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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05
COMPTROLLER Knox has ma5a /


Comptroller Knox has made his
ANIMAL report on the currency in
which be gives the number of Ma
tional banks in the United States at
2,O56, their capital at 40 millions of
dollars, and their deposits at GIT
millions OF dollars. The number of
banks III the country is reported at
1896, and the total deposits are 81.
919,950,000. Mr.. Knox 10 his report
makes q vigorous defense of the Ma
tlonal bank system, and presents q
strong argument 10 prove that the
substitution CT Treasury notes for
those of tho National banks would
be impracticable. He also regards
The failure of resumption an impossi.
bility.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05

Ar recent high-toned church
wedding in town near Spring feId
the officiating clergyman was from
Hartford, Conn. The happy couple
started Immediately after the cerc
mony on their wedding tour, and
were absent five days. When they
reached their Hartford home, at the
end of the first week of the honey
moon, it WIS whispered to the bride
and groom that they might as well
step aroundto the olergyman's house
and get married over again, as the
fret ceremony, performed by Con.
necticut diviro in Massachusetts,
town, was not legally binding. Such
was the fact, and the ceremony was
quietly attended to with dispatch.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05
A Fright Tram as a Hltchin. Post.
From the zenia, Ohio, Torchlight

From the Zenia, Ohio Torchlight
A countryman came to town the
other day with some friends q meet
a down train. Arriving at NJ dc.
pot freight train was staining on
the side track and the countyman,
not seeing any convenient place
to tie up, deliberately hitcled his
horse to the rear car of the freight
and proceeded to promenade the
walks around the depot Will wait.
ing for his train. What was lis sur
prise when he saw his hitchig post
pull out for Cincinnati with the
horse and wagon bringing up the
rear in not the best of oder. 1t
would not be proper to recorl the re-
marks of the young man on he a1b-
ioof
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05

THERE is proposition before Con-
gross TO call in the 4129 grain dollars
and make the 42O grain (trade) dol
lars legal tender. That will be an
other farce The difference in value
between these dollars is less than
two cents. The trade dollar itself is
not now worth 81 cents. If we must
have silver dollars let us have such
as are worth 100 cents. But what is
the use of loading the people with
these weights? Let ns have green
back dolIars-just enough for conven-
ience.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05
- -
. A LUDiCROUs sCsNE.

Thermometer "a deg. in the shade. Loco
broadway Draindtis personae. An exceed
ingly fat lady putting ike steam engine
and clinging to the arm of small w:ry gen.
tleman, whose face has become very red eth
err from the unusual exercise or the conscious
ness that a hundred eyes are looking at him
with a la ha in in each pupil Naughty hey
- say, Charlie, pretty small tug to tow her
in with that cargo Adams Anti Fat will re :
duee the weight from two to FIVE pounds per
week. 1t is purely vegetable natures own
remedy. Procurahle Of your drnrrisie
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05

RprTtrpFx hafore xra sinr n

BRETHREN, before we sing the next
verse of "John Browns body lies all
mouldy in the grave let US take a
look into the grave and see that it is
there. In these days Of Ohio medical
colleges a cemetery isn'tno safer than
a savings bank, and il may be that
political glce clubs, @ho have been
singing tho song quoted above. have
been chanting rytamic lie for the
past fifteen years. HIickeyo
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05

lowing letter from Col. Geo. W. Bur.
chard, private secretary of G Governor
Smith, and sre sure that it will be
interesting TO every reader of the
Journal:
STA. OF WISCONSIN,
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Madison, Wis}
Mr. II. A. Bemis, Milton College, Milton, VS..
DEAR STR: A temporary absence
has prevented an earlier reply to
your favor, making inquiry into the
motto of Wisconsin, its origin and
Interpretation but availing myself
of the first moments leisure since
returning, / take much pleasure in
communicating such information in
regard to the subject as / have been
able to gather.
The records of the executive office
and of the Secretary of State are en-
tirely silent in regard to the origin
or Interpretation Of the Great Seal
or the devices engraved thereon.
The Seal was procured by Governor
Nelson Dewey very SION after, if
not before, his first Inauguration as
Governor in 1848, and q description
thereof deposited with and recorded
by the Secretary of State, Decem Der
20, 1851.
1t is believed that Governor Dew
ey applied to chancellor Lathrop, of
the State University, to design a
Great Seal for the State, and that
Governor Dewey, being in the city
OF New York. was about to have q
seal engraved therefrom. On his
way to the engravers. the Governor
CHANGED to meet, in Wall street, the
Hon. r. G. Ryan--now Chief Justice
OF the SLate--and exhibiting tho de-
sign to him il was criticised and dis.
approved /; and then and there those
two citizens of Wisconsin, in the
busy thoroughfare, designed the
present seal and coat of arms of the
State. Doubtless it is to this cir
cums'ance and the associations con-
nected herewith that we are to
look for the explanation of the motto
"Forward." The motto of New
York is "Escelsior = and being in
New York, her motto came promi-
nently into notice and suggested the
similar one of Forward" A repre-
sentation of badger was introduced
not so much because "badgers" were
more plenty in Wisconsin than else
where, but because the settlers in
the Territory from the earliest times
after the Jesuit missionaries, were
called Badgers" to distinguish them
from the people of Illinois who were
called Suckers" because they came
up the varions streams during the
period of high water in the spring
and went down with RATS, etc.
Whereas the Wisconsin settlers in
those early days were mostly in the
mining regions of the southwest, and
remained there throughout the year
and not few of them literally "bur.
rowed in the ground after the man
ner of badgers-excavatingr a her
than building dwellings. The shield
supported hy the sailor and the min
er and bearing the emblems of agri-
culture, manufactures, commerce and
mining, surrounding the smaller ma
tional shield and motto is, of course
easily understood without explana
ton. Very Respectfully,
GEo. w. BuRcHARn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05

SENATOR BLAINE on Monday ia
tre duced a resolution instructing
the Judiciary committee to re-
port to the Senate whether az the
recent elections the constitutional
rights of any citizens were violated
in any State and what further legis-
lation is necessary to protect citizens
in their constitutional rights. This
Is sender after the South Carolina
business.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05
GOOD FARMS FOR SALE.

Ten minutes walk from Courthouse on
main roads leading north and northeast from
the city, one containing about 1856 and the
other about s5 acres. Convenient TO high
and graded school. Good buildings, album
dance of water. timber, fruit, etc. Will be
sold separately or together, or in fractional
parts OF either. Also if desired, farm mas
chinery, teams, etc, sufficient for uses of
farms, very low.
For terms, etc., enquire of the subscriber
on the premises. T. NJ. BARBER.
Lancaster, Oct. 10th. 1878
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05

IT is claimed that there is dead
ly quarrel raging between Carpenter
and Keyes. We trust the friends of
honesty and the proper interests of
the people will not be duped by any
such sham.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05

A collision between two rival
BANDS Fl outia vs. ioak place at lack
son, Breathltt County, Kentucky,
last week, during which shots were
exchanged and several persons killed
and oihe wounded The stronger
party took possession of the town,
and nos held il IN 6 fiauce of law.
Several acts Of lawlsssl,ess have been
COMMITTEES and the peaceablg dis
posed people # the place have fed,
leaving tie despefadoes IL full pos
Session al the field
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05

II d oftCH OUWJtty lttJOfHtc1 gives
the following as proper reason for
Owen King to contest Mr. Hazeton's
election:
"When the matter is brought before the
house of representatives for it to decide, the
democrats and greenbackers having majority,
will al once see the justice of Mr.. Kings
claims, Gust Hazelton and give the seat to
King
This shuts Hazelton out entirely, in
fact as effectually as did that "Alfred
Davy." It's no use to have any words
about it, That seat as Hazelton has
sot into for so long is to be occupied
by King, cause "the Democrats and
Greenbackers have majority. -
That's all there is about this bizness.
Nothing like having majority to see
the justice of Mr. Kings claims, you
know. A minority can't be supposed
to see any Justice, especially when
we Democrats and Greenbackers
have a majority !'-not at the polls,
but in Congress. Elections are of no
account, they don't cot anything, O,
no Monroe Sentinel
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05

FROM the Secretary of States re-
port, recently received, we find that
the revenues of Wisconsin for the
past fiscal year amounted to ST.
100 837 81 The counties sent up
1888, $40 SO OF this amount, the rail.
roads paid 1919, 4O4 SO, and the in
surence companies S41, S03.61. The
remainder is embraced in plank
roads, telegraph, hawkers and ped
dlers aud miscellaneous taxes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05
FARM FOR SALE.

Any one desiring to buy an eighty-acre fan
within one and a half miles of Lancaster,
sixty acres improved and the remainder partly
pasture and partly timber, with story aud n
half house, pretty good stable and other cut
buildings and good orchard and small fruits,
all for $1,000. may apply to the editor of The
HERALD. The property is out of the reach of
floods and not i'll cyclone belt
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05
--77-777777'''--7'
TYP GRAPHICAL. q,

Typ GRAPHICAL errors, SAYS an
Eogisb cats mporasy,li is " Ii knawn
will creep into the most eartfu "
printed works. bu1 we wsro surprised
to lind IL s's'ed in ihe official list ct
awards msde d British exhibitors a
the Paris Exhibition that /; was ia.
sued by ssder of His Roysl Highness
the Ptince OF Males"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05

THE Democrats, who are in control
of the lower House of Congress, have
decided to do nothing to embarrass
Secretary Sherman, but to allow him
to carry out the provisions of the
specie RESUMPTION act.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05

The national debt was increased
s3,2l4,2 42 10 November owing to
the payment of the Halifax fishery
award, amounting to S., 100000. The
difference between these two sums
shows the decrease but for that ex-
traordinary expenditure.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05
HOW 70 GET SICK.

Expose yourself day and night; eat too
much without exercise; work too hard with
out rest; doctor all the time; take all the vile
nostrums advertised and then you will want
TO know
HOW TIE GET WELL
Which is answered in three words--T Take
Hop BitfeFs. See other column.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05
EDWARD POLLOCK, Editor.

AT a fat cattle show in Chicago,
there is steer that weighs $3.50
pounds.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05

The steamer Cotton Valley collid-
ed with another steamer near New
Orleans last Sunday. She sank and
twenty lives were lost.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05
WHO STOLE STEWARDS BoDY2
Terrible Evidence Against Three Promi 2 ent
New Workers.
Oil City Derrick .

This Is an age of surprises. We
very much regret to say it, but we
have evidence which points strongly
to Whitelaw Reid, Rev. Talmadge
and George Francis Train as the VIC.
lators of Mr.. Stewards grave. 1t is
hard to think of these gentlemen, who
have heretofore occupied such high
positions in social and literary circles,
as ghous, grave robbers and human
hyenas, and yet the evidence against
them cannot we'll be set aside. For
instance. On the night of TIE outrage
Mr.. Talmadge left home at the usual
hour, about half-past ten, informing
his wife that he was going over to
New York to pick up few facts for
his next sermon. Mrs. Talmadge re-
marked that this thing was getting a
trifie thin, or something to that effect,
but finally gave her consent, and Mr..
Talmadge was of, whistling, go, I'm
One of the Boys Myself" His hour
for returning from these nocturnal
excursions, Mrs. Talmadge says, is
about three O'Clock, N. Did the
gentleman return at that hour on the
fatal morning? He did not. He did
not get home until after daylight
Perhaps that gentleman can account
for his strange hardness on this morn.
ing of all mornings, and we know of
no better place for him to do this than
in the open court
Now for Mr.. Train. A spade was
undoubtedly used to remove the earth
from the casket that held the remains
Now observe. One week before Mr..
Stewards remains were stolen, Mr..
Train stepped into a hardware store
in New York, and purchased a short
handled spade, telling the salesman
that he would call on the following
Saturday and pay for it. The sales
man said they did a strictly cash
business; but Mr.. Train pulled ont
pocket blackboard, and showed him
that the age had evoluted beyond the
cash system, and intimated that if he
was not permitted to purchase the
spade on true business principles, he
would cut the psychologist wire be.
tween the establishment and its pa-
irons, and it would certainly shoot the
Niagara of bankruptcy before sunset
the next day. He was permitted TO
take the spade. As if additional evil
dence were needed against Mr. Train,
our attention has been called to the
fact that, on the day before the ghast-
ly robbery, he was seen sitting on his
accustomed bench in Madison Square,
and was heard to repeat the following
lines from the graveyard scene in
Hamlet:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05
"a pick-axe, and a spade, spade,
For-and shrouding sheet;
o, a pit of clay fer to be made


Now let US turn our attention to
Mr.. Whitelaw Reid. 1t will be re-
membered that copy of the New
York Herald was found the morning
of the robbery at, or near, the violated
tomb. Now mark the following facts.
On the evening preceding the morn
ing of the dastardly outrage, White
law Reid was seen going into the
Tribune beer saloon, reading copy
of the New York Herald of the same
date as the one found. A few mo-
ments later Dir. Reid emerged from
the saloon, looked cautiously about
him, and when he supposed no one
was watching, placed three cardamon
seeds in his mouth, and walked rapid.
ly away.
These are the rock ribbed and ever
lasting facts. We leave the rest to
the police and Judge Hilton. who of
fefed the reward. Address as usual.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05

WATER from the Rhone, if allowed
to settle and then put into earthen
vessels, will not pntrify by heat,
though it soon becomes ietid If put
into wooden ones.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05

THE letter ." ia called the most
charitable Of all the alphabet, because
it IS found oftener than any in adoing
goodn
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05
b. M. BIZ AK II.
ATTORNEY at Law

Attorney at Law,
Boscobel, Wisconsin, will give special attention co
getting
= II N 8 I O N
Claims through the Department. Having had mucl,
experience Special Agent of the Pension Once
Washington, and being acquainted with the manner
of doing business in that Office it will be to the da
Aantageof persons having claims in that Departmta an
epply at once to me. 2rtf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05

DO not force npon thy neighbor q
hat which hurts thine own head.-Al-
bits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05

HE slightest excess of expendit-
ures over income is poverty, and the
slightest excess of income over ex-
pense is wealth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05
A coScLAyE of gnished
Greenbsckers in Washington have
Just passed the following resolution ::

RsSoieed, That the National party, so far as
it is represented by this conference, denounce
the resumption OF specie paymet as fraud
and delusion, impractiesble in this or any 9TH
er civilized country, yet if persisted in by the
Secretary ct the Treasury we insist that it
shall be so carried out IS to be equal in its sp
erations mall sections and to sll classes, and
for the redemption OF national bank
notes as well as for legal tender notes issued
by the Government.
Next they should resolve
That the resumption Of land by Noah's ark
wsa fraud and delnsion and unequal in its op.
sratons to al classes. and shonld he Sc {
adrift again.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05

Religion IF the heart is The heart
of religion =
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05

VERSION is drug on the hands Of
sne meat-dealers in Cheboygan, Mich.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05

THAT which thou biamest in anoth-
err, do it not myself. Ihafes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-05
Wisconsin's Coat of Arms.
Milton College Journal.

We are permitted to copy the fol-
lowing letter from Col. Geo. W. Bur.
chard, private secretary of Governor
Smith, and sre sure that it will be
interesting TO every reader of the
I01krnnL.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-03-01
FIRE at AUGUSTA.

AUGUSTA. Ga, February 26.-To
day at 4 o'clock the cotton factory of
Ames Clark of this city was entirely
destroyed by fire. The total loss is
estimated at $4,000. Insurance is
light and the loss is heavy on the
proprietor, who erected the mill and
put it into successful operation about
eight months ago.
During the excitement of the fire
negro who was rendering valuable
assistance and making superhuman
efforts to save the property fell into
the canal and was drowned.
A son of w. +. Herring fell in
also, but was rescued by a one>armed
negro boy, who plunged into the
str cam and bore him safely TO shore,
in the presence Of three thousand
people, who waited with breathless
anxiety to see the result Of the brave
fellows effort.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-03-01

The recently exposed horrors of
the New Jersey State prison at
Trenton are exceeded in the Ohio
Penitentiary at Columbus, if We may
credit correspondent of the Cincin.
natl Enquirer. The tor.ures intlict.
ed upon convicts for breaches of pris>
on law are described as of the most
terrible and di, gushing nature; men
are kept for hours and even days 10
dark and narrow dungeon, with
their hands fastened to the wall above
their heads, deprived of food and pure
air until reason and life are almost
gone. The gag, the sweat>box, and,
the most dreaded of all, the ica bath,
are frequently resorted to, with dis
ease, insanity aud death .s the fire.
quent consequences.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-03-01

HEALTH AND FORESTRY. The adj
vantages so often claimed of salubrity
in localities planted with trees have
lately received an additional illustra>
ton at Gorokepore, in Northwestern
India. Up to thirty years ago it
was always considered q healthy
place, but mango grove was down,
and the missmatic vapors from the
neighboring wet land, finding no OBJ
struclion, made the place fatal one
to Europeans. The grove vas again
permitted to grow, and the sulubrity
of the station was restored.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-03-01

The New Orleans Democrat has
printed a detailed account Of the
career of ] Madison Wells, in the
course Of which the following item
occurs: "Ihere has occurredlno
more atrocious murder than that Of
Mat Despalier by j. Madison Wells.
At the time Wells was rich and a
mar Of high social standing. Des
palier was a poor man without
friends. A disagreement had occur
red between the parties. When they
met Wells was armed with a shotgun.
Despalier was unarmed, and threw up
his arms to show that be was defense
less, when Wells fred upon him and
killed him.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-03-01

THE San Francisco Medical Soci
ely has been examining the case of
q Chinaman afflicted with loprosy.
The opinion was expressed that the
disease might become epidemic in the
low valleys of California
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-03-01

THE crooked whisky men of Win,
ston county, Ala, evidently don't
comprehend the necessity for raising
revenue. When gauger named
Bryan visited the house of an Illicit
distiller in that region, the other day,
he was met at the door by the muz
zles of several double barrel shot,
gun. "Why," said the gauger, "do
you propose to fight the United
States 7" "D-n the United States!"
said they. awe raise our own corn,
make our own whisky and drink it,
and it's none of the United States
business, and we are going to con-
tinue to do it." Bryan was permitted
to go unburt.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-03-01

TnE first Notable result of the
passage Of The silver bill is the adj
vance in the price Of silver in the
London market to 55d. per ounce,
which is the highest place aimee early
in November last.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-03-01

ANp now Mr.. Ben. Hill says be is
not opposed to tho reconciliation of
silver. and that if he had been in his
place he would have voted for the
"pickpocket" bill as it passed.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-03-01

Two years ego drover started
from California with 1000 sheep.
lie has just arrived in Texas, hav
ing driven the flock all the way, ass
sisted by two well-trained dogs. The
sheep have increased in numbers,
and frequen, stops for pasturage have
kept them in good condition. They
are intended for slaughter in the
Eastern market.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-03-01

The Treasurer Of the Dexter Saw
ings Bank Of Maine, was gagged and
beaten, from the effects of which he
subsequently died, by robbers who
went through the bank and only real,
ICED about one hundred dollars from
the operation.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-03-01

Mr.. A. II. STEPHENS is credited
with saying the other day: 81 want
to die in the harness. lie added
that, if his health continues as good
as il is now, he would be candidate
for election to the next Congress.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-03-01

The Ohio people elected good
Democrat for Governor. The fact
that he was a practical business man
helped him amazingly. 1t is said
he signed a Notary's commission
with the signature of "R. III. Bishop
& Co., Governors" but We don't be-
lieve it.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-03-01
Administrators Sale.

BY virtue Of an order of the court of Ord-
Gary OF Cnhh county Ga, viii be sold before
the court house door Of Marietta ON the fret
Tuesday in APPEL next One .fne Gold Hatek
dad Ckasa. Sold the property of s. H.
benefit Of the heirs and creditors of said deeeas
ed. Terms cash. This Feb 25ih, ISIS.
JOHN ROBERTS, Admir-.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1878-03-01

MAINE is the place for woman to
faint with safety. On railroad
train lady tainted, and thirteen
"A lldtuak Tasks were promptly placed
Il h9r disposal; and yet there were
but thirteen men ia the car.