Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-02-18
Reasons why Grant County should
he Divided.


counties; we oA offer the main Fcasons,
if reasons at all, why 'he County should
be divided that there are righteons causes
Of complaint against the conduct of Ian
casleruen and the Town authorities -.
against the mail and road accommodations
against the manner the road, leading l.,
nj from Lancaster have been made To-
wind and zigz g, thereby compelling per
sons having business at the coufty seat
TO travel nearly rs far backwards, left and
right as forwards before getting into the
Town, is Plain and notorious; that such
windngs in the roads have been made
with IL Q view to individual accommoda-
lions and not he public convenience, is
also fairly proven; at ibis time the public
places IN Lancaster are plastered with road
notices for changing rods and winding
them round mems farms rs may he seen.al
every corner.
Again, Lancaster men and Town author
lice, though soring roads aud bridges
exert but teebl, their energies, infiueGc,.
and money for such works TO aud from
Lancaster. The Grant River crossing AT
Po,ter's on the Beetown road. being one
OF the most important thoroughtares and
crassing places in the county, has been as
sadly neglected by Lancaster as ly Bee
town, In uhicn- latter Town The crossing is
situated. How easy for Lancaster citizens
TO club together one or two hundred dol
lars towards a bridge at that place, ahd
hereby teach the county Board and Bee.
town Board Of Supervisors practical les
ean. Turn 10 the Platteyile road which
winds round several farms in the neighbor-
hood Of Lancaster-also the roads east
aud north listen to the complaints Of PEG.
pie visiting Lancaster on business, ard 10
the mail carriers.
The causes Of all such complaints ere
rem ediable in great measure. aud the
people OF Lancaster are justly responsible
No apology can he offered or reasonable.
excuse VIII, the roads are moi made straight,
good biidges and guide boards supplied
and the roads kept in good order. We
hear also Complaints Of combinations a.
MOI Lancaster landlords about coulr
lines to run up charges excessisels high,
aud Of he process OF excessively SHAVING
county paper, Such charges may be well
founded; people generally consider tavern
bills very dear, and landlords everywherr
have learned how 10 levy tariff, very much
like the resi- If matkind We here sng
gesl TO Lancaster laudIor.s that they give
public notice of their rates Of charge, III
advance Of court. This method will set
them right, and as an indncemeni, We offer
10 announce their rales gratis.
The mail connections between Lancas-
Ter and he several post Offices u Grant
County have become so imperfect thai
business letters require in transit one, two
or three weeks. Several mail contracts
have been discontinued and most of them
cut dowa to half service thus, interfering
with connections, and driving people TO
other means than the mails for carr wing
letters aud papers. Mail matters are III
terrible condition in Graut County, a.
we'll as elsewhere. We acknowledge it is
not in the power of Lancaster to remedy
these mai. defects; no hopes for any rem
edy can be entertained ill people suspend
or change their black republican notions o.
vote stronger than ever for u change oil
administration.
We conclude our reasons, remedial anil
inemedisI, wby Giant County should be
divided by advising The people Of l-anca~-
Ter TOGO their duty rs toIoads and tiidges;
the ublc viii NOT bold Lancaster respon
sibie for these mil iroutle., because ali
know thai The responsibility lie, elseW here
No will the peol Il Of tue county, ho!d
Lancaster seriously responsible for high
tavern bills, nos for shaving the county or
de:s and jurors certificates u needy atten-
danls at court; shavers are TO he found
everywhere, generally more hungry aud
MI nefous than III Lancaster. Il is well
understood throughout the county that
the men Of our town, lawyers, Landlords
and citiz-nS, are, as a general thing. pretty
upri hit, straight forward and obllglng.
and that the several county offices are til.-
ed by men as sIralgh, as ever gel ID to pub
lie rusi in any country. Scores of gruin-
blers will always exist, composed Of tina,
class Of mankind who are jealoas hearled'
suspect everybedy IF wrong, have 20 faith
in God, man or Satan, and whose lives
would be shortened third if cast into