Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-18

ken die with it. otherwise the health
is good.
$751; Put your furs in box so tight
that moths cannot gctin to lay their
eggs. Few boxes are safe from this,
but they all may be made so by past
ing strips of paper over every JOINT,
including the crack between the iia
and cover. Paper bags made OF
strongipaper, without even pm mole,
will answer; after the furs are put
in, paste the mouth of the bag secure
". Anomalies of various kinds are
more or less repulsive to the insect.
but the only sure way is to see that
there are no moths in the furs, and
then, beating them well, put them
where none can get IN.
asA- The Hon. Eugene Casserly's
~. S. Senator California; outside
lands in the city of San Francisco
have been assessed at So, G85, 700, $780,
425 worth of which had been appro~
priated for public reservations. Mr..
Caeserly owns also extensive tracts
of land in Santa Cruz and San Natco
counties, besides valuable Troductiye
real estate in the heart Of San Fran>
cisco.
R-A An exchange says the hop
mania is not eradicated in Wisconsin,,
Notwithstanding disaster oflast year.
Every one then bitten thinks that
every other person SO bitten, except
himself, will be discouraged and so
don't put in any hops this year, and
the consequence is the hop fever is
again.prevalent. The second dose of
hops will probably be moretitter than
the first.
ass- When Queen Victoria was
married, twenty years ago, she
had twelve trademarks. Every one
of these young ladies has since been
married one has been married twice
one is now widow; and three are
dead. In dozen maidens selected
at random from any class of Ameri
can society, the statistics after such
lapse of time would be likely to be
very different.
usa- Thirteen Kokoma, Indiana la
dies encouraged by the success of the
Upton women. started out on Satur
day morning to hold prayer meetings
in saloons, but at the first one were
refused admittancc. the proprietor
saying that abe didn't want EN- there
because it injured his business"
Nothing daunted, they prayed on the
sidewalk.
ssg-A firm in Oshkosh, Wis, has
contracted to make one million feet
of wooden tubes, to lay down in Os-
kosh for gas pipes. They are made of
tinnU"r aix inches square, bored same
way as pump barrels. They are SAID
to be equal to iron in some respects,
and better to last as they do not rust.
GThe Monroe Sentinel reports
that the farmers in that section have
hopes of abundant yields in their
crops of small grains. All the wheat
and oats are in the ground, and corn
will be all planted by the 18th or
Goth of this month. The prospect
for winter wheat is better than usual.
sa-An extract of a letter from
Professor Gabh is published, which
says he has prospected two hundred
square miles Of gold-bearing terrific
ry in San Domingo, which surpasses
in richness any known portions of
California and Australia
neA- Another Republican member
of the Georgia Legislature-Senator
Adkins-has been assassinated by
the rebel schivalry" of that State
He was shot through the heart near
his home in Warren county, on Mon
day by cowardly foe who waylaid
him in the woods.
s@- The London Spectator believes
Napoleon's fear of his officers is pre
vailing reason why he hesitates to
fight. He thinks a successful Gen.
eral for France might become a sue
cessful rival for Napoleon. and he'll
have no such rival near him.
sN- The mount Vernon estate ORR
ginally consisted of about twelve |
hundred acres. The ladies', with the |
aid of Mr. Everett, some years ago |
bought two hundred acres, including
the Washington House, and it is the |
remaining one Thousand acres which |
is now advertised for sale at auction.
sea~Gold has been discovered in
the rocks of the Stevens estate, at
Hoboken, opposite New York city
1t will pay eighty dollars per ton for
crushing. There is considerable ex-
element in Hoboken over the dis
covery. na aar
u.s. Miss Martha ] Cairnes, who
killed Nichola4 McComas for seduc-
ing and then refusing to marry her.
and who has been on trial for the
deed in Hartford county, Maryland,
as acquitted on the 8th, tho jury
bein. out only five minutes.
sea- The President has appointed
as a cadet at large to West Point
the drummer boy, John Glenn, of
Ohio, who, at the battle of Chicka>
manga, dropped his drum for mus
ket and shot a rebel Colonel. He is
now but seventeen years of age.
n@- Witchcratt prosecutions are
being revived in Mexico. Women
are hanged, shot and burned to death
on suspicion, or logged until they
confess, their own children taking
part in the infection of the torture.