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The New York herald., 1875-12-19
ACCIDENT TO A STEAMER.

THE A. T. sERRILL, ON HEB WAY TO BLOCK
ISLAND, COMPELLED TO PUT BACK-ALARM
oP THE PASSENGERS.
NEWPORT, r l., Dec. Is, 1875
The steamer A. 7. ScrrilL Captain Ricketson, which
plies between this port and Block Island, had q per-
ious trip to-day She let horo at eight O'Clock this
morning for the island tho wind at the time blowing
gale She succeeded in getting within three miles Of
Block Island-this is twenty-seven miles from this
port-when the pipe TO the donkey engine burst be-
tween the stop-vaye and the boiler Fortunately she
supplied with sails, which were brought into use.
The fires were drawn, In order TO work the steam or
About one hour after noon the damage repaired
and steam was again used The passengers wero
greatly alarmed at the time, the breaking
over her. making her one mass OF Ice The windows in
slight damages The captain did not think advisable
to continue TO their destination and put back to
this port
The New York herald., 1875-12-19
A PITTSBURG SWINDLER.

FINNEY, PROMINENT COMMISSION MERCHANT,
ARRESTED FOR RoBBING THB FARMERS OF
oHo-HIs BOLD METHOD OF vIcrnnzNG.
PIrTsBURG, Pa, Dec. is, 1875
John A. Finney, well known commission merchant
OF No. 112 Second avenue arrested to-day through
a requistion from Governor Allen Governor
Hartranft THIS was at the instance OF the banking
Arm Of spitzcr & Brother North Amherst Ohio, and
Governor Allen In filling out the requiston expressed
himself distinctly that there should be no oophols
whereby the man could escape
WHO rINNEY Is.
Finney & Co is a known wholesale commission nrn,
and have succeeded II Is said, within the last year or
SO in making by crooked commissions, $4,000 ID
or their victims They sent out about 5000 circulars
every week and the number OF dupes thus brought In
was astonshngly large
One 1rm In tho neighbornood OF Cleveland few
weeks ago sent 800 barrels Of -four, having received
Finney's tempting current st He followed 4 up with
700 more barrels, The whole lot was sold and the
Lake Shore man IS whisting for his money. Miller T..
Keysor Of West Salem, Wis, shipped 200 barrels Of
came on and succeeded in getting $500 for consgn-
men. worth over ST. 600 The Empire Flour Nils Of
suffered in consequence Of their folly. The Empire
Mls Of Edinburg, Ill, sent two cars Of chops but =
we're warned IN tune % save one car Williamson
TO Finney's sinking fund one car each
Of oats, corn and bay dealer in the
oats; by the time three Of them had been sold tho
shipper warned, and by good fortune arrived at
the moment when the others were being offered
Hyman 4 Fuller, Of Ohio, also victims Of -four
signmenk
EpvrIso THE smrrxRs
The plan OF Fnney TO make out bogus account
sales for the edincaton OF the Shippers containing
taordnary charges freight paid and storage One Ohio
man was charged on grain consignment with any
bushels short measure. The shipper on application 10
the elevator found tho charge utterly false and further
discovered that his grain had been sold price that
was twenty per cent per bushel less than Fnncys quo
been
practices, and Is reputed TO be well on He left TO-
night In the custody Of the Sherifrs officer
The New York herald., 1875-12-19
IRISHMEN AND THE CENTENNIAL.

NEW BRUNswIcK N j., Dec. Is, 1876.
Father ]. v. Mcnamara the famous Irish revolu-
tionst has issued address TO his countrymen
laton to 'Trishmen at the Centennialn After refer
ring to tho fact that Ireland has separate depart
assigned in the Centennial buildings but that all
Irish products must be arranged under the general
heading of Great Britain he then calls upon all IRISH
men to make great demonstration in one body next
year at the Centennial
The New York herald., 1875-12-19

ings erected by foreign nations the several States and
general purposes connected with the Exhibiton
The whole OF them will not be less In number than AeO
buildings Compare this work for a moment with tne
great Exhibitions that have taken place IN other parts
OF the world The following is list OF exniuihons
elsewhere with the spaco covered and the COST OF cree
The New York herald., 1875-12-19
DISARMAMENT OF REGIMENTS.

ALBANY Dec. is, 1876
Adjutant General Townsend has issued genera
order disbanding the Fny anh Seventy ninth Eighty
fourth and Ninety sixth regiments and Battery Of ths
Second division. Tho several brigadcs or the FRS
division are also to be thoroughly reorsanizod
The New York herald., 1875-12-19

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doing.
List OF foreign nations that have accepted the invita-
ton 10 take part with the appropriated for
expenses far as ascertaned:-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-02-04
PROSPECTUS.
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rends Of just and energetic governmental and eco.
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discuss with candor and with such ability as it can
command the present and practical questions affect
ing the material intellectual and moral progress and
wellbeing OF the nation. the tes and the people
! II will record with fidelity che action of the Execu
tive. Legislative and Judicial Departments OF the
Government which may be of national importance or
OF general application 1t will do bat may be done,
within its sphere to inform the people and improve
the Government
THE REPUBLIC holds that as this is a Govern.
ment of and for the people, the people should be
thorough Informed of it's action and purposes aud
that the Government should be equally well advised
AS to the opinions and progress If the people; that
the Of both Identical; that the obliga
lions of both nutus; and that il is the duty of
each and all to promote tuis common knowtedge al.
vance these Common intere>t and enforce these com
mon Obligations. TO these ends TIiE REPUBLIC
will work faithfully ami constantly, aud it earnestly
invites the cordial operation of every citizen in
this essential labor.
as-special attention viii be given to important
Departmental and judicial decisions. aud valuable
and novel inventions will be duly noticed.
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Beautiful Women.

A writer discoursing of beautiful
women says: History is ful of
accounts of the fascination of wo-
men who are no longer young"
Among the women of antiquity he
mentions. are Helen of Troy, who
was forty when she was carried off
by Paris; Aspasia, the courtesap,
who was thlrty.six when Pericles
married her, after having separated
from his wife. Cleopatra was pas.
thirty when Antony came under her
spell. Coming down to more mod
ern times, the following facts are
verified by the American Cyclp pedia:
Diana of Portiers, mistress of Henry
III, of France, was married at thir-
teen; at thirty-two she was l'lt a
widow with two children. When
nearly forty she became mistress OF
the Dauphin, afterward Henry IL.
She retained her influence over the
king until bis death, though she had
reached the ripe age of sixty. Her
power was due not less to her beauty
than to her intellectual gifts. Nlnon
dc / EncloR, French courtesan;
the CYclopedia speaks OF her az
BEAUTIFUL, witty and cultivated so-
cie'y. She early became popular in
Paris, her love being sought by
many of the most eminent m3n OF
the age. She had constant sue
cession of lovers, though she never
Jooandod IN tbapo for Sunn0rt DIS.
ting uished and modest women court
ed her society. among whom was the
Queen of Sweden. She was regarded
as model of refinement and ele-
gance in her manners. Although
she led life of pleasure far into her
old age, she preserved her beauty
and fascination almost to the last,
and ia said to have lovers for
three generations in the family OF
Sevigne. One of her own sons who
had been brought up in ignorance OF
his birth at the age of min teen tell
in love with her, she then being fifty
six. Blanca Capello, mistress. and
| afterwards wife of francesca, Grand
Duke of Tuscany. married the Duke
when she was thirty seven, he beng
i've years her junior. Nine. De
Maintenon, who when she was six
teen married the poet Scarron,
cripple and paralytic, became a wild
ow at twenty-five. and remained so
until she was fifty-one, when ahe
was secretly married to Louis XIV.
of France, after he had vainIv sought
to make her his mistress. She was
celebrated for her beauty and wit,
as well as her wisdom end wonder
ful abilities. She really governed
France through Louis II his death,
a period of nearly thirty years. Her
predecessor in rOsal favor, Nine.
Montespan, became Louis mistress
when thirty-seven years Of age, and
held her place as "s5ul Of the court"
| for fourteen years. She had eight
cbiliren by the king. Nine. Mara,
a French actress, came into public
favor at thirty~two, ard held that
place for thirty years. When past
sixty she was atle by her grace aud
animation to appear like q girl OF
twenty. She left her large estate TO
her son, who was born when she
was seventeen, though most of the
time until her death she persistently
refused to see him Instances like
these might be mutil led almost
endless. How these women pre-
s,rved their loneliness and powers
of fascination in spite Of early mar
riagee, chill bearing. and increasing
years. is secret that wouli be well
worth knowing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-02-04
Useful and Inrere sting Items for tt 9
Farmers.

North Carolina has 483 Oranges.
Kansas has 1880 Oranges with
10000 members in good standing.
-Franklin county, Kansas. Patrons
will open Grange store this month.
There has been an increase of 162
Oranges in Iowa during the past
year.
Pond Greek Grange, Arkansas,
has expelled three members for disor-
derby conduct.
The number Of Patrons in the
state of Pennsylvania has grown in
one year from 1000 to 10000.
TIE first Grange was organized in
1866. There are now 81 900 Oranges
with membership Of 100000
Teas, NV a it i, in r, lativu to
the 0 der, reports 81 in the district
with Is more ready for organization.
The Missouri aud Ohio Oranges
may be corporate bodies by act of
Legislature of those respective States.
-Four States have lost the entire
fund granted them by Congress for
the establishment of Agricultural Col
leges
-364 new subordinate Oranges
were added to the rolls in November.
The average rate oflncrease is 400
month.
Efforts are being made in Illinois
to secure the meeting of the Ameri
can Pathological Society in Chicago
next summer.
The Tobacco Leaf reports sales
of 1900 cases. Among them were
800 cases 1874 Wisconsin at ST to 0
cents; Ohio at III to - cents.
Dry leaves that have not been
washed by rains are as good or even
better than wheat straw for manure,
but by exposure to storms they suffer
rapid loss.
An Agricultural convention is TO
be held at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin,
sometime this month, under the aus
pieces of the Northern Wisconsin State
Society.
ne Iuil programme TOT tne annu~
al meeting of the Wisconsin Dairy
mems Association at Fort Atkinson,
gives the date as Wednesday and
Thursday, February and 4.
The greatest herdsman in the
world is Samuel W. Allen. He has
ranch eighty miles long by forty wide,
lying between the Nevada and Colo
RADIO rivers, in Texas, and 225, 900
cattle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-02-04
Progress of the Centennial


The construction of the Centennial
building at Philadelphia il making
favorable progr. as. The heavy brick.
work of the Art Gallery, of which we
recently presented an engraving, IS
nearly completed, and The granite
slabs are laid as high as the water ia
bles. The foundations of the main
building, OF which an illnstrtion also
recently appeared in these columns,
and which are TO be of glass and iron,
are being placed in position. The
iron will be brought to the ground
and the erection and glazing comp'et-
ed in the spring. The machinery hall,
which will be of the same materials,
is now complete in the plans, and the
specifications will shortly be publish
ed. This structure will cover twenty
acres. The designs for the conservato
nv are at about the same stage, 50 that
all that now remains to be provided
for are the plans of the agricultural
implement building and of some mi
nor edifices.
The estimated cost of the enterprise
in its details has been published, and
it appears that the greater part of the
required sum is already secured.
This includes the means for the
structures as follows: Main building
100000; art gallery, $500 900;
machinery building, 100000, and
conservatory, 100000. Total, 81, 500,
600. The following expenditures have
yet to be provided for; Agricultural
machinery bui ding, S250,000; water,
gas, grading, railroad facilities, and
sanitary arrangements, $1,000, 900;
general administration, S5OO,OJO; and
an addition of % per cent Tor errors
and contingencies, the whole amount
ing to 80, 625, 900.
1t is gratifying to learn that there
is no reasonable doubt of this sum be-
ing obtained within the interval OF
time remaining, and reports show a
largely increasing interest throughout
tEs country in favor of the enterprise.
The applications from American ex.
hibitors for space are now in excess
of the room provided, 10000 square
feet having been demanded, while the
allotted share of the United States is
bu. 1891 square feet. This will
necessitate some cutting down of de
mands to meet this small excess, but
it is probable that, by the time the
FAIR is ready to open, there will be
so many applications that a far larger
and more vigorous pruning will be res
CURED
The following is correct schedule
Of the space allotted to the exhibitors
Of the thirty-four nations and their
colonies who will take part in the ex-
position. 1t also shows the order oil
arrangement of the countries, and in
the areas specified includes the total
floor room, measuring twenty acres.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-02-04
SHERIFF SALE-SrUvKENBuRG.

Partition by sheriff. Estate of uckeHburg State
OF Wisconsin County of Hrant-ss. In Circuit Court
for said county OF Grant. Wis. Juaette Stucken
burg and Char ,ott- Stackehbnrgh, now Charlotte
Osborn by marriage. by T Carrier, their guardian,
plaintiffs. against Alexander Sweeney, defendant
In partition
nv virtue and in pursuance of judgement and
order Of sale in the above entitled suit made the
Sep ernber Of the circuit court Of said irant
county on the 10th day OF september, 1874, to di
rected aud delivered. | shall, Saturday. the 9th
day of March, 1875 o'clock in the afternoon OF
said day. ut the front door of the Carrier house, In
the city of Boscobe In said county offer TOR sale and
sell at public auction to the highest and best bidd-r
the following described pieces an parcels OF land
situate lying and being in Grant county. Wis., to-wit
me northwest quarter o. the northeast quarter and
the north half OF the northwest quarter of SECTION
fifteen (l5) also the southeast quarter of the south
west quarter and the southwest qG rter OF the south
quarter and the northwest quarter of the seut
quarter Of section ten {0 all in township eight
(S) north OF range two (2) west, in the county of
Grant and ate of Wisconsin The terms of sale to
he as follows 0nethird of the purchase price to b
paid In cash at the time Of sale; one third OF such
purchase price in year after date of said sale.
with interest at ten Per centum per annun; and the
remaining nnethrd of such purchase price to be paid
in two years from the date OF said sale, with interest
at ten per centum per annum Good security to be
given for said payments, to be approved BY the
sheriff making the sale.
Dated the sherit7s office in the village Of Ian
caster Wis, this 18th day OF January, 1875
45w6 j. Mccoy. Sheriff GRANT County
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-02-04
SHERIFF'S SALE-WoRDEN.

On Execution State OF Wisconsin, county of Grant
ss In circuit court Otto Ruke, plaintiffs against
Brazilla A. Worden defendant
by virtue OF execution issued out of and ander
the seal of the circuit court tor Grant comfy Wis
upon judgment rendered in justice court before
Henry Burgess of the justices of the peace in
and for said cou atty, in favor ct said plaintiff and
againstsad defendant appears by the transcript
the judgment filed in the Office of the clerk OF the
circuit court county of Grant have thi day levied
upon ali the right title and interest which the deten
daut, BraEilla Worden. those claiming under
him, had the 9th day of April, 1878 at any
time thereafter, the following described property
wit. The hail Of southwest quarter. section
seventeen I'D, town three 49, range four ~ vest
except five in southwest corner thereof
and the west halt of half of southeast
quarter Of section seventeen CT), town three
t3l range four a. vest also south halt
of half Of west half OF southeast quarter OF
section seventeen three 49, range a. west
the being in the county OF Grant and state OF
Wisconsin, which shalt sell at public auction the
highest bidder for each. The front door of the
hous in the village of Lancaster said coun
ty, on the Esd day Of January. 1875, the hour OF
O'Clock p
Dated At the .sherif-s Office this goth day Of octe
Der, 1874. CARRIER,
Sheriff of Grant Comfy.
BGRBHR CLgMENrsoN Plaintiff Att'ys 3Tw6
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-02-04
The Cranberry Interest.

The Chicago Journals Baraboo
correspondent writes to that paper
az follows:
The uniform success of the Gran.
berry crop in this region and the
enormous profits arising therefrom
nave induced the organization here
81 strong joint stock company,
under the title of the Wisconsin Val
ley Cranberry Company, with cap
ital stock of $25 900. Toe President
j. Terrill Thomas, for seventeen years
President of the Sank County Bank,
and among its stockholders arc G A.
Sumner, of Ba-rboo, and Samuel
Kauber, of Madison. The charter
vas obtained under the general in
corporation law, and the company
has secured over /, 400 acres in the
central portion of Jackson county,
lying between the West Wisconsin
and Wisconsin Valley Railroads, the
shipping point being mapped out rs
Warren's NJ lis on the fromer road
Tncluded in the tract is an island of
thirty acres and magnificent pine
forest of seventy acres. The proper
ty is now being surveyed and plated
in forty acre tracts. and the cabins
aud warehouses being lDcated. The
stock certificates are being litho-
graphed, and it is intended that the
Chicago public shsll share in the
enterprise. Respecting the culture
of the cranberry and the equitable
distribution of the fruit Mr.. Thomas
holds some views of Importance and
interest, with which the reading pub
lie will soon be made familiar. The
character of the originators of the sf-
far is above question, and success is
next to oertsinty.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-02-04

TeBACCo IN WIsCoNsIN.-In Rock
Dane and Jefferson counties, Wiz,
is grown most of the tobacco Guilt
vsted in this State. Eigerton ia the
largest market. The Independent
published st that place, reports sales
during 1874 of about 10000 cases.
weighing 5.-10,730 Ibs., filing 300
freight cars. and valued at about one
third of a million dollars.
The trade ia now very quiet. A
prominent desIer reports that most
Of the fat stems" and frosted tobac-
CO crop of 1873 has BEEN sold. and
that very It'll. is now TO be found.
Most of the 1873 crop in the out-liv-
ing districts has been purchased ST
from five and one-Ealf TO seven cents.
genera Is. A choice selected lot sold
at ten cents, and small choice 10,
of wrappers grown near Jefferson
sold at fourteen cent?, probably the
highest price paid in the State.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-02-04
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icaal Notices.
ESTArE-BuRToN.

II = a =
In Probate--Grant County Court. In the matter Of
Est tie Of Isaac Burton, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition OF Addison
Handy administrator of the estate OF Isaac Burton.
deceased representing among other things. that
he has fully administered said estate and praying that
time and place be fixed tor exa dining and allowing
his account OF his administration,
Itis ordered, that said account be examined by the
Judge this Court Tuesday, the 2Sd day of Feb
uary ensuing al o'clock in the afternoon at
the Probate ONCE in Lancaster, in said county
And it il further ordered that notice thereof be
ven 10 all persons interested by publishing copy
Of this order three successive weeks prior TO said
day OF hearing. in the Grant County Herald weekly
printed aud published at Lancaster in said
Comfy By the Court,
WM. McGONtGAL, County JCdge.
Dated al Lancaster. the 26lh day OF January, d.
1875.
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