monument was erected in France ON
the spot where he made his last and
fatal attempt. When the balloon was
arst invented he scorned the idea that
criminals should be sent to make test
Ascents 1T would be an honor to
'ose ones lite, if need be, in such an
enterprise he said. He Sled some
years after in trying to cross the Eng.
lish channel, and he is still the ideal
Of French aeronauts. because of hts
fearlessness, his enthusiasm and his
love of the sport
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-04-21
PEOPLE WE KNOW.
They Are Pine Bluff People and What
They Say is of Local Interest.

When an incident like this occurs
right here at home it is bound to carry
weight Win our readers. So many
strange occurrences go the rounds Of
the press; are published as facts, peo-
pie become skeptical. On one subject
skeptieism is rapidly disappearing.
This is due to the actual experiences
OF our citizens, and their public ut
,eranees regarding them. The public
statement of a reputable citizen liv-
ing right here at home. one whom you
the slleptic to stand on.
w. L. Isenllramer, tailor of 200 IL
over Citizens Bank, says: "Undoubted
indications of kidney trouble annoyed
me tor some time. Anxious to check
them in their incipient stages, when
chanced to read an advert sement about
Doan's Kidney PILLS it struck me that
they might be depended upon to do the
work as the treatment WAS for the kid
neys aud fey the kidneys only. This
influenced me to call at the Mann Tam
kersley Drug Co.'S store for a box
After completing a course of the treat
ment uuhesitatinsly say that l de
rived q great deal Of benefit NJ the
present time I have not the slightest
symptom Of either excited or inactive
kidneys. am pleased to endorse
Doan's Kidney Pills "
For sale by aA dealers. Price so
cents Fostor .jlrurr Co, Buffalo. =.
y. sole asosls FOR r uniteo i,afes.
Rememhar the name-poau s-and
take no substitutes