Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-04-28

must h.ve been second and OF
course higher one which is incon-
sistent with y our equality of all min
listers. Timothy you say was or
dainod by presbyters ii this was
Timothy's ordination then st. Paul
was one among these presbyters, for
in his second Epistle to Timothy he
writes, :. Wherefore l put thee in re-
membrance that thou stir up the gift
of God, which is in thee by the put
ting on of my hands +"
THsaEis saying, which tho pros>
porous are very fond of shying at the
head of the non prosperous, namely,
that fortune always knocks at least
once at every mans door. Injustice !
to the unfortunate, it must be obser-
we'd that in many cases even this one
has turned ont only Runaway
knock.
nA.TuE Bangor Wig mentions
that there is an absent minded gem
tlcman in that city, who met his own
son in tue street the other day, shook
hands with him, inquired after his
health, and then asked when his faith
or was expected home.
sss-SUcn is the state Of famine in
Finland that those who were employ
ed to carry relief to the sufferers have
found several villages without a liv-
ing inhabitant. the corpses the poor
starved creatures lying anburled IN
the streets and houses.
aeA- The long pending case of Mrs.
General Gaines, OF New Orleans, be-
ing II contested will case. in which a
large amount ofproperty is involved,
has been at last decided. The Uni
States Supreme Court to day decided
in favor of Mrs Gaines claim.
H0s-A curious poisoning case il un-
der investigation in Lafayette, Ind.
A malicious woman fed strychnine TO
a neighbours hens, and an egg pro
duced by one ofthem afterward, bad
ly poisoned little daughter of the
y" NV W Inv pVuiei
WILMINGTON, Del, is to have an
other copperhead newspaper Win.
ington is tho metropolis of the State,
where negroes are still whipped in
public and white wcmen still wear
the scold's yoke or are compelled to
sit in the stocks.
D3s-THE Scientific american argues
that the mission OF the cholera has
terminated, and this terrible pestil-
ence will scourge the earth no more.
The chief reason is the discovery that
carbonlic acid will prevent the spread
of the epidemic.
p&-Goldwin Smith, in lecture at
Brighton, England, said that the
root of monarchy in England war
dead, and that the tie existing DE.
tween Queen Victoria and the Eng
lish people was purely one of persons
al affection.
sO-THE colonization ship Goleon-
da, which sailed this week from Balti.
morc, will stop at Savannah and take
out 600 negroes to Liberia. This is
the largest number of emigrants thai
has ever yet gone out at one time.
@FARMrNGToN Mass is scourg-
ed with q wonderful visitation of the
measles, the first for forty years
Church, courts, schools, and stories
are closed old and young alike are
victims of the malady, and confusion
reigns.
R- CHARLES DICKENS said farewell
to the people of Boston on the even :
ing of the 9th, in an impromptu
speech, at the close Of his readings
in that city, which was responded
to with wild cheers.
nsA. The Aston House in New York,
when reopened is to be rented for
$50, 900; the st. Nicholas is ronted
for S78, 900. the metropolitan for $75,
900, and the Flftht Avenue conc
where near $50, 900.
Day-SHAN diamonds are now made
to deceive even experienced jewellers,
who trust to the eye alone, and the
only means of detecting spurious
gem is by weighing it and ascertain
ing it's temperature.
say-IN ancient days the precept
was, +" Know myself" In modern
times it has been supplanted by the
far more fashionable maxim, "Know
thy neighbor and everything about
| him."
s6y-THE portraits of the late Hon,
Jackson Hadley and of Alexander
Mitchell. Esq, of Milwaukee, are to
be added to the gallery of the State
Historical Society at Madison, Wis.
sa-Ir is stated that Judge CHASE
| has made all necessary preparati on
for the trial of JEFF. DAVIS in May.
and that the trial will certainly take
| place at that time.
ler THERE is a strong movement
| for steel rails for American railways.
1t is stated that $40, 100000 are to
be expended in that direction by the
Erie management
sgTHE railroad war between the
Erie and Central roads in New York,
wakes hotter and hotter. and litiga>
tons is becoming more complicated
every day.
aA-A dispatch from s. Louis states
that fruit is all killed in that section
of the country. We hope this will
not be the case over any great ex-
tent of territory
Professor Agassiz says he has
never made predictions regarding
the weather, " well knowing that
meteorology is not yet sufficiently
advanced to Justify the attempt"
eEA Baltimorean has found ont
a way TO dry potatoes SO as to have
them ready for use at all times of
the year. Just as if dried peaches
and apples were not affiictious
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