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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-23
Estate Of MCCgy.

CTArE OF WISCONSIN, a. In Probate-Grant county
y County of Grant court. jane Term, 1865
Present VIM. McGonigal, County Judge. In the mat
ties of the estate OF Charles Mccoy deceased
On reading and filing the petiton OF John NJ Chan
der of the last will and testament of the said
Charles mccoy, deceased, representing among other
things that he has in part administered said estate and
praying that time and place be fixed or examining
and allowing his account of his Administrations and
signing the resdne in his bands to the egatees OF
the said Charles Mccoy, deceased.
1t IS ordered that said application be heard before
the Judge Of this court, at the Probate office in
Lancaster in said conntv, Tuesday the 9TH day Of
July. A. d. 1853 one o'clock in the afternoon OF
said day;
And it Is further ordered that notice of said applicA-
ton and hearing be given 70 all persons Interested by
publication Of copy of this order for three successive
weeks in each week in the Grant County Herald
weekly newspaper printed at Lancaster in said coun
ty prior 10 aid day of hearing
@~S yM. McGONIGAL, County Judge
nated Time 18th 1858
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-23

forfeited to them and become dead
property. But changes have come
OYER such dreams, Labor and land
have won and cupidity has taken TO
dark retreats.
We notice most of the Industrial
ard business Institutions at Bloom
lngton, from hasty notes, and if we
IAN to name any, we ask that no Of
fence be taken.
We found Levi Brown in the tin.
ming aud stove business, and erect
Ing new building of rock-having
sold his old rock building to D. /,
Brown for store rooms. Levi B.
keeps heavy stock, intending most
kinds of hardware
Capt. Riley is erecting new store
room for James Grant, who expects
TO remove his store from Patch
Grove to Bloomington.
| Frank Whitcomb is the citizen
photographed. He has good rooms,
and understands the business, it is
said.
Brown Watriss Il Co., are iron
workers. general jobbers in iron and
wood aud custom smiths-can con-
struct anything useful.
l.. Hoskins u Bro. down street,
manufacturers OF furniture and deal
ers in city made furniture, do re.
pairing, &c.
Harger d Thomas, up street at the
Post Office, manufacturers and deal
ers in house furniture, &c.
John Carl, saddle and harness ma
ker and always plenty of work
Otis Weld, also works at the bar
ness business. Says he can work
cheap fer cash.
Frank Whitcomb runs shoe and
boot shop with several hands. One
OF his men sings songs.
Hale & Stanley run the butcher
ing, KEEP grocery, deal in hogs aud
cattle. Keep stock yard.
Sine Woodhouse, Hotel, no better
kept place to stop in the county.
! The Misses Durand K Maker, Mil
liners and dress makers, industrious
workers.
W. II. Brown, Merchant. says
Bloomington is daily improving il
trade-looks on both sides of issues
sound.
Dan. f. Brown, Merchant, on
the contrary side but always jumps
on to the right side when the time
comes for action-good business in
tegrity.
Robert Hicks, Merchant, cautious
makes few mistakcs-rather consci
entous for merchant, would an
swer better for an editor.
Wilson IL Wheeler, not Wheeler 3
| Wilson, old merchants, have fixec
trade, give honest measure anC
weight.
J. c. Trainer, Manufacturer, Ma
chine Works, Maker of the Taftoi
Clipper Flows and Hawk Eye Guilt
vators. these quite celebrated in tn.
state, keeps on hand shovel and corr
plowss also works on wagons anC
buggies and all farm machines. :
Trainer commenced the smithins
business here in 1856, and has NOV
ed upward in the twelve years to 6
stupenduous business. His success
full properties are these promptnesl
and business fidelity, soundness o
judgment and ability to oversee il
small as well as great things. Keep
great many hands and the severa
shops run as steady as clock wheels
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-23
The Home of General Grant.

The home of General Grant is an
agreeable one to visitor, and plainly
shows the nature and taste of the
occupant. Tall walnut book cases
surround three sides of the library
Everything relating to the business
of war, and histories in abundance. =
The usual display of fiction, of says,
biography philosophy, and works OF
general information and reference
line the shelves. On the mantle is a
cigar stand, bronze statuette Of a
drummer, and another OF a bugler.-
Engravings OF Washington, Lincoln,
Sherman and sheridan, and several
photographs of Rogers statuettes are
the only pictures in the room. Easy
chairs and lounges are placed care
lessly about the room, and the lib
rary is without doubt the most
cheerful and inviting apartment in
the house.
A miniature saddle and trappings
in bronze and silver is fastened to
cross sabres Of the same metal. 4
bronze drum rests beside q stack OF
sixinch muskets cigar case from
the home OF Burns: half dozen cur
iously formed and deliberately decora-
ted pipe and cigar holders powder
horns, mounted in gold and silver,
each having its separate history, and
d hundred rare little articles of uertu
adorn the tables and mantels. On IA
side table in tin boxes are the five
military commissions of Colonel,
Brigadier General, Major General,
lieutenant General, and General
with the parchments of brovet ranks
which Grant has received, some verb
costly albums, prayer books, and Biz
bles are also upon the table. An oil
painting Of Sheridan and one Of Nc
Pherson are prominently hung in the
parlors, and marble bust and an
engraving OF President Lincoln are
also conspicuous.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-23
Fox Book of notwithstanding Mort
gage Bond Securities.

Some one has applied the above
misnomer but apt title to the new
assessment roll Of Mr.. Fox, the asses
sor for the town of Lancaster.
II is felt by some who have hither-
to measurably escaped taxation, to be
truly Book o. Martyrs. in making
personal assaults upon their pockets
and making them yield a share OF
public revenue.
Mr.. Fox spent some time last week
looking through the records in the
Registers Office for the totals OF
mortgage Indebtedness to individuals,
in view of assessing the same. He ex-
poets TO be able to swell his "Book OF
Martyrs" about 100000. The effect
of course will DO to reduce the taxes
on lands and visible personal proper
ty about twenty per cent-thus max
ing the tax payers all interested in
the forthcoming book, Of which Mr..
Fox is the distinguished author.
But the practice of every other
assessor in Grant County should be
Just the same in order to warrant the
course of Mr.. Fox. And the prac-
tice should De the same in every
town and county Of the State, else
injustice may be done in a sense for
justice and reason require q general
and uniform taxation Of mortgage
securities alike and the law and the
oath of every assessor requires the
assessment of such securities. And if
it be right and lawful for the oath
obligated assessor of Lancaster to
assess these mortgage bonds, which
no man can doubt or dispute, it is
equally the right and duty of every
assessor in the State to do just the
same thing, and also high dut.-- TO
go to the County records and hunt
mp such mortgages.
We believe in assessing all proper
W, from a COW up TO farm; includ-
ing also moneys and credits. No
reason can be assigned for not assess
ing mortgage indebtedness. They
possess full value at their face in all
cases, which can hardly he said of
any other property, not even of lands,
the latter being often of doubtful
value. A farm may prove unproduc-
tive from some cause. Never so
with mortgage possessions.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-23
axa Late WASHINGTON dispatch

aga. Late Washington dispatches
state that it is certain from what is
going on here that Mr. Chase is rap
idly gaming ground, and Pendletons
supporters seem to be aware of the
fact, for quite number of them from
from the West have arrived within
forty>e!ght hours to work against Mr..
Chase.
1t is noticeable that the members
of the whiskey ring from New York
are divided between Chase and Pen
dleton, with preponderance in fla
vor Of the former
The approaching convention is al
ready actively discussed by polite
ians in public places, and in few in
stances bets have been made on the
choice for President.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-23
Estate OF McNYahan.

e. TATE OF WISCONSIN, co In Probate, Grant County
- Grant County Court, June Term. 1868
In the matter Of the estate James MeMahan decd
Present VIM. Mc6onieal. Judge.
On this 18th day of June, 1885, upon reading and fiji
ing the petition of Michael McMahan stating that he
is Of the egatees named in the last will and testa
ment Of said james Manhattan late OF Grant County de-
ceased, that the Executors named and appointed in
and by said last VIII and testament never qualified
such executors and that said estate Ia no part sett
ed, and praying that Charles Vincent Of said Grant
County be appointed administrator with the will an
nexed of the estate of the said deceased.
Therefore, it is ordered that said application be heard
before the Judge of this Court at the Probate Office in
the village Of Lancaster in said county Tuesday the
l4th day Of July, A. D. 1868, at O'Clock afternoon Of
said day.
And it is further ordered that notice Of said appl
tons and hearing be given TO all persons Interested in
the said estate by pu b Ii h i ms a copy of this
order for three ) successive weeks in each week.
in the Grant County Herald weekly newspaper print
ed at Lancaster, in said county, prior said day
hearing.
BY the Court WM. NcuONIGAL
3-w5 County Judge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-23
The South Carolina Sand-Hillers.

Mr.. Mackey. of South Carolina, re
Gently lectured In Washington on the
condition of affairs in his State, In
the course of which he gave descriL.
ton of she Sand killers, who have
been always degraded set OF peo-
pie, by the system under which they
have lived. There were about twens
ty>eight thousand of them. The free
school is utterly unknown among
them, and there is no tradition that
any of their ancestors ever knew
how to read and write. If they ever
did, then reading and writing with
them is reekoned as among '.the lost
arts" They. eat portion, Of the
earth, and are so fond of eating snuff
that, il order to get an ounce,. one of.
them has been ever known TO wash
himseltl They all voted solid for
secession, because they were told TO
do so; they are, in fact, natnrai Dem>
ocrats. In former times, on The eve
of an election, rival candidates would
make u raid among them and carry
off as many as possible anu lock them
up in bull pens" till voting day; and
sometimes the pens" would be a.,
sailed and the inmates captured and
taken off by a rival, and held rs vo-
tiers, by the right of capture. De-
graded as they are, they are said TO
be the lineal descendants OF Marion's
men. Early in the present month
one Of the Republican orators was
addressing about 500 OF these people,
when he was interrupted by stall
wa"t man, about fifty years of age
who said be would like to make "a
speech. lie was answered that the
age OF free speech had at last come.
IN South Carolina, and he was allow
cd to go on. He said, "Feler.citi-
zens, You all know me. | was born
Ell III these hair sand bill. You know
| am Democratic, and hate niggers.
But I'm gwine to vote the Republi
can ticke., and want you uns to
vote for ii too Cause why? Teller,
citizens, cause why? | have he'd
wa'nin from the Lord. You know,
teiler-eitlzens, | allus raised the best
dominic game cocks in the State of
South Carolina. They give way for
the cold steel, and they was lightning
on the gaffs. Wal, Ginral Sherman
started down this yer way with his
company. and [ went ont with my
rifle and with the boys to meet him.
They was too big for us, and drew
we uns all back. Wal reckon,
when Ginral Sherman come here |
had nigh about seventy of the best
dominics that ever pecked a corn
sead. Wal, Ginral Sherman's men
began TO shoot my chickens, and they
bunged them under the house, and
around the house, and on top Of the
house; and | reckon when they got
threw L hadn't morn ten chickens
let. But, before God, they haint
one of 'em crowed from that day to
this although they're all full game.
That's the reason, feller>citizens, that
I'm gwine to vote the Republican
ticket. It's time for we uns to stop
CROWN and to do the clean thing
Teller citizens we ought to have as
much sense as fowl
These Sand Killers have now learn
cd that the same law that elevatcs
the negro will elevate the poor whites.
The late contest was one between
poor and ignorant loyalty and rich
and cultivated treason, and the right
has triumphed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-23

SNr,rx OF WISCONSIN In Probate. Grant ooun.
- County of Grant ty Court. June term, '6s
In the matter OF the Estate Of William Curtis dec d.
Present VIM McGonigal Judge.
On reading and filing the petition Of Thomas Will
iisins Executor of the last will and testament of WIN.
Curtis late the county of Grant decd representing
among other things that he has fully administered said
estate and praying that time and place be fixed for e-
a,nining and allowing his ofhs Administration
and assigning the residue OF the said estate the lega
tees Of the said deceased 1t is ordered that said APP
pcaon be heard before the Judge Of this court at the
Probate office in Lancaster in said county Tuesday
the 18th day of july Sos o'clock inthe afternoon
of said ay aud Their ordered that notice of said
apple and hearing be given ali persons inter-
estcd in the said by publishing copy of this
der for three successive weeks, in each week ia
the Grant County Herald newspaper printed at LaES
caster in said County prior to said hearing
Nm. McG0NtGAI. Co Judge.
Dated this I'd daa Of june, 1865. 3w3
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-23

nas-The New Orleans Republican
says that neither in Louisiana nor
any other Southern State is there the
slightest reason that Mr.. Chase could
command any considerable number
of colored votes. If Mr.. Chase should
be the Democratic candidate for Pres
ident he would get no more votes Of
cotored men in the South than Ham
cock or Pendleton, while the colored
men, who, influenced by intimida>
ton, voted against ratification of the
new Constitution and for the Demo-
cratic candidates, will in elections
held under State laws, and protected
by well organized and thoroughly
disciplined State militia, vote as their
inclnations dictate, for Grant and
Colfax and other Republican candi-
dates. Mr.. Chase can not divide the
colored vote of the South. and that
idea may as well be abandoned.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-23

ra~ A correspondent of the New
York Times, writing from Knoxville,
Tenn, wakes prophetic and senti-
mental over A. j., to the following
effect:
president Johnson is expected to
return to Tennessee next year not
Greenyille, but his farm, six miles
above here, on the railroad, will
doubtless be his home. That my
supposition is probable, you may
judge from this: That about six
months since the President purchase
ed beautiful plantation, containing
about 800 acres, at Henderson's De-
pot, with two fine Touring mills on
it, and also beautiful building spot
within hundred yards from the de-
pot. commanding view of the AL
leghanies for fifty miles, and that
within the past three months the
name of the Post Office at that sta
ton has been changed from 'Hender
son to 'Home'-suggestive circum-
stance and name. His old friends
look forward with pleasure to the
time, as they jocularly say, when AN
dy' shall return and be their honest
miller, in former days be was their
honest tailor"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-23
nrWe are reminded by The RECENT

H We are reminded by the receipt
of the June number of the American
Freedman that Chief Justice Chase is
the President ofthe American Freed
mans Union Commission. which has
fer It's object. "the relief, education,
and elevation Of the freedmen of the
United States and which maintains
agents and missionaries among the
Southern blacks. William Lloyd
Garrison is Vice President of the
Commission. That leading Demo-
Gratis, in lace of fact like this,
should seek the elevation of Chief
Justice Chase to the Presidency of
the United States, is beautiful ev>
idence of the progress of philosophy
and the force Of circnmstances.-N.
Y, Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-23

HIGH Prices OF WHEAT IN ENG
LAND.-A London correspondent OF
the Chicago Journal writes: ADO
you know that the price Of whea. in
England is now within fraction of
double what it was in 1865, only
three years ago? Bread has become
a luxury in which very poor people
find it difficult to indulge. No cause
is assigned for this extraordinary in
crease in prices. and, the public are
in doubt whether it arises from q
scarcity or from the Vaccinations of
unscrnpulous spectators. If from
the former, can you not send us a
cargo or two from some your mag
nificent granaries p
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-23
Estate of woodward.

= County ofGrant s. court. june Term, 1865
PreseLt, VIM McGonical County Judge In the mat
ter OF the estate orRaiph Woodward. deceased.
On this 22d day of june A D. 1855 upon reading and
filing the petition Elizabeth Woodward Of said Grant
County, stating that Ralph Woodward of the town Cliff
ton, in said Grant County died intcsate about
the gath day May A. D. 1865 mi praying that she be
appointed Administrative of the estate Of said deceased
Therefore, it is ordered that sad application be heard
before the Judge of this court at the Probate Office ia
the village of Lancaster, in said county Saturday
the 18th day of July, A. u. 1865. at one O'Clock in
the afternoon of said day.
And it is further ordered notice of said applica
ton and hearing be given all persons
said estate by publishing copy of this order in the
Grant County HERALD, weekly newspaper printed in
at Lancaster in said county for three successive weeks
once each week, prior to said hearing.
BY the Court WI McG0NIGAL.
3w3 County Judge
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-23
Dated jun 18th. 1865.
A RArLKoAD TRAIN STOPPED BY THE

A RAILROAD TRAIN STOPPED BY THE
ARMY WoRM.-The Corinth Miss
Model Farmer, for May, says the ar
my worm is on the march there in
amazing force. The Farmer makes
the following astounding statements:
"The movements and numbers OF this
insect are astonishing. The army
worm has appeared in this county
near the State line, and are now NOV.
ing southward. Their breadth is
a bout two miles, and they are strip
ping the forest OF all of its foliage in
their path. There are so many nils
lions that last week they actually
stopped the freight train on the Mem.
phi5 and Chatic ton Railroad The
worms were so think on the track
that they accumulated on the wheels
until il caused the drivers to slide on
the rails. We don't think this is the
regular army worm, but species of
insect, some smaller aud not so des-
tructiyc to vegetation"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-23

No CHURCH ABOVE CONSCIENCE. 1T
has been one of the most offensive
claims of the hierarchy Of the Roman
catholic church. that from its assumed
AVAILABILITY it had the right TO COM
pei assent to its doctrines, which
has lead to the bitter and bloody
prosecutions which have stained its
annals. We are glad to see that the
light is beginning to break in upon
the minds of some OF its dignitaries,
whose avowed tentiments have been
more worthy of the dark ages than of
the nineteenth century. Archbish-
OPP Purcelle of Ohio says in publish.
ed letter: "Thcre is no power, hu.
man or divine. that forces religion,
or any thing else, against his own
honest. enlightened convictions.-
We hope that this Protestant heresy
will spread the whole conclaye Of pa
pal bishops.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-23
Estate of Fitzpatrick.

SrArE OF WISCONSIN, a. In Probate, Grant county
- Grant County, court, June Term, 1865.
Present, VIM. McGongal, County Judge. In the mat.
te- of the guardianship Of the minor heirs of George
". and Rachel Fitzpatrick, deceased
On this 22d day of june 1868, upon reading and nj
ing the petition of Elizabeth Woodward OF said county
stating that the parents of said minor heirs both de-
ceased intestate in said Grant county and that il is
cesssry to have guardian appointed 10 said minor
heirs praying that she be appointed such guardian
1t is ordered that said application be heard before
the Judge ofths court at the Probate Office in Lancas
ter in said county Saturday the 18th day of July
A. D. 1868 at o'clock in the afternoon Of said day
And it is further ordered that notice Of said app
cation and hearing be given to all persons interested
in said estate by publication of copy of this order
for (3 three weeks successfully prior said day of
hearing in the Grant County HERALD, a weekly
paper, printed at Lancaster in said county. 3w3
BY the Court VIM MeGoNIGAL, County Judge
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-23
Nem ADVERTISEMENTS.
Farm for Sale.

ofTeI tor sale a splendid farm Coz.
t;- AZ three hundred and eighty acres OF GOOD aLu
IN ssneed and in good order. On 1t Is new irs 81
;hJ first class barn A by 81 feet with staDiins
under the whole; there is also new log mouse On 'he
nrenises never falling spring close 70 the mouse;
- lana nnser cultivation 100 acres grass iand,
So acres Of tame grsss 60 acres o. heavy npsf
land The farm IS capable of keeping forty cows w.
Ava nile- from the village of Muscoda, seven mites
from Boscobel and ten miles from Avoca 1h.ee
netting market towns in very good III, -,
mostly Germans Title warranted. The ABOVE wiz 20
sold romarkably cheap if called for eoon
Il T. 4 ". j. WRIGGLESWokIH.
Real Estate Agents,
Inn. l9th 1865 Sm3 Dodgeviiie Wis
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-23

y-THE UNDIVIDED CHoacH. =
Take a mass of quicksilver, let it
tall on the floor, and il will split it,
self into ! vast number Of distinct
globulcs. Gather them up. and nut
them together again, and they will
coalesce into q 9 body as before
Thus Gods elect below are some.
times crumbled and distinguished
into various parties, though they
are ia factmembeis ia one and the
same mystic body. But when taken
up from the world aud put together
in heaven, they viii constitute one
glorious undivided Church for ever
and ever.-Toplady.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-23
SumniOns-GiIbert.

CTATE or WISCONSIN, Circuit Court in and for
- County Of Grant. % Grant County, Wis.
Action for Divorce.
William Gilbert, Angeline Gilbert.
The State Of Wisconsin TO the defendant here 1laBsd
You are hereby ummonsd and required TO answer
the compaintn this action which hath been filed in the
Office of the clerk Of the Circuit Court Of Grant County
at the court house in the village of Lancaster in said
county and TO copy Of your TO the said
complaint the subscriber at his office in the vii
lage of Lancaster Wisconsin, within twenty days after
the service hereof exclusive of the day of such service
and if you fail to answer the complaint aforesaid
within the time aforesaid the Plaintiff in thie action
will apply TO the Court for the relief demanded In the
Compliant J. ALLEN BARBER
3wit* Plaintiffs Atty.
Lancaster, Wiz
Dated Juus 18th 1865
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-23

s@- The cable dispatches announce,
that the troops of the Abyssinian ex-
petition, except body OF Cavalry
have left Zoulla to embark for Bom>
bay, Will some one tell us why that
body of cavalry is to remain in the
country ? Theodore is dead and the
captiyes rescued. The declared ob,
ject of the invasion is accomplished.
Why the Organization of post of En-
glish soldiers at Zoulla -? Is Great
Britain preparing TO Indiaize Abyss
sinia