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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27
az There is now In store al CHI

AZ There is now in store at Chi
cago 1,427,088 bushels Of VIII eat,
against l, 155, 6I7 bushels at the same
time in 1868; l,950,726 bushels OF
corn, against 1895, PSI bushels in
1868 1860 bushels oats against
|, l30, 404 bushels in 1868, 1873 ,7O9
bushels rye, against 38, 223 bushels
in 1868, and III, 1874 bushels barley.
against los, 973 bushels in 1868.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27

Sa-The Jews Do not appear to
have aoy OF that foolish secretiveness
about matrimonial engagements
which is characterised of so MANY
people. The Jsr0e'ite of New York
has list of betrothais every week.
1t IS appropriately before the column
Of marriages.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27

ES- He who has poor land should
possess much judgement; but gener-
ally the conditions are reversed.
The best land is generally obtained
by those who are best able 70 sue
cessfully manage poor land. A poor
man on poor land has a poor show
indeed. The ADLER man on good
farms should take some pains to in
struct his weaker neighbors on poor
farms how to improve them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27

1t is said that the Pope intends
to grace by an act of mercy the APP
preaching 18th Of April. An amnes-
ty on large scale is 10 be granted,
by which the political prisoners COM
cerned in the last Garibaldian attack
on Rome will be benefited as we'll as
other offenders.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27

5a-IRter advices from Spain state
that the building of gun-boats for
service IN the waters OF Cuba, is be-
ing vigorously prosecuted, and it is
expected they will be ready for sea
in June. Differences have arisen in
members will resign. Prince Fred
erick Charles, Of Prussia, will be put
forward as a candidate for the vac.
ant throne
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27

sas-A Jewish, alliance in France
has nearly 10000 members. 1t is
looking forward to the occupancy Of
Palestine by the Jews. They have
an agricultural school and colony
near Jaffa. The eighth anniversary
was held January, 18th, in Paris, and
vas brilliant gathering.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27

The brother of the poet Percival
is in a insane asylum in Connecticut.
He is Il years of age, aud believes
himself to be very rich.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27

Six negroes and six white men
were recently summoned as a jury
IN St. Paul to try negro. The six
white men were for 2cquittal and
the negroes for conviction.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27

A good story is told of German
by the name oftSchmidt, who had
taken the precaution to insure the
life of his wife for $4,000 and bis
sta BILE for 5000, believing, the former
might die and the latter be burnt,
and be could not get along without
some compensation for the loss
Both policies had been taken from
the same agent. In few months
after the stable had been insured it
caught fire and was destroyed. -
Schmidt quietly notified the agent.
and limited to him that he would exs
pect the nine hundred dollars at the
earliest possible moment. The agent
at once sent builder to ascertain
the cost of erecting new stable, of
the same Dimensions, having learned
that the property had been insured
for more than it was worth. The
builder reported that he could replace
the stable with new material for
$500, but unfortunately there was an
ordinance preventing the erection of
frame buildings-the old stable
having been Of wood He was asked
to estimate the cost of brick stable
reported the amount at $3.50 The
agent then notified Schmidt that he
would build him new brick stable
in place of tho old frame one, but
Schmidt became very indignant at
the proposition, saying: 4
81 not understand dis INSURANCE
business. pay you for nine hum
dred tollar, and when my shtable
burn down yon make me new one.
| not want a new shtable, | want
nine hundred tollar."
The agent reasoned with Schmidt,
but all to no purpose. When the
stable was about finished Schmidt
went to consult a lawyer, thinking
that he could still get the amount of
the policy, besides having the new
stable.
The lawyer, however, informed
him that the company had right to
make good the loss by building
new stable, and expressed surprise
that he should talk Of bringing suit
against them.
"But," said Schmidt, Il inshure
for nine hundred tollar, and dis fell
Ter put up dem shtablc for seven
hundred and fifty-I not understand
the insurance business"
Finding that he could not compel
the payment by law, he became dis
gusted with the insurance business
altogether. Calling upon the agent
Schmidt said:
''Mr Agent, | want you to stop
dem insurance on mine frow. | not
pay any more monish dat way not
underestimate disinshuranoe business"
Agent (surprised)-"Why, Mr.,
Schmidt, you are doing very fool
ish thing. You have paid considera-
bic on this policy already, and ifyour
wife should die you will get S. 600"
"Yaw, dat ish vat you tell me now"
said Schmidt. even pays you on
my shtable you say | get nine hum
dred tollar if it burnt down. So it |
was burnt, and you not give me
mine monish. You say % dat wash |
an old frame shtable; is not wort
| make you brick sbta
BILE, and you rot pay me mine niue
hundred tollar. Ven mine frow dies |
den you says to me: e, she wash an
old Dutch woman she not wort
[ get you new English
wife z Aud so | lose mine FIVE tous~
and tollars. You not fool Schmidt |
again. / not understand dis inshur-
ance business" Exit Schmidt.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27

Secretary Fish has informed the
Spanish Minister that unless prompt
apology is offered by Spain for the
recent insult to our flag, declara>
ton of war will 70, wv.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27

w-A married man In New Hamp>
sphire adopts an original way of re-
dueing household expenses. One
morning, recently, when he knew his
wife would see him. be kissed the
servant girl. The household expen-
ses were instantly reduced 5000 pei
yea
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27
temperance pledge ?
"Oh pa, | have"
nRrinO il. then
asa St. Petersburg correspon-

sgA st. Petersburg correspon-
dent says "The course of Ameri>
can politics is followed with much
interest by the Russian Press. The
news of Gen. Grants election was
received With great satisfaction. In
an article of to-day, one Of the ST.
Petersburg papers says that he will
free the Presidential Chair from un-
due party influence. In general it
is considered that the man who re-
established the authority Of the Gov.
crnment over every inch Of the
American territory, is the fttest
person to preside over the task Of
restoring civil order to those parts
Of the country which have SO long
been disturbed by ambitious and
turbulent seekers of power"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27

rag That the country is in bad
way, there is no doubt. Bonds going
rapidly to Europe to call for gold in
terest exports falling off, and i'm
ports largely increasing; less gold
and lawful money reserves in the
New York banks, and less in the
Treasury than last year, and yet
loans greatly increased a Pacific
Railway bubble about to burst the
South getting money for cotton and
keeping it; an indisposition in Con-
gress to meet the exigency, &C., &c. !;
all showing that the future is full Of
uncertainty.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27

William Hurlbert, of Cornwall,
Vt, bachelor 20 years old, and
worth $4,000, died Of starvation last
week, through fear that he should
become town pauper.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27

1t is again reported from New
Orleans that formidable expedition
for Cuba, to aid the insurgents, is Or
ganizing il that city. General Steed-
man is the leader.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27

DIR. Benjamin Aver, a member
OF the Georgia Legislature was as
sassinated by the Ku.Klux on Thurs
day night.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27

"A son of Fred Douglass has
been appointed to a clerkship in the
Third Auditors Office at Washing
ton.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27
1gM Mrs. General Chomutof.

~ Mrs. General Chomutoff, q
distinguished member of the Russian
aristocracy, is now in jail at ST. Pc
tersburg on the charge of having
robbed another lady of the sum of
forty thousand robes. She has PEI
titioned the Emperor to allow her to
occupy room in the jaiIer's house,
the cell where she is now confined
being so dark that she can never
read line except by candle-light-
She bcgs also to be permitted TO see
her children occasionally. If con-
victed of the charge, she will be sent
for ten years to Siberia, have to per-
form the whole distance on foot, and
upon reaching her destination, will
be employed as a cook or washer,
woman for the conyicts working in
the mines.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27

-isabella's mother is very veal
thy, having accumulated her fortune
il the Cuban slave trade.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27
sg~Henrv Ward Beecher said. in

Sg Henry Ward Beecher said, in
bis froetrade speech, in Brooklyn,
that his great great-grandfather was
a blacksmith, his great~grandfather
saddler, his grandfather also a sad
dler, and his father was farmer till
it was discovered that he was not fit
for that occupation, and then they
made a minister OF him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27

sss 1t is surmised that John G.
Breckenridge will go into the Ken
lucky Legislature at its next session
in place Of Preston, who now holds
the seat for Fayette county, but who
will give way for Breckenridge. The
health of Breckenridge is good, and
he is worth 100000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27

sm- The youngest among nations
is appealed to by representative of
one Of the Oldest for protection !;
Jerusalem lifts up her hands for help
to Washington. On Friday, we are
informed by dispatch, Rabbi from
Jerusalem had an interview with
our Secretary of State, and asked
for more liberal construction of our
foreign policy, as applicable to our
Consulate at Jerusalem in atfording
protection to the Israelites of Zion,
who are without national represen
tation or government to appeal to
when opposed by the surrounding
hostile tribes and nations.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27

The Darlington Democrat re-
ports That Mr.. Charles, Black of New
Digging while returning home with
his team from Shullsburg, last Satur-
day, was thrown from the wagon
which passed ovor his body, infict-
ing injuries from which he died the
following day.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27
WARDEN ANDERSON.

ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW,
All claims placed in his hands for collection viii be
promptly attended 20.
lo-40tf JAMESTOWN, WIS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27

ssA-Ferty -seven per cent. of the
population of Franco are engaged in
agricultural pursuits, tho annual pro-
ducts of which amount to four times
the total of all the other industries
We are warranted in believing that
this condition Of affairs is the result
of what in England is called "small
farming" Though in England small
farms are the exception, in France
Trey are the rule. For instance,
they are very few enormous estates
held in France by one individual, ow-
ned by small minority. The dis
tribution of of the soil in the two
countries is based on systems dame
trically opposed to each other. We
see what results from them. Pros
perity and comparative content on
one side, starvation and sullen dis
content on the other.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27

n@-A correspondent Of the New
York Times, who calls himself Fair
Play" writes to point out what he
considers a grave omission in Mr..
Summers speech. it consists, 50 he
says, in the assumption that over 500
American ships were actually, and in
very fact, sold to British owners.
He declares that few ships changed
hands They mercy registered
professionally" as British bottoms,
and carried the British flag under
whose protection they enjoyed i'm,
munity from the interference of reb-
el cruisers. Thus, be protests, the
carrying trade of the country, in
stead Of being destroyed, was only
diverted into a subtertuge, and that
England gratuitously denuded her
self Of the privilege and advantages
Of a neutral condition by sheltering
the commercial marine of the belIig>
erents. The argument is specious
and plausible, but it fails to eliminate
from the controversy the fact that
even the "subtertugt Injurious as
it was to our intereets-was the re-
suit Of British sympathy with the re
beliOn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27

The NEGROES. The London Neus
says of negro suffrage in the United
States Americans seldom do any
thing by halves. They will probably
have elevated the recently enslaved
race to a condition of moral fitness
for lts new position long before we
have accomplished the like benificent
task for our 'residuum.' That their
bold experiment may be ultimately
crowned with success is the desire OF
every true friend of humanity. The
time will come, we hope, when what
we now witness with simple wonder
will be looked back upon with ap-
plauding admiration
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27
G. w. LONEY.

oTARY PUBLIC
Couysyarcer and collecting Agent will attend to all
business n this line that may be entrusted 70 him.
2-24.m6 FENNIdoRE CENTER, WIS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27

Gg General Grant has informed
Governor Fairchild that he will next
year appoint as cadet to the Naval
Academy, the boy in the Soldiers
Orphans Home at Madison, who
sholl be recommended as the best
for general department and prof.
cheney in study This is prize
worth contending for, and will be
likely to create strong competition
among the lads Of the home.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27
]. Il. sNECLOpE.

NOTARY PUBLIC.
Wiil makeout Deeds Mort cages, and others papers
oonAeyancing lands, bounty claims, hack pay and pen
sions applied for under L. : Laws.
POSI- CAsSYILLE, WIS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27

nG- We continue to hear disaster
Gus effects of the late storm in Gem
trail Illinois. In the little town of
Ashlandain Cass county, more than
a dozen houses were blown down or
unrofed. A school house, completed
last fall at cost of 1900, was blown
over and literally torn to pieces
One>half of the roof was blown away
from Newmans Hotel, and a good
deal of damage done to the building.
At Petersburgh, a large Touring mill
was blown down, and fences in every
direction were laid fat to the ground.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27
pa-Two men named Simmer

@-Two men named Simmons,
who were supposed to be horse
thieves, were hung in Blu tier, Mo-,
last week by gang Of disguised
men 1t is a matter of doubt wheth,
er the executioners were members
of vigilance committee or of the
gang to which the murdered men
belonged, who were afraid they were
about to turn states evidence.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27

HN-Flfty OF The most PROMINENT
citizens of Cumberland and Bledsoe
counties, Tenn, have just been in
dicted for murder. During the war
they made up company and at,
tackled party of Uuion refugees who
were passing through Sequatchie
valley northward, and killed several
of them. If the bloody tragedies
perpetrated in the South upon Union
meR by guerillas and MODS are to be
the subjects for criminal prosecution
there will be peace only when wide
emigration takes place from the
South
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27
NOTARlES PUBLIC.
w. B. CLARK,
II q u X RH ELK

Deeds and other land conveyaHocs drawn and &C
knowIedged Prompt attention given to the prepare
,on of Mortgages, Bonds and all legal Instruments
ao-s1tf PATCH GROVE, WIS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27
CARRIER HOUSE,
3oscobel. Wis,

BOscobel. Wis,
I CARRIER PROPRIETOR.
Meals provided before Car time and Patrons assisted
with baggage Promptuess and delays at the Carrier
House. Stabling attached.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27
HOTELS.

Phelps House.
-. 8. PHELPS, FTOR,
LANCASTER, VS.
Having furnished the brick hotel budiug on
the old hotel corner l an prepared 10 accommodate
guests on reasonable terms Rooms well furnished and
table well provided. Ample stable ccomojatons.
2oA5tf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27
J. ALLEN BARBER
s. MERRICK

ATTORNEY & COUNSELOR AT LAW,
Notary Public and Surveyor.
viii give particular attention to bounty aud pension
:aims and to making collections offs kinds.
20-9ftf FAIRPLAY, WIS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27

The Montreal Gazette, in com>
menting on Summers speech, says =
Had England yielded to the solici>
tations of Napoleon, and recognized
the independence of the South after
the battle of Fredericksburg, the
whole face Of this continent would
now be changed and Mr. Sumner
would not talk in his present tone"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27

Queen Victoria has fifteen grand
children, and expects more shortly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27
ex-Tbe St. .Josenb Mo- Her

Es- The St. Joseph Mo Herald
says eve have carefully examened
our exchanges from different parts
of Northwest Missouri, in refer ence
to the prospects for fall wheat, and
they seem very generally to arrive
at this conclusion Wheat that was
sown early, and drilled or plowed in
deep, seems to have withstood the
winter and promises fair yield
Late wheat, or that sown broadcast
has almostuniversally suffered severe
~ from the freezes and thaws, and
in many instances proved total
failure, and the ground has been re-
sown in spring wheat. Take it all
over, there will probably not be
over a half crop IF fall wheat in The
northwest counties of Missouri this
year. In the central counties along
the river the propects is far more
datterlng, and indicates fair yield.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-04-27
LANCASTER HOUSE.

Corner of Main and sprue streets,)
Lancaster, WIS.
Z. JEHIEL HYDE. PROPRIETOR.
Having bought the above House and rehtted and re-
furnished IT, prepared t. give every attention T.
the accommodation Of guests and will provide good
table ana clean beds A good hoster always on fsnd'
l5-27tf
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