Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-03-06
Historical Rocms
PECK's sUNBEAMS.


Senator Bruce, the colGred sci atcr.
was called TO the chair ore day last
we. k. sut' for the fret time 10 the
history Of the United States The s,n.
ate was presided over by negro.
Do you want your daughter to marry
. Niger?
See here. you greenbaek fellows
what is your creed what do you
believe in? Explain i, tc us. The
ipension s'e ri a hundred millieI 8
. was psss.d - Democratic House
and u ,.pubi,can senate, ard We
want TO sample new brands Of poll.
tics.
| One OF The Suns excbar ges SAYS
that David Conkiin has struck a lu-
oIa,ise business selling recipe fer
taking daLdruff cut Of butter. Tha
OILY objection TO il is that il may be
composed vi stme che mical that
would irjare the hair. Ii il won't
burt the hair, there's millions in ~,
| A bill has been passed TO amend
the charter OF Chippewa Fails. This
is right. The charter has not been
amended before since the last SEE.
sion. That is one reason why there
should not be biennial sessions. Chip.
pewa Falls would have TO go two
years with the came Oh, rtcr.
The Rock County Recorder edit.fs
offer to sell ten dollar Bible for i've
dollars and take il in wood. o. The
wickedness of this world. That rs
the same paper that hoisted Matt.
Carpenters name. Send the Bible
to Matt. and lot him send you cord
of public documents. They make
good firewood.
| WilhelmJ WAS robbed of 500, at
Atlanttj, on Wednesj He was so
mad that the perspira,ion broke out
on his fiddle. Ii people are TO be
robbed there is no other class that
offers so many Inducements To rob-
bers. or whom the people would en-
10y seeing robbed, any more than
these $1,000 a night fiddlers and
singers.
The wolf scalp law. il it caunot be
repealed, will he amended TO include
lightning rod peddlsrs, and agents
for books and certain agricultural
implements that are not good for
anything. A piece Of the cheek will
be blown { fl with blasting powder,
instead of the scalp. and taken 10 the
county cicrk and tho money paid
A youL Z man named Gilbert, who
has serred fourteen years Of
life sentence tor murder in the Con-
ne ticnt State prison, now admits
that nj father, who died a few DAYS
ago, did the decd. Hs was afraid if
he toll of it before, the cid man
would warm him With halter strap.
He is very dulifuI san. There il
nothing like bringing child up, and
away they go.
There is a revolution in Hayu.
This is not the evolution that oc.
Cured there on Tuesday of last
| week, nor the one of the. following
| Friday. but ia an entirely new aud
diff rent revolution. We never hear
OF men resorting to tho Alternative
of bloody and desol4.ing wsr with
out shudder AT the horrors that
must ensue 1n nearly all uf these
Haytian revolutions somebody gets
killed.
The Ripon Agricultural association
has decided to Offer 5000 tor prse
races aud $50 To scholars in the pub
lie schools for premiums for profic-
iency. This is making g)oI start,
and it is evident that children are
looking up. The time may come
whee a child will be of almost AS
mnch account as a trottng horse,
and it it ever does happen, Ripon
ehall have the credit OF originating
tine idea.
l A new "chilled shot has been in
vented for sporting men By the
use OF this shot bird that is killed
in the air becomes FRI N stiff before
it reaches the ground, L. will be-
great saving TO those who hunt for
the market, az the game reaches the
market 10 o frozen condition. L. is
said these cold shot are made par
titlly Of zinc, oil cloth, charity and
women's feet, the four coolest things
on record
They have COED deal Of fun in
Washington with poor old David
Davi-. lie has got the presidency
on the brain, and j. sticks out all
over him. He is so afraid be will
hurt bis chances voting on something
that he lodges almost every vote.
Ho is dignified, weigh, $50. and
| comes into the senate slow like an
elephant, blu. when a vote is about
To be taken he lights ont like ga,
za!le, AMI jumps over chairs.
The legislation which the country
stands most 10 need of at this mo.
ment, and which the people If tho
United States are suffering for. il
Legislation that will result in carry
ing California at the next election
Go, gress. we are pleased TO see, fully
real'zss this, and has devoted almost
the entire session TO this important
matter, with the most gratifying
result. Where all was doubt and
uncertainty a short tims ago, it ia
now known To certainty that at the
election in 1880 Gel fornia will be
| carried.
The legislature seems bound to
pass law to reduce the rate of in.
terest. This is direct stab at the
San. For many years, while pay
ing interest we have struggled 10
get the rate Of interest reduced, but
now that we have no interest to
pay and have q note against q feI-
low for over twenty dollars we
don't want the rate reduced 1t ia
low enough now. Not that We ev-
er expect to collect the note, but
paper ostensibly drawing tea per
cent interest figures good deal
more in a mans assets than il it
only drew six per cent. Bah what
Is paltry six per cent?
The defeat OF the biennial ses.
sions bill by the assembly is cbarg-