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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-07-24

ARRESTED FOR HoRsE-sTEALING,

The Dubuque Express Of this morning
states that man calling himself W. Rob
ertson was arrested in that city on Friday,
on the charge Of stealing horse. He
came to Dubuque with fine looking
horse which looked as if it had been hard
driven and was somewhat foundered. I.
in good sound order. the value would
be about $500. The description of the
horse is this: II hands high, bright bay,
black name and tail, the off foot white, the
near fore foot little white on the inside
very dat-footed, white star in the fore
head, aged nine or ten years. Officer
Brow's suspicious were excited by his ira
ding it off to citizen for another not near
its value because this one could not travel,
aud as be was going on the Ferry TO the
Dunleith side he arrested him. Both hor-
SEES are under his custody. The man ar
rested SAYS that he formerly lived at Fair
play, Wis, but more recently has lived
west Of the city near able Moun7, With 2
man named John Stephenson. lie at FIRST
said he owned a place there, but after
wards denied it. On his person the only
thing found was Sheri,{'s attachment is
sued of William Switzer, Fairplay, Wis.
by the Sheriff of Grant county.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-07-24
80 III L0sy-EgEsyARD.

10 q EAsSSE --EG e ~ "A "a ay'
Z EFT my premises. miles west of Lancaster q
I 4 week ago one middling sized red COW, brass
on one horn, both ears marked, large teatS Any
finding said COW and giving me notice At Lancs's
Il. NJ. HARD
July 23d, 1858
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-07-24

LANCASTER GUARps.-The Members o
this military company are all requested te
meet in Calls Hail on next Thussda,
evening, Goth of July, for drill.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-07-24
Proposals for Mason WOrl
AT Ps.aTTEViLLE.

CEAEEO PROPOSALS will be rec lived until the
! day of August next for building basement Of
Union School House for district No 5, in the law
Piattsviin, Plan and specifications to be seen at
o.sice { q. f. Wyne, District Clerk.
I}v order Of School Beard, BE-. WYNS
F-2,y Gle
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-07-24

RED Cow LosT-H. M. Hardy wants
to know what has become Of bis family
supporter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-07-24

ELI TnAYER-We had call from this
gentleman Yesterday. He informs US that
his projects are working admirably. The
-Cerelo-which be founEed ia Vir
lgioia, is fast filing mp, manufactures are
being established and everything promises
well When he first went to Virginia, ey-
cry paper in the state opposed Is dosigns
and some of then, threatened him with
personal violence, should he persist in h S
scheme. Now, fourteen Of these same pa
pers advocate his interests, and no paper
in the state dare say word to his det'i-
'ment Gov. Wise warmly synlpatbises
with him in his efforts and purposes. Mfr.
Thayer is engaged IN noble work, and
one that will do more toward the eraiica-
ton of slavery than AL the conventions
that will be held, all the speeches thai
viii be made and all the articles that will
be written FIR twenty years. God spec,
him.- Rochester Democrat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-07-24

RIoHLAND COUNTY OBSERVER. Mr.
ISRAEL SANDERsoN, editor and proprietor
of the Riehland County Observer, has
been compelled by i'll health to retire from
his post; he has sold out to MIR. JONI
WALwoRrH of Green County and former
~ of the Monroe Sentinel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-07-24

AZ The Atlantic Telegraph is failure
again.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-07-24

HoRsE TkMING.-Mr DcAN of Haze
Green, who possesses the Rarey Scorer
for tanning wild horses, will visit Lancas-
ter in few days to perform. Leta couple
of the widest horses in town be brought
forward for Mr.. DoAN. ~.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-07-24

A Hor CONTEST. -Douelas and Lin
coin are canvassing central Illinois togeth
er. The contest is hot, from accounts
Douglas has taken the greatest pains &c
prepare his speeches, which are about the
same As the one delivered by him at Chi
cago. lincoln is much the ablest STUMP
speaker, and can vary his speeches at
pleasure or answer at the spur of the mo
ment any new point presented hyDougla las
Douglas appeals 10 the prejddices of hi
Audience against the 'negro equality" doc
Urine which he says Lincoln holds to, while
Lincoln charges Douglas with being poor
dead lion cast of Stare Of the South and
dongbface. Lincoln's sarcasm beats
Douglas, and Douglas appeal to the pre-
iudices of his audiences beats Lincoln
Douglas exeels in sophistry and profound
ness-Lincoln in humor, sarcasm and point
ed argument. Douglas changes of princi-
pies on almost every subject enables Lin
coin to almost annihilate his rival
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-07-24

FLOUR. There are now 18 Touring
mills in Grant county, according to oul
count, all OF them with two or three excep
lions having the modern machinery. We
have just received on account two sacks o.
-four one from the I'afton Mills, the Other
from Excelsior, (Wilcoxs) MillsSaud supe
rior articles to these specimens we have
never seen. The Corroltoae Mills are afst
in excellent credit in this vicinity. Will
even the most perfect machinery more de-
ponds however on the miller. There ar(
too many men engaged as mi.lers who are
jacks of all trades and masters Of no ar
and never will be.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-07-24

EE MERCHANTS and MECHANICS LED
GERS and Day Books-also, Pocket and Memorandum
Books for sale at the Herald QEcel
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-07-24

~ Persons indebted for the Herald
otherwise forward the money by mail in bills and
stamps, and we viii return receipts for the same.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-07-24

M JOB PRINTING neatly executed on
the Herald GaHinipper, and on the shortest netice
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-07-24

Sche0l REGISTERS, for sale at the Her
Ida Office; price IS cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-12-30

DxAra OF VETERAN PARIS RAGPIcKER.-
The Paris correspondent Of the Boston Journal
chronicles the demise of an ancient ragpicker
Of that city, in the following terms: --
" The oldest ragpicker in Paris died this
week, and at the age of ninety -one Ragpick.
ing, you see, is favorable to longevity This
old man, like most Of the profession, was rich
once, and his money being squsndered, he fell
down the ladder Of society. rung by rung, until
too, and bis brethern Of the rag tag tie looked
up to him with respect. The Ragpickers' As
sOciation made him a free member, gave him q
free ticket to all their festivals, reserved him
q number Of streets into which no one was
allowed to venture on his picking excu ursions,
and gave him q monthly allowance of pocket
money for his gin and tobacco. His comrades
buried him, and his funeral was largely attended
by rsgpickers." ..-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-12-30

An IMAGINARY OUrRAsE-SrRANGE HALLU
cIsArIoS. The Chicago Tribune recently
published an account (which we copied) Of q
woman's having been brutally violated, at Full
ton, Illinois, by two rufians, in the evening,
while on her way from Prayer meeting-that
In consequence she gave premature birth to u
child, and that the perpetrators of the mirage
actually cut Of its head, and left her TO get
home As best she could. The same paper now
gives letter from a reliable person, trustee OF
the village, which wholly discredits the story
Of The outrage He says:
" Al. one Of the Trustee Of the town I have in
common with my associates, given the matter
q close investigation, and We have become fully
satisfied that no outrage Of the kind has ever
been committed upon Mrs. Forest, bat that the
whole thing is freak Of mental hallucination.
In this opinion We are supported by every medi-
cal man in the town. Some thirty six hours after
the reported outrage, l saw Mrs. Forest, and
heard her story, to which she made her affidavit
/ found her very comfortable, not the least
appearance OF v!olence-not a scratch or a
bruise, or the least soreness on any part of her
person. / found that she had a previous abor.
tion, few months since, and at 50 late a period
that the story Of the crying Of the the child ID
utterly improbable"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-12-30

How BosroN PUBLISHER WAS NOT TAKEN
IN Fields, the Boston publisher, has a won
derful memory, and his knowledge of English
literature Is so available that when d friend
wishes to know where any particular passage
may be found he steers at once for the corner and
consults the man who his very likely to give the
desired information. A yompeus vould-be wit
not long ago thinking TO puzzle him and max e
sport for the company at dinner, informed
them prior to Mr.. F.'s arrival that be had
himself that morning written some poetry, and
intended to submit il to Mr.. Z. as Southey' $
and inquire to which Of his poems the lines oc
Cured. At the proper moment, therefore, after
the guests were seated, he began. Z" Friend F.,
have been a.gOod deal exercised of late irving
to md IN Southey's Poems his we'll known lines
running tnus-ean you tell US about what time
ne wrote them ," Il do not remember 10 have
met with them before" replied Mr f., and
there where only two periods in Soutbey's life
when such lines could possibly have been writ
ten oy hIm When where those, gIeefully
asked the witty questioner Somewhere, .
said Mr- T. g about that early period of his
existence when he was having the measles and
cutting his first teeth or, near the close of bis
LIE, when his brain had s1ftened and he had
fallen into idiocy. The versi6cation belongs
TO the measles period, but the expression clearly
bstrsys the idiOtic one" The funny auestione II
smiled family, put the company roared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-12-30
REAL ESTATE IN NEW YoRK-A writer in
the New York Evening Post, expresses his
uiauz N non Raal Estafa In III af cifu M fnlIou.

NEAL ESTATE IN NEW ORk.-h writer IN
the New York Evening Post, expresses his
views upon Real Estate in that city as follows :
"In your valued paper of September oath last,
you allowed me to express the opinion that real
estate on this island, before 1864, would bring
three times its then value, located between Goth
and 30th street and 4th and 5th avenues.
Il wish now to mention that the estimated
rise Of that district, since September last, over
what would then have been its fair estimated
value, is fully ffty per cent, upon average.
Not one Of our readers in twenty last Sep
tember, believed in any such advance as has
been realized. The same men dom now believe
in any further rise. When lots on Broad way
sold at 81 900, now worth s50.00o, the same men
had no faith in any advance. The whole cause
of their delusion has been that they could not
realize what New York is, and what she is to
be, Messrs. Bleecker & Son sold last week,
lots corner l20th street and Fifth avenue,
25x100, at 81, I,050-fronting on Mount Morris
squsre-and only ten streets above the new
Northern boundary Of Central Park QI0th
street.) With interest at six per cent, taxes,
&c., these lots will cost in 1870 say s., ,l50-long
before that period $4,000 will not probably
buy them. In l843 lots on Fifth avenue sold
at S4S5, now worth $500
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-12-30

fARAGR.PH FOR NOrHERs.-A writer in
;ISS sOod magazine considers the prevailing
Withstand cold disastrous and destructive
treatment Although il may be true that
young animals have higher temperature than
Old Ones yet 1t IS believed to be fact that the
younger the animal the feebler its power Of
resisting cold The process OF - touG Gheniny''
may Dc carried so far by cold water baths and
AP1s1tes 10 cold air as suddenly and seriously
to chill the vital current. "Exoosure 10 he
open air aud the vicissi,udes Of the weather in
tne process Of 'tougheDing' ought not to com
menee until the child has obtained the free u Sc
OF It's limbs, 50 that his own activity may coun-
nraet tne exposure and assist in this system of
,tooshsnins when the child is merely passive
AZ tnen hands. The priciple is that the child
its hardening. This is the true line . :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-12-30

60 TO BED EARLY.-To all young persons. to
students, to the sedentary, and to invalids, the
fullest sleep that the system will take, without
arthcial means, is the balm Of life-without
II there can be no restoration to health and ac-
tivity again: Never wake up the sick or iniirm,
or young children, OF a morniug-it Is bar
barity; let them wake Of themselves /; let the
care rather be to establish an hour for retiring,
so early that their fullest sleep my be out before
sun rise
Another item of very great Importance is:-
Do not hurry up the young and weakly. 1t is
no advantage to pull them out of bed as soon
as their eyes are open, nor is it best for the
studious, or for the well who who have passed
an unusually fatiguing day, to jump out of the
bed the moment they wake until the sense of
weariness passes from their limbs. Nature
aohors two things; violence and q vacuum
The sun does not break at once into the glare
OF the meridian. The diurnal flowers unfold
themselves by slow degrees nor feetest beast,
nor sprightliest bird, leaps at once from its
resting place. -.
BY all Of which We mean to say, that as no
physiological truth is more demonstrable than
that the brain, and with it the whole nervous
system, Is recuperated by sleep, it is of the 6rs
Importance, to the we'll being of the human
system that it have its fullest measure of II ;
and to that end, the habits Of retiring to bed
early should be M ade imperative on all children.
anu no oruinary event should be allowed to
Interfere with it. Its moral healthfulness is
not less important than its physical. Many
young woman, has made the first step towards
degradation, and crime, and disease, after ten
O'Clock. at night, at which hours, the year round
the old, the middle aged, and the young, should
be In bed, and then the early rising will take
care OF itself, with the incalculsble acccmpani-
ment of a fully rested body and q renovated
brain. We repeat it, there is neither wisdom,
nor safety nor health, in early rising in itself,
but there is all of them in the persistent prac-
tice Ofreiiring to bed at an early hour, Winter
and Summer.-HotFJ Journal Of Health.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-12-30

USE OF ENGLIsH WORDs.-Tbs Hon. Gee. p
Marsh in a recent lecture on the English Ian
guage, says that the English words found in use
BY good writer's, hardly fall short Of 100 700.
Even if a man was able on extraordinary occs-
siOns to bring into use halt Of that number, he
generally eontented himself with far fewer.
Each individual used in bis daily life q roper
tory Of fwords 10 some extent peculiar to himself.
Few scholars used as many as IL. 900 English
words-ordinary people not more than 5000.
In all Shakespeare there were not more than
IL 0v0 wOrds-in all Milton 5000. Of tho
Egyptian hieroglyphics there were but 500, and
1t was said that the vocabulary Of the Italian
opera was scarcely greater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-12-30
By W. D. WALLACE.
CONFESSIONS OF TABLE.MOyER.

For q long time Mr.. George p. Paine. of
Worcester, Mass, has been known as q power
ful physical medium" and bis achievements Is
in the line Of table-moving have converted
hundreds Of people 10 spiritualism, and been
an argument in the mou th of its believers. His
demonstrations were not In the dark like those
OF the Davenport boys, but under full blaze
OF gas, or in broad daylight. He has made Ia.
bles move apparently without human contact
to the comfort of believers and the confounjing
Of skeptics. =
The Worcester Spy, Of the 10th of October.
contained an account Of one Of his exhibitions,
IN which the table was 30 moved, and Yankee
Doodle" raped on il in good style in time
with the whistling of 4 gentleman present
From time to time :" reliable mediums'' saw
spirits lowering around Mr.. Paine, and he was
in fair way of becoming lion among the
Spiritualists. 81
Recently Mr.. Paine came to this city. mainly
for the purpose of convincing Mr.. Coles. a
former medium, who has rece ntly concluded
that physical manifestations arc n bumbug
For this purpose circle was held in Mr. Paine,
rooms, and Coles, with several Others attended.
and were unable to detect any deception At
q second interview, however, he, with Mr.
Henry smith, the Razor Strop Man" and
Mr.. Waters, Of Worcester. determined to sift
the matter to the bottom. Mr. Paine. ON be-
Ing requested to change the position of the table
refused, alleging that it would destroy the
conditions"
At last q small hole in the floor, and a rent
In the carpet, were discovered in close urox-
unity with the table legs. The three gentle
men named proposed 10 take ND the Garnet
but Mr.. Paine demurred, and reauestsd them
TO call next day. Mr.. Coles aud associates
however, determined not to yield the point.
and gave Mr.. Paine clearly to understand that
they would not leave the room until they had
taken up the carpet %. :,
Mr.. Paine, finding that he could not staye
on an examination, finally acknowledged that
the whole thing was q fraud; that be had
cheated, not only on this occasion but from the
beginning; his wife and his most intimate
friends, as well as his numerous converts,
having been the dupes Of his premsditated de-
Mr.. Coles stated these facts in the Spiritual
Conference on Wednesday evening in the pres
ence Of Mr.. Paine; and after he had concluded.
the bogus medium got up, publicly aeknowI
edged the fraud, and defended 1t on the ground
that the end justi6es the means. He believed
that the great share of the reputed spiritual
Phenomens is sham, although he was of opinion
that some Of them are real. He stood CON-
mended to his own conscience, and counted il,
among his treasures in heaven that he had
charged nothing, although small presents had
from time to time flowed into his earthly cOf-
fers; bis labor had been one of love. He had
resorted to deception in order to meet deeep-
ton, and ultimately expose il.
Having defended his course, Mr. Paine ex-
hibited piece OF No. wire, as the veritable
apparatus BY which he had moved tables, and
converted hundreds TO Spiritualism.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-12-30

OPIUM EATING IN NEW YoRk The +" Stats
Zsitung' speaks about opium eating, which it
US. IL says: n
"COrdials and supplying drinks sold by
Inscriptions persons as liqaors, are frequently
adulterated with opium, and in this mann er
all persons drugged who are in the habit of
drinking. is, however, not a secret tha,
certain nervous lawyers, and even Judges, re-
sort to opium eating ~ a stimulus, and many
persons belonging TO refined class Of the popu
iauon have thus become pale faced, and which
/. eScroed to their place Of study But the
result Oh recent observations on this subject
are astounding. Thres hundred Thousand
PONAaS oJ opium are annually imported into
tnis country, OF which only One-tenth, accord
ing 70 statistical statements, is used for medici-
nal purposes; A large portion of the opium N
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-12-30
ADoG-sroRYF FOR rHE HoI1rp.n.v.

ADOG-S TORY FOR THE HOLLER. DAys
Go II TIsE The residents of North Wa.
ter street, Geneva, NJ Y, were sffordea No
little amusement few days since, by the incl.
dents narrated to rs in substance as foiiovs:
a countryman, the owner of large but usu.
sny good,natured dog, drove in town on the
DAY stated. Near the ruilrosd crossing on Wa
ter street, Tiger" fell into bad company and
afegnlar muss snaued. Taken suddenly, and
aimost unawares, the countryman's dog seemed
nardIy to comprehend whether it was n " free
ngnt In earnest, or only the rough sort of
play or village "hounds," !" until he found him
ssf In !" throat to mouth" contest with reg
uiar hghting character, in the shape of q
Trained ouii-dog, and getting the worst of it.
has master, however, by this time comprehend
cd the nature Of the muss, and sprineipg from
his wagon, caught the bull-dog by his narra.
uve" and endeavored to separate the combat
ants -
-" =, Let that dog alone, or I'H lam you over
the mead" growled q rough and excited. look
ing customer standing by, who proved to be
the owner Of the bull. -
Oh, then you want 'em to fight do yc ?"
elaculated homespun, dropping the end; and
Tigen -
And Tige did ego in" Instantly the tide of
battle was turned. Tige secured and was
making good use Of his vautage-ground, when
Bulls owner suddenly became converted to
peace Suiting the action to the idea.
be made feint to release his dog from the
vice-like jaws of Tiger -
Let that dog alone, or I'll lam you over
the head ~ shouted the countryman; and he
Strengthened up and swelled out to such huge
proportions that Rock street, desisted. ter
ror- stricken at the menace
Tiger pursued his work in hand until tho
piteous "ky-yi" Of his assailant seemed TO
produce pity in the dogs heart Of the former,
for he relaxed his hold and the latter slupk
away, with the appearance Of three legs be-
+, As the countryman jumped into his wagon,
he called out to bull dogs master a Wbsnsva,
you want another fight Just say the word. a,
me and Ttse alters travels together"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-12-30

MEDICINE OR No MEDICINE. DIR. jacob
Bigelow has just pu blished q work on the" Ra.
nonale OF Medicine" in which he says:
sincerely believe that the unbiased opin-
lon Of most medical men Of sound judgment
and long experience is made up, that, the
amount OF death and disaster in the world would
now is under the multiform, reckless and con.
tradictory modes Of practice, good and, bad
with which practitioners OF adverse dsnomina.
tons carry on their differences at the expense
Of their patients"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-12-30
T'oBAccO. SNUFF. AND sEGARs.

ID
The Subscribsr would inform his customers and
sne public generally that he has just re- ~ -.
mafinr ovsr ss addition to his stock, ~
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND sESaRs,
comprlsinE forty five different brahds ranging from
TOBACCO. @
to ooxes OF the most approved brands, con 81 stius
" " pouno Jumps, half pound iumnps, quarter pound
and Duadsn Twists. Fig. DC. "''sa anu NeAo'
FiNkyvCTI Anderson,s Solaos, Good
S guoy Bank, GoodvIn's Pure Americas,
Gooow GGoolwns Sev YORK, 6 Gooduins Patent Pressed.
FIN, FINE Cur sNoKiNe.-2 gross Spanish Mixed, aOo
POUNDS Ly nehDurg and the celebrated VirEina kll-
SNUFF. . I'D 81.
Gases Garretts Scotch. in bottles % kers Gar
Msnos. oose; Is Jars Gafrstt's ksppss also.
lO boxes French Pipes and Pipe Heads aIso. n
Ereat variety Of German, Fancy, and Powhats6
Pipes, Sesar Cases, snuff Boxes, ,Ciearrcttas. 20,
"a MATCHES. V
grosa shanghai and German Matches; and al
other articles usually kept by the trade. : ?
UC, Shopteepers and restaurant keepers vould
40 ven 10 Gail and examine my stock, think that
they oan select som ethRE which will pleare their
customers; and a. buy largely and for cash, csu
t sen ~ low. not lower, than any other house lp
CAUTiON.-Whereas there has been certain nm
prnoipied persons travelling around in the UIstret
sno the surrou hiding country, hawking small lots of
Segsrs and Tobacco Of a very inferior kind At one
neh1re 90 per cent above their value, and represent
n inS themselves as my agents, hereby caution the
~ I'll 'a0a ':gLHsHSai gHSEs s. wamE2c:fEs.n nsT. ns Esn''
dsl5-1m No. So High street, Georr etoTn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-12-30

IL On Thursday last the yNlorse ts,.o,.,s
rV'ked In eontinusas ei rcnit from New Y or r
- - "a 80 erse, on the Mississippi. The distance