Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-02-24
WASHINGTON.


political workers. and the non-interference
Of Congressman and Senators in the matter Of
patronage.
WARRINGTON.
GEN. THOMAS G. CGITTENDEN is to be
placed on tho retired list, with the rank and
pay of Bigadier General. Representative
Tucker, OF Virginia, becomes Chairman Of the
Ways and Means Committee Of the House. csce
the Hon. Fernando Wood, deceased.
PRESIDENT HAYES has nominated
Daniel N. Bash, of Illinois, as PayInaster Of
the United States navy. The Greenbackers
are working ndustriously with the view of pre-
senting a compact front in the next House and
their holding tho balance of power. Messrs.
Weaver and Gillette, whose terms expire with
this Congress, will devote their energies 10
keeping their party organized.
ELLIOT F. SHEPARD has been nom
mated for United States Attorney OF the South
ern District in New York, in the place of Gen.
Stewart L. Woodford.
GENERAL.
Hon. FERNANDO WooD, of New York,
He was born in Philadelphia. Of Quaker par
expired the other night, at Hot Springs, Ark,
ents. When but % years of age he was elected
TO Congress- in which he served ten terms.
In 1850 he retired from mercantile pursuits
with fortune and in 1854 was elected Mayor
Of Now York He went TO Hot Springs last
month, in an enfeebled condition
G. KNIsTER, of Comber, Ont, quar-
relied with his wife about a will that the former
made. During the quarrel Knister shot his
wife dead. and then shot himself fatally.
An electric-lght company has been organized
| at Detroit, with capital Of @500,000 for the
| purpose OF manufacturing electricity for light
| ing, heating and for driving machinery.
The New Jersey oystermen report that the
deep ice on the rivers and on the seashore has
PLAYED havoc with many of the oyster beds.
| The ship Normanton was lest of the coast OF
| Newfoundland, recently, and sixteen members
of the crew of eighteen were drowned.
SUIT has been entered by the United
States Direct Cable Company to break up the
recent telegraphic consolidation. :. The pro
posed International Monetary Conference vii
take place at Paris on the 18th of April -. The
Canada Pacific Railway bill, having received
| the royal assent, IL nov law, and Sl
John Macdonald and the members o.
the syndicate are happy in consequence.
President Gonzales, Of Mexico, has made ;
grant Of l5O0 leagues of land in Sonora Il
Samuel b rnum, formerly of California, oil
which to colonize 1000 families, who are un
derstood to be ready to moveinto the countr.
from the Eastern and Western States and Ter
ritories A prominent railroad official give
it as his opinion that the railroads will coiItes
all litigation arising out of the loss OF goods
on the ground that the recent floods were al
act of Providence, and one in which the rail
roads were not in the least responsible
HENRI RocHEFoRT publishes an inter
view with Mr. Parnell in his paper, the Iatrdn
sigeant (irreconcilable), in which Mr.. Parnell
made to say that his stay in France is for tn
purpose Of enlightening the Partisan journal
ists on the condition OF Ireland, an
to controyeft the outrage stories in tn
English press Mr.. PGrnel is enter
tanned by Rochefcrt and Victor Hugo. 4.
An attempt to blow up the military barracks q
Beggar's Bush near Dublin, Ireland, with dy
Mantle was only prevented by the accidents
discovery made by passer-by. Count vo
Arnim Bortzenburg has been re elected Presi
dent Of the German Reichstag. Her
Won Franckenstein and Herr Ackermann wer
elected Vice Presidents. :. Sc. ious riots hay
recently occurred at Beyrout and other town
in Asiatic Turkey between the Mussulmans an
Christians.
AT meeting of the Directors of tn
New Jersey Central railroad, Jay Gould an
Sidney Dillon were elected to fill vacancies
which confirms the rumor that the first-name
gentleman has obtained control Of the road.
large number of the Chinese residents {
Chicago are applying to the County Court f
naturalization papers
DETROIT seems to be going into tn
building business. One hundred and fou
teen Glasgow ship-carpenters have arrived I
Montreal ON their way to Detroit, where tho
will work in the Wynlock shipyard. . SIEVE
American prisoners confined in jail at Paso d
Norte attempted to escape across the Amer
can line They shot one of the guards dea
and were on the run when they were owe
, taken. A fierce fight ensued, during whiC
three of the prisoners were killed and two
the guards seriously wounded II
, four surviving prisoners surrendered.
G.. d. Gunter, brother OF Congressman Gunte
1 OF Arkansas shot and it is believed mortal
iaovai Of the postofail@e9R le recently. in Bentt
: CATTLE RAIsERs are unanimous in Il
! belief that the severity of the winter has h
. a M rked effect from the Rio Grande TO t
q British boundary. Some Nebraska herCsm
predict loss OF 20 to 80 per cent. with 1t
!. greater damage unless there shall soon BIZ
i marked rise Ill temperature. About 1900
Il Texas cattle are wintering in Indian Territoi