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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-11

The following from the New York
TRIBUNE shows that the course which the
people have evidently marked out for them
selves and thus far pursued with reference
to the matters therein mentioned, is al
ready attracting Attentions, and producing
its fruits. The Tribune says:
Our readers will remember the whole
sale corruption by which the Legislature,
and even some of the Judicial and Exesu-
live officers of Wisco nsin, not long since
gave to the State a disgraceful distinction.
At the recent election, the people of the
State had an opportunity of passing their
Judgment upon the men concerned In that
revolving business. Many of these men
were anew candidates for office; and we
are happy to say that, with single excep-
tion. every Individual with the faint of cor
ruption upon him was beaten by the pop
uar vote.
AS we said, only one man has been re-
turned to the legislature or elected to any
noticeable office who was implicated 10 the
monstrois Developments Of Two years ago.
And this Notwithstanding the fact that
many Of the culprils were men OF great
wealth aud social Influence. They have
all been punished by the people, and we
dare saw will take care how they sin III
that way in future.
I These are facts which should be made
known not merely for the credit OF the
State, but Of the country at large. As we
were all disgraced by the venality OF her
Officials, we are all interested in the vindl-
cation Of the virtue Of her people.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-11

EXTRACTION OF CANCER BY KNIFE
Mrs. Brunson, wife of Rev. A. Brunson,
Of this city, on Tuesday tstsubmitted to
the dreaded operation ofhasing Cancer
exiracte! from her breast with a knife
The operation was skiIlfulIy performed by
Drs. Mason, Bensdict and Whitney. -
Chloroform was administered, and she re-
manned iu.ensible during the transaction,
though apparently suffering, SIS was evil
aencea by writings and meanings. =
When she came on. of the s.upor, she
hsl no rec Election of what had been Ia
king place. The entire glands of The
br.as wsra cnt Of, AID thu cancers, ex-
,ractea There wsre four Of them-or
one large one, and three buttons or branch
es all connected by hard substance all
of ire gular ragged shapes. The flesh
vas cut out in triangular lump, so that
y surplus of skin was left, which was
drawn over The wound and sewed fash
Tie whole operation was performed in
less than twenty minutes; and the patient
is now FRIDAY evening, 3olh,) doing RAJ
inarkably veil Prairie da Chten Lead
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-11
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-11

A California correspondent of the Pof
tage City Badger State, who has been tc
Oregon, thus draws compar son between
Oregon and California:
"California is the best State in the q
MON for scoandrels, cut throa S, thieves an
assassins. A few honest men live in it,
but, As they have left their families be
hind, they can hardly be called inhahif-
ants. Such thing as fixed population
does not exist in California! San Fran
cisco itself, with all its wealth and com
nelcial Importance, vonitcd forth TWEEN.
~ thousand Of its inhabitants for Frazer
River, and if Sonora stock should rise
she will do SO again; but Oregon will set
tie up healthily and naturally, and devel
op vigorous growth; and outside of :
half dozen Of The Western States, is un
loabtedly the next best State to emigrate
Ia U -
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-11

gE Massachusetts requires voters to
know how to read and write. Out OF
thirty applicants of unnaturalizad citizens,
only two were rejected for hot having
these qualifications. The greater part OF
them showed superior attainmcnts in pen
manship. Of about the sans number OF
persons born in this country, who have
Icome of age since last election, and who
have applied 10 have their names placed
Ion the voting lietr -5r1c, BoSIun oY, war
also rejected fro,n inability TO read and
write.
So inconsiderabe an element as these
figures show could have but very lite
| influence upon elections, not enough Ger
tainly to require a special law to guard q
gaiEst it, Boston paper.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-11
LIVINGSTON Co., ILL.,, Nov. l3, 1858.

GH-T The Grant County Herald says
the State Controller, H. A. Teuny, has
lisalIowetl the account of the Madison dr.
gJls for printing assessment blanks, a
mounting 10 $500. He also liSapprov-
Cd, it says, about the same time still
larger claim. The Heraid Ids, that this
Invention of the oifict. of State Controller
has saved The State, it has no doub, $780,
900 arca ~. We think The Heratd is
sau yuin.. These disaloweI claims can
c,slc fore the legislature, an,i If they
have sh d,w Of basis they will all bs
llioSe,l. The bill Of tll4 -l..Jas for tanks
we lave !itsIe doubt will be allowed. In
1855, the joint Committee Of Printing,
c ,refuIlv examine the printing account
of The Argus and cut it down several
,hou,anl dollars u correspon with the
terms of their printing contract. Their
reward was endorsed by the Legislature,
BY voting the amount recommended and
refusing to vote the balance, and yet
the same Legislature, without a new
fact being adIuced OF any change what
ever in the circumstances, before 1t adjourn
ed. allowed all that was deducted with
liberal interest, and every additional item
that conld be thought of or drummed up
10 attach to it. And such has been the
uniform action Of the Legislature, whe,h
81 Democratic or Republican,, with refer
ence TO these claims.
We presume no paper at Madison has
now single outstanding claim against
the State for work, unless recently per-
formed. All their demands, just ann IN.
j Just. have been put through. So il vii
probably be in the future. The action o.
the Controller may delay these claims but
will not prevent their payment nor save
the State any thing Milwaukee Free
Democrat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-11
FRAUD AND PEouLArloS All MAorsoN,

FRAUD AND PECULATIoS AT MADISON.
The Madison Journal of the Esd brings
an account Of the arrest Of Chas. Lorenzen,
for abs1ractisg from the Bank Comptrol-
ler's office, AMI putting in circulation the
bills of Wisconsin Banks returned to the
office to be cancelled Lorenzen was once
one of the principal clerks in the treasury
department, hut when that department.
came I'm Ter charge Of Mr.. Hastings,he was
discharged After bis discharge he found
casinnal emp'ovnlent in the Comptrol-
er's Office, which gave him opportunity to
peri citrate the fraud liz question.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-11
Sugar Experiments End Revelations.
EDs. EMERy's JOURNAL & PRAIRIE FAR

~ ~-----~~
MER:
this year planted one acre of sorg-
hum which ripened well by the last O
|September; then had three -fourlhs of
the cane cut and laid in piles on the ground
where 1t grew. it being cut September 2Sth
|29th and Both, at which time was ia
ken sick and was unable TO do anything
with it until October 22d. when | com
menced working it up. The juice ranged
from loo to 40 Beaume. The cane tina.
was left standing had soured and only
marked 20 Besume, while the other
was very little acid now took so gal
Ions juice and put it through upon Mr..
Coverings plan; the result was twelve
gallons of very fine syrup. | next took so
gallons juice, clarified it'with milk, using
5. Card. Soda TO neutralize the acid, and
The result was fourteen gallons syrup far
superior to the first. Both these speci-
mems Lad Il peculiar rank taste. next
took fifty gallons juice l4o Beaume, heat
ed to 2l5n F., removed the scam, then
added to the boiling juice pure lime wa
ter, until it colored red ochrei litmus blue,
boiled to 22oa Farenheit, 22o Beaume,
dashed the fire with bagasse, and transfer
red the jaica to a finishing kettle. On
examining the first kettle | found it coat
ed near one eighth Of an inch thick with
a black bitter gum, ia sample of which |
send you.) This juice [ boiled to 237"
Fahrenheit and poured into a tub, and in a
few minutes it was solid sugar, Ga sample
of which is herewith sent.) now com
nenced a series of careful experiments to
uuravel the mystery Of this gum, which
resulted in the following facts:
That this gum, is the great binlering
cause to The conversion Of sugar, and that
at 2lSo Fatenheil it is thrown down, re-
dissolved at 234o Farenheit burns or
searches at $500 Farcnheit; should the
fire shaken in the least between 5000 and
2340 Farenheit it scorches on the sides
and bottom of the kettle and connuni-
Gates scorehed Taste to the syrup.
hope that those Of yoar realers who raise
the cane next year will preserve this and
test for themselves, not forgetting that the
cane must be cut when it is ripe. How
long it will keep cannot say--but one
month sure l made from three fourths
Of all acre three hundred and thirty gal
ions Of syrup, pronounced BY the people
equal 10 the best golden syrup; AMI about
ioar Hundred pounds Of sugar good G.
nough for any one.
C. b. OsTRANDER. ND.
LIVINGSTON Co, ILL.,, Nov. l3, 1858.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-11
The Milwaukee and Mississippi Rail Road.
MILWAUKEE,, Sat, Nov. 90. '5S

MILWAUKEE, Sat, Nov. 20, IS
A meeting of the directors of the Mil
waukee and Mississippi R sirosl Company
was held in this city on Wednesday, fol
The purpose Of taking some action will
reference to the claims OF the floating deb!
creditors. AS far as the deliberations oi
this meeting have been allowed to tran
spire, we learn that they are quite fsvora-
bic to the bond and stockholders of The
concern. The road is now faithfully pay,
ing the interest upon all its bonds, and
the receipts Are comparatively mare favor
able than any road 10 the West New
York Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-11

Ew Bayasd Taylor, who "evels in tht
world of colors W. forty-wotnan sensi
bility, thus exqnisitely descrbss,the crown
jewels in the Winter Palace at ST. Pete:a,
burgh:
The stones are Of the largest and rares'
kind, end the splendor of their iints is q
delicious intoxication to the eye. Tn,
soul of all the fiery roses of Persia lives il
these rubies; the freshness of all velvet
sward, whether in Alpine valley or English
lawn, in these emeralds; the bloom OF
southern seas in these sapphires, and the
essence OF thousand harvest moons III
hese necklaces of pearl.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-11

VELoclrY OF THE WIND.-Wnen the
wind moves at The rate of one mile an
ilour, it is hardly perceptiblo, At two miles
an hour il fans us with gentle zephyr,
and at six it becomes pleasant wind
From ten 10 twenty it becomes high, and
thirty to fifty characterize storms from
Iight to hard; at eighty miles an hour it
becomes hurricane, aud at one hundred
a tornado.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-11

A QunsrloN OF GRAMMAR The
Principal ofthe Elkhorn Academy brought
into this office AN advertisement of his
school! whereof. occurs the following SEN
,eGce: s te
I'VE urge the Importance Of students
entering school AT he commencement of
"A tenn"
The canposiior, in putting the sentence
into type, left out the aposlrophe in the
word students, whereupon arose an argu-
ment between he Principal and the typos
us to the correc tness Of the apostrophe.-
Being unable to agree, the question was
submitted TO several ''authorities," who
failed to agree, and the question is still
unsettled We propose to give sufficient
space in The Independent for the settle
n,ent of the question. The question is,
is the ayosirophe in the sentence correct
or not.
Teachers and professors generally are
invited to pitch in.-[Elkhorn lndepen-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-11

ST. PAUL TlMEs.-This sterling Repub-
lican sheet, in the city of St. Paul, has re-
Gently secured he services in the editorial
department of the Times, of John 2.
Owens, long AZ d favorablv known "a the
able and effective editor of the Daily Min
nesotian of that city. Mr.. Owens IS now
the Oldest editor in that State. and has
probably exercised as much influence if not
more than any other man, In giving shape
and vitality to the Republican Party o.
Minnesota.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-11
Queer Pleasure .

The Darlington (Wis.) Excelsior an.
noufces that contrary to the custom Of
some of its exchanges, it charges nothing
for Publishing obituary" notices. Is
proposition is:
I'VE will publish either the marriage
or death ofany of our friends, gratis, aoah
pleasure"r' How the case may stand with
our La Fayette county friend, we know
not but ordinary men have not so II any
friends that it would afford them any
s.pleasure" TO publish the announcement
of their death, gratis or Otherwise
Galena Courier.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-11

EY An Irishman attending Quaker
meeting, heard young man make the fol-
lowing announcement:
"Breth. rem and sisters, am agoing TO
marry daughter Of the Lord a#
.sThe divil We are" said Pat, "and it'll
be long time afore W Will soc yer faith
er-iu. law"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-11
Grape rreIlis, with Vines trained in various methods.

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A
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matter
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-11

MoRPHY TO Play AGAINST THE EMPER-
OR OF THE FRgNcH Recent advces from
Paris state that the Emperor Napoleon
has requested Morphy to give a specimen
Of his blindfolded playing at the Tuilleries,
before the ladies of the Imperial Court
and has also consented TO be beaten at
chess by The young American at the odds
IF a rock.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-11
GRAPE CULTURE

mansha z
much OF huh-that the
Of
be deciddybenehca the
of
will
: B s S.
altogether the best
with hteo the old
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-11

E% Gov. Banks addressed the Massa-
chusetts Teachers Association, at Worces-
Ter on Monday. In the course Of his
speech he argued that crime was much de-
termined by education. While he allow
ed that crime was, to some extent, dis
ease, vet il was al.o true that it was a
matter Of habit. Idleness, ignorance, want
of skill and aptitude, were prolific of crime.
Men, for want Of something to do, commit
wrong, and from wrong go on to crime.
OF the $4,000 criminals in Massachusetts,,
last year, over 5000 could not read or
write.
MORN CAROLINA UNITED STATES Ben
AToRs.-Bragg and Clipgman have been
uominaied by democratic caucus OF the
North Carolina Legislature, at Raleigh,
for United States Senators; Mr. CHING
man for shor, time, and MI. Bragg for
1.-The long one.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-11

fomhe German settle
the tue interior WIN
yea
gallons paeshad One man. with industry can
agriculture q me
tate
the lowest estimate that can Dc put
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-11


Wei papeeu
published Cover G0un' Nn0s
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-11

ETwo centuries ago, not one 10
hundred wore stockings. Fifty years ago,
not one 81 girl in thousand made waiting
maid of her mother. Wonderful lnpro' e.
meDts ID this wonderful age.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-11
isg Tie New York Heratd says:

"An the leading Democratic ,Oryas.s y
tie South inform us that the decree rec
ognizing slavery makes it the constitution
al duty of Congress to pass special code
Of laws for the special protection Of slave
ry in all the Territories. THIS IS tie isSm'
Which must be settled, either for or against
Mr.. Douglas, before we can undertake to
pronounce him sufficiently sound u on
the goose question" to enter within the
sanctuary of the Convention"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-11

DEAD.-The Hon. John Smith, of St.
Albans, VT, formerly member Of Congress
from Vermont and more recently trustee
Of the first mortgage bonds Of the Yer
mont Central 4. K. CO., and an old active,
influential and enterprlsing citizen, diei
suddenly on F. ilay morning, Nov. 26,h,at
the age Of 56 years.
The Journal of-lhe. 9th eere: An
other case of peculation among the clerk :
EN-, Logged by the late Democratic State
officers, has come to light. One of the
principal clerks in the School and swamp
land Office for the past three OF four years,
has been de ected in q series Of enlbezzle
ments and populations" His offence con
sis.s in appropriating to his own use mon
les sent to him to pay interest on school
lands. He also received from al least one
person, and more may be discovered, mon
ey to enter land in the Swamp land office,
Which he pocketed, issuing, however, the
patent in regular form Mil. Sentinel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-11


A New TARIFF.-It is noticeable a
:nono the SIGNS of the Times that Senator
Hammond Of South Carolina, in a |at<
,peech at Barnwell Court House, takes
high ground against any modification Of
the Tariff, other, than reduction Of The
present od yaloruna rate Of duties. Will
the usual impudence and arrogance o
gentlemen of bis school Of politics, he de
cares in advance that any change in the
direction indicated by half the iiidustrieu'
population Of The Republic will be the
cause for disunion. An alteration Of the
scale Of duties, would in his opinion, be
equivalent TO the establishment Of i des-
p5tism, justifying the resistance OF The
Snufh. Let the Senator OH
PoTosI WIS. NEws.-Brand the shoe
maker, whom we mentioned last week as
having been accidentally shot in the head,
lives ID Potosi. and under the care of Dr..
Graham. is rapidly recovering rom the ef
feet Of his wound. A piece of the scalp
two-inches square was torn away, and the
sb.,t penetrated half the thickness Of the
skull. AS we before mentioned, it was
an accident, Brand having stuck bis head
out Of the window just as his workman was
chicken. He bit the wrong
bird advertiser.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-11

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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-12-11

at one tine, that he ha no. at subse-.
Iqaent period" Is this logic? What "a
poor Justification for this corruption Of the
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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-05-29

We are gratiEed 70 leara that the WORK
Of laying do~n the rail on tins road v'l'
commence next week. The iron = On
the other side of the river, and viii Pc
brought over forthwith. The operation
Of punching the iron has been commenced
in earnest
The rails on fifteen miles Of tho road
from Farley to Sand Spring station, Of
beyond will all be laid, we understand
in two months from this date; 50 that BY
about midsummer we hope to see thu
cars running on the Western Railroad
Considering the financial pressure, thu
company is entitled to much credit TO
the energy manifested in pushing thu
enterprise forward. Full sized men ar
at the head of it.-Dnb. Times.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-05-29

We are happy to be able to announce
to our readers, and the crest of mankind"
that some progress has been made by our
officers to suppress, not liquor selling, but
the circulation of incorporate men. Five
or six men were In state Of intoxlcation,
in our streets, On the 22d inst, aid our
cotemporary 'sobscrve" it?) Some of our
peace officers saw them, but refused to
arrest them, as their oath required them
to- In the evening, information was filed
with our worthy mayor, but our marshal
was not disposed to DO his duty, and an ef-
fort was made to get some one to act in his
stead, but without success. One drunk
en- man found his way to our mayors
Office and desired to be taken care of, lest
he might do some injury, but the power
of the town was not sufficient to carry
out his request, or to coniine him for be-
ing drunk, and lie was permitted to roam
our streets during the Sabbath, and dis
turb our worshiping congregations
We do not speak Of this man to injure
| him, but to show the natural result Of our
officers neglecting to do their duty on
/ Saturday night The officers were more
to blame for Sundays work than he. On
Monday, the deputl=ed marshal arrested
two of those who had been intoxicated.
Being arraigned, they plead "not guilty, -
and asked for a separate trial, WHICH was
granted. 4 jury was demanded, and
trial had, with verdict OF guilty; the
other then plead guilty. Tue defendants
now being in tight place, were very
anxious to come to terms, and made q
statement as to where they got their Ii,
quor--cne had got it in Muscatine, the
other had 'sdrank nothing but beer -
whereupon the mayor generously remit
the penalty, and let them off upon pay
menl of costs.
\ large crowd was in attendance, du
ring the trial, and manifested good dea
Of interest.
Thus after long trial and the loss o
days time by the crowd, the final result
was that the defendants paid the cost
Of court, and the county was left minu
ten dollars. We hope to be able, ere long
to announce further progress, and shaI
, seize the FIRST opportunity to do SO.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-05-29
Volume 5.

ter of the State land Office, commissioner
of the Des Moines improvement, judge
of the supreme court, or any otner state
officer except that Of governor or lieut.
governor, or OF the Office Of disbric. Judge
or district attorney, may be contested BY
an eligible person, who received votes
for the oiFice contested, for any Of the
causes before contemplated.
sal. Section 3T2 Of the code, is here.
bv amended by striking cut the word
November, 10 the last line OF said sec
ton, and inserting the word January
In its place.
s35. Section 3S7 is amended SO a.
to read as follows: The election OF any
person declared duly elected to the oince
Of governor or lieutenant governor may
be G. infested by an eligible person who
received votes for the Once contested.
sag. The election Of any person de-
clared duly elected member OF the board
Of education, may be contested in the
manner proyided for coutesting the cleo
tioBs Of members Of the general assembly,
and the boatd of education shall possess
the same powers in relation to contested
seats In that body, as either branch OF the
general assembly.
S3i. Section 430 Of the code Is here
by amended 80 ns to read as follows: Res
ignation Of public officers may be made
in the following manner, TO whist
by the governor or licutenant-goyernor
to the general assembly, If Ill session 1
not. to the secretary OF State. -d. ID
senators and representatives in Congress
and BIZ oil State officers elected by vot'
of the qualified voters Of the State a
large, the judges Of the supreme and dis
trio. co1rts, and district attorneys, to tn
governor. Sd. by senators aud repre-
s.ntatiyes in tie general assembly, ant
members of the board o. education, I
the presiding officer Of their respeetis
bodies. if in session, who shall tUimea'
ately transmit Information Of the so@e
the general assembly; if not in seSsi"n.
the governor. eth. By the county judy
to the clerk, and by all other county oit
GERS, including justices Of the peace an
constables, to the county Judge. 9th, Z
all township officers, to tbs TOWNSHIP
clerk. 9Th By all officers holding b
appointment, to the officer or body b
whom they were appointed.
s35 Sections isl, 432, 433, 43
.35 aad 443 Of the code are hereby r.
pealed.
G3G. Vacancies occurring in tow
sl4ig Ulcers taa days, ia county 0tiic'