Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-01-19
NEWS NUGGETS.

NEWS NUGGETS.
The Bank of England has subscribed
$500 to the Irish property defense fund.
Rumors of the resurrection of Mr..
Potter and his deceased law are rife at
Madison.
Is the biennial amendment to blame
for Ed Sanderson's unfortunate ex-
perience ?
The announcement is made of the es-
cape from Jail of :" Billy the Kid" He
must have come from sheepish parents.
President Hinsdale, of Hiram College
would Gust the journalistic Comfy from
his soft berth as minister to the Sand
witch Islands.
Winnipeg, Manitoba will have an
opera house. A company with a CAPT
tai of Sl50,000 has been organized for
that purpose.
1t is found, upon inquiry that Con-
gress has mortgaged the condemned
cannon for a long time to come for the
erection of statutes to deceased person
ages.
In the distribution of committees Sem
ator Ryland receives the Craftsmanship
of the Joint committee on claims and is
also placed on the Committee on Rail-
roads.
More Porter is not exactly to the lik-
ing of the grave and reverend senators
or frisky congressman. For the time
being they would remain strictly tenn
perate.
AT last matters are to be made decid-
eddy interesting for the starroute swind-
lers. "A little more grape" Captain
Brewster, will be duly appreciated by q
suffering people.
"A Milwaukee committee is wrestling
with the charter of that city, in the vain
hope that it may be placed in such a
shape as to prevent the necessity of It's
annual revision hereafter.
The first symptoms of esthetic fever
show themselves in the patient wearing
yellow cravats. This is on the authority
of Genevieve Ward who knew the Ian
guild Oscar before he was took down"
Hon. Jas. L. Wilson has taken the
Senatorial plum from the Iowa pudding,
The new senator is no novice in legis-
lative life having been in former years
an expert in picking out Legislative
plums.
The combined wisdom of the Secre-
of State and Attorney General has de-
cided that legislators will have to wait
another year before catching on" to
the $500 clause of the recently adopted
amendments.
Miss Fannie Adams, Milwaukee
belle who was married at Emmanuel
church, in that city last week, tainted
as she entered the church and delayed
the ceremony short time. She re,
covered before it was too late.
The Car has been informed by inter-
ested parties that he shall not be
crowned. L his should lift load OF
anxiety from the mind of his Imperial
Highness, as all the Inconvenience OF
the ceremony may thus be avoided.
A negro legislator has brought in a
bill in the Virginia legislature making
it felony for white man to co-habit
with colored women, in return for the
laws now in vogue making marriage
between the two races a penitentiary
offense.
A daily journal heads an article Bis.
mark on Volcano" There's nothing
strange about that. Ii the volcano had
been on Bismark then there might have
been cause for surprise. But even an
able-bodied volcano is no match for the
iron-handed chancellor.
Secretary Folger is putting to prac.
teal use the principles of civil service
reform. Hehas given notice to all whom
it may concern that hereafter appoint
ments to clerkships of above 81 200 a
year will be m ade from the ranks of the
old employees of the department.
Bravo for Folger.
Ed Sanderson, The worthy and revered
chairman of the Republican State Com.
mittee, while at Madison, assisting in
the organization OF the legis' .ture, APP
pears to have fallen ar ng thieves.
Madison is hard place for amateur
statesmen with superfluous amount OF
hard cash on hand
The Garfield memorial hospital, at
Washington is in fair way of success.
The District OF Columbia committee
will report back fayorably the bill TO in
corporate the hospital. The list Of in
corporators includes the names of Jas.
G. Blaine, VIM. Window, d. G. Swain
Judge Macarthur and others.
The first annual message Of Governor
Rusk, which is printed in this issue of
the HERALD is the address Of a plain
honest spoken gentleman to plain, COM
mon people. The brcyity of this docu-
ment viii assure it an once a favorable
reception and what is rarely accorded to