Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-22
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| E1-Lee Armstrong, a farmer in
| Genessee, Livingston county, learn.
ing that the grave of his patriot SOP
had been decorated by the ladies in
the memorial ceremony, visited the
cemetery, and tore the flowers from
their place, scattering them in the
mud IN the street. He was a viru-
lent copperhead and rebel during the
war.
s@-An exciting contest, possibly
even y revolution, is threatened in
England, in consequence of an an.
nouncement that majority of the
House Of Lords have determined to
reject the bill for the disestablishment
of the English Church in Ireland
The announcement caused great ex-
element, and the press and people
breathe revolutionary threatenings.
s9-Attorney General Hear has
given an opinion to the effect that
Texas not having accepted recon>
struction, is still under military rule,
and that therefore the finding of a
court martial are TO be enforced, even
when the sentence of death is pro,
nounced. This opinion will go far to
restore the reign of peace in that dis
tracted commonwealth.
aa-The operatives in the cotton
mills of Massachusetts, have given
the old Bay State some "heavy ticks"
in the New England Labor Conven-
ton. One poor girl says she "be>
lieves in h-lI, because it affords a
prospect that the owners of cotten-
| mills will be punished as they des>
erve."
ra- There was severe hail~storm
in Mitchell county, Iowa, q few days
ago. At Mitchell, hail-stones weighs
ing over seven ounces were picked
up after the storm. The windows
suffered severely, and at the Nations
al Hotel over one hundred lights
were demolished.
@ Fish hooks are made now al.
most entirely at New Haven. Conn.
They are made entirely by machine
rya piece ofwire going into machine
coming out perfect fish hook, The
machinery is the most ingenious that
has ever been invented for any pur-
pose.
rsAs There were never so many
houses and stores to be rented in
New York and Brooklyn as now
The landlords have over-reached
themselves by putting up prices,
and the people have found better
accommodations in the country.
-Ruskin lately asked Spurgeon -
"Spurgeon, where do you think l
would go to if | should die now ?"-
''To hell and be damned" "WeD,
that's frank. I've asked several
preachers that question and they
evaded it."
sgAt San Francisco tho Chin>
amen have been set to work making
cheap shoes, and imported goods of
that class are driven from the mar
ket, they now talk of giving them
similar employment in Brigham
Young's dominiens.
asa. There are 80, 600, 900 sheep in
in Great Britain and Ireland, 80, 300,
900 in Russia, %, 260, 900 in Prussia,
SO, 280, 900 in France, 22,000,000 in
Spain, 1000, 600 in Italy, 1866, 900
in Austria, and 23,8o0,000 in the
United States.
~The Mayor of Washington
has signed an ordinance of the City
Council, requiring proprietors of pub
lie houses Of amusement to make no
distinction between whites and
blacks, under penalty Of being fined
SO for each otfense.
GE From an old Georgia news-
paper of 1919 has been exhumed an
advertisement Of Mr.. William III.
Seward as q scheolmaster at Milled-
geviIfe. The list of his accomplish
ments as therein stated is very i'm
posing.
FapThe maternal association of
Paris is composed of aristocratic
ladies who have agreed to nurse
their own children. It numbers at
present nearly two hundred mem
ers.
RThe prospect of reunion be-
tween the Methodist Church of the
South and their brethren of the
North is not very good. There is
little outward display of cordial
friendship on either side.
"A Democratic journalist philoso-
phically remarks that nature 0estin-
ed the Radicals to be in the minor
ity, (which purpose man. in his per-
versity, for some years has been de-
feating."
s8~A Chinese savings bank is to
be established in San Francisco,
which it is thought will set loose at
least five millions of coin boarded in
old stockings, by the thrifty Celes-
tials.
&c. When Isabella heard that the
Spanish people desired liberty OF
conscience she had a solemn mass
said in Paris, and wept copiously
during the service at the wickedness
of her own subjects.
sG-The Northern pacific Railroad
from St. Paul, Mimi, is now advsnc-
ing at the rate of half mile a day,
and the contractor, who now en-
ploys thousand men, promiser 100
miles of track before snow falls.
sTQueen Victoria, has agreed te
give the Prince of Wales between
100000 and 100000 year from
her private purse, and accordingly
the request for an increase of his 81
lowance will not be pressed.
H@-With reference to the cLila
with no backbone, whe
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