Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-01-13
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-NeaIly al the coal mines in
Wyoming are worked by Cinnamon.
HAL, gentle SPRING. says
Thompson, and gentle Spring hailed,
and showed, too.
Track laying on the Southern
Pacific railroad has been recon-
menced al Csliente, Cal
Chinese women are said to be
not nearly so handsome or clearly
in person as their japanese sisters.
The gold and silver product of
The mines of Colorado Territory dur.
ing 1875 Is estimated at total Of
| 81 647, 800
For violating the German eoele.
siastical laws, the BiAbnp of Poseu is
in prison, serving ont six months
sentence.
Hungary is to have a real King
in the person OF Archduke Rudolphe.
Prince Imperial of Austria. He will
be crowned in July next.
Negotiations are pending with
Austria with regard to the construc-
tion of direct railway between
Vienna and Constantinople.
THE Lord hath need of him.
wrote pathetic obituary man aud
be forgot, at the time, that the him
the Lord needed so badly was sn
ass.
"A new through line to ST. Paul
will probably be built soon ever the
Milwaukee and Northern line Only
forty miles are required via Chippeo
wa and Eau Claire.
A huge rock, which appears TO
be formed almost entirely of eerpents
in various positions, but making
solid mass has been found on the line
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
The Ohio Legislature has the
following status: Senate RepubI-
cans, 20; DemocrS is, L. House
Republicans, So; Democrats, 46.
Both branches were Democratic last
year.
Mamie" said a mother TO
little six, vear old. "If was little
girl like you would pick up all
those chips" "WelI, mamma" said
the little one, CANT you glad you
amt little girl ?"
Mo dy and Sankey are expected
to inaugurate series Of revival
meetings in New York city, and the
church people there are preparing
for the campaign. February is the
date of beginning.
There is married woman with
four legs in Connecticut, and because
she won't have two of them sawed
OFT, her husband is obliged to work
sixteen hours day in order to keep
her in striped stockings.
Rev. henry Boehm, the oldest
Methodist preacher in America, and
probably the Oldest clergyman in the
world, and who attained his 100 II
birthday l4st June, died at his home
on Staten Island on Tuesday
The suit brought by the Govern
meut against the Milwaukee and ST.
Paul railway for unpaid taxes, has
been settled by the payment OF S87,-
900. the toll amount claimed, to the
Collector Of Internal Revenue.
The Iowa Senatorial contest is
brisk. Kirkwood, Harlan and
BelKnap lead the list with not very
w" """t9 9veat 'tE -. - -. ~ "Ns " i''
No one has enough votes to elsct
In all The elections held 10 1875,
nineteen states, the gain in the Re-
publican vote over The year pr, coed
ing was 232, 1913, and the Democratic
gain was 1879 376 the Republican
gain being 8l.547 more than the
Democratic
The trouble between Hungary
and Austri IS largely tiaaucinl one.
The former wishes TO establish Il Ma
tional Bank of her own, and have
~"o lrrode5mabl3 currency made L.
ga' 'o"N-~ throughout the dual ON
pire.
"A medical journal has s-,ol that
there are from Que hundred and siA-
" thousand to two hundred thou
sand hairs in woman'H head. The
number Of hairs in a mans head de-
ponds considerably on the length Of
time he has been married.
"A letter from f u Cl4ire. Wis,
says: The amount Of logs estima-
ted to be put in this season will fall
but little short Of corresponding date
last season. All he mills in the val
ley are entirely exhausted Of logs,
and he demand for lumber for local
consumption is much greater than
the supply"
The Chicago Journal says at ia
a remarkable fact that our Western
lakes and rivers are almost entirely
free OF ice, and navags ble-and yet
it is mid winter, Vessels are now
running on Lake Erie, and steamers
are making regular trips on Lake
Michigan between this city, Mil
waukee and Mnnitowcc."
The Wisconsin State Grange ef
Patrons Of Husbandry, 10 session at
Milwaukee, elected the following
officers Master, J Ii Osborne,
Overseer. f ii. Burton; Lecturer,
Mrs. IL f. Chamberlain Steward,
&C. w Foster. Osborne is one Of the
uto,out oard Of Railroad { M mis-
aioners of The State.
Fifteen States have taken q ecu
sus of population in 1875, and tho
total increase since 1870 is estimated
at a h.ll3 over 100000 Az these
States had 10 1870 something moro
than one third Of the population Of
the United States, common aver
age progress throughout would show
an aggregate increase in five years
of upward of 100000, or q total
population of A 100000.
"A Sheriff at St. Adams, VT,
having two insane persons to convey
from the S.. Albans jail to an asylum
for the insane at Brattleboro, VT,
called one of the lunatics aside and
asked his aid in keeping watch of his
Communion during the Journey, and