Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-05-11

On Monday last the Postmaster
General appointed Jacob D. Enoa. "a
colored man, Postmaster at Valados-
Ia, Georgia. This ia notorious rebel
town, and will he remem bered as the
place where The ku X ux tried 10
blow up the court house with gun
powder while the republicans were
holding a meeting in it, Enos was q
scrgent in the Third regiment color
ed troops.
The Waivorth County Iadepen-
dent announces that Judge Spooner
will not be candidate again for the
office of Lieut.. Governor. Il eug-
gests the name Of Hon Jonathan
Bowman, of Columbia county, as
suitable person for that position,
which ia cordially endorsed by the
Kilbourn City Mirror.
"Wednesday was the Mahomedan
new year, and on shat day the sui
tan made most pacific address TO
the foreign ministers, and in the
course of his remarks pictured the
reforms he should introduce in bis
empire. The Cretan leaders have
been pardoned and set free.
Charles Mix, who has been con-
nected with the Indian Bureau in
Washington for the last thirty years,
as chief clerk, has been removed, and
q gentleman named Waugh, who has
been for some time connected with
the office, put in his place,
The committee of the Massachu.
sets Legislature recently appointed
to consider and report upon the mat.
ter Of woman suffrage, have reported
in favor of an amendment to the
Constitution striking the word
"male" out Of the suffrage clause of
that instrument.
The brilliant colors on the backs
of playing cards are put on by means
of a combination Of arsenic with cop
per. The work of putting it on is
injurious to the eyes and nostrils of
the artisans. So is that of putting
on the smooth glaze which makes
the cards easy to shuttle. This is
made of white lead.
The miners of Hyde Park, in
the Scranton Pa coal region, last
night unanimously voted to reconsid-
er their former action, and postpone
the proposed suspension ofmining in
definitely. Many other mining dis
trlcts will follow the lead of HYDE
Park. ~
The republicans of the Indiana
Legislature have resolved to bring
up tho suffrage amendment to the
Constitution on the 10th instant
The democrats will again try to
break up the session in order to pre-.
vent its passage.
1t Is stated as a singular ciroum
stance. that one of the actors connect
ed with Robinson's Circus has De
come reIigipusly disposed. aud ha-
had the ordinsnce of baptism admin
istered 10 him in the Baptist Churcn |
at Kingston.
An Iowa paper intending to tel
ns that prisoner escaped says: -
The constable and prisoner disagreed |
as TO which Was the best route. and |
az the prisoner has not been heard /
from since it is supposed that he took |
the wrong road.
"A Georgia corr spondent denies
that The Southern people have an, |
idea OF engaging in the Cuban revo
luton. He says that they have
gait making revolutions and taken /
to planning potatoes
"A large nnmbe of summer resi-
dences are TO be erected by the
Union Pacific Railroad COMPANY a,
Laramie.
English Professor Boswortb an
nounces that he hopes to finish his
Anglo, Saxon dictionary sin three or
four years"
Pho Mono has quarreled with the
Rothschilds, and they declare that
they will lend the Holy father NO
more money. 9.T.,v -
Nh Andrew Johnson's son Rob.
ert, was in the habit of takipp ONT
ates and is supposed to have died
from an over dose of laudanum.