Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-06
Madison Matters.
From Our Regular Correspondent.

george II. Taylor d Co., of Chicago,
who agreed to furnish frst-class paper
to the amount of 1000 reams at Sc. 80
per ream. The second-class paper will
be furnished at from 90 to 10l cents per
pound.
The Milwaukee deaf-mute school
drew its first aid from the state Tues
day. Under the laws of 1885, chapter
3l5, those cities maintaining deaf-mute
institutions according to the provisions
of the law, are entitled to draw 800
per year for each mute attending the
school for full year. The Milwaukee
institute had 26 attending the school
part or all of the year, for which the
city treasurer received from the state
treasurer, the sum of S1,875.56
The State University will open next
Wednesday for the year 1886 and 1887.
Already several of the boys are back
and many strange faces are seen. The
buildings are progressing finely, and
Science Hall will be one of the finest
pieces of architecture in the Northwest.
The first two stories have been CON-
pleted and the walls are rising rapidly.
The Northern Pacific Railroad laid
its report on Commissioner Haugen's
desk on Tuesday. 1t shows: total
earnings for Wisconsin, S74, 357. O8;
whole line, 81, 046, 362.49 Operating
expenses for whole line S5,919, 299, 87.
Taxes 1926, 963.87. Miles of road in
Wisconsin, rs; whole line. 2,05S. Roll
ling stock: $50 locomotives, lat pas
senger cars, 80 baggage, mail and ex-
press cars, and 10, 572 ether kinds. The
Pittsville e. Superior road followed the
Northern Pacific with its reports. The
total earnings of this road were $685.
239.6S. Operating expenses S14, 1886.
Taxes paid S103.90 The road lies
wholly in Wisconsin. The Chicago, st.
Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha sent its re-
port in Thursday, and showed as fol-
lows; Total earnings in Wisconsin,
S4,54S, 751.91; whole line 1894, O96 ga
Operating expenses il Wisconsin, ST.
400, 1888 whole line, S3,497, sos. 90.
Miles of road in Wisconsin, 544; whole
line, 1868. Rolling stock: 1914 locomo-
tives, 50 passenger cars, parlor, din
ing and sleeping ears. AZ mail, baggage
express cars, GOAL freig ht cars and 10
others
The Republican county convention of
Dane County met at Madison Wednes-
day, September l, and nominated a
county ticket. They also chose the fol-
lowing delegates for the convention at
Mineral Point, September Is: Phil.
Perkins and Rufus B. Smith, of Madi-
son, and Mr.. Van Orman, of Middleton,
and E. A. Wiggen, of Sun Prairie.
The following were chosen for the state
convention: County at large-H. c.
Adams and William Seamonson; for the
five districts-E. w. Keyes, j. n Boyd,
w. S. Main. S. X. Luse, r. V. Swain,
Geo Weeks. g. Tollafson, M. Nord-
strum, II H. Brereton and j. f. Taylor.
The convention endorsed Gov. Rusk,
but refused to support the rest of the
state ticket for re-nomination The
delegates to the Mineral Point conven-
ton 90 favorable to La Toilette for Con-
gress.
The State Supreme and United States
district courts opened their fall terms on
Wednesday of this week.
The Penoka Railroad company, whose
purpose it is to get branch of road
into the Penokee Iron range, from the
Wisconsin Central Railroad at Hurley,
filed articles of association with the
Secretary of State last Tuesday; capt
tai stock 1000 900.
The Interstate fair and Reunion Of
the 18th and 23d Regiments of Wiscon-
sin Veterans will be a grand affair.
The merchants of Madison have raised
nearly S., 900 for the success of this fair
and large crowds are coming. 1t will
be a rival exhibition of the State Fair,
beginning Septe mber IS and lasting
till the 18th The reunion will take
place on September 10 and 16. Soldiers
and visitors to the fair can come over
the lines of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
ST. Paul, and Chicago & Northwestern
railroads for tull fare, and return for
one-ffth fare The Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul Railroad will erect a plat
form near the fair grounds, where cattle