Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-03-10

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The Wisconsin, Legislature adjourn.
cd on Friday last
Best APPLES FOR WIscoNstN.-The
State Horticultural Society. al its re
cent annual meeting in Madison, res
affirming its decision Of last year,
recommending the following five va
rIeties Of apples as the best adapted
for general cultivation 10 Wisconsin:
Red Astrachan Duches, oi Olden>
burg, Fameuse, Tallman Sweet, and
Golden Russell.
To these the society added, this
year, Saps Of Wine, Blue Pearmain,
Fall Stripe, ST. Lawrence, Perry
Russell, Red Romantic, Willow Wing,
Plumb's Cider, Fall Orange. and Vel
low Belltlower.
Es-The Rev. G. II. Sturgeon
preached in DR., Candlish'e Free
Church, Edinburgh, on Sunday af-
ternoon, May 81, and in DIR. Thomp-
sons Omitted Presby terian) church
in the evening, There was great
crowd on both occasions, in the one
case people without tickets getting
in by climbing the rails and in the
other by breaking in the vestry
door
Pork PACKING IN CHICAGo-The
rapid increase Of the packing interest
m Chicago Is one Of the commercial
wonders he number Of he o killed
and packed in that cry during the
season lust closed reached sol 300
In 1860 the number was only l67, 918
There were also 33 352 beeves packed
there.
u.s. Mrs Stanton, in the Woman's
Rights organ, the ReUoiHjon ,hus
deals with the impeachment question:
AS the President cannot remove
Congress, but Congress can the Pres
ident. his deposition from Office seems
the only road out Of the difficulty
So let him slide"
s1ga DR.. Adam Clarke, who had a
strong aversion to pork, was called
upon to say grace at dinner where
a roast pig was the principal dish
He is reported to have said, 80 Lord,
il thou canst bless under the gospel
what dldst thou curse under the law
bless this pig"
Popular interest in the pro-
ceedings Of the Senate is unabated.-
This morning at an early hour the
galleries were again crowded. The
impeachment business is new to the
people, and everybody seems anx,
Ious to keep pace with each new
scene IN the drama.
sng- Horses in Victoria are as un>
salablc AS sheep One paper speaks
of them a. selling at siTPenee each
Another says: Five were knocked
down for halt crown, and ten 9TH
ers only realized 2Ss., the purchaser
buying them 10 feed pigs with--a
novel way Of disposing Of horse flesh
it must be confessed
sEn. T. Chandler, ex-Assistant Secs
rotary OF the Treasury, telegraphs
from New Hampshire that the State
is safe Tor the Republicans. A thor
ough canvass has been nude, and
giving the Democrats all they claim,
the Republicans will still have a de-
cidei majority.
nea-Tho San Antonio (Texas) E,r-
press, Feb. Il, speaking Of the result
Of the election in that State, says
that from returns already received
it is evident that all the Delegates
elected west of the Brazos are OUT
aud out Republicans.
sa-Thurlow Weed says that Mont,
gomery Blair has been the cause OF
all the trouble between the President
and Mr.. Stanton, He says that i
Blair had been . eotemporarv OF
Adam and Eve, he would have rem
dered the presence and vocation OF
the serpent supcrdaous. =
ssg-As the Minnesota Democratic
State Convention, on Wednesd By
last, a resolution was introduced IN
which Andrew Johnson was endorsed
"iu hiS struggle with Congressional
usurpauons' and plcdging the Dem
ocracy to stand by him The reso
iuuon. after long az bitter debate,
was rejected.
GrSeventecn Illegal dis,illers have
been detected ard captured by the
agents OF the government IN Lincoln
/ county, Tennessee. during the month
Of February, and il Is beiei-ed that
taerc are fifty other establishments
Of the kind in that benigbted coun,
Y.
SRA young lady was told by u
married lady that she bad better
precipitate herself off Niagara falls
than marry. She replied Il would
if / thought l could find a husband
at the bottom