Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-09-05
4 42ittle Of Gberpt1inq.

/ 4 gitle Of Gbetgtbing.
tg- The entire clip of wool grown in
9ois this season is estimated at four
4 lions of pounds, nearly all of which has,
| this, passed from the growers into the
,ds of dealers and manufacturers. The
|sage price at which buyers have pur-
|esei it is about forty cents per pound,
|ing the entire clip of the season ST.
1000; quite an important item.
re- Hon Eli Thayer is addressing the
Ipla of Virginia on free labor, &c. AT
|9andotte he addressed large meeting,
The CourtEIouso on the 2lst ult. After
address, a series of resolutions were a.
|ted, heartily commended his plan of
Fling Virginia with mort hern f rmers
mechanics, and promising their sup
/ cooperation,
| Tdis stheme of Mr., Thayer's is bound
succeed. Thus far, the prospects look
encouraging.
fg There is d village out west so heal
/ that people can't die there, but are
lied to 90 to the next town if lEey
tired of living; ana there two men
lived there to be 80 old' that
lid not know who they were ard
holy could tell them.
tgThe AlIermeh Of Boston have
|sed an order that the bells shall he
| o and the cannon fred on the 18th of
|tember next, in commemoration of the
|eanial anniversary of the birth of La
|ette.
re- Mr.. Guthrie, of Chicago. has one
hi Of $50 acres of hay enclosed with a
I'd pine board and cedar post fence
| IS cutting from other fields at least
% acres besides, and expects to cut and
IS, this year, 1000 tons Of hay.
/ sg The two men who made the first
|o,~ies of gold in California, reside al
oma. One is a poor man, and the
IF has attained a comfortable indepen-
&c, not, however, by gold digging
/ wife of one of them has the first piece
.oIl found,
gy The dwelling house of the giear
unfortunate Poet PercivaI, was recen
soil in New Haven, for the purpose Of
wing mortgage. Ills library, which
Imposed Of about 10, O0G voIum 5, viii.
anticipated, be purchased by the State
scono;n.
~ The Prairie du CHEN Courier of
9Th contains a notice of The death OF
G II. Lockwood of that village. Mr..
sUood was among the very first comcr~
Wisconsin, aud was always a prominent
Of the State.
RI Q. Biayman, editor Of the Chi
J. Dcmocrot, wAs arrested OH the 2lSt
fcbJing the Post Office drawers, Mon
rtterS we're found in his possosSion.-
waived an examination, and the bail
! fixed at $4,000.
Rt Counterfeit gold dollars are being
ealated in Baltimore in large numbers.
icy are made of tin, of the size of the
W emission, and galvanized, and are cas-
bent with the fingers.
Es Ii Aas been thought that pcopl'
degenerating, because they don't liv'
long as in the days of Mathuselah.-
t the fact is, provisions are so high that
.cly can afford to live very long at tie
rent prices.
Gs- An Author says that she who has
n a good daughter, a loving wife and
old fashioned mother, is pretty near
pared for an abundant entrance into the
gJom Of heaven.
"a r. 4 Convention to form State Con-
ltion for Oregon, was to meet on last
adsy. 1t will submit to the poo, lie, in
ale causes, the question of slavery o.
Save Y.
c9Fs There are counterfeit 20's in circl-
On, in Milwaukee, on the Farmers and
yer's Bank of Waynesburg, Pa. The,
ely resemble the genuine.
cczs' The grasshoppers have mostly left
!, having committed far less damag,
! was at first antieipated.-[St Pete,
G Press.
DX~ John E. Lemon, a newspaper ed
was lately run out of Texas and hi.
rspaper stopped for expressing an opin-
hostile TO slavery.
Eg' Eli Thayer has purchased sever
am engines, equal to $40 morse power
the saw and grist mills to be erected
his free soil city Ceredo, in Va.
G8F Prof. Webster, of Portsmouth, Va,
.ieves in thunder and lightning as no.
Y opposed to the prevalence of pest
lee but as a general indicator of public
AZ A wealthy gentleman of North An
!. Mass, is erecting residence on a
ny emnence from which no less than
'eaty-f,e cities and towns can be seen.
Ss An Ingenious down easter has in
MED an umbrella with a gutter arounc