Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-11-16

1he contfoi OF The Massachusetts leg.
islature.
| G.g- Francis 3. Cornwall, of Buffa.
| ly, Democratic candidate for the
New York Supreme Court in the
late election, died on election day.
n@- Bootblacks stood in the streets
of New York on Tuesday, promis-
ing free shine to all who would
vote for Mr.. Greeley.
s1s-A piano factory in Boston is
said to use two elephants week, "
SO great is its business That is, tho
keys of the piauos made weekly re-
quire the ivory of four large tusks.
asr The cable brings intelligence
of the death of Richard Grosyenor,
Marquis of Westminster, the richest
nobleman on the roll of The English
peerage.
ssEA Disseminated citizen of
Norfolk, Virginia, proposes to plant
the streets there in peanuts, and with
the proceeds of the crop pay off the
judgement of the city.
AE Hon. Arthur Macarthur has
sent to Governor Fairchild his res
ignation of the office of Judge of the
Second Judicial Circuit OF Wisconsin
to take effect on the 18th instant.
aeS-The last male descendent of
William Penn, bearing his name,
died in England, September 10, in
the person OF the Rev. Thomas Cor
don Penn, of Buckinghamshire, aged
sixty-feur.
EFF 1t is reported that the deaths
among the Gros Ventre Indians of
Montana from smallpox number
500, or nearly half the tribe. The
whites have the disease in the form
of light yariola. ~
ssg-A convention of the members
of Congress from Iowa, Minnesota
and Wisconsin was held il Dubuque,
last Wednesday for the purpose Of
adopting plan for asking Congress
to aid in improving the navigation
of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers.
rag Professor GruesseIbeck, Of the
University Of London, has discover
ed a sleeping potioh~w&b will sus-
pend the vital facilities for& ask
length of time, when he can reviN
the patient by a astimuI aSing -4asalid. "
He proposes to test his discovery on,
the next criminal condemned to
death.
seA-A meeting of the advocates of
protective tariff was held in De-
troit, last Saturday evening, in which
speeches were made in answer to
those of the free trade meeting. Res
olntions where adopted favoring the
free admission of such articles as we
do not produce, after the National
debt is paid.
49, The New York Times says:
ssIhe fund started for the widow OF
Gen. Rawlins falls far short of the
$50, 600 proposed to be raised, and
the subscriptions have almost ceas-
ed.n 1t says: ssItwill be little cred
it to the Western States if the ex-
ample early shown by the merchants
of New York is not quickly follow
ed" M m
HsA- Secretary Boutwell,, Gen. Spin
ner, and other Treasury officials have
come to the conclusion that this vol
ume of currency is inadequate to the
wants of the country. The Secreta-
ry is therefore maturing a plan.
which will be set forth in his report,
to give the South and West sufficient
facilities.
nsa- The people Of Abyssinia are so
well aware of the great loss which
their country has suffered by the
death of Theodorus, that they have
begun to venerate him as a saint
The German Missionaries in Abyss
sinia report that thousands of pll-
grims visit his grave, where nu a.
Der of miracles are said to have
occurred.
aA-The Philadelphia night-school
for artisans has, opened with two
hundred and fifty pupils, all over
eighteen years of age. They study
mathematics, mechanical and archi-
tecural drawing. business forms, PEN
manship, natural philosophy, chem
istry and the constitution and prac-
teal management of the steam en-
CINE.
REF It is stated that during the
last fiscal year, about 1000, 900 acres
Of public lands were entered under
the Homestead and other laws, yield
ing the Government between "a, OO0,-
900 and S., 100000. This does not
look as if our people were running
away from farm life. 1t would be
much better for our young men If
they were more generally disposed
to cultivate the soil, aud less eager
for city life 4 but it is evident that
the wise men are not all dead yet.
GE Paris has a population Of near
" two millions of Inhabitants. Its
early history is involved in obscure
ty. We only know it was a place Of
prominence nnder Julius Caesar, b.
| o. So. We know it has had fifty-one
ruIes---kings, queens and emperors-
/ since a. d. 1852, and that frequent
revolutions, accompanied by horrible
mas sacres, have marked its eventfnl
history. We. know it is now the
/ gayest city in she world, the seat of
q great empire and the metropolis Of
worlds fashions. NJ
/ sTThe Montreal Gazette says ~
| aThe questions of the fnture, whether
| we ere to become more closely knit
to the Empire, or altogether indie.
pendent, or drift into the arms 81
the great Republic, will best be de
| cided by the course of events.p And
the Gazette further remarks "Ne
man who has our interests at heart
unless DESTROYS of forcing Us prema
turely into union with the United
States, 81 blind to the signs of th,