Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-24
GLEANINGS.

1 -NorIn CarOhna mas Zoz lunAtlcs.
New York city has 5000 liquor
shops.
Water costs fifteen cents a pail
inJersey City.
An Illinois fire company elected
q lady foreman.
All rumors of Cabinet changes
are pronounced false.
The English Parliament is to
meet February I'd.
The Boston Journal advocates
making voting compulsory.
Hog cholera is raging in conn.
ties around Des Moines, Iowa.
Carlo has y ten year old boy
with whiskors four inches long.
Brigham Young has fifty.six
children at Deserted Seminary.
New Orleans is to have a school
to teach young ladies how to cook.
- The royal "carpet-bagger" is
what they call the new King of
Spain.
Prussia wants further post
ponement of the European Confer
ence.
Six women have Just been elect
ed on school committee in Lynn
Mass.
Paul Morphy, the noted chess
player is now practising law in New
Orleans.
An undertaken in San Francis
co is said to preserve bodies by pet
rifying them.
The rinderpest in England has
been quite successfully treated With
carbolic acid.
The area of the bituminous coal
fields in Iowa is twenty thousand
square miles.
Negro children will hereafter be
admitted to the public schools of
New Orleans.
1t is thought the Democratic
National convention for ~ will be
held at ST. Louis.
One thousand FIVE hundred and
seventy-four registered letters were
stolen last year.
"A Kansas City, No., smoke" re-
Gently sold the body of his deceased
wife for dissection.
There are at present in Germany
upwards of 5000 widows and 12O,-
900 tatherless children.
Horny Ward Beecher's church
has total membership of 1882, of
which number 1910 are women.
The Government has records of
the graves of 3l5, 555 Union soldiers,
of whom LA, 466 remain unknown.
Tho Senate has confirmed the
nomination of Vice-Admiral Porter
for Admiral of the Navy, by vote
of 80 to 20.
Tho Foot and Mouth Cattle
Disease is still spreading in New
York and in some of the New Eng
land Safes.
The coin in the U. S. Treasury,
at the close Of business Friday was
500, 269, 900 including 100000 in
coin certificates.
Hon. John Covode, one of the
most distinguished politicians of
Pennsylvania, died on the 18th inst.
of heart disease.
Two volcanic islands have re-
Gently been thrown up in the harbor
| of the Sunday Islands to the height
of 300 and $50 feet.
The idiots throughout the coun-
try send one hundred thousand dol
lars months to the swindling firms
in New York city.
The English tariff is levied upon
nine articles, namely: Spirits, wine,
tea, coffee, sugar, tobacco, chicory,
currants, and raisins, of which, tea,
sugar, and coffee, furnish one-third
of the revenue.
The House Judiciary Committee
agreed ON bill, on Monday, making
the number of members of future
Congresses $50, being an increase of
forty members over the present ap-
portionment.
The European war alone has
saved Mr.. Bancroft from being recall
cd. In fact, the mission was offered
to Mr.. Grinnell, Of New York, and
another person, with the knowledge
of Mr.. Bancroft.
The water famine is so severe in
Jersey City that much privation and
suffering have resulted. The town
is thrown into general disorder, with
more drunkenness and rioting than
ever before known.
Representative Coburn proposes
to make elective Postmasters, officers
of internal revenue, and customs,
land officers, pension agents, and 9th
or local officers engaged ia the civil
administration of the Government.
Fairfield county has been the
greatest sheep growing district in
Ohio. Now, however, farmers are
said to be losing their interest in
sheep, and turning their attention to
horses, cattle, and hogs.
"A Chinese boy who was learning
English, camo across the passage
in bis Testament eve have piped in
unto you, and ye have not danced"
rendered it thus: ave have toot,
foot to you, what's the matter you
no jump2"