Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-01-30

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~-Benjamin Franklin is regarded
by almost universal consent the
greatest man ever born In New Eng
land. uaq a13 sasaa c8 a 83iag o
tits authoritatively stated chat
the Mornons expect to eventually
establish their headquarters in Mis-
souri,.
The ltalian coral fishery has the
past season been very successful, the
total value Of the yield being about
8 ,0O0, 900 francs. = g s3qs59 taas
e Striped, speckled, and colored
stockings have taken the place of
white, and are worn to match the
color of the dress.
An patured contemporary
says Rhode Island goes for narrow
gauge railroads because she wants
both rails to lic within her own tiers
ritory. st
- Washington society has long
marvelled over the softness, purity,
and tone Of Madame Cataoazy's com
plexion. The milk Of the cocoanut
does il. S EN- y.@84
Water, such IS is fit 10 drink,
commands price in Madrid As high
as soda water Ia this city, as sum.
mer beverage it is more sought after
than wine,
"A Western editor informs cor
respondent that the words 'sno
cards" accompanying marriage no.
tice, signify that the welded pair
don't play poker.
The new iron draw of the bridge
across the Mississippi at Winona,
MINI, was successfully swung on
Saturday afternoon. Iii one OF the
largest draws in the wor Id, being
800 feet long
"A close-fsted bachelor OF Knox
county, Indiana, wanted the clerk TO
inform hira whether he would make
any reduction in rates if half doz-
en- fellows dubbed together to take
out marriage licenses.
"A letter of Dir. Dickens is Just
published, in which, speaking of the
House of Commons, be says THAI he
believes "no consideration would in
duce him TO become member of that
extraordinary assembly"
1T is now said that NJ. Henri
Rochefort will be confined in the ls,
land Of Sainte Marguerite, on the
coaet of Provence, and that he is to
occupy the cell in which the Man of
the Iron Mask was imprisoned for
several years.
After the LIST Of October, 1872,
it will be unlawful for domestic AMI
mails to run at large in Illinois. This
is the provision Of law passed by
the Legislature, and it will require a
vote OF the county to prevent the
operations of the law.
lager beer is the drink preferred
by Prince Bismark. At his soiree
little casks Of lager beer are never
missing. They are brought in after
the champaign, and the beeris dawn
from the tap as soon as the ladies
have left, or even before.
There is ship now on the sea
built in 1868, when the Prince of Or
ange was ightingPhilip III. OF Spain,
then at the zenith of his power. This
Dutch ship, now 304 years old, re-
Gently passed the Cape of Good Hope
bound from Batavia for Holland.
The game law of Illinois prohib,
its the killing of prairie chickens be.
tween the first Of January and the
last of August, and woodcocks from
the first of January TO the first of
July. IL is unlawful for any person
to ensnare, net or trap quails till the
LIST Of Decembe next.
An energetic effort is making by
members Of the medical profession Of
New York TO obtain change of the
laws of the state, 80 that practicing
the crime of abortion will be regard
ed as felony instead of manslaughter,
and the punishment be at the dscre
ton Of the court.
1t will cost you about $500 to be
buried in good style at st. Joseph,
Mo, but, should you desire to be en-
balmed, and be transported in
white hearse, drawn by crsam-coIo,
ed ponies, it might aggregate 81, 00G.
A very satisfactory compromise was
lately made at 1000.
The dentists are an ancient fra.
ternity, Csssellus was dentist in
the reign Of the Roman triumvirs,
and nearly 500 years b. G. gold was
used in securing and stopping teeth.
Herodotus declares that the Egyp>
tans had knowledge Of the diseases
of the teeth and their treatment q
800 B. G.
--Ruskin is unable to subscribe to
the fund FOR the restoration of War
wick Cas- e, at least until be has fil-
ed up his list for the relief of two
married couple, woman and her
daughter. and young man and bis
sister, who all sleep and live 10 ono
London room sixteen feet square.
eight persons in all.
"A whole page Of the London
Times, Dec. ii, is occupied with an
advertisement Of THE United King
dom Alliance TO procure the total
and immediate suppression of the
traffic in all Intoxicating liquors. -
1t ia proposed to raise a fund OF
100000, Of which about G73, 900 has
been already subscribed.
An eminent scientist has discov-
cred that the wing of the bat and the
ear Of the white mouse are abund-
antly provided with nerves, appar-
emily for the purpose Of supplying,
by means of very refined sense OF
touch. the imperfections Of vision
He estimates the number of nerve
endings on each ear at 5000.
George William Curtis has re-