Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-12-22
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A MODEL WILL-The following is
copy of will left by man who
chose to be his own lawyer:
g This is the last will and tesla
ment OF me, John Thomas. / give
all my things to my relations, to be
divided among them the best way
they can
:" N. BE anybody kicks up
row, or makes any fuss about 1t, he
isn't to have anything. Signed by
me, John Thomas,
Dsg- We have further expressions Of
General Grants earnest belief that
the Indian Bureau should be trans,
terred to the War Department. CAS-
it stands now" he says, "the army
gets all the kicks and cuffs OF the ms
dion tro~biss, aad can have no voice
IN the Indian management"
e@rOne Of the bodies recovered
from the wreck of the burned Ohio
steamers was that of Dominion Deli
use, It poor harp player, who picked
up here and there penny from
charitable passengers. On his body
was a belt containing $4,000 in gold.
pea- Mrs. President Taylor with>
drew herself from Public society in
order to enjoy her pipe ard knitting
at the Fireplace. Mrs Grant will
not initiate her, Ulysses is able TO
do all the smoking, and the public
will not prescribe him.
p@-Tho patron saint of Valparaiso
has been deposed for not projecting
that city from earthquakes. An
election was recently neld to deter
mine on succession. The ballot
stood Jesus Christ, 1900 Virgin
Mary, 1000 scattering, 5000.
nsapThe class distinctions in Japan
are very stronr and the barrier be-
tween The common people and tho
nobility is almost impossible. Tno
japanese are more dignified, intelli.
gent, generous and hospitable than
any other Eastern or Indian people.
say- The prohibitory law party are
said 20 have a two>thirds majority
in each branch ofthe next Massachu.
sets Legislature, and il is expected
that the old Prohibitory law against
the sale of liquor repealed last win,
ter will be re, enacted.
m-Cars now run regularly eight
hundred miles from Omaha into the
Rocky Mountains The track is
graded to Salt Lake City +! Tween
ty thousand men are now at work
on the road Soon the Atlantic
will shake hands with the Pacific.
gs The California Farmer says
that single firm in the wine ma
king business own and hire vineyards
containing 100000 vines. Another
firm expects to manufacture half q
million gallons Of wine.
peA-The ponies or horses peculiar
to China are used only for riding,
and by mandarins when upon official
business. All agricultural work,
blowing, irrigating, and the works
ing ofrice mills, ls done by the but.
falo.
e0 Fowls should be fed sparingIy
in the morning but they can have
full feeding if they have not been
able TO CLEAN enough during the day.
1t is their nature TO eat " by little y
and stufflng is unhealthy for them
ng Governor Fenton has commu-
ted the sentence Of the Buffalo MUIR
deress, Kate Johnson, from death tC
imprisonment for life She has &C
cordingIy ceased to weep and pray
and gone to Sing Sing.
Eg Lord Bacon beautifully said
+" If man be gracious to strangers
it shows BIO is citizen Of the world
and that his heart is no island, cur
off from other lands, but q continent
that joins them"
neA-A young man of literary turn
Of mind and with a great respect for
the dead languages, translates " Hur'
rah for Grant" TINS Quts crudus
enim CsSsionem."
am- Corporal punishment 10 schools
has been entirely abolished, will
success, in one district in Boston
where there arc over 1000 pupils.
re- The span from rock to rock O
the new suspension bridge at Niaga
ra is 1870 feet, and between the
towers !, 268 feet
Charles Dickens is to be paid
| 100000 in gold for lis farewell se-
rles of one hundred readings, il
England.
The La Crosse Democrat says ga
pipes to houses are being laid Their,
by tunneling under The NicoIsor
pavement.
Wisconsin has a greater proper
ton Of foreign born citizens thai
any other State.
Last year the Western Associat
! ed Press paid $50, 900 tor telep rapbi
reports.
Walt Whitman receives s25 i
gold per page for his poeticaI contri
) buttons to the Broadaoay Magazine
-Wilkie CoIllas expects to realiz
$4,000 to $4,000 out Of bis lates
novel, the Moonstone."
-" Madame Moere," the pedes
trian. is licensed in Buffalo to wea
: male attire.
s "A woman owns the biggeI
brewery in Dubuque, Iowa.