Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-03-24
News and Miscellany.

EEy-The Cincinnati Commercial says
new potatoes were served at the Gibson
douse in that city on Thursday, raised too,
in the vicinity. The planting was made
last August; when the tops had grown to
the height Of five or six inches, they were
all moved down, the entire surface of the
.pateh" then covered with straw and barn
yard manure, and in this way growth was
promoted during the winter. The tubers
were good, even better than those to be
had in July. The success Of the experiment
fully justified the expense since the ground
is now all the better for early gardening
purposes.
re- Delaware is rapidly getting rid of
her slaves. She had eight thousand at the
FIST census, and but twenty two at the last
n ). Their owners find it more profitable
to sell them to the South than to keep
them. Suffolk County alone ships 10 the
South on an average six per week, or 2I2
year. Every. census shows a decrease of
ten per cent. in the slave population. 1t
is question whether Delaware or Missouri
viii BE the first to enter the ranks Of the
Free States.
Rs7-The last accounts from Utah say
that fittings were growing worse and worse.
The Mormons were getting to be little bet
ter than a horde Of thieves. The gentiles
could keep nothing movable without stand
| ing guard over IT. Young's doctrine on
/ the subject was thus defined in late dis
course: II have no revelation in regard to
the stealing that is going on in this terri
tory. When the Lord wants it stopped,
He will stop il / believe that man can
steala and be justified in the act.p
EegThe Rev. w. G. BroWnlow, in the
last number Of the Knoxville Mig,
gives the particulars Of the affray at Emory
and Henry College, Va, in which his son
killed James w. Reese, Of Georgia. 1t ap-
pears that his son was a much smaller boy
than his antagonist, and had been knocked
down and cruelty kicked in the face before
he gave the fatal blow, which was inflicted
with stick which laid within his reach.
Eeg- The New Orleans Bulletin says
that tannery firm there has been putting
the numerous alligators which swim lazily
about the bayous and swamps Of Louisiana
ia the sun, to a Useful purpose. They
have been making their hides into leather,
and capital article it is said to be. Quite
a number of the citizens were wearing
shoes made Of it, and spoke Of it III high
terms.
! Ea5- The excitement in regard to the
| Pennsylvania oil springs does not abate
and their yield does not diminish at ALL
One gentleman at Union recently common
ced boring and at the depth Of fifty-eight
feet struck vein which yields twenty
barrels Of oil per day. Others from a
greater depth are securing thirty barrels
! per day.
gE"A Mass MEETING was called at Racine
on Saturday evening Of the friends Of State
Rights and those who believe that the
rights of the humbest citizen shonld be
protected by the writ ofhabcas corpus
There is much feeling throughout the State
on this subject. Milpoukee Free Dem.
Gas~ A list of about one hundred and
eighty failures in the shoe trade within the
last six months shows the name ofonly one
manufacturer not engaged in the southern
trade-and his failure was not caused by
non-intercourse.
R4- One hundred and seventy medical
practitioners were turned loose on society
/ from the Jefferson Medical College at Phila-
! delphia, at its late commencement. 1t is
quite gratifying to be- able to state that most
Of them have gone South.
4 Gay-" What are you looking after, my
dear 4" said an affectionate mother to hel
daughter. The daughter looked round and
thus replied: "Looking for a son-in-law fol
father"
4 GE- The young lady who burst into tears
has been put together again, and is now
wearing hoops to prevent the recurrence o
the accident.