Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-09-10
HERE, THERE AND ELSEWHERE.

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men.
Five bushels of grapes upon a
single vine make glad the heart of
its owner in Indiana.
-Four hundred Angora goats
were last week shipped from Liver
pool for San Jose, Cal.
Some money. The railway sys-
tenn of the United States represents
a capital of $500, 100000.
There is not in all the State of
Texas single Universalist Church
edifice or churoh organization.
Reports from the new placer
mines in the Bruneau mountains
| (Nev.) stata that the mines have
been greatly overrated.
The woman who became famous
by walking from Chicago to San
Francisco, has been sent to the Poor
House in the latter city.
Two of Boston's boys-Timothy
Dodd, aged 81 years, and John
Souther, aged SO years-often stroll
around the streets together.
Great Britain will investigate
tho matter Of one of her war vessels
being fired en- by Spanish Republi-
can troops OH the northern coast of
Spain.
The Swiss Government directs
that telegraphic messages shall be
measured by the time consumed in
their transmission instead of the num-
Der OF words.
There is no such thing as earth
y content. Here the Icelanders
actually have a millennium, and yet
some OF them are preparing to emf,
CRATE to Alaska.
Tho negro vote in November
will not be 50 large as it was in 1872.
Many thousands will finch before q
| united white coumn.-M0bue Regis
ter. Pretty talk
Young nen of Rochester dis
puted for the. possession of the nails
from Goldsmith Maids shoes, recent
ly, when she was being shod. They
wished them for watch charms.
Two engines, 119 cars, and from
so to 115 men have been engaged
four weeks in removing the debris of
the landslide, on the Troy and Sche-
nectady division of the Central Rail
road.
Tho sea-Dark China, built fifty
seven years ggo, recently lost all her
spars in a white squat Her first
Captain, Hiram Putnam, still lives at
Syracuse, N. Y, and is about 80
years Old
The number of deaths by drown
ing at the seGshore this summer is
something marvellous. Every day
there is recorded an account of a death
or narrow escape from drowning
In the surf.
"A new postage stamp, to be is
sued to Postmasters for the purpose
of affixing them to newspapers under
the new rates. which goes into effect
the first of next year, will shortly be
forthcoming.
They have had duel in Louis
lana that amounted to something.
Two Infatuated fools stood up and
fired at each other until both fell
dead. When they duel in that way,
they do we'll.
Those lit1le Swiss trinkets so
commonly seen in Europe are beoom-
ing very fashionable here, and the
girl of the period makes fine dis
play of the pretty knick-knacks on
her precious person.
1t is noted as O singular fact
that while the sources of the supply
Of quicksilver are multiplying with
unprecedented rapidity there is no
reduction in the price of the article.
This ore is a monopoly.
The canton Of Sohwyz, Swit2er.
land, is said to have adopted the
principles of female suffrage to the
fullest extent, women being eligible
not only as electors, but also as can
didates for public offices
S. s. Gray, of Ada county, Ida
no, has raised nineteen acres of Aus
TRAN wheat ON sage-brush land,
which is said to be the finest in the
Territory. D5n't talk of ''the great
American desert" any moro.
After st2rm which lately burst
over Orleans, /. singular phenomenon
was remark Cd ,on the Quai Neuf Tu-
dele, the ground being literally
covered with q: thick layer Of small
toads alive, brought by the wind.
The faculty of the California
University has. adopted plans Of loan
ing funds to poor students, prac-
tice which is designed to do away
with the system of manual labor
hitherto practced in the University.
The Lowell Mass Courier says
there is a noticeable increase in
drunkenness among the young wo-
men of that city. Girls 10, 16 and
Is years old have been arrested on
the streets for this offense within a
few days.
Mr.. Amldon has been made a
Notary Public in Massachusetts,.
When he has finished his arduous
work for the day he puts his name
in the form of an interrogation,
answers himself in the affirmative,
and goes to supper.
The World reviews the report of
the Boston Board of Health, and
thinks it proves that infanticide or
baby farming ig committed in Boston
to a greater extent than any known
civilized community, 20 per cent. of
the deaths for ffteen months being
of children under l year of age.
Sixty thousand dollars reward
is offered by the French Minister of
Agriculture "foF the discovery of an
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