Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-02-11

M g are induced TO the following inter
lmea Hing with matters in another county
land State, for the reason that tie ~
Iverttser has. many readers among those
interested in the subject upon WHICH we
lshal treat; and long residence = Grant
county enables us to Judge pretty clearly
lon most points at issues among its PEG
!ple.
I Gfant county, then, consists Of about
thirty full townships. These, it is pro-
posed by party almost the extreme
Northern boundary, to divide into three
counties Of about equal territory. Each
new county teen would consist, as is plain
Ily seen, of about ten townships. There
lare IN Wisconsin more than seventy coun-
ties, and only four Of the whole number
are as small as the proposed subdivisions
Iin Grant.
Dane county contains thirty-iife town
slips, and has population nearly double
lthat Of Grant.
Columbia county, with larger popula-
ton than Grant, has about twenty-five
townships.
Dodge county has twenty five townships
and populations Almost twice as large as
Grant
| Rock county, with population a
Ithird larger than Grant, has twenty town
Iships.
It cannot be, therefore, that the division
called for, emanates from "a over crowded
Ipopulace, demanding more legal room,-
hence we must conclude that its origin
must have been with few who design
gain, either through Imaginary increase in
value Of " corner lots," or expectancy 70
fill the treble increase of county Offices. -
Each Of these expectancies sae no doubl
having their weight in continuing the az
itation.
A newspaper at Boseobel, judging from
its sole editorial efforts from first 10 last
iasue, was established to advocate the pro-
posed division, and is susta ined BY those
actuatcd by no other motives than pro
l,notino the discord. Thus the question
" pro " is made all important in the North
Iern part Of the county.
Al l'latteviIle, we regret to observe the
Witness siding 10 favor Of division while
pretending neutrality" The editor OF
that paper has endeavored TO make it ap-
pear hat the aggregate amount which
would be expended in governing small
7eountias wiIi lie no greater than now IN
Ieaued as Grant IS nnnagad. Granting
lths posigios to be corgeet-v hieh is doubt.
ltul, indeed Nhefe sill be she gain 70 the
4 People
/ The Herald thA ga established Graui
County paper Aas said mora, v thiak, II
Opposition to the diyisors than 10 present
The question as it clearly stands. Is #
forts, however, have been sufficient to SCI
people actively 10 work to prevent the dis
sol ton.
4 Geqnt is a triangular shaped territory
with lis county seat As nearly in tie cen
ter as that Of any other Of The seventy ir
The State. The inhasltants Of The thfee
extreme corners are distan. from Lancaster
VARYING from Is to30 miles, which is made
Il strong argument for the change. fhey
lido not consider that Grant is by any
means the oily county where such distanl
townships exist from the shire towns. /.
they will look 1t Racine, Kenosha, Mon
roe Dane, Portage, Bad Ak, La Crosse,
land many others, they will find portions
of them no nearer their courts than arc
amy in Grant.
Those who fancy that immense wealth
Twill follow to the real estate at the new
county seats have only TO look "a LaEcas
ter, at the present time. Isit, now tlsai
lit is the center of the legal business Of the
whole county, up to the ideal Of what Bos-
cobel is expected TO b. With Grant sub
divided;
The cost of new county buildings, in
two other portions of the county, are
items Of no small Importance to tbs
people, with many other small but costly
let c9teras not nov mentioned.
The petitions for the division, and re-
monstrances thereto, will soon be present
lelto the State Legislature, which body
will probably either authorize an election
10 decide the question, or indefinite post
pone their consideration. The latter We
lcommend--or else that the whole matter
Il be submitted to ,he Grant county dele
lgation, who ought to tell the agitator~
what is and what is moi needed in their
county, as conn ared with others in the
State.
Nor the Man. A good anecdote is
told Of a man named Bently, a confirmed
Idrinker, who would never drink with a