Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-07-10
: SCISSORINGS

Was iltJe -piio CcildS cll ttlG n0nIrn1 1J%E q
this year it is s5j5 cents. -~'a
M John Johnson has been inn
six weeks and fined $50, in PbIala3 d
for selling lottery policies. II
GgThe New York Express as,; y
that there are in the city of New YoJ. U
900 destitute children who live bE ban,sl 4
and crime. oS'lE 4
gait is tho't that the yield of moi =
in New Jersey will be far less than ps"l
year; consequently the prices will be- my d
higher. Il
Z. S. DISTRICT CoURT.-The july T.,
OF this Court, Judge Miller presiding soa 4
menoed at Madison on the Sd inst T rS al
arc nearly 500 cases on the docket
GgThe Boston Grand Jury have =. Y
sed to find bills of indictment againS y I
Rev. Theodore Parker, Wendell pEs
Dr. S. G. Howe and Others, for se5ition | aI
for aiding in the slave riot in that city b
Sg-A Planter in Sumpter ca. Al.
bama, has recently been sentenced toul
years imprisonment in the penitonti,r
for maliciously ihjuring the leg of one
his female slaves by shooting, so that
had to be amputated a
SiNGULAR.-The Louisville Jo,n,
states upon the authority of gentlam,
who arrived from Lexington on Monday n
vening, that the hair of Weigert fomi 3
guilty Of murder in the first degree, whit
was formerly black, has turned white sng
his conviction. Is
&c" MIR. O. R. Fletcher, who resides
few miles west Of this, and who is nns +
teal miner, tells us that, while on a soo. b
ting expedition, about twenty miles from /
Waupaecd, he discovered mineral which |
he supposes to he gold. As soon as'pos5 |
bic, he intends to have it tested--TpWm n
pacca Spirit.
SENATOR SUNNER.-Thore is doubtless |
a scheme on foot, TO attempt to eypeI Sen. Ii
ator Sumner, Of Massachusetts,. froe tba
q. S. Senate. He has been talFr sam.
wholesome truths lately. and some Of The
members hate the truth they n 20; "a !
The conspiracy to cxpel him VIII I'll.
GEN. Butler DEcuyas.-Ih sslhynis- I
vile Journal reports, that Gen. W Bai- +
Ter Indignantly, declines the appointed I
of Governor of Nebraska His remark
was, that he would not accept the Office
were the whole territory his salary.
SALE or THE MILITARY REsERyE, Mn
NEsoTA.-The President has ordered tbs
valuble tract Of land in Minnesota, with 4
other lands in the vicinity, to be sold On
the 18th day Of September next.
re- Madame IiezzIenyi, one Of the sir
tiers Of Kossuth, died Of consumption las
Thursday morning, in New York, in tie
34th year Of her age
TREATY R.>F1FIED.-The Galsden Trea-
ty was ratified on the goth ult., aud Sc:
rotary Guthrie Immediately drew a check
on the Treasury for sepaa mutions Of d0I !
lars, in favor Of Mexico.
PoPULATto; OF DtDr OF Is.--Ine Miuu
Express says that Mr. Anderson has jul
taken the census Of Dubuque, and repot
the number at 6715. Since the last pre-
vious census the boundaries of Dubuque
have been greatly enlarged.
THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD
Governor Barstow offers a reward Of $500
for the apprehension of Francis Donalf31
indicted for murder in Chippewa COUNT
who has escaped from the sheriff Of Chip
pewa and is now at large.
Gov. DoRR-h a fn agai,a.-Tha ST.
preme Court Of Rhode Island has decided
that the act Of the General Assembly d
that State, passed at the January session,
annuling and reversing the judgement Of
said Court, in the case of Thomas W. Dor
was unconstitutional.
WThe only child OF Jefferson Davis
Secretary Of War, died at Washington. on
Tuesday evening, the 18th inst.
FIRE IL MINERAL William
Pierce's cabinet shop, in Mineral Point.
burnt to The ground last Saturday night
Loss $3.50
UNCLE. SANS MoNEY CHEsr-Tn3 oil
cial statement Of the Treasury on the 10Th
OF June shows in the e. S. Treasury sub
ject to draft $28,900,ooo.
MORSE TELEGRAM PATENT RENEWED
The commissioner Of patents has renewed
the Morse telegraph patent of June 1870
for the term of seven years, professor Morse
having disclained 50 much of his 18th spe
ciication as to bring it within the decision
of the supreme court in the recent case OF
Morse vs.. O'Riley.
Nor So.-The story going the rounds
announcing the death of a son Of Patrick
Henry in a Virginia alns-house, is untrue
The Mr. Henry referred to, lras 9Taatly e'-
teefned for his many virtues, died three :,
years ago, and though poor possessed all
that was needful.- Ex.
A MONSTER P1EcE OF MAcHlSERT'
The other day we recorded that a DIN.
ner party was given inside Of a steamboat
cylinder. 1t was cast for the ha"
steamer Metropolis, of the Fall River ll ne.
It is more than one-third larger than inc
cylinders of the collins steamships
which are the largest ever cast IN 1ns
country. 1t is one hundred and i've lnc 3