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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-16

# z Milling and 1Nanutacturinq Claytor
fCity Mills, by S. A. Clarke a Co.-This
mill takes rank as one Of T the best bull
land most substantial mills in Iowa. and
Twas erected BY che enterprising prophet ors
during the year 1856, and was first put
in operation last fall. The mill building
| is built Of an excellent and handsome
building stone called blue nlagnesia lime
|stone,, which abounds' here. The size is
fifty feet front by seventy feet depth, five
lstories high. The walls are three feet
thick, and the inside timbers are Of a mas
lsive' description. There are two engines,
making eighty horse power, and are fine
specimens Of workmanship. The inachin-
fery is Of the latest modern Improvements,
and many important additions have been
made, which, in economy and superior ex-
eeution Of work. gives this mil great adj
vantages oyer, others of older dates. A
new Bran Cleaner, a late invention, has
been placed in it, which completely sepa-
rates the flour from the bran after it has
gone through the ordinary process in other
mills, and by this means alone saves at
least six dollars worth of flour per day to
the owners. This millruns three pair of
four feet burrs, and is capable of making
and packing four hundred barrels of flour
per day. AL. Sherman, Esq, the mill
er, states that in one hour he has ground
on6one pair of burrs in this mill, forty
three bushels of wheat, a feat which be
has never been able to do in any other
mill, though he has had long experience
at the. business. This testimony shows
the superior duality Of the machinery
The total cost of this mill was over TWEEN
ty-seven thousand, dollars. This establish
ment has now on hand over two thousand
barrels of flour and twenty thousand bush
els of wheat, ready for shipment and man
Frank Smith & Co., Sac Nil and
Lumber Iard.-This is the largest saw
mill and lumber yard north Of Dubuque
to this point, and is doing an extensive and
prosperous business, and is tasked to its ut
most capacity to keep up the active de-
,nand for pine lumber from the country
The engine is over Sty horse power, and
propels one large mill-saw, one large rotary
saw, besides quite q number of smaller
saws for lathes, &c. This mill turns out
about eighteen thousand feet Of pine lum-
Der per day Dubuque Express and Her
aid. s ss5 eof o.. go
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-16

CApIrAL on LAKE SUpERIoR.-The Bos.
ton 7,rave'er says it is estimated that the
whole alnountsexpended ia the business of
exploring aud working thecopper mines on
Lake Superior, up to Jan. IL 657, was about
The present value of the best
mining simultaneously that region is set
down at So, SOC, 600, and the whole amount
of copper produced up to Jan. l, is estima-
ted at Ss,l73,1o9. Balance in favor Of
the mines 52,673. 100; buff the unsaceess-
Ifill establishments be estimated at one
fourth Of their cost, and this estimate adj
ded, the balance will. be more than double.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-16


p A TREMENDOUS BLAST OF POWDER IN
TIE BouLroN MOUNTAINS II esterday at
ternoon Messrs Fitch, Cook & Co., let of
the heaviest blast at Quarryville, SO said
that was ever let off at the Boulton Noun
tains. In this case 1900 pounds of pow
der were let off, The mass of rock up
heayed was twenty-five feet in depth, and
twenty five feet wide by fifty feet long
At least 5000 tons of rock were removed,
1000 tons being thrown from fifteen to one
hundred rods distant. 7 19" 2t
One solid mass Of rock, weighing at
least fifteen tons, was thrown distance Of
thirty rods; fences in the vicinity were
completely destroyed, and the tops Of trees
taken off as if done by the axe The tops
of apple trees in an orchard near by were
taken completely of, presenting desolate
The public roadwhich runs
at the foot of the hill was completely fill
ed; many of the larger rocks requiring tc
be blasted before they can be removed. -
One mass which layin the road, after be
ing divided into four parts could with diff
ficulty be removed by six OK team.
It generally requires; III opening new
quarry, an outlay Of some $4,000 to re
move the waste rock which, lies Overland
above the paving stones.-[ Hartford Cour
ant. sE .sx.s, esFtg - 5ysRBt st&4Rsft as Sos
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-16

BoRN TO Coop LucK.-The ST. Louis
Leader tells the following story:
Not over dozen years ago,a merchant Of
this city well known and highly respected,
failed in business and after settling up his
affairs, gave to his principal creditor deed
oftrust on certain real estate, to secure thepay
ment of $4,000. AT the time the prop
erty Aas barely valued at that, SO the cred
itor put the deed in his safe, and there,
SO far as he was concerned, the matter en-
ded The merchant, broken,dis appointed,
poor but enterprising, went South, visited
California, Mexico, and South America
speculated, made half a dozen fortunes and
lost them again.
A few weeks since he returned to the
city, sick, travel worn, NEEDY and disheart-
ened. By chance he met his old lawyer q
gentleman high in bis profession, and who
is deservedly respected. After the first
greeting, the lawyer remarked, II am glad
to see you back, and as you seem to be ia
want offunds, the sale will be just in tirne.'
The merchant looked hard at his friend.
and finally said, sSale what sale I've got
nothing to SELL" ii
".Nonsense, my d ar fellow, you are rich
Ter than you imagine. Don't you remem-
Der the decd of trust that drew up for
You some twelve years ago?'
81 do, what of itg'
"Well, at that time the property would
not have realized that sum, so it was let lie;
but it IS now IN the market, and [ expect
to close contract for its sale this week.
"1ou amaze me: what price do you ey.
pect to get?o
I've asked $4,000 and shall get it too.
Your old debt aud interest will amount TO
$4,000 or Whereabouts, so you will have
$4,000 to start upon"
The sensations of the party may be
''more easily imagined than described" as
the penny-a liners have it, but4one thing is
certain, Mr.. A. went home happier man
than he had been for ten years at least.
Reader, what we have here related ia
simple fact; and more, the occurrence is
not yet q week old. 81 A.-'e
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-16

There are in the, Louisville, (Ky.)
Jail, no less than fourteen men confined on
the charge Of murder.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-16

THE DRED Scorr CAsE.-Every day
developes some new and revolving effect
of the decisiopof the Majority of the Su-
preme Court in the bred Scott case.--
The last we have noticed is. this: The
Constitution confers jurisdiction upon the
Supreme Court in controversies between
ga State or the citizens thereof, and for
eign States, citizens or subjects" Ne
groes, according to Judge fancy, cannot
be citizens of the United States. But
they certainly can be citizens of foreign
States, for instance, of England. And
Tins aSBritish negro can sue in our Uni
ted States Courts, while an American free
negro, born and bred on our soil, is exclu-
ded from the privilege.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-16
,a.s-Tbe ST. Louis Iatelligencer Is ann

aE The St. Louis latelligencer IS anu
sing itself BY finding genuine practical
enancipationists among the National
Democracy" ofthat city. It has discover
ed several, and has at last come to the
conclusion that the party is ''lcusy" with
them. M
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-16

fHDr. johnson remarked that a habit
Of looking on the best side Of every event is
better than attousand pounds a year.
When Fenolons library was on fire, God
be praised" he exclaimed, that it il not
.the~dwelling Of some poor man."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-16

BANK OF GRANT CoUNTY.-Mr. l.. Me
c ,rn, who has been appointed Cashier of
the new Bank here, has arrived in town.
He Is very gentemanly appearing man,
and brings the highest, recommendations.
The Bank is to be located, for the present,
over S. Moore's store, beneath our otfice.-
Mr.. E. r. Hinckcy is President Of the
Bank, and E. Bailey has been appointed
Vice President. The Charter runs for
thirty yerar, and gives liberty to increase
the capital stock from $50, 900 to $500, 1000.
Thirty thousand dollars worth Of Tennes-
see, Missouri and louisiana bonds have
been deposited with the State Treasurer,
on which $4,000 Of bills. have been issued.
The bills are of the denomination of 81, 81,
s., and $40. They Are very handsomely
got up, finely engraved, and printed inrsd
and black, so that counterfeit will be inn
possible. Any one can see that the notes
Of the Bank are abundantly secured. OPP
erations will be commenced and the bills
be in circulation in day or two.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-16

CHURCH MUs1c.-Dr. Stevens articles
on church music are exciting very general
Reformation on this scbject is
not only needed-it is inevi:able--it is
must come. Choirs may be necessity in
many instances, but they iced never be a
monopoly. Congregational singing led by
a good choir is uemodus operand. To
that half dozen young persons,
often irrelgious, perched in orchestra gall
leres, may perform the singing for whole
congregation, is simply ridiculous. What
is most needed in order to bring about
congreg ational singing is a return to the
grand old tunes of former times Our AIN
ateur choir-singing are too fond of "execu-
ting difieuls pieces, and coDfounding
common people with the reverberating
resonances of .Jugue" tunes. The Rector
of ST. Bardoldhs takes off this style most
laughably, in describing the singingof the
following stanza: ,sa55 "a ssgf-7 b..
True love like precious oil,
@8T Which,poured on Arons head, sias'
Ran down his bea I'd, and o'er his robes
Its costly moisture shed.
In the prodigious effort OF this perfor-
nance, the sear-sphtting combination of the
several voices hardly bore 4 resemblance
to that oily current poured on Aaron's
head, and which
.:Ran down his beard anil O. er his hea a.
Ran down his beard IS ~ also
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-16

ADVANCE IN THE PEIcE OF NEws.-
We see it stated, but with what truth we
do not know, that upon the completion of
the Atlantic telegraph, the New York
dailies propose to9take thousand words
of pews each day. This will cost them
from $4,000 to $1,000 per week, and the
price of the papers will be increased in pro-
portion. Indeed it is already rumored
that the Herald will be five cents a
copy after the new arrangement begins
OF course the Tribune and TINES viii fol
low suit, In that event the circulation OF
these papers will suffer somewhat-unless,
indeed, their enterprise and outlay are APP
preeiated as they ought to be. Exchange.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-16
Its costly MOST
jar-p

a4 -ure-beard-hi --beard--his--shed :.
10 Ran down his --hls-down-- 81
His robes--its costly moist--his beard
.--ure shed--his cosf--his robes--ure shed
Its-c-o-s-t-l-i-e mois-ture--shed Z,
The late Bishop seabury, being asked
his opinion Of this performance, replied
that he had paid no attention to the mu-
sic, bit that his sympathies were 50 much
excited for poor Aaron that he was afraid
thai he would not have a. hair left Ia Such
performances may be- ARTISTIC but car
eyeranswer the purpose for which slne /
Gods praise was Designed. Cor.soi D.
w. Christian Advocate; ~. 81 II
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-16

THREE PER CENT, MoNrH:--TheNew
York INDEPENDENT under the head OF
principles at three per cent. per month, y
says:sga 1859 tt2s1' q
MANY Western merchants and business
men have suspended payment on their III
debtedness in the East, for the purpose Of
using their money at home at high rates
of interest. When they are short, they
won't pay because money is scarce and
high. When they are flush, they won't
pay because "they can do better" (they
think) with their funds. They will not
pay three per eel mot they; but they
will take any per cent. they car get. Such
men should put up sigu-', Principles fol
sale at three per cent. per month" Con
corning all such financiers, we say, .Regis-
ter their Names 81.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-16


How THE BEAR CAME ToHAvEi A SHORT
ITALIA Norwegian fable satisfactorily
accounts for the short tail ola bear. The
bear, it seems, was once met bya fox who
carried load fish, and who, in answer to
the question how he had obtained them,
replied, that he had caught them by ang-
Ing. The bear expressed desire to know
an art so useful; when the fox informed
him that be had only to make a hole in the
ice and insert his tail. You must stop
long enough, and not mind if it hurt you
a. little (said the friendly advisory for a
sensation of pain is sure sign that yet
have lite. The longer the time, the
more the fish. Nevertheless, when you
have got good strong bite be sure You
pull out" The cfedulous bear followed
the instructions and kept his tail in the
hole till twas frozen fast. When he pull
ed, the end of the tail came off; and hence
the shortness of the appendage at the pres
ent day. Fraser's Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-16

swThe New Jersey fruit crop is Dog
sreYed by the cod weather.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-16

And DER his robes 80
Ran down his beard--ran down his
------------ DER his robes d
His robes, his robes, ran dawn his beard
Ran down his = = = sHsss e s
80 .-----e'er his robes gsas sl3t s.
Ran down his beard !,
.Ss8 q ----------h-i-s beard saag 3Fis'3l =
Its costly moist ssfq4gts4
Ran down his beard
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-16

a The PEouNlsRY VALUE OF EMANcIpA-
rIoN.-O One of the most prominent citizens
Of Missouri-the owner of twenty one
slaves, besides their progeny = has offered
to emaneipate all, provided general eman-
cipation could be secured He is convin-
ced that The rise Id real estate consequent
to the abolition of slavery in Missouri
would pay four fold for the slaves. ''s -.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-16

gu A BLEss1NG IN DIseuIsE.-The Apr
snow storms have added about 80 pei
cent. to the production Of maple sugar, ii
all the northern statesaiisw 74gg g anoi
A correspondent writes from Madison
county, n. Y, as follows: - S
,"The maple sugar crop is enormous. %
The average run for years has been three
pounds per tree; this year it goes, from
four to seven pounds. per tree. One man
has thirteen hundred trees tapped, and
has made already five thousand pounds
and the sap is, still running freely. The
sap is sweeter by fifty per cent. than fol
some years previous."d iasd1 adi taas
During the present enormous prices OF
Cuban and New Orleans sugar--tbe pre-
duction of maple sugar. us 1, matter Of ma
tional irnport lance Eleven millions of dol
lars is not considered too high an estimate
for the spring crop of sugar in all the nor
thern and western slates.s 81 siia rs q
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-16

"a ALL THE GoLD IN THE WoRLD.-Esti.
mate the, yard of gold at e2,ooo,ooo
which it is in round numbers, and all the
gold in the world might, ifmelted into in
COTS, be contained in cellar twenty four
feet square anil sixteen feet high. All
the boosted wealth already obtained from
California and Australia would go into an
iron safe nine feet square and nine feet
high--so small is the cute of yellow metal
that has set population on the march, and
reused the whole world to wonder. ,sa
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-16
Registry in Kansas!

Proofs of the manner in which the reg
istryE in Kansas has been made are aeculn-
ulating. Only / 500 names are listed for
the county in. which Lecompton is. situa-
ted, and. there are. three times that mum
Der of free state voters. The Lawrence
Herald Of Freeeomsays that 5000 names
are registered in johnson county,. where
there are. not SO legal voters, These
names belong 10 the members of a secret
lodge in Missouri. The bogus legislature
attached Lawrence to Johnson county with
the intenti n Of controlling its vote BY
this nonresident population. a...Al..-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-16

=. A SLAVE STATE FRATERNIzINa WITH
THE NORTH. Norfolk Argas of late
date, in the following paragraph points out
a serious break in the Northern line Of the
of slavery:
maryland, by position and interest, is
not entitled to be slasssd among the slave
States. Her politics show that her press
is fast bringing about a determination b.,
tween her and The Free States, so-called
On each side Of the Bay her people are
sound, but north and west Of Baltimore,
there is but shade of difference between
the inhabitants of Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania. 1t is through Maryland that most
Of the slaves now escape from Virginia.
Her laws on this subject are wholly inef-
feetual, and public opinion will not tolerate
one that is worth straw. Z a
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-16

How 70 CURE A RArTLEsNAKE BITE.---
If the dog should be bitten, it immediate
ly digs q hole in the ground, in which he
lies until the swelling disappears. have
always found this SIMPLE remedy the best
one which be resorted to for the bite, of a
rattlesnake. A young man of my &C
quaintance was once bitten, and | immedi-
ately dug hole in the ground eighteen
inches deep, into which his leg was placed
and covered with earth. At first he expe-
rienced no pain, but in a short time it was
so severe that I was compelled to hold
him. down; in three hours he fell asleep
After sleeping two hours, he awoke, and
the leg was entirely free from pain. - pom
removing it from the earth, il was very
white, and the. poison was all drawn OUT
Philip Baker, an old hunter, Fapper, IN
dia inntetpreter, &c.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-16

Is VIRTUE HEMDIrARv?-E a love Of
truth, justice and goodness transmitted
from parents to children.s Facts appear
to answer these questions in the affirma-
tive. In England, it has been ascertained
that out of one hundred criminal children,
sixty were born Of dishonest parents;
thirty of parents who were profigate, but
not criminal; and only ten of parents who
were. honest and industrious. The rule is,
virtuous parents raise virtuous Children
Not more than one out of every ten Grim
inals has been born Of honest, religious pa
rents. The character of parents and chill
d:en are nearly asmnch alikeass their fea-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-16

He LEFT THEM IN THEIR CuPs.-Ou
my way down net at Maryville two off
GERS from Iowa, who had in care man
named Amos, charged with the larceny Of
horse. We all stopped for the highland
the two officers we're shown d room in which
they intended to guard their prisoner. A
pallet was made on the floor, on which the
three were to sleep-the prisoner IN the
middle. Before. retiring few potations
had made them slightly, mellow, and for
fear that Somnus might press too heavily
upon their eyelids and impair their vigil
once, they agreed that when they laid
down, ane of them should tie his leg with
a leather strap to that Of the prisoner, for
greater security.
When they awoke in the iiiorfiing what
was their astonishment to find that they
had tied themselves together, and that the
prisoner was wholly without restraint, and
laughing at them heartily Correspond
ence Missouri Republican. f ss.s 81.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-16
TN, WnEAr Caop or Ilusors.-We

The WnEAT CaoP OF ILLuNors.-We
have for weeks past examined our COUNTRY
exchanges with care, and have been iindns--
trious in our inquiries of individuals, en-
deavoring to ascertain the true condition
and real prospects of the growing wheat
crop of the State The result of our read
ing and inquiry may be very briefly sum
lined up. The crop is q .Jailurv-n many
districts, containing each two or three coun-
| ties-an entire failure; in others there is a
prospect of the growth of the usual yield
from the area sown; in others again half
a crop may be harvested; but nowhere, as
we can learn, are there any fields that have
escaped injury A sudden change of
weathe rmay make material difference inI
the prospect; but now it is gloomy enough.
Central Illinois, from Logan, county south
ward seems to have suffered most. In the
1.-TWO extremes of the State the report isl
more cheering; bat, unfortunately, thoseI
are the localities in which only a little win
ter grain is sown. In the heart Of thewheat
growing district, the winter has done its
work-never before SO. badly.
This is a discouraging account to send
abroad but it is important that the facts
should be Known Chicago Tribune.
aSLAvEHoLDINe RELIe1oN.-A late Eng.
lish traveller in our exemplary Evangelical
slayeholding States was told by a planter,
that the negroes were great villains, butt
good at religion" ''very good" "SomeI
of the negroes were good fellows; but the
majority are lazy rascals, who needed to be
constantly watched. They were very good
at religion. He'thonght theywere every Bit
as good preachers as The whites. He had a
a fine prencher himself that he'd sell to a
church willingly for fourteen hundred dol
lars, and believed they'd have a good bar
gain of him at that. He would just as soon
listen to him as any white preacher he
knew. There was a black preacher in The
neighborhood bought in this way BY his
He thought therewere far
too many preachers, both black and white.
He wanted to know how much it would /
cost to Keep boy at school in England.
He himself had two sons at school Tor col
lege, he called it,)iu Tennessee, buthe was
obliged to bring them home, for fear they'd
be killed. MI the boys carry six shooters,
and are continually shooting at one anoth /
er; and if the teacher attempts to correct
'em, they shoot at him too, SO he let's EN-
alone. He thought this was all owing to
the amount of preaching and praying the
pupils have to undergo There was 50
much bawlin' and 'groanin' that they were
fairly driven wild" 81.