Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-02
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Connecticut courts have declared bow
cotting to be a crime.
In Persian theaters the female parts
are still played by boys.
About twenty-five thousand deaths
from typhoid fever occur annually in the
United States
In Maquon, H., is child with five
fingers and thumb ON each hand and
six toes on each foot.
The sugar crop of Cuba this season
amounts to 69O,779 tons, against 63l,-
967 tons last year.
| The Australian colonies of Great Bri-
tain have population of SAG, 900, and
a debt of 100000, 900.
The Duchess of Cambridge IS SO and
| is still in good health and full posses
sion of her faculties
/ w. w. Corcoran. The Washington
banker. is So years old, and has given
more than S2,000,000 for charity.
| MIR. Terence V. Powderly saws that
the four great aims of the Knights of
Labor are to organize, to agitate, TO edu-
cate, and to arbitrate.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland's marriage
certificate is to be an elaborate work of
art. incosed in an aligator-skin port
folio, reposing upon a cushion of blue
plush
DIR. Thomas Dunn English, though 67
years old. is engaged upon life of
Cromwell and upon two novels, all of
which will doubtless be done in credit
able English.
John w. Keely. the motor man, used
to be waiter. But the most patient
and credulous samples of the class are
the stockholders who are waiting for
| the motor to mote.
Two German journalists of Cincinnati
are said to be industriously engaged in
efforts to fight duel. If they meet the
weapons will probably be pretzels, and
all the ''gore" shed will be drawn from
brass-mounted faucets.
Gen. Harvey of the United States army
is the eldest man on the register. He
became soldier in 1918 and participate
ed in every war in which the country
has engaged since that time. He is Sc
years of age and very rich.
Dominick McCaffrey, the puoilist. re-
Gently plunged into the water at Allan
tic City and saved a Pittsburg Justice of
the Peace from drowning. The noble
slugger should not risk his valuable life
| upon an Insignificant venture.
Gen. Fremont intends, with the money
derived from the sale of his book. to
prosecute his claim against the Govern
ment for the property known as Black
Point, which it has occupied for mill
tary purposes since the days of the
| Argonauts.
The Audubon Society is growing. and
new branches arc rapidly being formed.
The members pledge themselves not to
kill or capture any wild bird not used
for food, not to disturb or destroy the
nest or eggs of any wild bird, and not
to make use of the feathers of any wild
bird as ornaments of dress or furniture.
1t is alleged that there is street car
horse in Newark, n. j.. which, if lady
comes out on the crosswalk, or stands
by the track to take the car, will stop
of his own accord. If it is man he
will slow up but will not stop. He has
learned through long and varied ex-
perience that a man can get on without
the car stopping.
1t is among the curiosities of Mormon
ism that its protector. Smith, WAS born
IN Vermont; that the second spiritual
and worldly high priest of the system,
Brigham Young. was originally from
Vermont; that Edmunds. thc Trainer of
the Edmunds law. was and is Il Yer
mont Senator. and that the commits
sioner selected from Iowa was born IN
the same Green Mountain State.
The cost OF lra sporting one pasyen-
ger or one ton pr mile has practically
remained the same on al roads in
Great Britain ,iurimg The past twenty
years. On New York road, the cost
has decreased 81 per cent, ana on Penn
sylvan'a roads rs per cent within that
time. Five hundred and fifty American
locomotives on the PENNSYLVANIA Rail-
road do rs much work rs 2,47G engines
on the London d Northwestern Rail-
road.
The Frankfort correspondent of the
Coarier-Jouf1tdI shows from the official
record that nineteen Kentucky counties
are under prohib.tory laws and 252
magisterial dlsir,c's in other counties.
Enough will be added to the list this
year to make the number of counties
800 and The nia&istrrial districts in other
counties 300 Inc total vote in these
prohibition districts is 134,94S, or five.
eighths of the voting population of the
state.
1t seems that there are some heavy
drinkers in Philadelphia. The Times
OF that city says that one Philadelphia
hotel has six customers who drink over
sixty-five WHISTLES day each Another
hotel has two customers who imbibe re-
gularly eight quarts Of champagne
day, ten or twelve who take over twenty
WHISTLES a day, eight or nine who guzzle
forty glasses of beer after 3 o clock each
day, and one customer who regularly
drinks two bottles OF cognac day.
j. V. Dexter, of Denver, has a pair of
ancient pistols which, he claims, are
the ones used by Burr when he fought
the duel with Hamilton. They are flint
locks; the barrels are of Illuminated steel.
heavily chased; the handles are of ma
hogany, inlaid with gold and silver.
The case in which they rest also con-
tains a flask. in which is little powder,
and also bullet-mold. The pistols
were bought of Sypher & Co. of New
York, who bought them of an old New
Yorker, who bought them ut the sale of
Aaron Burr's effects after his death.
A little peasant girl in Italy knitted a
pair of stockings and sent them as q
present to Queen Margharita on her
fete day. With characteristic kindness
the Queen sent the girl in return an
other pair of stockings. one containing
gold coin, the other bonbons, and II
note asking her to say which of the
stockings gave her the more pleasure.
Dear Madam, the Queen" wrote the
child in reply. Il have nothing but
trouble with the stockings. My father
took the one with the gold pieces and
my brother the one with the sweets.
Society items are not always reliable
A St Louis lady. reported as spending
the summer in Europe" sneaked into
the city the other day for the purpose of
purchasing some books and maps. and
frankly explained to friend that she
was preparing to learn the geography
of Europe thoroughly and post herself
with the guide books so that she might
have a good account of her summer
abroad, (which will be the most mex
pensive summer / ever spent, as | have
only bought three Bingham dresses and
a ribbon for rustic hat. and my board
is only costing me - 90 week with