Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-09
NEWS ITEMS.

"A California Irishman, James NJ.
Quinn, has just received proofs of his
noble origin which makes him Earl
Of Dunnrav en-, with accompanying
estates. He is going home to take
possession.
A Boston paper says Mr.. Burlin>
game, when in this country, said the
Emperor of China would take stock
in the Darien Canal to the amount
of $50, 100000, and supply all the
labor needed.
The ladies OF Estill county, Ken
lucky, wish to prohibit the sale of in
toxicating liquor within two miles of
the town of Irvine. The men are all
making arrangements to move to the
country.
The police in New York yester,
day arrested four counterfeiters, and
seized quantity of plates and coun-
terteit FIVE dollar notes. Several
packages directed to parties in the
West were found on the premises
a bill has passed the Minnesota
House OF Representatives for the re-
moval ofthe State Capitol TO Kandi-
yohi county, in the southwestern
part of the State, and it is thought
the bill will also pass the Senate.
At Beardstown, H., few days
since, Mr.. Philips. with seven hun
dred yards of seine, brought to land
about 5000 pounds of fish, buffalo,
salmon, sturgeon, croppies, shovel,
fish, and a big variety of others.
Cardinal AntonelIi has informed
certain English railroad contractors
that the Holy Father would not en-,
terrain at the present time any more
offers for construction Of new rail-
roads in the Papal States.
The Paraguayan war seems TO
be virtually ended at last, and Para
guayaa independence virtually crush
ed. The fall of the cruel tyrant
Lopez however, will be regretted by
nobody.
The wealthiest man in America
is young Stevens, son Of the late
Edwin A. Stevens, of Hoboken, who
when reaches his majority, will be
worth Sl50,000,0 900 by the advance
of his estate in New Jersey.
The Nevada Assembly has strick.
en- out the word white" from the
Constitution by a vote of "A to IA.
The Constitutional Amendment for
female suffrage was defeated.
The bill abolishing transit duties
in New Jersey became law having
received the Governors signature
No tax on passengers or freight is to
be paid to the State after March 4th.
A Maine farmer fattened a cow
chiefly on turnips, and the result sur
passed expectation. The beef was of
fine quality and the tallow unusually
-Rev. DR.. I. NJ. Eddy, of Chicago,
late editor Of the Northeastern Chris
tan Advoeate, has been elected as
Chaplain of the House of Represen-
tatives, atWashington.
Golden bracelets, anklets and
rings were recently found in the
stomach of a crocodile at Agra. The
animal evidently had an appetite for
Indian girls.
The Congress of the United
States and the Legislature of Mass
achusetts are the only legislative
bodies that ad acre to the old custom
of engrossing bills on parchment.
The Steubenville (Ohio) Herald
defines Grants radicalism to be radi-
cal economy, radical retrenchment,
radical reform in the collection of
revenues.
Last year the Huntingdon, Pa,
County Commissioners paid 1924
bounty for owls and hawks killed,
$500 for pblecats, 1926 for foxes, and
$40 for wolves.
The Governor of New Jersey
has expressed his disapprobation of
Camden and Amboy. lie favors a
uniform tax on all railroad corpora
tions.
Senator Harlan, the father in
law of Robert Lincoln, is averse to
having Mrs. Lincoln's affairs being
made the subject of further discus
sion in the Senate.
Russia has granted permission for
the building Of about 4, 200 miles of
railroad in all and the greater part of
this distance has been constructed
and is in operation.
The Joint committee of both
Houses Of Congress have at last
agreed upon the form in which the
opposed equality of suffrage amend
ment shall be passed.
The Wisconsin Assembly have
voted, by 81 to 81, to submit to vote
of the people the amendment to the
Constitution abolishing the Grand
Jury system.
Ex-Governor Cox was taken by
surprise at the announcement by
telegraph that be had been appointed
on President Grants Cabinet, and
did not at first credit the report.
Commissioner Wells says one
dollar out of four collected in Feder>
al revenue is pocketed by the John
sonian thieves IN office
"A Dubuque printer claims to be
the author of the poem, "There is no
Death" usually attributed to Bull
wer.
A man was fined ten dollars and
costs at Mansion, Wis, the other day,
for killing deer in violation of the
game laws.
-Lamartine, the distinguished
French poet and historian, died at
Paris the other day, in the seventy
ninth year of his age.
10000 acres of public lands
were disposed of to actual settlers
during January, in Nebraska, Mip-
nesota, Missouri and Wisconsin.
A IT. Stewart. this season. sold