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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-10-08
Building Companies Orderly Work.

The general practices in building
is TO let a contract aud await several
months thecompletion Of work-the
builder hiring just. as liftle help as
possible, and doing his work mostly
alone. He makes piece work of il
throughout. Supplies are bought
singly at retail and at every sort of
disadvantage, and all charged in the
bill 10 owner of house or else to the
builder at i loss. The result is. PEG.
pie dread the job of building, dread
the great expense and dread the de-
lays and disappointments.
These remarks are made ia view Of
working reforms and with such aim
we notice the building company of
Alcorn & Muesse, at Lancaster and
their practice. These men have some
capital of course, or rather they arc
well aud iayorably known and can
command any amount OF money and
credit. They hire all the mechanics
about, we believe some thirty Of
forty, including masons and brieklay.
ers as well rs house carpenters
lay in large stocks OF lumber glass,
/ ails and tinishings, lime, &c, and all
considerably below piece and bit
prices. They take contracts TO build
below Gus tomary hand to hand rates,
and finish up q building ready for oc,
cupancy in two or three weeks. They
take building work in village or
country-and if out of town enough
hands and materials are sent TO fin
ish up hurriedly. The best OF mate
rails are used and only such hands
are hired AS are thorough mechanics.
and can be trusted away from eyes.
cons 4uently, all work is warranted.
and with such men warranty is
equal to a bond and security. The
fine new court room, the splendid
new Crabtree building and the pubs
lie school edifice in Lancaster are
samples Of work by Alcorn 4 Mue,se.
The method entire Of this building
firm is but limited at, but enough is
told to enable any one to see that the
whole matter of building ought at
once TO be changed in view of cheap>
ening, hurrying through, insuring and
pushing along such work. AS to in
terfering with the interests of me-
chanics by monopoiising, that's all in
the eye, for Alcorn Il Maesse pay up
on an average more money to their
hands than hands usually make for
their work by taking building con
tracts too low, and without the abil--
ity to work through-+-except out at
the little end of the horn. Half the
small builders lose money on their
contracts and the rest have certainly
little to show for their. years of labor.
Let good, responsible building
companies be formed in all tho towns
for carrying OH in village and coun>
try.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-10-08
Rev. DR.. Bello WIS, Testimony.

Rev. Dir. Bellows writes from BIN
gen-on-the Rhine TO the Li6erdf
Christian of this city
ssIt is much 10 be regretted that the
friends of temperance have OF late
been trying to unsettlc the OPINION
that drunkenness is rare TN vines
growing countries. u is SO patent
in France and in Germany that IN
temperance in the form of drunken
ness is a most exceptional vice, that
only wilfull blindness or partisanship
could deny il. | do not recollect
TO have seen one tlpsy man since l
left Paris, and only one in Paris, and
| have diligently sought the places
where in our country, they would
be found The truth is wine is one
of the most common anu one OF the
most beautiful gifts of Providence ;
an article Joined with corn in the
praises Of saints. The countries
which ross sss it understand its use,
and are JUS. as little subject to ex>
cess in using wine as in using corn.
Excess is found everywhere. and all
heavens gifts are liable TO abuse !;
but TO expect France and Germany
to give up wine or beer is absurd,
nor would anything but harm CONF
from the attempt 10 eniorce their
disuSe ~ legislation. Special efforts
must be made in northern climates
70 resist the tendency to strong
drinks, which is aggravated by cold
and by the necessity of harder work
to live, not 10 add gioominess Of
weather, short days and much dark
ness.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-10-08
ESTATE OF sIrrrEp

GTATE OF wIscossrS :. In Probats--Grant County
y hrant County. Court, Oct. Term, 1857
Present VIM. MeGeaissl, County Judge In the I.at-
tsrofthe estate of Jucius Suffer deceased 4
On this I'd day of October 1867 upon reading and III
ing the petition Of Edmund r johnson of Grant coun
" stating that Lucius Suffer of Grant county recently
died intsstsfe leaving estate within said county and
Of the said deceased : - "'s
II = ordered, that said application be hoard before
ne' tHs duuge u THIS court, at the Probate Office in
Lancaster IN said county, Tuesday the 10Th dsy ~
said day: - -e i4oon "a
ana further ordered that notice OF said auplics
puoeation o. copy Of this order three
weeks once IN each week, in the Grant County Herod
~ prior to SAID day of hearing " $50 80
By tie Court
iswS WIN McG0sIGAL, County Judge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-10-08

Mr.. Cover IL have noticed arti-
cles in each Of the papers printed in
the county, urging objections to the
action of the late County Conven-
ton As my name was before that
convention, have carefully rcfrained
from expressions of fault. finding, and
now wish to say to ali who entertain
the opinion that | have encouraged
q spirit of dissatisfaction, that have
not done so in any way; that | am
not a candidate before the (eypected)
mass convention that if nominated
| should decline; that | never have.
nor do | ever intend to accept nom
nation, and remain candidate when
there are strong and unmistakable
evidences of a considerable number
of the members who nominated me
and to which | belong, expressing
dissatisfaction at my nomination or
of my being the candidate.
~ | have been honored with the suf>
frages of the people Of Grant County
many times, for which | feel grateful,
and | do not intend thai any man
shall say in truth Of me that am u
disorganizer or unfaithful to the high
trust of q true and loyal citizen.
PLArTKvrIts. Oct. I 1851. JNo H. RouNTREE.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-10-08
Disgraceful Journalism.

That foul mouthed, evil~minded.
blatant exponent of "simon pure"
democratic doctrine, Brick Pomeroy,.
says 10 recent issue of his assassin
organ, the La Crosse Democrat, that
"Abrdhdm LtncoLn's aceurSed meplora
,cM neper be forgotten niiic the English
language is read or icrltten !" and as il
not satisfied with this diabolical Ian
guage, adds that ''gene, atoms yet un-
bern lcM shudtier and ask in astoaish,
n.ent ,bhy such a monster ,cas permitted
to lice month in the Presidential
chair"
Brick Pomeroy has Iabored indef-
atlgably to gain notoriety ever since
he became an editor, and has succeed
ed-in measure. He has become
notorious only, for his beastly obscen-
ity and utter disregard of the truth.
There is not leading Union man in
the country whom he has not at
tempted to villify and render odious
in the estimation Of the people. lie
euloglzes only such men as John MOI.
rissey, the noted gambler, pugiist
aud democratic Congressman from
Now York City. jeff Daviss, the arch
traitor; Wilkes Booth, the assassin;
and that monster in human shape,
Writ. lie gives vent to the maligni-
ty that fills his vile heart by pouring
contempt and contumely on all loyai
and patriotic men and even defames
the memory Of the martyr President.
and lmmortallzes the tiend that struck
him down. An exchange says truly
that "the La Crosse Democrat is the
only copperhead paper in Wisconsin
that has the ring Of the genuine met.
al. 1t is grossly vulgar blasphe>
nous. obscene and proslavery, and it
has a large circulation in the party be
cause of its frank disavowal of the
common decencies of life"
A the democratic editors ~ tbe
country are straining their brains To
ape Biick Pomeroy's peculiar, black
guard style of writing, and we must
certainly give them credit for being
close-very close imitators Brick
Pomeroy, with a journal that has a cir
culation of $4,000, exerts less infiu>
ence on political matters than the
humblest union paper in the state.
His opposition ought to give popular,
ity to and insure the success OF any
cause. The Republican party can
circulate no better campaign docu-
ment than the La Crosse Democrat.
Brick generously donated 600 copies
of his delectablc sheet to the democ.
racy of Minnesota during the fall
campaign. The Central Committee
was in doubt for some time as to
whether the circulation of a paper
filled with such violent outbursts OF
obscene language among the ''unter
rlfied" would have wholesome effect
upon them. They did not like to re-
fuse the offer, of course, and were in
a quandary as to what disposition
should be made of it, At last ac-
counts no decision had as yet been
made. We hope they will conclude
to accept the 900 copies, and thus
doubly insure the success Of the Re-
publican party in Minnesota.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-10-08

The State Journal has heard from
Grant, and has ventured an opinion,
as usual urging submissive harmony
no regard for right or wrong
The Journal practice differs wholly
from ours Tho Journal makes
grand good work showing up tho
rascalities of the other party called
demoCracy-but always stoutly CON
Goals the mote in the eye of it's own
party, the Republican. On the con-
trary, we 60 especially for exposing
the errors, wrongs, meanness and
abuses within our own party, and
incidentally giving the democracy a
wrap. The Journal must know that
there is no democratcic organ in
Grant County to expose the disor-
ders in the Republican party. In
this respect the Herald has to per-
torn the duties Of an opposition pa
per as well as Republican. We will
suppose the Journal practice of COWS
ering the deviltry in its own party
to be the Herald practice in q large
county like Grant, in which the Re>
publican party preponderanceis enor-
nous. The Herald then exposes no
wrongs, welcomes evil doors to hioh
positions, and when they steal or do
fraud, deny, conceal and appologise
for them-Rll this in the face of hons
est men who know that the rogues
and tho Herald run together. In the
name of all that is holy, what would
soon be thought of the Herald among
the righte Gus, unofficial people We
may now be unpopular with many.
but in the supposed case we should
be scorned by the honest masses and
Justly cast off by even the official and
aspiring classes.
We happen to know all the knaves
in Grant County, having long made
them our study. Willing for them
to try us by the same rule we try
them, which is most rigid one thew
have no just cause for complaint.
This is not the first conHict wo
have had with demagogues and men
OF bad record, The like has often
happened, as the public know. At
times the storm was furious AGAINST
us, taking all sorts of directions bpt
we stood them mantully-carino
nothing for temporary unpopularity
and adverse majorities.
A case in point; many years ago
one - got the nomination of a
County Convention for Dist. Attorny
We knew him well but he was d
stranger to the people. His tricks
showing him to be a rogue in every
sense, and as selfish, mercenary and
treacherous as satan, came to oui
knowledge, and we frankly said we
could not support him for reasons
then plainly stated OF course he
was elected, but in two years after
nobody could be found to acknowl-
edge having voted for him.
He made II great ado because of
our exposition, and proceeded to the
work of breaking down the Herald.
Failing by other means, he induced
one Sanderson to start an opposition
paper at Lancaster, which lived just
six weeks-there not being rogues
enough in the county to support a
paper pledged to support rogues and
honest men irrespectively for office.
POOR Sanderson left, swearing at the
people, aud especially at--,tor
deceiying him-although there SEEM
ed at the time heavier combination
AGAINST the Hreald than at present,
ail because we refused TO approve the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-10-08
PROOF OF WILL-Chadwick

CTArE OF WISCONSIN, 50 Probate Office, October !.
~ County ofGrant. A. 1867.
In the matter OF the pioo and Probate Of he last vii
and testament OF of james Chadwick, deceased late
of the county of Grant
Whereas an instrument in writing. purpoFlinK 10 be
the last will and testament James Chadwick de.
ceased, late of the County Of Grant, has been fled
this Office and whereas application has made by
John Hamilton, praying that the be proven aud
admitted to Probate according To the laws this State
Therefore, Il is ordered that said application heard
before ri the Probate Office in the village Of Ian
caster in said county, ON Monday the 4th day Of No
yeinber A. d. 1867, NJ O'Clock In the afternoon Of
said day
And il is further ordered that notice shall DO giHon to
all persons interested in said will OF the time and place
oil said hearing by publication in tile Grant County liar
AID. newspaper printed at Lancaster said county
for three successive weeks each week prior tho
time of such hearing.
BY the Court VIM. McG0NIGAI
lS-w3 County Judge.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-10-08
SHERIFF. sALE--Davie ct al.

CTATE or WISCONSIN, Circuit court of Grant CO.,
~ Grant county. 50 wisconsin
David Marsh and Francis Mars his wife and Lea Marsh
plaintiffs, Eliza pavie and William Dsyie her bus-
band Charles Marsh aud Eliza Marsh his wife, Moses
Marsh and Mary Is Marsh and William H. Marsh, de-
PENDANTS. rs tss
By and under the authority of judgement rendered
and made in said court the IL day Of Septmber,
A. d. 1857, ordering thst sale be made of the lands
described in said Judgment andby the direction OF the
Sheriff OF Grant county shall on the I'D day of Novem
bsr 1867 at o'clock in the afternoon of that day
the front door of the court house the village Of Ian
caster in said county offer sale and will sell pub
lie auction to the highest bidder for cash. the north
west quarter of the northeast quarter and the nc-:
half OF the north west quarter of Section al Ia
township five (5) north of Range i've (51 OF the
fourth principal meridian in Grant county Wisconsin
Said sale will be made in order Ia divide the proceeds
of such sale ameng the parteA interested therein after
deductng the costs and expenses Of said action and the
expenses of sails.
Dated Shcrfs oniee, Lancaster, Wis, Oct. T. 1887.
A. r. BUSHNELL j. p. cox, Sherin
PLAINTIFF Attorney.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-10-08

Sey- 'Fhe Irish AeloS, published AT
San Francisco, has hoisted the Un~
ion ticket, and makes an appeal to
lrishmeIt to come out from the Dem
ocratic party. 1t says:
What is the Democratic party !?
From their regard for the Irish vote,
it would seem to be self constitu-
ted committee, whose main object
is TO entray and caiole the Irish peo>
ple-teiling them that the Democrat
ic part y Is the true and only friend
the Irish people have in America, and
that the Irish are sure to get oil the
constablcships in the country. if they
vote the Democratic ticket And
what else did they ever get from that
party but the most subordinate posts
tons ? True, virtuous, loyal. honest
democracy, is dead, very dead. That
which is SO called now, is parent to
the rebel spirit that fired on Fort
Sumpter, that dishonored the nation
al flag upon the walls of that fort,
and that helped Jeff. Davis to keep
up Il war upon the Union for four
years, SO az to break it up; and at
ter they were defeated, and before,
these reboilions spirits have scattered
over the land like fire drops from a
bursting rocket, have become eopper>
heads of the worst type. they hate
everything Union and loyal, oppose
reconstruction and order, and seem
to make special point to catch Irish
votes, so as to keep the party from
dying out entirely, aud giving W
the ghost. Irishmen of California
are you willing to become the cat,
paws, the subservient tools, and link
your destiny with such mass o
treason and political putrefaction al
this ? Every consideration of good
to yourself and respect for the lane
fyour adoption, demand OF you tina
| Won do not
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-10-08

PROOF OF WII,T,-Raw

GTATE or WISCONSIN, . Probate Office October g.
- County of Grant. 1867
III the matter Of the Psoof aud Prohat of the last will
and testament of George Raw, deceased late II the
County of Grant.
Whereas, an instrument In writing purpurting 10 lie
the last VIII and Testament of George Raw deceased
late OF the County of Grant has been fled in this Office
and whereas application has been made by Thomas q
Stephens praying the same be proven and admit
ted TO Probate according 10 the laws Of this State
Therefore, Il IL ordered that said application u. heard
before me ut the bate office in the village Of ancas
ter IN said county Tuesday, the 18th day October
A. u 1867, at one O'Clock In the afternoon Of said dan
Ana 1t IS further ordered that notice shall be given to
all persons interested in said Will of the time aud place
Of said hearing by publication in the Grant Comfy
HhRALD, ewspaper printed in said county for three
successive weeks once each week prior to the time Of
such hearing.
by the Court: WM. MCGONIGAL
lS-M3 Nv nd
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-10-08
SHERIFF. sALE--Chambers ct al.

or WISCONSIN, = Circuit Court of Grant Co.,
- t;rsnt County. Wisconsin.
Cyrus Sargent plaintiff, George II. Chambers, al.
rninisrstor Of the estats OF Russell Beckwith deesss-
ed Margaret Beekwith, Clarence Beckwith infant
heir OF sad deceased aud Jonathan Beck WITH dsfen
daLts.
By virtue Of \ Judgement of Foreclosure and ordsr
of rendered and made in the above named ia
the above entitled action dated September 18th A. d.
IsoT aud by the direction of the Plaintiffs Attorney
will offer sale and will sell nj Public Auction TO
the highest bidder eash the front door OF the
Wisconsin ON the list day OF November, 1867, at :
O'Clock r. NJ, said day the following described rss
estate wit the South hall OF the North West quar-
Section No twenty NV (-5l Ia .ownship No se
81 North ot RAnge Ne SIX S0) West lying aud being
situated the County OF Grant and State OF Mscon-
sin.
81 ID sale win be made satisfy said judgement and
accrulng costs Sheritls Uiiice Lancaster Ms
consin Oct, tn .sul.
n Nnx
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-10-08
Fifth Assembly District Convention.

the Towns OF CsssVle. Glen Haven Wyalusing, Bloom
gton Beetown PatehGroye and LiteGrant, composing
sad district 10 hereby called TO meet In the sage OF
Bloomington, Wis, SATURDAY OCTOBER THE 18th
o'clock in the afternoon of said day for the
purpose Of nominating candidate to represent said
District in the next Assembly.
The electors In the several Towns requested to
meet 1T their usual places Of holding elections
Saturday, the 9th day Of October next being the
Saturday prsesedng the day appointed for the Conven
tion at O'Clock in the afternoon to choose delegates
TO said convention Towns will be entitled to be rep
resented follows Cassvillo, Glen Haven Blooming
ton and Patch Grove each tvs delegates Beetown six;
Wyalusng and Little Grant, each three.
GE0. Ii. CHAMBERS,
GEO. w. LEE,
sept. ~, 1867. Dist. Cen. Committee
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-10-08
Mass County Convention.

The following list of names is re-
ceived from Mt. Hope, attached to
the same call published last week for
a county mass convention on the 18th
ofOctober, the same marked ''please
publish :"
Theodore Taylor, j. ID. Green. J.
G. White, VIM. Russell, Geo. Evans.
Geo. Nevins, A. A. Adams, NJ. d.
Taylor, Geo. Whiteside, r. Nj. Day.
James Quigley, w. p Laine, r. &.
Humphrey, NJ. J. Whiteside, j. Il.
Chisholm, A. B. Lynn, d. Smeler, J.
j. Oswald q. n. Thomas. s. l.. STRAIT
ton, Geo. Allen, Joseph Page, G. w.
Peer, Albert Miller, G. b. Falley, H.
Ell. Harlocker. G. Toward, Il. Lows
ard, q. F. Falley, VIM. Harlocker.
Also, the following names attached
to a copy of said cali are sent in for
publication from Lancaster
T. M. Barber, ]. G. Holloway. w.
FL. Foster, d. H. Budd, w. p. Stone,
Henry S. Keene, Calvin Curry.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-10-08
Politics in Crawford County.

The democracy in Crawford Coun
ty is evidently on its ''last legs, and
we wonder that it has been able to
bear up so long under such load of
corruption, for its leaders are, aud CIV.
err have been, set of domagorues
and tricksterf. 1t was impossible to
elect union man to any office what
ever in that county till within few
years, but we are reioiced to know
that ''the right with the might has
finally prevailed--as it always will,
though sometimes it has To battle,lon
and hard--and that most of the coun
ty offices are now filled with bonest.
Republican union men, in whom the
people can repose all confidence
The prospects for a complete Repub-
iican victory in Crawford county
this fall are very encouraging. The
Union party has had to struggle hard
for All existence. but by dint of per-
severance and faith it has succeeded
in bnrying the democracy face down
ward, beyond the faintest hope Of a
resurrection.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-10-08
A SCAMp-COl 7 F. Messmora

A SCAMP.-Col /. E. Messmore, of
the thirty fourth Wisconsin Infantry,
will be remembered as the man whose
lying, deceit and duplicity we show
ed up so boldly and effectually about
the time he camped at Prairie du
CHEN at the formation Of his regi-
ment in 1862, is in great trouble again
for his rasealities. The articles and
exposures alluded to were cut from
the Herald and sent up at the time,
with certificates of their correctness,
and the result was, he was favored
with the choice Of leaving his regis
ment or faring worse. He after
wards went to Washington and en-
gagged in some kind of sharp practice
which made him acceptable to the
Johnson government, and he WAS ap.
pointed to q fine position. The fol>
lowing is the last heard from this Col.
Messmore
"l'ol. l. E. Messmore, formerly of
this State, and now Deputy Commits
sioner Of Internal Revenue at New
York, is charged with duplicity in
several extensive Revenue frauds
His dismissal is demanded by the
Secretary of the Treasury
The above is from the State Journ-
al. Had the Journal as promptly ex.
posed this scamp in 1862 as now, he
would not have been appointed by
Gov. Lewis and thence risen upon
his military title to be deputy Rev>
enue officer.
Since writing the above Col. Mess>
more has been dishonorably discharg-
ed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-10-08

CALKINs.-Col. +. A Calkins, one
of the oldest and ablest editors of
Wisconsin, and who has perhaps
written more columns of editorial
than any other man in the forth
west, has left Madison and gone to
St. Paul where he is to be one of the
editors of that ablcst and oldest pa>
per in Minnesota, the Pioneer. The
Pioneer was started in 1913, by Col.
j. NJ. Goodhue, formerly tho, editor
and proprietor of the Grant County
Herald. The first paper got out
that year tor the Minnesota market
was The FIRST Epistle o. st. Paul to
the NinneSotianS, ofwhich 500 copies
We're printed at the Herald office, in
Lancaster, Wis, J. NJ. Goodhue, pro
prletor, Hudson 4 Dempsey, Prints
ers' The old Episcopal Minister at
st. Paul saw the new paper, said it
WAS sacriligious in name and must be
squelched. The old man had great
influence with the soldiers stationed
there; so Col. Goodhue dropt the
name and called the next number the
Pioneer. May the great hearted
Calkins have good time of it in
Minnesota.