Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-06-28

Hoadley for governor on the second
ballot.
| Mr.. Conkling is writing a political
history of the past quarter of century.
This is ''me too Platt's last chance for
Immortality.
i Judge Pitcher is the only surviving
member of the hrst Indiana legislature.
As he did not go often to the well he
remains unbroken.
The expenses of each girl in the
graduating class at Vassav was four
hundred dollars. What a bonanza for
the ice-cream dealers.
Harpers Weekly for June %, contains
the portraits of the American rifle team
now on their way to England, to COM
pete for the Wimbledon prizes
Ben Butler was not good enough for
a LII d.. but he is good enough to dine
with. and will occupy the seat of honor
on commencement day at Harvard.
The fashionable ball for the year 1888
has been set rolling at Saratoga. The
number of hearts it will crush in its
course is not computable at present.
tits now asserted that Sullivan is a
Greek scholar. Perhaps this may as
sist in rendering the meaning of the
line "when Greek meets Greek, etc.
A foreign note says the transfer of the
Egyptian criminal jurisdiction to inter-
national tribunals is imminent. The
transfer of that entire country to SINH
lar tribunals is much more imminent.
Now that it has settled the capital
question, Dakota turns its attention to
the equally important problem of state
ship. Dakota will become full fledg-
ed state or die in the attempt.
Carey, the Irish informer, has been
given the option of going to one of the
colonies orremaining in Dublin without
police protection. He chances are not
of the brightest either way.
The Grand Temple of Honor of this
state, was IN session in GAINESVILLE last
week. The report of the grand recorder
showed seventy-eight temples with
membership of 1886.
st. Louis pedagogues must get in
their work with promptness. as the
board of education has prohibited cor
poreal punishment in the schools of that
city after August.
Minister Sargent at Berlin indignantly
disclaims any intention of resigning.
Mr.. Sargent need not have put in this
hasty disclaimer, the very idea is pre-
posterous.
Heavy floods on the Mississippi are
causing considerable damage. The
river last week, at St. Louis, was higher
than it was ever known for twenty
years.
Adjutant General Drum deals Seere-
tary Lincoln the left handed compli-
ment of being the best secretary of war
since JEFF Davis. MFR. Drum can hard
ly expect promotion unless he can do
better than that.
The skeletons of twenty-five infants
were recently dug up in the cellar of a
house in Philadelphia, formerly occu-
pied by an abortionist The Herodian
is behind the bars, but Pennsylvania
justice is peculiar.
Senator Patterson, of the South Caro-
lima ring of unfragrant memory, came
into prominence recently in ST. Paul
escapade, where he figured as the chap
eron of bewilderingly nice but dread
fully. naughty niece
The Indian agent at San Carlos OBJ
jects to taking back the Apaches cap
tured by Crook. Probably he is fear
full lest they would not fall in quietly
with the scheme of starvation usual Y
practiced on the reservations.
. Two Richmond editors went out to
fight duel last week, and the inhabi-
tants of adjoining sections, by unani-
, nous consent, took to their bomb
proofs. Virginia editors when turned
loose are worse than cyclone.