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The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1868-12-17
e:+y and County.

WATER TANKs.-Ever since the as
80 tt the present Legislature at Boise City our
o1DS o. soen moving in that direction; at first
1p' n',' .,olets, and generally those who it was
ISIS uu ,ss;blv have business with the Leg
saggbt plsI :, orcited no comment; but within the
y'S sr W.. the matter has assumed an epidemieal
stF %. .oously attacking all classes, crowding
'pla ..sDles overlooking the stages and seeking
sS'a! '"av,nees-going in squads and-gaubs;
$SP Gun = almost as dull as a country church
o., middle S Of the week, and those remaining were
lu'N ..order as to the cause of the hegira.
nI % solve the mystery we peeped into
,ff elV'N ,.;y..e conveyances, which carried of
81 n ,.,t dozen on Monday morning last and we
Vt va. ..,cs it. Water Tank regalia, sure; done
1" W. Nine rolls about Is inches long and 10 in
% A'u' -., If 'em-bound with hoops. The
1>Ti- mst here last week; forgot their regalia
~ =. h,vs have been finding them and are
fa y" ~, nome in person as token of regard. 1t
'+,tying to notice how "Tde"t-ly they s'rov' to
|V' ,,bsr in their regard. ana not let any one
Gu "' j. charitable act, for " charity (of this
..;nlarlv,) seeketh no display. and i'll secret
=, s,t;on" When they thought they Were
1S' .,.r would take the little regalias i'll their
~ ..,.oly as young mother would handle
horn and snatch kiss with smack that it
,,,s,b.pdkerchief 10 destroy the evidence
,a.,3 suggests it might have been something
/ ,,rsr.ls;ors but as We know they didn't leave
L., \ sDeh spiritual character as this seemed
:, ,h,pk our surmiSe nearest correct: and as
.,r,, breeds attachment our friends may decline
w ,b4 p-operty, and make . raid on the Boise
r,k. with these certificates OF membership,
..,s.,v Obtained and We give this warming that
,.-,v rr,:ett themselves from imposition and
~; .cs.c property.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1868-12-17

MOUNT CENTS TrSSEI~-The Italian papers stat"
that the great tunsc through Mount Cents - making
very satisfactory progress The total length is to ho
q EGO metres and the length already completed. is
9j- metres. that there now remain 3.2o2 metres
to cxCayatr. Under any circumstances ii IL thought
that the entire undertaking will be finished by the
commencement Of 1871.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1868-12-17

TuF EtEcroR,L NuTE at ~" last four Presidential
elections mp t. I~G4 follows 1oi4. Scott ~.
Pinrr" 253 1850. Fremont ia. buchanan l13 isG0.
Lincoln l-6. Breckenridge -. Bell ~. Douglas ~
1854. Line In 2I2 Mcclellan 81 In l-56 Maryland
gave for Fillmore. The electoral c0ll"g" maj1ri;ics
Of the Presidents chosen IN thcs" four elections were
IA follows Pierce. in l-J2. I'll buchanan over All,
in 1-56 81 Lincoln all. in 1860 - Lincoln. in
1865 19l one elecor in Nevada having died, bat two
votes were cast
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1868-12-17

s.,.-.. o,a''I-''-Ju-t as ne were going to press
:. Ing Nj. ]. T, Welton requested II. to give
~ :, AeasF'. cheatey. Bolton. and himself.
3L-,..' ,'-.'0g Schools in this city. Placcrville
.,.,. -,] ''seE' during the coming week. Adver-
~'-' N neIt issue.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1868-12-17

a,b.. ''NAS bALL.-Do not forget that the Good
eH,r 'sA'eF''Iie are to have good time at
Is invited to PIT in an appearance.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1868-12-17

!. AZ 'z'''oS-Tha Board Of County Commis-
:, - meet IN Regular Session at the Court
!, : us city On Monday, January 1, 1869. at
!, "--s al persons having business with the
49, ~ TESTED TO be present. In his advertise
.s,. EEK Of the Board requests that all papers
''- Mn previous to that time.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1868-12-17

PROFESSOR / AppES United States Gcologist esti-
mates the coal formation south Of Cheyenne and nerth
Of the Arkansas. to occupy an area of 1000 square
miles All Of this country in which the coal iorIna-
ton exists abounds in brown iron ORE thre" tons OF
which are sufficient to make one ton of pig iron.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1868-12-17

Z n Or some time the small pox has been
,udn '@ncisco, steadily increasing in vio-
ID jDs.. -''i'lhs to spread beyond the city lin
no,,r' we heighboring country and towns.
u P,,.., jest understood among themselves,
T. .' papers have said but little of the
a,Is,,, Jays ago the Sacramento Union con.
eap v.-- "a the subject, beginning with the
IN .. rough criticism upon tho Board of
%ag this s, n'ehded to allow the pestilencc nav
\ aud endnr" me greatest possible chance to
lave been ~. lot long time, no better plan
lilies Of San ~ r.. upon than that followed by the
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1868-12-17

pt h.. '-Under this head, the Salt Lake
i'd An, 10 give the reason why certain
Jesr. - ,u not occur long time ago2
%. VIII came the world would not re-
ltdoctri5n Partly because his pure life and
less Of tbn were q continual reproach to the
be cast M e world around him. The light
daskne p0n Tue world made manifest their
and the authors thereof did not
a,Soro ,ishop Tuttle, and others of various
,~ nave visited Salt Lake City. They're
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1868-12-17

'1-.Xa Iah..-Ihe ladies Of this city. We are
"--- H.! s1a!5.: Christmas Tree at the Court
:" u Christmas Eve, Everybody and their
1s invited % attend. Persons wishing to
'~fss uPoa the tree are requested to leave
: VII Their Instructions plainly written upon
- : '1s Fo';2:4ae, where they will be properly
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1868-12-17

MrDDLEBrRr, Mass. had symptoms of an earth
quake a week two ago.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1868-12-17

na CHI, Is tne chief of q band of robbers
EOut; tha,. 81 !. me old block on slightly az.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-12-22

! SPAIN-The Juntd, as it IS called
being a commission OF men with the
military to support them, say in their
address, we have suspended the
j esuit and taken care that the Holy
Catholic luquisition shall not work in
Spain during our presidency over at-
fairs. And We have given the priests
10 Know that education must be free
and that all religions must be equally
tolerated and protected. No secret
police will be tolerated, except such
as Spain may require for the enforce,
ment OF free speech, free press. re.
ligious tolerancy and general educa>
ton. But it is doubted whelher so
much freedom can be supported -
The masses are desperately ignorant,
having been buried up beneath that
ancient style of catholicism which
tolerates only devotion to the church
and allows but just enough liberty
and intelligence TO insure such devo
ton and 20 support it richly by mod
est labor. The ligh. has however
broke through. and SPAN cannot go
back TO where she was. And the
church will have To yield some OF her
treasures
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-12-22
An Important Decision.

An important decision was render
ed by Judge Stewart, last week, in
one OF the numerous suits which have
grown out OF the liability Of School
Districts for the famousAdams. Black
mer Il Lyon School Distri Records
The suit was brought by Linus Bird.
sey, assignee Of Adams Mcconnell,
against School District No. 6 of he
town of Springvale, To recover on
an order issued by the School Dis
trict Clerk. The point on which the
decision turned was that the order
stated on its face that the records
wers Purchased BY The eigners of the
order, who We're the Clerk and
Director of the District only. The
courl held that they should have been
ordered by the entire district board,
acting as body.
The plaintiffs offered to show, af-
ter the order was ruled out, that the
records were secured and used in
schools of the district in order to re-
cover THEN value, independent OF the
CfNSt' us Wdb ALSO OK
clnded, the court holding that as the
law prescr bed that such records
must be purchased by the board, that
course must be pursued 10 order to
bind the district, that even the use
Of them in schools, unless they were
purchased by the entire board, or
there had been vote OF the district
directing theiruse or payment, would
not bind the district.
The court also held that that these
orders could not be made to bear in
terest, or be payable at some future
tine
The court also intimated that as
the law in cases where such records
are in fact purchased by the board
provides that the clerk shall enter
the price in the tax-ist, that thi.
remedy should preserved and in case
the clerk should refuse, that the rem
edy would be by mandamus to com
pei the clerk to insert it, but not by
action against the district - Portaq,
RediSter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-12-22
Education in Switzerland.

Timothy Titcomb' writes from
Switzerland to the Springfield Repub-
hcdR.
1.-The American idea Of woman 5
education is not entertained in Swift
zerIand at all. Apparently women
never touch mathematics, and only
in the very highest schools do they
learn anything Of the natural scien
ces. liza woman is French, she learns
English and Italian ifshe is French
Swiss, she learns German and Eng
fish if she is English, she learns
French, German and Italian-the
latter language if she has time
Here in Switzerland, men and wo-
men now take to learning English
for it is out OF those who speak the
English language-British ond Amer>
icans--that they get their living. In
all the hotels and stores English is
spoken by somebody. HousekeepQrs
and tradesmen send their sons and
daughters to England that they may
become competent To assist in the
business at home. AS u consequence
OF the multiplication Of languages
here, the Swiss are taken on a very
speckled complexion, so far as the
leading elements Of civilization are
concerned. Tho universal presence
Of the English has driven all costum
ee out Of the land None Of the old
picturesque dresses OF the different
cantous are now seen. So far, the
effect has been toward ratification
but German>Switzerl,.nd, obtaining
its best literature from Germany, han
been deeply impressed with German
ratlonal7m; and French Switzerland
equally open to the influence OF Franc,
has become deeply tainted viii
French iufdelily. The English all,
Americans are making their impress
ion and as the majority Of these ar
pleasure seekers, aud have only
transient residence, you can imagin
that they do not leave q very dee
impression of the real earnestness L
of their character.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-12-22
Odd Yankees.
From the Atlantic Monthly.

A curious thing about New Eng.
land Is the variety of eccentric char
acters 10 ne found there. In almost
every town there is farmer or me-
chanic who has addicted himself TO
some kind of knowledge very remote
from his occupation. Here you will
find a shoemaker, in little shop
(Which he locks when he goes to din
ner or TO the post. office, much to the
Inconvenience OfcustOmers), who has
attained celebrity as a botanist. In
another village there may be wheel
wright who would sell his best coat
for "a rare shell and, not far of, far
mer, who is d pretty good geologist,
and who is forever pecking away AT
his innocent rocks Again you w II
find machiulst who il enamored OF
large paper copies Of standard
works, and rejoices in the posses~iou
of rarities in literature which he can
not read. know All excel mn steel
plate engraver, who, besides being ii
universal critic, is particularly CON
WINGED that the entire railroad sys>
TEN OF the world is wrong, ties,
rails, driving wheels, axles, oll-boxes
everything, and employs his leisure il
inventing better devices. Then there
are people who have odd schemes Of
benevolence, such as that of The
Mass ,chusetts farmer who went tt
Palestine to teach the Orientals the
true system of agriculture, and wat
two years in finding out that they
wouldn't learn it. There are morost
men and families who neither visit
nor are visited and there is. occa
sionaiIy, downright miser Of the
ancient type, such a. we read Of in
old magazines and anecdote books
| There are men, too, of an extreme
eccentricity Of opinion. | think
there are in Boston about dozen az
complete, immovable, if not maIg-
nant, Tories, as can be found this
side of Constaniinople, men who
plume themselves upon hating every
thing that makes the glory Of their
age and country.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-12-22

Last year, under the laws which
allowed men TO swear down their
assessed valuations-a privilege which
every rogue either took advantage of
by swearing or else by threats in.
ducing the assessors to come down.
the taxes ranged from two and half
to four per cent-honest men who in
conscience could neither swear down
their valuations nor use any just
means to bring down the assessors,
having the burden of taxation to
bear. But under the new laws the
power to reduce taxation by dishonest
oath making does not exist. except
we believe under dangerous restric~
tons. The assessors are bound un>
der stringent laws to assess at full
value all property Valuations are
therefore tolerably full and uniform,
and the result is, that the taxes are
actually lower upon general lana
property and of course lower upon
laoor. 10 some towns the entire tax
is below one and half per cent
But the question is, will the SHOW
ing, dishonest and selfish few who
commonly wound pubic opinion by
one means and another. rest conten>
ted with tax laws which compel
them to pay equal taxes with other
men? We think they will make u
drive at the legislature for some
amendment which will enable them
TO avoid doing their duty as tax pay
ers They will ask for swearing
down privileges, or for depriving the
assessor of the right and duty to
search tor concealed vaIuables, &c,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-12-22
Sheriff SaIe-skteebD.

GSquE VISIONS n. Circuit Con Of Grant coan
- County ofGrfut j ~ Wisconsin
Aaton Ilte' Pleina AMI Appellant against John Al
brecht bfendant and Respondent
By virtue Of writ Of execution issued out Of 4 .
a. named court against the above named plsil :
tin and in favor Of the above named siendan to me h
rected and delivered, and for nj Of sufficient gon,s
and chatteg al ID defendant wherein T. lew have
levied upon the right, gie and Interest which n
said pmnth had 0n the 2lth day Of March 1850 or
at any time since acquired IN and to the following de
cribe real estate. tOwit:
The north quarter ANA Lot three ) of Section
one @ Town two ~ Range four "a west of the fourth
principal IN Tidan, Grant county. sconsin which
said real estate will on the 9th day of January
r. 1859. at the hour OF clock in the afternoon of
said day offer for sale and viii sell to the highest bid
der for cash the front door al the court house In the
village Of Lancaster Wis.
Said saie viii be made to safety said Judgment eosts
and costs al sale j. p rOX SHERIFF
Dated Sheriff Office, Lancaster, Dso. a. 1868.
}. ALLEN BARBER, Atty for D.ft 2gwd
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-12-22

s9-The New York Tribune of the
18th contains the memorial OF the
Union League Club of that city 70
Congress, setting forth the facts in
the case. 1t covers two columns and
BALI of that paper. No one with
any regard whatever for the purity
ofthe balIot>box could read this mem
orial without being convinced that
Congress would be guilty of gros.
neglect if it should fail to take
measures for thorough investigation
of the charges therein made, The
facts presented, if substantiated, show
fraudulent vote of no less than
twenty-five thousand in that city
This was done in part by repeat
ing" bat mainly by the use of frau
dulent naturalization papers. Regis
tration frauds were also gigantic
1t has been ascertained that thirty
voters were set down for one house
in which there was in reality only
one. Numerous instances of u SINH
lar kid are given, with names, mum
bers, and all the details.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-12-22

VELocIPEDEs.-Every body knows
plenty of things which it does not
occur to him that he does, until some
one else nudges him with his elbow
and puts him in mind Of it. For in-
stance, we are none of us ignorant oil
the fact that man 10 only u boy in
a state Of mental and physical devel
opment but we rarely 60 back OF
that TO consider that q boy is simple
a baby advanced beyond its muling
and pulling period. or that the baby
is bag pudding which has duly
progressed according to the Darwin
iah process of development to its
first interesting stage toward perfec
ton.
Should our process of reaso ning
not seem clear, we will further in
stance the frog, which Natural
History and observation teaches us
is u pollywog that has taken in It's
tail, and cultivated its voice, to the
end that it may produce music in
summer neutrality-suspicious. OF which
We fall naturally to taking Of veloci>
pedes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-12-22
Profitable Or pc Culture.

The Toledo (Ohlo) Blade says
We have heard much OF large returns
from investments in grapes, but OF
none equal to those given by grows
er whose vineyard is located on the
Maumee river, and about five miles
below Toledo. His profit last year
from fruit and cuttings sold from "a
single..acre are given by him at 81 200,
and yet, when we consider that his
grapes and cuttings had q ready mar
kot at almost retail rates, these prof
it's are not largely in excess OF those
divided between the growers and
dealers Of Island grapes, the former
Of whom often receive $1,000 per
acre for their grape crop alone with
the retailers profits and the sales Of
cuttings to be added.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-12-22

The OCEAN POSTAL SERyICE.-The
British Postmaster General tried to-
carry his own way with high hand
over Mr.. Randall, our own Postmast
er General, in the new postal ar.
rangemement between the two coun
tries. He wanted to compel US to
employ the Cunard and Inman
steamers only, and at stipulated
yearly payment-making it impera>
tive, also, that we should mutually
send no more than three mails per
week across the water. Mr.. Randall,
however, could not see it, and threw
the whole carrying open to COMPETE
ton and the result is that Great
Britain pays Cwentyfour cents per
ounce for her letter carrying, and
we pay but fifteen cents /; so that in
stead Of giving nine cents upon each
ounce letter to Cunard and Inman,
NO keep that nice little sum in our
own pockets. The American Post
master General tried to get half ounce
lette carried for ten cents, as
handler sum than twelve, but was de-
feated, although the ne Espapers are
reduced from four to two cents for
for foreign delivery.--Ne,c Yorh SIN
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-12-22
Wine and Intemperance

There is a prevalent belief that in
those countries where pure wine is
drank instead of distilled liquors. in
temperance exists only to limited
extent. Dr.. Holland editor of the
Springfield Republican now travelling
in Europe was one OF those who be
lirved that the introduction of cheap
wine in the place of distilled liquors
would obiyate drunkenness. Persons
al observation IN Switzerland bias led
him to change his mind be says.
I'VE have all been told in Aneri
ca, and fully believed il that. if u
people could be supplied with cheap
wine, they would not get drunk, -
that the natuarly desire for some sort
of stimulent would be gralified in a
way that would be not only harm
less to morals, but conducive To
health | am thoroughly undeceived.
The people drink their cheap, white
wine here TO drunkenness. A booz
Ter set than hang around the multi
tudiOus cafes here it would be hard
to find in any American city, even
where they enjoy the license Of the
Maine law The grand difference in
the drunkenness of an American and
:. wiss city is found in the fact that
the man who has wine in him is good
natured, and the man who is equally
charged with whiskev is demon. -
There is no numbering, no fighting,
no wrangling. The excitement is
worked off in singing, shouting, and
all sorts of insane labber. Then the
steady old white wine topers come
into blossom lfyou can imagine a
caulihower of the color of the Ordin-
airy red cabbage, you can achieve a
very ADEQUATE conception Of faces
that are not uncommon in ali this
wine growing region. So this ques-
ton Is settled in my mind. Cheap
wine IS not the cure ofintemperance
The people here are just intemper'
ate as they are IN America, and
what is more, there is no public sen
timent that checks intemperancee il
tho least. ! firmly believed The
wines of Switzerland are Of no use
except to keep out whisky, anC
that the advantage of the wine over
the whisky are not very obvious. L
is the testimony Of the best men il
Switzerland-those who have III,
higLost good OF the people at hear
that the increased growth of tn,
grape has been steadily and CORES
pondingly attended by the increase
Of a drunkenness. They lamont IN,
planting Of a new whey ard US We, .
home, regret the opening Of a new
grog shop. They expect no good 0
it, TO anybody. They know, am
deeply feel, that the whole wine
producing enterprise is charged will
disqualification for their country.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-12-22
The Professions of the Nations.

In that magnificent Sermon on the
War which Mr.. Beecher preached,
occurs the following passage: "And
now, as the trumpet OF God has
sounded, and that grand procession
is forming F.; as Italy has risen aud is
wheeling into the ranks; a. Hun
gary though mute, is beginning 10
beat time. aud make ready for the
march ; as Poland, having long slept,
has dreamt OF liberty again ~ the
thirty million of serfs are hearing the
roll of The drum, and are going for
ward into the stats of citizenship, lot
II not be your miserable fate and
mine, TO live IN na ion that shall
be seen reeling aud staggering and
wallowing in the orgies Of despotlsm.
We, too, have a right TO march in this
grand procession Of liberty BY the
memory Of the fathers by the suffer
lngs OF the Puritan ancestry by ev-
cry line Of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, and every article OF the
constitution; by what we are and
what our progeniLors were, we have
q right to walk foremost in this pro-
cession of nations, toward tho bright
and blessed millennial future.