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

missouri ELECTION. three parties
N Missouri have their forces all in The field
IN anticipation of the August election. In
the st. Louis district, Col. Benton again
runs for the House iksng no
quarter and giving none. The St.
Louis Postmaster who gives notice that
he will receive in payment of postage no
bills of the Bank of Missouri bearing Ben
tons likeness of their vignette, it is sup
posed, will not favor the Colonel with his
vote Galena ADV.
Ten MILLION BILL Passed. The Ten
Million Bill became a law on the Goth
1t is thought by those who know that 3s-
ana effeU If tue distribution, high govern
ment functionaries will bot be forgotten.-1
More than one man who went into office
poor,will go ortlich. The territory obtained
from Mexico is not worth cent an acre.
[Galena JEFF, (Dem.)
Puncd's definition of healM.--An in
dispensable requisite for business as we'll
as amusement, which young men spend
the greater part Of their money in DANA
ging, and the old men the greater part of
their wealth in repairing.
A HoosIER PurF-A correspondent Of
a Wabash (Ind.) paper, complimenting
singing master, concludes thus: "And l
look forward with confidence to the time
when Charleston shall be as celebrated for
learning and music as Jericho was for her
thieves"
Discovery Of petr,fed plants In cut
ting through a bill on the Gray farm, near
Dorchester, Mass, petrifed plants, com
plete in stems and leaves, of various sizes,
have been found in. the solid rock. Seve-
raj beautiful specimens have been taken a.
way, which appear as if painted, and are
susceptible Of very high polish.
How TO PETRIFY WooD.-Take equal
quantities of rock alum, white vinegar, calx
and pebble-powder. Mix all together, and
when the efferyescence. subsidies, throw in
the wood or other porous substance, and
let it soak for four or five days, when the
petrefaction will be complete.
ny lhSiCf ctiC pOIiC EJoit 10 VI lEllICEo
that are settled, and some that amt. A
friend Of ours has just returned from pros
pecting tour of a township which was sold
to him last fall. He says it's fine place,
nicely settled all settled lat least siz feet
under water.I Saturday Eve. Post.
ANOTHER KNOW kNoTHIEG VIoToRT.--
At the Norfolk (Va.) city election, Mr..
Stubs, the candidate of the Know Moth
ings, was chosen Mayor, and the whole
ticket supported by them was elected.
IF you put peas into pot Of water,
the light and rotten ones rise to the top,
and this is the way that little great men
rise in the world--see the United States
Senate.
Why is the assessor of taxes one of
the very best of men !. Because he never
under rates anybody.
A FEMALE TYro--A young lady, prin-
ter, in Cincinnati, Ohio, daily appears in the
streets in Bloomer costume.
The fellow who tried to get con-
cert with the band of hat, is the same
genius who few weeks since played up
on the affections Of an uptown lady
"A medical man, M, FREDERICK, Of
Client, says the most violent toothache can
be at once cured by an emetic: ipeacucan-
ha, given IN vornitive dose, will be follow
ed by immediate relief.
The report that a schoolmaster .chas-
tised boy with a railroad switch is doubt
ed If be did, he got off the track.
There is a town in Maine called Ran
dom. Aresident Of the place- being asked
where he lived, said he lived at Random
He was taken up as a vagrant.