Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-04-16

state of Illinois VIII suffer the conse-
quences. New York proposes to annex
Brooklyn and several other readable
suburbs.
THE resignation OF Senator Edmunds,
of Vermont, will be received with regret
by his colleagues and the nation at
large. He leaves vacancy it will be
hard to fill.
THg secret police of Berlin have tried
Puck for calicaturing his majesty the
Emperor. and that publication is now
excluded from Germany and all copies
found ordered destroyed.
DOUBTS about the validity of the Nc
Knley law are laid at rest by decis-
ion of the United States Supreme court
on some import cases from Chicago and
New York The tariffs under the new
law were upheld.
ANNA DICKINSON has written letter
to her brother and wants "HelPs floor
wiped with those who sent her to O.
asylum. 1t would be interesting to
know how she would send them to his
majesty for the purpose of mop.
THE war department is being flooded
by tenders Of service in case of war with
italy from individuals up TO regiments.
The list is led by letter from a late
colonel OF volunteers from Kansas, offer
ing Ten thousand old soldiers and rs
many Of their sons are ready to respond
to any call which the United States may
make
BARON FAvA has quietly HE'D himself
home He refused to be interviewed
but on request TO- an autograph wrote
on a card Il am satisfied to express my
sympathy for the United States" He
forgot to add what his sympathy was
for, but presumably at our losing his
gracious presence.
WISCONSIN may not get all her direct
war tax money refunded. 1t seems
where the money was not directly col
lected from individuals the law provides
an offset for over issue of ammunition
and aecoutrements. wisconsin comes
in this cass and so far So, 20, have been
marked against her
TIE Minnesota legislature. will get
out of joint with its constituencies if 1t
tries to make too many blue laws. The
attempt to pass a bill prohibiting the
display of hosiery on the stage is already
bearing fruit in popular theatrical
troupes canoelling dates on the ground
of 'no tights no show
NOTHING has ever appealed to the
sober sense of the people like the re-
duction in the price of sugar. Speeches
on specific and lad valorem" fall
upon unsymrathetic ears. but to buy
four more pounds Of sugar for dollar
comes within the compensation of all.
1t is an object lessen not to be forgotten
nor win the people forget to thank the
republican party.
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THE Republicans will be fairly well
off in the next Senate if they can rely
on their men That body will be COM
posed of forty Republicans. thirty
eight Democrats and three alliance men.
This will give the Republicans a plural
ity OF nine over the Democrats and
majority of six over all, which iLsures a
defeat OF any tariff reform legislation.
and vote large enough to defeat the
passage of any wild cat silver bill over
the Presidents veto
FIVE manhole covers were blown
sixty feet in the air near the City Hall
in Chicago within a few minutes of each
other Monday afternoon. 1t was
O'Clock and the side walks were crowded
with people, and why somebody was
not carried up or hit on the head when
the iron plates descended is a mystery.
But nobody was injured. This does
not help the thought however, that it is
almost as bad TO be the Gear OF Russia
as citizen of Chicago
The census bureau has just issued
the first colored map showing increase
and decrease Of population. Wisconsin
makes good showing, over a third be-
ing dark brown indicating an increase
Of over 100 per cent. one fourth is light
brown showing increase of 25 to loo per
cent, while two patches are yellow mean
ing decrease of population. One is
occupied by Grant and her sister count
;os ~ TaFayptta and Iowa while tho