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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-10-19

and o. Cole. ~
Gentlemen, As you have been nomi-
ma ed by the leading parties Of the coun-
ty TO represent ii in the State Senate, ii
large number Of voters are interested in
your answers TO the following qnes-
tions:
|. Are you personally favorable to IA
Prohibitory Liquor Law being enacted
BY the next legislature v
Ii. Will yon use your influence, SO as
10 secure il possible, majority vote in
favor Of such law at the next Aoven-
Der election
Your answers, gentlemen, will be
made public, SO that both the friends and
opponents Of the Iaine Law may be
fully persuaded in their own minds.
By order Of Executive Committee of
Grant County Temperance League.
J, t. MILLs, Sect'y.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-10-19
Free Democratic Nominations

For Gov.-Edward D. Holton, of Milwaukee.
Lieut.. Gov.--Jonathan Daughertv, Winnebago.
Sec'y. state--C. Latham Sholes, Kenosha.
d. Hastings. La Crosse.
Atty. Genefal-Vernon Tichnor, Waukesha.
F. Bartlett. Wa worth.
bank mptro,ler--Eilery a. Rowland, Rock.
slate Prison Com,--selah Booth, Dodge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-10-19

IIIhe Milwaukee Sentinel, large
weekly dollar spaper, devoted to
politics, and local and commercial news.
presented last week, a large wood en-
CRAVING OF the rooms and fixtures of the
ee'afanet office. It is the most extensive
office IN the northwest, except the Ga
lena Gazette office and John Wen,worth's
democrat office at Chicago. The SEN
nnel is the only office in the State pub
fishing daily paper that don't favor US
with daily or tri-weekly exchange. Ii
never did, but when we grow up equal
10 our expectations, that too will thank
US for daily exchange.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-10-19
For H0fe SenGfoy-- 10th District.
OEsSAnEUS COLE.
Democratic Nominations

Democratic Nominations
Gov.-Wm. A. Barstow. Waukesha.
Lieut.. Gov.--James T. Lewis, Columbia.
sec'y. of >tate-A ex. T. Gray. Rack.
!reasurer-Edward H. Jansen, Washington
Atty. Gen.--Geo. B. Smith, Dane.
onpt. Hiram A. Wright, Crawford.
Bank Comp.-Wm. A. Dennis, Dodge.
statePrison Com.-Argalus w. starks, sauk.
State Senator-l6th Dist ict-Nelson Dewey.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-10-19

fiol. OF party to help themselves ao3 :
Their faction to the treasury SPOTS. IT,.
ed the people $4,000, and now is tbs !
assess the absence of both factions
ready for it? We here take occasion :,
that the genuine Democracy of the O..
had nothing to do with that diabolical II
their professional ofFice-ho ders he'd Il |
lority, and were at the head of il. At 81
vember election, scratch inc over eve.
fice-tradesman's name, and put somo
sound Wing or Democrats name in = A..
But beware of no-party mans name :,
would cheat your eyes and rob your ma.
The Wings never have had any part !.
rule of Wisconsin, except through Gop ,
WELL, and we are sure none of his acts :.
condemned, for they are not even ass,;,
We ask you to compare the acts of ma,
parties with their Professions, and vote =,
ding y.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-10-19

lion. Gerrit Smith. at Cananda;
qua, n. T., on the 9th ult. The church.
90 oe'hs closed agaanst him, mounted ),
wagon Ia vacant Iol, and addressed -
-as ~. OF 700 people on Slavery
Free Dem. MIL
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-10-19

AT"Sue B.'s'' address to the ladies, though
beautifully written, is declined for reason that
we nave SO much to print on the same subject.
We invite her favors upon some other matter.
N. Us" poetry is declined. There is no
full name with it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-10-19

a|There is nothing definite sboa'
the ticket recently proposed by amee'lnS
at Watertown. Some of the nominees
are declining. There are four SETS oil
candidates, and our opinions, the wOr''
men in the lot will be elected. II the
women would get up a ticket, theH
might be some hopes of having all parties
and factions represented. We say 8
gain, go for the best man.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-10-19
TO J, ALLEN BARBER.

OF Lancaster ::
Sir-Your hitherto faithful services as Rep
resentative in the Legislature, for the Assem-
bly, district composed OF Lancaster, Highland,
Fennimore and Liberty, is our apology for ask
ing yon to be an independent candidate at the
ensuing November election. Win you serve
in that capacity if elected? o3z
Youis, ~
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-10-19

I'm. L. MARTIN advertses for 1000 labo-
rers on the Fox River Improvement. If he
pays IN proportion for labor as he charged the
state for iron and spikes, we would advise ey-
cry man, woman and child to go and work for
him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-10-19

Ez~At the Railroad meeting held at Platte
vile, on Thursday last, fair beginning was
made by the securing of few shares Of stoc k.
We like small beginnings best, for they gener-
ely end the largest PIatteyi'le will soon see
that her only hopes for railrond are in the
Southern Wisconsin road.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-10-19

y Mr.. Q. t. OvERToN, at atteville, gives
notice that he is duly prepared with the Field
Notes, and is legally authorized TO survey and
en'er his work on the County Surveyors
Records
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-10-19

ELook out for Fraudulent SlO anu
$50 notes pnrporti,.g to be of the hos'
Island Bank. No bills of a higher us'
than 80 are issued by 'lS
bank. - Dubuque Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-10-19

HTHoMpsos, of Thompson's kepo, y.
ter advertises TO pay sovereigns al 94'0'
and sell al $500. In Western WiscOn'
sin they have always been worth S4,0"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-10-19
IL We had thought of pre- pairing

I've had thought Of preparing sevF
eral articles this week that we are CON
PEELED TO omit. The address Of the Ten
pe'"nce League excludes several comm
MICA ions that have claims, but the wi
tiers must have patience. Our boys can
not set original matter as rapidly as pn3
ted copy, and hence, we are much hun
RED to get our paper out when so man
OF our columns are 10 be filled from writ
ten matter. The opponents of the Main
Law are equally welcome 10 the usea
our columns with the friends, but hari
only furnished two or three articles.
We intend to show no preference in Chs
respect. Also, we give the names d.
candidates, and proceedings of politlc'.
meetings of all parties-freely whenr re-
qnested. Let all parties be heard, and
let none be excluded for opinion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-10-19

ISsThe Governor Of Minaeso ms
certainly be in favor of the Maine LII
How dare he stake private property d
public use ?" Hear him talk
SIR:--I call yoar attention to 4
fact that complaints are made TO d
that large quantities Of liquor are beiI
introduced into The Minnesota Valley
Shakopee, lie >'enr, Traverse dcs Sod
ard Babcock's Landing.
This traffic III liquor is most positiyel
forbidden by the intercourse laws al
they are continued in force by the treE
ties Of 1851. | want yon to visit
Yourself or some authorized person ths1
points and destroy all liquor fonna ii
sale, aud hunt up every place wasf9
you may be Informed that liquor is M
ed or sold, other than at the Fort Of hi
.. S. This traffic must aud shall b
stopped. The hardy frontier peoyI
are insecure in life and property, wis
liquor is any where in reach of the ID
dams. Il must all be destroyed 5etor
the Indians get up there on their rent
val. and before the next payment Of mon
ey and goods.
My information comes from the Rev.
VI. n. Adams, OF Traverse des Sioqy
and Joseph R. Brown, OF this pI4ce.-
am respectfully, your Obe't Servant
w. A. GORMAN.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-10-19

agAssesors value San Francisco at
$29,oOo,ooo.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-10-19

IJThe Mineral Point Democrs, |
changed its phrenology. and we hone
new head may have something in i'm,
lively to communicate of home N,
than the stale foreign news about trim
tite II eaties, &C., with which lis conn|
have been filled for a year Or more
The best thing we have known i
Democrat to do for while was IA Il
destly tell theEditor of the Pick and Al
to meddle more with his own busiD,I
and less with that of the Demoer,
The former had lectured The Dep|
crat for announcing NJ. NJ. Strm|
name as an Independent Candidate
Assembly, deeming such an ACT contr
to party usage. The Democrat spe
thus Independently:
If it is desired, yea, whether it i,
not, we mean to inform the public
whomsoeyer is presented for their 81
flages, whether he is announced as
Wing, Democratic, Abolition, lndepe
dent or other candidate ; we should CO
slider our refusal to do so as evden
of narrow and contracted mind,
he possession Of which, we believe
sensible men, in that case, would 81
us credit. Don't attempt to be too q
tical, neighbor, until you have lii
more experience for in this case v
have preached sentiment which /
press Of this country would almost una
imously denounce 1t is unworthy
yon, and we don't believe you aetna
realized what you were saying. B.
man, and confess yourself ASHAMED.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-10-19
Lancaster, Wis, Oct. IT, 1853.
NJ pSSrS N Dr1xrEU - -.--- -

MANY CITIZENS of said District
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-10-19

By order Of the Coasm,tiee.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-01-03

An IMPosTER. There is fellow at Concord
N. H., who is passing himself off as Ensign Sleb-
bngs lie Is doubtless hanging round Gen. Pierce
and fishing for an Office. He has grossly imposed
upon the Correspondent Of the Worcester PaIIad-
I'm, who writes as il he had had an interview with
the genuine Eusign, who is now at SpunkviIle, in
honorable retnemeni waiting for his c0untry's call
10 whatever path Of duty she may assign him. We
satisfied that this Imposer ia none other than an
individual known in Massachusetts as Peto Snoohs
LoueH American.
CTrThe question whether the new crystal palace
shall be opened or closed on Sundays, continues 10
he warmly agitated in England Lord Derby, how.
ever, has declared for opening. Lord Campbell
said, in the House Of Lords:--'Iie thought il would
not only be conducive to the amusement Of the peo-
pie, but 10 morality aud religion. The opening Of
such place would moi desecrae the Sabbath, but
prevent great deal OF debaucherJ and immornliiy.
Thrre was act olPartiament ia force, which pro.
hibiled the taking money for admission 10 any place
Of amusement on Sunday, BAT he trusted Parliament
would remove that difficulty"
CTy- The apprehension Of evil is many times worse
than the evil itself; and the ills man fears he shall
suffer, be suffers ~ the very fear Of them.
GIrAvarice and ambition are the two elements
that eater into the composition Of all crimes. Am.
biiion is boundess, and ayrce Unsuitable.
gy- Mrs. BoHwick is giving concerts at the
West with the greatest succuss. The critics, eve.
iywhcre are delighted with her, and speak Of her
fine talents and estimabIe qualities 10 the most auda.
tory terms. Al the last accounts, she was on her
way 10 Louisville. St. Louis, Memphis, yicksburg,
New O,leaus, Mobile, Montgomery, etc.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-01-03

HE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN.-We have al.
ready announced that paper was to be issued
under this title, by Luther Tucker Esq, the enter
prIslng publisher Of the sCutvator," at Albany.-
The hrst number is published, in Is pages quarto
suitable for binding, on fine paper and NEST beauti
lul typography Its original and selected matter IN
dictate talent and Judgment in the editor, and we
have no doubt the experiment will be an eminently
successful one. portion of The work is devoted to
horticulture, and another portion is register ofthe
current news Of the day, but far the greatest portion
is devoted to agricultural matter. The terms to
mail subscribers, are So year in advance, or So so
when not paid IN advance.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-01-03

EEWe invite the attention of our readers 10 the
advertisement in another column Of the Concavo
Convex SpectacIes of Sermons s. Son. To the nu.
merous testimonials of Physicians in their favor,
some of which are published in another column
We add the following from one of our own citizens:
WORCESTER, Dec. go, 1852.
From an examination of the Coucavo Convex
SpecacIes made by II. Sermons & Son, am in
clined to regard them as superior any former in
venion. Besides The advantage derivable from The
form Of The Glasses, their shade colour is such
quite ease the eye, and thus guard against weak
ness and inflammation OF that organ.
CALVIN NEWTON, NJ. d.,
Worcester Medical Institution
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-01-03


A MAN OF ENERGY.-At the Cambridge Cat
tie Market, last week, there was seen forcibe il
ustration Of the capabilily Of man overcome phys
steal disabilities Vermonter, who from his birth
has been deprived Of the use Of his lower limbs,
came down with car load Of cattle TO sell. His
appearance was that OF tailor seated on his board.
On the stopping Of the train he lets him down from
the cars, upon a small wagon, brought for the pur-
pose, and by the aid Of brother drover, is drawn
to the market Having disposed Of his cattle, and
received the money, he returns to the cars, and
draws himself into his seat and starts for home.
The whole appearance Of the man is one OF cheer
funfss. His eye gstens with gratitude at the sue
cesslu accomplishment Of his undertaking, and that
he is not wholly excluded from the activities of this
busy world. How powerful The lesson 10 those who
are possessed Of perfect organization, but who with
the greatest facilities, sometimes ind themselves IN.
able TO overcome even lesser difficulties Cambridge
Chronicle
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-01-03
"Money and business,

he Boston Atlas of the LIST inst, contains an ar
'icie with the abo-e caption, which is rather
"gooa article taken ia connection with its politi.
cal !eremiads during the year that is pest.
According to the Atlas and lis kindred presses,
The "Coaition" brought wreck, ruin, disgrace, ca.
lamity and all the other melancholy attributes Of po
litical, commercial, and social consumption upon the
State; and General SCOTS defeat, in his attempt TO
become President, was proclaimed as parent evil,
from which was to spring the most dire and dread
ful multiplicity ofevls that ever paralyzed the COM
merce Of nation.
The New Year has, however, revealed new
vision TO the editor Of the Atlas. The misty sem.
bances that tormented his minds eye in 1852 have
parted, and he takes a practical and more
faithful view, both Of the part and future.
:" The great shipping interest of our country, too,
was never in enviabe position Manufac-
lures also an interest in ,ehch much cantal and
TABOR are inuolvedare fast rec6uing from the lthar-
g1 INTO cach they hare been throtcn ece trust ne,y
sad + ,ensr'I - Securities. national and stale,
individual enterprise, are, to say the least, at as
iligh mark as at the close of 1851. The ere in.
fiux OF capital into the country the past year by
means Ct which tho burthens Of the mercantile com
"uhlty nave been SO materially iightened, must al
so be source of public graduation. We could 90
on enumeratng many other items of interest, which
would swell the hist of benefits had we the space IN
spare, But II must be conceded that that the New
Year dawns upon us ladiantly, possessing as
we do the elements within us for continued prosner
ny. May the close Of 1858 come upon us softly.
and lind US as worldly rich and prosperous as does
the ending of 1892
II VIII perhaps seem little strange to people ac-
cusfemed to rely the statements OF Atlas, how
manufactures can recover from their letharey with
out tariff; or how can close the year 1852.
rich ond prosperous, with the recollection that this
wealth and prosperity were colncident with the
reign OF the Coalition. But, of course, the Alias
can reconcile these seeming ncongruities lis talk,
and the talk olthe late Wing party, about sstaras',
and "awiu Coalitions seems to us TO have been
mere buncombe.
II IT was not we should like to see the Atlas crit.
really analyze the jubiiant statements in its article.
money and Business and reconcile them with is
past propositions and discussions about estate and
National affairs" How hollow, after all. were the
cries ofasony uttered by the Wings in 1852. over
ths impending ruin of our Commonwealth and con.
mel ce.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-01-03

G1-Capt. David White, of Madison, Indiana,
has cleared Ssl50,OOO, this season, in the hog
trade, and il is said that he will clear 100000
more before the season is over.
Up Accounts from Jamaica 10 tho 22d Dec.
stale that the yellow fever which has ravnged
most ofthe West India islands, to an unusual ex-
tent for some time past still continues.
Hsr A. c. Sumner, Of Hadey, Mass, has re.
covered $1,000 from the New York and Erie Rail
road Company, on account OF injuries sustained
by him by the cars running off from the track on
the 18th Of March last.
rzS- The New York Directory for this year con-
tains more than 1000 names which begin with Nc
or Mac, whereas Of the names beginning with o,
there are only about 800
tzy Andrew c. Wheeler has recovered Of the
by the gasometcr, which was alleged to have inn
pregnated with gas, the EARTH water, and wells,
OF tho plaintiff
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-01-03

A DREADFUL AFFAIR.-On Sunday afternoon,
the wife of William Barker, an freshman, residing
upon Central street, opposite the Hospital grove,
was discovered upon the bed, in their residence. bv
one OF the neighbors, with her head shockinpv
manged, the skull being broken, and she apparently
IN a dying condition. Drs. Bepj. Haywood, B. F.
iieywood, and Flagg, called in. who together
dressed the wound, Extracting therefrom several
large fragments of bone, which appeared to have
neen forced IN upon the brain by blow from some
heavy instrument. Search being MADE OF the pre-
misses, an axe, covered with blood, was found at the
foot of the cellar stairs, and subsequently, the wo-
mans returned, so far as to enable her
to state that the wound was inflicted by her own
husband The Police being informed oil the occur
renee, Barker very taken into custody. and
committed to Jail. Both are said to be Of intemper-
ate habits, and have followed the occupation of pick
ing and collecting rags, for subsistence.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-01-03

ANNUAL MORTALITY IN New YORK Cry
The New York Tribune contains table Of the NOR.
tallty in New York city for the year 1852, with the
chief diseases, place Of nativity, &c &C. The total
number Of deaths 81 ,55S against %, 024in 1851.
and 1878 in 1850. OF the deaths in 1852 ii. $50
were males, and 9S0S females; 1926 were one wear
and under; 532S from one to ten; 1877 ten to TWEEN.
~; 2,l7l twenty TO thirty; 1895 thirty to forty;
l,354 forty to fifty; $50 fifty to sixty; 62I sixty 70
ty; 80 ninety to one hundred and over one hun
dred lash were natives Of the United States;
4,l24 Of Ireland 1855 Of Germany, and the re-
malnder of other foreign countries. The chief dis
orders we're, consumption 2,462; apoplexy GAG;
bronchitis 256; burned or scalded Sc; casualties
1869; cholera infanlum 9O7; congestion Of lungs 252;
commissions 1876; Group $50; deriun 1920; ii.
ahrrua 56S; dropsy 1868; dropsy in the head 8S8;
drowned 10; dysentery TO; erisypelas 149; pur
-~purea fever l55; ssaalet fever 609 typhoid fever
90; yphus fever 659; disease of the heart 278; in
lammatipn of the bowels 440; inflammation Of the
brain 439; inflammation Of the lungs 052; intern.
psrance 81; murders 10; marasmus $50; measles
247; scrolula 100; small pox 49S; suicides 35;
still-born 400; hopping cough 1870. Ofdysentery,
dahrea, typhus fever, inflammation of bowels and
lungs, matasmus and measles, there has been de-
crease during the yeai; of consumption there has
been an increase Of eighty eight deaths.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-01-03

g3-'Ihe New York Sunday Atlas, in speaking
Of the lawful waste" Of twenty-five casks Of
liquor, poured upon the ground in Maine, says re-
proachlully that such an amount Of liquor, "prop-
erly distributed" wouid haze carried the pre-"
mary elections in two or three wards Of that
city,
~ The st. Louis Intelligencer, referring to the
statement which went the rounds not long since. that
the hired girls Of Pittsburg had sent home $4,000
TO their relatives ~ The old country, within the six
months previous, states that within twelve months,
the emigrants from Ireland, IN st. Louis, have
transmitted home $4,000 Quite a little sum.
CT The Lord Mayor Of London lately fined an
omnibus conductor twenty shings, for turning lit
tie boy out Of his omnibus, to accommodate "gen.
tcmaq,"
SAD CAsUALTY.--On Wednesday, Edward +.
Gleason, Of West Fitchbu,g, while playing on The
mill pond Of Mcssrs Lyon & Son, was driven by the
wind to hole, into which he fell aud persisted, be-
fore assistance arrived.--FHchbng Reueins.
ar Hopes and cares, anxietics and fears, d.
vide our life. Would you be free from these anx-
ietics Think every day will be your last and
then tho succeeding hours will be the more well
come, because unexpected.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-01-03

Gg When copying our notes, Friday evening
last, of the Examination. of the High School, we
omitted to mention that Master Thomas Studley de-
IIvered speech upon the preservation of the Sab.
bath in Massachusetts,.
The subject of Master Studley's defamation was
one especially interesting to us, and the effective
manner in which he spoke, was worthy Of the sub
ject. We hope he will forgive the lapsus peuno
which caused the omission of his name in the reeu
lar report Perhaps we shall be as glad to c9m.
mend his ora'ory in years to come, as we are sorry
that we omitted to speak well of his elocution on
Saturday last.