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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-30
Esfate of Anderson

Grant or IN Probate Grant County
WIN. McGosIoAL, Co. Judge
In the matter of the estate Of James Anderson decd
On reading and films the petition of Margaret 7
Anderson, widow Of said deceased Catharine A GRAY
betsey AndersonGeo Anders aud others children
ana heirs at law Of James Anderson late of Grant Co
deceased intestate, representing among ether things
that said deceased died seized of certain real estate in
the county OF Grant 70 wit the southeast quarter of
the northwest qnsrter AID the north half the north
west quartci OF Soc twentyseyen (2 in Town six (6
Range three ~ west and lot No two (2 and the norb
west quarter OF the southwest quarter of sec fourteen
IA, and the northeast quarter of the
anu southeast quarer of northeast quarter and north
east quarter OF the southeast quarter and the north
West quarter OF the southeast quarter and northeast
quarter Vi southwest quarter, and northwest quarter
Oh southwest quarter of twenty-five (20 and tha
northwest quarter OF the southwest ouarter and tb
southwest quarter Of the southwest quarter of sooo
lz3), and the southwest quarter of IN.
tt quarter ana the northeast quarter Of the
quarer, and northwest quarter o. northwest
ana northeast quarter of southeast onarter f
twenty-six go in town sewn "a north of range
W west an IN the county of Grant; that said pc
as heirs at law of said decea ed Inherited said
real estate in common subject To the dover right of
la s~IetJ Anderson which has been assigned to her
T praying that the dover right the said Margaret
AhueIson IN said estate be assigned and set off To
ner ana that the balance real estate of said de-
Ie1 De partitioned and divided among the heirs at
law Of said deceased
II Is ordered that said petition be heard before the
Judge Of this court at the probate office in Lancaster
IN said county, on Tuesday the 10th day of April D.
1869, at one O'Clock in the afternoon of said dav
And further ordered that notice Of said hearing
be given To the heirs of said deceased and AN
interested in said estate by publishing oonv of This
order for three 90 weeks SUCCESSFULLY prior to said dav
OF hearing IN the Grant County Herald weekl nsws
paper published at Lancaster in said comfy '' A'''
BY the Court, WIN. McGOSiGAL
Doted County Judge
Da'eo AZ Lancaster March goth, A. D. 1859.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-30
The Approaching Council in Rome.

At the approach of the Ecumeni-
cal Council the following ecclesiasti-
cal details will not be devoid of in
terest:
The Roman Catholic Church
counts II Patriarchates, III Archi-
episcopal sees and 905 Episcopal. If
from this total be deducted 229 Pre-
lates in partibuS, there remain 1872
Archbishops and 657 Bishops of La
tin rite and and GO respectively of
the Oriental. This latter comprises
Armenians, Greco Romans, Greco
Ruthenians, Syro- Maronites, Syrians
and Syro >Chaldeans. At this NOM
ent only 682 sees are occupied. The
regulation number of cardinals is 70,
and at this moment there are IL hats
non distributed. Out of the SO who
at present form the Sacred Col
lege, 6 are cardinal bishops, As car
dinal priests and s cardinal deacons.
The eldest of the former is Cardinal
Marius Mattel, Of the second Phillip
pc de Angels and of the third AM
tonelli. The youngest is Prince Luz
Glen Bonaparte, born in 1928 Among
the princes of the Church still living,
IL were created by Gregory XVI.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-30
n@- The Hartford Couraat has tn,

n@. The Hartford Courant has the
following, concerning the personal
relations of Grant and Hancock -.
After the Tammany Convention Gen,
Grant, against whom no unkind word
or deed against Hancock is charged,
met the latter in the streets in Wash.
ington, and in his usual good humor
gave him cordial greeting, which
Hancock passed unnoticed that is,
he cut the General. The insult. if
rendered while they were on duty,
would have subjected Gen. Hancock
to a court martial. Instead of view
ing the new assignment of Hancock
as malicious, the sarcastic remark of
the World that it is 'magnanimous,
is literally true. The Department
of Dakota embraces Minnesota, Da>
kota and Montana, with headquar>
tiers at the pleasant post of st. Paul
the department from which GEN.
eral Terry has just been relieved.-
General Hancock has been treated
with courtesy and consideration
that his unofficial conduct did not
merit.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-30
Senator Carpenters Speech.

Rublee, in letter to the State
Journal, thus speaks of Senator Car
penter and his first speech in Con
gress:
Senator Carpenter, of our own
State, next obtained the floor and
made his maiden speech. The rather
dull and tiresome manner of the pre-.
cedlng speaker was capital prepare
ton tor him. He looked pale and
embarrassed as he began to speak,
knowing that he was the focus of q
thousand curious eyes. all scanning
the proportions and measuring the
mental as well as the physical char
acteristics of a new and untried Sen
ator. The reporters and correspond
ents in the gallery were anxiously
leaning over to catch a view of him
his seat being where they could
not otherwise see him-and to form
their estimate of his calibre. Whis-
pers passed around, "Who is he p
The Senators all suspended writing
er reading and gave their attention
AS his fine sonorous voice rang out
clear as trumpet penetrating the
remotest corners of the galleries, So
that every word was distinctly audi
bic, those who began, from curiosity
continued to listen from interest
He spoke against repeal and submit
ted clear and luminous legal argur
ment upon the question"
The Chicago Republicans dispatch
says: "Mr. Carpenter, of Wiscon.
sin, made his first speech, and estab.
lished his standing as among the
best speakers in the Senate. Sc
marked was his success that he was
congratulated by a:large number O
Senators.
The Tribune's dispatch says: "Mr
Carpenter made his debut this after.
noon, with such success as to wiz
some applause from the galleries il
spite of orders, and much congratu-
lation, from his friends on the floor
The speech was about two hours il
length"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-30
~The House Census Committee

~ The House Census Committee
has had under consideration the sub.
Ject OF making provision tor taking
the next census. Mr.. Garfield sub,
mitted bill which he was author
lied to report, which provides for es
tablishing a Census Bureau in the
Interior Department. 1t also pro-
vides foe q Superintendent of the
Census, who is to be at the head of
the bureau, to be appointed by the
President, with salary of $4,000
per annum, with the requisite num-
Der OF clerks; one assistant superin-
tendent is to be appointed in each
Congressional District and Terri
tory, with salary of So day for
six months. The assistant superin-
tendents are authorized to employ as
many enumerators as are necessary.
with salary of S. per day for the
time actually employed, the whole
census to be taken 10 two months
The Secretary of the Interior. the
Acknowledgement and the Superin.
tendent of Census are TO prepare
schedules and tables, to be commun-
icated to Congress for it's action, at
the commencement ofnext Congress,
all publications to be completed, and
the Bureau closed on the 1st of May,
1872. The basis of representation is
to be 1906 population for each
district. This will make about 27O
members of the House for the next
decade, an increase in about forty
members over the present number.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-30

ANDY AT HoME.-Ex-P President
Johnson reached his old home in
Greenville, Tenn, on Saturday
March. goth. Eight years ago be
left there as a Senator, threatened by
the seeessionists. The reception adj,
dresses were delivered by Hon. r.
A. r. Nelson, James Britton and Ma
jor +, Henry. Colonel Nelson hav>
ing alluded to his administration of
the Government, Mr.. johnson said,
in reply, that his administration had
been stormy and tempestuous be-
cause he had been battling in behalf
OF the Constitution, warding off the
assaults of men who admitted they
were acting outside the Constitution
He was, to-day, free manfred
from the bondage of the Government
under violated Constitution. Con-.
gress, he said, was body of usur-
pers. He reviewed his political life,
and reminded his hearers that the
first office he ever held was Alderman
of their city. The substance of his
Baltimore speech and of his farewell,
address was repeated. He said moth
ing forshadowing the part he would
take hereafter in the politics of the
State. He said that he had laid
aside his official robes, and would re.
main private citizen. He will visit
Knoxville and Nashville in a few
days, when his future course will be
developed
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-30
Mrs. Lincoln in Germany.

A London correspondent OF the
Boston journal writes:
AS Mrs. Lincoln's petition for
pension is now before the United
States Senate, perhaps your readers
would like to know something OF
her whereabouts. She is at Franks
fort, with her son, who is at school.
She lives at one of the public hotels
in very plain and unpretending
style, occupying room ia the third
story, keeping very much to herself,
and having the reputation of being
very industrious. She is quite ocon~
omical, and if appearances do not
mislead, she has no more funds than
are necessary to make her comforta>
bic. TO Americans she speaks very
freely Of the good President, her
husband, and always with tears.
Two periods of the Presidential
career of Mr.. Lincoln she alludes to
with great feeling. The one covers
the last day he spent in Springfield
before he started for Warrington
The other is connected with the last
day of Mr.. Lincolns life. He had q
presentiment when he lett his house
in Springfield that he should never
enter it again. He was tender but
very sad in all his farewells to his
neighbors. When he got into his
carriage to go to toe station, he gave
the old homestead, where he had
passed SO many happy hours of his
life, a long, fond, lingering look
Turning to his wife he said: "My
dear, take good look at the old
house. We shall never live in it
again-never." He leaned back in
his carriage and was silent till he
reached the station. The day on
which Mr.. Lincoln was shot be SEEM
cd very sad and worn down. Before
he left the breakfast table Mrs L.
said to him. "You need rest. You
are exhausted. Promise me that you
will ride with me this afternoon at
three O'clock" and he promised
Mrs. Lincoln said, "Shal | invite
some friends to go with us?" He
said, sNo, let us go alone" He was
cncommonly tender during the whole
ride; spoke of their pleasant home
in Springfield; their early struggles;
the death of their children; the no.
BILE men who had died in battle and
the dear friends they had left behind.
He seemed like one on the western
slope and nearing the going down of
the sun, whose joys and the friends
of youth were clustering around him.
The rest of the story the world
knows by heart Whatever may
have thought Of Mrs. Lincoln during
the heat and conflict of the rebellion,
she has won on this side of the
waters only friends by her ladylike
and retired conduct. The best friends
Of America here think that she has
been treated rather harshly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-30
AN INCIDENT oE OFFICE SEEKIN,

AN INCIDENT oE OFFICE SEEKING
A dispatch to the Chicago Post gives
the following amusing incident of
office-seeking at Washington, which
might doubtless be paralleled by
similar ones:
Tuesday, just before the House
was called to order, an individual
approached the seat of Hon Burton
c. Cook, of Illinois and, evidently
not KNOWN his man, said, thrusting
apaper upon his desk: "Gen. Cobb,
| wish you would sign this docu-
ment." Mr.. Cook, looking up re.
marked: 81 don't know YOU and.
besides, | am not Gen. Cobb" ooh.
come now," replied the office seeker,
"you can't play that on me. They
told me before | left homo that YOU
Congressman would deny your own
identity You are Amasa Cobb,
and | am from your district, and |
want you to sign this paper" Mr..
Cook finally convinced the office
seeker that he was not Mr.. Cobb.
and he departed in search of the Wis
consin member. Somebody had evi.
IDENTIFY pointed out the wrong man
to him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-30
The Press on the New Tenure-of Office
Bill.

The New York Times advocates
the total repeal of the Tenure Of. Of
fee bill, because it is not good law;
because it deprives the Executive
power of all vigor, and renders need>
ed reforms in the administration OF
the Government utterly impossible.
The World says: "If the substi-
tutes is adopted, Grant will be outs
witted and circumvented.'
The Tribune says the substitute is
not what it would wish. but welcome
it as a relief to the administration.
The Herald, speaking of the Ten
ure-of-Office act, says: "The law
shodld be repeated. 1t is an insult
to the people and an insult to the
House of Representatives, from the
degrading position to which the
House is reduced, with the President,
under the Senate. The President
and the people are compelled, cap in
hand, to bow to the supremacy of
the Senate"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-30
TIE Death of General Phil. Kearney.


From the Newark (N.J) Courier March TO-
We are informed by a prominent
lawyer of this city that while sojourn-
ing in Amboy last night he passed a
pleasant hour in company with a
former rebel officer, who was attach
ed to Stonewall Jackson's division Of
the Confederate during the war, and
who related an interesting reminis>
cence of the death Of General kear-
ney, Of which sad event be was an
eye witness. The gallant Kearney, :"
he said, received his death wound
from private under my command,
and when be fell from his horse, |
hastended, with many others, to the
point where he lay, not supposing
that his wound was mortal one
Just as we reached his body, howev-
er, his limbs gave one conclusive
culver, and then all was over. See.
ing that be was a Major General,
word was sent to headquarters to
that effect, and General jackson
coming to the spot Immediately, gave
one glance at the dead officers
features, and exclaimed, Ny God,
boys, do you know who you have
killed ? You have shot the most
gallant officer in the United States
army. This is Phil Kearney, who
lost his arm in the Mexican war;
He then involur tarily lifted his hat,
every officer in the group following
his example, and for moment re-
verential silence was observed by all.
Subsequently the body Of the dead
soldier was placed upon two boards,
and when being removed to head,
quarters, was followed by General
Jackson, General Ewell, and other
officers, while reglmental band
preceded it playing a dead march"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-30

Our CREDIT ABRoAD.-A Wash
ington dispatch says that Secretary
Boutwell, believes that the Treasury
Department may be SO conducted as
to result in bringing our bonds up to
par in the foreign, market at an ear>
ly day. That this belief is we'll
founded seems to appear by letters
received from we'll informed sources
in London, which state that the
Presidents inaugural is everywhere
well received that if the Public
Credit bill become q law, it will be
taken as evidence that we mean to
be honest; that all indications point
to a speedy advance of our bonds,
that we can undoubtedly negotiate
new loans for the full amount of our
6 per cents. within the present year
at per cent, and perhaps at Al per
cent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-30

ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.-Durine the
present year there will be two eclip-
ses of the sun. The first will take
place on the 23d Of July, but will on.
ly be partial, and invisible in this
country. On August 9TH total
eclipse of the sun occurs. This will
be the most interesting that has been
witnessed in the United States for
many years, aud will Dot happen
again until the last year of the cen,
tury. The shadow of the earth will
commence crossing the suns disc
about half-past four in the afternoon.
and will not entirely pass over it un-
til half-past six.
The State finances of Iowa con-
tinue TO be in more satisfactory con.
dition than those of any other State
IN the Union. The State does not
owe dollar, and has 1929, 900 in the
treasury
The United States Marshal Of
Georgia has absconded with 500 400
OF Government funds. The authnr;.
ties are after him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-30

gIt is uncertain when any nom,
nations will be sent in for foreign
missions but the aspirants are acti-
vely at work preparing for the event.
full period. The mania for office is
perhaps best exhibited by stating
that there are over one hundred ap-
plicants for consul to Frankfort,
Germany. 1t is concluded that
Motley will go to England. George
T. Marsh will remain in Italy. J. E.
Russell Lowell, with the endorsement
OF Longfellow, Agassiz, and other
literateurs, is the expectant of the
ministership to Switzerland but
Kramer, who married Grants sister,
and is now consul to Leipsic, is said
to want that place, or 90 to Frank
fort. Horace Rublee of Wisconsin is
also strongly urged by western dele
cations, for the Swiss mission. The
New Hampshire delegation are work.
ing to keep John z. Hale at Madrid
Ex-Governor Hartman, of New
Hampshire, is named for the Liver
pool consulship with good chances Of
success, and the Washburne influence
will, if possible, retain Morse as con-
sui at London. Montgomery Gibbs
is also urged as consul general at
Paris by Washburne, and Gibbs is
daily expecting his nomination to be
sent in.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-30
~ Cuba has been convuIsed wit

SG Cuba has been convulsed with
revolutions not less than six times.
First in 1923, under Simon Bolivar,
the South American hero. Secondly
in 1926, in the province of Bayamo,
under Francis Aguerro, the father of
one of the present insurgent gener-
ais Third, in 1828-a sanguinary
affair called the Black Eagle. Fourth,
in 1848, under Lopez, which was
bright with success for time. Fifth,
in 1851, again under Lopez, with the
result of the latter's garroting.
Sixth, the present instruction I'M.
der Cespedes, which is rearing for.
midable crest to menace Spanish rule,
and which will, without doubt, over.
whelm it. The third wave the Ro-
mans deemed the hugest breaker
The sixth, in this case, will wash out
the odious memories and remnants of
oppression.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-30
INDIAN AFFAIRs.-A WASHINGTON

INDIAN AFFAIRs.-A Washington
dispatch says delegation of Friends
have had q long interview with the
President and Secretary Cox, dis
cussing the condition of Indian tribes,
and afterward visited Secretary Raw
Inns and General Sherman. All these
cordially agreed with their visi tors,
and promised aid in obtaining the
Commission to treat with Indians
An amendment to the Indian appro-
priation bill now before the Senate is
to be prepared and the President is
to name the commission under it,
who shall have entire charge of In
dian treaties, covering all the rela>
tons of the United States with the
Sioux Indians. The gentlemen who
are to constitute the commission will
serve from philanthrcpic motives on
lv
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-30

TREASURY Enthusiastically Bout.
well is breaking up the little ring OF
the Treasury girls, instituting need
ed reforms in the treasury, in the
manner of distributing patronage.
He has issued an order recurring
each female clerk to give her name,
place OF residence, by whom she was
recommended and whether she has q
father, mother, brother, sister or hus-
band employed in the Department.
The girls are also to undergo an ex-
animation, and only those who are
capable clerks are to be retained.
Fifty of the females in the Currency
Bureau were to-day notified that
they would be discharged at the end
of the month, and they will not be
taken back.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-30
EBThe Pail Mall G0zetfe saws

s5-The Pail Mall Gazette says
"a Hungarian savant, DR.. Louis
Mezel, informed the Hungarian Acad
envy at their last sitting, by letter
from Venice, that he has discovered
in the library of st. Mark in that
city a mass of Greek and Latin docu>
ments, the existence of which was
hitherto unsupported. Amongst
them ho mentioned many new works
by Archimedes, relating to the use
of the thermometer, meteorology,
geology, etc; a poem by Hesiod,
describing all sciences in beautiful
hexameters an epic by Josephus on
Jesus Christ, as long as Klopstock's
"Messiad," but much finer and more
poetical, a Hebrew translation of
'Hesiod,' by Moses; and a complete
collection of the laws of Scion, tas
large as the official collection of the
Austrian laws The Academy re.
ceived this communication with loud
laughter, and Baron Eotvos, the
president, remarked that Dir. Mezel
had fallen upon collection of media
val themes or 'stylistic exercises
such as he himself had frequently
met with"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-30
s@Three months hence Pin

sss Inree months henco PiuS TX.
will begin the twenty fourth year of
his Popedom. There were 258 Popes
before him, and only three of them
ruled as long as twenty-four years.
Not one has attained the twenty, five
years reign of st. Peter. 1t is ac-
cordingly taken for certain that the
present Pontiff cannot live two years
longer. Still his health is good, and
ne is only seventy-seven or seventy
nine years old, while his mother, his
uncles, and several of his cousins
have lived TO be ninety or ninety
five. Who will be his successor :?
By whom will he be chosen? Will
he be an Italian? And what will be
his political affiliations and tenden>
cies? These are interesting cues
tons which are likely to be discussed
a great deal during the next two
years. The idea has come to be
quite prevalent in Europe that the
choice of the new Pope will not be
left exclusively to the College of Car.
dinals, but it is difficult to see how
any change in this respect can be
brought about.-Ne,o York Sun.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-30
Potatoes Varieties.

AT a recent meeting of the N. Y.
Fruit Growers Club, DIR. F. NJ. Hex
amer of Westchester Co. read pa
per on the potato, from which the
following extract is made:
chad | to make a selection of six
varieties, | would choose,
FOR EARLY POTATOES:
The Early Rose, because it is the
earliest and best variety.
Early Goodrich, which although il
has not succeeded well the past sea-
son, is when grown under favorable
circumstances of excellent quality, of
good size, shape and color, produc-
tive and free from disease.
FOR LATE POTATOES:
Harrison, because it is the produce
tive and most profitable table pota-
to in existence, of white skin and
flesh, large size and free from disease.
Lapstone Kidney, for its beautiful
shape and appearance. 1t succeeds
in SOILS where the Prince Albert has
failed. 1t is an excellent baking POI
tato, and by many preferred to any
other.
White Peachblow, because it is,
when matured, the most sought for
potato in market, unequaled by any
other variety for its mealiness. The
growing of the White PeachbloN has
made many farmer rich, and favor
able seasons will, no doubt, improve
it again.
Gleason, for its hardness. 1t is a
surcr crop than any other potato.
Be the season wet or dry, ue the land
manured with fresh manure or old,
or none at all used, the Gleason is
certain TO grow if it is planted early
enough and well cultivated. It's quail.
ity is not first rate when dug, but it
improves by keeping and is quite ac-
ceptable if kept till April when other
varieties are 90 more fl for the table. y