Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-07-13
go iacell aneous ItenssE..,.
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says that during Sthe last few dayss50
nearly every farmer has expressed
the opinion that great-tlangea exists
Of serious detriment TO both Wheat
and oats, land some 9aen feaE ssHl al-Ad
most total=failuse.@gAe= tnonbla=is-
a MAJ, tnese cereals have gfswn, too
rap.u line stalks having run up 10
lore tnan eirsordipary- height. and
arc so sienuer as to be frieapaRIeQnf &
supporting the grain, which will .as.
lily lodge and sspoil before cofninS r. ;
maturity. The wheat heads are res; ,,,,t "
more than half their ordinary ieneth 10
and even should they ripen WE'LL it,
tie more than half half iaS crop Is hoped
L. a. 9aa t0410 ed3 3o obis aod.;a
g During the late hurricane. at
Shipman, Mich, two men were blown 5
over 100 yards and lodged in apple
trees, without sustaining any mates.
rial damage. A calf eight months
old was likewise transported into a !
large locust tree several hundred feet
distantfrom where twas quietly and s
peacebly grazing. aa Portions of the
Baptist Church were found, at Dor>v
CHESTER on the Terre Haute Railroad. s
Il miles southeast ofShipmar. Out
tot a line orchard near town. the old
est in that section, eontaining 100 i,
large trees bntl 30 remain standing.i
J Ma "A New York paper says there !
Is a secret society in the, country
pledged to form an Empire In the
United States, and that the aEmp ssrrSg2i
or is already selected. That is .
prudent; for it would be a bad state. L
of things to go and get up an EN- Ds
plre and then be unable to find a d
man who would be willing Co Be the q
Emperor Detroit Tribune. Sa~ woh Oh
.Nu.a - .Aaif 0l5d3 oDGM 1&d5 30eb
SrA- The Mormons make aheadway 7,
m England, 4 and at Sheffield, under
the auspices OF Elder Hyde, many
converts have. been secured among,o.
the cptlers. The working. classes of
Sheffield include many artisanssof a -
specializing dispersion whose hard
lot makes them. anxiouslto embrace :
any project or region that {promises
to better their fortunes. zEasog IS x9b..
p1- Japan is in a condition of DOL
litical chaos. phe mobiles are asking II
for Parliament to debate and settle 4
the troubles, and the people are to- "a
get q Congress, on the United States
plan, to devise pacific and progressive Y i
measures of government. eaThe coun9ls
try is evidently to be reconstructed 81
and adj It's social political and religi- %
Gus customs and laws changed .ron,1 d
pletely. "a eng @i'99anN 9loda Yala
.,-.st. ...llH.xGa@ alQgeW 5d59 sns,ff
n9- The New York Post Office al, i.
ways sends to Europe q muea great :.
er number Of letters, than it receives +,
from that part of the world. For.
the month Of May it sent away. AGO.
SOB letters 591, O73. The rale ia, how. s
ever, broken in single instance
me Italians sent home but 4,569 s
letters Tor 1882, brought over to )
e l1O'1i el.4s aet oj savi1 aA8 lagal 5ovc.
HWe have heard that a. house i
In Chicago, has sent out an agent to-
China to contract for 50,0OOiChinese. 4
to be sent east by thea Railroad.-l bi
They are needed'to work the South. Il
ern plantations. It's quite probable 11
that for the next three years the ing
crease of the Chinese population 2
will be limited only by means of q
transportation. ii l1llA vFsn q gHinnpl q
,eel.C ~, Ha s# 4a0.a potion hga.Nuab j
n@ The report Of the Secretary of ,
the Treasury shows that the national s.
debt has been decreased Sit, 41O, 49,,
% since June 1, The Assistant, !
Treasurer. at New York has been in =
structed to receive proposals for. the. !,
purchase of $4,000, 900 in Govern
ment bonds, the same 80 be, placed "A
IN the treasury to await the future +.
action e''ho OF Congress, .a8a elor0 mad
c@Jay Cooke, 1.-The eminent PbiI-oa
adelphia banker, while, on a fishing p
excursion to Rangely lakes, Main, sh
with others. recently, happening to- -
be in the town of Philips on Sunday, =
held q Sunday School n.oetin. and
gave 500 toward a Sunday School,
library, and engaged ito give 81 900 Is.
more on certain conditions ss1di'nD i
! sg-An English chemist claims to- to- I.
have discovered a method by which,
he can convert human body into :
solid stone. This will do away with; =
the necessity Of scuIptors., When =
we want TO have a statute Of a great
man we have only to wait, until he :.
a ana an. ana then turn him into stone 5.
ana M ''s SET nm up tsv alaa AZ s4s azaih
j. s@- The Memphis Republicanuo
County Convention split on tbeE3ddi
inst, and nominated two sets of can.
didates, thus carrying the Stokes.as
Senter war into local politics. . The
feeling between the rival factions iss y
said tobe very Bitter. % oulAo vsaD
II4 nea-A dispatch says u, exs4Goy. L b. sa'
/ FarwelI of Wis, who has been for for
several years principal examine. ii ia s s
the Patent Office, left Washington, !.
not long since, to revisit his home
in that State, and there is a rumor -
that he will resign and not return s,s y
Captain E9anR Jones, iofI Mil. d
waukee, United States Consult at 81
Newscastl e,onSTyne, was enteftainsg Al
ed in New York, Tuesday evening, III
at a dinner by a mum Der of his friends,
all Welsh Amerioans.dI 44gual ave
The territory covering GOVERN g the mars 4, rrssa'
Bile quarries Of Rutland, VT, was Faas sold 70
within the memory of smen now iiv-. 'a
ing, for one old mare and colt. The -
property is now valued at millions. Z
THE Rockford Gazette says that !
movement is.on foot for the sale of,
the .Galena Division of the North
western Railroad to the Illinois Cen /
trial Cempany,giiuta d4 .iasasxhsi ii.
f. According to the New Yforsk DsALa
ocraE fifty nine papers have been star. 5
ted in New York since 1910, all Of
which have died, at an expense or