Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-12-28

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The Baltimore glass-blowers are in
J. trouble on account of exercising their
: lungs in ways not mechanical.
10 There is a little curiosity manifested
as to whether Ben Buffers first message
will contain any illusion to spoons.
1t is very unkind of my friends to put
distractions Oh the track when l was so
nicely started for the White House. =
I. Senator Pcndleton.
Manager Abbey hints that Mrs. Lang
try may remain permanently in this
p country. How fortunate the announce
n ment came after Thanksgiving.
Logan is as comprehensive this session
l. as an old pepper box" revolver. His
latest break is on a bill for the preven-
!. ton of discrimination by telegraph
lines.
d Reports are very discouraging from
n the American herring fisheries. Min
nows and sunfish should take notice
and hunt up safer quarters for the
summer.
Sergeant Ballentine, the celebrated
English Lawyer is like a well filled lug.
He holds enough but finds great diff
IS Guilty in getting it out. As a lecturer he
is a dismal failure.
Oscar Wilde's exclamation on f~rstsee-
4 ing Niagara was .sbulk but no BEAUTY
g Ii Oscar had included himself in the
4 remark he would have hit the nail
square on the head.
A Georgia paper starts a reference to
the Christmas holidays with ''Such
: members of our Legislature as wear
socks" 1t was not generally supposed
Georgians were SO hard up.
There is an ~able-bodied rumor afloat
to the effect that Guatemala wants to
a apply for annexation to this republic.
That would DO something like inviting a
man to a meal of red peppers.
Senatorial contests will occur this
winter in the states of Massachusetts,,
Michigan, Illinois. Minnesota and Ne
braska. The legislature in each state
is Republican and candidates numer-
Gus.
{ The Spanish chamber of deputies has
: been the scene of a personal recontre
> between two members. In the face of
, this fact who will say that American
customs have nc weight on the c~iviliza-
ton of other countries.
I A Georgia collector, who was removed
a from office for slightly confused financial
ideas, begged to be allowed to keep the
office for the remaining two years of his
term SO he could make the losses good.
f The gentleman evidently intended to
, rob Peter to pay Paul.
A important change has been made
in the English law by which, after Jan
usry l 1888, a married women can
make and hold investments in her own
name which shall be respected as her
, own property until the contrary is shown
This is n long step in advance for
woman in that country.
There is still a speck of war in the
ninth district. The Oshkosh Democratic
. organ claims that Stephenson, Republi-
can member elect, is not eligible on &C
count of being an alien. Park will want
. a much fatter take than this gauzy
story before he can contest the seat for
which he has labored so earnestly.
Oliver Wendell Holmes after a lapse
of twenty-five years, has commenced
another series of his delightful break
. fast-table chats. He says when SO many
OF his contemporaries are engaged in
active pursuits he cannot bear to with
draw to his own fireside and purr idly
within the limits of the family circle.
1t has been somewhat of a mystery as
to the whereabouts of the numerous
, bank clerks and cashiers, who nave dis
! appeared leaving behind them an ach-
ing void in the pockets and hearts of the
stockholders. A recent catalogue, pub
lished in a Moscow paper, giving a list
of embezzelments in that country solves
the mystery. Honors ale now easy on
that Alaska purchase.
The Min Burleigh combination had a
row with a Rockford hotel-keeper, while
in that city, over dinners ordered and
q not eaten. During the controversy
$ the eI-reverend gentleman gave vent to
many and ponderous words several
$ shades of color. II he could have ex-
hibited on the stage the versatility Of
1 expression that he did while bullying
this poor boniface he might have met
with better success in his wanderings.
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Gen. Logan is troubling the waters of
the Signal Service pool. The General
e says the present service costs to much
. and would be much better if placed un-
e der the control of the Interior Depart
/ ment. He sees no reason further why
! men far superior to the ordinary sol
+ der should be compelled to be uniform
e ed and drilled in tactics which they
never use. This later is a hard rap ov-
er the knuckles of the present chief of
) the corps.
CALIFORNIA; Yield.
The gold products of California, from
, the discovery of the precious metal by
: James w. Marshall in the tail-race of
Suffers Mill Jan. 10, 184s, to June 80,
: 1881, amounted to ST., 170, 900. 900. OF
this sun 5000, 000, 900 is estimated to
. have been extracted from the auriferous
p~lacers. The remainder represents the