Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-11-27
HERE, THERE AND ELSEWHERE.
Ohio is u years old to-day.

ABOUT 1000 persons died in Mem.
pms OF yellow fever. VOC TIgOl
Working people compose one.balf
the population ofPatis. E11-
1t is stated that &C, 700 people in
Phlapelphia are out of work.
/ Several Iowa towns prohibit the
sale OF newspapers on Sunday.
The population of all the Terrific.
rles is less than half million.
Figs are now successfully raised
III the latitude OF Northern Missouri.
| "A. L. Stewart has been in bust.
ness IN New York city just half cen.
| fury.
| The Chicago Times has gone raw.
ing distracted about the Cuba bust.
ness.
| Sewing circles are to be organ.
ICED in Brooklyn for the benefit of the
poor.
Milwaukee boasts of $50 saloons.
They all supported Taylor for Gov.
ernor.
Justice is slow but sure. Cain
was killed last week in Galloway
county, Ky.
-Twenty.nine counties in nlinois
have elected women for School SUI
| perintendents.
Minnesota exports annually about
$4,000 worth of ginseng for the
Chinese market.
Deaf mutes, it is now ssserted,
are more numerous in mountainous re.
gions than in fiat countries.
Connecticut, according to the
census, is the heaviest hardware man.
ufacturing State in the Union.
The suspension of several large
Gotten factories in the east deprive
over 10000 hands of employment.
"A Dubuque urchin thought bar
rel of lye was something good to drink
and tapped it. He is convalesccnt.
A Wisconsin man has had to have
his lip arnputated on account of a can
Ger produced by excessive smoking.
Bull Run was a farm when the
famous first battle was fought, but
now it is village OF 800 Inhabitants.
indianapolis has 1000 men out of
employment, being in this respect
worse off than any other Western
city.
The number of acres Of public
land surveyed in Dakota in 1872
amounted to 1885, 800 and 2o.lOo
acres.
1t is estimated that over twenty
thousand operatives have already been
thrown out of employment in Phila-
delphia.
Wick, the Rochester florist, loses
, 1000 money letters, ETC., every year,
n the mails. So says the Philadel.
phia Star.
10000 Mennonites and other
Russians, next spring will settle in
Dakota, and will alone occupy 2,0o0,-
900 acres.
"A Western man feels aggrieved
because his bill at a New York hotel
one day amounted TO the value of Is
bushels of corn.
1t seems quite probable that Spain
will regret before long that she did not
$4,000 ior lD9SsBaa. P"'k's Offer Of s1oo.
"A Frenchman has invented q
boot with wheels which, he says, will
enable the wearer to 60 considerably
faster than a horse.
Carl Schurz has returned from
his European tour to his home in St.
Louis He denies the report that he
s to remove to Chicago.
1t is estimated that in 1872 $780,,
100000 were spent for bread, $3.50.
10000 for tobacco, and $600,0O0,o00
or intoxicating drinks.
--Stonewall Jackson was born on the
Ute Of an old Indian graveyard, and
vas instrumental in starting grave.
'ards at many other places.
More than 1000 men are now at
york in the Brooklyn Navy.yard, and
t is said that half as many more will
DO added to the number at once.
The Now York World is out
With another prophecy that "a Dem
ocratic Congress will be elected next
year, and n Democratic President in
1876"
"A New England mechanic has
invented an apparatus for propelling
,anal boats by forcing n current of
compressed air ont against the water
II the stern.
Velvet walking costumes imported
his fall are very elegant. They are
made something in the redingote style,
md the trimming is usually feathers
md rich lace.
The Philadelphia Press furnishes
\ list of possible Presidential candid
ates for 1875, containing the names of
Morton, Blaine, Sumner, Boutwell,,
and Gen. Sherman.
--Ear-rings made of English sover-
eigns are one of the latest novelties in
jewelry. They hang from the ear
from fine gold chain fastened to the
hook, and are quite pretty.
Ten females rejoice in having
been elected County Superintendents
IF Schools in Iowa. One voter in
a woman's name from bis
ballot, wrote, "Don't want kno woman
in Nine"
The Waukesha Democrat sug-
gests the name of Gen. Bouck for
Speaker of the Assembly, Rev.
George Washington Peck of the la
Crosse Liberal Democrat, for Ser
geant. alarms.
Secretary Stewards Alaska pur.
chase bids fair to justify itself. Re.
cent reports represent it to be rich in
auriferous deposits, aud the gold
hunters are turning their eyes and
steps in that direction.
--latest returnsindicate that the