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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17
Important Projects of To-Day.
From the Nav York Times. !


The Mont Gents Tunnel having be-
come, practically, an accomplished
fact, stimulus will doubtless be Civ
en- to other and greater enterprises
abroad of similar character. Chief
among these is the proposed tunnel
under the British Channel. Several
eminent engineers, both French and
English, have expressed their conf
dence in the practicability of this
scheme, among whom may be nam
ed Mr.. William Low, Mr.. Hawk
shaw, and NJ. Thome de Gamond.-
In fact, preliminary borings on the
two coasts, and surveys of the bed
of the channel, have been in progress
for some time. On the English shore
boring was begun at ST. Margaret's
Bay, near the South Foreland, in
1866, and has been carried through
the chalk and into the green sand to
a depth of $40 feet below high water
In France similar shaft, at a point
three miles westward of Calais has
been carried down $50 feet, The
result of all that mas been done goes
to show that the tunnel can be safe
ly carried through what is termed
the lower gray chalk that irrup-
tons from the sea or land springs
can be sufficiently guarded against;
and that proper ventilation can be
fully assured. These are the main
difficulties that have been apprehen-
ded, and their removal renders the
scheme entirely feasible. When once
carried out, sea-sickness in crossing
the boisterous channel may be for ev-
er avoided, while the cost of trans
portation between the two countries
will be permanently reduced.
The engineering exploits which to-
day are matters of course, appeared
impossible generation ago. We
are now as sure of our East river
bridge as of our Pacific Railroads,
and no great risk is run in predict
ing that tunnels under both the East
and North rivers, will be built in a
few years The iron rails that al
ready reach the Pacific will be ex-
tended in no long period to Alaska
itself, and a tunnel under Behring's
Straits, connecting the oldest with
the newest continent and forming
the part of an unbroken railroad
from New York to st. Petersburg,
may be among the possibilities of the
future.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17

sides being roughly pulled and haul
ed to my fathers house.
81 write the above to give the
public an opportunity to get a COR
rect statement of the dastardly out
rage. | have waited eight days for
some on to take up the matter and
give to the world the truth, but all
that has come to my observation is
an article in the Daily Herald, head
ed Putting Head On which says,
We have no particular fault to find
with the fellow being served So
Fine moralizing that. IfMr Sloan
indorses an attempted assassination
of gentleman for waiting on lady
to and from a theater, or any other
respectable place of amusement, do
not"
THE PRESS AT WORK.
The leaders of the new movement
are bold, prudent men. They are
not fighting Brigham, but the prin-
ciples he represents. The Tribune
is an ably conducted paper and ev-
cry week pours its heavy shot into
tie institutions antagonistic to the
freedom Of the people and the de-
velopment of the country. The
Mormon press is tame, and only in
teresting in its blackguardism. To
the aid Of the church the son of an
apostle brought a sarcastic pen in a
comic sheet, and significantly styled
it "Keep-a-pitching-in." This, the
last of follies, has provoked another
into life, that appeared on Saturday,
under the name Of Di0geneS. Fancy
the lantern of the philosopher NOV
ing into the dark recesses of Utah.
IL is brilliant paper, and edited by
men, some Of them still in the church.
Evil days have come upon the Proph-
ct. 1t opens with terrible dig at
Brigham's claim to infallibility in
letter from Brigham l. to "Dear
Brother Plus" inviting his Holiness
to Utah, with the tempting offer Of a
portion Of Brgham's wives, as the
situation Of the gentleman at Rome
had not included the Injuries of
Utah. As Brigham's infallibility
was weak and doubtful question,
the holy father is kindly urged to
bring his along.
Every soul of these printers will
lose their church heads.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17
A BOSTON GIRL" AND THE
WAR IN FRANCE.

A curious but interesting story is
told by the Washington Patriot a
journal edited by Mr.. Harvey, lately
Minister to Portugal, a gentleman
likely to be we'll informed opon the
intrigues of Peninsular politics.
The Patriot says that for a long
time negotiations were going on for
placing upon the throne of Spain
Don Fernando, the father of the
King Of Portugal. Don Fernando
was the widower of Donna Maria H.,
and had married afterwards an Amer
lean lady, Miss Hensler, at the time
connected with the Grand Opera at
Lisbon. Miss Hensler was a native
of Boston, who had studied music in
Italy, ard achieved some success on
the opera stage, while the charms of
her person and the graces of her
character were universally admired.
Before Der marriage with Don Fer
nando, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg had
created her Countess d'Edla, and her
position was one in every way calcu-
lated to ensure her happiness. But
Prim and the Spanish Cortes were
unwilling TO receive her as Queen
Consort Of Spain, and as the gallant
old Fernando made this sine qua
non, the negotiations fell through,
and the throne was offered to the
Prince Of Hohenzollern. Then came
the war.
Such is the romantic story, from
which the Patriot thinks it clear
that the war result from sthe unsat
istied ambition of a Boston girl"
Post hoe is not always propter hoe.
There never yet was war which
was not traced up by some marvel
monger to a frivolous and remote
cause. Soyer, the cook, used always
TO declare that the war in the Crimea
would never have occurred but for a
headache of some great lady residing
in one Of the embassies in CONSTANT
nople. Soyer had cooked a dinner
for Lord Stratford dc Radcliffe,
which was designed to compose all
the troubles between Russia and the
powers. The soups were soothing,
there were pateS d la pacifcation and
conciiatery croquetts, and the entente
cordiaie was to provade and character
ize the whole nenue down to the
Maraschino but the fine lady had
the headache, the dinner was post
poned, and the end was Sabastopol.
History is every repeating itself,
and secret history most of all.-N. Y.
Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17
CoNaREGATIoNALIsM IN WIscoNsI,

CoNGREGATIoNALIsM IN WISCONSIN
The Advance gives the following
statistics There are 172 churches
in the State, and 181 ministers, OF
whom "a are installed pastors, 102
acting pastors, and So without charge,
many Of whom are agents, professors
in colleges, etc. In the minutes OF
the year closing August LIST, 1902
members of the churches are repor.
ted, gain of 454. Ayearly increase
is shown for many years past, and
an increase of "absent members, -
SO churches report 667 additions on
profession, a less number than for
any one of the five previous years
"a churches reporting no additions
by profession. lie churches report
additions by letter, Sc reporting
none. Total additions, 1173. Ben.
evolent contributions s20,790 against
80, 1894 the previous year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17

aA-Some snob-iet us hope he
was not an American--on hearing
that Dumas Pere was a quadroon
made haste to call upon the person
age and ascertain for himself if such
things could be.
81 am told" began the visitor,
that you are quadroon, Monsiear
Dumas"
eyes" answered Dumas.
"And your father"
"Was a mulatto the distinguish.
ed General Dumas, of the army Of
Italy-and a mulatto," roared the
author in tones that left no doubt
of the quality of his lungs.
"And his mother? continued the
intruder interrogatively.
"Was a negro" shouted Dumas
rising to his feet.
"And who may | ask, was her
mother2
Gan ape sir, an apcl' Numbered
the indignant author. "My family
begins exactly where yours ends
waiter show that monkey the door"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17

say EUery Saturday, in speaking
of the business future of this country,
says: "What have the people de-
termined upon ? Evidently, the taxes
shall be lightened; that definite steps
shall be taken for the return ofspecie
payments; that the public debt shall
be so distributed in duration as,
while meeting perfectly the claims of
honesty and honor. to bear most
lightly upon the generation that has
to stand the extraordinary ravages
of war; that the necessary financial
burdens of the Government shall be
equalized, allowing no class extortion
in the shape of monopoly to tatten on
the general distress, and, so far as
possible, taking hands off from pro-
ductive industry and that the civil
service shall be recognized, revolu-
tionized, in fact, so that the umbilical
cord between it and partisan politics
shall be cut forever.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17
PHELPS HOUSE.

~ Is. PHELPS proprietor, Lancaster, Wis Having
Il furnished the new three story brick hotel on the
old hotel corner prepared 70 accommodate guests
reasonably Rooms well furnished and table well
provided. Ample stable accommodations, 2O-s5
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17
H A girl in Hudson. Wisconsin

GB- A girl in Hudson, Wisconsin,
has lately had frequent attacks of
bleeding at the nose. To staunch the
blood, her mother on one of these
occasions put some snuff in the
child's nostrils. This made the lit
tie one sneeze very hard, and in so
doing forced from Der nose a grub
worm about three inches long. 1t
was bright red, alive, full of blood,
and had two horns on its head. The
girl has since recovered her health.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17
,n A Correspondent of the Count,

sA-A Correspondent of the Country
Gentleman thinks that he has found
out that oats, although good feed
for horses, should not be their only
grain feed-that corn or corn.meal
had better be given half the time, or
a mixture of oats and corn. He also
advises feeding horses "twice a week,
mess of potatoes as medicine"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17

GETEING RID OF RATs.-Catch one
Of the rats about your barn secure
his head firmly between two boards,
but not to injure him tie small bell
about his neck, made from a thimble
with a small button for tongue tar
and feather him well, and then let
him go about noon, and you will
find that the rats will leave during
the coming night,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17

BUSINESS DEPREsCIoN.-The Uni
ted States Economist, standard au-
thorty on matters of trade and bust
ness, says; GAIL persons acquainted
with business affair in New York
AMI throughout the United States,
know that there has been no period
in a series of years when there was
so great depression of trade and so
much real difficulty for business men
to sustain their positions. Nor is
this depression confined to mercan-
tile circles. 1t extends to farmers,
planters, mechanics, and the entire
industrial community. From all
parts Of the country we hear the
same complaint of the scarcity OF
money, and of the difficulty of max
ing and collecting payments. In
deed, it is propable that no period
since the financial panic of 1857 have
the people suffered moro from strait
ened means, or been forced to econo-
mise On a shorter allowance of cum-
modities. Of course there is no down
right poverty among any class, but
there is an absence of the ability TO
obtain the Injuries, and even the
comforts to which our more favored
population have become accustomed
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17

s9- A well-known clergyman call
ed on Booth, the actor, at his hotel
in Pittsburgh, a few days since, and
asked if there were no side doors in
the Opera House, through which be
might gain entrance into a private
box without being seen. The rev.
erened individual vanished when
Booth retorted: "Sir, there are no
doors in the world through which
God cannot see; would you hope to
find such in the Opera House ~
Which is the more worthy of reUer-
ence, the actor or the Clergyman
Milio1ukee Sentinel.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17
ss SaH Vol. %, NO. A.
OH ! BE NOT THE FIRST.

Oh be not the first to discover
blot on the fame Of a friend.
flaw in the faith Of lover,
Whose heart may prove true 10 the end
Venom Of us know one another,
And of into error we fall;
Then let Us speak we'll Of our brother.
Or speak not about MIN at all
smile Or a sigh might awaken
suspicions most false and undue
And thusour faith may be shaken
In the hearts that are honest and true
How often the light smile Of gladness
Is worn BY the friends we meet,
To coyera soul full Of sadness,
Too proud TO acknowledge defeat
How often the sigh Of detection
Is heaved from the hypocrite's breast,
To parody truth and affection,
Or lull suspicion to rest
How often thefriends we hold dearest
Their modest emotions conceal;
And bosoms the purest, -incerest,
Have setrets they cannot reveal
Leave base minds to harbor suspicious,
Aud small ones to trace our defects
Let ours be noble ambitions
For base is the mind that suspects.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17
CARRIER HOUSE,

Fp CARRIER proprietor Boscobel Wis. Meals pro
1 vided before car time aud patrons assisted with
baggage. Promptness and no delays At tho Carrier
House stahliug attached.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17

A LARGE PENsIoN.-Gen.K Kellogg,
Pension Agent, has received!notice to
place on his payroll the name of
Maria A. Sawyer, of La Crosse, the
former widow of George Baum, and
guardian of bis seven children, each
OF whom is entitled to q pension from
the time of his death, May 3, 1864
Mr.. Baum was private in Co. c.,
29th Wis. Vols. The amount of the
first payment up to December 4th, is
1884 81. This makes | a pretty
handsome Christmas present from
the Government.-Ledder.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17

" }. HYDE, proprietor, Lancaster, Wis corner Of
". Main and Spring SITS. Having bought the above
house and RENTED aud refurnished IT, am prepared
% give every attention 70 the accommodation Of guests
and will provides good table and clean beds. good
hoHtlof alWRyH on hand. 2l-3O
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17

NOTARY PUBLIC, Claim Agent, and Agent for sew
" oral Of the best Life and Fire Insurance Com
panes IN tho country. Also Licensed Auctoneer' Al
business entrusted 70 linn will DO promptly attended
~ AZ Cnssville Wis Zi-l7
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17
pIArrEuIIIE HOTEL.
HOUSE,

by q. D. STREETER, corner OF Mineral and Second
- streets, plasteyie, Wis. Good staHng and at
tontive hostlers sample rooms attached.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17
BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER.

CEORGE " N0TUROP, respectfully INFORMS the
" public generally that he has opened Barber
Shop in Meyers building north Of the court house
shaving shampooing and Hair Dressing attended TO-
Also Ladies' Switches, Curls, Frizzes, &C. made to
order. 2l-lb
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17

nEArTTN Al would respectfully in
IJIlN i "A form those who may de
sire my advice and services. that cOnfne my dental
Hb0rs 90 my office 10 hoscobol. &C. ARTIFICIAL TEETH
inserted on any base desired Teeth filled with
AMALGAM aud warranted DURABLE. BY keeI ing post
od in tho Dental Art, am we'll prepared to take diff
hcut cnsos. Onice Ruka Brothers hardware
store. 2&-l7 DR.. n. COOMES
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17

st Louis drinks daily six thou
sand gallons of lager.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17
DR. y. q. BRANCH,

BUYsIClAN and SUbG EoS and Pension Fxauinln.
STORE 2O-2i
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17

GENERAL COLLECTING AGENT aud CONVEY
~ ancer Bloomington, Wis Titles inyest gated ant
perfected. Collection promptly attended 70. Refer
fencos given when desired. 2l-23
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17
nR. A. q. BARBER.

1IME WOODHOUSE, prophet r. (suceessor TO lIar
- gerry bloomington, wis, Rooms IN good order. and
good stnhling attached. ESQ
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17
THE MINING INFLUENCE.

Walk through the city, pass through
our hotels, behold the faces of stran-
gers from all parts of the earth, see
windows filled with hundreds OF
specimens of rich ores, witness those
long mule trains slowly vending
their way through our streets bear.
ing their precious burdens to the
railroad depot, and see the laboring
man with greenbacks 10 his hand at
the merchant stores, and there you
have the quiet revolution that is
transforming Utah from poverty to
affluence, from mental slavery to in.
tellectual grandeur.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17
CATEs HOrsE.

n A GATES, proprietor, Platteville, Wis. This
an. now hotel II situated on lst or Oak ST. 2 doors
south OF Main. II Is Lewly furnished and fitted up Ia
first class STYLE Good sample Room and Stabling at
tached. Five minutes walk from tho depot 8l.b0
per day, 22-23
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17

physician aud SURGEON. once at his residence,
ono mile south east Of Jamestown, Grant county,
Wisconsin 2l-50
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17

The Southern freedmen own
nearly six hundred schoolhouses.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17

physician and SuRGE0N Lancaster, Wisconsin
/ once over Nathan Woisteuholme's store 2l-i3
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17
MANSION HOUSE,
EXAMINATION unnr

DYM HYDE & SON, Lancaster. wis Good stabling
worry low ratss. 2l-30
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17
FIVE-CENT NICKEL COIN.

In addition to the fractional cur
rency the five-cent nickle coin is re-
deemed by the Treasurer when it is
put up in amounts of 500, 1925,
$3.50, &c. There are quite a number
of limitations of this coin. One soft
lead, another of lead and zinc, and a
third of brassy appearance. This
last coin is well executed, and more
likely to deceive on account Of its
being o hard metal counterfeit.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17
FRACTIONAL CURRENCY.

Few persons are acquainted with
the tedious operation which accom-
panies the redemption of fractional
currency by the Government. In
this city, the Sub-Treasury of the
United States, under charge of Mr.
George Oyster, has one special de-
partment devoted exclusively to this
redemption, and it is one of the most
important provisions the Treasury
Department has inaugurated for the
convenience of our business men,
brokers, and bankers. Two gentle
men clerks and seven lady counters
are actively employed daily in this
division.
THE MANNER IN WHICH CURRENCY Is
PUT UP.
Fractional currency is put up in
packages ofono hundred notes OF each
denomination, faced one way, and Sc
cured by printed or written bands OF
paper an inch in width, with the en-
dorsement, 400 tifty-cent notes, $50"
100 twenty-five cent note S25, re,
with the name, and address of the de-
positor. The entire deposit is then
secured in stout wrapper, and the
gross deposit is marked upon it, with
the name and address of deposition
For this package the Government
gives conditional receipt, which is
paid after the package has been ex-
amined and counted.
HOW LONG 1T TAKES TO GET A RETURN.
Money deposited one day is coun-
ted the succeeding, and paid the de-
poster the third day. If money is
deposited late in the day, then it re-
mains only one day in the hands of
the Government before it is paid.
Considering the large amount depos-
tied daily, and the condition of the
currency, this is decidedly a great
advantage to our business men and
community at large.
COUNTING THE CURRENCY.
This is a tedious, labOrious, and
responsible operation, as each note is
examined separately, in order to as
certain if it is to be received or re-
iected. More or less, all pack
ages contain mutilated, defaced, and
counterfeit notes, which have all to
be properly accounted for to the de-
positor.
COUNTERFEIT AND MUTILATED NOTES.
As counterfeits are quite numerous
upon all denominations of the frac-
tional currency issue, it requires
good judgment, experience, and close
watching to sift them out. Yet the
separation of counterfeits from the
good currency is, perhaps, not the
most difficult part of the operation.
1t is the mutilated notes, which have
been carefully and exactly fitted up
and secured together, which require
the closest scrutiny to determine
their character. The joining of de,
tached portions oftwo different notes
when carefully executed, would read
lily deceive any one except experts.
FRACTIONAL, BUT NOT MUTILATED, MON
Ely REDEEMED.
The general idea is that this divis-
ion is for the purpose Of redeeming
mutilated currency, but such is not
the case. Whenever one-tenth of a
note is destroyed, or SO badly defaced
as to exclude all possibility of deter
mining its character, it is rejected.
However, the Treasurer at Washing
ton redeems these portions of defac-
ed notes, when over one-half of the
original note remains, at its face val
ue.
WHAT BECOMES OF THE MONEY.
After the money has been redeem
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17
JOSEPH BOOK.

BsTRACT and CONyEYANCIEG Once Lancaster,
Il Wiz. Abstracts furnished on snort notice; Titles
Investigated and perfected Conveyancing In all It's
branches Taxes paid land bought and sold. 22-l4
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17
WHAT BECOMES OF THE MONEY.

After the money has been redeem
cd it is carefully sealed up in large
packages and shipped to the Treas
urer at Washington, where it is coun-
ted and afterwards destroyed and
new currency issued in lieu thereof.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-01-17
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
nAnaEa g. cLEMshraoN

TrORNEYs and COUNsELOEs ~ Law. Lancaster
Il wis viii practice IN all State couFts; Will levy
aud sell lands pay taxes prosecute land paest boun-
ties pensions and other claims against the GOyt. 2l24