Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-12-15
nes.James Il. Darral. a oolored

sa.James IL. Darral, a colored
man, has commenced suit in the
Supreme curt of new York against
the Board Of Registry, for excluding
his name from the voting list for
want of State property qualification,
in the ownership of $3.50 worth of
personal property. He claims the
right to register under the Constitn-
ton OF the United States.
GEA firm Of hatters in Trov
have a pair of live minks ia the show
window of their store The other
day one of the animals accidentally
broke leg very badly, and, survey
ing 1t for moment. the little crea-
ture went to work and amputatu d it,
severing the adhering parts very
nicely with his teeth. The patient is
now slowly eonvaiescing.
\ New NAME FOR Ir-Wben a
man gets drunk and ia that condition
kills himself, the Milwaukee Sentinel
termsit whiskeycide. We accept the
new word but if the term bs applied
to all deaths traceable directly to
the use Of Intoxicating liquors the
number Of whiskey cides would far
exceed the suicides. Prison City
Leaders.
se2~ 4. N. Marshall, charged with
the murder Of his mother and brother
IN Platte County, Missouri. some
time since, and for whose arrest a
reward Of S33, 900 was offered. was
secured IN Barry, Missouri, and lodg
ed 10 jail. lie committed the crime
to secure the property which would
revert 10 him at their deaths.
pc liz Gotha it is said that Queen
Victoria is by no means adverse TO
marriage with Duke Ernest, Prince
Albert's elder brother, most ac-
complished and still very fine look
ing gentleman, but, among the nu>
merons obstacles to their union, the
most weighty is said to be the au-
gust gcntleman's objection to il.
say- AT the Orphans Fair held in
Milwaukee, Friday night, the voting
forsa cane to be given to the most
popular candidate for United States
Senator, resulted as follows Matt
Ii Carpenter, l47 Henry l.. Palmer.
p; Edward Salomon, II; O. Il. Wal
do, > JAS. r. Doolittle, 4 Horace
Rublee,
GB- Victor Hugo says; NJ. Bona
parte, Is climbing slowly up tina, lad
der,which Charles the Tenth and Louis
Philippe have assembled before him,
and on the Uopmost step Of which sits
the Goddess Of Liberty with drawn
sword, her eyes flashing with indig-
nation, and her hand ready to hurl
him into the abyss"
The son and heir Of M. Paulin.
who founded the Paris illustration
which made his fortune, committed
suicide lately by wrapping his head in
linen soaked with enormous quanti-
ties OF chloroform. He began life with
an income of as, 900 francs a year, and
squandered it all in gambling.
B@.A dispatch TO the Cincinnati
Tunes says that the funds of the Erie
Railroad were used to carry the State
Of New York for Seymour, Sweeney
and Tweed, leading mem bers of the
City Hall ring, being prominent di
rectors of the road.
sEy- The temperance men in llli>
nois think Of making about the six.
teenth attempt at legal prohibition
IN tnat state. by demanding that a
separate clause be submitted for in
,erti0n IN the revised constitution
the sale of liquors.
49, The temperance men in Naw
Hampshire are inclined to bush THINGS
md to support ticket of their own
As the Republican majority is small
he cold water men will likely hold
he balance of power.
ssa- Vermont contains no town s;r
niles square with more than 6 000
inhabitants, it has 40 house that l. NOT
within half mile OF a school and
1ot more than hundred native born
citizens over twenty one wears of
'ge who cannot read and write.
aa-A Mrs Aiken, st McGregor.
Iowa, received a letterfrom her hush
and in California, the other day. aft
ar a lapse Of fifteen years without
word OF his whereabouts orexistenoe
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