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II Entered.
8 Amr Brig ct. Towner7 1GG tons, Per
kins, Christiansted, sundries.
10 Dan Schr "Atlantic"52 tons, Hughes,
st. Thomas, merchandise.
u Eng Sloop s.Hilda" 10 tons, Vanter-
pool, Anguilla, salt.
" Ann Brigt " Libbie H. 3Gl tons,
Hopkins, Ch%ristiansted, sun
dries.
10 Eng sloop British Grip 3 tons,
Letsome, Tortola, coal.
" " Sloop "Amandao 3 tons, Penn,
Tortola, coal.
q " Sloop "Thyra" 3 tons, White,
Tortola, coal.
Is " Sloop "Exertion"3 tons, Cirque,
Tortola, coal.
q f." Sloop "Brouhildur" 3 tons,
Stephens, TOrtOla, coal.
" i" SIo0p "Dono 3 tons, Vanter-
pool, Tortola, coal.
Is " Sl0op "White SqualF' 3 tons,
a Malone, Tortola, coal.
q Dan Brigt "Nellie7 315 tons, Svend-
sen, Christiansted, ballast.
II Eng Sloop "Willing Maid" 10 tons,
VanterpoOl, Christiansted, sun
dries.
" Dan Schr "Atlantic" 80 tons, Hughes,
st. Thomas, merchandise.
20 Eng Sloop "Jessie" 3 tons, Rymer,
ToItola, ballast.
cleared.
7 Dan Brigt Thea" 240 tons, Jensen,
Copenhagen, sugar & rum.
s Schr"Atlanticn 80 tons, Hughes,
st. Thomas, sugar & rum.
10 " Bark "ThereSe" Alb tons,
Hartman, London, sugar & rum,
70 g Schr "AtIantic" 50 tons,
Hughes, st. Thomas, sugar &
rum.
rs Amr Brigt at. Towner" 166 tons,
Perkins, New Haven, sugar &
m0lasSeS.
q Dan Sloop Exertion" 8 tons, Var
lack, ST. Jan, ballast.
IA Eng Sloop amanda" 3 tons, Penn,
C~hristiansted, salt.
Is " Sloop "British Grip 3 tons,
Letsome, Tortola, ballast.
" Dan Schr "Atlantic" 81 tons, Hughes,
st. Thomas, sugar.
Eng Sloop "Don" 3 tons, Yanter-
pool, Tortola, ballast.
Sloop "Hilda" 10 tons, Vanter-
pool, Tortola, ballast.
" " SlOop "EXertion" 3 tons, Cirque,
Tortola, ballast.
" " Slo0p "Thyra" 3 tons, White,
TOrtola, ballast.
" Sloop "Brouhilduro 3 tons, Ste
phenS, TOrtola, ballast.
II Amir Brigt Libbie H." 361 tons,
Hopkins, New Haven, sugar &
molasses.
" Eng Sloop White Squalr 3 tons,
Malone. TOrtola, ballast.
Sloop "Willing Maid' 10 tons,
Vanterpool, st. Thomas, sun
dries.
10 Dan schr "Atlantic" 52tons, Hughes,
st. Thomas, sugar.
20 Eng sloop "Jessie" 3 tons, Rymer,
Tortola, ballast.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-08-10

WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-The postoffice
department authorities make the follow
ing explanation of certain recent ruling
in regard to .'shortpaid'' and '.request8
letters, which they think had been, To
some extent misunderstood: The order
of May last touching the treatment of
mail matter held for postage does not
direct or authorize the holding of let
ter for an hour. but when the letter is
short-paid so that the law forbids it to
be forwarded, if the postmaster has no
clew to the writer, the order directs him
to send card to the person addressed.
If he RENTS the postage he gets the let
ter before it goes to the dead-letter of
flee. The regulation touching return or
request letters is not a recent but an old
one. Postmasters do not refuse to re-
turn letters because il is troublesome To
do so. They are not permitted to re-
turn letters which bear no other hint If
a request than the printed name of ho-
tel The statute permits the return on
iy of letters on the outside of which the
writer has Endorsed his name and ad-
dress. The Astor house is never writer
of letter. 4 rule of the department
permits letters To be returned which
bear 2 designated place to be returned
to. A hotel is place TO which letters
may be returned but it is place that ia
excluded by the rule for the prudent rss-
son that the statistics of the dead-letter
office show that if such letters were re-
turned TO the hotel three hundred writ
ten by strangers would be returned for
every one written by the proprietor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-08-10
Heavy Storm in Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE, Aug. 3.-This city was
visited this morning with one of the phe-
nomenal downpours of rain character
istic of the present season. 1t was ac-
companied by brilliant electric display
and crashing peals of thunder. The in
tensity of the storm was limited within
a circuit of a few miles About two
inches and a half of water fell. A wash
out on the Madison branch of the G. &
n. w. road led to quite a serious acct
dent to the early passenger train from
Wauko sha, the track sinking beneath
them, the fireman. engineer and bag
gageman being injured but not fatally.
Considerable damage was done TO the
chimney of Plankinton's packing estab-
hshment, cellars flooded in the lower
part Of the city and wooden sidewalks
washed away. On the other hand, as
some compensation for these damages
the river rose about two feet and the
strong current cleared it Of the foul wa
ter whose fetid exhalations have loaded
the atmosphere in this vicinity for some
time past.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-08-10
Not Half Enough.

BRADFORD, Pa, Special to Chicago
Herald: The village of Kendall, better
known as Tarport, suburb of Brad
ford, was the scene of intense excite
ment last night, which eliminated in a
repetition of an incident which gave the
town its local name. William Hall, a
single man thirty-iive years of age, who
had formerly been a resident of the
place, took several little children out
riding last evening about z o'clock,
buying them candies and cakes. Finally
about O'Clock. after getting rid of all
the children save little five-year-old
girl named Ida Aiken, the daughter of
Henry Aiken, an oil producer and con-
tractor, he induced her into an un0ccu-
pied repair shop and attempted to raw
ish her. The child made such outcrieS
that the neighborhood was aroused and
the william fled, taking the road to Brad
ford. Fearing capture, however, he
doubled on his pursuers, and returned
to Tarport. Missing their victim, the
pursuers returned and made complaint
to constable, who refused to act with
out 4 warrant But the citizens, bound
to secure Hall, instituted m extended
search for him, which was rewarded
about y o'clock by finding him in n
swamp near the town. He was taken
to the lookup, and about o'clock this
morning thirty-iive or forty masked
men broke into the lookup, took Hall
out, dropped him, rolled him in pool
of tar and covered him with feathers.
Then they commanded him TO walk,
accelerating his movements by firing
several pistol shots in close proximity 10
his head. The last seen of him he was
making fast time on the road to Carroll
ton. The child was not injured except
by fright The Indignation of the citi-
zens is very great and it is thought that
if the william again makes his appear
ance, hemp will be substituted for tar
and feathers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-08-10
Initiating Sullivan.

NEwBURGH, N. T., Aug. 4.-The mo-
notony of routine life at the military
post at West Point has just been varied
by genuine prize fight between two ca
diets with seconds and referee. The mill
occurred Wednesday between 10 and II
q. m, and the principals were Frank A.
Cook, eighteen years old and Edward
Nj. Scudder, twenty-one years. Scudder
was knocked out in true Sullivan style
and carried to the hospital insensible.
Scudder is from Mississippi and Cook is
from Rhode Island. The referee, Alfred
b. Jackson, belongs To next year grad
uating class and is from Massachusetts.
One story of the affair is that Scudder
got into trouble with an officer, who
cursed him. This he would not submit
TO and he challenged the officer TO fight
The officer refused, but according to the
custom got Cook to fight for him. One
report has it that Scudder stood the ter
rifle punishment for thrce-quarters Of
an hour while another says he succumb-
ed to Cooks batteries in three or four
rounds. He is badly bruised while Cook
il comparatively uninjured. A rigid in
vestigation is to be made. Cook and
Jackson are under arrest. The whole
party will probably be courtmartialed
and dismissed from the academy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-08-10
RAILING A RAM.
An Old Story Worth the Re-telling Of Cushing's
Gallant Dash at the AlbermarIe

An Old Story Worth the Re-telling Of Cusbing's
Gallant Dash at the Albermarle.
WASHINGTON, July 30.-A report
from the Senate Committee on Pensions
in the case of Daniel G.. George, con-
tains an interesting story of the blowing
up of the rebel ram Albermarle, told by
one of the participants IN that remark
able exploit. 1t forms part of one of
the aifidayitS in the case. Mr.. George,
as coxswain of Lieutenant Walkers
boat, heard Cushing asking Walker
for volunteers for the blowing up of the
ram Albermarle in Plymouth harbor,
Pimlico Sound, and Mr.. George volun-
teered and was the first volunteer. On
the night of October a, 1864, the expe-
dition went into Plymouth Harbor,
passed a hundred rebel picket boats who
were on the lookout, as they had been
in on the night before; could not find
the ram in the darkness, and passed
rebel picket boats to the fleet, the rebels
thinking it was one of their own. They
saw them go alongside a Federal vessel,
and so were on the lookout the next
night. They put a battery of artillery
and n thousand men to defend the ram
and posted lookouts to give the alarm
should any boat cross a belt of light on
the water, made by the harbor lights.
AS the volunteer party crossed this belt
they were hailed with "Who goes there?
Cushing answered.: yankees, damn
YOU" Then came a shower of bullets,
which riddled the gunwale of the steam
launch. The daring volunteers now
discovered the ram by the flash of her
big guns and made for her, passing
around her twice before they succeeded
in jumping their boat over the boom
that surrounded her. Mr.. George and
chum named Haden dropped the tor
pedO of 186 pounds down under the ram;
Gushing gave the order to reverse steam
and back over the logs, which they were
unable to do. Cushing, finding they
could not get out, gave the order: ''Pull
her off, Dan; Wen all go to hell to-
gether.'
Dan pulled the lanyard and the tor
pedo opened seam twenty feet long
and an inch wide, and sunk the ram in
two hours. The attacking party were
blown into the air and all but Gushing
and one other, Haden, were taken pris-
oners. Mr.. George and the crew were
surrounded by the Infatuated rebels,
who would have killed them on the spot
had it not been for the Captain of the
Albermarle, Cooke, who had rushed to
the spot, revolver in hand, and declared
he would shoot the first man who in
jured the Yankees.
Said he: Il have been thirty-five
years in the United States navy, and
this is the braveSt deed | have ever
known" Mr.. George was sent to
Salisbury Prison, was there eight or nine
months till the war ceased, when he re-
turned to the Chicopee and was dis
charged on April 26, 1866, having served
four years, six months and sixteen days,
and having been engaged in twenty-five
battles, besides many skirmishes. -
Wash C0r Ne,D York T1.ibu21e.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-08-10
Goals TO Newcastle.

NEW YORK, Aug. There was an
expectation of orange peel last week
200 sacks having been shipped to Havrc.
France. The value Of the consignment
was 1000. Inquiry among the drug
trade failed to show that any other ex-
portatiou of orange peel had ever been
made from this port. 1t is the first i'm
stance of the kind and is the more sim
gular because most of the orange peel
used III this country is imported and in
large part from Southern France. Or
ange peel is worth s cents per pound.
Oranges are SO plentiful in France, TIA
", and Spain, as well as in Florida and
the West Indies, that the peel is taken
from the fruit in large quantities and
sold for use in bitters and marmalade,
and the juice is used to make acids. Mr..
ID. &. Robbins, of McKeason & Robbins
showed samples of the two kinds of peel
most generally used. One was sweet
and agreeable to the taste, the other
was very bitter and is generally used IN
the manufacture of bitters. 1t is esti-
mated that about 200. 200 pounds of or
ange peel was imported into New York
last year. The value of tho importa-
tons in 1877 amounted 10 SIS, 927. 81, and
in 1881 to S12,0sS.09 There is no duty
on the article. Florida oranges are used
for chemical purposes, but the foreign
fruit is preferred.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-08-10
Government Gains.

Washington special to Mil. Republi-
can-Sentinel: There is scarcely a doubt
but the turning point has been reached
IN the Star-route trial, and that the de-
cision of the jury will be in favor of the
Government. Great credit is due Mr..
Merrick for both his tactics and the able
argument which brought about the adj
mission of the testimony of Walsh. The
mans story on the witness stand gath
cred into complete network all of the
loose ends and fastened the charge of
conspiracy upon ex-Assistant Postmas-
ter Brady and his immediate associates.
the contractors interested in the expedi-
ton he ordered. The next move on the
part of the prosecution is difficult one.
The knowledge of the existence of Il
conspiracy is necessary to indict per-
son participating therein. The relation
of the participants vary according to the
extent of their guilty knowledge and
this IS point that can hardly be proven.
The case will, consequently, bear heav-
Ter upon some of the conspirators.
Morally, S. w. Dorsey is equally guilty
with Brady. as the record shows; but to
prove this by the rules of evidence is
another thing altogether. However, if
the jury fails to convict him the public
will be disappointed. That body GER
tainly has not been organized with a
view to acquit any man, notwithstand-
ing the usual amount of gossip to that
effect is in circulation. S. w. Dorsey
used his influence as an United States
senator TO further the schemes of these
Star-rOuterS in the Wast apd his hro+h
er, j. w. Dorsey, and j. X. Miner, fl
nancially interested with himself, are the
willing tools that carried them out. The
evidence which goes before the jury to
prove this is not nearly SO strong. how
ever as that which encircles Brady's
position.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-08-10
Talking Turkey.

LONDON, Aug. 1.-THE government
has instructed Lord Dufferin, the British
ambassador ut Constantinople, to pre-
sent an ultimatum to the Porte demand
ing that the Sultan at once declare Ara
hi Pasha rebel and accept the English
proposals for joint action in Egypt, and
in the event of the Porte falling to COM
ply, Lord Dufferin will be recalled, and
the landing of Turkish troops in Egypt
would be opposed by the English. The
Porte requested delay for consideration
of the demand Lord Duffierin tele-
graphed to the Foreign Office here for
further instructions. 1t is believed that
the government will not consent to fur
Their delay. A dispatch from Constan-
tinople reports great excitement there
on the announcement of the British ulti-
matum.
LATER. The Porte Is reported to be
about to yield to the demand formulat-
ed in the British ultimatum. The con-
ference yesterday adopted the proposal
for collective protection of the Suez
Canal
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-08-10

Four years ago Mrs. Gertie DeForce
Cluff established the Valley Review at
Lodi. San Joaquin county. The paper
has just begun its fifth volume, and in
reviewing the past four years the editress
says: I'm the past four years we have
cooked, washed dishes, nursed babies,
solicited, canvassed, collected, wrote ed
itorials and locals (nevcr missing an in
yitation to good dinner howeyer), and
built up the Review from patent out
side with the press work done in Stock
ton to its present improved appearance,
established ON solid financial basis.
We are now enabled to enlarge the Val
lev Review to an eight page paper to
buy new type and exchange our hand
press for cylinder press with capac-
ity of eight hundred per hour" In its
new dress with neat border around is
the Review presents fine appearances
Its able management and forty colunnt
of matter each week should secure for
it liberal support. Napa, California,
RegiIer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-08-10
Waupun Work.

WAUPUN, Wis, Aug. 5.-To-day John
Sheavey, convict imprisoned at the
penitentiary here, was stabbed to death
by George Watson, who is serving a SEN
tence for forgery. Watson says that
Sheavey told the Warden that he (Wat-
SOM had stolen a pair of slippers and
that was the reason he took his life.
Sheavey was serving two years SEN
tence for burglary Of books from a
school house in Dane county, and came
to prison May %, 1881. Watson was
serving his second term here for forge
ry. He was sent first from Rock county
for two years and came to prison Janu-
airy 3. 1879, going out October 2, 1880,
and returned again December II, 1880,
on a three-years sentence from Wauke-
sha, where he had forged the name of
the Superintendent of the Reform School
for suit of clothes. He had previously
served a term at Anamosa, Iowa, and
one at Joliet, H., the latter for shooting
an officer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-08-10
BOOSTING THE POSTMASTERS
Completion OF the Adjustment OF Postmaster's
Salaries In Wisconsin


WASHINGTON, Aug. Wisconsin
postmasters will be glad to learn that the
adjustment of their salaries for the COM
ing two years has just been complete
by the postotfice department. The law
requires the performance of this dut,
by the postmaster-general at the le-
ginning of every second fiscal year.
The last general adjustment was made
in 1880. Nothing so completely evil
dences the fact that the postal depart
ment is a gigantic machine as the num-
Der of its offices. Throughout the coun-
try, from leading cities down TO country
stores, there are postoffices to the num-
Der of 46, 159. OF these the presidential
offices number POPS. A presidential
office is one that receives a salary of
81, 900 or more. when the postmaster is
nominated by the president and con-
hrmed by the Senate. This is the class
OF offices which have recently been I'M
der consideration. They are of three
grades or classes. The first receive a
salary of $4,000 or over: the second
$4,000 TO $1,000, and the third from
81, 600 to $1,000. A fourth class also
exists, by far the most numerous, which
takes in all offices of not less than 81 600
AT the present time, Wisconsin contains
1885 postoflices of all classes. This is
an increase of thirty since the beginning
of the year. The presidential offices
number seventy. The only office of the
first class in the State is Milwaukee.
Hitherto the salary attached TO this
office has been $500, but under this
adjustment an increase of $500 is al
lowed making the new salary $4,000.
The heaviest single increase is in the
case of Milwaukee, Beloit. Boscobel.
Darlington and Stoughton, all advanc-
ing $500 year. Those that go up $500
are Columbus, Eau Claire, Jefferson,
Lancaster, Neillsyille, New London,
Prairie du Chen, Sheboygan Falls and
Waukesha. Numerous others go up
St00. There has not been found oc-
casion to reduce the salary of single
Office in the state, which is an exception
to the general rule. Within the past
few days the following have been made
presidential offices: Elkhorn, SLIGO;
Merrill 81, 200, and North La Crosse.
The number of money-order offices in
Wisconsin is 116. Among the cities
which will have the free delivery sys-
tenn on Sept. l is Racine. At present
Milwaukee is the only city in the state
which has this service. Since January
forty-eight new offices have been estab-
lished in the state and twenty-one dis
continued. The names of seven have
been changed. Among these discon-
tinued is the one in Dunn county,
named after Senator Cameron. This is
offset, however, by the establishment
of offices named after Postmaster-gen
eral Howe, in Trempealeau county, and
another after his assistant Hatton, in
Waupaca. Richland county has ''Stal-
wart" postoilice.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-08-10
THE KIND NEEDED
Another good Word for the Member for the Third
District.

Another good Word for the Member for the Third
District.
WASHINGTON, Cor. Mil. Republican.
Enjoying superior opportunities for
becoming acquainted with members of
both houses of Congress, and being in q
position to Judge somewhat correctly of
the abilities, the merits and the useful
ness of these representative men of the
Nation, | want the privilege of saying a
few words, which ought to be said, re-
speeding the representative from the
Third District of Wisconsin, George c.
Hazelton. That he is man of whose
abilities and congressional record his
constituents have good reason to feel
proud no one can question. He is one
of the few men who, when he speaks, is
by his commanding eloquence, listened
to with interest by both sides of the
House. 1t debate he yields Damascus
blade SO brilliant and trenchant that the
men are few who can match swords
with him. With keen perception and n
restless nervous energy, he is quick to
grasp subject, to see all its bearings,
and, if need be, to rush to its defense or
to its defeat with torrent of eloquence
which carries everything before it.
These rare gifts are, with a broad and
intelligent patriotism, devoted to re-
forms, economics, and measures promo
tive of the public veal. And. while he
is correctly regarded as one of the lead
ing members Of the House of Represen-
tatives, it should be said that his con-
stituents and party friends may never
be in doubt as to where he stands or
how he votes. He is the kind of man
the country needs at this time, and a
representative in whom his constituents
may feel just pride. And, so long rs
they shall choose him to represent them,
they will reflect honor upon themselves.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-08-10
Taking Possession.

ALEXANDRIA, Aug. 5.--No Indian
troops, but only marines and sailors
from British ships lying in the roads
were disembarked in Suez An imme-
date stampede Of Egyptian troops and
the Arab population took place. From
the decks of the steamers the natives
were seen hurrying across the desert.
The trains were crowded even 10 the
roofs Of the carriages. The facility with
which the occupation was affected af
fords cIrcumstantial proof that if couple
of thousand men had been landed in
Alexandria directly after the lombard
ment, nine-tenths Of the lives and prop
erty sacrificed would have been saved,
1t is reported at Ismalia that Arab
Pasha has ordered 1000 troops TO APP
proach the canal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-08-10
The Texas Terror.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. ga San Antonio.
Tex, special says: The latest reports
from Brownsville are up to O clock this
afternoon, when the military telegraph
line failed. AT that hour nothing had
been heard from Matamoras regarding
the fever. Another death was reported
in Brownsville last night and several
new cases are reported. Among the
latter is DIR. Hopperseth, United States
Army post surgeon of Fort Brown.
There is still great diversion Of opinion
as to whether it is yellow fever or not
The leading physicians, including the
sick post surgeon, still claim it is ma
lignant type of malarial fever. Dir.
Swearinger, State health officer, IS ex-
pected to arrive from Galveston tonight.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-08-10
4 Xrecking Water Snnnf.

COLUMBUS, o., Aug. Information
to-day is that the trains on the Ohio
Central road are not running further
south than Moxahala, and that it viii
require several weeks of repair before
they can get beyond that point. The
company's loss by the waterspout of
Tuesday is much greater than at first
supposed. From three miles north of
Corning, Ohio, to South Bend, in Ham
ilton county, and up the west branch of
the Ohio Central to Buckingham, dis
lance of sixteen or eighteen miles, the
track is almost entirely destroyed. 1t
cannot be observed that rail was To-
Gated there. Most all of the live stock
in two valleys was swept away. 1t is
believed the loss to railroads. mines and
private individuals, viii approximate
$500. coo