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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02
A Young Girl near Burlington has been
in Trance for Twenty Days-A mum.
Der of Milwaukee Medical Men Visit
Her-A Startling as well as Strange
Affair.

A number of our city physicians
went out to Burlington q few days
ago to investigate the case of child
which for twenty days las been in u
trance. The case is pronounced one
of the most remarkable that ever
came under the notice of the medical
faculty, and there is little wonder
that it creates something of sensa-
ton. In the report of the affair pub
lished, wo had not sufficient details
TO explain the case throughIy, but
are now enabled TO do 40 from the
lips of persons who have seen the
child
A little daughter, twelve years of
| age, named Nina, of Christian Rau-
sch, German FARMER, living about
one and half miles from Burlington,
Racine county, in this State, had a
severe attack of measles and dipther
ia. She had nearly recovered from
these on the 9th day OF January
when she Gale her father to her bed
side and told him she was going t.
sleep and that she would sleep for a
long, long time. She said she would
look as though she was dead, but she
would not be dead, and she made the
father promise that he would no.
bury her, which promise it may read
lily be supposed has been faithfully
kept. Soon after making the re-
quest, the child to all appearances
sank quietly and peacefully into her
last sleep. By all it was supposed
Nina was dead and the body was
enshrouded and placed in /. coffin
After the sleep the body showed nc
signs of death, although the pulse anc
the heart ceased to perform their
pulsations, and no devise could show
that the respiratory organs were II
use The eyes closed.
In this state Nina has lain now fol
twenty days without sign of lf,
and with no sign of death, other tina,
sinking of the cheeks and eyes
which would be natural with ont
who had tasted for SO long a period
Three days ago vein was tapped
and blood flowed as naturally as i
would in a living person. A bliste
raised on the flesh precisely as i
would on that of one alive A neigh
Dor of Mr. Rausch told our reporte
that he PRESSED a finger on the han,
: of the girl. Her flesh was solid, an,
: upon taking away the finger, tn
spot was white. In q few second
the color came again, precisely as i
would If the flesh of living person
{ were pressed in the same manner.
, Under these circumstances it /
reasonable for parents and friends t
believe that the child lies in a trance
, and there is little wonder that tn
case is attracting SO much attention
{ among the medical faculty. 1t wi
+ be watched carefully TO the end, an
with interest. A large number o
. persons have visited the house of Nj
Rausch, and all express themselve
, as lost in wonder and amazement a
f this strikingly strange affair.-Hl
Wisconsin.
A later account reports the deaf
of the suffering girl.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02
Woman and Womanish

La recent speech, Mr.. Gladstone
womanly and womanish. Womanly
is an almost reverential epithet. 1t
implies goodness, tenderness, fidelity.
"Unwomanly rags" vas the strong
est phrase Hood could find for OK
pressing garb which unsexed it's
wearer. An unwomanly woman
means monstrosity; while true pity,
orreal womanly sympathy, is a some
thing which does straight to the heart
Of all " ho have suffered or are suf-
fering. To be womanly is consistent
with talent and genius, though there
are many clever women whose wo-
manliness is not pre- eminent. In
short, to be womanly should be the
first grace of woman; and the epithet,
if applied to men, as it is in rare in
stances. and under circumstances
which are exceptional, conveys an
impression of goodness of heart, of
nature unspotted by the world, and
of trustworthiness unsullied and com
plete Womanish is the reverse of
all this. 1t conveys the Oriental or
brute notion of woman; puppets,
coy, frightened, useless, and without
soul or brain-creature to be used as
playthings by the superior animal,
and to be thro wn aside-beings whose
humanity is devoid of all that makes
humanity holy; such are the wo-
maDish women of the sensualists
of the East-such is the contemptuous
meaning the adjective bears here
To speak of an Englishman as wo-
manish is to told him up TO the Bit
terest contempt.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02
SummORs.-WiIsey et al.

CTA7E OF Wisconsin, :, Circuit court in and nd for
- County of Grant Grant county Wis.
Foreclosure Of Mort. age
Josiah WILEY PaintifI A. E. Wsey, whose christian
rame except the initials thereof here given is
known 10 plaintiff, Nathan c. SHELTON and Scion NJ.
Geodall defendants.
The State of Wisconsin to the Defendants here named
You hereby summoned and required TO answer
the complaint In this acton cnny of which is filed
in the office OF the Clerk of SAID urt and to
COPY of your answer said int the subscri-
beers at their Office in the village of Lancaster Grant
o. Wisconsin, within twenty days after the service
hereof of the day of such service and If you
fail to ans complaint within the time aforesaid
the Plaintiff in this action will apply the Court for
the relief demanded in the said complaint.
BUHNELL & CLARK, Plfs Att'ys.
Residence Lancaster, Wis
Dated February ID, 1869. S5wo
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02
FARM FOR SALE.

The undersigned will sell his farm OF 200 acres sltu-
atsd j. mics south OF Weshs factory IN Little
Grant 81 ploughed, 100 acres ienee' yV eLSa
dwelling Is by ~ on the premises, also, stock sheds
etable, sc. ,s
Plenty of young timber growing on tho lanot, ana
If purchaser So desire heavy timber land VIII De sold
with the pIscs. Situated the school; the isnos
are admirably adapted Tor stock raising.
Terms AZ 800 81 900 cash and remainder time.
SCAR BlDWELL
Little Grant, Wis. Feb. lst, 1863 S5w4*
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02

PERsoNAL.-Senator Carpenter
left on last night train for Milwau.
kee. He will 90 to Washington
about the first of February to attend
some cases before the Supreme
Court, and will remain until after
the meeting of Congress in March.
State Journal,
Angelina Shroyer. who killed her
seducer, Patrick Croty, has been
bailed in :he sum of 50, 800, for her
st the March term of the
Circuit Court for Green county.
Strong efforts are being made in
he Kentucky Legislature TO remove
the capital from Frankfort to Louis
vile.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02

Gov. REEDS CAsE.-The legislative
committee appointed to investigate
the charges against Governor Reed,
Of Florida. reported on the Goth inst.
The majority report, which is sighn-
ed by five members, submits the evi.
dence taken, but offers DO advice or
opinion. The evidence submitted
shows some Irregularities, which the
friends of the Governor say be will
satisfactorily explain. The minori-
ty report, signed by two members.
does not warrant impeachment.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02

s@ Miss Sue Murphy has very
suddenly become noted woman, but
it doesn't seem at all likely that she
is going to get her little bill allowed.
The more her case is examined, the
more it appears that she was thor
ough rebel. A gallant Union officer
writes to General Garfield on the sub,
ject as follows:
"MY DEAR GENERAL have been
reading the reports about Miss Sue
Murphy that have, day after day,
been telegraphed over the land, until
| began to think it would come to
judgment about the time the Lord
judged Us all, on the great day, when
| happened to see the fact stated that
the loyal lady hailed from Decatur,
and then | recognized an old acquai-
ntance. 1t was the father OF this ten
der bit of loyalty that | arrested and
locked up in the strong room of the
bank for waving secesh flag while
our regiment was passing, and while
/ had the venerable skunk in solitary
confinement, | had to stand large
amount of secesh eioquence from the
rotund mother aud indignant daugh.
ter. But | kept the venerable gent
in durance vile until be was washed
out by the briny drops of the entire
family. Yours. &c,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02

BILLS lNIRopUCED.-A bill is be-
tore the Legislature for equaizing
the charge rates for carrying freig hts
aud passengers by railroads Anoth
er tor repeating the county school
superiRtendency and for restoring
the town system Of school govern
ment. Another relating 20 the sale
OF liquors. One to erect permanent
land marks along the south bounda
~ of state. To repeal the law for
publishing annual lists of deserters
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02

THE CUBAN REvoLUTIoNIsTs FOR
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Captain Gem
eral OF the Cuban Liberal army, and
in charge of the Provisional Cow
eminent. issues a proclamation con-
tanning :his: Free Cuba is in incom
patible with enslaved Cuba, and the
abolition ofSpanish institutions should
comprehend, and does comprehend,
necessarily and for reasons of the
highest justice, that of slavery
as the most iniquitous Of all
As such, its abolition is declared
among the principles proclaimed in
the first manifesto Of the resolution.
1t must be ABOLISHED at once"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02
seg Captain Brown. of the .Japs

Captain Brown, of the Japan
ese ram Stonewall, writes home that
the Japanese are the slowest people
to think and act in the world. The
sea- OF war il only about hundred
miles from here, and any news in re
gard to fights is always month old
when we get it. Their religion re-
qulres them 20 lie, even when the
truth would better answer their pur
pose, and | really don't believe that
any one of the Ministers who reside
here knows anything more of what is
going on outside of Yokohama than
l do, and | know nothing"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02

will. rent one front the I'd story Of the Digger
brick block: room is ell lighted aud suitable Or the
800, A. DILGER.
Lancaster S,-, Feb. |. 1882 20 ~
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02

HoPs.-The hop growers of Sank
and other counties where hops have
been the staple crop, believing that
spectators have been deceiving
them, recently sent q man east to
make sales for them. He has just
returned, reporting that he could not
sell at Eve cents per pound The
use of hops for tanning has not been
very successful. the leather being
oolored green by them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02

a-The Assembly passed q reso'
luton on he 26th ito promote good
morals By prohibiting the chewing OF
tobacco in the Assembly Cham Der. "
Very good now let the tie same
body pass another resolution for the
preservation Of the Capitol by pro.
hibiting the smoking Of cigars or
pipes in the building, and the danger
from FIRE will be decreased by one
half; and there will be no more MARI
ring of the beautiful rooms by fires
from cigar stumps.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02

SPENcER's DIGEsT.-This work, BE-
ing a book Of references 10 che laws
of Wisconsin, in form for practical
use by Justices and people, is now
ready for delivery. The legislature
has ordered 1900 copies for the use
Of towns, at cost of Sl.25 copy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02

THE INDIAN WAR.-A dispatch from
Gen. Sheridan proves, beyond all
question, that be is doing a great
work for the nation. Col. Evans has
gained decisive victory ever the
Camanches, and Sheridan considers
the savages so utterly subdued that
they will sue for peace and abide by
the terms, because they will not dare
to do otherwise. Indian hostillties
during the past year have cost the
tax payers at least $4,000. 600
Sheridan's decisive winter campaign
will close up that ruinous leak in the
Treasury. He is a first class man.
and never did be prove it more thor
oughly than now.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02
Mem ADVERTISEMENTS.
SURPRISE OATS"
FARMERS, ATTENTION

DON'T MISS "A GOOD THING
know them to be the bost oats in Christendom the
NORWAY not excepted. And ii ia getting 10 be IN
derstood that they are too valuable for farmers ge;
along without James A. Kibourn, one Of my neigh
bors an the best farmers in the country takes
100 bushels I cannot supply many such customers
and have MANY small lots left hurry up your orders
If Won want them. Price S. q bushel OF a pounds.
Address the subscriber A. Bleidung Co, Glen
uaran ,gis 35w2& N. K YOUNG
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02

pSrA bill has passed the Illinois
legislature restricting the passenger
fare on railroads to three cents q
mile. Some amendments were made
to the bill in TIE House which re-
ouire the concurrence of the Senate.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02

sgThe Republican members of
Congress from this state voted on
Monday to table the bill granting
land to the Denver Pacific Railway
and Telegraph Co. H. Eldridge vot.
ed With the friends of the bill.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02

re- he editor OF the dalena Ga
zette offers $40, 600 worth Of outstand
Jag accounts tor $500. VINO
wonlan't be a newspaper man, and
do business scn tick ~
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02

NATIvEs.-There sre but two
Wisconsin natives in the Assembly,
Mccartney and Brock, both from
Grant County.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02

PRoMorED.--Se G.. G. Hazel
ton has been elected President pro
TEN of the Senate. and may therefore
resign his important position as
chairman Of the Senate Judiciary
Committee. II is understood that
Gov. Spooner may be absent much OF
the remainder of his term on account
of age aud weakness ct times, ma
knight necessary for the election of .
permanent presiding officer pro ten,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02

s%It is proposed in the legisla>
lature TO pay a state bounty of $500
for wolf scalps and So 90 for cat
scalpss
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02
GgLook at the following, from

Gw Look at the following, from
the Minneapolis Tribune:
"ln Wisconsin,, it has been popu>
larly supposed for several years that
a ring existed at the state capital
which aimed to control, and actually
did control to q certain extent, the
politics of the state. This ring was
called the Madison Regency, ami
Horace Rublee has been considered
its head. We notice that CORES
pendent of the Milwaukee Wisconsin
alleges that the nomination and cleo
ton Of Matt Carpenter to the United
States Senate was an annihilating
defeat of tho Regency. To man up
a tree, it looks as if such were the
fact"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02
IT, Northern Red River Country

3 correspondent of the Ottawa
Canada Tine says:
So far as have yet seen, the coun
try is great, inexhaustihle, inconceiv-
ably rich. Farming here is pleas,
ure there is no toll in it, and all who
do farm are comfortable, and some
wealthy What do you think of u
farmer within bowshot of here worth
81, 900 to G5 900 worth OF cattle? a
man who came from Lower Canada
nineteen years ago not worth six
pence.
The half,breeds are the only peo>
pie here who are starving. Five
thousand Of them have to be fed this
winter, and it is their own fault
they won't farm. They will hunt
buffaloes, drive OK carts five hundred
miles up and FIVE hundred miles back
to St. Cloud at the rate of twenty
miles day-do anything but farm.
Hitherto i was so easy to live here
that it did not matter whether they
farmed or not; but the grasshoppers
put q stop to that last summer, and
now they are on their beam ends.-
AS for the farmers-Scotch, English
and French-not one of them require
relief, other than seed wheat, which
they are quite able to pay for.
A VERITABLE WEDDING:-That
was a queer freak of Parsou Beecher,
the marriage ceremony wherewith
some time since he united couple of
Liberal sentiments The deed was
done at sunrise, with the parties
standing on bed of moss, under an
old pine tree. Joining hands, the
groom said 81 take you, Emma, for
my wife" The bride responded II
take you, Llewellyn. for my hus,
band" Only his and nothing more.
and then Parson B. Grated I'm
behalf of the sentiment Of the COM
munity in which we dwell, and of
the laws, l declare, in virtue of vi hat
you have now done, that you are
husband and wife. May the love
which has thus been declared land
there was no love declared at ALI be
strong as these tvergreens Throwing
at her feet some evergreens and
fiOwers) to endure the storms and
winter of life. and as fragrant and
tender as the flowers of summer.
May God bless you"
sa- The Northfolk (va.) Journal
to the forthcoming admin
says: Gen. Grant has a
great future before him-and be
knows it. His administration will
come upon the stage as the last ech-
oes OF the great strife are dying away, |
and his object will be to reunite US |
again, so that it may be said of him
that his administration had healed |
the wounds ofthe country and left ii |
Union in feelings an we'll as in name
all the energies of Gen. Grant will be
directed to this end, and both be and
lis friends will eagerly seize upor
,very means by which fraternal reIa
ions may be secured and prosperity
'estored to all parts oil the country.
The SUE MURPHY CLAIM DoDGED
Miss Sue Murphy of Decatur, Ala
,ama, brought a claim of $1,000
against the United States because
General Sherman in 1864 tore down
Ter house and used the material of
which il was composed TO build a
ort. Eminent senators, (among
hem we regret TO see Timothy o.
lowe of this state, were not lack
ng TO urge the payment of the claim.
liter long tgnt, the bill was refer
ed back to the senate committee on
laims, where it is expected to stay
brewer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02
Social Dance at Wyalusing.

A social dance viii be given at Wyslusing on 9Th
February next A good time may b. expected. Music
h, Rurton's b nd. Bill $3.50 The dancing pa y. e
invited 10 attend JAChcVN fASA
Wyalusing, Jan. IS 1862. :so"-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02

sg- The Assembly has unanimouslv
PaSeed resolution TO receive no new
DaSiness alter the 10Th OF February
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02

Mr.. Dickens is to receive. from
Mr. Chappell, the sum of $50. 900. for
a farewell series of readings in Eng,
land OK one hundred nights.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02

sw~The Indian war is at an end
Gallant Phil Sheridan has proved
himself as competent to push things
on the Plains as be was in the Sheno
andoah Valley. Until he took com
mand the Indians held regulars in
supreme contempt, being in more
wholesome awe of little squad Of
armed miners or pioneers than OF a
whole regiment of soldiers. Their
officers fought by rule, and not ac>
cording to the exigences Of the case
Sheridan adapted his tactics to the
peculiar demands Of the case, and the
result has been most palutary 1t is
probable the redskins will now stand
in awe of blue coats, and that the
peace that has been secured will be
permanent, at least much nearer so
than formerly The General has
given abundant proof of his fitness to
form one Of the Grant, Sherman and
Sheridan trio Chicago Jour al.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02

s@-Chief Justice Dixon has re,
oeived call from nearly all the Re-
publican members of the Legislature
TO become candidate for re election.
which be has accepted. The Demo-
cratic State Central Committee has
deemed it best TO make no nomina-
ton, and Judge Dixon wifi doubtless
be reelected.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02

STARTLING HoNEsTY.-A case of
startling honesty has occurred in the
Assembly, which / am afraid will
keep everybody, except those with
the q ties Of saints away from the
body. Hon. AR. Mccartney, the
member from the 9Th district of
Grant County, is the rare legislator
who has afforded an example Of hon
esty that must elevate the character
Of the body Of which be is q member,
not only in the estimation of the
Badgers of to day, but IN that Of
succeeding generations. He receiv>
ed $40 over pay for mileage, and
actually returned the amount that
had been paid him. through an error,
to the State Treasurer. Grant Co.
has been proverbial for sending hon
est Legislators TO represent her, and
it is evident that Mr.. Mccartney is
one of the promptest of them in the
line of honesty. although am afraid
his worthy action will make some of
his brother legislators regard him
as being made of too stern stuff for a
successful Wisconsin legislator
M,tloaukee Wisconsin,.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02

BRIEF AND TO THE PoINr.-Senator
Hazelton, on taking the chair as
President pro tenn OF the Senate to
which he had been elected, spoke as
follows:
SENAroRs.-For the honor conferred in as.
signing me to preside over the deliberations of
this body during the absence OF The Leuten-
ant Governor, thank you.
In the lul know edge OF parliamentary law
and in the graceful administration OF it, | hall
moi be expected TO equal hun who has been
chosen by the voice Ut the people on account
OF his ong experience and peculiar fitness, to
act Is PIesldent OF the Senate.
Il shall be my purpose however, TO extend
that Courtesy and inpaTtlallty in the line of
my duties as temporary President, which Is
due 10 al Senators alike upon The hoor
| trust that the sessions so ausplciouslv
commenced may b. as bret as is cunsis,eli,
with just and wholesome egIs alton, that al
the end thereof, we may feel the assurance
that IN all our varied stations here we have
Kept steadily III view the highest interests of
the people OF this great commonwealth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-02

CoMPLIMENTARY.-On the 3Stb
nit. the LIT Governor intending to
be absent for some days, the Senate
elected Senator Hazelton of Grant.
President, pro TEN. This is the sec
ond year OF his term and his election
iS deserved compliment to him as a
prompt and popular Senator, and to
gallant Grant, which be SO effective
~ Observation-Disclosures Wisconsin
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-02-26
dear I

Luke, dear I
'Weni'
Won't yon give me kiss?'
And Mrs. Darcy burst out crying on her
husband shoulder. .
We'll I calculated the puzzled Luke, If
you aren't the greatest enigma going. a
kiss2 Yes, a half dozen of them it you
want, you kind hearted little turnkey
Don cry, pet, N not angry with you, al
though | suppose ] ought to be.
And may | let Freddy out2'
Yes, on the same terms that his papa
was released. Was | very intolerable2'
IF you hadn't been, Luke, | never
should have ventured on such violent
remedy.
Did make you very unhappy?
very.
And the gush of warm, sparkling tears
supplied dictionary full of words.
Luke Darcy buttoned up his overcoat,
put or his hat, shuuldered his umbrella, and
went to the Apologize will case, muttering
as he went on the new state of affairs that
had presented itself for his consideration.
by jove!' he calculated, that little wife
Of mine S bold woman and plucky one
And then he burst out laughing on the
steps.
1t is more than probable that he left bis
stock of bad temper in the law buildings
that day, for Evy and Clara never saw any
more Of it, and Freddy is every day getting
the best of the peppery element in his in
fantile disposition.
Men, after all, are but children of lar
ger growth and so Mrs. Evelyn Darcy
had reasoned.