Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-08-24
I@!8 PEN AND HgaaaI0 lIaS

AT the B.,,-.,1.-e
Marion county, rt y of July celebration in
fered the following toast: a'ing lady Of
The young men Of America: Their
arms our support, Our arms their re-
ward The Bank of Racine has adj
ded $50, 900 to its capital Stock
Z New London, Conn, has elected
Maine Law Mayor by over two hundred
majority.-T The majority for the
Maine Law in Michigan is $1,000, with
Chippewa County to tie be heard from.
I'll The sales of tobacco in st. Louis
the present season will not exceed s.
900 hhds. 1t is said that Joseph
Avery, who was carried over the Falls,
had beer drinking the evening previous,
and this was the reason why his boat
was swept over the rapids and he and
his companions lost.-T Wild cotton,
readily separat ed from the seed, diff
Guilty only surmounted by the gin in 9th
er, has been discovered growing on the
Navigator's Island When you see
a young man and woman walking the
street, leaning against each otf err like a
pair of badly matched oxen, be assured
that they are bent on consolidation
II "Come here, sonny, and tell me what
the four seasons are?'' "pepper, mus
tard, salt and vinegar-them's what
nanny always seasons WITH
' The arrival of the .9sia's news at
New Orleans had the effect of depres-
sing the price of Cotton one quarter of
CENT? David c. Cloud, Democrat,
has been elected Attorney General Of
lowa.-f Mr.. Bryant, the poet, has
received the title OF l.. L. D. from Union
College, Schenectady.-T Holland has
lost one Of her best historians, M. De
Joughe, at the age of 60.-f The Sui
tan of Turkey has sent the plate inher-
tied from his mother, and valued at 40
00o,O 900 piastres, to the Mint.-T Col.
Benton has published letters from Lieut..
Beal's party, showing that for full half
the distance from Missouri to California,
the Central Route has been found by ac-
tual exploration to be of easy grade, the
country is well watered and fertile-pre-
senting no obstacle equal to what is en-
countered between Baltimore and Wash
ington. One hundred and forty mil
lion dollars worth of tobacco was consul
med by Great Britain last year-enough
money to keep million boys at good
school, f There are, according to a
foreign medical journal, six hundred dis
tinot species of disease connected with
the eye.--T The potatoe diseases said
to have re-appeared in the south of Eng
land. -T The vine crops at Teneriffe
are injured by blight 1T Elections
were held in the following States the
lst inst Arkansas, Alabama, Indiana,
Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri and Texas
There are five candidates for the office
Of Governor of Alabama, and nine for
Governor Of Texas.--H Rufus Porter,
of lying-ship notoriety, is said to have
in progress an aeroport, by means of
which he purposes to carry load of pas
sengers from Washington to the Worlds
Fair.-F The Chicago Democrat states
that the Illinois Central Railroad Co.,
contemplates putting refreshment Car
on their through Express trains, so that
they will not be compelled to stop to give
passengers their meals.-T BY an ar
rival at Boston from Fortue Island, the
Post learns that there was no salt on
that Island on the 9Th inst, while at
Grand Turk, Salt Key and Inagua, salt
was very scarce, and selling from Ia to
l6 cents per bushel. The continuous
rains is the cause of the scarcity
It The Gaceta de Costa Rica informs us
that, on the 10Th of May last, treaty
of peace was established between the re-
publics of Guatemala and Honduras.