Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-05-04
Chalmers, of the shoe string district,
may eXclaim with Iago:

Nh"tliiSlS' VI tbc SilOt StIIil1 ulstFlct,
may exclaim with Iago:
For do suspect the lusty Moor
Haih i"aped INTO my seat, the thought
whereof
Doth, like poisonous mineral; gnaw my
| inwards
CalifornianS are organizing White
Leagues to remove the Chinese, peace
ably if they can, forcibly if they must. A
little too much of that sort of thing and
sympathy which is now theirs will be
diverted to another quarter.
Pope Bob moved a change of venue
in the star route eases by offering thou
sand dollars even that the government
rad not the evidence to convict Dorsey.
Merrick blandly admitted that he pre-
ferred to try cases the good old way
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If correspondent of the Chicago
Times. writing from Washington, is to
be believed, there is active employment
| for temperance workers among the
statesmen of that city beginning with
the President. Gold tea still holds
all its former potency
DIR. Lamson, who has been the sub
ject of so much diplomatic correspond
ence between this country and England,
was hanged last week. His friends
claimed that he was insane but could
offer no evidence in support Of their
belief worthy of acceptance.
In defence of the apathy of army
movements in Arizona the war DEPART
mcnt explains that cavalry cannot be
used to any advantage and infantry are
entirely worthless in that country. As
this leaves nothing but the artillery and
the navy the case of the Arizonian is
peculiarly sad.
Mrs. Scoyille claims her bastard bro
Their has been ''hounded to death by the
press and people" A few more inflic-
tons from the Scoville family of the
kind so common of late, will cause zen
eral regret that a portion of Guiteau's
relations were not included in the
bounding process.
Senator Edmunds objects to the re-
peal of the last finger post pointing out
the shame and disgrace of traitorous
acts and stoutly opposes the wiping out
of Section 1928 of the Revised Statutes,
which prohibits any one who has served
under the Confederacy from serving in
the United States army or navy
A sarcastic dispatch from Arizona to
the President and cabinet suggested
that if some of the money expended at
Norfolk in display was diverted to use
in stopping murder and outrage in the
southwestern territory the people of
that region would be in a better frame
of mind for rejoicing.
The death of Ralph Waldo Emerson,
! which occurred last week at his home
in Concord, leaves gap in New Eng
land intellectual life that will hardly be
filled in the present generation As a
deep and profound thinker he has WELD
ed power in the realms of thought
second to none of his time.
The late lamented Jesse James is toe
heavy load for even the Democratic
party TO carry and efforts are being
made TO shoulder him off on the Re
publicans rs delegate to the Chicago
convention. The effort viii be bootlesS.
The proofs are too strong that the dis.
tinguished gentleman died true to the
faith.
The inhabitants of Eau Claire, with
true western grit, are already at work
preparing for rebuilding on the site OF
the buildings destroyed by the recent
confagration. The fire which burned
down seventy buildings, thirty-two
of which were business structures, is
now supposed to have caught from q
spark issuing from the stack of pass.
ing steamer.
Satan received new hand by through
ticket from Minneapolis last week A
tramp seized and outraged a little Cir
in that city, was pursued and arrested
the blood Of his little victim covering
his hands even then. That night mot