Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-12-02
HERE, THERE AND ELSEWHERE.

1876, are@lready being talked of by
the society bellies.
"A dispatch from San Sebastian,
Spain, indicates the utter collapse of
Carlism in the near future.
"A ladies' temperance crusade is
in progress in the towns of Meriden,
Niddletown and Waterbury, Conn.
A white Partridge was shot at
East Bridgewater, Mass, last week.
1t is proposed to stuff it for the Ger.
tennial.
Boston is all run over by female
pick~pockets who wear eye glasses
and look stupendously gave and
literary.
We'll informed cotton men say
the present cotton crop, if it can be
gathered, will be the largest since
the war.
The Byron memorial movement
is not meeting with much favor in
England. Only about $4,000 have
been raised so far.
-"Uncle Sam" needs to cast an
eye over the Mexican border again.
Those thieving "greasers" are at
their marauding once more.
The President has issued orders
consolidating many of the internal
revenue districts in several OF the
States, for the sake of economy.
The packing season in Chicago
goes on apace. Since the 1st of
November, up to date, 256. 1873 hogs
have been slaughtered and packed.
General Doubleday, who was
Major Anderson's second in command,
will shortly publish memoir entitled
"Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and
Mortrie."
The hog cholera is still raging
to an alarming extent in the vicinity
of Decatur, Ill. In some townships
in Macon county there are not half
a dozen hogs left.
An official body Of Japanese will
arrive in this country within five or
six weeks, to look into our oduca-
tional system aud lay plans for their
country's representation at the Cen
tennial
Two Prussians were lately ar
rested at Arras, France, on the
charge of beggary. These kind OF
beggars the French hold IN abhor-
renee, looking upon them as good as
regular spies
The list Of proposed German ex-
hibitors at the Centennial numbers
l ,l40. A special feature will be
train with all accessories for the treat.
ment and transportation of the
wounded in time of war
A picture Of Gilbert Hunt, the
col0red blacksmith, who saved the
lives of number Of persons at the
burning of the Richmond Theater,
December 26, 1911, has been placed
in the State Library of Virginia.
The library of Munich contains
500 5000 volumes one at Berlin 600
5000: the Imperial Library OF Russia.
| 100000 books. 100 900 manuscripts,
and 81 900 engraved portraits OF dis
men the British Museum,
| 600 900 books and $4,000 manu-
scripts,
"A mammoth telescope, said to
be the largest ever made, is now in
process Of construction at factory
near Dublin, ireland. 1t is building
at the order of the Austro- Hungarian
for the new observatory
at Vienne, to be finished by The
Autumn of 1873
The Quakers Of Guilford county,
n. G have built new church on
the very spot where, ninety. foHr
years ago, began the battle of Gull
ford Court House. which broke the
British power in the South, and ulti-
mately led to the surrender OF Corn
wallis at Yorktown.
In New York city, last week,
match game Of billiards, 600 points,
French caroms, for the championship
of America and $1,000, was played
between Cyrilla Dion and Maurace
Daily, and resulted in the defeat of
the latter by score Of 600 10 557.
Winners average, 123.
The death of William b. Aston,
of New York. one of the wealthiest
men in the United States-his for
tune being computed at many mil
announced in that city. He
was the oldest son Of the late John
Jacob Aston, the old German million
aire Of New York, who founded the
great Astor Library:
Specimens Of new bogus postal
card have been detected in the New
York Post Office. They arc made
in imitation Of the old style card,
bnt arc not technically counterfets
because the words, "this ia not law
full" are printed over the words
"United States Postal Card" and in
place Of the usual direction to write
the Address only on one side, the
message on the other, are the words,
"You may write the address and
message anywhere You like and
send it,"
The Alabama Claims Commits
sion will probably finch up all cases
that come before them, under The
restrictions of the law creating the
Commission soon after the middle Of
l.
81 900, leaving s8,000,O 900 Of money
paid by England still in the Treas
ury. All the next session of Con-
grcss The insurance companies and
holders OF indirect claims, who have
been so far debarred from any bene-
fits of the award, will again press
their cause for repayment of losses
by the depredations of English-Con-
federate privateers.