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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-04-12
Judicial Election Judge Mills Re.
Elected!

Returns Of the Judicial vote from
the several counties in the fifth dis
trict bring the gratifying news that
Hon. j. I. Mills is reelected Circuit
Judge by about 1000 majority over
p. A. Orion, jr. The Judge received
in Grant county the handsome ma
jority of 1890 votes. Iowa gave him
about 200 majority, and Richland
about $50 majority. La Fayette
county, which Orton's friends claim
cd would give him 1900 majority,
gave but 900 democratic majority.
Crawford, although rot fully heard
from, has probably givon Orion $50
majority.
Tho election 10 Grant was more
generally attended than Spring cleo
tions usually arc, and passed OF qui-
etly. the vote shows no great
falling OIL for Mills, Notwithstanding
the fact that many towns were
flooded with printed circulars on the
owe Of election containing false charg-
% against Judge Mills TO win votes
for the democratic candidate.
Paris is the banner town of Grant.
giving rs republican votes and none
democratic.
Tho full official vOte Of tho several
counties Of the district will be pub
!ished in the Herald as soon 80 heard.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-04-12

MATE OF WISCONSIN In Probate Gr.,t c,-,-e,.
- Grant County, % Court.
In the matter Of the estate Of Ellpha Fuller decoased
On reading Cling the petition Of Emelino Fuller Of
Grant county representing, among other things thet
Elisha Fuller. late OF Marion, Grant county on tbe
10th day Of March, A. r. ls70 at Grant COUNTY died
inteetate, leaving goods chattels and estate within
this state and that the said petitioner is the widow @
said deceased, and praying that administration OF
said estate be to Disclesian W. Fuller 4 N s. Paine
granted.
1t is ordered that said petition be heard before fhe
Judge OF this Court, on Tuesday, the third day OF
May, A. D. 1870 at one o'clock p. NJ at Lancaster in
said county. "
Ordered further that notice thereof be given to the
heirs OF SAID deceased and all persons interested By
publishing copy of this order for three suocessi,s
weeks prior to said day Of hearngin the Grant Coun
ty Herald, weekly newspaper printed and published
at Lancaster, in said county.
BY the Court, VIM McGONlGAI
4owS County Judge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-04-12

A CAUTIOUS ENDoRsEMENT.-Shad.
Bond was among the earliest inn
migrants to Illinois, and he settled
in the american Bottom" AS the
settlement increased, Judge Bond,
who was good, pious man, felt the
necessity of giving to the people re-
liglous instruction and for this pur-
pose he would gather together the
people on tho Lords day, read SER
mon, and either lead in prayer or
call upon some seriously inclined per-
con to perform that duty.
The Rev. l. Nj. Peak, in his arc
miniscencee of Early Preachers" re-
lates the following incident: While
Judge Bond was thus oficiatinr
among his neighbors on the Lords,
day, stranger, tall and portly and
of grave aspect, entered the Assem-
bly,. Besides, his dress was not that
OF o deer-skin hunting-shirt, moccas
ms, etc., which was tie prevailing
costume in that region, but of woven
cloth which betrayed g civilized orr
gin. Judge Bond, surmising that be
might DO q "praying man." invited
him to address tho Throne of Grace.
The stranger kneeling poured forth
q supplication forvid and impressive
and as he waxed warmer and warm
Or, Peter Smith, or "Dutch Peten 40
ne was nick-named,--a very devont
Methodist, who ordinarily could 70.
'Cghize no merit in preacher
: nis own persuasion, began to
:. .~i = an anu s a. length, when the strang-
u 10 bis fervid zeal, took hold as 7,
we're of the "horns of tho a,.a ~
'ete could restrain himself M lonn
", 20 put should "Amcn at acenturc
Inc stranger proved to be tho
Iev; Joshua Dodge, of Kentucky
ne a father Of Henry S. Dodge. lone
United States Senator from Wiscon,
in.-From "Chit Chat" in the Wes-
ern Monthly for April.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-04-12

PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF
PETRoLEUM.-The advance in the
production and consumption of pc
troleum that has taken place during
the last eleven years is almost incred-
ible. Taking Pennsylvania alone,
the production in 1859 amounted to
81 600 barrels, and in 1869 to 1915
lOO-quantity raised from the wells
IN the eleven years reaching ~, $751;
100 barrels. The production in 1869,
however, was not confined to Penn
sylvaniasand the entire yield is placed
at the following figures; Pennsylva-
mia, 4,2l5, 100 barrels; West Virginia
and Ohio, 800, 900; Canada, 21O, 900 +:
and Kentucky, $4,000, making a to.
tai OF 4,817, 100 barrels, against 81
1862, 900 in 1868 from the same local
tiles. The expectation of petroleum
commenced in 1861, when 81 500 bar
rels were shipped abroad. but in 1869
the cargoes had reached 5000 600
barrels. In 1869, the amount of
money received at the Pennsvlvania
wells in exchange for oil was less
than $4,000, and in 1869 the sales
netted S28, 100000, ofwhich S26 600
GOO were received in Pennsylyania
Sz,oOO, OOOin West Virginia and Ohio,
ana S350,OO0 in Canada. The valne
OF refined petroleum and it's products
exported from the United States in
1869 reached '$4O,OOO,O0O and the
trade employed over 200 vessels ex-
cciusively for this purpose, and shipped
800 cargoes to all parts of the world.
The stock of petroleum on hand in
America on January /, 1870, it is es-
timated amounted to 1925. 900 bar
reis. OF which $4,000 barrels are in
the United States, and $50, 900 bar
rels are in Canada To the amount
above mentioned must be added 622.-
600 barrels on their way to, and in
foreign ports, so that 1866. 900 bar
reis, it is calculated, constitute the
OF petroleum on hand on January /.
1870.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-04-12

STATE ITEMs.-Janesville has a
saloon-keeper who offers prize gold
headed cane 10 the one who drinks
and pays for the most liquor during
the year. The citizens, in a split Of
rivalry, offer coffin to the first VIC
tim that dies in making the effort to
secure the prize, and bran new
hempen rope for the saloon-keeper.
The Judgeship Of the Tenth Wis
consin Circuit will be vacant after
the l5th-Winnebago county, where
the present Judge resides, having
been set off TO the Third Circuit. and
Judge Washburne not proposing to
move.
The Prairie du Chen Courier gives
farmers some good advice. 1t tells
them to SOW but little wheat and
devote more soil to corn, and improve
their dairying facilities.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-04-12
Black Republiosn,

IN days long and forever Como, tho
phrase at the head of this paragraph
USED 70 appear in print, 10 ell quart
ers OF The Union, daily thousands Of
times. 1t vas q stereotyped meter
ance OF So"thcrn scorn. and a.nross-
cd slaveholding abhorrence fnr ~,
"mudsill" theory Of sooietv. Tho -.
sult Of the Civil war had put spoh ar,
extinguisher upon that collocation re
words-the emancipation ana ar
REIMBURSEMENT of 81 victim race had
put such q new face upon political
controversies and platforms-that we
are surprised TO meet again With the
phfase that once was so current, sur
rounded, too. with the old feelings,
preiudices and a1tagonism IL
seems, however, that there are yet
lingering in the South come remains
of the Boarbonic idiosyncrasies
which formerly impregnated the
whole community in that section
Here and there we find man who
cannot appreciate the fact that "old
things have passed away, and all
things have become new" Such q
man is ex-Gov. Henry A. Wise, Of
Virginia. Employed to defend May
or Chahoon, of Richmond, before the
courts, he went out of his way, the
other day, in his argument, TO say,
as the telegraph informs us, that "he
repudiated any utilization with the
Black Republican party, claimed to
be still an unrepentdnt redet, and did
not want his position misu understood
beca lse he appeared as counsel for q
Republican claimant" He does not
know what he is doing. There will
come day when his descendants
will be heartily ashamed OF this silly
utterance, and seek to hide it away
among the masty records of the past.
Just as every man in this country
whose ancestor was Tory in the
Revolutionary war is anxious to con-
ceal the fact from his contemporaries,
SO will the day arrive when the des-
cendants of living or dead rebels will
keenly feel the disgrace Of having
such torofathers, and sedulously COW
err up all traces which might indicate
the ancestral infamy. EX-Gov. Wise
is making it very difficult for his pos
terity TO hide away from the popular
gaze, in future times, the ''irregulari-
ties" of their progenitor. He is not
commanding himself either to their
praises or their gratitude, but is lay
ing up for himself q harvest OF CON
tempt, objurgation and curses, in
days hence. If he could stand afar
off, in the epoch to come, and look
back, with the eyes Of the then gem
GRAFTON, upon his present ridiculous
attitude, he would rather be disposed
to hide himself in shame and humil-
iation, than, as now, to obtrude him
self upon the country as Bourbon
Observation-Disclosures Republican,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-04-12

REVENUE TAx.-It seems probable
that some modification of the income
tax will be made. The WAYS and
Means Committee is hard at work
upon bill to reduce the internal
revenue taxation. Secretary Bout
well opposes reduction, but the
President is with the committee. and
it is probable that o bill will be re-
ported reducing the taxes about a
quarter of a million of dollars. A
dispatch from Washington says that
the committee is pretty certain to
recommend the removal of all taxes
from schedule A; gold watches,
plate, etc. } the taxes on gross re-
ceipts of railroads, stages, steamboats,
etc. and the special taxes on all
branches of business except those on
dealers in and manufacturers of spir-
its and tobacco.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-04-12
The Legal Tender Decision Again.

In the Supreme Court on the 31st
inst, Attorney General Hoar made
brief argument to show why the
legal-tender decision should be- re-
opened. He was not insensible to
the great weight of tho judiciary, its
public reputation, and its claims to
the confidence of the country, but a
more important decision in its conse-
quenceson public and private property
was never before pronounced. The stat
ute on which it was based was passed
by large majority in Congress, was
approved by the President, having
all the forms of law. Attention had
been called in both houses to it's con-
stitutionality. There was this weight
Of authority to begin with, and, be-
sides, it was q law substantially ac-
guessed in by the people for nearly
eight years, and on which millions
upon millions of dollars in contracts
had been settled. The statute, so
far as he was aware, with one ex-
ception, had been held constitutional
by every State tribunal; but, at
time when, by law, this Court con-
sisted of nine members, there were
seven only on the bench, there being
two vacancies. Tie question was
decided here by four against three
judges. The question, therefore,
stood, reducing it to its essence, that
upon the political opinion of single
man the case was adjudicated. He
suggested it should not be left to a
single man to decide upon the whole
constitutional power affecting legis-
lation of such important character.
Hepressed,the re-opening of the ques-
ton because it concerned o great
mass of private interests, but more
! especially because it seemed to him
to involve a fundamental principal,
viz :jthe powers ofgovernments. He
desired again to present it when the
bench was full, so that they may for
ever settle what the law should be.
Such cases of reconsideration were
by no means without example. In
the case of McCulloch Us. the State
of Maryland the Court, after it's opin-
ion was pronounced, allowed the
whole question to be re-opened and
re-argued. It seemed to him it
would be better for all parties con-
cerned if tho opinion on the legal
tender case could be changed.
Mr. Jas. 81. Carlisle replied, saving
the Attorney-General had analyzed
and disparagingly criticised the
Court because, as he had remarked,
the question was decided by the vote
of 3 single judge. However tina.
might DO, it was the judgement of
theCourt which had been pronounced
in that case. What now was TO be-
come Of the highest judicial tribunal
in the land if opinions were TO be- re-
opened and re-argued because Of q
small majority deciding thequestion ? |
Whatever might be the majority, it |
was nevertheless the opinion OF the |
Court. What had they now to do
with previous actions Of the Court !?
He then referred to the fact that the
case of Hoffman & Griswold, one of
tho bank cases involving principles
TO another party, had been
postponed from one term 10 another
for the purpose.,of,argument, showing
they had all been carefully and elab-
Orately considered. The Court said
they would take the matter under
ldvisement.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-04-12

G7Av1 O. WIsCoEsrE, In Probate, Grant County
y Grant County. Court
In tie matter Of the real estate Of Henry w. uodgop
deceased,
Notice 10 hereby given, that by virtue and il pur.
susnce Of order Of license made In said matter or
tho 18th day Of March, A D. 1870, by the Corntv
Court ef said County, the undersigned asan Hodges
ADMINISTRATIVE Of the estate of said deceased WILL or
Tuesday, the Sd day of May A. D. 1870 gt ore O'Clock
z. u. Of said day, st tho front door OF tbs con,
house, In Lancaster, in said county, oer or sale 81
public vendue the following described lands 70 wi.
The northwest quarter Of the southeast quarter ARD
the sonthwest quarter of the south east guarter ~
section overweight (2S) in town four (4 north d,
range three 20 vest In the county Of Grant and sta
OF Wisconsin.
The terms Of sale cash 81 tio Of sale th
balance paygbls n one year with interset 81 Ia 49,
cent. WIZ, hcGoNIGAL, Co. Judge.
Dated ~ Lancaster, the sth day Of Anil a. D fsTo
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-04-12
aA Gen Iinnan infanha

aA-Gen. Logan intends introduc-
ing IN Congress, in few days, bill
Incorporating the Irish National Col
onization Association. It's managers
comprise leading wealthy and influ-
entail Irishmen in every city in the
Union. The principal object OF the
bill is to remove the surplus Irish
from the overcrowded cities of the
East, and place them on farms, as
well as provide means of transporta-
ton for the poorer classes who are
daily arriving from Europe. 1t also
provides for the establishment of
loan offices and emigration agents in
the different cities of the seaboard.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-04-12
Guardian SaIe-Gr0Ff

TATE OF WISCONSIN, an Probate, Grant County
~ Oouhty Oh urant' court.
In the matter of the real estate of the minor h,
Peter Croft, deceased, -
Notice is hereby gwen that by virtue and In pv,.,
OF an order Of license made in said mater r. ~
twenty frst day Of March. A. D. 1879 by the COUNT
Court Of Grant county. Wisconsin, the unders;gna5
guardian Of John GIon, Margaret Groff ana H",
Gron, minor heirs Of Peter Croft, deceased viii ~
Wednesday, the sth day Of May, 1870 At ons ocidc
in the afternoon OF said day upon the land 10 bo sod
IN the town OF jamestown, Grant county Wi,oonst
and near the house Of John A. Rsse ofer for all
public vendue the undivided threefourths of tha 80
lowing described lands, to-wit: Conuoucinp ~ ~
southeast corner Of the south west quarter al
thirty three, in township number enc north Of ran.
number two west, thence west along the south bou5
dairy Of said section thirty three ten chains ana ;
teen links, thence north four chains and fortws -
links thence east ten chains and eighteen IinLs - IL
"a section line dividing said section thirty-tbr s
north fourteen chains and seventy nine links thence
thence south twentyone chains and fiftv H.
south boundary OF said section thrty-thre. ths,ce
west along said south boundary eight '"ones
twenty-one inks to the place Of beginning, A' anu
Terms of sale made known at the time s,a ,i.. -
sale. JOHN DEAfuuTU su. ~ y
Dated April 4th, 1870 @5vs
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-04-12

%Ihe anti-Polygamy bill passed
by Congress provides that any man
in Utah who shall, aftor this act goes
into effect, 1.-Two or cohabit with one
woman or more, othor than his .aw-
sul wife, es bis wife or wives, shall
be adiudged guilty OF the crime of
concubinago, and upon conviction
thereof, shall DO punished by fine
not exceeding one thousand dollars
and by imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary at hard labor not exceeding five
years. In cases whore the civil courts
cannot enforce process, provision
il made for using o military force, if
one be stationed in the Territory, to
assist the officers of the court.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-04-12
rrGan Eramon. ;a la..

GE- Gen. Fremont, in q letter to
the Senate Committee on Pacific
railroads, in relation to the Memphis,
III Paso and Pacific Railroad, saws
Minister Washburne was using his
official position and weight of the
Government for the qualification of
his personal hostility to break down
American enterprise with the French
Government. Washburne was not
successful with the Government, but
his efforts against the company had
had bad effect in the market, caus-
ing it much embarrassment.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-04-12

G65" In the trial at Richmond, on
Monday, Ex-Governor Henry A.Wise
remarked that, as we we'll know, be
was still rebel, and would scorn to
accept pardon or amnesty. We're
Ulysses Grant to send him pardon,
be would draw black lines through
and around it, and return it with the
Endorsement that he was no more o
traitor than Grant was. No. be
hoped for better days and better
things, and he would take nothing
as favor nothing which di-
rectly by multiplication made him
confess that he was sorry for what
he had done ia tho past ten years.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-04-12
AIApAuA CI.rus Wosh;n,,o,

ALABAMA CLAIMs.-Washington
Apr 4-Secretary Fish has recently
received several letters from Lord
Clarendon, in relation to the Ala
bama claims, indicating a desire to
have negotiations re-oponed, and init
mating a wish that overtures TO that
view should come from the United
States. Eord Clarendon intimates
that the feeling on the subject, which
followed the rejection of the former
treaty, hes now subsidized, so that the
subject csn be proftably considered.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-04-12
sssnTba Snr;nofeId Be,,,,Ly;

BWThe Springfield Republican re-
marks, with pride. that Massachu-
setts has paid the interest on her
debt all through the war in coin,
buying the gold, whatever the pre-
MUM, and has never rendered a
greenback to holder of her bonds.
She is the only State that has pur-
sued this course.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-04-12

The LATE Bounty DECISION.
decision of Justice Swayne upon a
certain claim for bounty has been
misunderstood and applied to cases
which it did not properly belong to.
Heretofore, soldiers have been re-
quired to prove that they had served
two consecutive years before they
received the 800 bounty. The re-
cent decision Of Justice Swayne, of
the United States Supreme Court,
removes this proviso in the following
cases only: "iohere the enlistment pdS
prior 10 the 22d Of July, 1861" and
"tChere the enlistment irdS for three
VedrS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-04-12

P@-Statistics show that the freed
man is not 10 lazy to work, or else
ho gets remarkably good pay for
doing nothing. Four years ago the
Freedman's Savings Bank in Wash
ington city was taking in less than
81 1000 day in deposits the past
year it has averaged over $4,000 o
day. In March, 1866, it had $780,
2S3 in its vaults in March, 1870, 81
G57 ,OO6. OF the twenty-six cashiers
~ it's various branches, thirteen are
colored men. Its largest branch is
at New Orleans, and the next largest
at Vicksburg.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-04-12

s%Senator Wilson says there is
not one-ffth the liquor drinking in
Congress that there was fourteen
years ago, when he made his advent
In the Senate, and he thanks God
that we have President and Vice
President who do not drink. and a
Secretary of the Treasury who is q
temperance man.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-04-12

WoMAN's Observation-Disclosures
ing the fact that women are allowed
to act as school Supintendents in To-
wa, they cahnot fill the position OF
census taker, in Wisconsin. See tho
following
The Wisconsin says United States
Marshall Hamilton has had three fe-
mGle applicants for tho position OF
census takers, two from Milwaukee
and one from Whitewater. BY the
law of 1850 they are Ineligible to the
position"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-04-12

ABUSES TO BE REFoRMED.-Collec-
tor Grinnell will in few days take
steps to reform many of the abuses
which now exist in the system of
examination and appraising the lug
gage Of emigrants arriving in Castle
Garden. He has already appointed
new superintendent of the Customs
Department at that depot.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-04-12

s%-The President authorizes pos
tive announcement to be made that
he will not issue a proclamation
granting universal amnesty for poll
teal offenses to participants in the
rebellion. He believes that the time
has not yet arrived when those who
attempt to destroy the Union should
be restored TO all their former priv
ileges, and says he does not intend
TO stir the subject up at present.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-04-12
Judicial Vote-.-1870.

The following is a tabular state
ment of the votes polled for Judge
Of the fifth judicial circuit, at an
election held in the several towns in
the county of Grant, State of Wis
eonsin, on the first Tuesday, being
the 9Th day of April, 1870:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-04-12
sxy-The number of sea going mo

sss- The number of sea going mon
itors belonging to the United States
navy is IL, costing S14, 1874, 900; bar-
Dor and river monitors nine, costing
$3.50, 900 then there are eight har-
Dor and river monitors like the Pas
sale. and 20 light draft monitors.
costing $11.621, 900; total cost in
round numbers, S35, 37l, 600.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-04-12
sarAn intelligent Iowa broker in

H0T An Intelligent Iowa broker IN
forms the Chicago Tribune "that ev.
cry national bank in that State will
call in its loans and retire its circula-
ton if the funding bill passes" He
adds that if Congress insists upon
passing this bill it will produce such
a state of commercial distress as 20
drive those now in power out of the
capitol.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-04-12

IuE CENsvs.--Tho timo is near at
hand when tho census will DO taken
throughout tho United States. 1t is
o matte, Of very great importance
hat every farmer should be prepared
10 give oil the information that may
Do required Of him in reference to the
yiold OF all kinds Of grain, the num-
bor and tho quality Of bis stock, the
correct vsluo OF oil kinds Of grain
Nnd stoek ra;sed, the quantity Of but
tor and cheese made, and articles
manufactured, etc. Such statistical
information is Of great value 10 every
ono whom published in the census re-
port, and wc hopo our farmers and
business mon will be prompt in Civ
ing such information.