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diam Tor carrying every description OF freight.
No charge for commission, oraysge or any expense
OF transfer.
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-23
Railroad Meeting in the Town of Clifton

The citizens Of the town of Clifton held a
Getting on Saturday, the 18th day of March,
1869, TO consider the question of voting and TO
assist in building a railroad from Belmont to
WIngviie and Fenrnore.
The meeting was organized by appointing
Mr. Charles Watson chairman, and Sanford
Willard secretary.
The object OF the meeting, as stated, was to
ascertain if he property holders and tax pay
ers of the town of Clifton were willing TO
have their property taxed to assist in bul ding
a railroad The tax-paying interest of the
town was well represented and very lively
interest manifested in the prospect of rail
road from Belmont Station along the ridge
near the line of Grant and Iowa counties to
| Wingville and Fennimore. The meeting was
ably addressed by Mr.. Henry Eastman of
Wingville, Sanford Willard and others in
favor of voting aid and by t. C. Kirkpatrick
against it. Messrs. Elisha Darlington and
Nelson Willard were appointed committee TO
draft resolutions, who reported the following
PREAMBLE and resolution, which were adopted
| by the meeting:
WHEREAS, The great want of railroad COM
munication with the principal markets of the
country has long been felt by the people in the
town of Clifton and adjoining towns, and be-
| lieving that the want of railroad facilities
forms the principal obstacle 10 the develop
ment of the immense agricultural and mineral
resources of these extensive prairies, and
WHEREAS. The amount of capital required
IN building and equipping a railroad is SC
great as to deter railr Dad menand capitalists
from extending and operating their lines OF
railroad in new country unassisted by local
aid, and
WHEREAS, We believe that a railroad car
be built and maintained on the ridge extending
from Belmont Station to the Military Ridge
| at cheaper rate, and would develop the re-
sources OF one of the richest and most exten,
sive praires in the State of Wisconsin. there
| fore
RESOLVED, That we hereby pledge our.
selves when called upon, TO raise by tax, OF
the taxable property of the town of Cliftor
the sum of twenty-three thousand dollars, be-
| ing one per cent. on the present assessment Of
said town, in five equal annual installments
as bonus, if necessary, to any railroad com
| pany who will build and equip railroad from
Belmont Station, in Lafayette county, run
ming along the ridge as near as practicable t.
| the line between Grant and Iowa counties, L
| the town of Wingville. The money to b,
paid in installments as the work progresses.
The following persons were appointed
Town Railroad Committee Joseph Allen
Mahlon Fawcett, VIM. Andrew.
| Resolved that the proceedings of this meet
| ing be published in the S'Grant County Her
ad." On motion the meeting adjourned
CHARLES WATSON, Chm.
| SANFORD WILLARD, Sec'y.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-23
The New Bounty Law.

The following is the text of the
new Bounty law, passed by Congress
on the Sd of the present month:
BE 1t enacted BY the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the Uni,
ted States of America an Congress as
Sena6ted, That when a soldiers dis
charge states that be is discharged
by reason of expiration of term of
service" he shall be held to have
completed the full term of his enlist,
ment, and entitled to bounty accord
ingly.
Sec. 2 And be it further enacted,
That the widow, minor children, or
parents, in the order named, of any
who shall have died, after being hon.
orably discharged from the military
service of the United States, shall be
entitled to receive the additional
bounty to which each soldier would
be entitled if living, under the pro-
visions of the twelfth and thirteenth
sections of an act entitled "An act
making appropriations for sundry
civil expenses Of the Government for
the year ending June thirty, eigh.
teen hundred and sixty-seven, and
for other purposes" approved July
twenty>eight, eighteen hundred and
slxty>six, and the said provisions Of
said act shall be so construed.
SEC. 3. And be it further enacted.
That al, claims for the additional
bounties granted in sections IL and
IL of the act of July %. 1866, shall,
after the 1st of May next, be adjusted
and settled by the accounting officers
of the Treasury, under the provis
ions OF said act; and all such claims
az may on the 1st of May be remain,
ing in the Office of the Paymast err
General unsettled, shall be transfer
red to the Second Auditor of the
Treasury for settlement
Sec. And be 1t further enacted.
That ail claims for bounty under the
provisions OF the act cited in the FORE
going section shall be void, unless
presented in due form prior to the
lst day of December, 1869.
queen Victoria is seven years
older than Empress Eugene, being
fifty.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-23
Complimentary.

A correspondent of the Chicago
Republican in his sketches of Wiscon~
sin Legislators thus refers to w. p.
Dewey, the representative of the Sd
Assembly District of this County:
"Hon. VIM. Pitt Dewey, member
from Grant County was born in New
York in 1884, and came to Wisconsin
in 1851 +; is prominent lawyer of his
county. This is his first term in a
legislative body, and be has acquit-
ted himself with much credit has
often presided, and always with the
utmost satisfaction to the members,
so much SO that his friends already
talk of him for Speaker next winter.
OF portly appearance-about the di>
mansions of city alderman-closely
shaven, black hair and whiskers, a
good>natured, fun-exciting face and
happy and cheerful mien. One OF
the members the people will return
to represent them here"
Another correspondent gives the
following fiattering notice of Dewey
"Hon. VIM. Pitt Dewey who halls
from Grant County, is one of the
most prominent of legislators. AL
though it is his first term in legisla
tive body he rattles off business in a
way that should bring blush to the
face of legislators who have grown
grey in the service of the State. He
has served as a member Of some OF
the most important committees, and
at times as chairman has displayed
great ability as presiding officer
has steadily opposed all legislative
steals and unnecessary delays. Mr.
Dewey is emphatically worker
wherever placed, both in the interest
OF his constituents and for the wei
fare of the State. His county may
well be proud of him as one of her
representatives in the legislative
halls"
Also another "Mr. Dewey, who
as Grant County members usually
do, advocated careful economy in ap
preparations, on the floor proved
himself valuable member, and, FREE
quently called to the chair in Com
mittee of the W mole, showed unusual
aptitude as a presiding officer and
for the dispatch of business.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-23
THE NEWS.


w AouiNNiON, MdTCu ~.
President Grant is quite indisposcd
to>day, and no visitors are admitted.
The incessant labors since his inaug-
uration have been too much for him
Senator'S Morton and Sherman are
very confident that there is q major
ity favorable to repeal of the civil
Tenure-of Office act. The vote,
however, will be very close, and it
may be that the Vice President will
be required to give the casting vote,
which he will do, if necessary, for it's
repeal.
The President has directed brevet
Lieut.. Col. Pease to be relieved from
duty as professor of military tactics
at the State University of Wisconsin
at the end of the present college term.
The Committee of Ways ard Means
called in body to-day upon Prcsi-
dent Grant, Secretary Boutwell, and
the Commissioner of Internal Reve-
nue., They had long talk with Mr..
Boutwell, upon money affairs, in the
course of which he declared his de.
termination to sell gold publicly, and
never in private. He believed he
had the power to invest the surplus
gold in bonds, and thought it would
do SO. He informed them that the
income from customs was increasing
The conversation with Gen. Grant
was mainly Of a social character.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-23
Affairs in North Carolina.

Mr.. Francis, of the Troy Times,
who has been travelling through the
South, gives an encouraging account
OF the state Of affairs. In his last
letter, written from North Carolina,
he reports the conversation Of an in,
telligent African as to the condition
of his race. They were doing, he
said very much better than he
anticipated. The drones and the
thieves Were being outlawed by the
rest, who were very largely in the
ascendant. Mr. Francis found a
more hopeful state ofaffairs in North
Carolina as to general industry and
prosperity, that in any other part of
the South which he visited. Writing
an interview with Governor Scott
Of South Carolina, Mr.. Francis says
that he (the Governor) speaks well
of the present and encouragingly of
the future Of the State. He says
that the freedmen are doing well,
that their labor produced last year
two hundred and fifty thousand beles
of cotton. which is within fifty thou.
sand bales of the largest crop eve.
produced in that State and is actual>
ly the greatest, in money value, ever
produced in South Carolina. The
clear profits from the cotton and rice
crops of the State for the past year,
are estimated by the Governor at
three millions of dollars. He states
that colored men are gradually ac-
curing homesteads and buying farms
so that, obtaining an interest in the
SOIL they will become better citizens.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-23


SENATE OFFICERs.-The Senate Re-
publican caucus nominated the fol-
lowing: John r. French, of North
Carolina, Sergeant-at arms; John NJ.
Morris, of Connecticut, Executive
Clerk A. M. Clapp, of the Buffalo
Express, Public Printer.
The Columbus correspondent of
the Cincinnati Gazette says that it is
the intention of the Ohio copperhead
Legislature to SO re.apportion the
State that thirteen out of nineteen
Congressman will be democratic. not>
outstanding the 10000 republican
m ajority given at the last election.
The principal stockhoder in the
independence Beige, the most profita-
BILE paper on the European Continent,
is a young girl of seventeen, who.
b. sides, owns in her own right an
estate worth over one million fran "a.
The inducements which retain
the Georgia Legislature in session
are said to De nine dollars per dav
very little to do, and the "Wbite
Fawn" in the evening, with fee tick
cts on all the railroads.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-23
Nrw YnRK March 1S

The Tribune's Washington dis
patch says the case of General Long
street, nominated as the surveyor of
the port of New Orleans, was under
consideration to-day by the Senate
Commerce Committee. 1t is UNDER
stood that a majority of the commits
tee were opposed to his confrma-
ton, not especially because General
Longstreet was a leading rebel dur
ing the rebellion, but on the ground
that there are an abundance of men
who were loyal to the Government
from the breaking out of the rebel
lion to the close, and who ought to
be provided for in preference to the
class to which General Longstreet
belongs Tho committee, however,
decided to report his name to the
Senate without recommendation, and
let that body take such action as
they may think proper.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-23

@-A correspondent gravely pro-
poses the payment of our national
debt by voluntary subscription He
probably supposes that a shinplaster
collection some bright Sunday morn
ing in the churches would Suffice
Fioally, he suggests that we send
him The Tribune a year or so "for
this valuable idea" We respectfully
but most positively decline. Our
plan for paying off the debt is only
worth five cents, but that is five
times as much as the cash value of
any competitor. Its outlines are. =
l. More workers, fewer idlers. 2.
More productive industry and less
gold and stock gambling. 3. Larg>
or exports or much smaller imports,
or both. 4. More federal revenue
and less expenditures. 5. Begin
paying off the debt at once, and keep
doing it, so as to be able to fund our
five-twenties at a lower rate ofinter-
est. We value these propositions at
one cept each, not because they are
not important, but because they are
so obvious that any honest, sensible
person could have developed them as
well as we have done.-Neac YORK
Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-23
Circuit Court Proceedings March Term
1869.

The following are the verdicts and
decisions of the Circuit Court on all
the important cases that came before
it and were disposed Of during the
term:
Bradley Us Case-Judgement for
Ptf; Paine 4 Carter, Pff's att'ys.
Michele Us Fade ct al-Dismlssed;
Cothren, Plf's atty.
Perkins Us Wilkinson ct al-Judge-
ment, Foreclosure; Barber for Plff.
Strong Us Cheever-Appeal diss-
missed Bell & Beebe for def't, Paine
& Carter for plff.
Bottom as Bottom-Decree of di-
vorce signed
Application of Kilgore heirs to sell
real estate-Guardian appointed and
order of sale signed Clementson for
petitioner.
Vangorder 4 Cohurn Us W. W.
Lord-Dismissed Paine & Carter for
plff, Bell & Beebe for def7ts.
Tobler as Tobler-Decree of di-
vorce signed; Barber for plff.
Sullivan as Cornelison--J nd cement
signed; Merrick for plff, Robertson
for deft.
McFall Us Town of Boscobel-
Judgement for plff, Bushnell & Clark
for pl'ff, Barber Il Dewey for def't.
Nelson Il Pritchett Us Pettit-Con-
tinued on terms; Hazelton & Beadle
for plff, Barber for def't.
Harvey Us Altizer and Morgan
Jury disagree Cothren for plff, Bar
Der & McFall for def't.
Shimmen Us Cox, Shift ct al-De-
murrer overruled Bushnell & Clark
for plff, Reed for def't.
Gale & Vanwycke Us Gulliford-
Judgement by confession; Barber for
plff, Wooley for def't.
Furlone Us Harper-Continued by
stipulation Clementson for plff, Bars
Der for def't.
Lean Us Nephart-Time for deft
to answer; Smith, Henry & Barber
for plff, Cothren for def.
Aultman & Co. Us Bartholomew
Order signed allowing plff to with
draw notes from files Reed for plff.
Gilbert as Gilbert-Decree of d.
vorce signed Barber for plff.
Ulrich Us Ulrich- Decree of divorce;
Clementson for plff, Cothren for deft.
Anglerodt & Barth Us e. Brinek-
acknowledgements fol- plff; Barber &
Knowlton for plffs, Cothren, Paine &
Carter Dunn & Bushnell for def't.
Montieth as Black-Dissmissed
Barber for pffG, Bushnell Il Clark tor
def't.
Baugh as Banfll-- Discharged !;
Merrick & Cothren for plff, Barber &
Dewey for def't.
Barber rs Grist, Bradley & Foshay
Judgement for plff.
Bushnell Us Kirkpatrick-Settled
and dismissed; Bushnell d Clark
for plff, tothren, Henry & Smith for
def't.
Ruprecht q May brun Us Nodolf-
Judgement for plff; Paine & Carter
for plff.
Gallaher Us Livingston-vordict
for delft; Bushnell l. Clark for pIff,
Barber & Carter for def't.
State Us Waters-Plead guilty,
larceny s28 O0) sentence / year in
state prison Clementson for State.
Miller as Campbell & Henderson,
for def'ts Paine l. Carter
for plff, Bell & Beebe, and Cothren
for def't.
Riley & Mccartney Us Naugh-l
Dismissed by stipulation Barber for |
plffs, Clementson & Dewey for def't.
Schaup as Schaup-Decree of di>
vorce Barber for plff.
Whitehead as Whitehead-Decree
Of divorce; Peine l. Carter for plff.
Jenkins Us May-Verdict for plff
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-23

We copy from the Madison Journal
some Of the most prominent items of
Legislative interest
"The session has been ono OF the
shortest on recori, little briefer
than that of last winter, which began
six days earlier and closed two days
sooner. The businees, however, has
been pretty completely and carefully
disposed of, no bill being left Enacted
on.
Notwithstanding the distracting
excitement in regard to the election
Of United States Senator which was
one of the most important duties to
which the legislature was called, and
the interruption of the session oy the
Minnesota visit, about as much bust
ness has been transacted as at last
session. The volume of general laws
will be somewhat larger, and of local
laws nearly as large as last year.
Among the most important meas
ures which have been carried out are:
the ratification of the suffrage amend
ment to the UnitedStatesCo Constitution;
the proposed amendment to the State
Constitution authorizing the abolition
of the grand jury, the increase of the
number of Supreme Court judges to
five, the increase of the salaries OF
the Governor to 5000, and the Lieut..
Governor to 81, 600; the establishment
of the township system of school
government the codification of the
laws relative to highways and bridges,
normal schools, and strays; substan.
TALLY repeating the law disfranchis-
ing deserters; to provide for statistics
for state and county boards of as
sessments; authorizing the Secretary
of State to levy additional taxes to
those provided for by law, in order
to meet existing appropriations
Liberal appropriations have been
made for the State institutions
amounting to about 1915, 900, among
them 100000 to the Hospital for the
Insane; $685. to the Soldiers Or
phans' Home, $4,000 to the State
Prison; $25, 900 to the Reform School
$50, 900 to the institute for the Deaf
and Dumb; $18,500 to the Institute
for the Blind, and about S., 600 to va
rious private, charitable and benevo-
lent institutions, all in Milwaukee
except one in Waukesha and one in
Grant county. There was an appro'
priation of $4,000 for committee
rooms in tn capitol, in addition to
the appropriation heretofore made
by completing the dome.
There was considerable number
OF important bills introduced. which
failed to become laws. Bills to com
pei attendance at schools to restore
the town supervisor system of county
government; to restore the death
penalty for murder; to amend tht
constitution so as TO authorize the
the loaning Of the credit of the State
to aid in constructing railroads; tC
codify the laws for the assessment o
taxes to submit to the people tht
question of holding State constitu'
tional convention abolishing fees il
probate courts establishing uni
form railroad passenger and friegh'
tariff prohibiting the sale of liquors
as beverage to modify the usury
and exemption laws, were lost in tbs
Assembly, where they originated.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-23
A Good Beginning.

One of the first acts of President
Grants was to recall pardon which
Andy Johnson, just before his exit,
issued to two notorious members of
the whisky ring. Jacob and Moses
Dupuy were convicted in New York
In January of last, of receiving whis-
key from the custody of a revenue Of
Gcsr, and were sentenced respective~
~ to fines of $500 and 5000, and inn
prisonment Of two and one years
duration. Johnson issued an amica-
BILE little document RENTING the
Imprisonment on condition that the
6nes were paid. But before its in
structions could be carried out, Grant
became President and the document
was ordered back to Washington in
stAnter. This is an indication that
Grant meant what he said in regard
TO the honest collection of the rev.
snues. Whiskey thieves and other
piunderers OF the revenue will now
stand some chance of receiving their
just deserts, as they have no "friend
1T court" TO save their bacon by in
terposing q pardon.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-23
New YORK, March 20,

A Washington dispatch says
Secretary Boutwell, informed the
Ways and Means Committee that
from casual REORGANIZATION of the
Department, he had found affairs
generally in pretty good condition.
He did not think he would require
any additional financial legislation at
present. There was an abundance
of money, and he indicated his de-
termination not to keep u large
amount on hand, and that he would
use the surplus from time to time for
the purchase and cancellation OF
bonds, claiming, at the same time,
that there was ample authority, in
his judgement, in the existing 10 gis>
lation to make such purchase and
cancellation. He stated also that he
was opposed to the secret sales OF
gold, and that whenever he had any
for sale it would be sold in the open
market, giving everybody the same
opportunities of buying"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-23

R-Enancipation, we are sorry to
say, seems to hang fire in Brazil
The bills, which, while sustaining
slavery, were intended to make it
more humane, have not yet been
adopted. Among these measures
were bills prohibiting the separation
of families, abolishing the internal
slave traffic, recognizing the right of
the slave to his savings, and eman>
cipatiug the slaves belonging to re-
ligious corporations. Worst of all,
the Parliament has failed to liberate
twelve hundred national slaves,
while those of their brethren who
have been free are fighting in Para
quay. The Portuguese Americans
are, as might be inferred from the
above, a slow moving people. They
have, nevertheless, an able and phil
anthropic Emperor, and we have lit
tie doubt that when the all absorbing
struggle with Lopez shall reach its
end, at least partial freedom will be
given to the millions of toiling Afri-
cans. In some respects Brazilian
slavery has never been as barbarous
as that which prevailed in the South.
ern States, and emancipation, when
once begun. will move forward much
faster than it could have done in this
country, had not the rebellion ren>
dered the abolition of servitude q
necessary war measure. - Cincinnati
Gazette
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-03-23

AMERICANS ABRoAD.-An.A meri-
can, or rather an American citizen
of German nativity, has just been
appointed by the Mikado General in
Chief of the Japanese army. His
name is Frank Paul, and he was
formerly ar officer in the Saxon ar
my, then moved to this country and
resided for some time in Hoboken,
afterward was commissioned Colonel
Of the SD New York, and at the
close of the war was transferred to
the regular army. With a native of
this country special ambassador for
China, and an adopted citizen and
veteran of our armies General in
Chief Of Japan, American influence
on the Pacific coast is it tair way
to become supreme. Mr.. Burlingame
by the way, is winning great praise
by his ability and tact in negotiating
treaties for China witt European
powers, and is gaining honor tor his
native country as we'll as substantial
advantages for the land of his adop>
ton.