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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-29
WHOLE NO. 1912.
I'm provsme ofthe Mississippi arr
Fox and Wisconsin Rivers.

The following petition is being cir
culsted for signatures:
Tote Hon. Senate and House Of Rtpeseatatires IA
Coagress Gssemtled
The undersigned citizens Of thu
State of Wisconsin, would resrect-
fully represent, that ample means OF
transportation, ut a COST so moderate
as not to DC burden upon the pre-
ducers OF the county, has become an
Imperative national necessity, and
justly demands such action at your
hands as will sff,rd adequate rtlet
That The Improvement Of those
National Water Channels which ns.
ture has provided, would secure such
relief TO very great extent,
That the delay 70 make rivers of a
national character, available for pub
lie use, has thus far acted, and will
continue TO act, not only rs an or.
struction ID commerce, but in the ma.
ture OF subsidy to private rail road
corporations, at the expense of the
public. That Congress hsvir com
= etc control of these na'ural thor
oughfares, is justly Responsible. ifthey
are not in u condition to enable the
public to avail itself OF their entire
usetu ness.
That we desire to con6ne our re.
quests strictly to what we believe
would not only contribute most large
ly TO the general Convenience, but
which are considered 10 be the un-
right and duty Of Con
gress to provide for
We therefore respectfully petition.
that you will promptly make such
adequate appropriations as will Sc
cure the following results, to-wit:
The speedy Improvement Of the
Mississippi River at its mouth, at
such other points upon it, as work
has already been commenced at, by
the General Governments: and also
the speedy improvement of the Fox
and Wisconsin Rivers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-29
Northwestern Dairyman's Associa-
ton.

The Annual Meeting of this Society
will be held at Woodstock, H.. Feb
1912. All interested in dairying
will find it profitable TO attend.
On Tuesday evening Presidents
Favill's Address and Secretary's Re
port. On ednesday papers and dis
cussions Of Profits OF Dairying Dairy
Cows Selecting, Breeding, Feeding
in Summer and Winter. On Thurs
day discussions Of Butter and Cheese
Making at Farm and Factory, Es-
tablishing Factories, and Marketing
Dairy Profits, with Reports from
Dairy Boards of Trade On Thurs
day evening there will be a meeting
for Social Intercours.
Citizens of Woodstock will enter
tain, without charge, all members OF
the Association. The c. d n. w.
r. r will sell return tickets at one
fifth fare, over most of their lines, on
presenting certificate of attendance.
Membership fee 81 90, entities to an
nual Reports. Reports Of last years
products of diaries and factories es-
pecially desired.
G. E. Morrow, Secretary.
Madison, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-29
The New CombustibIe.

We stated, says Galigndnts MeS-
Senger, short time ago that Bel
gian peasant had made the extraor-
binary discovery that earth, coal
and soda, mixed up together, would
burn as well and better than any
other combustible, and the fact has
since then been proved beyond q
doub. The way 10 which be found
this out is curious. He had been
scraping the floor of his cellar with
q shovel in order TO bring all the bits
of coal lying about in a heap, which,
miyed as it was with earth and
other impurities, be put into his
stove. To his astonIshment be
found that this accidental compound
burnt better instead of worse than
be expected, and emitted much
greater heat. Being an intelligent
man, be endeavored TO discover The
cause, and found that great deal of
soda, probably the remnant OF the
last wash, lay about on the floor OF
the cellar, and that some of it must
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-29
Report of the Postmaster General.

WAHs1sGToN, January 2l.-The
Postmaster General has replied to a
resolution of the Senate with regard
to the tranking privilege, etc. He
says: "The net sales of official stamps
for the next fiscal year, to cover trans
missions of matter formerly sent
through the mails under the franks Of
heads Of departments,are estimated at
S2,25O,00O. A comparison of re-
ceipts on four items during the quar-
ter ending september so, 1873, with
those on the same items for the cor
responding quarter of the proceeding
year, shows an aggregate increase of
Sl,668, 445, and an increase exclusive
of official stamps, of $6l4,612."
Thoroughly impressed as te is with
the belief that the repeal Of the frank
ing privilege was a wise measure and
will be productive OF the best results
in the postal service, he earnestly rec
commends that it be not restored un>
til at least a fair trial can be made.
In his last report lie Recommended a
reduction OF postage on books to |
cent tor two ounces If that sug
gestion should be adopted, he can not
see why postage should not be paid
upon Congressional documents as well
as upon departmental matter by an
appropriation from the Treasury. In
ca OF the return to the distribution
of fed and garden seeds and public
documents, the Postmaster recon
mends that they be transported as
freight in other than mail cars. He
also recommends the free transporta-
ton of weekly newspapers within the
counties Of their publication, which
has heretofore been forbidden.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-29

have got into bis heap. He then
made few experiments, and at
leugth improved his compound suf-
ficiently TO render it o. actical. Toe
publicity given in Belgium to this
discovery caused trials TO be made
every where, and it has now been as
certained that three parts of earth
and one of coal dust, watered with
concentrated solution. of soda, will
burn we'll and emit great heat.
Many Partisan papers talked of it,
but only one, the M0niteur, went so
far as TO make the experiment at its
printing cffice. A certain quantity
of friable and slightly sandy earth
was mixed with the quantlm of coal
dust prescribed; the two ingredi-
ents were we'll Incorporated with
each other, and then made into a
paste with the solution above men.
toned The fireplace of one of the
boilers bad previously been lighted
with coal, and the fire was kept up
with shovelsful Of the mixture. The
latter, in few seconds, was trans
formed into dry, brown crust,
which soon after became red>hot
and theu burnt brightly, but without
being rapidly consumed. The fact
of the com bus;ion is therefore well
ascertsined but before the system
can be universally adopted
there are some important points to
be considered, snch as the caloritic
power of the mixture compared TO
that of pure coal, its price and above
all, remedy for thu great draw
back attaching to tits touling the
fire CRATE considerably.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-29
Grace Greenw bod on Senator Car
penter.

We are a little shocked at some
sentiments be utters, but we rather
like him for speaking them out, and
not concealing them or CLOSING
them over. His moral epideim
does seem to be little TIN ckaned
by law and politics and Washington
assoc iations, he is so comforlab y
unconscious Of the damage he may
be doing himself by his ingenious ad
missions, and cheerful reck lessness
Of Statement. He never knows
when and where be is hurt He re.
minds me Of one of Gov. Hunts lit
CIo camp stories. He---that is the
Governor describes a poor white
family 10 Missouri, careless, shittlese,
and intolorable lazy, the daughters
of which were accustomed to 90
bare foot till the soles of their feet be-
came hard and almost iusensihe to
cold or heat. Ooe of these young
ladies, on coming home one day
from long tramp in the rain after
the cows. was standing on the hear b
drying her cl hes, when her old
mother drawIed out, ".Sal,-thars- a.
li7e-coal-under yer foot"
The girl slightly turned her heal,
and drawIed back: Which foot,
nanny 2"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-29
About Thumbs.
From the Baltimore Gazette


We suppose that all our readers
know that man would not be what
be is without the thumb. This little
fact has been so impressed upon us
from cur school days that we are
not likely to forget it. Without the
thumb for lever, we would be I'M
able to hold any ching tightly, and
most of the inventions of our era
would be useless, not to speak of the
enormous general power that would
be lost. Let Us accept the fact Of
having thumbs, then, and be thank
full and rejoice over our Darwinian
friends, the apes. We did not know,
however, until we saw it in print yes
terday. that the thumb represented
intelligence and affection. Born
idiots frequently come into the world
without thumbs. lEfants, Until they
arrive at an age when intellect
dawns, constantly keep their fingers
folded above their thumbs, but they
soon know better, and. as the mind
d vs opes, rec ognlze the dignity and
US, tulness OF the despised digit. At
the approach Of death the thumbs OF
the dying. as if impelled by some
vague fear, seek refuge under the
fingers, and when thus found are an
almost certain announcement of the
end. So, in leaving this world, it
would seem that our hands in their
last desire for movement assumes
with our growing Inconsistencies
the same suggestive position IN which
the hands of the newborn babe, with
faculties all dormant, first shape
themselves. Small thumbs denote
an afectionate disposition long
thumbs go with long beads short
thick, siumpy thumbs mark a crue
man, and much more is told of the
same kind.-Balsimore Gazette.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-29
ra- Statistics presented to

Statistics presented to the
French Academy, show that the mar
riages Of blood relations form about
2 per cent. of all the marriages IN
France and that the deaf and dumb
off pring at birth, of coDsanguineous
marriages, are in proportion to the
deaf and dumb bern in ordinary wed
lock at Lyons, full 25 per cent. at
least % per cent. in Paris and 30
per cent. in Bordeaux-the proper
tions of the deaf and dumb by birth
increasing with the degree OF blood
relationship. The data obtained
show that if the danger OF having q
deaf and dumb child in ordinary mar
riage, represented by figures, is !,
here will be Is in marriages between
first cousins, 81 in marriages be-
tween uncIes and nieoes, and 20 in
marriages betw cen nephews and
aunts. 1t appears, TOO, that the
most healthy parents, if related in
blood, may have deaf and dumb chill
dren, while deaf and dumb parents,
if not related, very rarely have deaf
and dumb children,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-29
Publishers Notice.

Hereafter the subscription
price of the Grant Co. Herald
will be $3.50 per year. fpaid
in advance; otherwise $500
per year will be charged as
heretofore. Those who al.
ready paid for the year 1874
in advance will be included in
this proposition, ano a cIeoit
or 3 months be allowed on
next years subscription.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-29

kA-It is said that the following
item seldom fails TO cause a hearty
laugh. Staid old deacons. and prim,
ancient maidens have laughed at it.
The Rev. George w. Peck who is
famous for his grave yard cast OF
countenance, has been known to
laugh at the pare graph. As we do
not know what paper first started it
we shall have to call it a floating
para graph. "a correspondent oil a
neighboring journal tells of a conn-
try clerk in rural town BIO had a
pet calf yoked up n tie wtys OF an
OK. The calf walked around very
peaceably under one end of the yoke
while Mr. Clerk held up the other
end. but in an unfortunate moment
The man conceived the idea Of put
ting his own neck in the yoke, to
let the calf see how it would seem TO
work with a partner. This frighten-
ed mister calf and elevating his tail
add his voice he struck dead rash
for the village, and Mr. Clerk went
along. with his head down and bis
plug bat in bis hand. strainlDg every
nerve TO keep up, and crying at the
TON of his voice Here we come,
dang our fool souls; head as, some
body P"-Fond dH Lac Common
wealth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-29
no SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARDS
AND
III ACHERS
L. =. Holford & Co.
OF
BLOOMINGTON, WIS.
are now ready to supply you with any
SCHOOL FURNITURE

you may want Such
l. Blackboards. Programme Clocks, Thermometers
2. Seats and Desks, Blackboard Rubbers aud
Pointers.
3. Reading Frames or Cases or Charts, Writing
Charts, Mineral Frames.
1. Outline Maps. OF Wisconsin, OF the United
states OF the World. Globes.
5. Phonetic Charts, Writing Spoilers, Drawing
Books.
.. Charts illustrating Physiology Natural Hsto-
~ and natural Science including Color Charts.
z. Arithmetical harris or Frames; Blocks, Cube
Root and Geometrics Map Drawing Scales; Micro
scopes and Magnets
An ample supply Of good blackboard surface is
necessity in every scnoolToom. and ii duplicates
and reduplCates the amount of effective instruction
and drIlt that be given to each class in every
study and school room be said TO be fur nshrd
without it, Good seats and desks preserve he health
destroy both 1t is more necessary that seats and
desks should be made to the pupils than that their
clothing should be made. Our best seats and desks
are warranted TO fit.
We are prepared to come, when sent for, 10 any
part OF Grant LaFay cite, Iowa Richland Crawford
c0unty--and to put on Blackboard surface black
green or blue on new Old walls, ana 10 perfectly
and thoroughly reuOVaIe old BiRckbORrds that
have become defaC ed or too smooth ana glossy for
use Our best Liquid Stating makes a perfectly
smooth and even suEface, harder than stone and
almost indesGrueIabIc and warrant this
ace for All the purposes designed
IL max money by increasing the number OF
sales and not the price Of the goods in any sale;
and guarantee You in each case first, second or
third rate article Just you ask for and we rep
resent, and for the same price that you ca get
Them OF the manufacturer. l.. D H0LFORD Co
Bloomington, Wis, Oct 20, 1873. 25-22yl
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-29
Fish culture-A Good Chance.

Seth Green, Superintendent of the
New York fish culture establishments,
writes us as follows:
Editors State Journal: ANY parties
in the United States or Canada wish
ing to experiment in Matching salmon
trout or white fish spawn, will be sent
few hundred spawn Oh receipt of
fifty cents to pay for the package, by
addressing the undersigned. My OBJ
ject is to learn the American ople
the art Of fish breeding In that way
every lake, river and pond can be
made to abound With fish as was their
wont. In 1872 70, sent away 2l8
packages ofspawn / would like to
have those parties to whom l sent
salmon trout spawn publish their ex-
perience in the papers i'll their locality,
50 that others may be benefited by IT,.
SETH GREEN.
ROCHESTER,, NEW York.
Living salamon, trout and white fish
will be supplied by Seth Green to
those who want to stock public
waters in Wisconsin, also the differ
ent varieties of bass; pike and perch.
White fish will be ready for delivery
from the first to the tenth of February
and salmon trout from the tenth 10
the twentieth. A five gallon milk
can will hold two thousand white fish
and one thousand trout. A man
must be sent along to care for them.
This presents an excellent opportu-
nifty, which should be improved by
those who wish to introduce valuable
food fish into lakes and streams in
this state. Instructions will be given
those who correspond with Mr..
Green.-.Stdte journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-29

oiuE' copy ono year
In clubs OF less than ten, year 10 %
Additions may be made to the club for one year at
club rates.
s9An copy viii be sent to the person getting
up a club OF ten
a. Money in Registered Letters, mailed to the
Sentinel Company. may be sent at our risk, aud we
will not be respons ibe unless letters containing
ey mailed.
ANY person scndHg q club of THIRTY for the
Weekly will be entitled 20 three copie- extra. or one
copy OF the rti-Weekly year. For Climb of FOR
~ four copies o. the Weekly or one copy OF the
Daily year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-29
Demanding Woman Suffrage.
BY wENDALL PHILIPS.

| come to ask something of wo-
man. | don't ask that she may vote,
but demand that she shall vote
say, let us summon to the grand
struggle of the age all the moral
forces We can Whether in history
we see one sex attempt anything,
You find it is not done well, and Che
sex is Injured. 1t seems to be the
plan of Providence that ali inter.
ests shall be undertaken by both
sexes, Take literature. You cam
read Chaucer and Shakespeare TO
yoar families without expurga,ing,
hut you can Dickens and Tennyson.
Cbaucer wrote Tor met; Dickens tor
he race 81 with art; the statuary
OF the Greeks was for mentor "a
male civilization. In society we fnd
the arena where men and women
meet together on equal ground. s.
Getty in its keen respect for women
il ahead Of law and politics. Society
would send woman to coventry
for the very thing that makes a
man 4 No. | in he caucus Now,
| want TO lift that caucus TO the level
Of society. God seemed to mean
that together we should work out
these problems. Let woman help Us
make the great experiment of The
peoples power ctrlalnly successful.
TOBACCO RAJ ING UNPRoFITABLE -
There IL bitter dissatisfaction
among many Of the agricuturists OF
Connecticut, not on account of rail-
road m0nopoIies nor vet on The score
Of excessive freight charges. The
Nutmeg States sons OF the soil fad
themselves with two generous crops
of tobacco on hand the market price
of the weed down, and the markets
ovrestocked with the products OF Penn
sylyania and Virginia. In past years
the tobacco product Of Connecticut
sold at such remunerative prices that
much of the arabic land ct the Stale
was devoted TO the culture of this
soil exhaustive plant the profits re-
aiized from its ready sale being deem
d an off ct for the ruin it inflicted
on the earth which INJURED it. 10
1872 the market price receded, and
The growers of tobacco 10 Connecticut
refused to sell their crops. This year
the fields again yielded an abundant
harvest, the market for the weed con-
tinued dull and weak, and the grow
4 - -. al au 0varaf0aH Oh yp i h
tobacco, but short OF funds, and the
possessers OF impoverished acres that
once were fruitful. There IS evident.
IL room for the formation of tobacco
oranges, for why should not the pun
GENT leaf be made TO sell at profI
to the producers as well as Western
wheat and maize PttSburg COM
mercid!.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-29
DENTAL

ttR II C01MEs. DENTIST, BUs ubEL, Z" Is r
III 3f#eoyer sawyer favor store Gan r. ionhG
sa#trs aaur- from g g. til 2 NJ -e-4l
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-29

nay Reduction of official salaries
ia the demand of the Changers
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-29
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

fsfgs al circuit C0rt-J.T MILLS, tP - Lancaster
ri IT, 81 P-ajIte cJurt-HN mcdonnell,
Trs1sUfer-A r MC54KTSEY,
Sheriff TERRENCE CASHIER,
Rsytsier ~ Deeds JANIS wooDH5UsE,
CisrE afHtrcaft C9HTt-DAvID scEaEiNEE,
t'54nfy CTerk -2LETCHER5 KIDD,
Cta BJ1rd Superintendent " EYJASD,
yt0t 81 Sct00is 1t. HoLFoRD, Bi0omi ngtOn
tf5lQ-g surrsgqr -CfE5EGs MCFALL Piatteyille
Dtrtftct .ft0rGey--jEoR9E CARTEB,
'1Y5asr-J. I TAYLOR. Aontfort
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-29
Physicians


u BARRIER PHYSICIAN AND - RECON
= e.-tfz Wisconsin. o1lce at his residence op
E1 & A.len Barhers- -4-o'
En-. gALLEY. PHYSICIAN AND aC &c koN
0.on Examining Surgeon. Lancaster "
E4ldNi JUS Hsfdware store. @*-o
ls pa CLARKE, PHYSICIAN AND 81 RG son
stat Grant Co Wis, Msy be found II hir
ssv5s west Of jones Drug store 2@-S
M Vas DUsEN. PuYSICI IN ANpSU EoN
ritis Grant &c Wis (Suceesscr to Or
4 professional calls promptly attend
Ilm6-$5n
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-29

rpuEEANK or BoSCOBEL Is PREPARED TO DO a
0r4..r..l Banking ana ExchanEs Business; buy and
81 .afi Sityer and Government Bonds Discount
s. u.s.. receive Deposits and transact az business en-
.F,fs s it, care Drafts and Letters OF Credit iar
r-t.b 81 an tte principal Ranks and Bankers % Eu
rs. st tbs orient Agency for the National Line ol
rf-A4us ro sud from Europe. Through ucAets
fl, i.st'~-a5s Queenstown aud London 70 Boscobel
,e.....a.5, All 49, from Hamburg, Antwerp and Hav
NJ Ba-cobel $50 ~, from Bremen, Norway, Fasls
eseI5 & B5sc-bsl 600 80. Children under Il year.
.4fftt5s Infants under one yeaI, 81. Fer further
tt,,' af.ely Is 81 McsPADEN, Agent. k5-4
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-29
1887. rHs 1874.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The BEST is the CHEAPEST

THE MILWAUKEE, SENTINEL is Radical Re-
Il publIran newspaper devoted tc the dissemina
ton 81 co rect political principles, AID s rm sup
porter OF all the retornatory movements OF the times
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teligence from every rter Of the civilized worio;
and through the aid Of the TELEGRAPH and its special
correspondents in Europe aud at alt the principal
cities in this country its readers daily notified OF
every transpring event 10 which Intelligent per-
feel an Interest. The daily proceedings OF
Congress and of the several State Legs ature are
fou nd in Its columns every morning. while the
choicest literature OF this and the Old World
il culled its pages It's home market reports IN
dergo careful daily Fevisiou by competent editor,
up the very latest hour and the prices ia its com
meIcla columns may always be Ieled upon as accur-
ate.
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-29
TEACH ER

tA~I AtCHAELI$, TIA ttEn 0r a4NSa. =
sallau. Residence Maple street, one door
-r. "a Ryisat HoUowsy's R4ak 2s-ST
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-29
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
ABSTRACTS.
AGENTS.

! BsTRAcr OFFICE FOR GRANT COUNTY. JOS
I eph Book Lancaster. once over the Bank Z4-5
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-15
TrOuhle in Alabama.

Saturday night there was considerable ex-
element in Baldwin county, near Hoods dis
tillery, caused by the gathering Of negroes
and the shooting Of Capt. Charles Meyers, OF
the schooner Comet, and Charley Jones, son
Of Capt Harry Jones, of the schooner Louise
1t seems that the negroes working IN the dis
tillery demanded higher wages or more rations
from Mr.. Hood, and with the intention Of
helping themselves, they gathered around
that gentleman's store and became turbulent
and threatening in their manner. short
time afterwards Capt. Meyers, young Charley
Jones and others, got into small skiH for the
purpose of rowing to their schooners, and
when about half way, were fired upon, and
Capt. Meyers and young Jones wounded
slightly.
Of course nothing is known of the parties
implicated in the shooting, or Of the motive
thew had in view. The following morning,
Sunday the negroes again assembled around
the store of J. B. Hood & Co., and ordered
Mr.. N. T. Gooding, the partner of Mr.. Hood,
to close the store and leave. Mr.. Hood was
absent. and, of course, Mr.. Gooding was at
the mercy of the negroes. The ringleader
had a bottle Of whisky, and requested those
in favor of closing the store to join him In a
drink, and a majority of them signifed their
desires by accepting the invitation. Those
more friendly to Mr. Gooding told him to
leave Immediately if he would avoid danger.
He took their advice by closing the store and
coming over to the city. No cause for this
conduct is assigned by the negroes, except Nh.
Goodings refusal to hand them rations from
the store, without Mr.. Hoods order, and be-
fore they were entitled to receive them
Mobile Register, 18th inst.