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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-22
Wyalusing Letter" Wood. Chuck
Repudfated.

Wheat and oats in this accidental
place are not looking we'll, but the
dry weather has been the cause.
The acreage is larger this year than
last. Fall wheat aud rye are lock.
ing good. Corn is all planted, but
unless we get ram soon, it will be
some time before it will do to work
Mr.. Editor, we beg one privilege
through the HERALD. In the HER.
AID of May LIST we notice the "Won-
ders of Mound" and by reading
the items one would naturally infer
that the people OF Wyalusing are
set of wood chucks as that ancient
god, Zeus. through his creators of
animals, was 30 long in forming
something that would or could live
in Wyalusing. While we are willing
to admit to the roughness of this por-
ton Of Grant County-called Wya-
lusing for the sake. OF the wonders
which were deciphered,-w think
the Savan has dealt us a blow in the
dark, and if we knew him we might
convince him of the mistake he has
made. 1t may be, if 1t had not been
for the slip of the apron string, he
might not have been cast into this
accidental place called Wyalusing-
the home of the ground hog. The
Savan may call US mess OF ground
hogs if he chooses. 1t will not make
any difference to US at present. We
have never been so lost to wants of
the hungry way. worn traveller as to
drive them hungry from our midst
Except, perhaps, a few tramps), and
we believe there is not more hospiti
BILE place on the earth than the
accidental place, called Wyalus-
ing" In saying this much, l do not
want to say anything against any
portion Of Grant County, for ! have
been one of Its members for thirty
years, and accidental" has been my
home. There are a few things we
cannot afford to maintain in our
town. First the politician (; We have
but little use for them. But we are
uot Hho tuo Rtouuu uOS1 We ucNeT
have TO leave hole to crawl out at
as he does. We are Republicans,
and we first know that we are right
and then move straight on until we
have gained our independence SO
you see this wood-chuck must be a
Greeubacker, or a collision Demo.
crat, as they are always sure to want
to crawl clear through. First they
start as Democrat, then they crawl
through and become a Greenbacker,
or Uice uersa. Second Some time
ago we tried to maintain a Notary
Public, He tarried a short time,
then packed his trunk and left, but
not before he had victimized a few.
we have one lawyer, who has plenty
to do and does it in ship shape. We
have young doctor, who seems to
be doing quite we'll. All Of the above
named articles are luxury to any
community but ours, and l fear me
it would have been better for us II
Zeus, or that god spoken of, had not
let his apron-string slip just when he
did, and it might have been better
for this part of Grant County if he
had been just little nearer the great
River when the string gave way.
T. A. X
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-22

A CHICAGO gentleman, BOW travel
ing through the south, sees signs Of
decentralization among the Democ-
racy. In q late letter TO the Tribune
he writes
Il is astonishing, by the way, to observe
how much Of this blood is still flowing in the
veins OF the Southern people. have met
not ten or twenty, but hundreds, of Southern
Democrats who are opposed to the national
Democratic party. Many say they would
vote for Grant in preference to Tilden. In
deed the hatred OF Tilden in this part of The
country is quite phenomenal. He is gener'
ally thought to have shown the white feather.
The Wicked Nephew story is pronounced
'too thin" and the selfish conduct of Tilden
in manipulating New York city politics to
make il appear that he is the only man who
can carry the State is generally denounced.
II Tilden is TO have large white majority in
Mississippi in 1880, he will have TO turn his
nephew and bull-dozers loose Oh the Con-
servatives do you ultra Republicans at
the North only keep your fingers out of the
pie !" said Conservative leader TO me, "and
you will see the biggest kind of row and q
division in the Democratic party OF this
State" have been around and heard Old
Whig talk in the South before, until the
heart grew weary and faint, and the brain
began 70 reel, and the mind 10 reject its
ra'rral food out these men really seem to
be in earnest
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-22
Llttell's Living Age.

The numbers of the Living Age for the
weeks ending May 10 and II, respectively,
contain the following articles: Memoirs aud
Charters of the Lennox, Edim5,rgh Reoiew;
Goblet. CornhiH Biography, Travel and
Sport, BlackWood; Residual Phenomena, Fra
ser; Count Leo Tolstoy's Novels, Nineteenh
Century; Burma, Fortnighay; The Umbrella
Bird, Hatter's Gazette; Science and Faith, Sir
II. Pazzni, Henry James, Jr.'s Ideal of
American Character and Earthborn Meteor
ties. Spectator; Uphill Work. and Historical
Cannistry, Saturday Revieao; with further
chapters of Jean Ingelow's "Sarah de Beren-
GER" Jerome Bongrands Heresy, Tale
about Priests" aud among other poetry, Ten
nysons Defence of Lucknow"
For ffty-two such numbers Of sixty-four
large pages each Tor more than 5000 pages a
year., the subscription price (ss) is low;
while for $1,000 the publishers will send any
one of the American S4 monthies or weeklies
with the Living Age for year;both post paid
Littell & Co. publishers
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-22
Wisconsin,s Wealth.

Would you believe that the actual
value of the resl and personal estate
in Wisconsin is greater than the
real and personal estate of Califor-
MIA by s6O,O00,000 !? Would you
believe that Wisconsin, is FIVE times
as wealthy as the great state OF
Texas, four times as rich as Kansas,
three times as rich as Minnesota.
and twice as rich as Virginia? Yet
such is the case, as the census sta
tistics will show.
1t may be argued, however, that
such states as California and Kan
sas have vast resources yet to be
developed. But the same is 'rue of
Wisconsin. In the northern half of
the state are 10000, 900. 900 feet of
standing pine. which has 40 actual
cash value OF hundreds Of millions of
dollars. There is an iron range
rich enough to supply the world
with ore tor a century. Add to this
the copper and lead mines and
twenty million acres of farming land
which have never yet felt the pillow,
and it will be seen that Wisconsin
has vast amount of updeveloped
wealth.
| In this state the average wealth
of each person is S765 80; in Mich.
it is S607.41; in Iowa $601.03 in
Kansas $51S36, and in Texas 1854
80.
Some idea of the comparative
wealth and prosperity of "a state
may be formed from glance at the
number of paupers it has TO support.
At the time the census report was
made, Wisconsin had 1900 paupers.
Michigan, an adjoining state, with
about the same population, had more
than twice as many. Massachusetts
had over 8,000-more than five
times as many. California. with not
half the population of Wisconsin,
has nearly twice as many. while
Maine, with half the population has
three times as many. Vermont,
with q population of only 100000
supports over 2 900. while New Jer.
sey has $500, Virginia $500, Indi.
ana 1900. Illinois 5000, PenDsyl.
vania Is, 900, and New York 26, 100
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-22
Horse-R Races and Fairs.

We asked a prominent director OF
one of our agricultural" fairs why
horse-racing thereat was not aban-
doned ? He replied "Because it is
the life of the fair" "Many good
people seriously object to it," we
remarked. "Not so many as pre-.
tend" be eaid. If borse-racing is
the life of the agricultural fair, why
not give up the agricultural part of
it," we asked, "and make it horse
race pure and simple ?" Because
the agricultural part of it gives an
excuse for coming, to many people
that would not come otherwise"
was the prompt answer.
We ask our readers to test this
question during the approaching
fair season. IT horse>raeing Is to be
a department of the AGRICULTURAL
fair-stay away and use your infu-
ence upon your neighbor TO stay
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-22


A rumor that an Italian firm was
negotiating in the United States for
a supply of 100000 tons Of coal, in
place of getting it from England as
heretofore, has caused uneasiness in
London. A cargo of American coal
reached the Mediterranean sixteen
months ago, and met with a ready
sale, and more than twenty cargoes
have been sent over since that time.
The London Globe apprehends that
before long the coal industry OF
Great Britain will have to encoup-
ter determined rivalry on the part
of the United States American cosl
will not be loaded in England, but
be shipped to port sn the continent
which are now dependent on sup
plies from the coal of the United
Kingdom.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-22
Poor India.
THE AFGHAN TREATY SECURES THE
oRJECTs or RRJTIsH POLICY

THE AFGHAN TREATY SECURES THE
OBJECTS OF BRITISH POLICY
SIMLA, May ia Vice Regal
Council has been specially sum-
moued for to-day, to consider the
draft of the Afghan treaty. The
Amer has agreed TO such terms as
will secure the chief objects of Brit
ish policy.
FAMINE IN CASHMERE.
The news from Cashmere is very
bad. The increase of distress and
famine. joined to the incompetency,
corruption and want OF organization
on the part of officials, is producing
most serious state of affairs.
CHOLERA IN PEsHAwAR
is threatening to raise On obstacle
to the prompt withdrawal of troops
from hfghanistan.
INCENDIARY FIRES IN BOMBAY.
BOMBAY. May 10 -Incendiary
fires. kindled by native malcontents,
continue in the Poonah district.
The Indian police killed the ring
leader and four men belonging to
the band of Dacoits near the city
of Poonah. Several others were
wounded. One thousand troops are
engaged in suppressing disturb Dances
in the Bombay Presidency.
ROBBERY AND THREATENED ANARCHY
BY ARMED BANDS.
SIMLA, May 19.-Robbery by
armed gangs is assuming alarming
proportions in the Deccau, especial.
ly in the Poonah districts. For
some time past bands Of Dacoits or
robbers have been securing the
country, committing daring attacks
Oh houses and villages. They seem
to form part of regular organiza.
ton, under the command of Wassa.
do, lately clerk in the financial de.
partment. They are suspected OF
having set the Gre which destroyed
the Government school, Bood war
Palace. Law Courts, Postoffice, po-
lice Office and fifty houses in Poonah
on the night of the 18th inst. In
their remarkable manifesto to the
Bombay Government, threatening
another mutiny aud to put a price
on the bead Of the Governor unless
the public distress is relieved, they
inform the Government unless ex-
tensive public works are at once
opened and employment provided
for the people, native trades en-.
couraged. taxes reduced and the
salaries of high paid Europeans cut
down, they will not cease to plum.
der, and will extend to the Euro.
peans what they have hitherto con
fined to the natives. They will kill
the Governor of Bombay, hang the
Judge of the Court OF Sessions OF
Poonah, carry murder end rapine
throughout the country and engage
in the massacre of the Europeans.
The manifesto ends by warning the
Governor that unless be at once
complies with their acquisitions the
price of one thousand rupees will be
put on his head. Four persons, in.
cluding Wassado. append their sig
natures to the manifesto and seals.
The Government which at first was
inclined to leave the matter in the
hands of the local police. is now
taking more energetic measures.
A considerable number of troops
patrol the country, and a reward OF
one thousand rupees has been Of
fered for the capture of Bulward.
DRoUTH IN BENGAL.
Rain still holds off in Bshar, Cho.
ia. Nagpore. and the districts
around Calcutta. The indigo will
be very short. and other crops must
suffer if showers do not fall very
soon. There has been some rain in
the other districts of lower Bengal,
but more is wanted.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-22
A Sterling Old Poem.
Who shall judge man from his manners
Who shall know him by his dress =

Who shall judge man from his manners
Who shall know him by his dress
Paupers may be tit for princes.
Princes fit for something less.
Crumpled shirt and dirty jacket
May beclothetthe golden ore
OF the deepest thoughts and feelings
Satin vest can do no more.
There are streams oficrystal nectar
Ever flowing out of stone;
There are purple beds aud golden,
Hidden. crushed and overthrow.
God, who counts by souls, not dresses,
Loves and prospers you and me,
While he values thrones the highest
But as pebbles in the sea.
Man appraised above his fellows,
Oft forgets his fellows them
Masters--rulers--lo remember,
That your meanest kinds are men
Men of labor. men OF feeling,
Men Of thought and men Of fame,
Claiming equal rights to sunshine
|, In mans ennobling name.
Truth and justice are eternal,
Born with loneliness and light;
Secret wrongs shall never prosper,
While there is sunny right
God. whose worldwide voice is singing
Boundless love to you and me,
Links oppression and its titles
But as pebbles y Me sea.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-22

The number of arrear- pension
certificates issued up to and includ-
ing May l6, 1897. OF these 2I6 were
issued in Washington, representing
$160,312.26 A large number of Ger
tificates, 243, were issued at one
other agency, Columbus, but the
amount represented was only S141,
881, 80. At Chicago 2l2 certificates
were issued, representing 1885,
81. The total value of the certlicstes
issued 30 far is 81 ,594, 08I SO.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-22

QUEEN VICTORIA 10 SAID to object
seriously to the feminine fashion of
wearing the hair 10 fringe across
the forehead. I, ia stated further
that she instructed The bridesmaids
who appeared at the recent wedding
of her son that they would not be
permitted TO wesr their locks in
that fashion, nor TO don high heel
ed boots. nor to wear tied back
gowns. Last year il ia reported one
young lady who came to Drawing
Room with her hair over her ey 90
was informed by ths Lord Chamber
lain that until her hair had grown
she need not atterd any more at
the Palace. 1t is pleasant TO see
that some check is to be put upon
this wearing the badge OF insane
and IDIOT asylums.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-22

PREcocITY.-They are so preco.
cious in the neighborhood of Wor.
cester, Massachusetts,
"My little seven-year.old girl, =
writes friend, twas in the sitting.
room alone with her uncle, and
dreamily looking from the window.
Without turning her head, she said
sUncle Horace, eight and seven
make fifteen, don't they p he re-
piled that she was right. Then,
said che. in half soliloquy. it is only
eight years before l shall have q
beau, and, oh I dread it "-EDI
Tons DRAwER,in Harper's Magazine
for June.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-22

A summary OF the results of the
Republican County Conventions held
throughout Ohio on Saturday shows
that Judge Taft is likely to lead the
Gubernatorial candidates 10 the Gin.
cinnati Convention on the 18th of
May. Not many of the delegations
are instructed, but the preference OF
nearly all of them is known
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-22
THE HERALD.
LANCASTER:
Thursday, May 22d, 1879.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF WISCONSIN,
A PROCLAMATION.

Tn Legislature Of Wisconsin, at its last ses-
sion enacted that the thirtieth day Of May 10
each year shall be a legal holiday, and there's
by accepted and confirmed the custom which
had dedicated that day TO memorial services
in honor of the dead soldiers of the Union.
In consideration whereof, I, William E.
Smith, Governor Of the State Of Wisconsin,
do most earnestly recommend that all the
people in proper observance Of said holiday,
so far abstain from business and labor tina,
they may visi. the cemeteries where such
soldiers are buried and in token Of affection.
ate remembrance and undying gratitude,
celebrate their heroic deeds and decorate
their honored graves
In testimony whereof have hereunto sci
my hand and seal and caused the great sea
Of the State of Wisconsin to be
affixed. Done at the Capitol ir
L. s the city Of Madison this 5th day
Of May in the year one Thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine.
By the Governor: WIN. Z. SMITH.
Haxa r W.ouva Caoi, &C c.ato
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-22
Women never Think !

If the grabbed old bachelor who uttered
this sentiment could but witaess the intense
thought, the deep study and thorough inyes-
tigation of women in determining the best
medicines to keep their families well and
would note their sagacity and wisdom. an se-
Letting hop B;tters as the best and demon
strating it by keeping their families in per-
petual health, at mere nominal expense, he
would be forced to acknowledge that such
sentiments are baseless aud false.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-22

Ten vessels left New York for
foreign ports last week, carrying
800, tourists, embracing large
number of representatives leading
metropolitan families and promi-
nent society people from Western
cities. The agents tor the several
steamship lines say that the demand
for accommodation is surprising,
when it is considered that no ex-
traordinary attraction are offered on
the other side this year. Many pas
sengers are booked for every outgo-
ing steamer up to the 1st ofJuly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-22
AN English dog-faucier, VIII,

AN English dog-fancier, who pur-
ports to be wise on the subject
writes to 8 Philadelphia editor that
"dogs that curl their tails to the
right are never afflicted with by
drophobia that fatal disease pre-.
walls only among dogs that curl
their tails to the left. No gentle.
man in London or any city OF the
continent will own dog or allow 9
dog to follow HIM that curls its tai
to tho lef;." he doesn't say what
about the dogs with tails curling uF
so tightly that their hind legs are
lifted off the ground.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-22
Lancaster Town Bonds For
Sale

State of Wisconsin, Grant County, Town Of Lsncas-
ter-ss
In compliance with the laws Of said State for
refanding Town Indebtedness, the resolution Of
the direction Of s Board of Supervisors, hereby
oher for sale within said Town, for q period Of
Thirty Days, FortyTwo Thousand Dollars of the
negotiable bonds Of said Town, payable or before
ten years from date. issued for the purpose Of re-
funding the whole of the present Indebtedness Of
said Town. alta lower rate ofinterest.
The terms Of the sale of such Bonds are, that to
the person bidding the highest sun, not less than
par and offering to accept the lowest rate of inter-
est for the whole any part Of said Bonds the said
bonds In whole or in part shall be issued.
Bids will be received at the Bank OF Geo. W.
Ryland, Lancaster, Wis.
Dated May 18th, 1879.
G.w. RYLAND
Chairman Of the Board ofsupervisors q said Town
iOw5
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-22

THE General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church is in session at
Saratoga, N. Y. The Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church South is
holding at Louisville, Ky. The AS
sembly of the Cumberland Presby-
terrain Church is sitting a. Memphis,
Tam
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-22
THE MARKETS.
CHICAGO.

Chicago May 20, 1879,
Wheat ssS@9e14c Corn ss5sc Oats 253lc Rive
sic. Barley 65a66c, Mess pork IS. Lard Sc 0s.
Butter 1491Sc. Eggs &c. Hogs So 35(63. go. Cattle
butchers 50 25@4.S0. Wool. unwsshed fine 10000
coarse loM20c medr m 2O12lc
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-22

away. If the Agricultural far has
no bottom Of its own-if horse-rac-
ing be the life of it-let it sink. 1t
does not deserve to live. -Rurdf
Ne,e Yorker.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-22
To this the State Board Secre-
Iary appepds the following note.

Il is almost certain that there are many 10.
caities in the state where condition of
things exists equally bad with that described
in the above communication. The conse-
queDces cannot fail tie be disastrous in the
extreme to all who use water so contamnat-
ed. Local boards of health have the fullest
power under the present statutes and also
under the common law to deal with all such
cases and should proceed promptly and with.
out fear or favor, inasmuch as life and health
are the most valuable Of all temporal posses.
sions
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-22

Hon. VIM. MILLS, a prominent,
able and most gentlemanly member
of the Bar at Dubuque, died last Fri.
dav.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-22
Hans B. WARNER, Sec'y Of State.

THE Grand Lodge OF Masons OF
Iowa will be held In Dubuque, June
third, fourth and fifth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-22

A BIG rise in the Chippewa and
Eau Claire rivers last week and i'm
mense quantities of logs were bro't
out by the lumbermen..
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-22
Taken Up-Colt.

Taken up by the subscriber on lands owned
by him in the town of Little Grant on or
about May Let. 1879, one gray horse colt,
two years old; heavy name and tail. The own
er is requested to prove property, pay
charges and take said brute away.
WIN. ADAMS,
Dated Little Grant, May 9, 1879. 4wx
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-22

CONGRESS is still on deadlock on
the appropriation bills. Hayes's back.
bone is perpendicular.