Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-09

outraged and shot a respectable mar
ried lady was identified by the piece
of paper with which he had wadded
his pistol. 1t fitted exactly round
hole in copy ofthe Galveston Bulle-
tin, which was found in his pocket.
When pasted in the printed matter it
could be read without the loss of q
letter. The man was hanged by a
mob.
s@- Three things are recorded in
honor Of the late James T. Brady
He refused fee OF $4,000 to defend
the whiskey revenue defrauders
when his brother became Judge, he
refused to engage in any business be-
fore his brothers court, whatever
the inducement; although bigoted
Romanist, he refused TO have any
thing to do with the defence of the
Surratt's for the murder of President
Lincoln.
gThey give Alcohol no quarter
in Vermont. The prescription by
law is complete and settled. Politi-
cal and church ostracism follows of
course. and the latest word of the
State Temperance Convention is
that the use of, or traffic in, intoxica>
ting liquors as beverage utterly
disqualifies man from holding
office in Church or State.
sm-T The ST. Louis Democrat, in re-
ferring to the admission to the bar
of Memphis of III. B. Rankin, color
ed man, says: "lf niger is a
man in Tennessee, and recognized as
such by the legal fraternity, why
should Missouri be afraid to say so
by putting the ballot in his hand, es,
pecially when our 'niggers' will COM
pare favorably with those or other
States p
N% Gen. Murray Mcdonnell, whose
recent murder at Jacksonville, H.,
has produced sensation in the West,
was the first man, it is said, to ap-
preciate and encourage the talents of
Stephen A. Douglas. 1t was in bis
office that Douglas first studied law,
and he was warm personal friend
of the statesman during his entire
political career.
s@rA movement is on foot to
raise an additional S1OO,0 for Lin
coin (colored) University. An in
teresting fact developed by this in
stitution is, that the average intelli-
gence of full colored students is not
inferior to that of whites, or those of
mixed blood. Among the States,
South Carolina sends most students.
and the names of her 'frst families"
are frequen t in the catalogue.
p0- Fifteen hundred miles of the
Pacific Railroad have been compile
ted, 1000 miles by the Union Paci-
fic and 500 miles by the Central Pa
cifc. The latter Company has but
$50 miles to lay, and the former 100. |
The total length ofthe road from Sa-
cramento to New York will be 3, ISL |
miles.
neA- The new constitution for the |
State of New York is to be submitted |
to the popular vote in November |
next, in four pieces. The new Judi
ciary system, which will be cut up
bribery by the roots, and universal
suffrage, are to be voted on separates
ly.
@-The House Of Representatives
has enacted, by 119 yeas to 81 nays,
l. That the public debt of the
United States is payable and will be
payable in gold or it's equivalent
and 2. That contracts hencefortb
made payable in coin shall be duly
enforced by law.
ssa- The murder of the innocents,
Or the murder of infants before birth.
has been rebuked and protested
against by the Roman Catholic Bish
OPP OF Baltimore. The crime is of that
soul-destroying description that
ranks, we should think, among the
deadly and objectionable sins.
e@-N Nebraska Assessors fer the
next five years will deductS10O from
their valuation lists for each acre of
orest trees properly planted and cul, |
,ivated, and fifty dollars for each I
acre of fruit trees. The State is short
Of timber. /,
e~Gen. Sloneman has instructed
Col. Rose to notify tho citizens of
Virginia that unless Ku.Klux outra. I
ses cease, a detachment of soldiers
will besent into The infected portions
II the State, who will preserve order &
md subsist upon them. II