Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-03-09

and II is NJ from debt.
The Philadelphia courts havejust
enjoinei a bad smell, the City
Gass Company being the defendant.
A Cornell University Professor
says: elf you get ohoked, drop
down on all tours and cough"
When 81 man to whom you loan
money Gays be will be indebted TO
you forever, you may as well believe
him.
"A down East genius palmed him
self on the citizens of Dexter FOR
Chinaman, and gave them lecture
on Oriental customs.
The Centennial managers are
making efforts to have court for
the summary trial of offenders, held
upon the Exposition grounds.
A seal four feet in length and
weighing 100 pounds was caught
recently in the Raritan river, New
j ersey, in seine.
There are estimated to DO 81, =
800 flour mills in she Russian EN-
pire, which are driven by wind,
water, treadle or steam.
The smelling and silver mines
of Utah propose to give the product
OF one days run to swell the Terri
tory's exhibit at the Centennial
A now town IN Missouri has just
been christened Fizzleville. That's
the place to hold the Matt nal
Democratic Convention.
The Iowa Senate has indefinitely
postponed several bills to amend the
liquor law, which indicates no change
will be made in the present law.
1t is thin excuse for q young
lady to lie abed until nine O'Clock in
tho morning because this is sleep
year
1t happens in conversation, as
in differ ent games. One person
seems to excel, till another does bet
ter, and we then think no more Of
tho first.
-She asked him If her new dress
wasn't as sweet as juno rose, and
the brute said it was, even 20 the
miner attraction OF still having littls
due on it.
1t is singular that mineral
waters are only beneficial to the
wealthy. Who ever knew physi-
clan to advise poor man TO 60 10
any watering-place
John Swinburne, who carried a
bullet in his head which he received
in the battle of Waterloo, has just
died at Washington, Me-, at the age
of 80.
By the giving away of the dam
in the Sault st. Marie Canal, now
undergoing Improvement, communi-
cation will DO INSTRUCTED until the
middle of June.
Senator Spencer, Of Alabama,
has employed ex-senator Carpenter
to defend him against the charges of
securing his seat in the Senate by
improper means.
"A man has been sentenced TO Il
months Imprisonment at hard labor,
in Enniskillen, Ireland, for stealing
sticks valued at one penny from
Lord Belmore's estate.
A prominent lawyer at Peters,
burg, Va, was 80 confused recently
by the entry Of his wife into the
court room, as a spectator, that no
broke down in his argument.
Rhode leland has 53,3l6 chill
drcn between aud 10 years old, and
the average attendance at school
last year was only &c, l63, or loss
than half, but there was an increase
Of 720 over the previous year.
The various European courts
propose to stop the issue of all decor
atoms and orders in connection with
international exhibitions and other
like shows, great complaints having
been made of the cheapening of these
"honors."
Willie was saying his usual
n, aver at his mother's knee, at bed
timN, and having got az far as III |
Shouts die before | wake" hesitated.
"Well, ,-ba: next ?" asked his mother.
"Why, msmna, | suppose the next
thing woult be y funeral"
Darwin says th>t the male grass
hoppers usc their hico legs to fiddle
on the edge OF their w'ogS, and that
the best fiddler always VIZ the atfec-
tions of the felrSle first. We have
frequently noticed tGis, but 1idn't
think it worth while saying anything
about it,
In the western portion Of Placer
county, Cal, roses are blooming,
wild flowers appearing on the plains,
oranges ripening and grain foot
high, while in the middle Of the
eastern end the snow is from ten to
thirty feet deep, and the mercury
frequently drops below zero.
Young man, if you have not
already commenced, begin now and
read g little every night, even
though it be not more than page or
two, and see how much you can add
to your stock of knowledge, how
eyer small it is, before another new
year.
The Health Officer Of Bingham
ton, n. Y, has been Instructed to
make a canvass Of the city, and com
pile e record of accusations ; also TO
persuade ell persons 10 need of it to
be vaccinated, and to vaccihate at
the public expense all those who are
unable TO pay.
Cleveland bas Soliisrs' Mutual
Aid Association, the object OF which
is to look after wounded and needy
soldiers with pstsrnal care. One
result is seen in the entire absence OF
soldier organ grinders from the
streets Of that city since the first Of
Nav last.