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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01
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Ciscoe Fishing at Geneva.

AT Geneva Lake, Wisconsin, about
seventy-hve miles from Chicago ex>
citing sport is found in catching the
ciscoe, a species of the herring
Though never more than five inches
in length, it is as beautiful as the
brook trout, being covered with fine
white scales, giveng it the appearance
of quivering blade of silver as it
darts through the water. 1t is most
delicious morsel, though from its frail
delicacy unfit for shipment, and is
necessarily cooked as soon after being
caught as possible. A popularity OF
the ciscoe is that it runs for about five
days between June l and 90, and is
never seen, alive or dead, at any
other season of the year. Simultan-
eous with its appearance, which is in
countless millions at every portion Of
of the shore, there arrive in the trees,
on the water, and in the bayous reach.
ing back from different portions of the
shore, myriads Of tho common sand
fly, which become the ciscoe's food,
and which are used are used as bait.
When the sport fairly opens, Lake
Geneva, which is beautiful strip of
water nine miles long and four miles
wide, with precipitous, sloping, and
almost level shores, is then the most
picturesque place in America. The
fish is taken with a silk thread. a
diminutive hook, smaller than the
minnow hook, and from one to three
flies for bait, which you can supply
yourself with by merely taking short
turn through the bushes, when they
will attach themselves to your cloth
ing, or by carefully breaking bough
from tree. The run is occurring this
week, and the shores Of Lake Geneva
are thronged by the gaily dressed
gentlemen and lady fishers as one
vast parterre of flowers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01

~ The presidential election of
1873 was the peoples rebuke to the
Democratic party. Grant, then, that
1874 was their rebuke to the Repub-
licaus, which of the two organiza-
tions has used the result most wisely?
The Democracy are universally adj
mitted to have proved themselves
unsafe, incompetent an corrupt. Gov.
Tilden is the only man among them
who seems to have seriously tried
reform, and his party is largely op-
posed to him Republicans on the
contrary, are everywhere scanning
the field, trying to learn what are the
complaints, and seeking to- remedy
as fast as possible. They both want
power; one lusts for it and the other
strives to deserve it. This an obvi-
GUS difference.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01

MILWAUKEE 81 DUBUQUE RAILWAY.
There is little doubt that the Mil
waukee 81 Dubuque railroad will be a
successful enterprise. Capitalists
offer to take the entire issue of bonds
orthe construction of the road through
to Dubuque on condition that they
are to have three directors in the man.
agement, and that the first so miles
be constructed by the corporators.
On the completion of the section the
capitalists are TO pay in at the rate of
SIS, 900 per mile on the finished road.
Under these conditions the company
will be obliged to procure means to
construct the first division to ensure
funds for the completion of the re-
mainder of the roadway. The COM
pany will meet the proposition by one
requiring an advance of half the
amount necessary to build the first
thirty miles.
The president of the Peoria and
Fond du Lac narrow gauge railway
has also been in communication with
the company to secure the right of
way into this city from the crossing of
the lines, and it is likely that some ar
rangements will be effected to that
end. Mii,Udukee Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01
County Government.

By what We can gathet from the
Chippewa papers that county 10
hanging on The ragged edge Of dis
content over It's financial condition.
1t seems county orders up there are
ordinarily discounted at thirty to
thirty-five cents on the dollar, and
even in tax-paying time discount
of fifteen cents on the dollar is re-
quired. This is step toward repu-
diation that rich county like Chip
pewa should hasten to retrace. 1t is
an easy thing for county to put her
orders on par basis. Let the coun-
ty board of Chippewa, or a commits
tee of the same, take visit to Grant
county end look into its public affairs
and how they are managed. Our
county orders are as good as green
backs. In fact the promise of Grant
county to pay" is as good as that of
Uncle Sans, and in many instances
an offer to buy a county order at
more than two cents less than at par
value is an inexcusable offense to the
citizen holder. Now this is easy to
explain. Economy rules in the man.
agement of our county affairs. The
salary of the county officers are put
down to the lowest notch, and proba-
bly, too low in some instances. Econ
omy prevails also in Office expendi-
lures, for stationery, etc. The ex-
penses of the county board are slight,
the body of thirty~fve members
meeting but once year, and then
completing its business in never
more than six days. The committee
on claims is made to compose of keen
business men, as also the other inn
portant committee on finance. They
watch closely the management of the
county offices, and grind to fine
edge the sharply constructed bills of
claimants upon the county treasury.
The county officers are held to q
strict accountability during their
stewardship. The consequence of all
this care is the public confidence in
our rulers and a sound local curren-
cy. The last act of the county legis-
lature is to appropriate an amount,
upon liberal estimate, TO conduct
the county affairs for the year. Or
ders are Issued by the Clerk right
after the only and annual session Of
the county board, and the people are
eager to receive them for debt at par
value of other currency. Grant coun-
ty EN- braces an area of 1900 square
miles, with population of little short
of $4,000 souls. Considering its ex-
tent of territory and population, and
the varied business interests of the
people, we venture naught N the
statement that Grant is tho most
economically governed county in
Wisconsin. tits strong Republican
county, fact which the tax burden
ed communities of Lafay Craw-
ford, Brown, Chippewa and Milwau-
kee should observe and profit there
by. Detalcations never occur over
here under Republican management
aud economy is the rule.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01

KING CAUCUs.-The Fond du Lac
Commonwealth closes a | ng and good
article on tho caucus system, with
the following timely words
The caucus is an Indispensable in
stituton +; it has its defects, as every
thing human has, but while many
clamor for its abolition, human inge-
nuity has failed to devise any thing
better to replace it. Its abuse is
wholly owing to that objectionable
political indifferentism that threatens
the destruction Of our Republic-the
disposition Of the better class, who
have the greatest stake in tho coun-
try, to look on with folded arms to
see what division Of the loaves and
fishes the rascally ring will make
next. We conjure every honorable,
sensible voter to stir up himself, and
stir up his neighbors, to attend the
primary meetings in such numbers,
and with such pre- arranged concert
Of action, as will enable them TO out
vote the designing fellows who pre-
sumo to run the machine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01
ssa-At the annual meeting of the

esa-At the annual meeting Of the
American Board of Trade, held in
Philadelphia last week, the following
resolutions were adopted:
Resolved That the present time,
when the com mercial indebtedness is
small, prices Of commodities low, and
currency 80 excessive that large
amounts Of it are lying idle, presents
q favoratls opportunity for the insti.
tuition of measures to restore specie
payments.
2. That such payments cannot be
restored and maintained so long as
paper currency exists which can be
used in legal payments instead of
specie.
3. That the National Board of
Trade, therefore, pray Congress to
withdraw from circulation and can.
Gel the United States legal tender
notes by instituting measures for
that purpose at its next session.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01

built them nearer to communication
with favorable markets. Stock
dealers are disheartened at the idea of
being compelled to drive their stock
long distance, twice year to reach
the railroad. Merchants no longer
like to pay out as much for freiehting
their goods from the railroad as It
costs them to freight them to the end
of the road; and the man of business
and pleasure has boone tired of the
incessant staging that has to be done
in order to get away from home, or
return after having got away. Hence,
there is no doubt that large amount
Of aid can be procured, and that too,
without much trouble. Il.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01

"a The government appropria-
tions for the fiscal year beginning
with July, are about s27O,OOO,OOO, or
about Sc, 100000 less than this year.
The estimate of receipts for next
year were 1898, 100000, but it is now
thought that they will reach and pre-
baby exceed s3OO,OOO,OOO, even if
business be no better than this year.
The probability is, that the surplus
Of receipts over expenditures will
meet the requirements Of the sinking
fund.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01

~. At the recent session of the
Masonic Grand Lodge Of Wisconsin,
the following officers were chosen for
the ensuing year:
Grand Master. P. c. Cottrell, Miwau-
kee.
Grand Senior Warden-E. S Miner Neee-
dab.
Grand Junior Warden-Chas Pardee, Par
deevie
Grand Secretary-John w. Woodruff,
Berlin.
Grand Treasurer-W. H. Hiner, Fond du
Lac.
Trustees-E f. Chaplin, Columbus; L. S.
Miner, Nccedah; David II. Wright, Madison.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01

NEWSPAPERS. - Newspapers are
business establishments. Each is
more or less necess arily the rival Of
the other. Each is dependent upon
the goodwill and support OF the
public for an existence. All it
says is in public and not in
secret. 1t lives ana performs sll it.
functions in glass house, visible TO
every body. 1t cannot defend a
wrong without an Injury to itself. 1t
cannot hire itself ou', as the lawyers
do, to defend the guilty and prosecute
the innocent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01

MONSIEUR Triton CONES AGAIN. -
The american Literary Bureau an
nounces Theodore Tlton for lectures
next season. The Bureau says
"Some of our correspondents offor
almost fabulous terms for his services,
one going so far as to say we want
him at any price. But it is Mr.. Til
toms desire simply to take up his
profession where he dropped it four
seasons ago, renewing his former re-
lations with lyceums and lecture So
cieties, and to pursue that profession
upon its merits ard upon his own
qualifications for it, wholly irrespec-
tive of other notoliety. He will
spend the summer in preparing a
new lecture"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01

1T is matter for serious public
concern, in view OF the fact that the
Democracy have the control of The
Lower House of Congress, that the
Democracy of so large and influential
State as Ohio, have deliberately
ranged themselves on the side OF in
flation, and iu opposition Of the OILY
measures which can bring about re-
sumption at the time fixed By law
Detroit Tribune.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01

gay The DodgeviIle Chronicle says
that disguise it as they may-pro-
TESS what they please-the so-called
Reform party of Wisconsin is the
same old state-rights, ratification,
negotiating, Tammany Ring and
Calkins claim institution that it al
ways was, and we owe it to ourselves
and to our country to see that it is
utterly roHted from power in Wis
consin next November"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01

THE New ELDoRADo. The follow
ing dispatch has been received from
Col. r. J. Dodge, in command of the
escort to Prof Jenney's Black fills
exploring expedition. "Harney's
Peak, June l7.-Gold is found in pay
ing quantities on French Creek; Gus.
tar's report is confirmed in every par
ticuar. The command is we'll and in
fine condition" Private advices say
the command found 100 miners at
work in Custar's Gulch, taking out
gold at the rate of five to twenty-five
dollars a pan. Evidences are strong
that there are many more miners in
that country. The gold found is
coarse and scaley, but easily pound
ed. Quartz mines are abundant, but
no one has prospected them.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01

Grasshoppers live after their
heads have been amputated. But it
is believed that they cannot steal
under these embarrassing oircum-
stances. Grasshoppers, therefore,
are in some respects preferable to
officeholiers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01
Republican State Convention.

MADISON. Wis. May 20, 1875.
A state Convention representing the Republican
PARTY of Wisconsin, is hereby called to meet at the
CAPITOL in Madison at IL o'clock m, on WEDNEs-
DAY JULY Z, 1875, for the purpose OF placing In
nomination candidates for election for State officers,
to be supported by the party at the next general
election and to transact such other business as may
be deemed appropriate.
to two delegates IN the convention.
f. w. KEYES. Chairman.
pplvv IRrIyp ELIHU COLEMAN,
7 r Noe RoBERT HcCURDT,
J. II. VIVIAN, II b COLES,
/. VI. BEAN, >: = n ~ 80,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01
saTSome one with his feet on tn

GoT Some one with his feet on the
high rounds of an editorial stool in
the Advocate office, is fond of repeat
ing the word .Silds. IF he would d.
vide the word thus: Sill as, and then
supply a syllable to his front name
and a letter to his latter, he would
have name which very well fits him
self-Silly-Ass.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01

-" rhe beauty of Democracy is
tue facility with which it rides two
horses. Its game is Illustrated in
Ohio, whore the platform says one
thing and the candidates another.
There they are running "hard mon
ey" Governor on shinplaster plat
form: and . Good Tenn olar Lieutenant
Governor on Tree whisky" plat
form. Voters pay their money and
take their choice.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01

rG- Business failures in England
continue to be of almost daily occur
renee. The financial and commercial
situation in that country appears to
be anything but hattering at present.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01
CHINA PIGS
L STATE-McCoY.

u
In Probate-Grant County Court. In the matter of
the estate of Charles Mccoy, deceased
On reading and fling the petition of John Calvin
Mccoy aud others, representing among other things
that John NJ. Chandler sole executor Of the last will
and testament of said Charles Mccoy, deceased has
resigned his trust such executor and released
therefrom and that the estate of said deceased has
been fully administered and settled and praying
that letters Of administration, with the will annexed
on said estate be granted to Joseph Book, OF said
county.
1t ordered that said petition he heard before the
Judge Of this court, Monday the 2eth day of July
1878, at one o'clock p. m. at Lancaster, ia said
county.
Ordered further, that notice thereof be given to
the heirs said deceased and to all perons interest
ed by publishing copy of this order for three
cessive weeks, prior to said day of hearing. in the
Grant County Herald weekly newspaper printed
and published at Lancaster in said county.
Dated at Lancaster, JuRe a. 1873.
By tho Court,
lows VIM Mc9ONIGAL, County Judge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01

Ey Tweed had been released from
Blackwell's lsland. He quietly cross
ed over to Now York, and, after Wis
iting his office aud other places, was
again arrested on civil suit for de-
irauding the city out of s6,00O,000.
lie was taken to Ludlow Street Jail,
where he is now q prisoner. He is
confident that he will be released.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01

sa- Mortimer Thompson, better
known as @. X. Philander Doesticks,
p. b. died in Now York on Friday,
after a short illness.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01

INDIAN WAR PREDICTED. -Advices
from Spotted Tails agency state that
three large war parties left that vicin-
itv on the 17th-one for each Pona
or Pawnee Ute and Shoshone re-
servation. It is thought among the
posted men that gigantic Indian
war is about to be prosecuted.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01

A-C. B. DEMO, formerly of Gale
ma has been nominated for Congress
bv the Republicans in the Third
California District.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01
BECOMING DISGUISED

1t would naturally seem very
strange that during the building of
railroads in Wisconsin the southern
portion was left without railroad facil-
tiles, but such seems to be the fact
and no one regrets it more than those
people living in that section. The
farmers have become Disguised with
having to haul their grain from twelve
to twenty miles to market. Shelters
have torn down their furnaces and re-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01

"a The population of GAINESVILLE is
found to be 10,111.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01

sasFhe following states are those
in which the executive chair is to be
filled at the elections of the present
year; California, Kentucky, Ohio,
Wisconsin,, Pennsylvania, Minnesota,
Massachusetts, Maryland, and Maine
%. OF these all but Kentucky,
Ohio and Maryland, are now repub-
licau States. Ohio will be so after
the noxt election, il is confdentially
expected.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01

90 The city of New York has
entered suit against the Ring
Thieves" Tweed Il Co. for moro
than $1,000. 900. This represents
only fraction of the plumber stolen
from the city by these Democratic
leaders. Democracy has nearly re-
duced the city of New York to bank
ruptcy. Its debt now amonnts to
about s16O,oOO,OOO This is the
party that seeks TO control the ne
ton.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01
TAKEN UP-STEER.

By the subscriber on lands occupied by him, on
section II In the town Of Clifton about the 21st
day Of june 1875 red yea-ling steer with dark
head and slit in right ear. The owner is requested
to prove property, paycharges and take the same.
lowe JOHN THOMPSON.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01
BUGGIES ANDWAGONS

That will bear the closest inspection And am pre-
pared to manufacture. to order, anything in my
line on short notice. keep constantly on hand a
large supply of ready made
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-07-01

CuaIs. STORM, Secretary.
The New York herald., 1875-08-19
Spain.

Carlism has fallen on evil days, and there
is good prospect that the struggle in the
northern provinces will dwindle into an in
significant war of partisans. The peasants,
who have so long and gallantly defended the
cause of Don Carlos, must be heartily tired
of a struggle which gives no hope of ter
minating except with their own destruction.
Whatever hopes of success may have been
entertained by the followers of Don Carlos
during the disorganization that succeeded
the establishment of Castelar's Republic and
its fall must be rapidly dissipating before
the reorganized force of liberal Spain. The
momentary strength of Carlism was due to
the feeling Of hostility entertained by the
army for the Republic, feeling evoked by
the unwise utterances of socialistic dreamers
and which threw the conservative ele-
ment among all classes Of Spanish society
into the arms of Don Carlos. With
the return of Alfonso the chance of Carlist
success came to an end, because all classes of
liberals preferred a schoolboy king to the re-
turn Of 'divine right" monarch, with its
natural sequence-a clerical revenge. There
is no longer any large class of citizens out
side the four northern provinces. which have
ever been the home of Carlism, who desire
the triumph Of the Pretender, while none
among the liberals but the least intelligent
and most fanatic of even the socialist faction
would accept an alliance with Don Carlos.
If the Alfonsist commanders decide on push
ing vigorous winter campaign in all proba-
bility the Carlist bands will disperse.
The New York herald., 1875-08-19
The Scramble for the Rag Baby.

The Scramble for the Rag Baby.
The hard money men having resolved on a
convention in Cincinnati in October the
greenback people have determined to be be-
forehand and to meet in Detroit next week.
They are wise in their generation. Now is
the time for the discussion of the currency
question and the hard money people would
have done well to follow the advice given
them by the HERALD, to meet as soon as pos
sible, and before instead of after the Ohio
election. But we are only too glad to see
the question come up for earnest discussion
at any early date and in any shape. 1t is
question that must be settled; it can
only be settled by convincing the HInss Of
the people ; and that can be done only by
thorough discussion at the hands of able and
prominent men.
The Detroit Initiation Convention is to be
addressed by three public men of q good
deal of prominence and more or less i'm
portance-Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, re-
publican Senator Gordon, of Georgia, dem
ocrat, and ex-senator Matt Carpenter, Of
Wisconsin, independent We are sorry that
General Butler is not also announced !;
for it would be useful to get there and then q
complete exposition of the wishes, the
methods and plan of the inAationists.
Hitherto they have done little moro than ex-
press a general desire for greater prosperity,
in which the hard money men heartily
join them. Both sides wish for better
times, for a renewal Of prosperity,
q general revival of industry and an
increase of commerce. General Buffers let
ter, besides expressing his sympathy with
"Uncle Dick" is mainly taken up with q
statement of matters which he does not
understand. Many people will say that it
might easily have been made longer and
undoubtedly it does not exhaust the list of
things which General Butler does not compre-
hend, and which he would perhaps say,
using the language of Lord Dundreary, ''no
fellow can understand" Governor Allen of
Ohio, again, says hard money is profane
barren ideality, which reminds one of John
Pettit's remark concerning the Declaration
tering generality"
What is wanted from the imitation people Is
full, clear, concise statement of what they
would like to do, how they would do it, and
what they expect to accomplish by it. Let
them look their Rag Baby squarely in the
face, describe it accurately, and tell us pre-
cisely how the joints move, where the squeak
comes in, and what we may expect to hap
pen when they toss it up. In other words
let them agree upon something definite, on
which the whole body of infationists demo-
cratic and republican, will stand, and to
which they will pledge themselves. Mean
time the country will look on with good
deal of interest at the struggle between
democrats and republicans for the possession
of the famous Rag Baby We suspect that
those who finally get it will in very short
time be glad enough to drop it at somebody
else's door