Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-04-10
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NEWS ITEMS Sc

n 49, 81 - 80
y The Cattskill Democrat says, that i
route Tor railroad on the west side of
me Hudson river, from Hoboken to AL
oany, has been located and surveyed and
the whole stock actually subscribed
J The st. Paul Democrat and Pioneer
oo'n propose 10 issue daily sheets. in
Inc course Of a few weeks. Another
nrm mad previously projected daily at
Constantinople has been besieged "a
umes-Io without success. The Mace
i world. ~ 'ii0
The San Francisco Herald of March
= gives more encouraging accounts to
Tue success of Walker and his party
AT one time the number was reduced r.
.oo. ne has, however, been reinforced
from different quarters, so that his pre-
sent number reaches $50 to 400 men.
Il "A collision took place on the Chica.
60 and Rock Island Railroad, March 80.
near LaSalla, between lumber train 90,
ming down, and locomotive going back
alter water. Both locomotives were
smashed up, and twelve men seriously
'hJured-three supposed to be mortally
wounded.
The Alta California, of March lst;;
says, Money is exceedingly tight in San
francisco perhaps there never was
such pressure. Real estate has fallen
considerably in value since New Years
day. During the aaeath.there had been
lour marriages in San Francisco, and ten.
divorces.
Il Young gentlemen who dress in tight
pants and bob-tail coats, have received
the appellation ofssShanghais.
u The press is a lever small enough
to be used by one man, but strong e.
nough to raise the whole world.
81. Peters Church, in Rome, car
hold 81 900 persons.
= II Ihe9seal displays taste for music.
They will long follow boat in which
any musical instrument is PLAYED, and e.
ven tune whistled has attraction for
them.
Il Does man feel girlish when he
makes ''maiden speech ?''
A man seldom has much leisure, If
he Is much inclined to use it,
u At one time tea and coffee were CON-
'Idered as poisons, and it is stated that
n one of the northern countries thew
made trial Of them three times dav on
wo criminals, whose lives were spared
IN condition of their undergoing this ter
'lole ordeal. The result was, that the
'ulprlt who took the tea, lived to be Sc
'enty-nine, and the other, eighty.
u Mrs. Susan Bigler, mother of the
Governors of California and Pennsylva-
ia, died on the 10th, at her residence in
-Tn,unrlil,- -MA...~-----.--A---
nd in twenty years two tb ousand men
lad not finished the walls. 1t is of po-
ished marble, both outside and in; the
pillars are of one piece, fifty feet high,
he base and capitals of solid silver but
he greatest curiosity of all is wooden
'ox, constructed to cover 1t from the
weather..
T A woman came to her death lately,
It Valatia, N. Y, from the effects Of poi
ION, communicated to her system by
ome yarn, which she placed in her
mouth, and which came in contact with
sore on her lip.
ION the books at Wizards Hotel, in
is the following recent en-
ry: Mrs. Lewis and husband, Baffalo.'
Paris, Kentucky, is the great live
stock market in the West. Eight hum
bred and thirty mules were recently sold
in one day.
4 Speeches and other documents in
favor Of the Nebraska Bill have been
received at Post-offices in New-Hamp-
shire franked by ''F. Pierce, President
Of the United States"
T The beard movement in England is
one Of the most rapid on record, even
in these fast times. Whole towns and
classes 60 into it at once.
Il The St. Louis Evening News says
that during the two months of January
and February, twenty-three steamers
were sunk, burnt or blown up Oh the
Mississippi river and its tributaries, and
two destroyed by fire on the Savannah,
involving the loss of near two hundred
lives, and more than million dollars
worth of property.
IA Locomotive Works Company has
been formed in Detreit. Ii is composed
of staunch men. They were to conf
mence operations on the lst Of this
month. They have already orders for
enc hundred locomotives
Official announcement by P. M. Gem
eral that he has made arrangements with
the Australia pioneer line of Packetsto
convey monthly mail to Australia.