Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-08-31
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RAILROAD y UBILEE.- ne cltlZenS OF
Freeport are making arrangements for
a Grand Jubilee, 10 celebrate the COM
pletion of the Railroad to that place.
They can we'll afford to do so, for it will
be great event for Freeport.- Gale
ma Adv.
i ANCIENT TABLE MovING.-A CORES
pendent of the National Intelligencer
furnishes an account of Table Moving
eighty years ago, with interesting va
riatiors, quite as startling as modern ex-
amples.
I5-It is estimated that one hundred
thousand head of cattle have been taken
across the plains this year, TO Califor-
MIA.
a5In New Orleans, the difficulty Of
giving the dead decent burial is so great,
that the authorities have resorted to the
ancient custom Of burning the bodies.
T7@One of the trunks cut from the
stage near Rockford. on Monday night,
was found, rifled of its contents.-TG Ga
lena Advertiser.
T5=A sale of Galena and Chicago
Railroad stock took place in New York,
last week, at l22.
/ g7It is asserted, that the establish
ment of the New York Tribune is pay
profit of ten per cent. on 100000
and could not be bought for 81 100000.
The Potatoe Rot is spreading over
the entire State of Massachusetts, and
the crop will be almost an entire fail
ure.
"A few cases of unmistakabe yell
low fever have occurred at Mobile.
DIR. Rufus w. Griswold, of New
York, is lying dangerously i'll at the res
idence of his wife's kindred in Bangor,
Maine. He has the consumption, and
his medical advisers pronounce his re-
covery impossible.
Hon. Robert Dale Owen, U. s..
Charge to Naples, with his wife and two
children, sailed from New York on
Thursday, in the packed ship Devonshire,
for London.
There are now at Havana twelveSpan-
ish armed vessels, varying from four to
forty guns each, with an aggregate of
two hundred and five guns.
Perhaps there never was time be-
fore when SO great difficulty existed in
inducing men to enlist in the army of
the United States. This is attributed
wholly to the gratifying condition OF
things in the way of the plenty of work
for every body who will work, and at
excellent prices, too.
"A foolhardy young man'leaped from
the suspension bridge over the Cumber-
land river at Nashville. He miscalcu-
lated the distance and struck partly on
his back, which caused severe injuries.
but did not kill him. The height of the
bridge from water is Ito feet.
"A correspondent of the Philadel-
phia Register says the following cure for
dysentery has never been known to fail.
Take one pint of milk, (warm from
the COW if possible and add to it two
tablespoonfuls of fine charcoal and re-
new the quantity ifheeded. The diet
should be principally rice or milk
toast
Intelligence received at Washington
from the fishing grounds create consid-
cradle excitement. 1t is stat led that some
fifteen or twenty vessels have arrived
there, armed with muskets, boarding
pixies, cutlasses, swivels, determined to
fight, If interiered with. Collisions are
daily expected.
OREGoN.-The total vote cast for del
egate at the late election in this Terri
tory, is said to be about 5000.
LARGE YIELD.--The Sheboygan
Chronicle says j. Smith Jr., of Mitch
ell, in that county, harvested eight acres
of wheat, which yielded an average of
fifty-two and half bushels to the acre.
1.-THE Free Masons are raising a
fund to purchase Mount Vernon, and
thus save it from anticipated degrade
ton. Every Mason is expected to give
something.
I@The majority for Johnson (Dem-
ocratic Governor) i'll Tennessee, is set
down at 2,2l6; Congressman, 5 Wings
to Democrats, with State Senate Of
II Wings and Ii Democrats, and in the
House "A Wings to 81 Democrats. n.
Y. Tribune.
The Purdy j. Hull who married
Lola Montez, was formerly from Xenia,
and printer on the Free Press, for
merly published in that place. Toledo
(Ohio) Rep.
"A letter from the agent of the New
York Mining Company Of Lake Super
Tor, states that there have been several
new veins discovere On the company's
tract, which are attracting much atten-
ton, especially large one that has been
opened in three places.
The work of laying the track on the
Illinois Central road at Cairo, has COM
menced. The track is to come down to
the intersection of the rivers. and circle
IN each direction entirely around the
town. The cost of the entertainments
will be not less than DO 00O 00O