Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-01-12

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tlous esteem in which quinine is held
by sufferers from ague can best be
realized by those who have visited
the malarious districts of wooded
swamp. in which SO many hardy
lumbermen prematurely snccumb to
the hand Of the febrile destroyer.
CE- A girl named Mckinley twelve
years, old and heiress, through her
mothers demise, to over a million
dollars, is held by the Mother Supe-
rior of the Ursuline Academy,
Catholic female school in Louisville,
in spite of The repeated acquisitions
of her father. He has sued out a
writ of habeas corpus which the Moth
er Superior answers by alleging that
the girl is not his daughter, and that
he is unfit to control the child. The
case is pending.
asy- Mrs. Shattuck brought suit
against the town of Clinton, Wis,
for the loss Of her leg by bad highs
way. She got $4,000 for the mem
Der, and the suit was appealed. Now
1t has been tried again, and the spec
tacular drama having raised the price
OF the female lower limb in the mean.
time, has recovered $4,000.
gay Considerable more than two.
thirds Of the work on the Suez Canal
has been done, and if it goes forward
al the present rate, it will be wholly
finished within ten months. The
present force at work on the canal is
II 600 men, and sixty dredging MAJ
chimes are worked day aud night.
ssa- The outstanding debt of Ohio,
November 1st, 1863, was $10, 532, 675.
This Is light compared with twenty
years ago, when the population and
wealth of the State were half what
they are now,a and the dept double its
present amount.
s9- The widow of MONT, who was
executed lately at Rome by order of
the "VIcar of Christi has indignan.
tly rejected the purse Of 5000 francs
subscribed by the Pontifical Zouaves,
refusing to take anything from the
butchers of her husband
s9- Since the death OF Prince Cons
sort OF England. seven years ago,
Nictoria'e private band have had full
pay and scarcely any work but
their holiday is over, as the Queen
now consents to listen TO music again.
sagA During the month of Deem
Der there were 500 deaths in Clncin-
nati-175 OF which were caused by
small pox. This disease is now pre-
vailing to an alarming extent, net
only in thai city, but in Covington
and Newport.
Col. +. b. Carpenter, who cat
prominent figure IN Chicago political
circles during the feud between Blu
chanan and Douglas, has been elected
judge Of the Charleston g. c. Circuit
by the Legislature, to supply vacan-
cy. The Colonel, once DANTE"
leader, now claims to be a Republi.
can
Competition has brought the pri-
ces of admission to the London thea.
tiers to the lowest possible point. AT
one house admittance to the gallery
ls only a penny, and at another,
good performance of the Grand
Duchess can be heard for four pence.
Our next President is of Ver-
mont extraction: Among the prop
rletors to whom the town of Norwich
was chartered in 1761 was Adoniram
Grant, brother ofthe great, grand
father Of Ulysses.
"A grieved individual at Barton,
VT, sued the editor of the STANDARD
there for telling some unpleasant
truths about him, and got one dollar
damages instead of the four thousand
dollars which he asked for.
In consequence of the prodigious
forgeries Of Russian bank notes the
authorities have determined to make
every bank official personally respon-
sible for every false note he may have
taken from the customers.
DIR. |. A Lapham has been elect.
ed President of the Wisconsin State
Historical Society Lyman G. Draper,
Corresponding Secretary, and Col. |
Stephen V. Shipman, Recording
Secretary.
The Louisville Courter>Jogrnol
alleges that John C. Breckenridge. in
response to letter urging him to
come home and be candidate for
Governor of Kentucky, has written
that be will not accept any office.
The Maine prohibtory liquor law
is said to have caused an alarming
increase in the op,um-eating in that /
State. Deprived of one stimulant.
the people take to another.
Henry A. Wise has received a
present OF 500 from the Irish Libra
ry Society of Memphis. Wise. in re
turning thanks, hopes the Irish will
yet save the Constitution.
Two young ladies of Iowa have
00nNh ~ 4Ah AE III inak kJtdt6 uDntF
the Homestead act, and purpose re-
moving upon them to run farm on
their own account.
-Brownlow's Knoxville Whiq be-
comes daily, next montL, under the
of joint stock com
pany in which Brownlow holds an
interest.
The Oregon City woolIen mills
make 400 different kinds and quality
Of cloth-from the finest dress goods
70 oregon gray" They produce
$50, 900 yards per annam.
The hostile Indians, against
whom General Sheridan is now oper
ating, are said to number only four
hundred warriors. i