Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-09-29
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

l VUV III sOuiO, 1V,OVV W @u,UUU IN 1Duts
and 10000 to $4,000 in Illinois. with
New England solid for the Union
ticket.
p%The English women who own
property demand that their names be
placed on the voters lists In Man>
chester alone 6, 900 women have urged
their claims to the franchise, and
though the claim was not allowed,
similar cases have arisen in other
towns, and created such a furore
that the question has been brought
before judicial authorities.
FA- The Germans everywhere are
almost unanimous in opposing Sey-
mour and Blair. In Missouri they
are against the democratic ticket,
almost to man. In Ohio, in the in
terror of New York, and in New Eng
land, the German vote Will be more
decidedly republican than ever, and
similar reports come TO Us from nearly
every Northern State.
nn-The Richland County Republic
an rstors TO the building of the new
bridge at Muscoda across the WILSON'S
sin, which it says is credit TO the
| projectors and the town. 1t is now
passable though not completed. It's
erection and the prospective trade
from Richland county has led to tho
erection of several new business
houses.
reA-In Kansas City there is man
who is one hundred and seventeen
years old. He is an old trapper, and
his name is Ference Only think
of it +; he was twenty-five years old
when the Declaration of Indepen-
dencc was made, and sixty>four at
the battle Of New Orleans, in which
he took part under Old Hickory
Jackson.
sag John A. Suffer. who discovered
the Grst gold il California, became
so poor that the State gave him q
yearly pension Of So 600, which he
still lives upon; and Comatoci,, the
man who discovered he famous Com
stock lode in Nevada, from which 80
much silver has Deen taken, sold it
for horse, 1t was worth n least
$50, 600, 900.
nea-An Irish Republican, residing
near Boscobel, says the Appeal, was
recently waited on by several Of his
countrymen, who, in insulting Ian
guage and threats ofviolence demand
cd that be should discontinue taking
the Irish Republic, which supports
Grant and Colfax. lie proposes new
ertholess. to take and read such papers
as he chooses.
GEThe Carlinville, Illinois, Dem
ocrGt says that at late Democratic
rally, in that neighborhood, just 300
banners were carried, each one Of
which bore the inscription, "Do you
want to marry a nigger?" The pro
cession was twelve hours in passing
a given point, said point being a
grocery.
s0-General Halbert T. Paine, of
Wisconsin, the gallant soldier who
lost leg in leadinga charge at Port
Hudson, and whose ability and
worth have been proved by his con-
duct in Congress, has been renomin-
atej by the Republicans Of the First
(Milwaukee) Congressional district.
nea- The Waupun Tones says a man
named Smith was robbed at the Ches-
ter depot By man named 1imber>
lake, just out of the State Prison, of
$50. Undertake left on the train
which was just starting :. The num-
Der of inmates of the State Prision is
forty less than it was six months ago.
sa-The Old North State Democrat,
the leading organ of Democracy in
North Carolina, says: '"Now that
Nathaniel Boyden has deserted the
party, it is certain the Republicans
will carry every Congressional Dis>
trict, and the State give Grant and
CoIfax from 10000 to 10000 major
ity.'
s@-A peach,grower on small
scale, at Painsville, Ohio, has sold
the crop on four acres for 200.
Surprising the toees to be planted
rod apart, there are 640 trees in the
four acres, and the above amount
gives ST % per tree-a pretty fair
profit.
p1-A young lady residing in Aim.
Allegheny County, n. Y, recently
dreamt that she would die within
three weeks. Her parents laughed
at the matter, but the girl believed
it, and, within fifteen minutes after
the expiration OF the three weeks,
she was a corpse
Bag Harper's Weekly states that
when General Grant was lately in
this city, he was asked by friend
whether Johnson was for him or for
Seymour. Grant smiled and replied:
We'll, reckon that when he thinks
Of Seymour he's fer me, and " hen he
thinks of me he's for Seymour
EY-The distress of the people ia
the Red River settlements OF British
America, north of Minnesota, IL re~
presented as extreme. The crops
have been complete failure, and the
people are in danger Of general starva.
ton.
tA.We asked an old resident if
he saw the Democratic celebration
on Saturday evening, He replied
II saw long procession Of General
Grants paroIed prisoners-is that
what you refer to ?p-Nel0 Orleans
Republican.
rs-The Egin Watch Company has
engaged the entire space OF one issue
of Harper'S Weekly, with the except
ion of the first and last pages, for il-
Illustrations and descriptions of their
works, paying $4,000.
s4- VIM. O'Brien, of Carlinsville.
ILL.,, who insult ed General Grant while
passing through that place by stri-
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