Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-05-16
News from All Quarters.

The Russian prince isn't coming
till October.
Grant has signed commercial
treaty with San Salvador.
President Grant was 40 years
old on Thursday of last week.
Three inches of snow fell on the
Allegheny mountains Wednesday
night.
There were forty-four Senators
present at the opening of the special
session.
Mexican advices state that the
reinauguration Of Juarez will cause a
revolution.
Wall street rumors have it that
Boutwell, will retire from the Treas
ury Department in two weeks.
Tho wife of Brick Pomeroy has
obtained divorce, after separation
of ten years, with $4,000 slimony.
1t is estimated that the popqla-
ton of Paris is less by six hundred
thousand souls than when the Ger
mans left it.
"A final treaty of peace between
France and Germany was signed by
the official representatives of both
Governments Wednesday.
Track laying will soon COM
monce on the Chicago, Dubuque and
Minnesota railroad, and a locomotive
for that line has already arrived in
Dubuque.
The resolution introduces into
the United States Congress touching
the Lower California question, are
being discussed at length by the Mex
lean press.
Dispatches from Washington say
that proposition has been received
from foreign bankers looking to a
subscription of $500, 100000 to our
new loan.
-Denunciations of the administra-
ton Of the Haytien Treasury have
caused the resignation of the whole
Cabinet. Even the President threat
ems to resign.
1t is again rumored that Napo-
leon has gone to France secretly, re-
lying upon the dissatisfaction in the
army for support in an attempt to
regain the throne.
Awaiting herself of the abroga-
ton of the Black Sea treaties, Russia
is now demonstrating her peaceful
intentions by fortifying Sebastopol
on gigantic scale.
The United States Attorney
General is engaged in preparing
forms Of procedure under the Ku-
Klux law of Congress, which law is
to be enforced at once in districts
where disturbances exist.
Tho President will probably
nominate to the Senate, this week, a
now minister to Brazil, and it is said
he is disposed to tender the appoint
ment to ex-senator Williams, of Ore
gon, one of the joint high commits
sion.
The President appointed Judge
Otto, late Assistant Secretary of the
Interior, as member of the United
States and Spanish mixed commits
sion for the settlement of the claims
of American citizens, growing out of
injuries and depredations committed
in the Island of Cuba.
The young crops all over Iowa
are reported in prime condition.
Winter wheat is the best il has been
for years. Spring wheat is unusu-
ally forward and promising. Corn
planting is ten days earlier than'usu-
al. Fruit proves not to have been
very badly damaged by the late frosts.
Reliable horticulturists say that all
the standard fruits bear the best of
promise.
A new secret society has lately
been discovered in New York. 1t
is called the Graft )" its meetings are
held for the purpose of securing
organized political effort in favor of
measures designed to benefit the
working classes. The order already
numbers fifty thousand members in
the city. Branch societies have
been established in all the large cities.
The abuse of the fraDking priv
ilege is being again agitated by Post
master General Creswell, who is en-
gagged in preparing statistics to pre-
sent to the next congress. He points
out as an exempli6cation of the evils
of the system, the sending off of
thirteen immense mail bags Of matter
to ex-senator McCreery, tree of post
age.
The Philadelphia Press states
that the Sultan of Turkey is Offering
strong inducements to the Jews to
emigrate to Palestine, and has even
expressed his Willingness to sell them
the mosque of Omar which, it will be
recollected, occupies this cite of
Mount Moriah of the ancient temple.
1t adds: "Some of the hills around
Jerusalem have already become Jew
ish property, and it is by no means
improbable that some of the present
generation will see the entire city of
Jerusalem again in the hands of it's
ancient owners"
State Items.