Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-08-06
HERE, THERE AND ELSEWHERE.

1t Will cost New York city S32,-
1876, 100 to live next year, or SS9, 044
a day.
Tho commerce of the Pacific
side is running more and more into
steam vessels
The city of Montreal has two
story street cars. The upper stories
are open-having no windows.
The Agassiz memorial fund is
getting into the second series of its
teens. 1t now exceeds S112, 900.
"A single company has monop-
opoly of the ice business in Boston
this year. That's nice business.
"A Brooklyn man was killed in
a bar room by man with whom he
was holding religious discussion
A Chinese newspaper has APP
peared in San Francisco. 1t looks
like an impression from a gridiron.
Travellers declare that New Mox-
leo has the most delicious climate in
the world, taken the whole year 60
gether.
Another tunnel is TO be construct.
ed under the Thames at London
this time to connect Polar with
Green wich.
1T is estimated that at the pros
ent time there are thIrty-eight ladies'
who occupy the pulpit steadily or as
substitutes.
Brigham Young declares shat no
would die 10000 times before BIO
would give up one of his wives. SO
would Beecher.
The noted revivalists all keep
accounts of the number of souls they
have saved, but never keep list OF
the blacksliders.
The work Of rebuilding on tho
blackened Chicago district has COM
menced. The st. James hotel will
be rebuilt at once.
In Missouri, after the first day
of January, 1876, every person, in or
der to become voter, must be able
to read and write.
Thirty thousand dollars annual
rent for farm This is the amount
that Mr.. John Clay pays for the use
of some land in Scotland.
Southern cities are gradually
learning that they can not thrive by
commerce alone, and hence are going
extensively into manufactures.
london has large theater com
pletely underground, and yet perfect
ly ventilated. Il has proved q PEI
ouniary grave for the manager.
George Smith, aged SO years,
stole a hen in England, and was sen,
fenced to seven years penal servitude
and seven years police supervision.
A Cleveland tobacconist has pley-
carded live turtle and placed it in
squares of that city as an advertise
mont.
When Virginia druggist makes
fatal mistake they take him out in
to the forest to question him, and hc
gets so confused that he chokes TO
death.
Tho pink pond-lily is gathered
from but one locality, Cape Cod; it's
rarity, however, does not make it RI
val the abundant white variety for
beauty.
Who will be the first self-sacri-
ficing pastor to announce from his
pulpit that he doesn't want his lady
members to write him any more love-
letters.
After cork-scrswing around for
over four years, the stopper has 40
last been dawn out of the Beecher-
Tilton jug. Now we shall sec what
is inside.
"A Boston lady In California says
that the big strawberries on tho
Pacific coast have but little flavor,
being a GROSS between turnip and a
dried apple.
Salary grabber Dunnell, of Min
neseta, has been nominated but the
Republicans, or the honest ones, are
making q fuss about il, which prom
1893 MS ueIeaL.
Looking at the Chinese produo.
tions enc might be led to think that,
were the bamboo to perish suddenly
from off the earth, the whole Chinese
Empere would collapse.
Denver is happy over the pos
session fer brief time of two distin-
gaishsd Chicago divines. DR.. ii. W.
Thomas and Robert Collyer, who ara
rusticatiag in tho mountains.
"A Missouri paper says: eyes.
terday we counted eleven able-bodied
farmers, whese grass and oats needed
cutting, sitting on dry goods boxes
complaining about hard times"
Tho corner stone of Masonic
temple is 70 be laid in Jerusalem this
summer, aad large delegation OF
American Master MasoDs is on its
way to take part in the ceremony.
And nsw female admirers from
other parts Of the country than Brook
lyn, are pouring in their letters OF
coincidence upon Beecher. Where
is Bergh, that this cruelty may be
stopped ?
"A Persian commercial agency
has a subscription list of 100000 for
it's mercantile records, which contain
about half millisn names of business
men scattered throughout the COM
mercial world.
The kill Of cattle the current
season along the La Plata is said to
be 700, 900 below she average. Eur
ope and America will therefore be
short that number of Buenos Ayres
hides the coming autumn.
--Nine-teRths Of the Sunday ora
tors of the day hsvs sleeping'oars
attached to the train of their
thoughts, in which nost of the hear
ers are sure 70 take passage before
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