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Official County Paper.
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ADVERTISING RATES.
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Ivwk liToO *1 .*1 nSO 14.00 .00 *umS
Ifnki 1.6012 25 3.75 5.75 8.00 13.H0
I week. a OOIS.OO 5.00 7.60110.00 13.00
1 month 9 -50 t 3.75 6.25 9.25 12.00 19 00
I month* 8.00, 4.50; 9.00 11.75 17.00 95.00
| month* 4.00( 8.25,11.25 15.00 22.00 86.00
| month* 6.50| 8.00115.00(20.00 33.00) 45.00
1 year 10.00|13.00|18.00|30.00|45.00 80.00
Bnutne** cards, not exceeding fire Unet, 05.00.
advertisements at legal rate*. Advertl**-
mßiits inserted with no spcxiifled tlm will be
published until ordered out, and ohargcd tot ao
oordlngly. All bills payable quarterly.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Comity Officers.
County Judge C. W. Graves
Sheriff J. W. White
County Clerk Wm. Brandon
County Tieasurer A T. Fortun
Register ot Deeds Wm. Hutchison
Clerk of the Coo'-t U. C. Qoblino
District Attorney ...John S. Larson
County Superintendent Howard Milder
Surveyor W. 11. Knowkr
Coroner O P. AIKEN
Cuairman Board of Supervisors.... Alex. Hill
Poor Commissioner E. Tilton
Superintendent Insane Asylum. ..F. Wllkins
CITY OJfhICEHS.
Mayor Aug. Smith
City Clerk 11. K. Pscuard
Treasurer John S. McKtttrick
Assessor Jos. Oman son
Police Justice j. Henry Bennett
justices J- Squire Toney
Marshal John C. Johnson
SOCIETY DIRECTORY.
LOt)'IF. A. F. A- A. M. NO. *4
i Meets the First and Third Wednesdays of
each month. Hall in Williams' block.
UIROQUA LODGE, I. O O F—MEETS F.V-
T ery Saturday night in Williams’ block.
'UIROQUA ENCAMPMENT. I. 0.0. F.. NO.
T CO. Meets every Monday even ng.
Ancient ordeb of united workmen
—First anti third Tuosds ys of each month.
ORDER OF CHOSEN FRIENDS—MEETS
second and fourth Saturdays of earth mth.
American legion of honor.-meets
second and fourth Tuesdays of each m'th.
A LEX. LOWRIE POST, G. A. R —MEETS
first Monday evening of each month. In
W. R. C. hall.
!>E(HNA LODGE, DAUGHTERS of UE
t bekaii. No. 28, int'i tt first anti third Mon
day of each mouth in I. O. o. E. hall.
Modern woodmen of ami: big a, no.
181)1, meets Friday night of each week.
VriBOQUA CHAPTER. O. E S., MEETS
second Tuesday ot each mouth in Masonic
hall.
VIKOQUA CHAPTER. B- A. M.. MEETS
V every second and fourth Wednesday of
each month.
\V r OMAN'S RE!,'. o and h.-MEETS ON
IT alternate > -* >nus.
\\r C. T. U MEETS ALTERNATE TUES
VV . days at.t p. in.
IV. <■ T. LODGE.- MEETS ON’ EVERY
• Wednesday evening, in Alliance hall.
ri’HF. VIROQUA COUNCIL, NO 129, A. r. A ,
J meets at Alliance hall every Tuesday night
7:30 o’el ck
t/IBOQUA K. O. T. M. MEETS ON EVERY
V Monday evening in Alliance hall, at 7:30.
CHURCH DIUKC CORY.
{VfETHODIST EPISCOPAL.-SERVICES AT
flfl 10:80 a. m. ami 7:30 p m. each Sabbath.
jSmrday school at 12 rn. Prayer meetings on
( Thursday evenings.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-SERVICES
at 10:30 a. ni arid 7 ;30 p. rn. each Sabbath.
Snnday school at 12 in.
CTHURCH OF CBRfST -PREACHING EV-
J ery Snnday at login a. rn. and tu the even
ing. Sunday school a ;w. m.
ATiiHWEGIAN LUTHERAN CHURCH. -
il Services every Sunday at 8 o'clock.
BUSIN Kjso CARDS.
HP. PfcOCTO?, ATTORNEY AND
. Conn ehir, Viroqua, Wls. vVili practice
in all Courts of the btalu. Special attention
given to Collccit nr.
M —'—
CILBAUCH & LARSON, AT TOUNEYB.
Special a tention given to colltctions or
flre In Fogueon Clock, second floor, Main
B’ rei t, Vlroijua. AVIs.
Jackson Silba'. gh. John S. Labsqn.
WM. A. COTT, M D, PHYSICIAN AND
Surgeon, Viroqua, Wls.
Office near residence. 1 bl'k E. Lysne’s hotel.
A P. IYBNSWALL, M. i>. -pHYaini AN
J \. an l Snrg on. A graduate of Keokuk
M> dioal College, one of the best of ltH kind in
the United States. AH calls promptly attend
ed, day or night. Latest and mo.t approved
methods of treatment use !.
Office In Casson's Bl'k VIROQUA, Wl9.
1' E. MORLEY, M. DPHYSICIAN
A . aud Surgeon, Viroqna, Wis. Office over
Craig it Go’s drug store, on west side of hall.
All calls attended promptly day or night.
M. SruENSON. Chas. H. Trowbridge.
CURENIOM & TROWBRIDGE,
D 1 ’ll YMCI ANI AND SURGEONS, VI lOl|Uil. Wls.
Calls In oily or country promptly attended
Office over CTuig & Co’s drug store.
TOH W DAWSON Sc CO.- GEAEBAL
*1 Insur ecc mm Heal Estate Agency, Viroqna.
Office in W llliatns block, second floor.
VERNON CO. COURT-REGULAR
V terms in the first Tuesday of each
month, at the < ourt house from 9 to I°a rn.
and 130 tos p. m. D. O. MAHONEY.
County Juuge.
H. J. Buttle, md. W. M. Tbowbbidoe, m.d.
DRS. SUTTLE & TROWBRIDGE.
Dr. Trowbridge, late resident physician and
inrgeon Cook county hospital, Chicago.
• ALL GALLS ATTENDED PROMPTLY C
Day or night, from office.
GEO. E. CHAHBERS,
DENTIST.
Crown and Bridge Work, Metal Plates
ud all other bran lies of dental work done In
the latest end most Improved manner. Satls
facilor guaranteed. Office in Towner’s block
VIROQUA, • - AVIS.
J. H. Chase,
DENTIST.
Office over Chandler’s \ Viroqua*
Store. ) Wls.
C. W. Graves. D. O. Mahoney.
CRAVES Sc MAHONEY.
Attorneys & Counsellors at Law
Practice in nil Courts. .Money Loaned
on Real Estate. Collections Promp
tly Attended to.
Olfice over Bank of Viroqua.
VIROQUA, WIS.
MEAT MARKET.
HOLBROOK & NIX,
Fresh, Salt#Smoked Meats
SAUSAGES. ETC
We Aim ••• la Please.
By belnr olean la otn work, fair In our deal
Inga, and by keeping the best stock of meats ta
0* had.
VIROOUA, - WIS.
Restaurant $ Boarfa
0
MRS. L. C. RICE
f-8 n<’w located tn her new bull dint?, second
boor, and H prepared to tnrnlsh board by day
or week.
Bnppers furnished tor nails and private par
ti •*. Ai-commodatior.s for 75 couples. Uakury
sv Dpi ten for sale.
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CD VSTERS
oariN BULK OR CAN
Ontario Steel Bridge Works, #
WIS. H. TIMMERMAN, Proprietor.
—-manufacture-
Steel bridges, ffioof Tjrussco, Steel Tjubco for
Sub-Structures, Culverts, Arches, etc., of any diameter or length.
F-CDIR INFORMATION NEEDED.
Tilth VEli XON CO UNTY CENSOR
VOL. XLIIE—NO. 8.
Rcyal makes the food pure,
wholesale -mil delicious.
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POWDER
Absolutely Pure
iI.YAI BAKING POWOCR CO., NEW YORK,
Per wove ranee Triumphed.
Smith After trying for ten years, i
have at last succeeded in convincing
my wife that 1 am perfect.
Brown Are you sure of it?
Smith Of course I am. It was only
this morning that she said that 1 was a
perfect idiot.
Teacher Needed Information.
Willie Say, pa; didn’t you tell me
the other day that it was wrong to
strike any one smaller than yourself?
P,i Ye- Willie; that’s what I said.
Willie Well, 1 wish you’d write my
toneher a note to that effect. I don’t
think she knows about it.
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ A**
W. P. I.INDEMANN, H. LINDEMANN.
♦ President. Cashier.
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: Bank of Viroqua.
[State Bank—Capital |5,0u).00.]
♦ Lindemann & Rusk, Props.
♦ United States bonds. Inland and foreign
’ exchange, Bold, silver and uncurrent money
♦ bontrht and sold. Certificates of deposit
issued pay Able on demand, to draw interest
li left six r lonths
Business Honrs, 9 a. m. to 4 p. m.
Collect ions and banking business proinpM>
attended oand remit auc.-s made
tn lay ut lollecllon.
B. JHLecjue,
■Vsniici,
VIROQUA, - WIS.
Orcwn and Bridge Work. Metal an all
Other branch** of Dental work ha >2* l*t*s
Improved manner. We roarante* work.
Ornc* in Devi.in’* Blooji.
F~. I BARNEY,
• I>. D. 8. •
dgoggsw VIUOQUA. WXB.
wm DOES FINE DENTAL WORK.
Fnc listing. Bridge. Grown and G Id Plat?
Work. Soecial attention given to correcting
irregularities and preservation ot the natural
te* 1 1 . Twenty four years nracticd experience
ana study. Dental Parlors In Herrick Block.
C. H, MIfJSHALL,
/Hiorrcey=ai=Lavu,
VLoqua, Wls.
Loans,Collections and Pensions,
PATENTS.
office In secun 1 story Williams’ Block **x£|
IBA S. GRIFFIN, Attorney at Law.
ERA S. GRIFFIN,
LIFE, FIRE, ACOiJbJi AiQ TORNADO
I NSUIt.V AGIi.
General Collecting Agency Loans Negotiated
Yiiioqua, Wl3.
IS!- JN-SVK=LJTSrI,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
FINE CUSTOM WOKK A SPECIALTY.
• Perfeot Fit Guaranteed.*
VIROQUA. WISCONSIN.
VIROQUA STEAM
iiOlß’O
Everything New, Complete
and First-Class.
! The proprietors have spared nothing in
work or expense to equip a plant suit
able to the needs of the public. Ev
try thing is under tbe direction of a
manager with 12 yesrs experience.
Individual and Family Laun
dry work Guaranteed.
Remember the Steam Laundry and give
it yonr patronage. All packages col
lected and delivered. In same block
with Opera House,
\7II=?OC£LJA, W IS.
N. Coe & Son,
—FROFRIETOKS OF—
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! THE!
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1 NEW HARNESS>
ISHBPS
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If you want n good double harness
for spring work, now is the time to place
your order. We know we can supply
your wants
REPAIRING A SPECIALTY
THE BADGEIi STATE.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONCISELY
CONDENSED.
Ingines in Collision Assaulted ami
Robbed at liaraboo Washington
County Ilouds Sold I.urige Marinette
Sawmill Hurried—Expects u Legacy.
Two Engines Collide.
A through freight train lmd a serious
collision nt Knuknuna with three ears
which were on the main line. The freight
train was a heavy one with two engines
hauling it. Both engines were badly dis
abled by the collision. Anew ear belong
ing to the Green Bay and Western Itail
road was telescoped by the forward en
gine, and another car, loaded with oats,
had its contents scattered all along the
track near the accident. Two sets of four
trucks each were stripped off, one set
from a freight car and the other from
the engine. The engineer and fireman of
this engine jumped. The engineer was
injured.
Assnlted and Robbed.
A man by the name of W. 11. Thompson
and the police are looking for two men
who assaulted and robbed the former at
Baraboo. Thompson, who is a compara
tive stranger, was paid some rnor.ey in the
'Mjstotlic'e in the presence of wo other
men unknown to him. When he had
reached a dark place in the street on his
way home two men seized him and one of
them struck him such a blow with a club
that he fell to the ground unconscious.
\\ hen he came to lids senses his money
was gone nnd he was bleeding profusely
about the head.
Washington County Sells. Bonds.
Harris & Cos. of Chicago bought the en
tire issue of insane asylum bonds at West
Bend, paying a premium of $3,355 on the
issue of $50,000. The bonds arc in de
nomination of SI,OOO each, dated the first
day of March, 1808, and payable in in
stallments of $5,000 in two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten and eleven
years after said date respectively, with
interest thereon at. the rate of 5 per cent
per annum.
Vagrant Foon to He Rich.
Ferdinand Hrettin, who will receive a
fortune of 45,000 marks from Germany in
a few days, was sentenced to ten days for
vagrancy at Sheboygan. When arraign
ed before Judge Trailing Trettiu admitted
that he bad no means of support nor a
place to live, but that his share of a large
estate, through the death of a sister,
would be forthcoming within a few days.
Poinmerich I’icklc Factory Assured.
At a meeting of the Fond du Lac Ad
vancement Association it was announced
by the president that sufficient stock had
been subscribed by local people to induce
Mr. Pommerieh of Oshkosh to move his
pickle factory thenr. Mr. I'ommerieh
made the offer to subscribe $4,000 if Fond
du Luc business men would do likewise.
Novel Post at Case in Milwaukee.
Walter Thompson, Hie United Slates
mail drivtr at Milwaukee, who was ar
rested for driving upon the sidewalk to de
liver mail at the Walnut street postal sta
tion, was fined $1 and costs in the police
court. Assistant Postmaster Somen.
promptly paid ‘he fine and Thompson was
discharged.
Big Sawmill Burnet].
The big Sawyer & Goodman sawmill at
Marinette burned to the ground at an
early hour the other morning. Loss,
about $50,000. The mill was not in op
eration and the origin of the fire is un
known. But little lumber was destroyed.
The mill will not be rebuilt.
Was Fatally Burned.
The 2-yeor-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Jones of Randolph was terri
bly burned about the head and f boulders.
It is supposed that the child, w v o was left
alone in the room for a short time, found
some matches which were ignited and
caused the accident.
Four Yeurs at Wan pun.
Charles Lee, who was convicted of the
assault and robbery of Cnpt. A. D. Camp-*
bell at Mi. itowoc, was sentenced to four
years at hard labor in State’s prison, one
day of each year to be spent in solitary
confinement.
State Items of Interest.
Henry Smith was convicted of breaking
into aifd robbing the postofliee at Kelly
Brook.
I.a Crosse saloonkeepers have lieen no
tified that they must close at midnight
hereafter.
The disease known as “blaekfoot” lias
appeared among the cattle around Bam
boo, and is proving excessively fatal.
Coloma is again at the head as a bean
shipping station. Twenty-one carloads
of beans were shipped during January, or
forty ears in the last sixty days.
At Janesville, fire damaged the Fiith
ward school to the amount of SI,OOO, tlic
fire catching from a hot-air tine. No pu
pils were in the building. The building
was insured.
A malleable steel foundry will be es
tablished in Itaeino in the spring. About
100 men will be employed. Four acres of
land have been second and two buildings'
will be erected. The concern will be con
trolled by loc-al capitalists.
The four heirs of John Kelly of Albany,
who died a few years ago leaving an es
tate of SIO,OOO, will not receive a cent of
the estate, the entire property having
been consumed in the costs of tiie litiga
tion, which two of the'children, who were
not named in the will, bad brought to have
the testament set aside. There have been
three trials of the case in the Green Coun
ty Court, and in the Circuit Court. W.
11. Carndine, who was administrator, re
cently petitioned to lie discharged and his
report showed that but $139.84 was left
of the entire estate, and the court ordered
this to be applied on a mortgage on a
small homestead which goes to one of the
sons. The lawyers’ and court’s fees had
eateu everything else up.
Ejgil Traschler wi..i caught in the gear
ing nf a saw machine at Ablemans and
almost instantly killed.
The County Board of Washburn Coun
ty has voted in favor of abolishing the
town poor system and establishing a coun
ty poor farm. The taxpayers do not fa
vor the plan, and an injunction is talked
of to stay the proceedings.
Two Beaver Dam boys got hold of an
imitation Confederate $5 bill with an ad
vertisement on the back and succeeded in
passing it on a grocer for $3. The boys
were arrested Inter and their paten had
to make good the amount.
The branch store of the General Store
Company, located at Kirby, was destroy
ed by fire. The fire was caused by a de
fective chimney. The loss is estimated
at about $2,000.
Nearly SIO,OOO worth of Ashland Coun
ty certificates have been purchased by
outside parties from Prentice & Phillips,
including Emerson Bros., C. Id. Tobie, M.
A. Thayer and others. County certifi
cates are bringiug 80 cents on the dollar.
11. 11. Fuller of Milwaukee and J. F.
Van Dooser of Ashland are purchasing
city certificates at par. Ashland County
holds cert.Bentos to the amount of $103,-
000 and this is the first lot that have been
sold.
A farmers’ co-operative creamery has
been organized at Springfield with <3,000
capital. The creamery plant will tie p'u
in in the soring.
Fred Caruey and son of Marinette, who
have gone to California with some Chi
cago capitalists, are negotiating for the
purchase of a sawmill and several million
feet of pine in the northern part of the
State. The timber is the giant sugar p ! :.e,
and the new company which will be form
ed expects to get control of W 00,000,000
feet. The deal will involve $500,000. The
Messrs. Duoey of Detroit, a wealthy lum
berman, and Mr. Wilson of the Fuller &
Wilson Company of Chicago art in the
party.
VIROQUA, WISCONSIN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1(, 1898.
E. R. Stillman has succeeded Geo. M.
Porth as postmaster nt Milwaukee,
Judge X. S. Gilson of Fond du Lac
stands firm in his determination to retire
irora the bench.
The postoffice at Stella has been discon
tinued, and the mail will hereafter be
distributed from Gagen.
At Stanley Miss Louisa Muenshel
drank three ounces of chloroform. The
reason for the act is unknown.
Christ Christianson, a Racine baker,
has assigned to 11. P. Nelson. The assets
are about SSOO, with liabilities about the
same.
Edward Itudie was killed in Iloran’s
lumber camp near Thorp by a falling
tree. The body was taken to Galesville
for burial.
A fortune is awaiting Hugh Davis of
Racine in Connecticut. Davis is a native
of Racine, but his whereabouts at present
are unknown.
, The Grand Republic mill nt Superior
will soon be released "rom the hands of
a receiver and putTn operation under a
new management.
At Ean Claire the residence occupied
by William Evans and John Baker and
their families was partially burned. The
damage is $2,500.
J. A. Jackson of i’reibpealenii has pat
ented a three way automatic safety
switch'which wi.l probably be adopted by
the railroad companies.
Emilia Ruegner is suing ,T. F. Hull at
Milwaukee for $10.00(1 damages by rea
son of having Ik-en bitten by a bulldog
owned by the defendant.
There are sixty-nine persons front Wis
consin who are employed by the Depart
ment of Agriculture at Washington. Their
aggregate salary is $47,488.
A corncob pipe factory will be re
moved front Missouri to Algonta nnd com
mence the manufacture of pipes. About
fifteen men will be employed.
The La Crosse Board of Trade has just
celebrated the thirtieth aniversary of the
founding of the organization. A banquet
was held by the 100 members.
Mrs. Mary Siuader of Caledonia fell
down stairs at her home and broke ner
shoulder and wrist, besides receiving in
ternal injuries. She is 05 years old.
The J. I. Case Threshing Machine fac
tory at Racine will tie run ten hours a
day in the future instead of eight hours.
Twelve threshers will be turned out ev
ery day.
The Sparta Telephone Company has
elected the following officers for the com
ing year: President, Howard Teasdale;
Secretary, Fred Gross; Treasurer, Will
iam C. Hoffman.
The R. G. Kingsley Lumber and Box
Company has been organized nt Merrill
with a capital of $20,000. L. N. Anson
and John Landers are the other men in
terested in the Concern.
A message reeo ved at Briltion says that
John Keenan was seen in Minneapolis.
Keenan disappeared from Manitowoc
Oct. 4. It was supposed he was robbed
and murdered. lie was a resident of
Brillion.
The largest lumber deal of the season
on the Menominee was made at Mari
nette. Perley Lowe &Cos of Chicago pur
chased the entire season’s cut of the H,
Wilbeck mill during 181)8, over 35,000,000
feet. The consideration is not less than
$350,000.
A tire almost totally destroyed the vet
erinary hospital of Dr. F. A. Norton at
Stevens Point, together with a large quan
tity of oats nnd hay. A number of horses
and cattle were gotten out in safety. The
fire was of incendiary origin and the loss
will foot tip to about SI,OOO.
An unknown man in Alaska has writ
ten to a Chippewa Falls paper that a man
named Hedrington, who is in jail :-t that
place on a charge of stealing a cow, is
innocent. The writer states that he him
self is th„ guilty person. The man, who
is on his way to the Klondike gold fields,
promises to pay the owners of the cow
for the animal and wants the supposed
guilty person, Hedrington, released from
the charge.
The Free Traveling Library Associa
tion of Marinette, organized only about
two months, now hns six libraries ready
for circulation through the country dis
tricts of Marinette County. The library
association of the city is working hard
to place the institution on a sound finan
cial basis, as when this is done and the
citizens manifest the proper spirit toward
it Isaac Stephenson has promised to erect
a library building to cost $25,000 and give
it to the city.
One of the digesters in the Park paper
sulphite mill at Marinette blew up. A
large three-story brick building is in ruins.
Peter Burst was killed outright, being
crushed beneath falling brick and iron.
Samuel Steffen was buried under the
ruins, but was taken out alive. Louis
Lefovre was blown right out of the door
of tin- sulphite mill, and although bis in
juries are serious he will recover. '1 he
cause of the explosion is still a mystery.
The loss will be more than $50,000.
The jury at Baraboo has brought in a
verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the
case of B. A. Owen against Mrs. Borns
ham of La Vail. Last October, Mr.
Owen, who was riding a wheel, met the
woman, it was alleged, on the side of a
hill as she was driving a team hitched to a
wagon. It was held that she failed to
give the customary half of the road,
forcing the bicycle rider into the ditch
and breaking his wheel. The suit was
brought in the interest of the 1.. A. W.
Fifteen years ago George Beedle, rail
way ticket agent at Embarrass, received a
$5 gold coin by mistake front Michael
Krupchak, now of Bessemer, Mich., while
the latter was purchasing a ticket. Re
cently Mr. Krupchak received a letter
from Mr. Boodle as follows: “A long time
ago you gave me by mistake, when buying
a railway ticket, a $5 gold piece for a
penny. I feel that I have done wrong in
not returning it immediately. The Bible
says thou shall repay four for one wrong
fully obtained. I therefore inclose you an
express order for $20." Mr. Krupchak
returned sls, saying: “I am just as hon
est as you are.”
The John Strange Paper Company has
purchased all the pulp stored on the prem
ises of the S. A. Cook Manufacturing
Company at Menashn, consisting of about
20,(KMt bundles, made at Sault Ste. Marie
by the Sault Ste. Marie Pulp and Paper
Company.
The State Veterinarian was called to
Cumberland to examine horses supposed
to be afflicted with glanders. lie found
two cases and ordered the animals shot.
A strange and fatal malady has lately de
veloped nrnoug the horses in Burnett
County, twelve miles north, where five
horses have died.
During a glove contest at West Bend
between Carl Lindback and Willie Giants
Limlback fell dead in the fourth round.
The boys were seniors attending the high
school, aged 18, and bore unfriendly rela
tions to each other. They decided to set
tle their differences with the gloves, en
gaging in ten two-minute rounds.
Gov. Scofield has appointed delegates to
represent Wisconsin at the Pure Food
Congress to meet in Washington, I>. C..
March 2, as follows: 11. K. Loomis,
Sheboygan; Jesse Birmingham, Abrams;
George Wylie, Leeds; 11. O. Frank. Mil
waukee; E. B. Heiinstrect, Janesville; A.
11. Hollister. Madison; J. J. Hognn, La
Crosse; William Larson, Green Bay.
Winter fishing on Green Bay will soon
lie well under way. Between 200 and 300
shanties will be put up on- Green and
t .-amber-' Islands. The men take their
wintei 'louses out on the ice and rarely
visit the shore until the breakup in th.
spring. They angle for trout through the
ice and make from $2 to $3 a day.
A rich vein of iron ore has been struck
on the farm of August Westphal, three
miles cast of Hortonvilie. The vein is
down about forty feet aid is believed to
be a continuation of the Ellington lode,
which is about foor miles away. No
work baa been done in that section for
several years on account of a lack of capi
tal.
i732i GEORGE WASHINGTON. 1799.
leo ge Washington, the First President of ihe United States, was bora on Bridge
Cre k, Westmoreland County, Ya., Feb. 22, 1732, and died at Mount
Vernon, Dec. 14, 1799.
WHERE WASHINGTON WAS BORN.
Monument Marks the Birthplace of the
Father of Onr Country.
A monument in honor of George Wash
ington now marks the place of his birth.
In 1895 Congress appropriated SII,IKK) in
furtherance of the project, but not until
July 4 of the following year ‘lid the un
veiling take place.
The monument stauds fifty-one feet
above the cement foundation, the monolith
shaft rising 40 feet 4 inches above the
base. The shaft springs from a founda
tion fourteen feet square and eight feet
high. Dressed down the shaft weighs
about thirty-six tons. Above this rises
the stone of the lirst base, twelve feet
square and one foot eight inches high.
On this rests the second base, nine feet
thrie inches square and three feet high.
Above this is the die upon which the in
scription is cut, and this is six feet five
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WASHINGTON’S BIRTHPI.ACK MONUMENT.
inches square and four feet ten inches
high. The plinth just above it is four feet
tire inches square and one foot two inches
high. The shaft that springs from this
is three feet eight inches square and rises
forty feet four inches above the plinth.
The marble for this notable landmark
was quarried at Barre, Yt..
Washington’s birthplace is near Wake
field, forty-two miles from Fredericks
burg, Va„ and no one can imagine the
dreary isolation of the place. The site
of the house in which Washington was
born, which was determined before the
erection of the monument only by a scat
tering pile of broken bricks and mortar
from the chimney, is about one mile and
a half from the I’otoinac at a point where
that river is about seven miles wide and
about six or seven hundred feet from
Pope’s creek, formerly Bridge’s creek.
The Government has built a wharf 1,080
feet long out into the I’otomae, aud when
the grounds are beautified it is intended
that the river steamers shall stop here.
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HOUSE WHERE WASHINGTON WAS HORN.
The nearest point now to be reached is
Colonial B< ach, some ten or twelve miles
distant, from w hieli point one has the
choice ciiiy of driving or sailing to the
spot.
When Washington Was Young.
The stagecoach roiled along its way.
On tireless axle liung.
The speediest travel of the day
When Washington was young.
A wick In tallow wax Impended
Its feeble faster flung
To light the darkness of the world
When Washington was young.
But thirteen States and thirteen stars
Historic poets sung.
Who scanned the patriotic bars
When Washington was young.
That selfsame flag to-day V, fraught
(O’er seventy millions swung!
With principles of honor taught
When Washington was young.
Grand iiistory lessons are enrolled
Its stars and stripes among.
Hurrah, then, for the days of oil.
When Washington was young:
•-Chicago Post.
MRS. WASHINGTON’S BEDTIME.
\ "ojr-’ike Picture Described In Mrs.
s “ Martha Washington.”
US. JAMES GIB
aSOX, who frequent
ly visited Mrs.
Washington when,
as the President’s
wife, she resided in
Philadelphia, then
the capital of the
United States, gives
a homelike picture
of that ledy and
her favorite grand
daughter. M r s.
Gibson's language
is quoted by Miss Wharton in her "Mar
tha Washington”:
"Mrs. Washington was in the habit of
retiring at an early hour to her own
room, unless detained by company, and
there, no matter what the hour, Nellie
(Miss Curtis) attended her.
“One evening my father’s carriage be
ing late in coming for me, my dear young
friend invited me to accompany her to
grandmamma’s room. There, after some
little chat, Mrs. Washington apologized
to me for pursuing her usual preparations
for the night, and Nellie entered upon her
accustomed duty by reading a chapter
and a psalm from the old family Bible,
after which all present knelt in evening
prayer.
“Mrs. Washington’s faithful maid then
assisted her to disrobe and lay her head
upon the pillow. Nellie then sang a verse
of some sweetly soothing hymn, and then,
leaning clown, received the parting bless
ing for the night, with some emphatic
remarks 01 her duties, improvements, etc.
The effect of these judicious habits and
teachings appeared in the granddaugh
ter’s character through life.”
WASHINGTON’S POLITENESS.
A Very Pleasant Anecdote of the Great
American Gentleman.
In the Century there is an article by
Martha Littlefield Phillips, giving “Rec
ollections of Washington and His
Friends.” The author is a granddaugh
ter of the youngest daughter of Gen. Na
thaniel Greene’s, and she tells the follow
ing story in the words of her grandmoth
er, concerning a visit of the latter to
Washington at Philadelphia:
“One incident which occurred during
that visit was so comical in itself, and so
characteristic of Washington, that I recall
it for your entertainment. Early in a
bright December morning a droll looking
old countryman called to see the Presi
dent. In the midst of their interview
breakfast was announced; and the Presi
dent invited his visitor, as was his hos
pitable wont on such occasions, to a scat
beside him at the table. The visitor
drank his coffee from his saucer, hut lest
any grief should come to the snowy dam
ask, he scraped the bottom of his cup on
the saucer's edge before setting it down
on the tablecloth. He did it with such
audible vigor that it attracted my atten
tion, and that of several young people
present, always on the alert for occasions
of laughter. We were so indiscreet as
to allow our amusement to become obvi
ous. Gen. Washington took in the situa
tion, and immediately adopted his visit
or’s method of drinking his coffee, mak
ing the scrape even more pronounced than
the one he reproduced. Our disposition
to laugh was quenched at once.”
Bobby’s Benson.
I know t int Washington was true
And good, and beat tbo British, too,
And never once lost hope—that Is,
When tilings went wrong he Just kept cord.
But what I like him for Is this,
’Cause on his birthday there's no school.
—Household.
Quite Different.
'Tls said he could not tell a lie,
George W., noble youth.
With him my son George docs not vie;
He cannot tell the truth.
—Judge.
Seven Miles Up.
The highest point, ever attaint'd by
man was that reached by Cox and
Gbiislier, the aeronauts, in 1862, being
37/100 feet above the sea.
Imitating George.
Ujpk
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Fond Papa—Now, my little son, I hope
you will never forget this story that I
have told you about the immortal Father
of His Country, and that you will strive
to follow his noble example.
Fond Papa (next day)—What the
Boy—l couldn't find any cherry trees.
Pop, so I ent down a couple of rows of
apple trees instead.
TO PRISON rOU LIFE.
THE JURY DECLARES LUETGERT
GUILTY OF MURDER.
Verdict Makes the Penalty a Peniten
tiary Term —Prisoner Appears to He
Satisfied to Have Escaped the Gal
lows- Guatemala’s President Slain.
Takes It Calmly.
Adolph L. Luetgert, the Chicago saus
age maker, is guilty of wife murder. Af
ter five hours of deliberation the jury
agreed upon this verdict. Half an hour
before midnight Wednesday each of the
twelve men rose in his sent in the jury
box iu Judge Gary's court and declared
that beyond the question of a reasonable
doubt he believed the prisoner had taken
the life of his wife, Louise Luetgert, on
the night of May I. The prisoner sat
without a sign of emotion and met the
gaze of each juror without a tremor. If
anything, a look of gratitude and relief
was noticeable on his face, lie had ex
pected the death penalty if convicted.
The first intimation that a verdict had
been arrived at, says a Chicago dispatch,
was brought by one of the bailiffs from
the jury room on the sixth floor. The jury
wanted to see Judge Gary. This was
shortly before 11 o’clock. The scene in
the court room and State’s attorney’s
office was instantly changed from a rol
licking gathering of those connected with
the ease to an anxious, expectant crowd.
State’s Attorney Denecn and Mr. Mo-
Even came into the court room promptly
and took their places at the west end of
the counsel’s table, which they occupied
during the trial. Mr. Harmon, Mr. Ke
hoe and Mr. Iteise gathered ut the oppo
site side. William Charles was nearby
with an anxious look on his haggard face.
Behind him sat Arnold Luetgert, the de
fendant's son, equally agitated. Dr.
Iteise and others interested in the defense
were grouped about them. In the midst
of them a chair was left for Luetgert.
Inspector Schaack, Captain Schuettler
and many of the officers who have work
ed on the case were on hand.
Judge Gary arrived at 11:20 o’clock,
and he promptly ordered every one to sit
down and maintain silence. The last
strain of the trial had come, and the si
lence became oppressive, while the wait
.v<r Luetgert and the jury continued. No
one ventured to break this, except Mr.
Harmon, who objected to the draft from
one of the open windows, and asked the
bailiff to close it. Luetgert came into
court closely guarded by five bailiffs, and
took his position near the private entrance
to the court room. Attorney Hannon re-
ADOLFH 1.. I.UETGERT.
quested that he should take his place with
his counsel, and the prisoner complied.
He was looking pale and anxious, and
showed the effects of the severe strain
under which he has labored.
Juror Snow was the first to appear, a
few minutes Inter. The solemn expres
sion on the faces of the twelve men seem
ed to show that they had decided on a
verdict of guilty. Juror Bachelor carried
a bundle of papers, the instructions and
verdict. Another wait of five minutes,
more silent than the first, occurred, while
I.uetgert was being brought over from the
jail. Juror Bo! ok bowed his head as if
suffering from the long strain. Juror
Loeb’s face was swollen and red as if he
had been weeping.
Judge Gary addressed the jurors: “Gen
tlemen, have you agreed upon a verdict V
Juror Bachelor rose and replied, “We
have, your honor.” The momentous piece
of paper was handed to the clerk, who
read:
“We, the jury, find Adolph L. I.uetgert
guilty of murder in the form and manner
charged in the indictment, and fix the
punishment at imprisonment in the peni
tentiary for the rest of his natural life.”
A look of intense relief a tthis announce
ment passed over the face of the prisoner,
who seemed glad that he had escaped the
death penalty. Mr. Harmon promptly
rose and requested that the jury he polled.
This was done by the clerk, and each
juror announced that ho concurred in the
verdict. Mr. Harmon then gave notice
that in due time lie would file notice for
anew trial. The jury were then discharg
ed by Judge Gary.
“That is only half a victory and half a
defeat,” said Mr. Harmon. "It was un
justifiable from either standpoint, and a
compromise. We asked for an acquittal
or a conviction, and there could be only
one conclusion if he was really guilty.”
Luetgert’s lawyers regard the verdict as
a compromise on the part of the jury and
look upon it as a victory for their client.
I.uetgert was inn icdiately surrounded by
his friends as he stood up in court, and
they shook him hot., tily *>v the hand and
congratulated him that he had escaped
the death penalty. They plainly showed
their satisfaction with the outcome of the
trial.
The big prisoner all this time was close
ly guarded by bailiffs, who when the short
scene was over led him hack to his cell in
the- jail.
FALL VICTIMS TO FLAMES.
Explosion of Whisky Wrecks a I’itts
burg Warehouse.
By an explosion of 2,obi barrels of
whisky in Pittsburg at 11:30 o’clock Wed
nesday night over a score of persons were
buried under tons of brick and mortar
and it is estimated that twenty-five lives
were lost. The property loss is nearly $2,
000,000. The Govemn “lit bonded ware
house was burned, 2/ barrels of whis
ky exploded, and the falling walls crush
ed ihe adjoining tenements, all the occu
pants of which were either killed or in
jured.
After the warehouse wall fell in a large
ammonia tank shot our of the burning
building and fell on a small house in an
alley, crushing in the roof and two stories,
and leaving the four walls standing The
house was occupied by the Hijie family.
Rescuers dug into the cellar and found
the body of Sidney Sipe, 15 years old.
The father was standing upright jammed
in by timbers. He was cut out with axes
ami found to be alive. N. C. Scott, son
of W. S. Scott, president of Chautauqua
Lake Ice Company, was looking at the
fire with his brother. He was killed by
the falling wail. His body was recovered,
but his brother is stili missing. William
Kubenstein’s body was recovered and
identified. The Isxly of one fireman un
identified is at the morgue. Thomas
Lynch’s scalp was torn off by flying de
bris. He is still alive. Lieut. Roseland
of the fire company was giving order* to
his men when the ammonia tank blew
out of the warehouse building and took
off both his legs at the knees. Police
Lieutenant Berry’s body was the first
recovered. All the dead were crushed.
The ammonia tanks exploded at intervals
of a few minutes with reports that were
heard miles away.
The following is the best list of losses
obtainable to-night: Hoveler Storage Com
pany, building and contents, $600,000;
Chautauqua Ice Company, f150,000; Un
ion Storage Company, $.'.,000,000; small
ESTABLISHED 1855.
Penn avenue houses, $25,000, making a
total of $1,715,000, all of which was well
insured, mostly through the agency of
W. G. MeCandless & Cos. Some of the
heaviest individual losers who had con
signments in the warehouses are: The
Economy Distilling Company, 8,000 bar
rels of whisky, worth $75,000; Mononga
vela Textile Company, wool dealers, 125,-
<XH! pounds of wool: Collins Cigar Com
pany, 25 ear loads of tobacco; W. 11.
W illiams, commission merchant, twenty
ears loads of sugar.
BARRIOS IS SLAIN.
President of the He public of Guate
mala Slaughtered.
President Barrios of Guatemala has
been assassinated.
Lajo Arriaga, the Guatemalan minister
to the United States, Wednesday after
noon received an oflieial cablegram from
PRESIDENT JOSE R. BARRIOS.
the minister of foreign affairs of Guate
mala announcing the assassination of
President Barrios and the succession to
the presidency of Fist Vice President
Manuel lOstradu Cabrera. No details
whatever were given. The dispatch came
from Guatemala City, the capital, where
President Barrios has lived and t;.e Gov
ernment departments are carried on. It
that entire calc prevails.
President Barrios was a man of wide
attainments and marked executive abil
ity. He was comparatively young, being
only 42 years old. The six years' term
of service for which he was elected termi
nated March 15 next, but the national
congressional assembly already had ex
tended this term for a further four years.
The new president, Mr. Cabrera, is a
man of prominence in Guatemala, and is
one of two chosen by the congress to fill
the presidency in case of a vacancy. The
system of the country is different from
that in the United .States, there being no
vice-president elected with the president.
The duty of tilling the executive chair de
volves on the congressional branch, and
accordingly two vice-presidents, first and
second, were designated some time ago.
They are eligible in the order of their
choice. When the excitement of the tra
gedy Las passed a presidential election
may be held.
The assassination of President Barrios
probably is due to the revolutionary feel
ing which has Itecn growing in Guatemala
ever since he declared himself dictator
last June. One of the first nets of the
rebels was the assassination of the pres
ident’s brother in Sun Jose, and the mur
der of the wife of the jefe politico of
Quezaltt amigo. Following closely on
these two crimes came the capture of
Pinza Sau Marcos by the revolutionists.
To the dissatisfaction since President
Barrios proclaimed himself dictator the
bad financial condition of the country un
der his rule has added fuel to the flames
of discontent. The dead dictator had
been straining every effort to restore
peace and harmony, but had 1“ thwart
ed by an assassin.
MASON WANTS A WAR.
Introduces a Resolution Demanding
of Spain lin int '-te Peace in Cuba.
In the Senate the other day, Mason of
Illinois presented the following:
“Resolved, That the President of the
United States is hereby vquested to no
tify Spain and the insurgents that the
Cuban war, so called, must at once cease,
and be discontinued, and the United
Stites of America hereby declares and
will maintain peace on the island.’’
This resolution is preceded by a long
preamble setting forth the horrors of war
as it exists in Cuba, declaring that “all
SENATOR MASON.
Christendom is shocked by its barbari
ties.” It sets forth the refusal by the
insurgents of the pretended autonomy;
asserts that “daughters of insurgent sol
diers are sold into houses of infamy and
women and children debauched nnd
threatened beyond the power of language
to describe.” It tolls of the sufferings of
the coneentrados, declaring that the ling
of truce has heon abandoned and the
s,ruggle narrowed to extermination or in
d"pendeuce; pointing out the necessary
crpenditure of large sums by the United
S ates to succor its citizens in the island,
and quoting the Cuban paragraph from
tiie last Republican national platform.
Continuing, the preamble disclaims any
lesire on the part of the United States to
secure possession of Cuba; says the piople
do not complain of the loss of trade with
Cuba; seek no redress for this and other
losses, arid have waited till “the barbar
ous situation in Cuba has become a stain
on our continent and a blot on ohr Chris
tian civilization. The jieople of the Unit.
<><l States, demanding no personal profit,
having no fear, asking no frvor, with a
clear and conscious justice of our position,
do, in the presence of the civilized nations
of the world, in the name of justice and
liberty, demand that the so-called war in
Cuba must cease.”
Telegraphic Brevities.
Fire damaged the paper factory of S.
Frere & Son in the Williamsburg district.
New York, to the extent of $50,000.
Boissan Frere*, fancy and staple dry
goods, in Montreal, have suspended pay
ment and a meeting of creditors has I eon
called. The liabilities are said to amount
to SIIO,OOO.
Seven members of the Covington, Ky„
Council have been held in contempt of
court and committed to the custody of
the Sheriff for refusing to furnish the
courtroom in thrt city.
Second Officer Tobias Tonresen of the
steamer Vigilancia was missing when that
vessel reached quarantine at New York
from Tampico and Havana. It is be
lieved he was carried overboard from the
bridge in the storm that prevailed.
A four-story rear tenement in New
York City was destroyed by fire. Seven
families lost everything they owned and
two children were burned to death. They
were Tony, 3 years old, end Michael, a
year younger, the children of Fillippo
Spoinelle, a bootblack living with his wife
and three children on the top floor.
Official City Paper.
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Boot anil Joh PMtiiii House
AIiL KINDS OF
Job Printing
ntommr bxbcvno
In a Msst Satisfactory Manner.
The officials of the Interior .tnd Treas
ury Departments warn people who are
going to Klondike to look out for bogus
agents, excursion clubs and other per
sons and organizations that offer low
rates and induct"mints in the way of
transportation, care, guidance, etc. There
are companies whose advertisements in
the newspntiers are prima facie evidence
of fraud, and the special agents of the
Postoftlco Department arc now engaged in
the investigation of several sharpers who
are offering impossible inducements. One
company, for example, proposes to fur
nish trans|M>rtation, food, bedding nnd all
other necessaries for $250, 20 iht cent,
to be paid in advance, with the applica
tion, and the balance when the ticket Is
issued upon starting. Other clubs and
excursions offer even lietter rates, and
in every case the applicant is required to
make a deposit as n guaranty of good
faith. It is evidently the deposit that
the rascals are after. All persons, there
fore, are warned against contracting for
transportation or buying railway or
steamship tickets from any but the regu
lar authorized agents of railway and
steamship companies.
* • *
Washington society is a queer mixture.
Of course there is society and society.
There is the “400” and there is the "40;”
and again there is the combination of two
or three who swing the 40 nnd the remain
ing 300. Then again there is another 400 j
and several subsidiary swirls and ish' : "*s
each claiming for itself superior qualities
of exclusiveness, intellectuality, wealth,
permanency or swelldom. Anybody may
Vie in "’ashington society, but anybody
can't la* tn any society which anybody
wants to lie in. Many can’t be in the
Supremo Court Justice's society, and 1
know of some distinguished F. F. V.’s
with permanent ablates >n this city who
are eating their hearts for chagrin at
their inability to break into the adminis
tration “set.”
* * *
The Secretary of Agriculture has re
ceived the following pathetic communi
cation front Bell County, Texas:
“Dear Sir.—l want to ask you a ques
tion. It may seem foolish to you, but I
am very mum in earnest. A young horse
of mine eat up S3O of green hack notes
last night. We picked up a few bits of
mcsticadcd money to-day. I carelessly
left my vest on the horse trough the mon
ey in the inside pocket hence the result
Is there any way for me to have the mon
ey replaced? If you can’t tell me what tr
do will you kindly site me to someone
who can ns I need the money bad and
have to work hard to support my family.
I anxiously wait your auswer.”
A short time ago a United States Sena
tor's widow was appointed postmistress
in a small town in Minnesota. The place
was given her to keep her from starving.
I,ess than five years ago she was enter
taining on a scale as elaborate as the most
weAlthy people in Washington. She was
struggling for position, and was spending
her husband's income, and also his sav
ing#. He died suddenly, and site was left
destitute, and I have yet to learn that the
people who ate her dinners have contrib
uted to her support.
* * *
Chief Justice Fuller rushes business
through the Supreme Court more rapidly
than any man who ever presided over
that body, and there are now sixty-four
eases under advisement that have liecu
submitted by briefs nnd arguments thus
far during the present term. That is the
reason why an adjournment lias been tak
en for three weeks. It is absolutely nec
essary for the justices to have time to con
sider them.
• * *
In certain Washington sots men are
scarce, and competent authority asserts
that good-looking young men in the de
partments, whose salary of slK> a mouth
is quite insufficient to enable them to hire
carriages and buy flowers, are taken to
theaters, receptions nnd to big dinners by
women who pay all the bills for the sake
ot having escorts.
• *
One hears a varicly of pronunciations
of tiie word “Cuba” in Congress. Some
of the statesmen pronounce it “Cuby,”
others “Cubah” and still more “Kooba,”
while a large ntimlier of insurgent sympa
thizers are in the habit of alluding to the
inhabitants of that distracted island as
“Coobyans.”
• * *
Carroll D. Wright, Commissioner of
Tabor, has received a personal letter from
Samuel Dunham, a statistical expert of
tho Bureau of Labor, who was sent to the
Klondike some months ago to investigate
nnd report on its industrial possibilities.
He reports the situation as very grave.
* * •
Ex-Secretary Morton, since he left the
cabinet ■ f President Cleveland, has been
sending his time writing poetry and
building a handsome little theater called
“The Overland” at Nebraska City, where
he has lived for forty-two years.
* • •
The Vice-President and Mrj. Hi bart
were among the guests of honor at a ball
at the British legation the other night,
so that the war for precedence between
the Hobarts and Sir Julian l’auncefote
may Vie considered over.
• • •
Secretary Bliss has received nnd trans
mitted to Congress a protest adopted by
a convention of an tmber of members of
the Seminole trilie of Indians against the
ratification of the treaty concluded in De
cember last.
* * *
The proposed cut in mail deliveries in
the larger cities of the East, which wns
to have become operative on February 1,
in order to avert a deficiency in the postal
appropriation, did not go iuto effect at
that time.
• • •
After an unusually prolonged period of
extreme tension, all signs point to an early
improvement, if not to a complete solu
tion of the various international political
problems agitating the nerves of Great
Britain.
• * •
A few days ago a letter was received at
the Senate postoffice addressed to the
“Hon. Za<h Chandler.” As he has been
dead for eighteen years, the letter was
handed to Senator Hale, his son-in-law.
* • •
Senor Dupny de Lome, the Spanish min
ister, says that Tuesday wag the first
day in three years that he has not re
ceived a cablegram from Cuba or Spain,
nnd he considers it a good omen.
* * *
Ex-O'teen Liliotikalaui is trying to coun
teract the effect of President Dole's visit
by giving a series of receptions.
* * *
President McKinley was 55 years old
last week.
Told iu a Few Bines.
The cardboard factory of S. Trior &
Son, Brooklyn. N. Y., caught fire and was
entirely destroyed.
At Newton. Mas*., Mrs. Mary Ella J.
Lawrence and Miss Bridget Murphy wi re
killed by a train while walking on the
tracks.
11. B. Peairs has Is on appointed super
intendent of Haskell institution, the In
dian industrial school located at Law
rence, Kan.
W. L. McNall, claiming to be a sou of
Webb McNall, Kansas insurance com
missioner, took a dose of arsenic with sui
cidal iuteut at lola, Kan.