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, 1874-11-07
THE SWALLOWS FLIGHT, THIR-
TEEN HUNDRED MILES IN
TWENTY HOURS.

On the passage from China, on board
Her Moiesty's ship Donegal, upon the
27th Of August last, when in 8 deg. north
latitude and 10 deg. west longitude, about
$50 miles off Sierra Leone, | observed a
flight of six swallows, flying about and
resting on the ship, AS there had been
no strong winds to blow them off the land,
concluded they we're en- route from Africa
to America, or rice yersa. On the 2Sth ]
caught one; he was in good condition, and
voided n quantity of white natural cOlored
faces, so apparently was not long from
land therefore | inferred that the party
were crossing from Africa, that being the
nearest coast, and | was confirmed in this
opinion from my captive showing no signs
of fatigue, such as swallows exhibit after
a severe flight, I found the adventurous
Uoyageu1 to be our mutual friend Hiruad0
r@ustica, whose family is so familiar to Eng
fish homes.
They continued following and r~oosting
upon the ship for several days and nights,
during which time I watched them very
narrowly, as was very curious to ascer-
tain upon what they fed, there being no
flies about the ship. They spent their time
in "hawking" over the waves, pretty much
the same as they would on shore, but I
never saw them touch the surface. On
the 3rd of August curiosity got the better
of humanity, and killed one and held a
post norton on him. Very different indeed
was he from the first one; he smelt like a
sea bird, his tail was draggled and covered
with greenish yellow faces, his feathers
were becoming rough, and he felt clammy
and sticky, and a miasma of guano per-
vaded him.
Upon the 4th of August the remainder
of the flight had disappeared, having ira
, 1874-11-07

the war, of which they bear the brunt.
One day there is a report of a mutiny in
the Carlist ranks, another day OF a surren-
der, and on q third, of a voluntary dis
bandment. It is probable that there is
ONE smoke under oil this fire, but it is
observable that such rumours come from
Santander, that intelligence from Santander
u.s., as a rule, false, and that the Spanish
Governments seem more and not less bitter
with all who assist the Carlists. No south
ward movement, however, Of the Carlists
is now talked of, and winter, which always
crippIcs them, is rapidly coming on. On
the other hand, it seems clear that the last
levy has failed, that the Government has not
nearly enough men, and that the Provinces
have almost too much to do to restrain the
bands-halEC arlists, halEbrigand-which
arise everywhere, levy contributions, and
tax the rich, are met by hastily gathered
troops, and disappear.
A Paris correspondent Of last Saturdays
Times asserted, on the authority of n let
ter in the Magdcburg Gazette, that it is in
contemplation to choose Queen Victoria
as arbitrator between Denmark and Ger
many, giving her power to fix what the
Treaty ofPrague meant by "the North-Sles-
Wig districts, THE districts where a pop
ular vote was to be taken as to whether
they would be annexed to Germany or to
Denmark. If the proposal is ever really
made, we trust the Qucen will decline
the arbitration, unless it is fully under
stood that her Judgment is not to be res
tricted by any German taboo on Alsen,
or Duppel, or any other district of North
Slesvig. An arbitration so limited would
not be q real arbitration, and it would
not beft the dignity of an English Mon
arch to accept it. With full power, the
Queen, considering her close relations
both to Denmark and to Germany, would
certainly be an impartial arbiter.
, 1874-11-07
PROKLAMA.

NET bringes heryed til offentlig
lU Kundskab. at CigarhandIer Ed
MUND BENEFITS 30 ID. ID. efter hans
Begjering er taget under Skiftebe-
handling SON fallit.
ALE og Enhyer, som have Noget
at fordre paa bemeldte Bo, indkal-
DIES herved med 3 Maaneders Varsel
til for undertegnede Skifteret at an
melde og bevisliggj0re deres Krav,
st. Thom@ Skifteret, den 26de
October 1874.
P, Nj. ANDERSEN.
, 1874-11-07
THE COST OF WARS.

According to the .1dgemcjac Zcjtung; the d.
rect cost of the war between France aud Ger.
many amounted to- AIS, 900, O00A. OF this sum
France paying $4,000. 000l.. besides the value
oftho ceeded provinces, estimated at 1873,
900, 00Gl. more.
, 1874-11-07

Mr.. Lowther, the Under Secretary for
the Colonies, made an amusing, though ra-
Their bumptious speech on Saturday to the
Working-Men's Association at Thirsk.
He admitted our allegation that the Con-
servative Ministry is a coalition one, saying
Mr.. DisraeIi had tried to represent in the
Cabinet all sections of the Conserva-
tive party. Nobody was less guilty than he
(Mr Lowther) of knowing the programme
for next Session, but he did not believe
that when Parliament met, any change
would have occurred among Her Maiesty's
advisers. They must not expect too much
of the Government, however. For himself,
he had no hesitation, when he found
his watch five minutes too fast, in putting
the hand back five minutes, or in approx
ing a measure whichreversed one that had
been passed by the House of Commons ;
but still, though many would like to I'M
do the iniquitous' Irish Land Act,
and re-establish the Church, and %reintro-
duee Purchase. still any reaction should be
most cautious and heedful. Mr.. Lowther
evidently does not see that, on his own
principles, 10 alter what is, is revolution
airy, but rather thinks Captain Cuttle's
watch better than q chronometer. Put
the clock of the Constitution on about
five minutes atnoon and back ten minutes
at night, and it is o clock that will do you
credit It is lucky for the ship and crew
that the captain does not think SO.
Rumours from the seat of war in Spain
roxu oil fako ono form Tho Paeonos md
Navarrese are growing rapidly tired of
, 1874-11-07

VSAO
referred to the Counts Roman Embassy,
that others were confidential letters from
Prince Bismarck, and that o few related
to Count Arnim's private affairs. All,
however, were registered. It is further
alledged that Count Arnim intended to
publish some of them, seven, it is said,
being in type in the pr~oot-sheets Of
Herr Windhorst's forthcoming book,
The Revolution from Above" which is
to be issued at Geneva, and is expected
greatly to damage the German Chancellor.
Count Arnim denies the "removal of
some of the papers, and claims the remain
der as his own, and asserts that he had no
intention Of publishing any OF them.
The Emperor had not sanctioned the
arrest, and his approval is still doubt
full.
Half o dozen explanations are offered of
this extraordinary incident,-one being
that the Count has evidence of the Princes
desire to make terms with Rome, another
that he has proof of German designs on
Spain, and a third that his documents will
reveal to the Emperor that the Chancellor
has for some time pursued a policy not
previously sanctioned by his master. The
first theory is supported by most facts, but
it seems inadequate to explain the violent
action taken; the second would justify
Prince Bismarck as regards his opponent,
but involves-a breach Of duty on the part
of Count Arnim which seems absolutely
incredible while the third, which would
account for everything, involves the diff
Guilty that the escland1c would be contrary
to the Chancellor's interest. The Empe-
ror must know AL low. It is quite posi-
BILE that a story as yet ungues8od lies behind
the whole matter, and quite possible also
that Prince Bismarck has, for no adequate
reason, struck out of downright imperious~
ness one of those furious blows to which
men Of his temperament are sometimes
prone. Our own suspicion is that this is
the case, and that he has for the first time
committed a real blunder, which will rem
der his position much less firm. Hohen-
z~oIlerns have no notion of indispensable
men. The German Press, for the present,
seems convinced that Count Arnim has
really distracted important and official pa
pers- from the German Chancellerie in
Paris, but that he has done it under an eX-
element which leaves him almost irres-
ponsible for his acts. The only evidence
for this view as yet is that the Criminal
Court, usually independent, has acted on
secret evidence with such peremptori-
ness.
, 1874-11-07

Total S438, 645 70
Balance Of deposits $4S,5S8 IS
| new deposit account viz
Cartman.
90 Withdrawals amounting to S 1856 42
Receivers for Saturday. It'll November 1874.
In CHRISTIANSTED
+. Armstrong Esq, Trustee.
Revd. G. Willemoes Member.
In FREDERIKsTED
Capt. A. j. Boye, Trustee.
P. Stevenson, Esq, Member.
JOH. T. GOLDBERG.
President.
st Crolx, 3yd Nouember 1874.
, 1874-11-07

Rumours from the seat of war in Spain
now all take n form. The Basques and
Navarrese are growing rapidly tired of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-11-12
Steel Plows Best.

A. b. Allen, of New York, says:
81 would sooner pay double the price
for steel plows than accept as gift
the best set of cast iron plows to be
found in the United States. Though
ever so hard chilled or smoothly pol
ished, cast-iron will foul, more or less,
on the mold board, in every kind of
soil, from sandy or gravelly up to a
heavy clay loan. The dirt thus gath
cred on the mold board adds greatly
to its draft and prevents good work.
Another objection to cast-lron is, in
order to get equal strength the weight
must be considerably greater than
with steel, and this is a hard drag all
day, and requires a much stronger
team, OF this any one may quickly
convince himself without resort to
thermometers or any other means Of
testing the draft, He has only to
hitch light team to a steel pillow, and
a stronger one to the cast iron, and
work them side by side. In this way
| have found that pair of fourteen
hand ponies would do about the same
work, and with as much ease to them
selves, as pair of sixteen hand
horses. The same observations about
material will also apply to cultivators.
la thus candldly advising my brother
farmers in regard to the superior
merit of steel plows, l am speaking
directly against my own individual in
terest, for have been a manufacturer
and dealer in cast iron plows for up
ward of thirty years past.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-11-12
THE sARTORIs HOMESTEAD.
Something About the Family Nelly Married
Into.

London Correspondence of the Cleveland Herald.1
Speaking of the beauty of English
scenery, and the pleasure to be enjoy
ed in the noble country-seats where
the most highly privileged families
OF this country-those endowed at
once with culture, wealth and rank
pass the greater portion of theyea
and where the living is carried to
the highest perfection-a perfection
of domestic charm and grace known
IN no other country in the world,-l
cannot help recurring to visit just
made to q most charming family.
whose household is one of the typical
homes of England; one of the houses
OF which an exquisite writer has saio
that to enter its atmosphere, to Dc IA
wonted guest of his family, was III
itself equivalent TO LIBERAL education
the house of Mr.. and Mrs. Sartoris.
A gloom rests at present over this
household; gloom which viii never
be wholly dissIpated, although the
cloud is silvor-lined with the bridal
joys of the no" only surviving son
of the family, with that extremely
popular little princess, as she is con-
sidored in this country, Nelly Grant.
This brilliant match, which was dis
cussed with such enthusiastic persist
ency in our papers last spring, shows
now as if it would prove one of the
exceptional perfect marriages, OF
which there have been frequent ex-
ami les in this our era and day. The
bridegroom is handsome, noble and
good humored, and generous. The
bride is-Nell,e Grant. 1t was love
match to begin with, the engagement
made when the lady might be said
TO be conferrlug an obligation upon
the younger son, however handsome
and courteous, by the gift of her hand,
when Mr.. Sartoris was upon his way
to the far West to carve out his for
tunes, before the terrible disaster OF
hls brothers death left him the sole
member of one of the richest and
most powerful families 10 England.
1t was love match to begin with
duu buo dnSCLlOi VI tuo JOuthAu'
couple has only been intensified by
the joys and communion of their
married life Since the tragical death
Of her Oldest son Mrs. Sartoris ha~
withdrawn completely from the
world. The oil London house, hich
now for many years has been the
! d lghtful resort of the most choic
spirits of the day, was sold, as if, il
the impatient agony of grief, she bad
felt need of sundering all associa-
tions with the past, and the family
withdrew to their noble estate II
Hampshire, whore they have lived IL
strctest retirement, seeing even now
only q few of their most intimate ana
beloved friends.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-11-12
Topn 4, Range2-E llesborO
Topn 6. RGnge2 FeHnimor
TOpn 7, Range 2-.HcGsry CrOUs.
ToYa s. Range 2-WatterstOSn

lot com. in sc cor ga
of ma ofpk swh Of
sex thence W 60 TT,
100 fl . 10 fl 4 100
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-11-12
Grips and Splinters.

Noah was an ark-itect of the first
water
Songs for the deaf-"Come back
to Erin
The best part of the Game of
LIfe-Cribb- age.
After all, the best safety match is
marrying rich wife.
Home. stretch-The stretch across
the maternal knee.
"A man ever ready to scrape an
acquaintance-Th barber.
Jonah rashly pitched into the sea
and got badly whaled.
Sulphur comes from Vesuvius;
therefore, it is good for eruptions.
The fool seeketh to pick a fly
from mules hind leg. The wise
man letteth out the job to the highest
bidder.
"A beau of one of Mrs. Swekins'
daughters gave her lace collar, say
ing, "Dear, do not let any one else
rumple it" ooh, no." says Melinda,
"I'll take it off"
"A Western paper chronicles mar
riage in this suggestive style: "Ihe
couple resolved themselves into COM
mittee of two, with power to add to
their number"
"A rude fellow once told Barnum
that he had never exhibited anything
that was not a barefaced humbug
eyes, / have" said Barnum, the
bearded lady wasn't bare.faced."
"A Missouri paper says: 'Yester'
day we counted eleven able bodied
farmers whose grass and oats needed
cutting, sitting on dry goods boxes
complaining of hard times"
A backwoodsman describing a
steamboat, said: at has saw mill on
one side, grist mill on the other, and
a blacksmith shop in the middle, and
down stairs there's tarnation big pot
boiling all the while"
Josh Billings says: "Herrings in
habit the sea generally; but those
which inhabit the grocery alwus taste
to me as though they had been tatted
on salt They want deal of treshen
ing before they're eatin, and also after
wards. Ii l kin have plenty of her
ring for breakfast, generally make
the other two meals out of water"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-11-12

Largest CAVE IN THE WORLD
The cave of Cacahuamlpa in Mexico,
is said to be the largest in the world.
Il is coverd by a volcanic mountain
with an extinct crater. Mr.. Porter
G.. Bliss has twice examined and ex
pl0red it, the last time in February
of the present year. Six hundred
persons constituted the exploring
party, and they were provided with
Bengal lights and scientific appli-
ances. After reaching level at per-
haps fifty feet dep.h, they proceeded
81 miles into the interior. The root
was so high-s succession of balls
that rockets often exploded before
striking it. Labarinthine passages
leave the main ball in every direction.
Stalagmites and stalactites are
abundant. Below this cave, at
great depth, are two other immense
caves, from each of which issues
branch of a great river, uniting here.
These two rivers enter some five
miles slant at the other side of
the mountain, flow parallel, and issue
last together.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-11-12
SHERIFFS SALE-McCABE, ct al.

Da ed at Lancaster, Wis, the I'd Gay of Novenber
d. 1874 o4wo |
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-11-12
SHERIFF'S SALE THORNTON.

On Execution. State of Wisconsin, county of Grant
as Lester II. Devendorf and Jacob B. Penn, part
ners doing business under the firm name and style
of Devendorf Penn, plaintiffs vs.. John Thornton,
defendant. In circuit court for Grant county
By virtue of an execution issued out OF and under
the seal of the circuit court for Grant county, Wis.,,
upon judgment rendered therein en- the 10Th day OF
September 1874 in the circuit court OF Grant county,
wis wherein the above named plaintiffs were part
uers and of the and against John Thorn
ton defendant, have this day levied upon all the
right title and interest which the said defendant John
Thorntou had OIL the I4th day of May. 1874 or has
since acquired the following described property.
to wit: q OF an in the southeast quarter OF sec
ton three 81 four a. range three 3) west, be-
ing piece of land (I2O) eet nsrth and south. and
f26O teet and west, lying the Plsttevile road
and measuring from the southeast corner OF block
(42l in Lancaster, Grant county, Wis., and immediate
iy south of block (42G also north half of lots one
and (2), in block (2a in village OF Patevile, in
said ant county, Wis. which shall offer for sale
and sell at public auction to the highest bidder, at
the from door of the court house. in the village of
Lancaster in said county the 18th day OF Noyem-
Der 1874 at the hour OF one O'Clock p m.
Dated this 29th day of september, A. d 1874. at
Sheriff. Office Lancaster. CARRIER,
Sheriff of Grant county Wis.
" a GEO CARTER tits Attys 32W6
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-11-12
The lie AID.
Cultivation of Orchards.

The subject of the cultivation of
orchards was discussed at the summer
meeting of the Michigan Pathological
Society, the general expression being
favorable to the tillage of the whole
surface, under the absurd name OF
"broadcast cultivation. We are sur
prised to notice that while potatoes
are objected to and grass and cereals
regarded as very injurious to orchards.
nothing appears to have been said
about manure Now, this is all
mere question of nutriment and econ
omy of cultivation. We can manure
the land we'll and raise a crop of pota-
toes or roots of some kind every year,
and the orchard will do better than
with the cleanest tillage or even mulch
ing without the manure. So what we
have really to decide each for himself
is whether by giving plenty of manure
we cannot take off a crop of potatoes
or carrots on mangels, and get also
better crops of apples than if we SIM
ply titled the land, applying less ma
nure or none at all, and which course
in the long run will be most economi
cal. The writer inclines strongly to
the practice of manuring and crop
ping. The following three-year rota
ton for a young orc hard can be highly
recommended First year, stable ma
nure with sugar beets or mangel-wur-
GELS. Second year, potatoes with wood
ashes. Third year, carrots or Swedes
with superphosphate; the ashes beng
applied in the hills and the superphos
plate in the drills. After the trees
cover and shade the ground of cour' e
no crop pays, but the orchard should
then be MANFRED and titled the same
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-11-12

Judgment of foreclosure and sae-Wiam H elise,
plaintiff vs. John McCsbe, Lizzie McCabe, Charles
A. Cox and j. p. Cox .defendants-In circnit court
for Grant county. Wisconsin, september term iol =;
BY virtue and in puru nance OF judgment anu
order foreclosure and sale rendered IN the ABOVE
entitled by said court at the September term
1874 thereof, on the 18th day of september, A. U.
1874 shall on Saturday, the 9Th day December u.
1874 at O'Clock in the afternoon, at the 'front.'
door of the court house In the village OF Lancaster
in said county offer for SALE and sell at pubic aue-
ton for cash, the following described mortgaged
premises situated lying ana being in the county OF
Grant and state OF Wisconsin, to wit The southeast
quarter the southeast quarter, and that part OF
the quarter of the southeast quarter lying
south OF line running from the northeast corner to
the southwest corDer thereof OF section 10; also the
east half of the southwest quarter and the southwest
quart the southwest quarter OF section eleven
also the undivided half of the following described
lands The west half of the northwest quarter aud
the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter ana
fractional lot of the northwest quarter OF section
fourt Gen. also fractional lot one of section fifteen, all
In township two north Of range three west la Grant
county, Wisconsin.
Dated at the sheriff's office. September 49, 1874.
L. CARRIER, Sheriff Grant Co.
Cr Plaintiffs Att'ys 3zW6
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-11-12
SHERIFF S SALE -MURLEY.

On Execution. State of Wisconsin, county of Grant
49, Circuit Court George Parker and George
f. Hiiderbrand, partners. doing business under the
name, firm and style OF Parker, Hilderbcand Co.,
plaintiffs Timothy Murley, defendant.
By virtue of an execution issued out OF and under
the seal of the circuit of Grant county, Wis.,
upon a Judgment rendered therein on the Stb day of
September, A. d. 1874, in action In the circuit
in the above entitled in favor Of the above
named plaintiffs and against the above named defen
pant aud for want Of sufficient personal property to
satisfy the and COSTS and by order Of the plain
tins attorney | have this day levied upon all the
right title and interest which the said defendant,
Timothy Murley, or those claiming under him, had
on the 18th day of June, 1874 has since acquired
the following real estate wit Southeast quarter
of northeast quarter of section twenty O and south
half of northwat quarter. and northwest quarter OF
southwest quarter of section twenty-one CD, town
eight 81 range (2) oil In town of Waterstown.
in said county Of Grant. and state of Wisconsin,
which shall offer for sale and sell at public auction
the highest bidders, for cash, at the front door of
the house. in the village of Lancaster. In said
county, the 2Sth day of November, 1874, at the
hour OF one clock m
Dated this 18th day of October, 1874 at the sherifs
Office, Lancaster. Wisconsin I. CARRIER
l.. j WOoLLEY Pfs' Att'y. 3lw6 Sheriff
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-11-12
Something About Bees.

The american IVomdn'S Home says:
Zone Of the most profitable as well
as interesting kinds of business for
woman is the care of bees In a re-
cent agricultural report it is stated
that one lady bought four hives for
$40, and in five years she was offered
$500 for her stock, and refused it as
not enough. In addition to this in
crease of her capital, in one of these
five years she sold twenty two hives
and 43O pounds of honey. 1t is also
stated that in five years one man, from
six colonies OF bees TO start with,
cleared 5000 pounds of honey and
fifty-four colonies. When properly
instructed, almost any woman in the
city, as easily as in the country, can
ma age bees and make more profit
than in any other method demanding
SO little time and labor But in the
modes ordinarily practiced few can
make any great profit iii this employ
ment. 1t is hoped a time is at hand
when every woman will be trained to
some employment by which she can
secure to herself an independent home
and means to support a family, in case
she does not marry or is left a widow,
with herself and family to support.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-11-12

The DAY OF REsT.-It is impossi-
bio to estimate the blessed effect pro-
duced upon a nations health and
happiness, when, on the return of
each Sunday. millions are thus SET
free from toll; when the ledger is
closed on the desk when the ham
mer rests upon the anvil; and the
wheel of the factory is silent; when
the mine sends forth its crowds; into
the light and glory of the newborn
day; and when rest their wearied
frames, or tread the green earth or
hoary mountain and breathe the fresh
air, and look calmly upon the blue
sky overhead, or listen to the sound
ing stream or beating sea wave, and
when the very DUMB cattle partake
of the universal blessings.