Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-02-13
STATE NEWS.

bacco which bears good color. Mr..
NJ. informs us that his entire crop, a
few weeks ago, was as green in color
as on the day he cut it, and he bad
lost all hope of ever making it salo-
able. As an experiment, he took it
from the sticks in the drying house
and piled it together, without strip
ping, in two rows, with the tops Of
the PLANTS together, packing it firmly
in place. la short time it under
went the desired transformation,
even the "white VEIN" with which it
was affected, disappearing. The en-
tire lot is now in prime order"
The Times says some of the lead
ing capitalists OF Appleton are SER
iously agitating the subject of build
ing cotton mill in that city. Capi.
tai to the amount of 500, 900 stands
ready for Investment in the enter.
prise so soon as the plans are salts
factory arranged, and its feasibility
demonstrated.
The Monroe Sentinel says the oft
repeated experiment of trying to
make wood burn more freely 10
stove by pouring kerosene on the
same out OF q can, was tried not
thousand miles from Monroe. during
the cold weather of last week. The
owner of the domicile intends 10 put
up fire proof house in the spring.
"A young sheriff at Black River
Falls hotel lately shut "his man" up
in q tight closet, after diligently
searching him for concealed weapons
and was found the next morning shiv
ering in the hall outside, while the
prisoner was snoring under pair of
warm buffalo robes.
They are agitating the subject of
reuniting the counties OF Racine and
Kenosha, thus restoring the ancient
boundaries that existed previous to
March, 1850 Already several pub.
lie meetings have been held and the
iaterest in the project is visibly in
ereasiDg.
The Racine ADVOCATE asserts that
certain shrewd brewers and large
dealers in beer favor the passage of
the Ohio Temp rance Law, believing
the effect of its adoption will be to
lessen the use of strong liquors, aud
proportionately to increase the use of
beer.
The Milwaukee Sentinel says
woman named Celia Grease, alias
Madame De Grease, seventh daught-
or of the seventh daughter, fortune
teller snd clairvoyant, is under arrest
upon charge of passing counterfeit
money. The officers found large
amount of the "queer" upon her per-
son.
"A survey of the country between
Lake Michigan and the Mississippi
has demonstrated that the highest
land between the two is the spot on
which the State Normal School at
Whitewater is located.
1t is said that the log crop of
1912 will be the biggest ever pro-
duced in Wisconsin, The Green Bay,
Wisconsin, River and Chippewa
pineries and fairly swarming with
the axe-men and loggers.
Nine trustees of the Northwest
ern Mutual Life Insurance Company
were elected at the annual meeting
held At Milwaukee on the 31st. The
ticket friendly to the present man.
agement had but little opposition.
The Fond du Lac Commonwealth
has written up az article on the
towns in that county prophesied to
be:good twenty-five years hence. For
an example, Brandon has 10000 in.
habitants.
The decision in the Eau Clair
land office affair, will not be made
for several weeks. 1t is thought,
however, that the office will be re-
opened, and that tho officers will be
exonerated.
MIR. Stephin Faville, of Lake
Mills, President OF the Jefferson
County Dairymen's Association, was
last week chosen President of the
Northwestern Dairymen Association,
at Elgin. Illinois,
ALI who became citizens of Ap-
pleton during or prior to the year
1860 are invited to participate in the
Annual Pioneer Festival at the Lee
wake House, on Wednesday evening,
Jan. 31st.
r A Gridley, of Hudson, st.
Croix county, has sold certain terrific.
ry in this State for the manufacture
OF A. P Freirs improved artificial
stone, for the sum of 100000
A suit for $4,000 has been
Brought against the village of Sparta,
by Mr. D. M. Dolson, for damages re
celved by him in a fall or one of
Spartas poor sidewalks last May
Sadie Z Wilkinson has commence
cd suit in the United States District
Court against Mark NJ Pomeroy for
alleged breach of pramise Of mar.
riage.
A young lady at Fond du Lac
was married without shoes or stock
ings on, the other day, in accordance
with an old within that such 40 act
would bring good luck.
The Neenah Press believes that
the valley of the Fox will ultimately
become one Of the most productive
oil regions in the country.
"A Norwegian in the town of
Lind, Waupaca county, has trapped
over 10 foxes during the winter.
The farmers in the vicinity of
GalesviIle have organized Farmers
Club. at which poems and essays are
read.
An intermission of ten minutes
after each hour is allowed to the
pupils in the Waupaca schools.
Clothes line thieves are abroad
in GAINESVILLE, under the cover of
Monday nights.
-Thirty-three and one-third per
cent. of the students of Lawrence
University are ladies.