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Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-02-03
S. P. R. R. COMPANY

Passes through them, and there is a depot
within one mile and a quarter.
THE WATER
now conduc ed by pipes to the lands of the
San Gabriel Valley Tract, and on the other
tract there Is In process OF construction a hy-
drant cement ditch capable of carrying l3000,-
600 gallons OF water daily.
All of the water is of the finest quality and
raises on the lands of the Association,
There are churches and schools at convent
ent distances, and the climate is unsur-
pissed.
The lands now offered for sale are the
nnest ever placed upon the Los Angeles
market.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-02-03
PACIFIC COAST.
The Prairie Farmer

Was established in 1911, and is now the lead
ing Agricultural and Family Journal in the
West II is devoted to the interests Of Agri-
culture, Horticulture and Stock Breeding, the
Apiary, Poultry, Household, etc; il has also
q literary and young folks department, and
gives full market reports, news and topics OF
the day. 1t is published weekly by the
Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-02-03

the Rest Christmas and New Years pres
ent YOU can make Is a case of Nj. keller's old
Port and Sherry, Alameda street, near Also.
Goods delivered to all parts OF the city free.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30
Trouble in South Carolina.

Imqroglio is the name Of the fix the
people of South Carolina are in. The
Supreme Court Of the State under,
took to interfere with the business of
the canvassing board. 1t issued an
order to the board to count alhsthe
ballots, no matter how fraudulent and
to issue certificates to the candidates
having the most votes upon this
count. 1t also had under advisement
an Injunction in reference to the votes
for Electors. The Board threw out
two districts. In one of these the
White Liners had fixed up two voting
places = one for the negroes and one
for the whites. The place fixed up
for the negroes they surrounded with
armed men on horseback, so compact
that a voter could not have reached
the place to deposit his ballot with
ont passing under the bellies of six or
eight horses. Because the Board
threw out the returns from
these districts the Supreme Court
fined each member $500 and ordered
them to Jail They, in turn, applied
TO the United States District Court for
relief At latest accounts they were
in the custody of the United States
Marshal. South Carolina politicians
are greatly excited. A number of
them have made an appeal to Presi-
dent Grant, in which they astonish
the world with the declaration that
Gov. Chamberlain's "partisans have
taken the only lives lost in the late
exciting canvas in that State" We
may look for a spicy reply from Presi-
dent Grant. The South Carolina
Legislature met on Monday. The
Legislative TALL was under guard and
no persons were allowed to go in ex-
cept those members who have certif-
Gates of election from the Canvassing
Board. Tho Democrats remained
out and published protest. The
Republicans went in and organized
the Legislature consisting Of sixty
members, one being absent The out
come Of all this can at present only
he guessed at!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30

eve have in our possession the name of the
Tilden agent who went 20 Wisconsin with the
money to secure her ten electoral votes, and
we know the amount which he says he dis
bursed. ~ y Graphic.
We have in our possession informa-
ton from a gentleman residing in
this city who happened to be present
at the Democratic State Committee
Rooms in Madison, few days before
election, of the method by which it
was expected to win Wisconsin to
Tilden and Reform. One of the
State Committee had a trifie too
much whiskey in his stomach for the
wit in his head, and he leaked out
the whole plan-supposing that
none but trusty Democrats were
present. He said that Tilden's Com
mittee had sent $4,000 to Alex
Mitchell for "Reform" uses; that he
being the President of the Mil. and
St. Paul Railway, was to run special
trains on election day from points in
Illinois on the south, and Minnesota
on the west to convey voters from
those States to various cities in Wis
consin, and they were to be conveyed
back again in time to vote in the
States where they lived. He also
said-this member of the Wisconiin
mittee-that in case Wisconsin
went for Tilden and Tlden was
elected, that Mr.. Mitchell was to be
Secretary of the Treasury in the
Democratic administration, where
his talent for "reform" would have
abundant scope for action. Our in
formant is q lawyer CT this city who
says he heard this conversation, and
much more of the same import; and
adds that his information from the
voluble committee, man to a select
few of his colleagues was commented
on as insuring Wisconsin for Tilden.
But the intelligence was found spread
out to the public of the State next
morning in a Madison journal, and
hence there was painful c0nsterna-
ton in the Democratic camp for
three days. This project in the in
terest of "Reform" was thus nipped
in the bud by mere accident 1t is
unnecessary to add that Mr.. Mitchell
is not yet Secretary of the Treasury.
Dubuque Times.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30
The Greatest Danger.

Washington Correspondent of the N. Y Times.l
The greatest danger is not Of q
wrangle in Congress over the Elect
toral vote, of an effort to hinder an
announcement II the result, or an
attempt to resist the inauguration Of
President. | is double inaugur-
al that Americans have 20 fear, and
two Presidents, each claiming to be
properly installed in the office, each
backed by show of legal and con-
stitutional authority-one supported
by the Senate and the other by the
House. Z On the 4th of
March the Republicans inaugurate
Rutherford B. Hayes with the custo-
mary ~romonies, under the protect
ion of the army. At the same time
the Democrats inaugurate Samuel
j. Tilden without ceremonies, prob
ably not in Washington, and by
mere administration of the oath. No
formal inauguration is necessary to
clothe President with all the pow
ers of his office. The Democratic
House responds and recognizes Mr..
Tilden "a President. The Senate
sustains Hayes. Both issue orders
to the army and navy each calls
upon the Governors of the States to
support him as the lawful Chief
Magistrate. Here are all the condit-
ions of civil war far more terrible
than the one we have passed
through, because it would not be
war of sections but of parties. This
horrible spectre is not creature of
heated Imagination. The position
the two political parties are now as
Stunning leads logically, if persisted
in, to the exact results | have de-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30
SOMETHING BRAS8Y
How R"Prominent Northern Democrat" At
tempted TO Deceive the Country.

George B. Smith, not unknown in
the history of our State as George
Brass Supplement, is now in Louisi-
ana, nominally to get an honest count
of the votes there. He has been adj
mitted to the most confidential meet
ings of the Returning Board, and
is really acting as a Democratic
Judge. Yet this same Smith on Sat-
urday telegraphed from New Orleans
all over the country, and when not
more than one,ffth of the State had
been canvassed, that Tilden had car
ried Louisiana by 5000 or 1000 ma
jority Situated as Mr.. Smith was,
awaiting an award, this was indeli-
cate to the highest degree. Certainly
John Sherman, Gen. Garfield, or Eu-
gene Hale, on the Republics side,
would have committed no such base
ness. 1t was reserved for Demo
cratic leader, who cooked up supple
mentary returns to elect Barstow
Governor.
We fear that the present course of
Mr. Smith will confirm the judgement
of the people Of Wisconsin in the
opinion of Hon. E. d. Holton at that
time that George Is. Smiths conduct
ON the Bridge Greek returns proved
him to be one of the shining political
scoundrels in America Mr.. Horton
is now acting in the same party with
Mr.. Smith, and, therefore it is refresh
ing to understand the status of George
i. Smith twenty years ago, for it is
understood that Mr. Smith is as vio-
lent a partisan now as he was in the
time OF 4NiIwaukee Wis
c0nSin
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30
DEMOCRATIC COUNTING.
How Downs Lost 3O4 Votes ia Dsse County
A Final Illustration OF Democratic Hon.
estY.

The following is from the Madison
Journal of Saturday last, and Illus
trates the tactics by which it was
hoped to steal a vote for Tilden and
Reform in this state:
In the County Board here, during
the canvass, it was noticed that re-
turns from the town of Primrose and
the Fifth ward in Madison, were not
like the others. and as judges on cleo
ton had failed to scratch out the
name of Miner and insert that of
Downs. The whole cause was
thoroughly understood here, of course.
1t was very easy to learn what were
the facts, as the proper officials of
the Fifth Ward were within ten
minutes walk of where the Board
was sitting. But no attempt was
made to get the facts and correct the
returns It's not as clear as noon
day that they did not want to correct
them Had the case been reversed,
and a Tilden Elector been running
behind, we haye no doubt that the
facts would have been speedily OBJ
tanned.
When Republicans heard what was
being done in the Board, inquiry was
made as to facts, and the Judges of
election in the Fifth ward appeared
before the County Board of Canvas
~ ~. AL .IA e
showing that not a vote had been cast
for Miner, and all of them had been
for Downs. Then Mr.. Charlton,
Deputy County Clerk, Member of As
sembly and sheritf-elect wanted to
know if they could swear that Downs
was voted for instead of Miner. They
said they could very easily tell what
the facts were, and going to the bal
lot boxes they found that the votes
were cast for Downs precisely as they
appeared on the tally sheet. The
case was clear. The voters of the
Fifth ward were not to be deprived
Of their weight and influence in the
election, they thought. But they did
not know the resources Of Mr.. CharI-
ton and his party. These reformers
discovered just at this point that it
was too late to make the returns tell
the truth, as the canvass was closed,
and no corrections could be made.
Even the official from Primrose, who
was here and stated that the returns
should have been for Downs instead
of Miner, could not correct the returns
to conform to the facts, under the
ruling of the board, and so that Dane
county canvassers certified that Miner
received 304 votes here, which is
utterly false-shown to be false by
the Fifth ward tally sheets, by the
ballots themselves, and by the Judges.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30

ordered away or furloughed on re-
duced pay This vacancy viii be, to
some extent, supplied by the artil-
lery officers who arrived recently
but West Point can never fill the
place of the naval academy in the
imagination of Mary Emma. APP
propos of the artillery, its arrival
and cantonmen there has created o
profound sensation. What is the oc-
casion? To this question Gen. Sher.
man, who is at the Ebbitt House,
will make no answer While their
presence creates vague anxiety and
forebodiDg, owing to the peculiarly
sensitive condition of the public
mind, there seems to be no real oc.
cason for alarm. The President
himself giving assurance to that eff
feet. Nevertheless the more excita-
BILE of all classes are thoroughly con-
vinced that the sun of 1876 will set
in blood. Just as, before the war,
it was impossible to make any one
believe that such catastrophe was
possible. now, since that terrible ex-
perience, many are apprehenslve
when it is altogether improbable.
But whether yours correspondent is
called upon to recount legislative or
military conflicts, whether the
event amounts the barbed steel to
fright the souls of fearful adverse
ries," or capers nimbly IN lady's
chamber to the lacivious pleasing of
the-Marine band, IN whatever
questionable shape" it may come,
he bas secured tickets to the Re-
porter's gallery and will write you
about it.
BADGER,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30

RUTHERFORD B. HAYES is pro-
per man for President, judging him
scripturally by every word that pro-
ceedeth out of his mouth. His latest
utterance is worthy to live beside his
celebrated letter from the front
"Any man fit to be President, or
even a candidate of great party for
the office, would prefer to be counted
out by fraud rather than be counted
in by fraud, of which there is a rea-
sonable suspicion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30

4 KEROSENE lamp in the hands Of a
daughter Of Reeder Smith, of Apple
ton, last Thursday, suddenly explod-
ed. Her garments were saturated
with the oil in places and to which
the burning flames was communicate
ed. Her life was saved only by the
remarkable presence Of mind Of other
members OF the family. An afghan
was seized aud thrown over the
flames and they were thus subdued.
The escape was as miraculous as it
was fortunate.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30

l. o. Q. F.-Tho next session of
the Grand Lodge and Grand En-
campment Of Odd Fellows will be
held in Milwaukee, commencing
Tuesday, December 9Th A commit
lee was appointed by the lodges of
Milwaukee to make arrangements for
the transportation and hotel accom-
odation for representatives, with the
following result: All railroads will
charge full fare to Milwaukee. and
on presentation OF certificate from
the Committee, return tickets can be
procured for one fifth fare.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30

ILLINOIS cast $4,000 votes at the
late election. Wisconsin cast 256, 900.
Yet Illinois has nineteen representa-
tiyes IN Congress, and Wisconsin
only ei5nt. That is, Illinois has a
representative for every 10000 voters
and Wisconsin one for every $4,000
voters. There is an injustice in this
that the next apportionment ought to
correct. After the census Of 1880,
surprising the House to be constitn.
ted Of the same number of members
as at present, Wisconsin will have
nine and perhaps ten representatives.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30

EpMo..tA LEWIS, the dusky sculp.
tress, is said % be 4 Wisconsin girl.
She vas born in ! wigwam at She
boygan, ana represents that peculiar
y lli-reported mixture Of races, the
Sambo or negro-Indian. Her father
was Of African descent ana her
mother Winnebago sauaw.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.

Exciting Scenes In the Next Congress-sOme
Changes In IT'S PersOneI-BIaine and Ben
Hill will Probably Meet In q New Arena
Beck Lamar, COnkling and Morton-The
Next Speaker - What will Congress do
The Social season-ReveIry aud Artillery.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30

Tue KING of Greece is writing a
book on bees. = Baltimore Ga<ette.
Al right, honey. 1t ought 10 cell. =
Ns'r York Commercial -Adrertiser.
What . boes-tly pun. - Burlington
Harkeys. Bee hive yourself.-Nei0
YORK Herald What a swarm of bad
Dubuque Times. Ifthis thing
wakes much longer it will begun
- entang!ed that some ore will have
to comb it out.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30

CONGRESS will meet next Monday.
The first business Of the House will
De the election OLA speaker, rice Hon.
NJ G Kerr, deceased Mr. Sayler,
the speaker pro TEN during the clos
ing week Of the last session, is the
most prominent candidate, but an
Randall who contested the i or
with }Ir Kerr year ago, is making
b msel! very active.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30

Wisconsin has not yet been officially
declared, but the returns are all on
file. The total vote of the state is
ESQ, 038, and is divided as follows:
FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
Hayes and Wheeler. ..... 130, O67
Tilden and Hendricks. -. ...... 1913 926
Cooper and Cary, and scattering -. 2,045
Hayes, majority. ........... 6,l4l
The vote for congressman was as
follows
FIRST DISTRICT.
c. G. Williams.................. 1926
Republican majority. .... 5,728
SECOND DISTRICT.
L. B. Caswell (rep,).. ...... 1903
Harlow S. Orion (dem.) ............. l4,745
Republican majority ........... 1913
THIRD DISTRICT.
Geo. c. Hazelton rep .............. 1859
2. A. Orion dem ................. 1904
Republican majority. ........... 1905
FOURTH DISTRICT.
VIM. P. Lynde dem. ............. 1853
VIM. f. Smith(rep. l................" 1882
Democratic majority .......... 6,70l
FIFTH DISTRICT.
Ed. 5. Bragg (dem.) ................ 1854
Geo. W. Carter (rep). $3.50. l4,0Sl
Democratic majority. ........ :. 6,b13
SIXTH DISTRICT.
Gabe Bouck (dem. .............. =. 20,623
a. NJ Kimball (rep.) ....... ........ 1881
Democratic majority ............ 2,776
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
Il. L. Humphrey (rep.).. ........... 20,702
NJ. R. Gage (dem.) ................ 1928
Republican majority. ........... 7,477
EIGHTH DISTRICT.
Thad G. Pound (repl .............. 1883
Geo w. Cate (dem.) ........ 1S,849
Republican majority. ........ $50
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30
Our Taxes.

The following is the apportionment
of taxes to the several towns as ar
ranged by County Clerk f. S. Kidd,
for the year 1876:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30

SPAIN asks for Gibraltar, and the
English reply that they can have It
about the time when the Internal Re-
gIons freeze over
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30

TINS "DeIls BILL" which caused
such excitement in the northern part
of this state. about two yeats ago,
has been decided to be constitutional
by the supreme court Of this state.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30

There will be an auction sale on Garter
Farm" near Lancaster, on Wednesday next,
of horses, cattle, bogs, corn, hay and farm
machinery. Sec posters for particulars
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30

TnE total vote cast TINS year will
exceed $4,000, which is over 90 900
largcn than at any previous Ssate or
National Election. We gave below
the popular vote in Wisconsin for
President since 1864
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30
The Result In Wisconsin.

The official result of the vote of
Wisconsin has not yet been officially
declared, but the returns are all on
file. The total vote of the state is
256,038, and is divided as follows:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30
One Hundred Dollars Reward

=, anyone that will sell 800 acres Ct land. 250 acres
in crop nd IS acres Of timber situated in tia town
Of Rennimore, "a miles southwest Of Fennmore
Center. section - town ., range west; within Il
Ida church, and two miles from Mt Zion church.
two good dwelling houses theresn one lsx3o, the
other lsN2t; two barns l6x30 and i6Y24; two wagon
sheds l6x30 each; log house t6322 Two Young
bearing orchards Two wells; oae iz5 TIL cistern
one never fGling artelian we'll To be sold at $50
per acre. l0tf BAXTER BROTHERS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30

THERE in 10 change in the Presi-
Dental contest within the last two
weeks, except that certificates of cleo.
ton have been given to the Republi-
can Electors in South Carolina. The
official count Of Louisiana and Florida
has not been made. If frauds are
thrown ont as they should be Hayes
is undoubtedly elected The contest
Will not end. however, before the
fifth Of next March and possibly not
then Southerners are comparatively
quiet on the question OF fighting.
They confess they have been whip
ped once and that will do them, but
there is band of New Workers who
seem to long for the luxury Of a
whipping
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30

CnEr Justice Ryan, few days
ago, took occasion to censure rather
severely, all railroad companies the
state for permitting their employ ers
to drive trains through railway sta
tions at higher rate of speed than is
prescribed by law. The opinion arises
out Of case where party had in
stitnted proceedings against the
Northwestern railroad company to
recover damages for injuries sustained
while travelling on the road. On
reaching certain station, the train
did not stop long enough to allow the
naseanrnre ~ rot of n-;.t.4 ~ {,
injured, hence the suit. Besides re-
primanding the company, the Court
suggested that in order to obviate
these periodical accidents, the best
policy will be to prosecute the train.
men for an attempt at manslaughter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30
About That "Bar'l."

Total s25469 As $4,000 90 $500 81 $1,000 90
Total Of all ,979 o.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-11-30
CTRAY-HEIFER.
TAKEN UP-Hr1rER.

BY the subscriber on lands occupied by him sept.
10th, heifer, two years old. with white belly
small horns turning in. artificial marks. The
owner requested to prove property, pay charges
and take the same. TH0's z. ALEXANDER.
S5w4s Patch Grove, Wis.
The Morning herald., 1876-10-03
A Scandal In High Life.
(From the Whitehall Review


Some mystery has involved the recent
death of well-known lady, the sister-in
law of a peer, holding office at court. 1t has
now come out that the rumor, which during
the last twelve months have connected the
lsdy's name with that of certain captain
in Her Majesty's army, with whom she was
said to have left her home at the conclusion
of visit of member of the royal family
at the house of the peer in question, was
only correct in so far that she did accompa
nv the officer in something that looked very
much like an elopement. This rash step.
however, as it now appears, had for Its Oh
iect merely the annoyance of her husband;
the private detectives employed by the lat,
ter having received conclusive proof OF the
moral innocence of the unhappy lady in re-
lation to the very gallant officer who thus
did his best to ruin the reputation OF the
sister of his friend and host. nfortunate-
ly the truth has come to u -.t too late.
With the stigma resting on her name, the
punishment Of her mad caprice was that
she never returned to her old home. Last
month, just before her death, she came to
the nearest city, some fifteen miles distant,
and there the once gay, proud beauty, away
from all her friends and alone 10 some OBJ
scure lodgings, breathed her last. 1t is only
lust that the scandal should be laid at rest
with the remains of her who Is dead; but
lust how far that scandal is deserved 1t Is
righteous duty to make clear, and nope
that the duty has been at last performed.
The Morning herald., 1876-10-03
A Horrible Tragedy.
from the N. Y, Herald.

Shortly before twelve O'Clock last night q
horrible tragedy occurred on the top floor
of No. 2O1 West Thirty-third street. Ju-
lius Blank, aged thirty-eight years, ma,
tive of France, by occupation professor OF
music, shot his wife Mary, aged twenty
EIGHT years, in the head with large revol-
ver. inflicting mortal wound. He then
caught up his little child, Amelia, aged
three and one-half years, and placing the
deadly weapon close to her head, fired,
causinp almost instant death. Before the
child had expired he ended the terrible deed
NJ blood by blowing out his own brains.
The noise of the pistol shot attracted the
attention of the neighbors, who rushed IN
only to find the child and father lying DEAD
in pools of blood and the mother uncon-
scious and dying. Within ten mlnutes
Police Surgeon Fetter was on the scene, put
nothing could be done for the only surviving
member of the fated family. Her wound
uas fatal, She was, however, quickly re-
moved by an ambulance to Bellevue Hos
pital. A., .o.r,h,. or,mo
and The details of the tragedy are at the
nresent m writing unknown. NO person
cpould se found who witnessed the shoot
% s"n and AZ vet only surmises OF insanity
afford an assignable cause: Ihe 'atner anu
murderer was totally blind, ana suppcr'eu
his family by giving music lessons. zap
tain Washburn, of the Twentieth preclncI,
and and his detectives, are at present engaReu
n M akip0 an investigation, ana the Coroner
has boen notified. fs