Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-07-20
A Chapter Of General News.

nave sent the Wisconsin dollar each,
to help him defray the expenses of his
suit with Geo. Smith. Il The prospects
of war between Bolivia and Peru are in
creasing. 4 A duel was fought at San
Francisco, June llth, between Edward
Bates, clerk of the assistant Alderman
and DR.. Crane. At the second fire DIR.
Crane was shot through the body and
died on Sunday-several other duels are
reported between persons unknown
Il The Milwaukee and Fond Du Lac
and the Milwaukee, Fond du Lac and
Green Bay railroad companies, have
been consolidated. T A State Educa-
tional Convention, was held in Madison
last week. t A Democratic State Con-
vention, is called to meet at Madison
Sept. 7th. T There will be Univer-
sal Exhibition held in Paris, on the ist
of May, 1855. Il Senator Atchinson is
stamping the State of Missouri, after the
style of Col. Benton. Nicholas p.
Trist (of Mexican treaty memory has
recently returned from Europe, and pur-
chased farm in Monmouth county, N.
| Y. Il The woman's temperance conven.
ton at Rochester declined to take wo-
mans rights grounds, whereupon Miss
Susan B. Anthony resigned the Office of
secretary, and said her soul was no lon
ger with the society 4 The Washing
ton Union, Gen. Pierce's organ, reads
the New York Evening Post and the
Buffalo Republic out of the Democratic
party, because they are suspected of
Freesoilism. Il During tie month of
June, last past there arrived at New
York the large number Of 1895 emf
grants, Of whom "a ,544 were from Great
Britain, $500 from Havre, 6,95l from
Hamburger, 1898 from Antwerp, IT'S
from Scandinavia, and 432 from Hol-
land. T There's no telling what day'll
bring forth, as Mr.. Day said when Mrs.
d. had twins. It Hiram Powers is to
have the commission to execute the great
Boston statute of Daniel Webster
+ Agricultural reports from Posen, East
Prussia, and the Silecian districts are,
highly favorable. 4 The Minnesota RI
yer is falling very fast. Five feet of wa
ter on the rapids. T The attempt to en-
force the Maine law inNe Brunswick has
not been successful. At Richmond,
where the friends of the law instituted
some prosecutions, the Temperance Hall
was blown up with gunpowder and ruin
ed. It Accounts from Magdalen Islands
/ IN. B. states that the mackeral fish
cry so far has been an utter failure
II Com. Shrubrick was appointed, j uly 9,
Commander of the Squadron to the fish
ing grounds. Gen. Scots sole re-
naming unmarried daughter was married,
Wednesday, to gentleman in Baltimore.
7 Mrs. l.. N. Fowler, of New York,
gave series of lectures on Physiology
Anatomy and the Science of Life, to the
ladies Of Racine acme last = week The h,
Corporation, at Lowell, was destroyed
by fire on Thursday forenoon. Loss is
estimated at $75, 900 to 100000. In
sured at Lowell. T H. B. Wilson has
been arrested, at Raleigh, for whipping
to death slave woman. Il How many
fond mothers and frugal housewives keep
their pretty daughters and preserves
for some extra occasion s:bigbug'
or other, till both turn SOUR. 4 IA Lon
don writer says, the New Workers
needn't be surprised if they should have
an influx Of European Princes and Prin-
cesses, Dukes and Duchesses, all shades
of nobility and fashionables, during their
Worlds Industrial Exhibition. It The
difference, between fool and bore is
this-one don't know how to speak and
the other when. Avoid both as you
would club loaded with headache
T The Boston Post of I'd, says, the news
; from China is causing great commotior
in Teas. Blacks have advanced in thai
city Is per cent and greens 30. Il The
receipts of the Hudson River Rail
road for the month of June, were 1894,
978 70. Il Recently published stats
, tics show that only one in eight of thu
whole number of Children in England
E and Wales attend school. T Batchelol
, farmers are about this time in regular
stew. They are forced to hire married
men to do their sscradling." T TIL,
Philadelphia Register thinks the New
) York Observer ssis making more infidel
, and money than any other ecclesiastical
f weekly in the United States" T Wa
ter is called hard, when, from contain
ing too much carbonic acid, it hold
lime in solution. T An exchange pape
says that a Worcester widow of fifty
three years has married Boston chal
, of nineteen. Well, she's got nice DO,
) to begin with. 4 The negro law of II
: linois was recently enforced in Wash
, ington county. A colored man after
: confinement Of six weeks in the count,
t Jail was sold for the sum of Sd % 70
one month. t Contributions have beef
made to the Worlds Fair, in New York
n from over one hundred and ninety cite
: of Germany. Il A western editor eau
e lions his readers againt kissing shor
: girls, because the habit has made hir
t round shouldered. Il It is said tina
! Santa Anna edits the Universal, a news
paper distinguished for its abuse Of tn,
United States and our form of govern
$ ment. 4 There are now on their wa
e to Milwaukee 1000 Norwegian emf
|, grants, who will make Wisconsin thei
f future home. IT Mr.. THOMPSON of TIL