Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-03-26
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
Cen. J. NJ. Rusk, Congressman
from the old Sixth District, has APP
pointed Carson Graham of Vernon,
J. Il. Irish of st. Croix, and b. +.
Bryant of La Crosse, an Examining
Board to examine all applicants for
the appointment as cadet to the
United States Military Academy at
West Point. The young man who
passes the best examination before
this board on the 1st of May next
will receive the appointment.
The Stevens Point Journal says:
"Four thousand men are wanted in
this pinery for the spring labor of
logging and rafting. The large guam
tity now in the river, together with
this winters manufacture, will give
employment at remunerative prices
to an unusually large number Of men
Wages will be high from SO to 81
per day will be the price for og-driv-
ers and riverman."
"A Catholic priest at Superior
City has returned to that place after
three weeks journey through his
parish, in which time he walked 800
miles on snow shoes, preached q SER
mons, 26 Of which were in the Indian
language, christened As Indians, and
married &c couples.
Fond du Lac claims that Milwau-
kee has ignored q promise to aid in
the building of road between the
two cities and, as the former has
voted S75, 900 toward the enterprise,
its people are indignant at the course
Milwaukee has taken.
The Green Bay Gazette tells of
two men who were found in a freight
car at Fort Howard, with both feet
frozen and turned black, and almost
dead from cold aud starvation, hav-
ing stolen q ride all the way from
Chicago.
Michael Welch, farmer residing
near Waukesha, Wis, was kicked by
mule on Friday last and instantly
killed. The entire top of his head
was taken off Welch was about 45
years of age, and leaves family.
-Kenosha was so named from the
following incident. A lot of its early
residents were playing Keno. When
one made game, he cried "Keno"
and all the others in disgust said
"Pshaw."
The Dodgeville Chronicle says
that Mr.. Theobold, of Middlebury,
sold, few weeks ago, IL dressed
hogs, averaging APT lbs. each. The
Chronicle, wants the man who can
beat that to report
Another boy has paid the penal
ty Of the vile habit of tobacco chew
ing. Peter Johnson, of Tay Ior's Falls,
Wis, died a few days since perfect
slave to the weed He had used it
ninety -seven years.
Father Stiles, of Prescott, the
oldest Freemason in the world, is
still hale and hearty. He will COM
plete bis lO7th year this Spring
The Hon. Alex Graham refuses
to become a candidate for Mayor of
GAINESVILLE at the spring election,
though urged by many of the leading
citizens to accept nomination.
The storm signals will be dis
played at Milwaukee by Sergeant
Brimer on and after the first of next
month, by order of the War Depart
ment.
Don't hitch your horse to a locust
tree. f, b. Grover, of Dodge county,
had thousand dollar horse that com
mitted suicide by eating locust tree
bark.
La Fayette county has sent more
petitions to the legislature for the
passage Of the temperance bill than
any other county in the State.
Henry Nemeyer, of Columbus,
raised 1000 pounds of good Connecti-
cut seed leaf tobacco, on an area of
little more than one acre of ground.
Josie Mansfield is said to be bill
ed for Oconomowoc, Waukesha and
other Wisconsin watering places dur
ing the coming summer.
-Georgc Thrall, the Monroe coun-
terfeiter, has been sentenced to five
years Imprisonment in the State pris-
on.
The Milwaukee and St Paul
Railway Company will pay out, the
present winter over 100000 for
wood.
"A single case of small pox at
Wausau has cost the village authori-
ties upward of 5000.
"A Fond du Lac Justice has fined
man 500 for selling gift concert
tickets.
-Canvassers in Fond du Lac are
selling the "Life of Mrs. Van Cott,"
the revivalist.
Six thousand acres of tobacco
were grown in Rock county last sea-
son.