Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-04-07
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"nN us pA1ktAb1 t1l4e w Ato Vh'f SIS
ter, the mother of Mr. Schneider, W h Q
has only two shildrens n
aa!ARlaDcctds being TOD thai
Thomas Jefferson and George Wash
ingtoD voted with negroes, and be-
LEVIED in equal suffrage retorted.
"WeA,s Washin gtong and Jefferson
were gentlemen, ane could afford TO
vote with niggers... / ean't.--Detyoit
Post.
sea- Rhode fslAbd4 t5il6ws ttbR s poll,
zeal fashions Of 1868. The result OF
her State election yesterday was an
increased RepuelirauTmajority Gen.
eral Burnside isAre-electcd Governor
by 4,300 majority and the Legisla>
tqre j. : largely cRepnelieaas inc both
branches.
General Hancock, issued his
first order as commandant OF the
new Military Division ofthe Allan.
tic Assuming command thereof.
The department mbraces the Depart
ment Of Washington, illinois, Wis
ceRsiR, indiana, Ohm and division
Washington is the headquarters. '
@-A correspondent Of the, New
York TTof}d says the North Carroll
na CONSTITUTIONAL Convention ad-
journed singing John Browns body
lies Wondering in the gronnd--a Mr..
I ittlafiri1 e,ivin.s o,t two linaa al . n
time f,tad the whole con regation
singing in old Methodist fashion,
sas-The ST. Paul Dispatch says the
wages likely TO ruls i'm that city the
most of the season are as follows.
.Masons, per day, 50; carpenters,
$3.50 to So; stone eutters,..s3; plas-
terers, $500 10 "a; laborers, $3.50 to
80; black miths, 500 paintery So.
uA- The Declaration of Principles
of the Irish Republican Association
of Washington city, proclaim freedom
and equality of political privileges to
all civilized men. without distinction
Of origin, race, or previous condition,
and oppose all proseriptive parties.
nsa- Grenteldt, the Englishman,
who was convicted of being one of
the chief conspirators to liberate the
rebel prisonersLat Camp Douglas, dur
ing the rebellion, and who was
sentenced to the. Dry Tortugas, has
succeeded in making his escape.
a<g.Of the five richest men in New
York city only two4Ahold United
States bonds, and these to a. very
small amCent.1 Ofthose who return
incomes larger than hundred thou.
sand dollars, nearly the same proper
lion exists.
No LIcENsEAA vote was givenin
the village of Viroqua, Vernon Co,
on the Both Of March, to determine
whether license to sell liquor should
be granted By the village board or
not. The votektood No License 81:
License So. 81.
say No mind 50 bright but drink
will oetoot it ;5no fortune so ample
but brndy Will .beggar. it.; the hap
piest it will ell with misery the
hrniest health, dissipation viii shat>
ter; no business so thriving that
whiskey cannot spoil tst.1
aea. fqssfeass grii dtesE Tor baking,
cakes, rub halt ia turnip over the grid.
die. 1t answers the same purpose
aud does. not. emit, the disagreeahle
smel6usuailys .eccilsi ope by rubbing
with grease. So says % correspon~-
dent of the Country Gentleman.
s9 There is a gentleman IN Ban.
gor, Maine, so absent minded that,
m eeting his son on the streets a day
or two since, he. extended his hand to
him and inquired, How do you do?
When is your father coming home ~
sg-Judge Petit, Of La Fayetto,
Ind, has been engaged as counsel TO-
Sons of Liberty Milligan, in his great
suit for hafa million damages against
the members of tie Couu that cons
yicted him OF treason.
Ey Mr. CARLYLE says of DIsRAELI,
that son the whole, he is the fittest
man for the place, because he is the
honestest He is scoundrel, it is
true, but be never pretended TO be
anything else.
s0-lt is said the publication OF
TalIeyrand's memories has been post
poned, though Che time he fixed for
their prelongation comes 'nextmsnth!
The matter Of which they treat
will netb bear rakihg over anew yer.
sss~Tho Republicans IN Arkansas
have elected their ticket for State
officers, under the new Constitution
and the reconstructed State, by over
30, 900 The newly elected Legisla-
ture is alreadyiu session. Il
Esg-As the removal Of Johusoa
from office grows more and more
certain, so gold gradually declines.
W hen his removal is peacefully ef,
fected, as it will be, geld will go
down to 1870.
aE1- The Kentucky Statesman says
1.-THE certainty Of Grants nomination
for the Presidency is fast drawing
men to his support thathave opposed
the.Republican party heretofore.
sA-SsveraI tracts Of good land in
the Picksus District, South Carolina,
were recently knocked offat Sheriff 5
sale at from ten 70 forty cents per
acre.
s9- Robinson, the circus rider. has
been sued in CHM. by mother to
recover possession 6fher children, a
boy and a girl, who were being train-
cd for the circus. n g
szy- James Webster, Ontario coun.
ty, N I. claims to Eav e~tbe oldest
flock OF sheep in the country, having
never disposed OF his entire flock
since 1903. n-l
s1- 1t is. said that George Wilkes
has played in the role Of mediator,