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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11
J AN OLD-TIME ILLUMINATION.
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In these days of electric lights, with
all their capabilities for brilliant ilIu-
minatiOn, it is amusing to read what
the subjects Of George II. considered
dazzling effect. A Frenchman, visit
ing in London at the time Of the coro-
nation of that monarch in 1927, writes
enthusiastically in praise of the light
ing Of the city, as well as of banquet
display.
Most Of the Streets" writes Mon
sieur SausSure, "are wonderfully well
lighted in front of each house hangs
lantern, or large globe Of glass, in
side Of which is placed a lamp which
burns all night Large houses have
two of these, suspended outside tho
doors by iron supports. Some even
have four"
How one arc light would have daz-
zled the good people Of that day!
when the coronation procession en-.
tered Westminster Hail." the writer
continues, "the light Of day was be-
ginning to fade. Forty chandeliers, in
shape like crown, hung from the cell
Ing, each having thirty-six wax candles.
ION the kings appearance all sudden
ly lighted, and every one in the room
was filled with establishment at the
wonderful and unexpected illumination.
Little cords Of cotton wool, impercepti-
bic to the eye, saturated with sulphur
Of saltpeter, spirits of wine and other
ingredients, had been prepared and ar
ranged so as to carry the flame rapidly
from one candle to another. The ar
rangement had been so skillfully pre-
pared that scarcely a candle failed to
take fire."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11
Life,s Little Things.

A wild birds song is a little thing
lost in the depths of a frowning
sky.
And yet as it falls on a listening
ear and leaves its message Of melody,
earth's green seems brighter and life
is sweeter all through an autumn day.
The coo of a baby is a little thing
meaningless sound from a vacant
mind.
But it's the only sound that all ma
lions heed; the one clear language all
races know.
A mothers love is a little thing
too soon, alas, forgot!
But it typi1es to blind humankind
the love and trust and hope divine
that bear with patience calm and
sweet the wilful wrongs in these lives
of ours.
A passing smile is a little thing
lost in a world Of toll and care.
And yet the soul with gloom op-
pressed and the life grown wearied
with burdens hard will happier be in
the after-glow of a smile that is warm
ly kind.
A kindly word is a little thing-a
breath that goes and sound that
dies.
But the heart that gives and the
heart that hears may know that il
sings and sings till at last it blends
with the wild birds song and the
coo Of babes in what men call the
celestial choir.-Milwaulzee Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11
SAVES 200 FROM DEATH.

Northwestern Train Leaves Track
at Genoa junction.
Two hundred passengers on train on
the western division of the Northwestern
line narrowly escaped death at Genoa
Junction. The train left the track and
went into a ditch. The presence of mind
of the engineer saved the entire train. The
engineer remained at his post and revers-
ed the brakes, stopping the train just in
time to prevent the engine from turning
over and piling up the cars. The passen-
gers were thrown from their seats, but
none of them was seriously injured.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11
SLAYER SURRENDERs SELF.
Steve BrOmbIay Tells Ladysmith
Sheriff He Killed MCGOWAN.

A man, who gave his name as Steve
Bro1nblay, gave himself up to the sheriff
in Ladysmith, saying he had murdered a
woodsman by the name of Mike MCGOWAN,
half-breed, at his home in Taylor coun-
ty, ten miles south of Ingram. With
him was a woman who gave her name as
Belle Miller and said that she was i'm
plicated in the crime. Bromblay claims
thar he shot the man in self-defense as
the latter had struck him with a chair
and threatened to take his life. Miss Mil
Ter was also badly bruised, which she
claims to have received at the hands of
the victim
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11
INDIANS REGRET BIRD IN HAND.

Members of LapOinte Agency Sue for
Big Fund and Lose Monthly Cash.
An order issued by the Indian affairs
bureau directs the agent of the Lapointe
agency at Ashland to discontinue the pay
menL of monthly allowances to about 100
Indians who have begun suit against the
government for the immediate payment
Of moneys now on deposit to the credit of
the Chippewas. The money amounts to
nearly half million dollars. As the cases
are likely to be in the courts for several
years the outlook for the litigants is not
rosy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11
YOUNG MAN KILLED BY TRAIN.
Love Letters from Girl in Chicago
Are Found i'm His Pockets.

Lemuel Mason, % years old, was found
dead on the Wisconsin Central tracks a.
Fond du Lac, and from the mangled con.
ditIoG Of the body it was clear that sew
5ral trains had passed over him. In his
pockets were found love letters signed
Mary" postmarked Chicago, and written
on the stationery of Marshall Field & CO.
and J. A. Varty & Co. The young mans
father is said to be a wealthy land owner
living near Chillicothe, Ohio.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11
NMIT nj : 81; 81: @;:' ~ !:
going out this evening, lover"
"Of course / ann

~|101'"' my side. Are you
going out this evening, love"
"Of course / ann
my dress Of pink Grape, dew
dropped over with crystal, and the
trails Of pink azaleas that caught up
it's folds here and, there. A diamond
bracelet encircled one round, white arm
and a little cross blazed f1tfulIy at my
throat. I had never looked better.
felt a sort Of girlish pride as my eyes
met the fairy reflection in the mirror.
Come, Gerald, make haste! Why,
you have not begun to dress yeti"
Where were my wifely instincts that
I did not see the haggard, drawn look
in his features-the feyered light in his
eyes?
Il can't 60 tonight, Madeline am
not we'll enough"
You are never well enough to oblige
me, Gerald; I am tired Of being put
off with such excuses"
He made no answer, but dropped his
head into his hands on the table be
for him.
"Oh, come, Gerald" 1 urged, petu-
Iantly. 1T is so awkward for me to 60
alone, always !"
He shook his head listlessIy.
II thought perhaps you would be
willing to remain at home with me this
evening, Madeline"
Men are so selfsh!" 1 said, plain
lively; land I am all dressed. Claudia
took half an hour for my hair. I dare
say you'll be a deal Quieter without
me-that is, if you are determined not
to co.
No answer again.
well, if you choose to be suIlen, !
can't help it," l said, lightly, as ]
turned and went out of the room, ad
justing my silver bouquet holder; the
tuberOses and heliotropes seemed tc
distill incense at every motion.
Was 1 heartIess and cruel? Had ]
ceased to love my husband? From
the bottom Of my heart [ believe 1 loved
him as truly and tenderly as ever wife
did; but l had been so spoiled and
petted during my brief, selfish life that
the better instincts were, so to speak
entombed alive. l went to the party
and had my fill Of adulation and HON
age, as usual. The hours seemed to
glide away, shod with roses and winged
with music and perfume; and it was
not until, wearied with dancing, ]
sought momentary refuge IN the half.
lighted tea-roOm, that 1 heard words
awakening me, as it were, from g
dream
Gerald Client"
I could not we'll be mistaken in the
name, it was hardly commonplace
enough for that They were talking
two or three stout, businesslike looking
gentlemen, in the hall without, and
could catch now and then a fugitive
word or phrase.
Zine, enterprising young fellow
''great pity totally ruined, so Bees
McMorlen says !"-"reckless extrava
gance Of his wife :"
All these fragments 1 heard ant
then some one said:
What is he going to do now?"
What can he do? Poor fellow!
am sorry: but he should have calcu
lated his income and his expenses bet
ter"
COR his wife should. Deuce tax,
these women; they are at the bottom
Of all a mans troubles! -
And they laughed. Oh, how coulC
they? I had yet to learn how easy /
is in this world to bear other people
trouble!
I rose hurriedly, with my heart beat
ing unanimously beneath the pinl
azaleas, and went back to the lighte,
corridors. Albany Moore was waitin
TO claim my hand for the next redowa
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11
THOUGHT CORPSE ALIVE.
Chippewa Falls Man Dies, but Pre-
sentiment Delays Funeral.

sentiment Delays Funeral.
Relatives of William Tibbett, ST., a
Civil War veteran, who was found dead
in bed at Chippewa Falls, postponed the
funeral, believing life to have remained
in the body, which after four days was
still warm, although pronounced lifeless
by three doctors. Tibbett had a PRESENT.
ment that he would be buried alive and
warned his family against fastening his
funeral. When doctors worked over the
body through Wednesday night and Thurs
day and failed to restore life, the rela-
tiveS consented to the funeral. The body
showed symptoms of death just before
the funeral
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11
FLOODS IN MANY PLACES.
Bridges Are Washed out and Much
Damage Done.

Bridges Are Washed Out and Much
Damage Done.
At La Crosse the flood situation was
for while quite serious. Low lands
were inundated and dwellers forced to
abandon their homes. Numerous railroad
and wagon bridges have been washed out,
and railroads used dynamite to break the
great ice jams. The water in the Wau-
paca reached the highest point in years.
One dam at Sheridan is reported out. A
large iron bridge at Weyauwega has gone
out Many cellars were filled with water
and some houses are surrounded with
water. The village of PlOver experienced
the worst flood in years. Water was
running down the main street at a depth
of one to two feet and business was sus-
pended
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11
Wanted Butt of Old Rifle Turned
Off and Cartridge ExpIOdes.

UH ana OarIr1dSe ENpIOdeS.
Mrs. John Dutton, aged 43, wife of a
farmer living in the town of Whitewater,
was accidentally killed by a bullet from
an old rifle. Her 14-year-old son brought
an ola gun from the barn to the kitchen,
asking his mother to place it into the
stove and burn out the wooden butt. She
held it in the stove by the barrel, when
the gun suddenly went off and a bullet
pierced her heart. Neither knew that
the rifle was loaded. On July 4, 1904,
young Dutton, who brought the rifle to his
mother, lost an eye while playing with
a revolver. Mrs. button leaves a husband
and three sons.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11
FIREBUGs THREATEN KENosHA.
Apply Torch to Church in Residence
District During Gale.

During a high windstorm a desperate
effort was made to cause a big fire in the
residence portion of Kenosha Incen-
diaries put the torch to the old Park Ave
rue Methodist Episcopal church land for
a time it seemed certain that the flames
would spread to the residences surround
ing the structure. The police are search
ing for the miscreants.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11
EXCITEMENT CAUSES INSANITY.
Bruce Woman Committed to Mendoza
After Revival Meetings.

Made insane, it is said, by religious ex-
element at revival meetings at Bruce,
Miss Flora Bretag, aged %, was commit
ted to the State hospital for the insane at
Mendoza. She was very violent at times
and one one occasion, it is said, threw a
glass at her father which cut a cash in
his head. She did not know her own
brothers. Miss Bretag was a telephone
operator.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11
Running No Risk.

Hardup-TI lever go to that restau-
rant again. The last time l was there
a man got my oyercoat and left his in
it's place.
Weloff-But the proprietor wasn't to
blSme, was he?
mo, but 1 might meet the other
man."-Familie-J Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11
Mystery in Aged Mans Injury.

80, was found lying unconscious at the
bottom of a stairway in Racine. He is
suffering with conclusion of the brain.
The cause is a mystery.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11
COLE SENT TO WAUPUN.

Two and Half Years Hard Labor
Is Clerk of Courts Sentence.
Two and one-half years at hard labor
at Waupun is the sentence which Arthur
A. Cole of Marinette was given. The
charges were defaulting as clerk of the
Circuit Court He pleaded guilty. 1t
had also been asserted that he left his
wife and dying boy to go to Chicago with
another woman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11

Madison Students Resent the Adolf
ton of Football.

tiOn of Football.
The anger against the State university
faculty for the abolition of football and
other athletic sports resulted in the most
savage demonstration against the uni
versity heads in the history of the school.
The faculty was hanged in effigy, three
limp dummies being suspended before a
huge fire, in the light of which a team of
students had an exciting game of marbles
against another team representing the
University of Chicago. It was a good
takeoff, the girls being present to cheer
the varsity on to defeat the maroon mar
BILE players.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11
UNCLE ABANDoNs LITTLE CHILD.

ButternUt Girl, Aged 8. Found Wan
derinG on Racine Streets.
Emma Skulsky, aged 9, was found wan
dering about the streets in Racine and
when questioned by the police said her
home was at Butternut, where her father
worked in a mill. She had left home
with her uncle to visit relatives in Ra-
cine. Her uncle, she says, took So she
had and abandoned her. Her relatives
were found.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11
A Useful ENTERPRISE.

do you think there is any use Of
my making a speech on this subject?'
Certainly" answered the chilly col
league. "a man Of your sedentary
habits ought to give his lungs a chance
once in a while" -Washingt Star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11
CHETEK GETS ELECTRIC LIGHT.
Hot Fight Ended by Grant of 90
Year Franchise.

The granting of a franchise for lighting
the city with electricity by w. J. Gairn,
real estate dealer, has settled long
political dispute and a hot fight in the
Cnetek City Council. After much wrang-
ling, a special council meeting was quietly
called and 20-year franchise was grant
ed. The plant is to be ready by Jan. 1,
1907. The city may purchase the plant
in ten years. The price of lighting is
not to exceed $50 per year for 311a ampere
arc lamps, or So per year for 32-candle
power incandescent lights.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11
SON Shonfs His AIofher.

Mrs George McNitt Of Jordan's Prai-
RE was severely injured when her son,
Clayton, accidentally shot her, while play
ing with an old gun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11
Woman Dies in Church.

While engaged in prayer at mass at
st. Joseph church, Appleton, Mrs. Jacob
Renner was seized with an attack of
heart failure and died ten minutes LATER
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11

Men," will usually be heard some
time during the fifteen minutes a
number of women get together, care
such babies"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11
DETECTIVE SERVICES ARE HIGH.
ShebOygan Under Sheriff Collected
Evidence at $75s Per Week.

Evidence at S75s Per Week.
Undersheriff North of Sheboygan, who
is suing George NJ. Groh for 1915 for
detective work in obtaining evidence in
Madame Young's breach of promise case,
claims that the expense money advanced
to him by Groh was spent for drinks,
cigars and chop suey. North claims So
per week for his work as a detective.
Groh's attorney says that this is three
times what he is receiving from the coun-
ty, and that he did not produce any evil
dence of any value to the defense.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11
Aged Settler Is Badly Burned.

D. f. Blyton, an old settler at Ridge
land, lost his house by fire, the loss be-
ing $1,000. Mr.. Blyton was severely in
jured while fighting the fire.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11
LfttIe GirI Persistent Runowav

Cora Liptak, u years old, was found
in Oconto. She has been gone ten days
from her home in Marinette. This is her
third runaway, although, it is said, her
parents are weli-ts-dg ond give her
good home.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11
state Aims Blow at Saloons.

companies to make time checks payable
at banks. Saloons were getting discounts.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11
sa,yver Revveds Divorced WIG.

Mrs. Philetus Sawyer, daughter Of for
mor Gov. w. II. Upham, and Philetus
Sawyer Of Oshkosh, who were recently
divorced, were remarked on recent even
ing at the home of the brides father in
Marshfeld.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11

1t may be a compliment to call a
woman bird, but the woman with
tird-like ways Is the limit.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11
Killed ON TresfIe.

Ferdinand Heuster, aged %, was run
down and killed near Racine on a trestle
by a train.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11
Noted Indian Dies of Pneumonia.

Charles II. Mcleod, grandson Of Queen
Marinette, great squaw sachem of the
Menominee Indians, died a. Menominee
of pneumonia. He had lived there fifty
two years.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-04-11

Somehow it looks very comfortable,
safe and appropriate to see an old
man driving an old horse.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-24
ADJUSTMENTS


One fun incident doth tread upor
the others heels 50 fast do they fol-
10" IN Hoyt'8 revised and repolished
a Br1eh of Keys he only musical
farce comedy wn.ch has been able
year in and year out for more than q
score Of years, to so endear itself to
popular esteem, that its advent is in
FaflaDly an occasion Of no small re-.
'olcihg among those who attend tho
'heatre with the sole object Of passine
away an evening in uurestrained mer.
The coming therefore to the
opera house on Wednesday. Deem
1ef ~, OF Hoyt's funniest of all mix.
ores CT humor froIic and melody can
'nly be regarded in the light which
the betterment of human M
ure as there is naught to compare
Win agood hearty laugh in the world
t plentiful woe.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-24
The James Bows" comino.

Astounding in exciting incidents and
sensational climaXes. The James
Boys Boys in Missouri. a rev melo.
rama Which is TO be presented here
5horjIy' comes to us heralded as one
7 the best productions offered in the
heatFical line this year The play il
tagged with remarkable skill and Ella.
)GFation The large company bringing
WIN il all the scenery for some Of
NE handsomest sage pictures ever
shown, The Blue Cut" train robbery
the best Of the series Of fine set.
ngs-a train Of cars bei7e shown
WIN the famous bandits in the act Of !
ool ne me express car. "Tbc James |
'oys in Missouri comes 10 the opera |
oUSe Thursday December 81
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-24

one Of the chief features of the new
'oHese play AT Yale" which win be
produced by Nh Jules Murry al the
opera house on Friday December 2S
= the music Mr. Paul Gilmore. who
crank IN this subject took the
'lGaui.ons last summer t spend some
g at Yale, studying the songs and
.@' 81 :o"s on me college campus ana
~. he has elected nearly
'tA OF ztne best national colIeaa
'"s ana has taken care to have
h"m sung by dolble quartz. oil
;alhed voices in true Yale style 60
hat' when his play is seen here. col
ese men who witness the perform.
'nce viii be able to h-rouebly sniav
'oth me song and the ST gers
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-24
sreakfatt Rnl,

sin together one pound Of fine -four
ohe-hdLt teasDoonful OF salt. and two
leaspoontuls Of Borwicks baking
powder then rub I'm one and one.bals
ounce fresh butter and work an wei!
together with one woilbcaten eg- ana
a ii'iio milk. Just enough 10 make :
dough- hncad f. until smooth. then
turn ou a Toured board and ron ont
aoont one inch thick cut into rounds.
brush over with ro'k of eee and milk
beaten together; bake ia "a brisk oven
FOR about u 10 ~ minutes
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-24

Woman 'tri- &C. Fiji 'Bht -rIv,.cr zoe,
sideways or perpendicular never
/ steps out to cover the ground. Judd
looked ridiculous ana his wife. with
| hef hat over one ear, was shedding
hairplns by the dozen. IN never mar.
ny a woman who SO far loses her dig.
hlty and her hairpins as to run for a
train like that,
Great thought | won't marry ono
VINO doesn't, either. After this sween.
ing assertion | feel almost safe.
! had rather an exciting time last
evening As | was hurrying Cor tbe
o'zo raln ! overlook Davis wife. She
looked stunning in a new bro yn SUR
TOOK her By the arm and rushed
down % the train Then she discoy.
cred that she had left her umbrella
at the ticket Office. went back after
1t. ''N" "''e'
AS ! returned | grabbed her ana
ran 70 The rear coach and. in spite Of
ne conductors warning cry. fairly
brew her aboard.
When we were seated elancnd
lo"h INTO the amused face Of Violet
townsend. DO you mind explaining
o me why am kidnapped and rushed
ms undisnided manner on to an
ApFess train when | am calmly wait.
~ ior locale she asked, demurely
ut there was a twinkle in her ewes
te' eyes are wonders aud her hair
iiIH H'0 pecolne ioosened by our
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-24
Trouble On the Wabash

a NJ Carmel H., dispatch saws
me Wabash river is o5 foot over the
MOOD line and is stiII booming along
right merily A great deal of damaea
rs being done in the lower bottoms
and with prospects for continued
flFe II looks as though the damage
mas enly started, Farmers are moving
grain to higher ground and preparing
70 move their families also if the
flYer continues to rise at The present
rate during the next few days.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-24
Effect of Car SHORTAGE

a New Orleans telegram says. The
car shortage in the country has re-
suited in business firms turning their
attention to the river transportation
OF freight The iowboat spraeue
whleh has just arrived here with Il
tow Of coal from Pittsburg, has been
Immediately turned back with her
Darges loaded with moiasses, sugar
and lumber for Louisville. Cincinnati
ana PIttsburg. Cargoes Of moIasses.
sugar, lumber and rice are awaiting
an Of the towboats now en- route to
New Orleans with coal, and they willI
start back for The Ohio river as soon
IS they arrive here.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-24

ONO Yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clocl
lor me south, with 81 boats of coal
one model barge Of merchandise and
| I'VE mel boats, She dropped ono Of
her fuels here
ne government light house tender
lay came out from St Louis last
evening. and laid over here.
me John 5. Summers took an
empty TO the lower river.
Fhe Pacific No. had logs for The
Singer company.
the John N Macomb, Il. !. ynag
boat IS coming up bound for ST.
Louis
The Stacker Lee Is due from ST
Louis bound for Memphis.
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-24
over NIAGARA Falls -

The scenic play. over Niaaar.
Fails, will be presented in this eli,
LOT matinee and night aSiurday ne
reInber p, at the opera house. This
ID" production that has created C.,
much favorable comment herefofar.
ne big scene depicting the rusbipr
roaring Niagara Falls being called tbs
acme Of s'age1 reali m, and SO Der.
ieciiy initiated as To cause great won
ger on the part Of the audience
mere are several other massive
genes hat ara in keeping with the
production generally. and the man.
ieefs. Rowland d Clifford. are eynlof..
as 'h play with an exceptionally tai
-''i company IT recognized PLAYERS
The Cairo bulletin., 1906-12-24

vent qp 'ha sicrs ! folt like d soldier
soins 70 hattlo ami you could have
covered my courage with picture
postal card, Il was a most peculiar
sensation,
Really II Tom Perkins hadn't been
there might have
lie Kept saying the very things !
would have liked 70 say If had
thought 81 them in time. Violet alrt
Cd with him ontraseously. 50 / made
a short can
consider that fellow Perkins
cad-Chicago Daily Nrws.