Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-11-24

I
euts SAID he hoped Englishmen would come to
tins country that any Englishman who Is q
good nudge Of land, and who is steady and in
cuslri9uf. may be assured that he viii become
wealthy and prosperous before he becomes 90
years old. AIr. Walter thinks that before
ihe close Of the next century the United States
Will have population Of 200O00,000.
POLITICAL.
JUDGE FoLaER will not enter on his
duties rs Secretary OF the Treasury until the
cases now pending before the New York Court
Of Appeals arc disposed Of.
SECRETARY WINDOW is said to have
proposed to President GARFIELD at Long Branch
the week before the latter was shot. plan OF
ciy1i-seryice reform for the Treasury Depart
mont. This plan, which met with the approval
OF The late President, proposed to allot to eacn
state number Of appointments the APP
| polnilnent OF committee OF three in each
| State before whom candidates for the places
should TO examined mt least once year, the
examination to be 30 conducted as to test the
| experience and capacity Of the applicants; APP
poinine;its to be made from among those who
stood highest Oh the list, according as vacan-
cles TO which the State of the applicants was
entitled occurred. 1t was also contemplated
that other things being equal, soldiers. their
widows and children should have preference.
TIE President has received a number
Of protests against the retention Of Public
Printer Defreos, urging the appointment Of a
1 Younger and more active man. 1t is said
President Arthur has offered the position of
Secretary of the Interior to James A William
son, OF love- formerly Commissioner General
OF the Land Office. =. The New York Herald
pubilshes an interview with Secretary Blaine
relative to the new Cabinet. He says it will be
" Grant from top 10 bottom after Jan. l."
Blaine Will retire in December.
ACCORDING to the Washington COR
respondents the latest Cabinet slate Is Attor-
nry General, Emery A. Storrs; Secretary OF the
Interior, ex-senator Howe Postmaster Gem
ersl, Chaunccy |. Filley; Secretary OF the Navy,
Gen. LOngstreet. Rlmor does not say who is
10 lie Secretary Of State. Ii IL said that Secre-
taTy Lincoln Is taout to retire from the Cabinet
at hs oWn request. Another ruIaor has il that
ex-senator CEafTee, OF Colorado will be Secse-
tary Of the Interior. Ex-senator Sargent, it is
believed, has no chance to get a Cabinet
position.
A CONFERENCE was held in Philadel-
phia by twenty-five prominent Republicans who
supported the regular ticket at the late election
TO take measures TO abolish the control of Penn
sylyania 10y tho Camerons by capturing the
next state Convention.
PENNSYLVANIA was Bailey, Republican, 265, 295
(Plurahty, 7,S64); Noble, Democrat 257, 43I ;
Wolfe, independent Republican, 40 954
FOREIGN.
IT appears from the testimony of Irish
land agents and landlords that the tenants of
Tie coupties @! Wexford, Clare Kerry. parts of
Cork and Limerick have determined to pay no
rent, while the touautry Of Galway, R0scom-
mon, Qacens county. Kilkenny, Sligo and parts
Of Limerick are paying or have paid. land
lord named Mcers was shot at from behind a
hedge in Wc-tme8th in broad daylight, but es-
cared unhurt. MuIltague, an ex-suspcct, mas
been reareolcd i'll Lsitfim. The landlords
continuc to o1plaIn If the reductions made
by the Lard Commissioners Central and
Southern Russia are being devastated by diph-
theria, scarlet fever and smallpox.
BISMARCK proposes all kinds of popu-
lar reform now that his party has been 80 de-
cidedly defeated. Among other things he pro-
poses that minortics be represented in the
Keiclstag.
A CoNsTANTISoPLE dispatch reports
awful mortality at Mecca, the Sacred City, and
shrine Of Mahonet Two hundred persons a
day arc said to be diving from cholera. The
steamsllps al Djiddah. tie nearest seaport, re-
fuse 70 carry Ietupiag pilgrims An explo-
sion Of dynamite on tho steamer Severn, be-
.tMegA El.lll and Glasgow, killed nine persons
ana padly iuipro$ tort-tiree others .Twen-
ty.hyo iarms in thet .oanty Iipperary were sold
by the SAeglr and boi1igbt in by tho emergency
committee. Al Mecca, On the 9th Of Novem-
Der, 800 persons died of ohoGFa.
The new German Reicfsttag opened
in Berlin, on the 18th INST. Prince Diisfnarck
apo!ogizcd forthe absence Of the Emperor, aud
read tho speech from the throne. The legisla-
tors we.o assured Of the peaceful prospects, OF
the country and the policy OF the Government
for tho session was indicated In Tunis an
important engagement has taken place between
Con. Nanicr'o contingent and r large body OF
insurEeil4. the Freach captured thousands
/ ut sGccp aud hundreds of camels
/ Deputy Go,he has Introduced in the French
/ chamber q measure FOR the complete separation
1 OF church and state Father McPhlpin, an
1 active member OF the Irish Land League. has
been lodged iii Galway Jail. In County Mayo
the County Commissioners have reduced rents
/ 30 per cent.
AMONG the outrages reported from
| ireland are the shooting of Bailiff Dillon, neal
/ Ballyhanuis; an nttompt to assassinate
nephew OF Lord Dighy. at Brookvie, and tn,
vouuding o. Farmer McAIanus, near Mulhngar
TO prevent him from paving rent