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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-07-05

"LINcoLN" AND "DoUGLAs."-The
House Territorial Committee on
Monday decided to report a bill for
the admission of New Mexico as a
State, to DO called Lincoln" The
Territorial organization of the Indian
country is to be called douglas"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-07-05

s@- The Chicago Tribune gives
notice that it will oppose each and
every republican candidate for Con-
gress who is not imbued with it's free
trade heresies. After growing fat
on republican patronage, the Tribune
will no doubt call it manly to break
faith in this manner.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-07-05

EMANCIPATION IN SPANISH Colo
NIEs.-The Spanish Cortes, before it's
final adjournment, passed bill for
the gradual emancipation of slaves in
the Spanish colonies. All slaves
over so are Immediately liberated !;
the guardianship held by their for
mer masters over slaves born since
1868, ceases on proof of abuse or
castigstion on the part of the master,
or upon the marriage of the slave; ;
children under fourteen are to go
with their mothers married couples
shall not be separated (; and punish
ment by the lash or azote is abso-
lntelY prohibited.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-07-05

HThe Mineral Point Tribune is
out for Barber for Congress.-GaleaG
Gazette.
That's a mistake Brown. Try
again Mineral Point Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-07-05

Alexander Mitchell has present
cd bust of himself executed in the
finest Carrara marble by an Ameri-
can artist, Mr.. Ives, to the State His.
torical Society.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-07-05

IMPORTANT DECIsIoN.-The follow
ing decision will be found important
to boards of review:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-07-05

b2r Uncle Sam now subsidies
three lines Of steamers; bills pending
in Congress ask subsidies for six
lines from New York one each from
Portland, Boston, Philadelphia, Bal
timore, Norfolk and Port Royal to
Europe; four to Havana two to
Vera Cruz; one to Valparaiso and
Panama one to Rio Janeiro two to
Australia, and one to China and ia
pan-in all, twenty lines. We now
pay s725,OO0 per year in subsidies
these lines ask an addition of about
100000, annually, directly in
money, large grant of land and va
rious sums, indirectly in hostages,
and the remission of taxes and port
dues.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-07-05

EDITORIAL CONFERENCE.-The fol-
lowing officers were elected by the
Wisconsin Editorial Convention for
the ensuing year:
President--Charles Seymour, of the La
Crosse Republican.
Vice Presidents-S. s. Fiheld, of the Polk
County Press A. f. Gordon, of the Madison
Democrat; p f. Deuster, of the Milwaukee
See Bote.
Corresponding Secretary "A. c. Robinson
son, of the Green Bay Advocate.
Recording Seccetary--James Ross, Madison.
Treasurer-George Hyer, of the OSHKOSH
Times.
Executive Committee-D. w. Bailou, of
the Watertown Democrat; Geo. Z. Hoskin-
son, of the Green Bay Gazette Geo. Ginty,
of the Chippewa Herald; w. ID. Merrill, Of
the Prairie du Chen Courier; S. S. Brannan,
of the Portage Register.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-07-05

sas~ On Wednesday, 8th inst, the
female mourners for the Lost Cause
in Baltimore. decorated the graves
of Confederate soldiers. The Balti-
more american says that the grave
that exceeded all the rest in it's pro-
fuse decorations was that of Wilkes
Booth, the assassin of Abraham
Lincoln. Upon the green mound
there was a pyramid of flowers
This tribute of affection was not
laid upon the assassin's grave by the
surviving members of bis own family,
or any of his kindred. BY the side
of him sleeps his ilustrious father,
and arond him the graves Of near
relatives, but upon these there was
not q single bud. This was the day
set apart TO honor Southern soldiers,
and if the richness and profusion of
the emblems is to be taken as tho
measure Of affection in which the
deceased soldiers are held, John
Wilkes Booth is the greatest hero OF
them all. Those who assure us that
the ox-robols are as loyal as any Of
our people, and who denounce as
cruel and vindictiye all who do not
believe in general amnesty, may find
something something suggestive in
this peculiarly touching tribute to
the martyr" Booth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-07-05

Phillips vs.. City of Stevens Point. Under
sec, %, Oh. 100, laws of 1868, the "board Of
review,'' in changing the aggregate valuation
by the..assessor OF taxpayers personal prom
erty, can act only upon testimony and under
oath.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-07-05

sa- Bayard Taylor, who is inUtah
is opposed to law against polyg-
amy. He says:
The Mormon attempt to associate
church and civil government has
been virtuously given up, and J 90
not think that any legislation to
keep them apart wonld now DO re-
sisted A law against polygamy,
however, especially law retrospect
i've in it's character, would cause
serious material disturbances, apart
from its moral aspects. | am salts
fed that the solution of this diff
Guilty may be safely left to time
The revelation" in favor Of polyg-
amy was undoubtedly promulgated
to hasten the increase Of population
at time when the accessions by
immigration were scanty and costly,
and the possibility Of Utah being
overtaken by the rest of the country
seemed very remote The people
who accepted aed practiced it sup
posed they were free to do so, and it
is surely both impolitic and unchar-
liable now to visit them with law
which would disgrace so many wo-
men and children.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-07-05

s@-The Democratic Congression-
al nantes to makes point, when it
advises the brethren mot to nomin-
ate mon who cannot take the test
OATH" This has been sufficiently
tried. The heroes o the Anderson
vile slaughter-house, if elected, will
not be allowed seats, and it is no use
to try to force them into Congress.
On the contrary, decent Southern
men, unstained with blood, and will
ing to take the oath, will be trusted.
Indeed, in the present mood of Con-
gross, they will command a premium
over the average carpet-bagger.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-07-05
~Tne Chicago Tribune saws tn,

ETne Chicago Tribune says that
if the apportionment bill now pend
ing in the House becomes a law,
Wisconsin will be entitled to four
more members. This is estimating
the population of the United States
at 4O,000,000, and the number of
inhabitants in Wisconsin at l ,333, 333.
All right journal,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-07-05

STARTLING EFFECT OF THE New
RE-DIsTRlcTING OF THE STATE.-MAD-
IsoN, WIS, Juno 30.-The re-district-
ing of Wisconsin into two judicial
circuits, with united district and
circuit courts, caused considerable
commotion here. Judge MiIler's
court, which was in session at the
State House, on case of Carlos Glow,
against tho Northwestern Packet
Company, for $4,000 damages sus-
tanned by the fallinglof gang-plank
at Reeds Landing, vas suddenly put
to and end by o telegram from
Washington, announcing that the
old District of Wisconsin was no
more. All business has ceased, and
officers are waiting orders from
Washington being totally in the
dark as regards their Jurisdiction,
and, in fact, it is stated, on very good
authority, that the new bill entirely
abolshes, not only the oldlcircuit, but
also all of the old officers. Should
this prove true, the eastern district
may receive it's old officer by reap
pointment, and there may be changes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-07-05

SIoUx.-Information received from
Fort Laramie says that there are
now at that post one hundred and
thirty-three lodges Of Sioux and
more are daily arriving. 1t is ex-
pected that by the last of this month
there will be thousand lodges. The
Indians are impatient to hear from
Red Cloud, and think something is
wrong. They are anxious to trade.
They get very independent and sau-
cy, and won't allow any white man
to cross the Platte to their camps.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-07-05

s@rThe Cincinnati Chronicle speak
ing of the return of Hon. John p.
Hale to Dover, N. H., and his recep-
ton with military and civic honors,
says: ."Mr. Hale is old and worn
out in the service Of his country. He
is said to be q mere shadow of his
former self, when in the earlier days
of the great anti-slavery struggle he
stood up SO manfully and battled for
the right. 1t cost something then to
stand in the front Of that bitter con-
test. John p Hale never faltered,
but moved straight on, one among
the most fearless leaders in that great
cause. In the heat of the conflict
the battle has swept by him he has
no place in the present history is all
that is left for him; but in the niche
carved out for the illustrious of the
race, John p. Hale will fill space of
such proportions as shall not be over
looked or forgotten"
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-10-29

Sale No; l6Is North Seventh Street.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-10-29

heard in such English words as ''see, ''pet,"
''pay," "past," pan" s'caupht ''no,"
''but, ''book, ''boot;" we fiud, in effect,
that the lips protrude more and more as this
series advances; and this supplies a note
worthy confirmation of the views held on
this matter by the experimenter.
Some of the readers of this page may per-
haps remember Professor Fabers automaton
speaking figure, called the Euphonia when
exhibited in London. It was draped bust
with wax face. Concealed from the visitors
we're sixteen keys or levers, small pair
of bellows, and numerous little bits
of metal, wood, and india-rubber. When
any word or sentence was spoken,
either by Faber, or by one of the
audience, the exhibitor mentally divided all
the syllables into as many distinct sounds as
they embodied; he pressed upon particular
key for each particular sound, which admit
ted blast of air to q particular compart-
ment, in which the mechanism was of the
kind to produce the sound required; there
were thus as many pressures as there were
elementary sounds. BY a modification of the
movements, whispering could be produced
instead of speaking.
The present exhibitor, Herr Faber, is,
we believe, a nephew of the professor;
and his object has been to improve upon
the automaton which his relative in
vented fourteen years ago. One good point
about IT is that every part of the mech 4nism
is laid fairly open to the visitors. True, wax
head or mask is used, through the lips of
which the produced sounds are really emitted;
but this mask is at intervals removed, to show
the movements of india-rubber lips and tongue
belonging to the machine itself. The ele-
mentary sounds, by further analysis, have been
brought down to fourteen, all others having
been found to be really compound sounds,
made up of two or more elements. A lady,
seated at a kind of keyboard, has fourteen
keys or short levers before her. sentence is
given out, in any one of two or three Ian
guages; the lady instantly analyses the
sounds, and decides which combination will
produce each, or which combination will
produce the whole of them she then plays,
somewhat ia the manner of harmonum-p play
ing, giving the proper number of pressures
on the properly selected keys. Some sounds
are difficult to initiate, some are initiated
readily; a laugh is capitally given, and cry
is sufficiently doleful for all required pur-
poses; a whisper and sigh are also pro-
ducible. Whether the machine can cough,
sneeze, biccup, we are not certain; but it is
admitted that singing machine, really ami
bona tide such-combining words and music
as a human singer would do-still remains
beyond the skill of any automaton maker -
Az the Year R0und
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-10-29
vCriON SALES,
sUrERIoR DUTon FLowER ROOTS

A THOMAS & Sons, NOS. lse AND lal
lie s. FOURTH STREET.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-10-29
on Monday Morning

at 10 O'Clock at No. 11lT Chestnut street, Oct. 81,
will be sold the balance OF the superior furniture,
comprising elegant antique parlor suits, in silk,
damask, and plush; walnut chamber suits; dining
and library suits, in terry and morocco; walnut
wardrobes; walnut dning-room and chamber
tables extension dining tables; hat racks folding
chairs, etageres etc. no % 2t
The furniture is now open for examination.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-10-29

LARGE SALE OF BRITISH, FRENCH, GERMAN,
AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS.
On Thursday Morning, no % st
November 8, at 10 O'Clock, four months credit.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-10-29

DUNTING, DURBOROw d CO., AUCTI0NEEBs,
ID Nos. 932 and 234 MARKET street, corner CT
Bank street. Successors to John b. Myers d Co.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-10-29

M THOMAS I9AIl.s,,, q sI,S Soma NOS. lSs AND iAi
SUPERIOR DUTCH FLOWER ROOTS.
On Saturday Afternoon,
Dutch Flower Roots, Hyacinths, etc. 10 9s &c
Sale No. 1918 North Seventh Street.
On Monday Morning,
OctooeT 81, at 10 o'clock, the superior furniture,
utensils, etc. 10 2s st
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE AND MACHINERY,
Steam Engines Boilers, Lathes, Planers, Drills,
Cranes, Moulding Flasks, Vices, Platform scales,
Tools Skating, Patterns, Steam Pipe, Steam
Fans, Castings, Wrought and Cast Iron, Etc.
on Monday Morning,
twenty second street and Washington avenue, by
catalogue, the entire machinery, etc, Of 'The Vul-
can Iron and Brass Works"
Full particulars in catalogues ready. 10 rs st
SALE OF REAL ESTATE AND STOCKS,
November l, at IL o'clock noon, at-the Phila-
delphls Exchange, win include:-
WALNUT, No. 122i-Modern Residence.
TwEETY-THRD AND CHERRY, N. e. Corner-Brick
HATERFoRD RoAD-Country Site, acres.
CHELTEN HILLS, Montgomery County-Elegant
GERMANTOWN AVENUE, No. 24O2-Tavern and
Dwelling
TWENTIETH North), No. l949-Modern Residence
,TwENTY-sEooND AND WALNUT, N. E. Corner
GREEN LANB-Modern Residence
FILBERT No. 6l4 to 620-Brick Factory.
HOWARD, Nos. 2253 aud 222T-Modern Dwellings.
EMLBN, No. b49-Modern Dwelling.
EIGH1BENTa (Nortb), No G2S-Modern Residence.
PowELToN Avenue, east of Forty-1rst-Two
Modern Residences
GRBBH, No. 51T-Modern Residence.
SECOND North), No. 2539-StOre ana Dwelling.
LEE, No. 2550-Genteel Dwelling.
FOURTH, No. 267 (South)-Modern Residence.
CALLowHILI, No. 2435-Store and Dwelling.
TENTH (South), No. 170T-Neat Dwelling.
THIRTEBNTH (North), No. 91S-Genteel Dwelling
WYALUsING, Nos. 1906 and 5s07-Two Cottages.
GROUND REETs-s44, s4S, and $50 a year.
FRANKLIN, No. 210S-Genteel Dwelling.
THIRTEENTH (Southl, No. 20s-Nodern Residence.
STOCKS.
l5 shares First National Bank OF Camden, N. J.
5 shares Kensington National Bank.
119 shares Northern Liberties Gas Co.
IA shares Commonwealth National Bank,
500 shares Dazell Oil Co.
100 shares McClintnckville Petroleum Co.
So shares Central Transportation Co.
| 5 5shares American AnttIncrustation Co pref
1875 4" Z" d" common.
| $1,000 LehiPh Zinc per cent.
$1,000 Union Canal per cent.
Pew, No. 1872 Holy Trinity Church. 1923 st
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-10-29

October 81, at 10 O'Clock, the superior furniture
ingram carpets, china and glassware, cooking
utensils, etc. 10 26 81
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-10-29

October 20, at 3 o'clock, at the Auction Rooms
Dutch Flower Roots, Hyacinths, etc. 10 25 &c
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rV,HoMAS BIRCH q SON, AUCTIoNEERS AND
4 COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. lilo CHR5s
NUT Street; rear entrance No. 1107 SAMSON street.
Sale at No. I'LL Chestnut street.
CLOSING SALE OF SUPERIOR CABINET FUR,
NITURE, FOR ACCOUNT OF THE MANUFAC-
The Van Buren press., 1870-12-20

COMPUTING INTERrsr.-Here is new
rule for computing interest. 1t is so
simple and SO true that every banker,
merchant or clerk, should post it for ref
erence. BY no other arithmetical process
can the desired information te obtained
by SO few figures: j
Six per cent.-Multiply any given mum.
Der Of dollars by the number OF days of
interest desired, separate the right hand
figure and divide by six; the result is the
true interest on such number of days at
six per cent
Eight per Multiply any given
amount of the number Of days upon
which it is desired to ascertain the inter
est and divide by IS, the result will be
the true interest for the time required.
Ten per Multiply the same rs
above and divide by 36, and the result
will show the interest of ten per cent
The Van Buren press., 1870-12-20
1THUNDERGUsr - Halls Journal Health
has the folloMinr:


tTHUNpERGUsT - Halls Journal Health
has the following
Don't come Down into the breakfast
room Of morning with a thunder cloud
over your pitiful phiz What are you mad
at? Have you note to pay in bank and
NOT dime TO meet it =? Have you the
headache Did the baby wake you from
a sound sleep? Has the newsman failed
10 leave you the morning paper; or has
bill been presenter at yonrdoor, bright and
early, which you know very well ought to
have been paid long ago to the patient
baker, the needy dressmaker, or the begriu-
ed mechanic? May he you have cut your
face while shaving, or Stumpcd your toe
against the cat, or broke your watch spring
in winding it up. May be you are rutllcd
because you have suddenly remembered
that you have failed to meet a business en-
gagemcni yesterday; or took short turn
on friend, or cheated somebody, and that
it is about being found out, otherwise you
would not have cared the snap OF your fin
ger about it, Perhaps as you entered the
door and scanned the breakfast table you
missed some iavorlte ulsh
But, does one Of all these occurrences
Justify you in clouiing the whole house.
hold, in hurting the feelings Of your chill
dren. i'll dlscouraging the servants and out.
raging the guests at your table ? The man
or woman who comes to the family table
with q scowl is brute in nature, and only
wants an opportunity to bring cut his lit.
tl,ncss and meanness.
If, when you come TO the breakfast
room. you are sad from discouragement,
from fatigue, from Illness, from losses you
are excusablc, and you have our sympathy !;
but to meet tho family with trown, and
east gloom over the whole household,
simply because every thing has not gone
exactly according to your sovereign pleas.
ure--you, poor pitiiul worm of the hour;
why. it is suprcmely ridiculous that any
thing else than contempt for 1t is simply
impossible
The Van Buren press., 1870-12-20
Budget Of Srissorings.

GEORGIA SCENEs-A CoLoRED CoNTRo-
vERsY IN THE SENATE But to return to
the senate. This honorable and perfect
" decorous body met few days ago TO
confirm the nomination of the governor
for election officers to hold the coming
extraordinary election The momentous
interests involved constrained them to
go into secret session. No one bat Sen
ators are admitted, but little fragments
of their proceedings occasionally leak
out Yesterday two honorable senator's
had q few words. Senator A. Alpheori
Bradley, colored, moved reconsidcra
alton OF the vote by which Henry Spring
had been confirmed one OF the election
managers for the city of Savannah. Brad
ley said that he could prove that he was
not the right sort of a man for election
manager; that he was gambler, pimp,
llackleg, and said that he, (Bradley,) J
should be defeated for congress
This brought up Senator Wallace, also
colored, when the following little affair
took place:
Wallace Do you say that Spring
will steal p
Bradley said nothing OF the kind.
Wallace" Do you think that he will
steal?'
Bradley-"I do not wish to have any
thing to say to man who cslled me a
Cd id son Of b--h this morning
to Senator Crayton"
Wallace" am ready, in or out Of
this house to be responsible for anything
that Isay'
Bradley" Would you fight rigit here
in the senate chambcr?"
Yes said Wallace, " right here"
and, so saying, he advanced toward b.,
when the latter honorable gentleman of
color drew out long bowie knife, laid it
on his desk, then drew ont pistol cock.
ed it and laid it by the side of the knife
At this, the senator's say, for from them
Igotthe thrilling tale, Wallace "sorter
stopped Almost any body would 'sor.
or stop under tho circumstances, if not
quite, iFTtp NH uf .4
Several senator's rushed to the scene of
conflict, there being no officer present,
ane prevented bloodshed then and there
Senator Campbell, colored moved that
Bradley be expelled; buthis motion was
lost by vote Of Z to 10 Both bellg-
ents were then reprimanded BY the speak
or, the pistol and bowie knife were put
up, and peace eigned--1daata Cor
Cina. Commercidl
The Van Buren press., 1870-12-20
:. pill Ross Is a lemnerancs lns,nr,

- Bill Ross is a temperance lecturer,
and at Nashville, H., was preaching to the
young on his fsvorite theme. llo said /:
"Eow. boys, when Issk yon question
you mustn't be afraid to speak right out
and answer me. When you look around
and see all these fine houses, farms. and
cattle. do you ever think who owns them
oil now? Your fathers own them, do they
not p Eyes, SIR" shouted a hundred
voices. "Well, where will your fathers be
in twenty years from nov! ?" Dead ~
shouted the boys. That's light. And
who will own all this property then ?"
1--WE will" Right. Now tell ne--did
You ever, in going along the street, notice
the Jrsnhsrds l.nnging about the saloon
ddars, waiting f,r somebody to treat them'
!" Yes, sir, lots of EN-" " We'll, where
will they be in twenty years !rom now y
!" Dead L exclaimed the boys. Aud who
will be tho drunkards then :" "Us boysF
Billy was thundentruck.