Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-24
sin into the Federal Unon.

oii iutO tIl6 eu6Tal O0O0.
This is question which must q,
long deeply agitate and convulse Ii
public mind, should limos persi,
in maintaining her usrpation owe
that part of Wisconsin The Gale
means consider it question Of Wits
Importance to their tow, aud the,
as most of the people imhat district
are determined to assertheir right
as a part of Wisconsin a all hazards
MIR. White went ashre, The bat
no baggage, not even aspare shirt
which candor alone ompels the
writer 20 acknowledge and tool
lodgings in the "North,e,tern Ho
tel" Having registereehis name as
major James White, olthe army Of
Texas, he took seat an made him
self at home. The next Forming he
took up a newspaper call the sGa
lena Telescope and S's's Times" in
which amongst other u ortant items
OF intelligence he readle folio wing:
rEHhiBLk STEAMBOAT E1l SION, ETC"
"The steamboat Roarer orr passage nm
from st, Louis, when a littl ,elow Onincp
burst her boiler; by which ma all the mas
sengers, save the mate and ofislgineer were
blown into eternity. Beans arising in 81
Louis and large sales OF lead ,e made ON
Monday at one-fourth per cefl advance on
the prices on Saturday-The ames Of The
passengers on the Roarer are hxnown and
the causes of the explosion als,no blame il
to be attached to the officers q e boat The |
Orion was just ahead of her wieshe exnlo. |
ded; but not near enough to knolof the dis.
aster or to afford any relief. -.-Sse Bank of
Illinois remains in statu go
up. S. The Roarer wa.insuci for thirty |
thousand dollars in Saint 4ouis.y the Rush |
light Assurance Company with companv
upon the news of this disster. lin no donbt !
go into liquidation. as all te ptncipal stock. |
holders in that institutio haze taken the |
benefit of the bankrupt n. and the shares |
been transferred to assigns The Washing.
tonans are carrying all tfere them The |
large wholesale house of lawcctte. Sn;ogot |
Decanter Co, wine and brit dealers has
ton"
Mr.. White smoke a cigar and
walked out into the ely to reconnoi. |
tire. He saw some 6e houses. but
they were not his; ad some large |
stores and warehouses; bat he was
none the better for then; and some
elegant churches, in 7hich perhaps
the soul might feast, bit which could |
furnish him nothingIto satisfy his
necessities. lie looked at the desc.
ate knobs and hills enc.mped around
and saw the countless holes that had
been dug by miners with various
success, and seating himself alone
,pon rock afar off uptn the pima
lie of hill that Overlooked the
own, he began thus to soliloouize:
Ten years ago when l embarked in
skiff at Olean, and dropping down
be Allegheny river to Pittsburgh
md saw for the first time the magni.
icent Valla. -gsratl,.,nA a; con.inpi
With the creations of fancy how +.
lie did 1 dream tn. Syanoyy!, yp9aMsg
hould be cast penniless soldier up
10 the shores of the Mississippi to
lig in the mines. Texas! why, the
evolution of Texas was not then
alked Of; and here | am at the age
# twenty. FIVE veteran of the revo.
utionary army Of Texas. I wish
Texas had been at the devil and l
It my business making myself veal
by and respectable in some honest
pursuit; but here l am a vagabond!
see that my military coat is get
ing out at the elbows. Well, the
amount of the business ls, / must
Dig"
FRO M cnNrIyrrn I