Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-29
GlEANINGs FROM TIE S1ASE PRESS,


Patrons of Husbandry. 6
Tho Menominee court house, re- !,
ntiy completed, costs $4,000. :,
Fond du Lac county hfG osganiz-
five oranges since the 1st inst.
"A law suit abors horse has been
included al Sbawano, Costs, 81, 275.
No new business 70 be receive
the Legislature after Tho t1>
ebruary. OF
Miss Carrie BroY44.>
est girl in JanesyiARr the pref
old watch, y 1891 and q
The MadEs>
lompany has IN Mutual Insurance
erous YES. ust concluded "a pros
oan9 dressed hog weighing 728
ne was" marketed in La Crosse,
other day.
The cheese manufacture of Wis.
consin for 1873 is estimated at TO-
100000 pounds.
The farmers of Caldwell's Prairie
have arranged to build thousand
dollar club house.
-Henizooty is prevailing at Milton.
One man has lost over 200 hens with.
in the past year.
Appleton claims the most extern
sive and elegantly furnished reading
room in the State.
The rumor is afoat that Elk. GOv>
ernor Washburn of this state will be
appointed Minister to Spain.
There are owned in the district
of Milwaukee 298 vessels of all kinds,
having a tonnage of $685. 10
Floss, young man at GAINESVILLE,
mss had copper cartridge successful
ly removed from one Of mis- lungs.
The Wisconsin Senate has adopt
ed resolution requiring all members
to return their free railroad passes.
1t is reported that the Legisla-
ture will be flooded with petitions
for the repeal of the Graham liquor
law.
The La Belle wagon works, of
Fond du Lac, have been sold to Fond
duLac parties for 800, 900 ten months
ago.
The editor of the Badger State
Banner has been married Is years
and still seems TO be prOnd Of his
wife.
"A Cleveland company propose to
erect works ct Milwaukee for burnett
tizing wood blocks for paving pur-
poses.
According to the Free Press,
Reedsburg, Wis, has shipped 2,727
bales OF Hops during 1873. amount
ing to 1926, 96O.
Congressman Hazelton, of this
state, has been appointed a regent Of
the Smithsonian Institute for the
next two years.
Every time dead apple tree, on
a farm near Appleton, blooms, some
member of the family dies. 1t has
bloomed three times.
"A new elevator with the capacity
for 200, 900 bushels of grain is about
to.be erected at Milwaukee by Angus
Smith at cost of $250,O00.
The Eau Claire Free Press prints
statistics showing that the general
business of that city during 1873
amounted to nearly $G,OOO,00O.
"A butter factory is about to be
establish at Aliens Grove, WaIworth
County, by q gentleman named
Brown, to use the milk of 500 COWS.
"A GAINESVILLE boy swallowed a
pistol cartridge few days ago. He
does pretty much as he pIeasos now,
as his father isn't inclined to spank
him.
AS a consequence of getting
drunk and lying out all night, B. Mil
Ter, of Weyanwega, will probably
have to have his hands and feet am
putated.
by perseverance the most dis
couraging obstacles may be overcome.
Eleven men who began life a. gradu-
ates of Belolt College are noW edit
ing Western papers.
-Wakeman d, Son, of Oshkosh.
lately purchased two hogs aged eigh
teen months, and weighing respect,
lively 603 and els pounds. They
were Chester Whites,
Charles Nichols, 8 railway brake
man, ruptured a blood vessel while
exercising in gymnastics in James
vile, recently, from the effects Of
which be has since died
The Eau Claire Free Press is in
formed by dealer in agricultural i'm.
plements that farmers generally have
met their payments more promptly
this winter than ever before.
The proposition to place two
trains per day on the West Wisconsin
and Milwaukee and ST. Paul roads
after the first Of February, is again
being discussed in railroad circles.
Gov. Taylor has nominated OK.
Gov. Dewey ex-State Treasurer w.
Il. Smith, and Hon. Joel Rich as Di-
rectors of the Wisconsin State Prison.
The directors have the appointment
of Warden.
The sage OF Mukwanago an
nounces that there is no foundation
to the rumOr that the M. & St. P. and
c. & n. w. Railways had consolidate
ed. We believe this relation is pro
hibited by law.
In the State Senate only one
member is native of the State, and
be is of foreign parontage The AS
has but one member ''to the
manner born" Both orders aggre-
gate 1873 members.
Gov. Taylor of Wisconsin was
born in Connecticut, left q poor or
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