Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-07-10

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The n Y. independent SAYS that
chemists employed by the Montreal City
Bank have discovered chemical process
by which the photographing of bank bill,
checks, bonds and certificates, can be pre-
vented successfully.
An ingenious novelty has just beer
brought out on the North Pennsylvania
railroad, in the shape of station indlea
tor which in form the passengers Of the
name of the station or place which the
train may be approaching.
The CHILEAN Government having
lost, within six month, four British steam
ers, which they had purchased for their
navy, it is said they now intend to order
some Yankee steamships, as there is but
d single good ship in the CHILEAN navy.
a girl, two years old, was bitten by
rattlesnake, on Friday last, at Mount
! Pleasant, town of Lyons, in Cook county
ILL.,, from the effects Of which she died on
Sunday.
The Santa Fe Gazette says that
there are not more than four hundred b.
na tide residents within the whole terrific
ny out of which it is proposed to form All
iona.
On Friday evening, May l4th, the
/ Queen of England and suite were conspic-
uous among the audience at Howes d
Cushing's American Crcus-better known
in London, as the ''Alhambra Palace"
-The long expected conservation of
the American Protestant Chapel in Paris
took place on Sunday, May 3D. before
crowded audience of American, English,
French and German Protestants.
THE steamer Minnesota, which our
Government sent to China to impress the
Celestials with our greatness, draws ST.
much water that she cannot get within
fifteen miles Of any port.
-The Hardwood Republic is the
name of society of Dacotah Indians III
Minnesota who haye adopted civilized man
ners.
There is discussion going on in
New York, touching the practibility of
connecting that city with Brooklyn by
means OF ii tunnel.
We hear from var Gus portions Of
Southern aud Central Illinois that farm
ers are proceeding vigorously with The
wheat harvest.
THE Urbana Union states that the
army worm is committing great havoc in
many grass and grain fields in Champaign
county lii.
The settlers in the country about
st. Paul are living to a great extent on
pigeons, which are very abundant in that
region.
The Hartford Courant says a die
tionary is soon to be published, which will
contain ten thousand more words than It's
predecessors.
Moses $. Beach, the enterprising
proprietor Of the New York Sun, has in
vented press that prints both sides at
once.
Rich leads of lead ore, very near
the surface Of the ground, have been dis
covered at Monmouth, jackson county, To-
Wa.
THE Newport Mercury, published
at Newport, Rhode island, completed the
hundredth year Of It's exis tence last Satur-
day week.
"A new sect has been formed in
Wirteuberg, under the name of Friends
of Jerusalem" 50 as to fulfil The prophecies
THE appr opriations made at the
late session of Congress amount to over
eighty millions Of dollars.
THE new silver coinage for Cana
da, instead of being a fact, is only being
talked about.
-Charles Dickens has published
card denying the unhappy state Of his do
mestic affairs.
-Cincinnati authorities have decided
that delivering ice on Sun lays was illegal,
aud fined a man So who was engaged in it.
The New Albany aud Salem rail
road is to be managed by the bondhoders
hereafter fora period Of ten years.
The Emperor Napoleon is prepar
ing for The press a work upon rifles to
form a pendant to his treatise on artllI ery.
Tie Mobile papers say that Ge j.
Walker and Henningsen were received
there with extravagant demonstration.
THE corner stone of monument
to Calhoun is to be laid at Charleston on
Monday next.
The Paris Moniteur denies that ex
traordinary preparations for war are ma
king in France.
Forty delegates from nine counties
have organized Republican party in Ne
braska territory.
-Ex-Gov. Corwin is talked of as the
Opposition candidate in the seventh Con-
gressional District of Ohio.
-Kewanee is the most musical of