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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09

On the fourth of March Mr.. Coleax
will leave the Speakers chair, which
ae has filed so long, SO ably, and
with such general satisfaction. Who
shall DO elected Speaker in his stead?
Neither claims of locality nor other
such trivial considerations should
govern the selection. If the beat
man for the place resided IN Indiana.
ne should be selected in spite of the
TACT that Mr. Colfax is also from that
State. Neither East nor West is en-
titled to that or any other public
office. Bat, ofthe candidates named,
it seems probable that Mr.. Blaine
will be selected, not because he is
fro N the East, but for other reasons.
Last year, when we heard of moth
ing but the "great reaction" for a
long while, when Grants nomina,
ton had been received with calm
ness which many politicians mistook
for c3ldness and distrust, and when
the Democrats were stilI hopeful and
bold, the loyal mon of Maine organ
lied for the preliminary contest Of
October James &. Blaine was their
chairman, and the glorious victory
| which reused enthusiasm throughout
the land, banished distrust, and dash
ed to the ground all the hopes OF
Democrats, was due in no small de-
gree to his zeal, skill, and indefati-
| gable exertion. Such services can
not well be measured in value, Dui
they also give proof of rare qualities
which are prominently needed in {
Speaker-force, clearness, energy
directing ability. That Mr.. Blaine
has done great service is not a reason
for choosing him Speaker, if he is in
competent, but as he is known to b'
finely qualified for the position, it il
but just to remember the work ht
has done for the good cause.
There are other candidates who
have ample qualifications, Mr.. Gar
field, of Ohio, for example, and Mr.
Cullom, of Illinois. But, absurd al
the claim Of locality is, it affects
some men, and will be likely TO over
rate against any Western man. Mr.
Dawes, of Massachusetts, hardly de-
serves mention in the same connec
ton. Of all Eastern men named
Mr.. Blaine is at once the best quail
fed and the most deserving. -Mo
Democrat
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09

SENATOR HAZELToN.-The Senate
recently elected Hon. Geo. q. Hazel.
ton, of Grant. as its President pro
ten. For several days past, in the
absence of the 1t. Governor Senator
HaEleton has presided over the Sen
ate, giving entire satisfaction, and
justifying the action OF the Senate in
his election.
Senator Hazleton is young man
of marked ability and engaging adj
dress, and is among the rising men
OF the State. A high compliment
was paid him by the Senate in elects
ing him as chairman of the Judiciary
Committees position, however, which
he resigned, on being promoted to
President pro tenn state Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09

CHEAP FARE.-Not many years
ago the press Of the country discuss
cd and finally argued Congress int o
reduction Of letter postage first
from rs to 10 cents, aud then from 10
10 cents each letter. Early times
in California letter postage was 40
cents, but at last the reduction equal
lied California rates with those of
the Atlantic states, and now three
cents will carry = letter TO the ut,
most limits of our country. The
change has been perfect success,
and usually the postal depart
ment Of government. has been as
self,supportiug rs under the old
dear rates. And now the press is
demanding such q reduction Of rail.
road fare as will enable the poor as
we'll as the rich to travel TO their
hearts content. And it is believed
that reduction to fourth the pres
snt rates would so increase the .rav-
Ell as to even exceed the present re
ceipts for fare. Doubtless trial
will soon be made Of ohesp fare.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09
Appointment Of Committees.

Speaker Thompson deserves great
praise for the discretion and good
sense which he evinced in the ap-
pointment of the Assembly Commit
tees. He has accorded to the repub
lican members of Milwaukee the
just positions to which they are
entitled by their abilities and the
constituencies which they represent.
Mr.. West has been placed at the head
of the very important committee on
Railroads. In many respects this
Committee has the greatest questions
that can come before the Legislature
to deal with, and tho Speaker has
fortunately appointed an honest man
in the right place, Mr. johnson, our
other city member, has been assigned
to The head of the important Com
mittee on Education. He can do q
world of good in the bills he may
report from that Committee.
Mr.. Bingham, of Jefferson, a young
lawyer of rising ability and elevated
character, is placed at the head Of the
Judiciary Committee, from which
must emanate changes in our laws.
He is sustained on that Committee by
William Pitt Dewey of Grant, one of
the clearest headed and truest men
in the Legislature. MIR. Barron, OF
Polk, is placed at the head of the
Ways and means Committee, which
may be regarded as the most impor-
tant committee in the House, because
it has to deal with all questions of
finance and taxation. Speaker Thorn
son properly showed this courtesy
to MIR. Barron, not merely because he
is a man OF experience and ability,
but he was the recognized leader OF
General Washburn's friends 10 the
Assembly.
Mr. Hurlburt. of Wauk esha, law
yer of experience and recognized
ability, is placed at the head of the
Committee on Federal Relations. -
This Committee has to deal with ma.
tional questions, and is always regard
ed as most honorable position. He
is also on the committee on incorpo,
rations Mr. Luther Buxton, of Os.
kosh, a large and true man, is placed
at the head of the committee or
Lumber and Manufactures. Mr.
Hooper, of Walworth, large soulee
man, is properly placed at the heac
of the Committee on State Prison.
MIR. Conklin. of Jefferson, gentle
man Of peculiar qualifications for tn,
duties, is placed ut the head of tn,
Committee on interpretations. Mir
Hamilton, of Fon du Lac. another o
the influential men of the Assembly
is worthy associate of DIR Buxton
on the Committee on Lumber ant
Manufactures. A j. Turner, of tn,
Portage City Register, the only printed
IN the Assembly, was happily select
cd as the head Of the Committee OF
Printing; he is also on Charitable
Associations. 1t is very difficult
work to appoint committees with I
just discrimination TO all the INTEREST,"
OF the State, and a. the same tim,
make them acceptable to the mem
bers, so that all will feel satisfied
that they can work to the utmos
advantage of their constituents
Speaker Thompson has accomplished
this difficult task, and is so acting b,
has exhibited commendable admins
trative ability.-MiiUaukee WiScon
SIN.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09
On the Road to Ruin.

A young woman arrived in this
city short time since. She occu-
pied rooms at one Of the principal
hotels. She was young, beautiful
and accomplished. Suspicious how
ever were entertained that every
thing was not right bat nothing def
mite was known until clergyman
residing in this vicinity received a
letter from the Principal Of Female
Seminary located IN this State. The
letter contained o fall and accurate
description Of the suspicious Young
lady. Ii also authorized the clergy.
man to use every means IL his pow
or to secure Ter safe retreat. It ap-
peared from the letter siiat the
young lady had c.andestinely ran
away from the seminary about
month previous. The clergyman re-
paired Immediately to the hotel.
where be learned that the young la>
dy had been gone about three DAYS.
lie could gain no informe ton in re,
gard to her whereabouts. A detec~
tive was called in, who succeeded il
tracing the girl to a house of ill-fame.
situated few miles from this city,
IN Wisconsin. The minister. accom-
panied them. The minister tele-
graphed for instructions, and was ad-
vised to use every effort to "per>
suade" the erring girl to return, but
not to allow the matter to go before
the courts, or to be published in the
newspapers, as the girl belonged to
one of the weaithiest families in the
State. While negotiations were pen
ding between the ministers and the
Principal Of the Seminary, the girl
escaped to Chicago, since which
Time all trace of her has been lost.
Gazette.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09
Eg The Pacific Railway.

GyThe Pacific Railway. This
great work is moving forward at 3
giants speed. The Union Pacific
have completed 100 miles west OF
Omaha, and the Central Pacific 500
east of Sacramento. The Union Pa
cific has 10 miles more to complete
the Central Pacific 157 miles. The
roads are TO unite their iron bars a,
Monument Point, at the head of Salt
Lake. Both tracks will be compile
ted by the 18th of April, and it is
quite certain that the first train of
cars will go through from Omaha to
Sacramento, a distance of 1907 miles.
by the first of May, 1869. 1t will be
the grandest com mercial event of the
century, and exait the American
name through the world almost as
proudly and grandly as did the vict-
oIy Of the nation over the great re-
beIlion.-DdiIy Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09

aI-In the concluding part OF his
speech, Mr.. Sherman briefly but for
chilly exposes'the folly of Mr.. Morton's
plan of fixing specific day for the
resumption Of specie payments a
year or two in the future, and prep,
airing for it by the accumulation of
gold in the Treasury. OF this scheme
he says
Would not the effect Of his measure
be that the Government would heard
the gold and the people the green
backs, and thus make the contrac.
ton be fears? What more profitable
Investment could any man make than
to take this dollar, now having a
purchasable power Of seventy four
cents in gold, locking il in his safe
with a certainty that in two years 1t
must be worth one dollar in gold. or
an annual advance OF seventeen aud
a half per ceut? Would not every
bank sharply contract it's currency
and hoard greenbacks as the best in
vestment it could maker What pru-
dent man would build house Or fac
tory, railroad or barn, with the
certain fact before him that the
greenbacks he puts in his improve,
ment will be worth thirty~fve per
cent. more in two years than his i'm
provement then is worth Why not
hold his money for two years, until
his Improvement will cost him one
third less? When the day comes
every man as the sailors say, will be
close.reefed; all enterprisewill be sus-
pended; every bank will have con,
tracted its currency to the lowest
limit, and the debtor, compelled to
meet in coin debt contracted in
currency, will find the coin boarded
in the Treasury, no representative of
coin in circulation, his property
shrunk not only to the extent of the
currency, bat still more by the art>
fetal scarcity made by the hoarders
| of cold
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09

LETTERS OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN TO
BE PUBLIsHED.-Judge Davis of the
Supreme Court, the executor of
President Lincoln, has been request
ed by several prominent Republicans
to publish the papers left by the
Martyr President. Prominent among
these documents are the copies which
MIR. Lincoln made himself Of the off
cial letters which he wrote himself to
the Generals in the field in his quaint
way, many of them giving orders
and making suggestions prompted
by the Secretary of War. Mr.. Lin
coin used to keep the copies OF his
letters to his Generals in book case
in his office, arranged in pigeon
holes, and the pigeon hole that con-
tanned the most pages was that de-
voted to the copies of letters sent to
Major General n. P. banks. 1t is
said some of these letters freely crit
icise the action of other Generals.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09
fs~Tha late Hon G. 8

e@The late Hon. G. S. Hamilton,
of Ohio, wrote notable letter, in
1867, to a young man asking for in :
f1uence in procuring a Government
clerkship. We extract the following
sentences: LET me say to you that
what have learned by sight and
hearing of clerk life here since | came
here has been such as to excite in nv
mind absolute horror. The whole
tendency is to hammer and narrow
the intellect, and reduce men to mere
machines, incapable of doing any
thing but routine work. If contin-
ued for any great length of time, and
at last discontinued to make place tor
others, they become utterly helpless
and useless. Few OF them save any
money, and when thrown out of EN-
ployment they are most wretched
and unhappy set of men. Morally
considered, the effects are still more
alarming. Senator Wilson told me
that it was estimated that thirty per
cent. of all the money paid to clerks
here is paid out for spirituous drinks.
1t is estimated that twenty per cent.
is paid to lewd women. The residue
will no more than feed and clothe.-
A very large percentage ofthose who
hold clerkships here for long or short
periods have to be sent home at the
expense Of friends. The tendencies
here are all unfavorabe. The family
is unknown here. The boarding
house supplies the place Of home
The billiard room, theater and saloon
stand open night and day, tempting
you to enter. Your associations are
purely accidental, and the chances
are that large majority of them are
addicted to the very vices you abhor.
The conclusion Of the whole, matter
in my mind, is that if l were choosing
a life for my sons | would not hest
tate to start them out upon the
streets of a thrifty town as draymen
rather than see them take a clerk !
ship here"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09
FARM FOR SALE.

The subscriber offers his prairie farm of eighty
for sale. situated in the town of Glen Haven and ocs
ted about and half miles north IF divers Mills
the land the very best quantity and well fenced
sixty-fve plowed and ready for spring crops,
there is the farm good frame house, barn, and
good young orchard school honse q Of mile distant
here is twenty-five of good timber belonging
thereto, making in all one hundred and Eve
FERNS part ash down the balance tim 10 suit he
purchaser. FOR particulars enqui OF the undersigned
Il Beetown. SEBRA BEEMAk.
Beetown, Fob Sd. 1869. 3dmi%
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09
Guardians Sale--Faris.

STAIE or WISCONSIN, IS In Probate, Grant c0uaty
~ Grant County, Court
In the matter of the Real Estate of heirs John
Faris, deceased.
NorcE is hereby given that by virtue and in pursu-
aEce OF an order OF license made in said by the
anty Court OF said county the Sth day Febru.
A. ID. 1869 the nn dersigned guardian Of William Ohm
James, David and Adam Faris minor heirs fsaid dee
viii on tuesday the "a day of March, D. 1863 at Que
o'clock p. NJ of said day at the dwelling house the
premises to be sod offer for sale at public vendue the
following described lands to-wit: East halt of the
north west quarter of Section ve ,5l in Township six
to north OF Range two ~ west in the county Of Grant
and State of Wisconsin
The terms of sale cssh at time of sale.
ELIZABETH PARIS.
JAMES A. FAIRS.
Guardians of said minors,
Dated at Lancaster this 9th day OF Feb A. D. os 3ot4
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09

The Princeton Republic says a
gentleman recently returned from q
visit among friends at Waupun. and
states that rich farmers there have
sold only very small part Of last
years wheat, and are determined to
hold until spring, no matter what in,
tervenes. We doubt if over 40 per
cent. of the wheat raised in this state
last harvest has been sold. When
the balance moves We shall have bet.
ter times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09

ssrThe Ritualist party in the
Church Of England have held impor,
tant meetings to come to an under
standing on the question as to what
is to be done with regard to the re-
cent decision of the Judicial commit
tee. The party are divided on this
subject. Some counsel submission to
the law of the land, and hope that
the Ritualists will yet carry the
Church with them. Others counsel
resistance, and are willing to prefer
a secession from the Church in a
body. Many speakers expressed the
expectation that the progress of the
controversy would yet lead to the
entire disestabIishment of the Angli
can Church, even in England.-N. Y.
Tribune.
At the Congregational College in
Grinnell, Iowa, out of 800 students.
200 are young women.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09

School SYsTEM.-The several bills
for amending the school laws appear
20 not meet with strong support in
the legislature. Such changes, it is
feared, may If adopted operate with
contrary effect and prove hurtful
rather than remedial. 1t is under.
stood that State Superintendent
Craig may suggest several wise
amendments for correcting the evils
chiefly complained of by the people,
one Of which is to dispense with dis
trict officers and put the manage
ment Of schools, organization Of dis
tricts, building school houses and
raising of money by tax into the
hands of town officers, town clerks
to be local superintendents for hir-
ing teachers and making reports
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09
What has Passed for Money-Curious
facts Of History.

Many things have been used at
different times for money; cowrit
shells in Africa; wampun or beads
made of clam shells, by the American
Indians; soap in Mexico The Car
thag2nians used leather as money.
probably bearing some mark or
stamp. Frederick II, at the siege oil
Milan, reviving this custom, issued
stamped leather as money In 1850
John the Good, King of France, who
was taken prisoner by the celebra
ted Black Prince, and sent to Eng
land until ransomed, also issued leath
er money. having a small silver mai
in the middle. Salt is the money Il
AbyssInia; Goldfish in Iceland and
newfoundland. Living money
slaves and oxen, passed current IN
ancient Greece and among he Anglo
SaNons, in payment OF debts Adam
Smith says TINT in his day, iheto vas
villagein Scotland where II wa9 nol
uncommon for women TO carry nalls
instead of money to the bakers shop
and the ale house. Marco Polo found
in China. money made of the bark Of
the mulberry tree, bearing the stamp
of the sovereign which is death H.
counterfeit, being the earliest spoci
men of paper money.
Tobacco was generally used as
money in Virginia up to 1860, fifty
seven years after the foundation OF
that colony, and men bought wives
for such a weight Of tobacco; while in
Canada the beaverskin being the
great stable, was in like manner
made a unit, and all transactions es>
timated in beaver. The Legislature
of Massachusetts once enacted that
wheat should be received in payment
Of all debts, and the Convention OF
France, during the revolution, on the
proposition Of Jean Bon Saint And
rea, long discussed the propriety of
adopting wheat as money, as the
measure OF the value OF all things
Platina was coined in Russia from
1928 to 1915. But the metals best
adapted and most generally used as
coin are copper, nickel, silver and
gold, the first two now being used
for coins of small value, to make
change; the two latter, commonly
designated the precious metals,
measures of value and legal tender.
On the continent of Europe COM
position OF silver copper, called bull
lion, which are made current at a
much higher value than that of the
metals they contain.
In China Sycee silver is the princi
pal currency and is merely ingot sill
yer OF a uniform fineness, paid and
received by weight. Spanish dollars
also circulate there, but only after
they have been stamped as proof that
they are of the standard fneness.-
AS Asia Minor produced gold, its
earliest coinage was of that metal
Italy and Sicily possessing copper,
bronze was fisrt coined there. Her.
odotus says Lydians were the first
people known to have coined gold
and silver. They had gold coins at
the close OF the ninth century B. C.
Greece Proper only at the close OF
the eighth century BIC. Servius Tul.
Illus, King of Rome made the pound
weight Of copper current money
The Romans first coined silver 281
B G. and gold 207 B. c. Some ma
tions, although they worked the met
al with skill, seem never TO have
coined money; and such was the case
with the Irish, Of whom no coins arr
known prior to the English invasion
of the twelfth century.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09
s@It is said that Parson Brown

s8-It is said that Parson Brown
low used to keep an account of his
good and bad deeds, and occasionally
to strike balance to see what his
chances were for Heaven; and it used
to be the boast of the Parson that if
St. Peter kept the account correct,
he should have no difficulty in enter
ing the Celestia, City, as his good
deeds were in the ascendency, until
be nominated A. Johnson for Vice
President. That sin sunk the Par
son, and be has since torn up his
book and relies now on saving grace
alone.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09

SENAToRs.-By the winter Senate.
rial elections the democrats gain one
Senator in each OF the folio wing sta.
ties: New Jersey, Ohio and Califoi MIA,
and the republicans make a similar
gain in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, In
diana and Wisconsin, making a net
republican gain of one member
among the twenty-five Senator's who
will take their places as re elected,
or as new members on the 4th Of
March next.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09

COUNTY GovERNMENT.-lti is not
probable that any change will be
made by the Legislature at present
in the system of county government
There.is much complai MT that County
Boards are in the habit of acting as
body and collectively for their own
neighborhoods and leaving parts dis
tant from themselves in total neg
lect, especially in the apportionment
of road and bridge benefits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09
Fox AND WISCONSIN IMPROVEMENT

Fox AND WISCONSIN IMPROVEMENT.
The Union says that John LAWYER
has returned from Washington on
business for the great Improvement
of the Fox and wisconsin. He re-
ports that the plans submitted for
this work are meeting with favor
from all western members, aud that
many of the eastern members decid-
eddy favor the same. And except
for the embarrassed condition of the
country congress would render large
aid.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09
FARM FOR SAIE.3

The subscriber offers for sale his farm consisting OF
30 acres adjoining the village of Bloomington There
Is IS acres under tie pillow, % of meadow and
acres of young timber and pasture land; there bear
orchard of about 100 trees the place; also
al springs and running streams the place making II
of the and dairy farms in the county,
There is on the place frame dwelling house and barn
2Oxso feet with stabling for horses and stanchions
attic under the whole of it also and wagon
house, lsx24 feet Three thousand and eight hundred
dollars will buy the place any time before the FIRST das
of April 1859, after which shall ask $50 per acre. l
shall ask $1,000 down. the balance time to suit the
purchaser. JOHN W. BRACKET.
Bloomington, Wis, Feb. Sth, 1859. S6mS+
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09

VISITATION ExTRAoRDINARY.-Pur.
suant to invitation the Minnesota
legislature, Senate ard Assem-
bly,, is expected to visit the Wis.,
consin capital some day this week
and ge; acquainted with the mem,
bcrs of our legislature. The Min
nesota guests are to be publicly and
privately feasted and toasted An
excursion of the two bodies is con-
templated to Milwaukee.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-09

BouNTIEs.-The legislature are
having under consideration q bill for
paving stale bounty of $500 for
wolf and SO 90 for cat scalLs. Ger
tain. unless measures are taken at
once to destroy the wolves the peo-
pie will give up their sheep for sac
rifce.