Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-08-01
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IN spelllng the hdaaS y eliis - = p
.ghiutS; it should be spelled C'siach ae-
coreling to Webster. A writer for the
farmer suggests salt, sown broadcast, as a
destroying agent adapted to cleaning Out
the Chineh, though having only used It one
season thinks it has. not been sufficiently
tested. The CAiach bug seems 70 have
commenced its work first in Grant County
about five years ago, thence to other parts
Ii las quite deserted this region, but We
hear Of it in other places. The CAsnet
is a southern insect and seems never before
to have come so far porth--fhongh We
have traced its migrafions porthward for
twenty years. Some years ago, i ravaged
southern regions jointly with the Army
worm and they swept all before them
Nobody seems to have any acquaintance
Will, its nature. or the autidote to its raya-
ees. It first makes its appearance N the
wheat, barley or oats, bit after harvest
marches into the nearest corn field where
Ii usually does some damage. Its tliibus-
terine habits and inyasions are supposed
not to BE countenanced by the admilistra-
ton like Walkers, though it is perfectly
democratic in all It's habits and associations
with the Army worm, and just now favors
popular sovereignty by its attack upon free
labor
LAND TRANsacrloNs.- hear of a
numberof sales Of farms the past week
1t prices from one to four thousand dol
ars. Lands are not rising ana sales are
made with the view to a future fall. Spec
ulators in land are uneasy and would rath-
er sell; they are in excellent hamor with
buyers, but rather grun with those who
don't want to bay. Better bargains can
now be had in Grant County than at any
time for three years. Small improved
farms are abundant in market and sell the
best IF spectators would make small
Improvements upon their lands they could
sell far more readily and make more
money, as the Improvements bring more
than cost.
TRApprxG BEEs.-sone months ago,
DIR. GEO. w. CoLBuRE, residing at Fair.
play, found 4 hollow tree where the boys
had cut out rabbit He closed it III
like a bee-gnm, boring a hole below fol
the bees to pass in and out. This sum
mer swarm Of bees took possession Of
the domicil and Mr.. Colburn expects te
get possession of bees and honey, having
set the trap.
PnAIRIR DU CH1EN.-The Milwaukee
Wiscoasins correspondent writes to that
paper Of Prairie du Chem as follows:
Firstly, the town plot contains ten thou
sand acres, every foot Of which is eligible
for building purposes. This being the
ground upon which found my csslcgla
tons, Z next proceeded to divide each acre
into four lots, making forty thousand
building lots Of a large size. Now aver
ageing, the number in each family who
viii occupy them, to be five, you have the
grand sum total Of I'wo Hundred Thou
sand Iahabita1tS
We add that almost every village in the
country contaiasHlets enough for severa
large farms and gsherally enough for 81
to 100, 900 Inhabitants; what sight 0
everlasting unproducduciye capital wasting
in the surplus village lots
INyEsT1GATIoN.ATn less. than one yea
after their creation the Milwaukee aud La
Crosse Railroad Company are compelled t.
have their affairs investigated by com
mittee, and such committee has been ap
pointed. 1t is probable the affairs are al
ready so tangled and mvstifed that the
Committee will find second apocalyps'
which no man can read.
NoRTH AMERICAN TEMPERANCE Con
YEsTEeN.- The above Convention is to be
held az Chicago, the 10th Of November.
Any information will be given, by address
ing J. Z. Vinton, at Chicago, ILL.,, care Of
E. S. Wells.
J. B. Merwin, Of Chicago, E itor Of The
North Western Home journal; l'hurlow
W Brown, Editor Of the Wisconsin (Ca-
Yuga) Chief, Rev. A. Kenyon, Of Chicago,
and ]. E. Vinton, chairman Of the com
inittee, will visit different parts Of the
United States, for the purpose Of soliciting
funds to defray expenses.
VINO SHALL BE GovERNoR.-It might
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