Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1859-12-31

ty to have "A SIice--'IoSv l4o
Speculation--A More Offices Want
ed--Eacts and Figures.
Tile question of dividing Grans Counsi
has been agitated and submitted 10 tn
peor.e, directly or indirectly, several times
In '.8, the people Of Grant were author
lied to vote as follows: "For DE Eas
and Vest Dieisioa," "For a Nortd az
SoatA Di0ision,' and ''F'or No Dieisioa
EThs result was as follows. so votes 70
an East and WeH Division; 1925 vote
for a North and South Division; and l45
votes for no DISTINGUISHING PSI ma
ljoriiy against any and all Divisions.
II 1851, The question was again IRE,
as follows: r. M Briggs became divisiol
candidate for senator, against Joel G
Squires anti divisioaist. Tie election wa
holly contested, but Siuires received 572
majority in the county, tho total vote OF
the question being 2O72, which was the
heaviest ever polled up 10 that year.
Since 81, ana until lately, the question
has been considered settled - except BY
Town lot Spectators in the north part Of
he county and tie new Straea Of inhabi-
(ants in yicinities where tho evils of such
! populations and official rabidness reigned
as leading topics. Ri. in The older set
lied parts Of the county, reconciliations be-
tween division and anti division parties
we're speedily effected afte. 81; since
which time all parties aad sections of the
county, except as e5ove, have joined to let
the division question rest, and by heart
and band promote the practice Of peace
and good will. 10 let rel enough alone
has been the united wish, except Of lot
and land spectators and official aspiranls.
But, with the laying cut ofnew Towns
ard Of thousands Of acre: moss into Town
lots than will be needed for building pur
poses in a century to come-tho chiefs Of
such lots being squattiug spectators ofre-
cent date, commenced the division acita-
ton and the support Of candidates secret
ly pledged to lavor division. Boscobei,
ever since it was halched and became the
prey Of speculaters, has been he center of
this agitation. Merit Of candidates, -alg ,
acter, principle everything pertaining 10
candor in the choice Of men for legislators
have been cast aside as nothing compared
with dividing Grant County aud erecting
Que of the county seats at Boscobel. We
notice in the new paper started few days
ago a. Roscobel, that Mr.. JoHN MORTIMER
IS proprietor of $50 towt lots, which be
sdYerJises for sale; and as one oflhe great
to purchase, Boscobel is ad-
yerlised as i prospective county seat
We learn that Mr. MORTIMER il the chief
acting agent to travel, circulate petitions
and operate upon people with various in
JUDGEMENTS and promises. Mr.. SANDERsoSI
of Inc Grant County Witness is TO become
bis organ and tool in the enterprise; nat
ural schismalist and factionist, he is ap,ly
adapted, and Mr.. MORTIMER can richly af-
ford 10 pay the expenses out Of the pros
pectye pfoce IDS Of his $50 town lots at
his perspective county seat! Last week
he visited Plattevlle to start tho ball.
The programme cfthe Boscobel dis
unonists is to make three counties out Of
Grant, and in consideration of The support
II Tie C.awfrd County representatives in
the legislature, don tie the two northwest
ern Towns Of Gfant County to Crawford
County to help by taxation and influence
TO keep UP Prairie du Chien. Also, re-
unite Iowa and Lafayette Counties; then
take off several towns on the west pant of
Lafayette county and attach the anne to
Grant, so as 10 seduce Platteyille by prom
ising county scat at that place. TafloD,
Beetown and Little Grant are promised
county seats-also, Fennimore has slant
wise promise; that is, if Boscobel consents
after division is effected, then Fenniinore
is 10 be a county seat. Cassville, Patch
Grove, jamestown, Potosi and other towns
may have the promise Of county seats;
thongh this is not developed.
Ii is intended later in The day ofagita-
ton TO joiu all the town lot spectators in
tho State and form q consolidated land
jobbing, county division combination Dane
County, Milwaukee County, Sank County
and dozen others have railroad towns
owned by spectators, aud all are 10 con-
solidate and run The legislature aud divide
the State into little counties, the centers
of Which are always TO be in the nests of
spectators; the rural aud pablo interests
are to be lost sight OF, ridiculed and laugh.
ed to scorn I be official or Office hunt
ing outs, arc to join in the ranks Of spec
ulators; to make them noisy, every one is
an office, and IS f1r every rev
county that is forEe !, half dozen new Of.
flee holders will be wanted, the array Of
spectators and office hunters will be quite
Eighteen new county officers
will be wanted within the territory Of
Grant County instead of six,and six eourts
per year with three times the present mum
Der of jurors will be wanted, instead two
courts as at present. Three times the
number Of public buildings will be wanted
and about three times as many deputies