Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-08-05
HERE, THERE AND ELSEWHERE.

Onlnese laborers 10 the Pacific coast.
| Only five houses have been erect.
ed in Salem, Mass, in the last eleven
years.
| The Louisiana census will make
the population of New Orleans about
| 2o5, 900.
| -Organ-grinders and kindred
nuisances are arrested in Philadelphia
for vagranoy.
"A son of Martin Van Buren, was
recently sent to the insane asylum at
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
| Joe Hooker, Fitzhugh Lee and
Longstreet are strolling over the old
battlehelds of Virginia.
-GAribaldi was born on day fs4
vorable to spirit of freedom-July
4. He is now 6s years old.
"A collection of petrifed mud
turtles was recently unearthed in ths
streets of Spring Valley, MINI.
His name is plain Bill Carr, and
yet he is assessed for $4,000 acres OF
land in Kern county, California.
Three hundred years ago even
the members of the nobility could not
rejoice in the possession of a shirt.
"A mountain of iron has been dis
covered near Theophile's ranch, in
the Gabilan range, about IL miles
from HOLSTER, Cal.
The census of Rhode Island, Just
completed, shows a population of
25S, l32-being an increase of 1919
in the last five years.
The horse Fullerton made tho
very brief record of 2:ls at Cleve-
land, July %. 1t is his best time, and
be won a purse OF $4,000.
After a career Of over 1000
years, the Court of Queens Bench
has been abolished in England, and
its works given to another tribunal.
The descendants of John Eliot,
the apostles to the Indians, are to
have family reunion at the Guilford
Point house, Guilford, Conn, next
month.
Thousands of pounds of black
berries are dried yearly in North
Carolina, and good many farmers
make snug little fortunes in the in
dustry.
1t is stated that the total crop of
cranberries that cover 1000 acres of
land in Portage, this State, will not
be less than 10000 bushels, worth
$32, 900.
Joaquin Miller has learned to i'm
prove his writing by using fire.
cracker instead of pen. He puts
the fire-cracker in the ink bottle and
touches it off.
The members of the we'll known
dry goods house of III. b. Claflin &c
Co., New York, have been indicted
for smuggling silk goods through the
custom house.
Don't bewail the misfortune that
prevents you being partner in some
of the great banking houses of the
land; tomorrow it may be your good
fortune that you are not.
Mr. N. p. Coleman, of Newing.
ton, N. H., uses a pair of wheels on
one of his farm wagons which were
used by tho Marquis Do L~f~yott~
during his visit to America in 1924.
The expenses of the Beecner de-
tense are reported to have been met
by notes signed by number of lead
ing members of Plymouth church and
discounted at one of the New York
banks.
During one of Mr. Moody's re.
cent closing meetings in London, the
desire to gain admission to the hall
amounted TO panic, violence being
used to gain entrance, hundreds of
people being injured.
There are thirty-eight colleries in
in Northumberland county, Pa, with
a producing capacity of 100000
tons, and requiring the labor of 1000
men and boys and eighty stationary
engines driven by thirty-fiye hun
dred steam horse power.
The sun was so hot in Jackson
vile, Fla, one day last week, that the
clerks busted themselves cooking eggs
in the sand on Bay street. One young
man buried two for six minutes, and
when taken out they were as hard as
though they had been boiled for half
an hour.
The centennial board Of finance
announce that, in addition to collec.
tons and subscriptions already made
100000 will be required for
building purposes alone, in the last
four months of this year, and make a
further appeal for aid to citizens of
Philadelphia and the country at large.
The interior department doesn't
know what to do with the two hun
dred miners found in the Black Hills.
AS no gold has been found, it is
altogether likely that the miners win
solve the problem themselves by
evacuating the country ithout await
ing orders from the interior depart
ment.
Humanity is its own reward, in
New Orleans at least The Society
for the Prevention Of Cruelty to Ami
mails in that city not only interferes to
protect animals, but it gathers in all
they stray cows, horses, mules, ETC.,
charges As per day for detention, and
at the end of eight days sells them
and puts the money in the pockets of
the agents.
One of the grand items of the
Centennial expense which will fall
entirely upon Philadelphia is the
water supply. The present works
must be largely increased, and much
beyond the permanent or immediate
prospective requirement of the city.
sl,600,0o0 is asked for 20 effect the
necessary additions to the present
pumping, reservoir and conducting
facilities.
There were very heavy rain