Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-08-22
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ted that extensive injury has been doue t
late wheat in Central Illinois, by the crust,
more particularly in The counties Of Cham
paign, Coles, Moultree and Vernnillion, ant
the section north of the Terre Haute 4
Alton railroad, as far as the winter wheat
extends.
STEAMER New Sr. Patti SUxR:-The
New st. Paul was sunk Cd the Missouri RI
yer, few day. since. For two seasons
previous, she had been employed on the
Illinois river.
THE CRops SoUTH-We learn from on,
exchanges that the recent rains in north
Mississippi north Alabama, west Tennes
zee, and Arkansas have proven of incalcu.
liable benefit to corn and cotton. The corr
crop, it is stated, will beyond doubt prove
immensely large. Cotton has also impro.
we'd decidedly, and if the season continues
favorable little longer, will turn out well.
-[St. Louis Democrat.
SUN-FLowER PAPER.-Near Edith. S.
O., crop is about to be gathered of four
acres of sun-fiowers. The seed will be l.
sed for oil and to feed cattle and poultry.
as IN the south Of France; but the chief
object is to obtain the fbres Of tie stalk
for paper making. If the cultivation sue
ceeds, it is expected to supply abundant
material for fine. writing and printing pa
per, as we'll as fine and coarse paper for
hanging.
A NARROW EsoApE.-As the train on
the Mineral Point Railroad was approach
ing Warren, on Tuesday evening, the engi-
neer discovered horse on the track, and
failing to frighten it off with the whistle,
he stopped the train. He got down from
the car to drive the horse off from the
track, whom he found man dead drunk
lying under the horses legs. Our readers
may supply the moral Galena ADV.
JAMES c. DoBBrS, Secretary of the Ma.
Wy during the administration of Franklin
Pierce, died on she 4th inst. at Favette.
vile, North Carolina, in the forty-third
year of his age. He was native of that
State, born in January, 1914, and was
man highly esteemed.
WIsav1tLE AND VIRooUA MALTA
mail wagon runs regularly once week
from Wingvile. in this County, to Viro-
qua, Badax County. What places it pas
SEES through and what offices supplies in
Grant, we are not appraised of.
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TIVE Rlprrsu Crrr-~-. A --'.- =: IL
Western Recorder, giving an account of
the German Baptists, says: One d. D.,
converted from the Dutch Church, man
OF sound learning and undoubted picty,
now stands excluded from the Baptist
Church because he is LAZY"
CHILD KILLED BY SNAKE AT LANSING,
M1cH.-The Lansing Journal says that on
Monday last an infant child of Mrs. Flave-
", living in the eastern part of that vii
lage, while sitting on the floor during the
temporary absence of its mother, was at
tackled and bitten several times by Mas
sasauga snake, and with such fatal effect
that it died on Tuesday. The snake was
killed.
A MASONIC MovEMksr.-The Masonic
Order in the U. 8. is said to number over
100000 members.
The price asked for Mount Vernon and
the Tomb of Washington is 100000. 1t
has been proposed in Virginia that the
Freemasons make UP the sum necessary to
purchase it, by the subscription Of dollar
or less from each individual.
a considerable portion of the fund has
already been raised through the exertions
of Mr.. Everett and others.
From Minnesota.
We have, by the steamer Ocean Wave,
late St. Paul papers. The M'nns'ot'a''
says:
Little Crows band had returned to the
yellow Medicine Agency, at last accounts
which were received by private hand or
Sunday night, having been IN pursuit OF
uk.pa-du-ta's band. He brought back
with him three scalps, but could get no
chance at the arch fiend himself.
The Times gives the following as the
resolution which passed unanimously the
Republican Conventlon-ths only iega
qone-en the 10Th. A somewhat simlla
one had been lost the day before in the
other body, by small majority. 1t i
thought compromise of some sort will b
effected;
Whereas, The persons who were elect
ed by the people of this Territory to repre-
sent them in a Constitutional Convention
having met at this Capitol on the day ap
pointed by law for such meeting, and hav
inc disagreed upon some immaterial ques
tons which arose in the course of forming
temporary organization, separated anf
formed two distinct Conventions, In mum
bers nearly equal, and are now forming
two separate and distinct Constitutions u
be presented to the people,
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