Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-11-02
Miscellaneous Items.

acknowledge himself the father o.
her illegitimate child. It would
nave been mercy had she killed
MN outright. Yet the 'spublic opin.
ION VIII sustain this fiendish female
In her atrocious act, as It has sus.
tanned the woman in Portland. who.
a few weeks since, made a desperate
effort to kill somebody of whom she
was jealous. The jury that went
through the farce Of trying her, rem
| dered verdict of acquitaI. In the
opinion OF this jury, jealousy is 6
form of insanity which renders itf
victim irresponsible for murder
There seems to be no hope of alter
ing "puplic opinion" on such points
as these.-NY. Express.
On passing from a dry goods
store to her carriage, last Tuesday, a
wealthy lady in st. Louis recog-
nized in a wretched looking woman
IN tattered garb her youngest sister,
OF whom she bad heard nothing for
many years. The poor creature had
been passed free over the railroad
from Kansas, where she had been
widowed and left penniless. The
meeting was SYMPATHETIC, and the
fearful sisters rode off together.
-Thirty-one conferences of the
Methodist Church have voted on the
question of lay representation, twen-
ty-one in favor and ten against the
proposition. The total vote of the
ministry is 2,898 for, aud Cos against,
being l45 more than the requisite
three fourths. We believe there are
eight conferences to be heard from.
Total lay vote was l03,476 in favor
to 5l,606 against.
Miss Maggie Carmean, formerly
OF Kingston, Ross county, Ohio.
having, some time ago, removed to
Saline county, was there married 10
a young man named w. S. Stanley.
who was in rather poor circumstan-
ces' About three weeks ago Stanley
received notice from England that
his fathers brother, lately deceased,
had left him, by will, property to
the amount of from ten to fifteen
million dollars.
Father Hyacinthe says he be-
lieves it impossible to enjoy freedom
OF thought and exercis it and belong
to ssthe Roman Catholic Church /:
that he is still devotedito the Mother
Church, but that he exercises his
priestly functions by the authority
OF God alone, and that the Church
has no right to add to or take from
the faith as handed down by the
fathers
The bronze statute of Jefferson.
by the famous French sculptor Dav-
id, which stands in front of the
White House, Washington, is rapid
ly going to destruction. 1t is cover
ed with verdigris, which is fast eat
ing away the fine lines of the face
and the roll of parchment cmblems-
tic OF the Declaration of fndepen-
dence.
Louis XIV. once said "When
| go away from hearing some of the
court preachers, | say, What won
derful preacher he is what splendid
powers of eloquence lie has what a
great man he is But when l 90
from hearing Father Massillon l
leave saying, What poor wretch
ed sinner | am how wicked | am ~
Henry Ward Beecher compares
the different religious denominations
to the different pockets in a suit of
clothes, and says it is of little conse-
quence whether one goes to heaven
in an inside or an outside pocket.
Lopez, SO far, has cost Brazil
two hundred and eighty millions of
dollars, one hundred and fifty thou
sand men, and four years war
The probabilities of laying hands on
him seems to be as remote as ever.
Coy. Holden is organizing and
arming company of negroes in
in Raleigh, which is creating much
excitement. 1t is supposed they are
designed to be sent to Orange or
Chatham counties, to suppress the
Ku-Kluk.
"A colored woman of Rockford.
Ill, last week gained suit against
the Chicago and Northwestern Rail-
way Company, for having refused
her seat in a ladies' car. The
Winnebago Circuit Court awarded
Der 5000 damages.
No less than 100 persons have
beep converted through the open
air sermons of the Young Mems
Christian Association of Washington
City, during the past summer.
A hair dressing, extensively ad-
vertised and sold at a high price, is
made simply of a pint ofalcohol, two
ounces of glycerine, and half pint
Of water, the whole cheapIy scent
ed.
The annual convocation of the
Anti-Horse Thief Association took
place in Memphis, Mo-, recently
Iwenty-one representatives were
present. This organization has thir-
ty-seven subordinate lodges.
-Two-thirds of the General Epis.
copal Theological Seminary, in New
York, have just gone over to the
Catholic Church. This institution is
under decided High Church control.
Hanging for murder is again be-
coming the rule in New York. One
murderer was sentenced the first of
last week, to be hanged, and another
on Saturday-Owen Hand, for the
murder Of Jane O'Donnel, in Brook
Ign, is to be hanged November Both.
"A young man in Napa county,
Cal, Went to sleep, leaving his can
die in the bunghole of a powder keg,
which he supposed was a nail key
His dreams were troubled by an ex-
plosion, and he was blown all over
the ranch.