Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-01-27
HERE THERE, AND Ell SEWHERE.

Fifty thousand Hebrews carry
on business in the United States.
Ais well that dividends well, is
new version of an old saying.
Maple trees have already been
successful y tapped this year, east
aud west
The Dububue Board of Trade
has beeu fully organized, ard is in
working order.
The eyes of critics, whether in
commencing or carping, are both on
one side like turbot's. -Landor.
An exchange says that "a man
who doesn't advertise is harder TO
deal with than an old pack of cards"
-Counoil Bluffs derives its name
from the fact that Lewis ana Clark in
1864 held council with the Indians
there.
The Chicago Journal says. The
Georgia Confederate General, in
eulogiEing JEFF Davis, made up-Htn
work OF it.
Mr.. Blaine has clearly got tho
better of his opponents. 1t is a
fashion he seems to have acquired
N. Y Tribune.
Al the papers have been saying
That Chill has adopted women sutf-
rage. It's only to get Susan B.
to go down there.
Senator Howe, Of Wisconsin, is
to succeed Secretary Chandler as
Chairman of the National Republican
Congressional Committee
1t is within the range of prob
ability that p. I. Barnum may be
The Republican candidate tor the
governorship of Connecticut.
The whole alphabet is in this
one sentence of forty-eight letters :
John Z. Brady gaVo me black
walnut box OF quite a small size.
The goods to be exhibited at the
Centennial Exp osition by Egypt
have arrived at Philadelphia. Tho
Khedsve is the principal exhibitor
A London company is going to
build nine and halt miles OF railway
from Shanghai to Woosung, il CHINA.
1t viii be IA experiment, aud on Il
two feet six inch gauge.
The Italian Minister of Public
destruction has accepted the proposal
Of the United States Government
for an exchange of scientific pub
lcAtions of the two countries.
"A Renvile county, MINI, ed-
tor started out squirrel huuting the
other day, and six men came up aud
paid tneir subscriptions. They
thought he was out collecting.
"A certain cotton claim of $50, 900
is receiving the attention of the
Treasury Department Secret Service,
with the result, it is said, OF develop
ing surprising degree of crooked
ness
"A paupcr inmpto Of II5rsham
Work house, England died in the
uoion, on Christmas Day from the
effects Of gluttony. He attacked his
Christmas dinner 80 ravenously that
ia few minutes be was choked.
"A Cambridge youngster, aged
six, who went 10 a DeighbeI's house,
remarked fWiIl you please let me
see your paIlor carpet. for au"siN
says il makes her most sick every
time she comes here - Boston Globe.
The Legislature Of Minnesota
has established The right Of women
to vote at elections for school oitioora
10 that State. A constitutional
amendment to that eff5ct was sub
mitted 10 tho people last November
and adopted.
"A lad named Fred Gorsline,
carrier boy otthe Fort Wayne Ind
Sentinel, was showing u revolver
TO some young companions, when
the weapon was accidentally dis
charged, the bah entering the fore
head of lad named Timothy Kelley,
infiicting fatal wound.
MIR William A. Green, Of Asbly,
Mass, has three pairs oftwin helfers,
al from the same COW. The first
PAIR were calved in juno, 1873 the
3cond 10 August 1874, the last tho
third of Decem Der, making six calves
from one COW in two and one-hait
years. All arc alive ard doing well
The country storekecper said
'Hore, my friend, those balls OF
butter bought Of you last week all
proved to be just three ounces short
of pound" Aud the farmer inno-
Gently answered "Well, | don't see
now that couId be, for | used one OF
your pound bars OF soap for "a
weight.
Says the New York Tribune.
"The principal conundrum which is
now agitating the mind o. tho hide
pendent voter is III the Democrats
cannot do any better with majority
in the House Of Representatives than
they have done thus far are they
tho sort Of Incompetence TO put IN
charge of the Government
It is said that President Lin
coin once said to Senator Fessenden
w hat is your religion p "Not much
to boast of, but | suppose | am as
much Unitarian as anything"
ooh, Unitarian" said Lincoln, 81
thought you were an EpiscopalIan;
Seward is an Episcoplian, and |
notice you swear about as he does.
In Lincoln, Nebraska, resides
woman who believes that her mother,
many years dead, comes back and
INDUCES In so occasional feast. The
good daughter occasionally puts a
plate of pie and cake in the parlor,
and always finds the plate empty in
the morning. Last week she went
suddenly into the room and found
that her Oldest boy was q fully.de-
veloped de-materializing medium.
-Lumbermen 10 the vicinity Of
East Saginaw, Michigan, predict that,
with present Indications, not more