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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08
The Azores Islands and Consulate.

The following complimentary no
tice, and description OF the Azores
Islands, to which we are reported to
have been appointed the American
Consul, appears in the State Journal
OF Saturday, and We copy it for these
having the curiosity to learn some
thing of our possible future home:
ave notice, with much pleasure.
the appointment of the veteran and
able editor of the Grant County Her 4
aid, J. G. Cover, Esq, as Consul to
Fayal. He has labored long and
faithfully, and needs rest.
Our readers will, doubtless, thank
us for sketch of the island where
an old and esteemed citizen is to
reside and represent this country:
The island of Fayal is one Of the
Azores, or Western Islands, 10 the
North Atlantic. It's area is abont
q 500 acres, something less than
the largest Illinois farms. One-half
of the island is under cultivation,
and the population is more than
$4,000, and of all the Azores $50, 1000.
The surface of the island is rugged,
and, in some parts, mountainous but
the soil is very fertile, and the climate
is mild and healtiful The principal
vegetable productions are frs, palms,
vines, pine-apples, oranges, potatoes,
cabbages. maize and wheat. The
chief object of commerce is wine.-
In good seasons 5000 to 10000 pipes
are produced. Tho products of all
the islands have been exported from
Fayal The imports are manufacture
ed goods, cotton, twist, flax, coffee,
tea and soap.
In 1859, the island was visited by
a sev.re famine, occasioned by the
failure of three successive crops. =
Fayal has the best harbor of all the
Azores, and considerable transit
trade Up to 1860 about 10 whalers
touched there annually and left the
oil of such fish as they had taken on
their outward voyage, whence it was
shipped for its destination. Mr..
Covers residence will be at Horta,
or Villa Orta, handsome town ly-
ing on the southeast side of the island,
adjoining the hartor above mention
ed, and containing population OF
about 5000. The steam packets OF
the British West India Mail Company
regularly stop at Horta.
There are nine islands in the group.
They belong to Portugal. Portuguese
government took possession of them
in 1882. They were then uninhabi-
ted. According to the latest account,
the population of the Azores is 251, :
1874, but doubtless there is more en-
terprise, push, and thrift in one town
in Grant county, than there ever
was, or ever will be, among the
thriftless sons and daughter of the
sunshine-tho careless and happy
Azoreans.
The annual exports are $4,000
pipes of wine, and 100, 900 boxes OF
oranges and lemons, besides pinc>
apples, coarse linen, sailed pork and
beef.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08
EsiaIc Gf aiaEdunan.


lNT8TE OF WTscoNsIS. y IN Probate Grant County
- County of Grant = Court
In the matter Of the iaa asliaushp of ii!iap Bard
man and Car IaI .lilan In,f heirs Vi Frederick
EartIan ,.nceassd
TN rea,iing and sing n. .tiiioa or John Kou
ler guarfian OF laid mIcr te,eh,ing anoug other
things, that The ssit warts seized Il certain
rial estate County Of Grant Hid state OF Wisconsin
and haI il is necessary that al the honld le syid
aud ayipg ur Ii 10 sell the and II appea.
ing l.iet our, SAID ti;i9u thai would be for
thn best utfest ao saia heis she sad
cal estate.
it is ordered AMI directed that the next Of an
20 said ards. ad all pc ~ crested ia sail estate
al pear buiore te Judge Of TIL Court. TUESDAY the
1sth day OF June, A D., lsb5. at one . clock ri 4,
the Court House in Lancaster in said County, then
and there show tiff NY there shalt be- ehy
license so@ld not be granted Ter the sale of said ra
estate according TO the pray CT OF said petition.
Aud il i further sds ed that copy OF this order
shalt published for tour successive weeks prior e
said day OF hea.ing, in the Grant Co Herald HeeAy
newspaper printed at Lancaster in said County.
Is. the Court. VA McauNiGAL, Co judge.
Dated ut Lancaster the Stl day oi May, A. d. lscs
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08
Another National Revelry Proposed.


The Enquirer says that the DEM
eeracv once governed the country
on $40 900 900 year. and can do it
again. while tbs Radicals require
$500 600 600 Yes, no douht. on the
same pra.ciIllo that John Quincy
Adam supported the Government on
Sl3 900 600 year, and could dc it
gain Were he in being, and also on
he principle OF repndialing the debt
aud laying. 20 lpenrIots 10 soldiers !!
This may DC taken ~ the determine
sion Of The Enquirer to abolish the
pension list The soldiers Will like
ihatl Making allowance for the In
crease of our settled territory the
Democracy would require over $780,
600, 900 in gold, equal Ia $40, 900, 900
IN currency, to support the Govern-
mont under Reputation and no pen>
sions The Radicals require, instead
of $500 100000, $160,000.000 of gold
and Sl6O 100000 of currency, equal
to 1885, 100000 currency, and out of
this have something to pay on the
debt. Let US count the cost to the
people of the Enquirer's method of
| economy. a4 e8 Ia +
Reputation! How much would
the people lose by that? They
would lose the whole, because no
Yankee or great capitalist will have a
dollar of the debt for some time be-
fore Reputation comes Thus will
the loss fall upon the middle class, and
the smaller capitalists. This would
be a loss to them of aboat $500, 000,-
900. Then as for the 800,000,000
in foreign hands, they would either
be rushed back to this country for
sale at 30 or 40 cents on the dollar,
should the Enquirer. get so strong
with its reputation scheme as to be
threatening, and the draft for gold
upon the country would PROSTATE
all the banks and the principle bust,
ness men, thus creating loss to the
people of $500, 1000 of National
bank notes, for which tho Govern
ment is responsible, and which the
bankers will Offset against the loss OF
their bonds. This would throw the
working classes out of employment
for o year, involving loss to them OF
at least S1,000,0 900, coo. Or should
foreign holders, instead of returning
the bonds to this country, hold on &c
them and call upon their governments
to collect them by force, a war would
cost us $1,000, 900, 600, and peace
would only be secured by the pay.
ment of the $500, 900, 900 or more o
our bonds which they may hold. Ii
either event, the loss to the middle
and working classes of this country
would amount to over $4,000, 900, 00(
as the result Of the Enquirer's policy
while the Yankee and other grea
capitalists would reap another har
vest as they did during the late wa
and all this harvest. amounting Il
at least $1,000 600 600, would be tn,
less ct the working classes exclusive
~ In addition To the other losse
above 6gRredl st
This is the Democratic feast 0. IA
things To which he Enquirer invite
tie Yankees aud other shrewd peo
pl.eat he expense Of the telling mill
ions II this the sort Of vision 81
which u great party eat thrive p
Chicago Tribune
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08

HT-ToRroAL Il! is an Interesting
tact that james Redpa,h, better
known by his association with John
Brown is the originator Of tho GERS
emory of decoration
'John Browns body lies moidering in the
grave.
But his soal is marching on.''
Four months after the fall of Char
lesion, in FEBRUARY, 1865. Mr.. Red.
path caused the graves of the Union
dead TO be decorated The cerem-
onies took place May 1st, 1865, and
were performed by three thousand
negro children and eight hundred
adults. That was the sort ofpeople
who were sufficiently loyal at that
State to perform such a service.
II was a great day for the colored
people of Charleston, it being the
first holiday they bad ever enjoyed !
It is often stated that the custom
originated in the South; and SO it
did but it started in the brain of a
John Bro wn abolitionist, and the first
decoration was of the Union dead.
Mr. Redpath is now the chief of
the Boston IIyceum Bureau.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08

RECONSTRUCTION OF TIE UNION
The n E. Woman's Rights Assiocia,
ton demands a XVIII amendment
to strike the word "male" out of the
Constitution as a limit of rights. -
This they ask as an indispensable
prerequisite to the Reconstruction of
the Union" We take it that its
chief effect would be the reconstruct
ton of the marital union. 1t would
secure equal property rights, and
equal moral authority to the wife and
make the two equally the head of the
family and joint partners in every
thing. Man would cease to be the
head of the household, and thus his
way to heaven would be less pre-.
carious, since his responsibility would
be shared by his female partner.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08
A CONTEMPLATING SCHEME Expos

A CoUNTERFEITING SCHEME Expos,
ED.-A conspiracy to food the coun>
try with counterfeit money, with
headquarters in Car ada, has just been
discovered. The plan was to scat
ter men in all the principal cities Of
the North and West, and have the
money put in circulation simultane-
ously. The 4th of July was the day
fixed for the operation, and the in
tention was to distribute as many
spurious notes as possible between
sunrise and midnight. One man has
been arrested in New York for CONS
plicity in the affair and made a par
tial confession.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08


GoLD IN SCOTLAND As The season
advances, the gold diggings IN the
Duke OF Sutheria nd estates, in Scot
'and, have become more comfortable,
and the gold, il would seem, more
plentiful. There are stories Of nag
gets Weighing two ounces. A dig.
ger, With hard work and good luck,
makes nearly as much as be could at
shoemaking. The Duke has paid a
visit TO the diggings in carriage
with four horses, driving as a great
Lord should. The diggers received
bis Grace with enthusiasm, took out
the horses and drew the carriage,
with procession Of pipers, ana the
Duke promised to sendthem a roast>
ed OK and a cask of beer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08

s@- The Register of Deeds in
Washington is an Israelite. Fred
Douglass son applied to him for a
clerkship, alleging that he was a
printer and the Typographical Union
had excluded him from that trade
The Register told him that be also
of prescribed race, and sympathiz-
ed with him, saying: "Who knows
but that the stone the builders re-
ject may become the head-stone of
the social and political structure ?"
That lsraelite is smart.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08

nsaY Before the creation of railroads
the produce of the interior, west of
a line drawn through Buffalo, was
under an interdict of 500 per ton,
and OF course had consequently no
commercial value. 1t is proved that
upon ordinary highways wheat will
bear transportation only ESQ miles !;
Indian corn only l25 miles Upon
railroads these. the most valuable Of
our cereals, will bear transportation
3 200 and 600 miles, respectively
The area of u circle drawn npon q
radins # l25 miles equals 40 OF "a
miles that Of a circle drawn upon a
radius Of 600 miles, s O41 496 square
mics.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08

CRAWFORD COUNTY ASSESSMENTS
In Crawford County, lands are di-
vided into three classes, and valued
respectively at S160, $3.50 and $40.
The lands Of that County are billy,
heavy timbered and generally third
class or what would be called barren
lands. These rates are certainly
low, and Crawford would yield but
little State revenue but for the fact
that the State Equalizing Board has
the power to raise valuations,
power always used when County
Supervisors updervalue ands in their
counties.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08
DWELLING and LOTS

FOR SAI4E In LANCASTEI
The Subscriber offers for sale the property formerly
known as the "Stephen Manhood Property situated
near the lancaster Steam Mills and tho w oolen Fac
tory including block of lots, dwelling with six rooms
cellar smoke house, stable andother outbuildings-a
in good repair, 90 bearing apple trees plums, good
spring and running water near by. The. property will
DO sold cheap and time given for part Of the money
lift MARTHA BYERLH.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08
WAITING roa BAny To 4Coup /,

WAITING roR BABY TO GONE UP"
"A little friend Of ours, (says the
editor OF Merry's Museum),- who had
been told that, though the flowers
died in the autum, they would come
up as beautiful as ever in the spring
lost her baby sister, and some time
after was found sitting by the little
grave with face full of hope and ex
pectatlon. On being asked why she
war there, she said with an air OF in.
nocent faith
20, I'm waiting for baby to come
up. We planted her last winter. but
SHE'LL soon come now, prettier than
ever, like my snow drops in the gar
den
1t took long time to teach her
the truth and she y as much nr;eved
because baby would not spr0nt visi-
N.Y. and blossom again on9the little
green bed where she bad slept 10
iong.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08

@The Sparta Eagle say that ac-
eording to all accounts the crops
seem to be doing finely, and all APP
pearances are satisfactory to the
farmers.
The Pierce County Herald says
that the wheat in Pierce county looks
exceedingly well, and bids fair to
yield a large quantity and of supe-
rior quality.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08
PoTo5I
CABINET SHOP!

The undersigned has opened opposite the Post Office
at Potosi Furniture Shop and keeps on hand good
stock of furniture including
LOUNGES, TABLES;
BUREAUS, BEDSTEADs.
CHAIRS, STANDS, &C
And makes and sells every article in his line at Du
bunue retail prices CASPER ODER.
potosi. June Z, 1869 linz
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08
w A2IIVNnrAN

M a n I-NU4ONy q uIIO OI'
Inc following Consuls have been
appointed J. Mason Rico, at Brindisi;
.. ID. Irish, at Dresden: B. o Dim.
can, at Naples J. G. Moffett at Per.
nambucoo; Thomas Adamson, Jr Of
Honolulu; J. G. Cover, at Fayal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08

tee significant item in counec,
ton with the opening Of the Pacitic
railroad IL the fact that the steamer
Constitution. which left San Frances.
60, May 10, for Panama carried only
260 passengers. At this season az
The year il ~ usual for steamers 10
take from 500 To 900 passen gers for
the Atlantic States II is ! robable.
therefore, that the Constition was If
fected by the railroad to the extent
of 600 or 200 passengers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08
wa. The Methodist churches everv

ssa- The Methodist churches every
where are taking a vote on the lay
representation to the Conferences.
and the members are voting, all over
twenty, without distinction as to sex.
1t is understood that the last quad>
rennial national conference author,
lied the vote.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08
STRAY MARE.

Taken up by the subscriber on lands owned by him
on Section 90 in the Town Of Wineviils, May 9th,
bright bay mare abont III years Old with q white
strip in her face and little white left hind foot
ued in this neieh9orhool or years ago; has
on her halter. The is requested TO prove
property, Jay charges and take SAID mare away
Ningsi le June I, 90 3t4thL ". j WEBhNR
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08

COTTON A SUppLIANr.-General
Alcorn in his Memphis Convention
speech, spoke OF the conspiracy Of
English capitalists and the British
Government to break down the cot
tom monopoly Of America. Well,
what better could tbeysio, since he,
rebels would haveil so? Great Brit
ain could not let heroperatives -larve
and the prospect being rather dis
couraging for supply from America
what could she do better than 10 en-.
courage its growth abroad :? Mr.. Al
corn thinks that England can get
cotton from other countries at a
cheaper rate than it can be grown in
America under frte labor system
Well, then, shall we re-establish sla-
very? Can't people have shirts
without man ownership? Mr.. Al
corn, however, thinks that the leveee
ing of the Mississippi would eure.yall
our cotton troubles, since those in
undated lands would produce 1900.
to 1000 pounds per acre, while the
uplands only yield from 200 to 500
pounds.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08

@-The place in Congress vacat-
ed by E. b. Washburn, our Minister
to France, is to be filled toeday by
election. f. c. Burchard, the re-
publican candidate will be elected by
several thousand majority.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08

-Governar Merrill, ofIowa presided
at a temperance meeting, held at Des
MONIES, on the day of the recent CITY
election. Judges Cole and Wight
and General 0'Connor made telling
speeches on the occasion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08

The RAILRoAD.-The Witness saws
that work on the railroad goes on
with continuous energy, there being
sixty hands and dozen teams con>
stantly employed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08
Grant County Assessment for 1869.

The County Board of Supervisors FOR Grant
County, Wis, met at Lancaster on the 4th
Monday of May, 1869, and made and adopted
the following as the Assessment OF Grant
County for the current year.
GRANT COUNTY ASSESSMENT FOR 1863:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08

We, J. b. Moore, Chairman of the County Board Of
S"r~-vi-nrs "s, NJ Alti1ar CLERK of the Co Board
of Supervisors do hereby certify that the foregoing
sessment list made and adopted by the County
Board this 18th day of Nay the of said
Grant county, Wisconsin for the year 1859.
J. b. MOORE, Chairman
j. NJ. ALTIZER, Clerk
IF On.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08

sa Seven Thousand whites have
refused to register in Washington d.
c., and the white majority will he
but about 500 Those who refused
to register are probably disguised
with republicanism, and are favor
able to the institution of monar-
chy
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08

ARTIFICIAL THUNDER STOaM.-Prof
Pepper, of the Polytechnic, having
had good run of ghosts, has taken
to electricity for ne " sensation, and
has had constructed for himself the
largest induction coil in the world.
The core or iron wires is FIVE feet
long, and weighs 123 pounds. The
primary wire is 3, TIT yards long, and
weighs 145 pounds. The induction
wires $50 miles long, its whole length
wound with silk, reinforced with All
pounds of carbonite. When the gal.
vanic battery was first applied to this
tremendous coil it melted and burnt
everything before it. Iron, brass,
platinum, were all fused in one mass
and the whole affair needed TO be
handled with very thick gloves; but
by a li;rle coaxing and management
The thunder storm is now tanned,
drives well in harness, aud fills Poly
technic audiences with excitement -
The spark, with q battery Of fifty
cells, Is tweniy-nine inches long-a
burst OF lightning, striking with a
qnile thunderoas lhul. Ii will &c
through FIVE inches thickness Of pl;.te
glass. It's power in the reduction o.
metalic oxides is, Of course, quite
unprecedented, ami the mosi brilliant
discoveries Gre confidently expected
-C0rreSDondence Neto YORK Times
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08
rEIjittle Frank had hoon -,

GS Little Frank had been taught
that he was made of dust. As be
stood at the window, he saw an eddy
of dust raised BY the wind, and ex-
claimed, Ma, it looked just now as
though there was going to be anoth-
er little boy made"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08
Daniel Webster's Fright.

No situation more perfectly paves
the way for hearty laugh at tho
end, than that of two strangers OBJ
liged to be together and in mutual
terror of each other Nothing can
be more comically uncomfortable
than couple of honest men cycling
each other askance an hour or two,
when all the time zone is afraid and
| the other daresn't.n
Upon one occasion, Mr.. Webster
was on his way to attend to his du-
ties at Washington. He was COM
PEELED to proceed at night by stage
from. Baltimore. He had no travel
ing companions, and the driver had
sort Of felon look which produced
no inconsiderable alarm with The
Senator
Il endeayored To 'ranquillizo NY.
self, said MIR. Webster, land had
partially succeeded wEen we reached
the woods l.twecn Biadcns1urg ana
Washington { proper scer,e ior mug
der or ontiagr.) aud here, | cuniess.
my courage again q serted me"
Just thti. :he driver. turning to
me, wita a. gruif voice asked ny
nafiie. gave il 10 him
"Mhefe arc you going?' said ne.
The reply as ITO Washington
lam Senator" ~,
Upon this, the driver seized me
iervent.y by The hand, anu cxclaIm.
ed How glad | ami have been
trembling III my seat for TIE laa.
hour, for wh,n | looked at Won
took .gou 10 be high va, man OF
course, both parties were relieved
go The aul houties at " a~biogton
are July determined 10 take inmedi-
ate measures for the suppression Of
the Indian ea;rages in Western Kan.
sas. The military force il 20 bo
strengthened. and all Indian banda
found beyoudIthe. limits of their res.
ervatlons will be treated as outlaws
sS Large quantities of Struggled
sugar, from New Orleans, have been
seized by Government agents at Mil
waukee, Dubuque and elsewhere
a It hicago commission house, il
charged with completely with the af>
fair. The loss to purchasing mer-
chants is considerable.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08
Our Railroads.

Mr.. Henry V. Poor has recently
pabiisned work which contains
some interesting facts and statistics
relative 10 our railroads and their
| rogrcss. The general results are
summed up as follows:
There were in operation in all the
States. on the ist day If January,
1869. "A 255 miles Of line, The cost Of
whirh, AZ sii 600 per mile, cqnaled
81 500 900 900 The total amount of
net tonnage transported over them
for the year equall-d 20 00o,0 ions.
baving value OF SO i72 250, 000-a
sum eqGaling six times their cost,
and more than four times greater
Hthauthe-w hoie0mount ofthe Nation
al debt .vaG sa.gsssI
The number of miles in operation
on the lst Of January, 1848, The year
of the California gold discoveries,
was only $500. The yearly average
opened from 1S48 to 1860 inclusive,
equaled 1926 miles, the aggrega.e
being 25,O37 miles During the war
the number of miles built cqualed
3,273, or 818 miles annually. Since
1864, 8,347 miles have been opened,
or 2.086 miles annually and during
the past year 1919 miles. There are
now in progress Il, 900 miles of lines,
of which 5000 miles will be opened
this year. The ratio of mileage TO
population is as one mile to SIG per-
sons. In the New England States
the ratio is as ! to SAG; ia the Mid
die, to | ,O37 in the Southern, | to
969; and in the Western, l to 731.
The State Of New Hampshire has
mile of railroad to 500 inhabitants
the State of Nebraska, to 163 and
the State Of Florida, to 348. The
State having the largest propcriionate
mileage is Massachusetts, which has
l mile of road to 5.47 square miles Of
area The State of Ohio has one
mile of road to 11,76 square miles,
A ratio similar to that for Massachu-
setts would give to the whole coun-
try 100000 miles OF line. One SINH
lar to that for Ohio, 300,O miles.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-06-08

CURIOUS CIRCUMsTANCEs-I Den.
nIsville and other places in New
Jersey heavy business is done in
raising cedar trees out of the marshes
IN which they were buried many
centuries ago, aud covered with peat.
The wood raised from these buried
forests is as sound as if recently
felled, and is mostly made into
shingles. Tree after tree, from 200
to 900 years old, may be found one
over another in the soft marshes
on tie "Jersey flats" showing the
immense age of the lowest layers,
and also showing that this region
has been gradually sinking for thous-
ands of years. In one case a tree
with 500 annual rings was found
directly under the stump of another
in which 1000 were counted.