Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-11
Summary of tine late Halls.


Potatoes are selling at 50 per bushel in New
York city This is The price Of the finest &C.
nesee wheat at the mills in Rochester Pota-E
toes are rising to the station and character of
costly luxuries in the market.-Mr. Abel
HawleY, who had the contract for dredging
the harbor of Dubuque, gives up the job. He
loses all his labor. The work he considers
impractcable, the sand filing in about as fast
as it can be cleared. 1t is thought docking
must become the word there.-John Van
consequence, he will soon return home from
England. -For the week ending August 26.
1877 died in New York of cholera; in Boston,
26.-The STEAMER Timour No. 2, exploded
ON the 26th ult., below Jefferson City. Some
fifteen or tsoenty persons are killed and missing.
The boat was so badly injured she immediate-
Ily sunk-Hon. Thomas Clayton died at his
residence in Newcastle, Delaware, on the 2lst
ult., aged II years.-The last number of
Thompson's Reporter gives the following
Hist of recent Bank failures Growers Bank
| Ogdensburgh. N. Y. sBank of Milford Del
aware Bank of Carthage N. Y; erie &
Kalamazoo K. R. Bank Michigan; Bank of
Washtenaw,' Michigan; SFarmars' and Mer-
chants Bank of Memphis Tenn. sAdrian
Insurance Co.'-John ownsend, Esq, one
of the most influential men of Albany, died
lrecentlv.- Much commoton exists in Mex
i leo, and revolution is the order of things bat
the end time alone will develop.-On the
18th of July a pitched battle was fought be-
tween two parties of Chinese at Weaverville,
| Trinity Co., Cal. 10 were killed and many
wounded. On one side were over 400, and 1870
on the other.-At the late fire in Milwau-
kee, the Sentinel estimates the total loss at
| 1891 900, of which amount $233,050 was CO.
Ivered by insurance. The Congregational
Society at Madison have secured the services
| Of Rev. Mr.. Gould, Of Kenosha, temporarily.
He is much liked. The Baptist Church, at the
same place is completed, and was dedicated on
Sabbath week. 1t is brick building, 70 feet
long, by 48 wide. 1t contains 10 shps.-
The Adrian Watchtower contradicts the re-
ported failure of the Erie Kalamazoo Rail-
road Bank.-South Carolina gets appropria-
tons to the amount of S145,000 for public
works from Congl ess. How much does Wis
consin get?---In the Missouri Legislature
the following is the state Of parties Wings
So j; Benton Democrats SO Anti-Be ton bl.
Tie /.
| The GAINESVILLE Free Press Of the 9Th inst.
says: The Methodist conference for Wis
concin and Minnacota ic now, in caSeion in N q
city and probably will continue most of the
week. There are about 100 preachers pres
ent and the deliberate MS are conducted with
much harmony and abiiity.-On the day
following the recent Southern Wisconsin r. R..
meeting at Monroe, Green Co., t he people of
that town subscribed $4,000 to the stock of
the company.-The total population of Elk
| horn is 654.-The Kansas river is navi-
gable for 900 miles to steamers drawing five
! feet of water.-It is rumored that lodge of
Know othings has been nsttuted, or is about
to be instituted in Madison. quite panic
prevails in Savannah in conseq uence of the in
crease of the yellow fever, and the citizens were
rapidly leaving At Charleston, also great I'M
easiness was manifested, and pr operations
were making to open yellow fever hospita
should the disease become an epidemic. --Yel-
low fever in New Orleans is on the increase
In the whole city the deaths for the week en-
ding on the 28th ult., ran up to 187.-lAt
recent anti-Nebraska meeting, at Canton, ST.
Lawrence Co., N. Y. Preston King offered
resolution in favor of Col. Benton for the next
President.-Atan Anti NebraskaMass Con-
vention, held at Rockford I'll, on Wednesday
the 30th ut, Hon. E. B. Washburne, the pres
emf able and faithful Representative of the 10
Davies District in Congress, was re-nominated
by acclaim alton.