Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-08-29
Lancaster is healthy.
"A soaking rain yesterday

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Lancaster is healthy.
"A soaking rain yesterday.
-Potosi needs good physician.
Apples are selling at fifty cents
per bushel in Lancaster.
The Hapgood Plow scours in all
soils-for sale by Budd.
The Dubuque and Minnesota r.
r "a completed near to Cassville.
There arc many cases of "fever
and ague" IN the river towns.
The Fall torn OF Circuit Court
opens two weeks from to-day, Sept.
l2th.
The "Trotling Purse'--ior all
hotses-to DO contested for at tie
County Fair next month. has been
increased to $3.50.
There il one class Of people who
will got fooled with O!der's comhina-
tion, and that is those who neglect
10 20 and sec them.
Rev. James Anderson, lato of
Hazel Green, bat now located at Milf.
lin has been sent to Dubuque to take
pastoral charge there.
-Older's Combination Circus,
Museum and Menagcrie will show ct
Lancaster on Monday next, and at
Bloomington on Tuesday next.
Nathan, Schreinor & Co. will re.
eeive this week some of their new
stock of goods lately purchased in
Chicago. Mr.. Schreincr is now in
New YORK.
The public we'll is now sunk to
tho depth Of about 80 feet. About
25 feet has already been drilled
through the solid rock No water
yet.
- Raffauf & Co. advertise this
week their lumber yard at Glen Ha-
ven. All kinds ofpine lumber, sash,
doors, pickots, lath and shingles
kept on hand.
"A Commercial and Phonograpic
School will be opened at Blooming
ton Sept. 18th, under the manages
ment of Mr.. @. N. Holford. Young
men, see his card.
Remember the fairs Grant
County at Lancaster, Sept, 13, II,
and 18th Blakes Prairie at Bloom
ington Sept. 7th and 8th PlAttcville,
Sept. Goth and Dist.
Should the weather DO favorable,
tho Union Sunday School Picnic on
Thursday near this place will be the
largest gathering Of the kind ever
known in this vicinity.
The house of Edward Boness in
Glen Haven was few days since
struck by lightning. A chimney
WINS demolished and bed set on fire,
but there was no other injury.
By examining the soft naples
set out last Spring will be found n
species of borer, at work under the
outer bark. In several cases we
havo noticed trees completely girdled
by them.
--Ex-Treasure Hastings, a mems
her Of tho commission appointed by
the Governor to examine the jail
and county poor buildings of the
state. was in town one day last week,
and inspected those buildings here.
Mr.. Waldo Brown, who has fur
nished tho Herdld several most inter-
estiug letters, is enjoying short
lease Of absence from duties at
Washington with homo and friends
at Prairie du Chieh.
A gentleman Of Dubuque sent
up a littlo red balloon labeled so that
IL should be known who sent it and
where from. In less than week he
received letter from Akron, Ohio,
that it had arrived there, five hun
dred miles from where it started.
On Sunday night, Goth inst
some fend in human shape fired the
grain stacks of Adam Dresen in Cass-
vile. All the grain, together with a
thrcshing machine belonging to Pet
or Bausch, was consumed. The
grain was insured in the Madison
Mutual.
Thanks to the Secretary of the
Southwestern Wisconsin Industrial
Society, at Mineral Point for passes
to tho fair grounds at the time of
fall exhibition, Sept 9Th TO 9th. Dit.
to TO the Secretary OF Bloomington
Agricultural Socisty-fair Sept. 7th
and Sth. Also to Secretary of Platte
vile Agricultural Society-fair Sept.
20, 81 and Odd. The efforts Of the
officers OF the Societies promise sue
cossful exhibitions.