Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-02-03
HERE THERE, AND ELSEWHERE

How Patrick proposes to ge,
over his single blessedpess BY pro.
posing to Bridge it,
Congressman Stark weather, Of
Connecticut, died January IS, al
Washington.
"A general denial is given to the
recent rumors that France is increaS-
ing her ornaments.
The National Soldiers Home,
near Milwaukee was damaged by fee
January &c, to the amount of $4,000.
DIR. Milengen, the physician II
Lord Byron, in whose arms the poet
died, is still living in Constanliuople
A Bradford County. Pa, man,
boxed his boys ears for abusing his
wife. The boy was 60 and the father
80 years of age.
The editor who was told that his
last article was as clear as mud,
promptly replied, "Well, that covers
the ground anyhow"
The bill for the repeal of the
much-spoken-ot Geghan law has
passed the lower house of the Ohio
Legislature.
The keel of new tug. boat,
which was recently laid in San Fran.
cisco, was composed of one stick Of
timber l40 feet long.
Tho Democratic party has at last
found well-defined tissue" for the
campaign of 1876. 1t is the champ.
ooship OF jeff Davis and his crimes.
1t is expected that the revenue
of France, this year, will exceed
fl,000,000 sterling, and be nearly
$40 600 10 excess of the estimates.
There is no class of men so diff
cult to be managed in state as
those whose intentions are honest.
but whose consceDces are bewitched.
Napoleon.
1t has been found that the amount
OF money spent for liquor 10 the city
OF New York is more than the
receipts of all the railroads in che
State. Startling, but trHe.
1t is reported that Turkey will
concentrate q large army in Bulgaria
this month, and denie that Russia
will mass troops in Western Russia
in the spring.
War is declared between the
republicans OF Guatemala and San
Salvador, and the project 10 unite the
five STAGES Of Central America into
one confedera ION is defeated
The TribuRe says that Mr.. WA.
Salmon, OF the town OF Mineral
Point, raised last year on 49, acres
of ground, 2,666 bushels of oats
nearly 81 bushels per acre VIA
beats it ?
a bachelor, returning from
ball in a crowded coach, declared that
he had not the slightest objection 10
"rings on his fingers" but be had
the most unequivocal obiectipn to
"belles on his toes"
Nothing is calculated to make
young man deliberate more than the
spectacle O.! seventeen pairs of striped
stockings hanging on the clothes-line
of house whore there is only ono
young lady ia The family.
Coal of fine quality and quite
free from sulphur and other impuri-
ties, has been discovered at Horse
shoe Bend, Boise county, Idaho, and
extensive preparations are being
made to work it.
M. Brossel, Bonaparlist French
m An. has heep sentenced under the
new press law TO fine aud imprison.
ment, for distributing. without proper
authorization, Invitations - a mass
for the late Emperor.
A photographer says that It
eighteen girl will sit twelve time.
for a photograph, and tnen b dis
satisfied. Al forty tho same person
will sit once and take the picture,
even if the artist points out three or
tour defects.
Havana newspapers assert Il a
the sugar crop of CUBA will be over
thirty per cent. less than that Of last
year, and that, owing TO the pro-
tracted draught, the tobacco crop in
the low country will De almost
total failure.
j 4cob Spaulding, the fouoder OF
Black River Falls, died at Worcester,
on tbs Wisconsin Central Railroad,
aged sixty-fve yoars. He was
great friend of the Winnebago To-
dlans, and prominent man 10 the
Rack River Valley
In the vegetable world the reed
runs up IN season, and is frail the
oak in IA century, and Is as solid az
the hills 80 the slower the human
body is in reaching it's maturity, the
more durable is the constitution aud
the lDnger the life.
A Nebraska Jury has -: T.
tina, husband has no right TO whip
his wife with siick and then sprinkle
her with red pepper. How far is
this encroaehment on our rights to
proceed Can't man add little
spice to matrimony
In Jackson county, Tennessee,
an ex-rebel (Johnson) has just been
convicted OF killing a Union soldier
(Mc MILAN in 1865, and sentenced to
tea years imprisonment therefor.
The Judge, Prosecuting Attorney,
aud Jurors we're ali ex-rebel4. This
is about the first time the killing of
a Unlo1 man has over been recogniz-
ed 10 the South as d crime.
by careful calculations we lind
that the interminable word-Phila-
phia-wilI be written and printed
in the newspapers of the country
during this Centennial year j1st l56,-
72S. 1854 Pei times. This does not in
cludo telegraphIng, experimenting,
and conversation. in which it will be
used nearly as often. Now. we are
anxious to know whether "Philadel-
phia" can't be abbreviated somewhat?
% il tho naternal Phil helonps