Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-02-16

s@- Hon. Caleb Gushing, who was
sent by our Government as IA special
agent TO Central America to nego-
tiate treaty with the Panama au~
thorities for the construction Of
ship canal across the lsthmus of Oar.
len has been successary to insure the
early commencement OF this impor~
tant work.
ne-A young couple in Rockport,
Me-, while counting, walked out to-
gether arm in-arm. and fell through
a hole in the sidewalk, each break
ing leg. Paradoxical as it may
seem, their fall proved q 'liit" 20
them, and set them up in the world
"a jury awarding them q verdict OF
$12, 900 against the town.
Eg Numbers of prominent business
men, in different parts of New York,
have formed praying bands, and in
companies of from six to a dozen,
visit villages throughout the State
and hold 'protracted meetings. =
These bar Dis are popularity but wickr
eddy known as religious flying ar
tillery."
s@The ST. Paul Board of Trade
unanimously adopted this the other
day: RESOLVED, That this Chamber
decidedly and earnestly approves Of
the policy of applying the 500 900
acres Of land donated by Congress to
the payment In full of the State
railroad bonds.
ssa-The Bangor Wing says that
Mr.. j. G. Lambert found. among
some gold and silver coin he bought
recently, an old Spanish silver coin
OF the year 1917, being 852 years old.
1t bears the imprints Of the rude art
of coinage at so early date, being
Hammered out"
TThe International Hotel at st.
Paul, with severa. other buildings,
was destroyed by fire on the Sd inst.
The international was second to no
public House in the west, outside of
Chicago and st. Lonis. i.oss $3.50,
900.
swThe Hangman has disappeared
from Utah. Shooting is the prefers
ed mode of capital punishment
Judge Drake, of Utah county, lately
sentenced Willard, for murder, "to
be shot by the Sheriff at Provo City,
on the Goth"
s@-A bill has been brought be-
fore the Illinois Legislature authori-
zing the formation of q company to
build mammoth hotel in Chicago,
at cost of 50 100000 to be called
the "Intcr- Oceanic House"
General Sheridan is daily expect
ed to return from the plains. Near>
ly all the Indians will go on the res
ervations set apart foi them. TIE
main body of the troops will soon be
withdrawn from the Llains and con.
centrated at Fort Leavenworth for
distribution to other points.
The first number of the United
States Of Europe. a weekly organ OF
the International Library and Peace
League. edited by Bakunin, has made
its appearance at Berne, Switzerland.
1t advocates the abolition of all mon.
archical Governments.
Congress las formally declared
~ EAlfn ntonftnn Rot h
Georgia and Louisiana were counted
for Seymour and Blair. Grand re-
suit Grant and CoIfax pa Seymour
and Blair, so.
An old minister the other day
asked q woman what could be done
to induce her husband to attend
church. II don't know" she replied
unless you were to put pipe, and q
jug of whiskey in the pew"
The church at Bunyan's birth
place, for which contributions are
asked, belongs to the State establish
ment, and Bunyan would not be al,
lowed to preach in it if be were alive.
William Humboldt, Baltimore,
Nd, has been fined thousand doll
lars and costs, for violating the rev.
enue laws, by not giving notice OF
the location of his distilery.
A New York sewing girl drew
five thousand dollars in a New York
lottery shop last week. This piece
of good luck for one girl may prove
the ruin of hundred others.
The oldest Sovereign in Europe
is the Pope-seventy-six. The aver
age age of the thirty eight monarchs
now on European thrones is fort Y.
five. The youngest is twenty~two.
The effort Of the Spanish author
ties in Cuba to conciliate the insur>
rectionary party and restore peace
on the island, has failed, and the war
will go on.
The New York E0eninq' Post edi-
torially advocates the sale Of the
state canals as & means of facilitating
trade with the West, and diminishing
official corruption.
New Albany. Ind, is ecstatical-
ly happy over three new tape worms,
fifty nine, sixty and eighty feet long.
TIE last was taken from boy two
years old, and required twelve hours
to remove it.
Judge Goodrich, of st. Paul, re-
Gently returned from Europe, has
presented the Minnesota Historical
Society with q fac smile copy of the
Doomsday book.
The safe of the international
Hotel, burned recently at St. Paul
has been raken from the ruins and
opened, and the contents found nm.
injured.
1t is said that Gen. Grant has
publicly expressed his opinion that
Gen Schoield ought to be retained
as Secretary of War.
The Snecial Cnmmittea of ,ha