Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-06-06


briefly noticed in the columns of the Com
mercidl. That notice fell into the hands
of Capitalists, who having investigated
the matter. became SO sangune Of the sue
cess Of the new machines, that they con
tracted for some and paid several thousand
dollars in advance to aid in having the
work done. This money placed the pool
inventor and his associates on firm basis,
and they are taking measures for carrying
on the business upon an extensive scale.--
TCin. Com.
ST PAUL TO CnIoAGo.-.fhe Prairie du
Cllien route is likely to be the only route
east this season, to men who are travelling
on time. a packet line,of three steamers,
the Milwaukee, Itasca and Ocean Wave
run exclusively in connection with the
Prairie du Chion road. A packet leaves
st. Paul every afternoon, and connects.
with the railroad next day. The distance
fromPrairie du Chen to Milwaukee, 1872
miles; Prairie du Chen to Chicago, 22o
miles,yia GAINESVILLE; do via Milwaukee PIT
miles. At GAINESVILLE, 1873 miles from
Prairie du Chen, the road connect with
the Chicago and Fon dn Lac road to Chi
cage. The fare from Prairie du Chien to
Chicago is 81, either via GAINESVILLE df Mil
waukee. The fare from Prairie du Chen
to Milwaukee is s5.-[St Paul Pioneer.
g9 Barnum does not succeed in Europe,
says the N. Y. Tribune and it is now his
intention to return here and take the ben
eft in full Of the bankrupt act, and then
return to Europe with his family, to await
that good time coming which Micawber
waited for, while constantly expecting that
something would turn up.
Gg Brigham Young in a recent sermon
to bis Mormon disciples remarked, a real
y think that | have a great deal more in
fuence here than Moses had among the
children Of Israel"
What the English demand of the Chinese
IF the Paris Press is well Informed as 10
the precise nature Of Lord Elgin's instruc-
tious, the concessions which he is to de-
mand are Of the most Comprehensive ma
ture, and the most opposed to the inclina-
tions Of the chinese people, and their hab-
its Of intercourse with foreigners. Instead
of five ports being opened to foreign
commerce, as stipulated BY the treaty Of
Nankin, eight ports are to declare free to
all nations; English ships are to Be allow
Jed to put in for repairs and shelter to any
port on the coast; a British college, like
that Of Russia, is to be established at Pc.
kin, to be composed Of FIVE members whose
duty il will be to maintain official relations
between the governments of Great Britain
and China; English military posts are to
b established at every British consular
station; and permission is to be given, and
land coded, for the construction of British
forts at Shanghai and Canton, as perma-
nent military establishments for the better
protection of British residents and their in.
terests.
SENECA LAKE FhozEN IN MAY.-The
Dundee, N. Y. Recorder makes the follow
ing curious statement:
Seneca Lake was frozen over last week
with the thermometer hardly down to
freezing point. This is the third year that
the same phenomena has occurred in Nav
1t IS well attested by the Oldest inhabi-
tants that the lake was never frozen over
until the winter Of 1855. Formerly the
coolest weather had no power to CONCEAL.
its crystal waters. Now some unknown
cause freezes its surface ID May.
QUAINT CoMpAsos.-Rey. Theodore L.
~
Cuyler N his address to the Sunday
School children at the Academy of Music,
made the following comparisons:
tie thought this great flower show. and
directed all who had ever seen a floral ex-
hibition to hold up their hands. He com
pared the Baptist schools to water lilies.
the Dutch Reformed to Dutch tulips. the
Presbyterlans to blue bells, the Methodist
to four o'clocks, the Ccngregationalists to
may flowers, and the Episcopalian 70 bishop