davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

PoIsoN. From an article in the Ned
cal Journal, by Dir. Johnson, State Assay
or Of Massachusetts. it appears ''that at the
Iasc meeting Of the Boston Society for Med
;cal Improvement, DR.. I. S. Linsworth re-
ported case in which child was made
very sick by ,oisonsucked from the surface
Of green concert ticket, covered with
Scheele's green, or the arsenite of copper.
By copious vomiting and the use of album
en-, the poison was removed from the
stomach Of the child. so that fatal result
was avoided. Inquiry has been made as
to how much arsenic there was on the card,
and Dr. Jackson reports, Las grains Of
Scheele's green. He says, such aquantity
OF arsenic, if it had remained in the child's
stomach, would certainly have proved fatal
to life
Other cases are reported from arsenlcal
paper. In one Of these cases, a lady, after
cutting out the figures Of ninety yards of
green border paper, was severely poisoned,
suffering from nausea and diarrhoea. This
case shows that the dust Of Scheele's green
inhaled, was the cause and manner Of tie
poisoning.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04
Illirois Banks.

The news thal the bills Of 80 Illinois
Banks, not heretofore djscredited, are now
at positive aud probably permanent dis
count of 10 to 20 per cent. will cause some
excitement. The Berage lass on the dol
Jar cannot much exceed Upper cent, and
no doubt many Of the disereditsd Banks
viii deposit additional securities and become
good; though it is feared this wholesale
sweep may reduce still lower in New York
the bonds upon which the Illinois Banks
are founded.
The following is list Of the Banks
thrown out at Chicago on Monday last,
with the list also Of the Banks rejected for
some time; the value per dollar is also
r,;,op
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04
gYThere are many difficulties to meet

EgThere are many difficulties to meet
in apportioning the State into Congress
ional Districts, The Committee on Appor-
tionment have reported Rock in The same
District with Washington County. and as
Washington contains somewhere between
1900 and 1900 democratic majority
against tie 5000 republican majority Of
Rock, the latter seems to fear future results.
1t is understood that Grant, Iowa, La Fay
cite and Green may constitute one Of the
six Congressional Districts Of Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04
The Crops.

Wharf.-The wheat sIill looks well,
and it is hardly probable that GOOD crop
will not be realized this year. Il 50. we
may anticipate the return Of better times.
Appearances now indicate that there
may be good crop of peaches this sea-
son. Ii is four or five years since we have
had a good crop Carlinrille Ill., Free
Democrat.
The WHEAT CRoP.-We learn from
many Of our friends in the country, that
the wheat crop in this and Fulton counties
looks extremely well. There was not as
much sown last fall as has been in previous
seasons, but what was sown gives promise
Of making a better crop than has before
been raised for years in this portion Of the
State. 1t has not yet been damaged in
the least, and unless the cold bleak winds
and frequent changes, this month damage
it, there will be a large yield in proportion
to the amount sown. The prospect now is
truly flattering-Rushvilie (IH.) Times
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

PERSONAL LIBERTY Law IN DANGER
The motion to lay on the table the bill to
repeal che Personal Liberty Law Of Wis
consip, prevailed in the Assembly last week,
but the matter is liable to be taken up
again. The people Of Wisconsin will nev-
or allow slavery to recover in this State
what it has lost. The bill to repeal the
Personal Liberty lay has for its leader
one who was elected az a full breed demo-
graf last fall, but who treacherouslyy or for
motives left his party, anil has since been
voting with the republicans, perhaps
though in view Of betraying item into his
snares; they are sheepish enough to not
see through him, and theroare just enough
halfbreed republicans to make the repeal
bill doubtful in the Legislature. The same
members who vote for repeating this Lib
erty Law wouli vote just as readily for
any measure demanded by the slave inter-
.est--to save the Union
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

GE-It appears that the North West
produces the best wheat, year after year,
and that the quantity produced is greater
in proportion te acres than ia any other
grain region Of the Union. Even includ-
ing the years Of partial failurein Michigan,
Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa. the wheat
averaged better quality than elsewhere,
except the small crops Of winter wheat in
select parts. Nor can the orth-West be
excelled for corn and oats, considering quail
ity as well as quantity.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04
County superintendent Of
Schools.
The bin offered BY Hon. Hammer Rob

The bin offered by Hon, Hammer Rob
bins, member of Assembly fom this
County, abclishing the Office Of Town SUI
perintendent of Schools and providing for
County Superintendent, has become a
law. We haye not seen the law as amended
and passed, but only the original bill, a
synopsis Of which We priated short time
since. BY this law there will be one town
officer less for each town, say thirty Of d
diminution of town officers for the county,
which we are sure will be a popular public
relief, as the cry il, very justly too, eve
have too many offices" and "there are too
many men hunting for Office" In the Of
flee Of County Superintendent the salary
for all counties having a population ex-
ceeding fifteen thousand, is fixed at 5000,
unless the Boardof County Commissioners
have mind to increase the salary. 1t is
probable that the holder Of this office will
have to put in all bis time, SO that he will
earn his salary, every dollar Of it. And
we here note that the salaries paid here
tofors to Town Superintendent have
amounted to more than 5000, so that the
the public will rather gain than lose in a
financial way by the change. The County
Superintendent is to be elected next fall, to
take his Office the 1st of January, 90.
This change cannot but work well in many
respects; the irregularities in the manner Of
conducting schools, will, many of them,
disapper, while system and order will fol-
lev as result. If the people have the
luck to choose competent faithful and
well trained County Superintendent, the
change must be popular and salutary.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04
sz-An attempt is to be made to seize

Eg- An attempt is to be made to seize
nearly all the new Territories and keep
them for Southern negro quarters. The
Northern fiunkies are continually asserting
that these Territories are naturally de-
signed for freedom, bpt che fact Is, slavery
can 90 70 wilegeyes labor is wanted; Can
ada is just as well adapted for slavery as
ge fgia. Nothing prevents the establish
inc Of slavery ia every Northern State but
Northern intelligence, christianity and ed
ucated prejudices. Northern avaricious-
ness would bring slavery North, and North
ern masters would WELD /. seyerarlash than
Southern masters.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04
Rs-I nlluential Republicans FROM all

REIniluential Republicans frosa all
parts of the country are writing letters to
Washington, protesting against this do
noghing administration policy, Vigorous
action of soino sort is demanded as part
OF the bond confirmed it the November
election. They also protest against the
qnachinery set to wosk Al Washington to
nodify Northern Republican opinion and
cause the Legislatures to pass degrading
enaetments and officiating laws, such as
must beget public scorn against members.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04
Big Bugs in Chicago.

In the /" Garden City," saws . L..
from Chicago, we have among orr r eI's'
tiles, the son Of an English earl. form mou,l-
in the Guards, now engaged in the Nv
means aristocratic occupation Of nocl;u y
pork; a son Of the late Bishop Of I,orSas
and a graduate Of Oxford, busy Z N ~
manufacture Of soap; nephew Of ,Is
gallant Lord Collingwood, NELSON'S ~ suS
lingwood), fattening cattle on an ado" W
farm; a younger son of one Of Rncla ',sss
noblest families specializing in wheat at aas !
corn; a reduced but genuine 4a,n aug
baron, who has hob-nobbed with I INA
bolt and the titled magnates Of Ton Sil'
fashionable circles, dispensing aoer H"s
at half dime glass; and an &C ,omnl;s M y
Hungarian noble engaged in freseo r ,a;su
ing at two dollars day. Here to p''u',
have a brother Of Charles Dickens i W
bears striking resemblance to the c; saJ
novelist. He is clerk in the TanS Inv n
partment Of the |. G. r. R., and i 4 ~
him that Dickens received the nor, ,'OJ y
plume Of boz"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

TO CHAIRMEN The returns of the Jul
dicial Election should be returned immedi-
ateIy to the County Clerk Of the Board,
1t would be as well also to report lie
names of Town officers elect, as the Clerk,
Sheriff and Treasurer have frequent use for
the names Of Town officers. The law also
requires that the names of Justices elect be
returned to the Clerk Of the Circuit Court.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

80 ILLINOIS Bill HoLDEas.The true
value If discredited Illinois money At
present is precisely what is given IN the
catalogue Elsewhere, and nothing less.
The estimate Is made upon the selling price
81 the securities ID New York. We men
ton this, Is ahagess through the country
will Be apt 20 try their hand It bidding
holders 81 olFsring yss than tbs value.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

JUDICIAL ELEcrIoN.--Judge Cole has
probably received nine-tenths Of the votes
Of this county for Associate Justice Of the
Supreme Court, or in the neighborhood Of
three thousand of a majority, which is
about as coed home Endorsement as the
Judge could expect, considering that he has
been absent good while and don't write
nor visit his old friends very often.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

Ay-Itis positively reported from Paris
that England and France are about send
ing iargo fleets to the Gulf Of Mexico, TO
see 10 matters in that cess-pool--perhaps
take = band ID coercion. Spanish fill
bustegs are about 10 attack ST. Domingo,
10 violation of the Monroe doctrine; Spain
viii also send : feet 70 protect Cuba,
which i thought to ha in danger Of the
secession bebels.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

FLATTEvILLE AND CALAMINE r. r.
The following gentlemen are named as
corporators in the chapter of the Platteville
and Calamine ra:lIcad: !
NJ. NJ. Cothren, David w. Jones, John
Izemler, Isaac Hodges, Hammer Robbins,
Leonard Coates, Elijah Bayley, Samuel
Moore, John H. Rountree, Noah Virgin
and Nelson Dewey.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

TIE BANKS OF THE UsIos. The An
nual Report Of the condition Of the banks
throughout the country. BY Tia Treasury
Department, shows their circulation to be
$3.50, 255,S77; capital, $500, 425, 800
Within the last ten years the banking cap
ital has doubled itself, and the number Of
banks increased from s77 to 500; and
instead Of s4s.oo5,000 OF specie, held in
1851, they have over SIS. COO, 900.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04
aE Some curious facts ara ,

GE- Some curious facts are revealed i,
the national census. AT Clinton, 0bo
there is what the Marshal calls second
Virginia family" Of whom it is said .4ba
men have no occupation, and that Of tbs
women can be guessed at from the number
Of illegitimates.ther being ten" In Mont
gomery there is one family, who, BY utter.
marriage Of unces and nieces, and other
kin, are all diseased, and not less than
five children were born blind, while two
are deaf and dumb. In the same county
young lady is "blind from everlasting At
school, and man was made blind from
being "scared by dog at four years Of
age
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

To Town OFFIcERs.- years, we
have published the names of the rev town
officers, as soon after the April election as
we could Get them. Will some one in each
town have the goodness to send as the
names DC town officers for the ensuing
year to enable US 70 print perfect list for
reference.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

GE Judge McGonigal is reelected coun-
ty Judge Of Grant County, fact not very
creditable to the man as he had no opposi-
ton. Under like circumstances, any body
else could have been elected.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

Eg Gov. Randall returned last week
from brief visit to Washington, aud says
no reliance can be placed in the Geographic
dispatches. He says the present admins
tration keeps lis business and intentions all
private, aud that nothing is known of the
designs ofthe Administration.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

EE The Richmond Examiner has .he
following interesting statistics Of the State
Of Virginia:
There are now in this State negroes Of
the estimated value of nearly S4QOOOO,-
600. Upon an inside estimate they yield
in gross surplus produce, from sales Otne-
grocs to 90 South, $l0,OOO,OOO; tobacco
$4,000, 900; -four, $s,0oo,o0o; corn, COT
ton and other products, $2,OOO,OOO-a
total of $29, 900, 900.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

@The Lynchburg (Ya.) Repu5lican
has the following paragraph:
Mr. Cook, Mr.. Lincoln's mail agent on
the Alexandria road, made his first trip lip
Saturday, and in passing Charlottesville was
waited upon by committee of citizens,
who informed him in the politest manner
possible, that he had better throw up his
commission and retire from the pubic SER
vice, or he would be dealt with according
to his deserts as a Black Republican, who
would never be permitted to scatter his
foul teachings over Virginia soil. Mr. q.
thinking discretion the better part oivalor,"
consented to resign on his return to Alex
andria, and he was permitted to pass. It
is also stated that the said gentleman, upon
reaching this city on Saturday evening,
nladea castle OF his mail car, from which
be was aiE,id to bulge and come out in
the city,but remained safely en$conced IN ii
until his departure Yesterday morning,
sending the mail up BY 4 substitute.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

ST. LOUIS, March 2s.--The Committee
on Federal Relations in the House yestcr-
day reported the following joint resolution,
which passed by 62 against Az:
RESOLVED, That it is inexpedieut for the
General Assembly to take any steps for
calling a National Copvention to propose
amendments to the Constitution, as recon-
mended by the State Convention.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

New ORLEANS, March 3o.-The steam
er Coatsacalos arrived off Matagorda Bay
on the 18th inst, to take away the Fede-
raj troops. 1t is reliably stated that the
troops will be landed at Nep York. Eight
hundred troops are waiting transportation
al Indianola. Several companies are ex-
pected from San Antonio.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

gg- Wisconsin will be allowed 6 men-
bers of Congress, being an increase of 8.
Cur Congressional District will be COM
posed Of Dane, Green, Iowa, Lafayette
and Grant.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04
EE A letter from WashinotoD i !,

Ton 10 the
Cincinnati Commercial says:
Letters denouncing the inertness Of Il.
Government from prominent Reppbfcsn
politicians throughout the country ~
now being received here in large numhs,
The best friends of the Admnistration J. {
prehend the breaking out of sweeD;1.
storm ofindignation in case a more deteSs
mined attitude should not be assumed h
fore long.
Mr.. Hassaurek Of Illinois thanked II.
President to-day for having appointed bin in
to the highest place in his gift--tbatS
nine thousand five hundred feet above h.
ocean, the altitude Of Quito, the capital q
Ecuador.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

GT Willie T. Mangum, Jr., Of North
Carolina, has On important appointment
from the President. Ex-senator Mangum
expresses the utmost confidence in Mr.. Lin
coin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

New Style OF LETTER PAPER-lR
Postmaster General has issued orders i@s
supply q letter paper, cut, gummed aA
embossed with three-cent stamp, Sl'
bining ii one bosh letter-sheet and en's,
ope. Tim sheet is about half the size Z
the old-fasnioned sheet Of letter PBs
folded out and prepared as above, renas
ing it an exceedingly neat and couVs9ss' \,
prepaid letter, OF only about hai u
weight Of those now in use, with en'q
opes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

GE-The bill requiring persons to pro-
cure certificates that their property is free
from taxes before they can deed it will
not become law.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

RE Parson Brownlow says Of South
Carolina: "Sbe has drawn more mong
from the National Treasury-pad is
money into the National Treasury-6d
more officers larger representation
consumed less offoreign impcrtation-than
any State Of equal white population 10
get rid of her burthens is God-sendr-
Let her 90, and may God in bis mercy
forbid that She should ever returnW
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

C4roAoo PRIcEs, April lst.-Freights
to Buffalo, l5s cents per so lbs, for wheat
or corn.
Flour firm at $40.
Wheat, S24 to St3.
Corn. % 10 70. Oats, dull. Bailey
but s5 cents, Dried Apples. A. Hides,
Green, 81; sslted, 8; dry, =. Butter
I to . for common; dairy ! i to "a. Pc
tatoes worth S. cents per barrel. ard IN
demand.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

WnERE THE Revenue CoMGs FROM !.
TIE whole amount ofrevenue collec'sa In
the seeded ports last year was le'' ' n,
S 100000. Cost of collecting "a
amount, 100000. The entire ls's =,
from customs in the United States I"
$50. 100000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

GEOn Monday last, Connecticut voted
for State officers and members of Congress.
Rhode IsIar.d the same On Wednesday last.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04
Flour firm at $40.
Wheat. SCI to ST..

Gg- Carl Scharz receives a Rrsa class
mission after all that has been said lie
goes to Spain. G. n. Clay as Minister d,
Russia.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

EE Illinois will be entitled to Is mem
bers of Congress: iowa s.; Wisconsin s.;
Minnesota |.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

New YORK, March 8o.-The Posts
special Washington dispatch says it is re-
ported that Henry Winter Davis will be
appointed Minister to China A great
many clerks were removed to-day, par-
ticularly in the Treasury and Interior De
nsrtlnents.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04
re- -Four Of the proplaetors and edit

re- -Four Of the propaaetors and editors
Of the N. Y. Tribune establishment have
received important appointments under
President Lincoln, and it's supposed Gree
ley could have an important place il he
wanted one.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04
ILLINOIS BANKS HERETOFORE REJECTED

Eg Somebody writes Us from Madison
Of date of the 28th of March, as follows,
no name signed;
" Cover. Glory to God; we have laid
on the table the bill to repeal the Personal
Liberty Law, A to 40; Amen!'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

re- The Town officers elect are requir-
ID by law to qualify apd give bonds With
i'd ten days after election.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

CRoP PRosPEcrs AT THE SoUTH.-The
few countrymen who have ventured TO
town the last week reported the wheat crop
as the finest prospect we have had for ses-
eral years. expressing some fears, however,
that cw.sg to tie scarcity OF feed for stock,
it RAY be ipJred by late pasturing y Gal
latin Z TENN Courier, March 20.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

RrcHxoNp, March pa resolution to
terminate debate Tuesday was violently
opposed. Rives spoke seven hours in favor
OF the Union.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

EE The Worlds correspondent ~
information was received yesterday w
the Florida Legislature had passed a -. n
making it treason, punishable with os 81.
on conviction, for any one to accep. On~
under the Federal Government, VINO J
sides in that State, after collision Oe'H''
the Federal and Confederate forces.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

IMPORTANT DIPLOMATIC INSTRUCTIONS.
Secretary Seward is busily engaged IN
preparing instructions for the newly APP
pointed Representatives Of the Government
abroad Those Of the ministers to Europe
and Central America, will embrace The
question Of the recognition Of the Southern
Gonfederacy, by foreign powers. Any
inclination TO do so is e,nphatically pro-
tested against, until The Revolutionary au
thorisies shall have attained a legal status
by ihe consent Of the Federal Government
itself.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

a., APT ILLUsrRATIoE.-Ihe TIN s,h
in speaking of the present relations Gaia !,
free, the border slave, and seeding. ~.
says: "The actual condition Of InluS IN
pretty much as if one Of three p''% wv
should be robbing the firm q is prom, s.
while Il second should hold the largSs's d,
prietor and threaten him with dea'n :"
lie resisted.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

IL The Legislature took a recess on
Friday last. to attend the Town meetings.
They agreed to meet again on yesterday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-04-04

Eg-The people Of Grant County have
re-nominated Mr. McGonigal for County
Judge Oshkosh Northwestern.
And have just elected him unanimously
without opposition.