Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-07-25
General News.
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The cholera is raging terribly in
Persia.
Cuba has been again invaded by
filibusters.
The British hop crop is COM
plete failure.
One thousand emigrantsa month
are pouring into Oregon.
There are reports Of Indian
troubles on the North Platte.
The Connecticut House has pass
ed general railroad law, by a vote
of l29 to 81
The old Rebel commander Hood
is in infirm health He walks pain
fully and by the aid of crutches.
j. w. Douglas has been appointed
by the President to fill Pleasanton's
place. The latter declines to resign.
Superintendent Kelso will be
forced TO resign, and number of
men are already mentioned as his
successor.
--Thiers and Gambetta, thepresent
leaders of France, are reported to be
in conference, trying to devise form
for a moderate Republic.
.-Benito Jaurez has been re-elect-
ed President of the Republic of Mex
leo. Diaz came next TO Janrez, and
Tezada was utterly defeated.
The Howe family will reunite at
Harmony Grove, near Pennington
Mass, on Aug. 81 The Hon Joseph
Howe, of Canada will deliver the
Grafton.
1t is stated that Disraeli, if not
as he expects, reinstallod Premier Of
England, next Winter, will make q
tour OF the world, beginning with
this country.
The grand jury Of Washington
found an indictment against the
Tribune correspondents for the pre-
mature publication of the Treaty of
Washington.
Over 400 Mormons arrived at
New York in u Scandinavian steamer
last week, as the results of Il mission
airy trip to Europe by one OF the
Mormon Bishops.
The number of killed during the
suppression OF the Commune war in
Paris is stated at 10000, including
5000 women and children. Ninety
thousand prisoners were captured.
The conduct of Col. Jim. Fisk
during the riot is described by a man
who sheltered and disguised him, as
cowardly in the extreme. He was
not wounded in the riot. He only
sprained his ankle in running away.
The President has directed the
Attorney General, on the represents
alton of the Sub-Ku-Klux Committee,
to rigidly enforce the bill passed for
the suppression of outrages in the
South, especially North Carolina
There is considerable excitement
at Indianapolis over the discovery OF
woman, named Pillbean, prevailing
upon a janitor TO allow her to witness
three limitations in Odd-Fellowship,
concealed from view. The ianitor
has been expelled from the Order
A box containing the bodies OF
five children has been picked up in
the river near Fort Madison, Iowa,
the eldest of whom was boy about
Is years of age. There was nothing
found with them which would lead
to their naturalization or reveal the
mysterious circumstances connected
with their death.
1t il said that one of the Siamese
twins is lying at the point of death,
at their home in North Carolina.
The other is in good health. In
anticipation OF death, arrangements
have been made for the immediate
separation of the living from the
dead brother. And so this old prob
lym will be solved.
General Ely S. Parker has re-
signed his position as Commissioner
of Indian Affairs, on the ground oil
interference with his duties by the
Board of Indian Commissioners. The
President in accepting the resigna'
ton compliments Gen. Parker on bis
management Of the Bureau. Gen
Parker, it will be remembered, is an
Indian chief and was connected with
Gen. Grants Staff during the war.
"A Berlin correspondent says
"The German emigration to America,
instead of decreasing, as the German
Journals have been predicting since
the war, will increase, in all probabil.
ity. The Elberfield Gdeette, invaria-
bly, well informed, reports emigration
after years pause, doing its best tC
make up for lost time. Ships are
filing as fast as they come into the
harbor, and the emigration officers
are overrun with applicants"
"A San Francisco dispatch says
that Gen. Crook, the newly appoint
ed commander ia Arizona, has taken
the field against the Apaches. Gen
Crook has gained considerable repu
tation as an Indian-fghter in Oregon
but his skill and daring are about &c
be put to severe test in the Apache
war of determination, which has ere
now been disastrous to the reputation
of so many military men. The or
ganization of his force appears to be
admirable.
Political News.
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