Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-02-02

New Workers will tender public din
ner to Judge Porter for his successful
effects in the Guiteau case.
Postmaster Reyes and would be post
master Frank came to blows in the
Madison Democrat Office one day last
week. The row commenced by Keyes {
calling Frank to account for going out ,
of town, as claimed, to get signers to
his,-Frank' petition for the post I
mastership.
Samuel Cullen, who was engaged in
mining near Highland, Iowa county, {
lost his life one day last week, by the !
falling of rock in the shaft where he !,
had been working. The rock had been i
propped up but suddenly split in halves
one piece falling on young Cullen killing ,,
him almost instantly. +.
The Milwaukee Wisconsin appears to {
have peculiar faculty for fastening )
libel suits upon itself. The latest plea !
for damages comes from c. X Martin, i
an attorney of Milwaukee, who was ac- |
cused of not properly defending a man ,
on trial for murder, The damages
claimed are $4,000. /,
Senator Wing, who as an introducerI
of bills appears to be decided success,
has inserted bill int o the legislative
arena re-establishing the death penalty i,
in this state. The temperance of ssthe .
worst use you can put man too is to '
hang him. argument may now be ex-
pected at any time.
The action of President Arthur in TAX
ing tine to consider nominations for ex- 6
isting vacancies, appears to be extremely
vexatious to the spirits of certain gentle
man who are waiting to sacrifice them l
selves for their country. The public will '
feel none the worse towards President
Arthur for advancing carefully.
A train on one of the northern roads.
says the Eau Claire Free Press, came ,
upon It farm aouse in flames. The train {
was stopped and all hands turned out
and formed a bucket brigade and saved
the house. They then boarded the wait !
ing train amid thanks and enthusiasm
and commenced making up lost time
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The Chicago journal speaking of the !
coming struggle for the senatorship in
Illinois, says. 'Gov Cullom is not exact
ly in the field but he would take it on .
silver platter" The Governor will have |
to do better than that. Any of his pros
pectiye competitors would accept hastily ,
) If rendered the nomination in a horse
! bucket. :
The Brooklyn member in the house of
: representatives pulled the tail of the !
British lion i'll vigorous manner, one
day last week and furthermore shot out
a culver full of shafts of oratorical rhet- !
oric at the beast. AS the HIDE of the
animal, by frequent tanning, has be-
come tougheneJ Robinson's depletion {
of the armory was useless. :
When the verdict of the Guiteau Jury
was dHllounceu at Nisc DeUfOU opera ,
House, during the performance, an in
dividual in the gallery expressed his {
dissatisfaction in s prolonged hiss. The {
audience expressed their disapproval of
the hisser's proceedings by severely :
bruising him before the police could get !
him from the building.
A Connecticut legislator wishes the ,
"pernicious practice of smoking stop I
ped in the halls of legislation as other
wise the clothes of the mover of the reso- !
luton became saturated with the efflu- :
via from the weed and he found it nee {
cessary 10 rise to personal explanation
whenever he returned to the bosom of ,
} his family. The resolution did not pass. ,
1t is anticipated that the disgraceful ,
scenes following the sales of the Chica- ,
go, Portage and Superior will have a
bad effect upon the chances of its sue {
cessor in obtaining the land grant. If
it should defeat the move entirely poet
ic justice would only be done but I'M {
fortunately poetic justice is as scarce as
2 the incisors of the domestic fowl that
, furnishes the accompaniment to bacon
at the breakfast table
5 An interesting little disturbance for
7 somebody has been stirred up in Chicago
= by the discovery of a plot to release the
; celebrated burglar and bank robber,
: Jimmy Carroll from a Canadian
penitentiary, by means of petitions bear
ing the names of many respectable citi-
zens. Carroll is serving time for {
robbing man in Montreal. just how
those names got on the petitions is the
question that is troubling the inqusitive
reporters So far the answers are any ;
thing but satisfactory.
THERE'S a strong feeling in mercantile
circles in opposition to the proposed bill |
which prohibits immigration of |
5 Chinese for the next twenty-five years.
Should the bill pass, it would. in the
view of those best acquainted with the |
state OF trade in China, cause COM {
plete suspension of intercourse between
the two countries, and this just at the +.
time when England is putting forth ex- /
ira exertions to obtain a substantial foot :
hold in the monaghan empire.
BY the snap deal in which the Chi {
cago Portage and Superior disposed of /,
) its alleged interests to the Chicago and ,
Omaha company, all the laborers en- !