Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-07-28

just at bed time, but didn't wish to
ask directly for something to eat,
put it in this way: "Mother. are
little children who starve to death
happy after they die" A good big
slice of bread and butter was the an
swer.
s@- The ST. Cloud (Minn.) Jour.
ual says that during the quarter
ending June 80, there were entered
at the St. Cloud land office, ATS
homesteads, embracing 66, 200 acres
of land. About 10000 additionals
were entered with cash, script, and
warrants.
EF The largest coger eel known
was recently caught near Wexford,
ireland, His length was over four
teen feet, and his circumference ex.
ceeds four feet. The name on his
back resembles strong horse hair and
stood four inches high.
EE.The city of Omaha and Doug
las county, Nebraska, have voted, by
over 900 majority, an appropriation
of $4,000 in bonds, to aid in the
construction of the Union Pacific
bridge, opposite Omaha
Blanc, the proprietor of the
gambling establishment at Hamburg
Springs Prussia, is said to be worth
$40, 100000. andi is only thirty years
ago that he arrived in Frankfort
with only four dollars in his pocket.
"A Memphis Grand Jury have re
turned verdict of murder in the
first degree, while the murdered is
alive and well. 1t is thought the ju-
ry will rescind their verdict or kill
the man.
"A boy, eight years old, in one of
our public schools, having been told
that a reptile is an animal that
that creeps," on being asked to name
one on examination day, promptly
and trumphantly replied, "a baby
An old woman who follow rag
pick ing for livelihood picked up an
old coat in the streets of Cincinnati,
last Wednesday, in a pocket ofwhich
she found fifty dollars in green
backs.
George W. Jonds, who was NOM
mated for elector by the Democratic
Convention in Tennessee, has decli-
ned as he does not think he is ele-
gible. He was member of the Con
federate Congress.
According to Professor Loomis
the extreme heat of this month has
been more intense and longer con-
tinued than has occurred before in
eighty-nine years.
An Indiana Judge recently deci,
ded that man might own ten miles
Of river bank, and it would not give
him right ofproperty in single fish
until he had caught it.
James r. 1path, the well>known
Boston literary man, is en- route for
the Pacific Railroad, where he goes
to prepare a couple OF articles for
| Harper magazine.
Henrietta Hastings, of New Or
leans, shot Henry Alvord for asking
her hand in marriage. He popped
the question and she popped the ques,
TONER
Dublin has population of three
hundred and eighteen thousand, and
the Express guesses New York will
rank first after it for Irish popula-
ton.
General Crook with two compa-
MES of United States infantry, is re-
ported to have been defeated in a
fight with the Indians 10 Idaho re-
Gently.
j. P. Alexander, called the Cat.
tie King" OF Illinois, owns over sew
cnty five thousand head of cattle.
-Copperhead Baltimore has order
ed that no colored teacher shall edu-
cate colored children.
"A Schutzenfest German shoot
III iestiNAl1 is W uc ncIti AZ bubuduo
August 4th and 9Th.
The population of Prussia, ac>
corning to recent returns, is 21,013>
033.
"A free agent is defined by critic
as one who goes off with his employ
er's money.
Tho hop cropi in Wisconsin is ex-
pected to be heavy.