Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-22
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Ohio Constitutional Conven-
ton will submit the artici-' to give
the ballot to women to separate
vote of the people.
The New York Independent has
been sold to Talmage, of the Christian
at Work, for $3.50, 00J 1t is said that
Bowen refused 100000 for it four
years ago.
The number OF hogs slaughtered
by the Chicago packers during the
present season is l.232,733 head,
against 9l3 9l5 head for the cores
Eonding period last season.
The ST. Louis Globe calls the
New York and Omaha double track
air line bill "the mildest-mannered
subsidy that ever cut the pocket or
scuttled the finances of nation"
Charles Wilson, grand chief Of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineeIs announces the strike at an
end and hopes its result will tea h
| the engineers to keep clear of such
| demonstrations in the future.
The attempt of the coal monopo-
" to reduce the wages Of miners has
led to a general strike in the anthrac-
ito and bituminous coal region OF
Pennsylvania 1t is estimated that
fifty thousand miners are idle.
Andy Johnson is still swinging
around the circle" He has now join
ed the Changers, and tas written 8
letter. How quick these hungry
played-out old political gourmand'
ar TO scent Lie fumes of an expected
feast.
A member of the U S Senat'
Committee on transportation express
d the opinion that the measure de-
cided upon by that committee will bt
report in favor of one line of waite
communication between the East anC
West.
J The United States Senate MOI
day passed bill repeating the salary
act of March, 1873, except rs to those
officers who are protected by the Goa
stitution. The bill also restores tn.
tranking privilege after the present
session Of Congress
At last the insurgents who have
so long been holding Cartageua
Spain, against he serge and m5ard
ment of the Government military anC
navy forces, have been Obliged tC
capitulate The city has been sur
rendered, and is now in possession o.
: the Government.
1t is known, upon the authority
of one Of "B oss" Tweed's sons thai
Woodward. Tom Field and the two
Sweeneys, who were all Ring thieves
were all less than a month ago in
Brussels, where young Tweed saw
them. Connolly, with his ten mil
lions of ''swag" is in Ireland.
All the indications are TO the eff
! feet that our trade with Europe fol
) the remaining portion of the winter
will be unusually brisk /; produce, il
: particular, being greatly needed
5 New York papers state that supple
from the West are coming forward il
t excess of any previous season, tn
t railroads having their carrying capaC
!. ity fairly strained ia the transporta
ton OF provisions aad breadstuffs.
!, Under the laws of Congress it i
: crime to obstruct trains carryin,
the United States mails, punisbabl
with Imprisonment IN the pententia
ry. The Postmaster General has Civ
: en- instructions to proceed at one
against all persons who have obstruct
ed the mails during the present en-
/ gineers' strike Some OF them wi!
r find that tie consequences nre con
e siderably graver than was first i'm
agined.
"A Washington correspondent tel
egraphs that it is understood tina
: Caleb Gushing will resign the Spanish
mission. Several reasons have con
tribuled to this result. The chang
: in the Spanish ministry, the appeal
CT his clients, and the recent change
which have been made against hin
by the administration Senators, ar
= among them. The publication of th,
garfield letter, or what he calls for
gerry, Dnrporting to be the letter ht
: wrote to jeff, Davis, is also to result
in suit against certain parties who
were active in getting it up.