Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-01-23
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| gave reception and elected officers,
Hamilton Fish being chosen Presi-
| dent.
| hearney says that in San Fran.
cisco the women drink moro whisky
thaa the men
| The snOwfalls throughout Swilz r.
land just before Christmas were al
most unprecedented.
Some resident of Lewiston, Me-.
has set ahoat silver dollar with
ten cent rIveted to it.
| A fashion item says gold snakes.
with enameled heads anu tails, are
used TO belt evening dresses.
Mr.. Henry Wells, President o. the
American Express company died last
week in Glasgow, Scotland.
"conscience doth mike towards
of us all, = OF course truly brave fell
low has no conscience.-N Y. NeUs
Persons writing anonymous letters
for publication should send their fool
names to the publishers ew Or
leans Picayune.
Lawrence University at Appleton
is making an eff,rt to raise by sub.
scription 500. 900 10 put its endow-
ment fund on more solid basis.
THERE is an average attendance of
| l,UU0 Chinese upon the SUNDAY
schools established on the Pacific
coast by Protestant denominations.
Miss Edith Cooper. daughter OF
Edward Cooper, the new Mayor of
aew York. is already engaged to be
married, MIR. Lloyd Bruce being The
| gentleman.
"Lufe God abofe all and vi nych-
bour as ylself.' is the inscription to
be seen upon the front of the house in
Edinburg in which John Knox lived
and died.
Henry Morrissey, who fought on
the Victory at Trafalgar, saw Nell
SOD fall, and subsequently had his
own leg broken by shot, has just
diod at Halifax, aged 81.
A young man iu Boston recently
received "a bequest of $4,000. He
had been poor youth, but be has
already exhausted his fortune 10
rloting, which proves him to be
poor fool as well.
GENERAL SHIELDS, who has al
ready represented Illinois and Mime
sofa in the United States Senate, as
nominated for the short term by the
Missouri Democratic caucus, at Jet.
ferson City on the 18th.
Chin Lin Pin, the Chinese Minis
ter in Washington, has beer instruct
ed by his government to make
careful investigation of the mean,
adopted at various institutions il
the United States for the cure OF
opium-eating.
WE emile at the ignorance of th. |
savage who cuts down the tree il |
order to reach it's fruits; but tn,
fact is q blunder of this descriptio,
10 made by every person who i,
over-eager and impatient in the pur
suit at pleasure Claiming.
Prof Huxley recently Iectured be-
fore the Working Mems College, in
London, on the "Hnman Hand,' and
took occasion to remark that Topse,
was scientifically quite right when she
"spec,ed" that she "growed." H.
says II is misuse OF language to sa,
that people are made.
" There is a remarkable Jewish syn
agogue 10 the ancient city of Prague
with walls 30 thick with dirt as 10
be absolutely black. A local tradition
says that somewhere on its walls tn.
name OF Jehovah is inscribed, and il
is believed that if the walls are
cleansed the name will be effaced
When the small boy was asked
how many kinds of pies there were.
he answered promptly, "cross barred,
open topped and kivered." Not Gv.
Ing 10 boarding house the young
man could not. of course, add the
information that the last variety are
usually skivered" with asbetos roof
ing. Derrick.
HALF A MINUTE TOO LATE.-On
Tuesday last week two Molly Nal
CURES, named Charles Sharpe and
James Mcdonnell, who had been con
yioted of the murder OF George X.
Smith, on the night Of Nov. 5, 1868,
were hung at Maacn Chunk, Pa They
had been reprieved by the governor
till Monday next, and the messenger
was at the door OF the prison in !. lich
they had been confined, when the
drop fell.
1t has been decided to have a
meeting on the 22d of February of
all the National Greenback Con.
gressmen elect to the Forty. sixth
Congress. The object of this con.
ference, call for which has been
already issued, is to get all the Ma.
tional Greenback members of the
next Congress together before the
4,h of March, for the purpose of
comparing views, aud if possible de
termlning. upon plan of action.
The Bank of England note is al
most square in form, and is printed
IN black ink on piece of pure linen
paper with uncut edges. The letters
are in script and old English, and the
entire plate is as PLAN as pipe stem.
10 the casual observer it seems to be
the easiest thing in the world for the
connterfeiter, but the great barrier to
his success would &c the plain piece
OF paper which has water.line i'm
preston of the great stamp of the
bank which it would be impossible
to initiate.
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