Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-09-17
WHOLE NO. 1913.
Through Transportation.

A railroad convention, under cal
of the Peoples Freight Railroad Com
pany of Pennsylvania, issued upon {
circular of the New York Cheal
Transportation Association, met a
Mount Vernon, Ohio, on Wednesday
of last week. The object of the con,
vention was to perfect an organiza
ton in each of the states of New Jer
sey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois to push forward the survey Of
the best line for the construction of 9
cheap freight railroad between the
Atlantic seaboArd and the Mississippi
| River.
Delegates were present from all the
above named states, and the conven
ton organized by slecting Hon. II
B. Curtis, president, and Will A. Oar.
ter, of this city, secretary. A COM
mittee was appointed consisting of
Hon. Columbus Delano. of Ohio :
Gen. Benz. Dornblszer, of Illinois +; A.
M. Hamilton, ct New Jersey; James
Boyd and Judge David Richards, OF
Ohio, and w. q. Patterson, of Him
OILS, to report tie order of business and
prepare resolutions. kilograms were
received from different points in the
western States, promising assistance.
On the recommendation of the COM
mittee through their chairman, Hon.
@. Delaho, commissioners were sp-
pointed for each state to solicit sab
scriptions to defray the expenses Of
the preliminary surveys of the entire
line, with central committee at Pitts
burg, to which other committees are
to report.
A certificate Of incorporation for the
Peoples Freight Railway Company,
Ohio division, was executed with four
ineorporstors. The President was
authorized to appoint. upon the ap.
prevail of the Local Committee, one
Attorney for each state, to prepare
papers and perfect the consolidation
of the companies into one, TO be call
ed the Peoples Freight Railway
Company.
Chas. g. Quintil, late engineer of
the Texas and Pacific Rsilrosd, was
appointed Chief Engineer of the pre-
liminary surveys, with headquarters
at Pittsburg.
The Convention adjourned to meet
at the call of the Central Committee.
There was q full attendance from the
different states, and full interchange
of views was had, and considerable
interest was Eanifested.I From the
character of those present, success
seems reasonable at no distant day.
T. K. Beecher believes Henry Ward
Innocent.
Mr.. 7. K. Bseoher, in letter to
the Elmira Gazette, published this af-
ternoon, says, in substance that his
letter to Ms sister, Mrs. Hooker, was
aimed simply to caution and dissuade
her from Q COSBY act OF fanatioism.
It was written without other know.
ledge of the facts than such as she
stated and such as were sincerely be-
lieved by her. To avoid controversy
the truth of allegations was assumed.
Since 1854 he has not two hours coR.
versation with his honored brother,
Henry Ward, and he cannot recall at
any time ever having had disous-
sion on the subject Of free love, mar
riage, divorce, she relationof the sex
ss, or female suffrage. He disclaims,
therefore, being a competent witness
as 10 his brothers views on such sub
jects. The divsrgsnces of views be-
tween himself and his brother, he
thinks, are to his brothers credit aud
his own discrudit, his brother being
believer in the nobility Of human
nature, and himself believing human
nature bad his brother making haste
to go with every popular movement,
as a tide obeyiKg Divine guidance /;
be thinking tho same device Of the
adversary, and osutioning all against.
OF Henry Ward Beecher's personal
truth, purity, honor, and piety, he
never had for a moment doubt that
was based upon any trustworthy in
formation and be gratefully puts on
record the statement that he knows
ofnothing whatever, past or present,
that binders him from giving TO his
brother the most implicit, oonteAted,
and loving credence; and be cen
cludes by saying that use ofhis letter
to his sister to q disadvantage is . re-
newal of the indisoreet, if not dishon-
orable, acts by which alone it be-
came public property at the first.
The Interests OF Education in Wisoon-
sin.
Although W issonsin is the fifteenth
state ia the Union ia population. she
stands tenth in the number OF her COL
leges. These institutions own proper.
ty valued at one million of dollars, en-
nloy one hundred instructors sAd
have about two Thousand students in
attendance, nearly one half of whom
are wemsn. ALI but two--Beloit and
Racine-are open to both sexes Tho
State University is the largest; and
ample provisions were made by law
in 1879 that graduate from shs grad.
cd schools who caa pass the entrance
examination shall be sat once and ut
all times entitled to free sutton in all
the colleges of the University. John
Bascom, formerly professor cfrhetor-
ic in Williams College, Massachusetts,
ia president.-N. 7. Evening Post.
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