Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-09-05

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-Georgetown has no place where
Intoxicating drinks are sold.
Hazel Green will soon vote on
the subject Of aid to the Monroe and
Dubuque road which is surveyed to
run through that town.
The Lafayette County Fair will
be Held at Darlington, Sept. ID 10 lG.
Secy Abbott may consider us indebt-
Cd for complimentares.
In the trotting race at Hazel
Green, Wisconsin, last Saturday, be-
tween Wild Rose and Billy Benton,
the latter won by a length and half
time 2:4l
Prof D. G.. Purman, Of tho
plattcvil,c Normal School has return
cd from the far West where he has
been spending a month for pleasure
and recreation.
The dwelling Of DR.. Graham, in
Potosi, was set on fire by him on Sat
urday evening last. IL is understood
that be was insane at the time. His
condition is not improved.
1t is settled fact that the
Galona and Muscoda Il. r. will be
built The projectors ask along the
route only the right Of way. This
will be a narrow guage railroad.
The prospect for schools in our
neighborng county OF Iowa is not
the most hopeful, no provision hav-
ing been made last year by the fail
ure to collect taxes for teachers
wages.
The Dodgevllo Chronicle says
the statement was maze at the Milf,
film r. X. meeting last week that the
Mineral Point II. r. extension will
bc built to the Wisconsin river By
January, 1878.
The Dubuque Herald says that
as an inducement to have the Mon
roc road locate its shops in Dunleitb,
&. IL Merry offers to donate twenty
four acres of land on tho flats, for
that purpose.
Town clerks will bear in mind
that il H. their duty to see that the
annual reports of tho clerks Of the
several school districts in his town,
are made correctly, aud sent in by
The 18th Of September.
In Il runway accident which oc-
CURED near ST. Rose, Grant county,
Wis, II few days ago, Mrs Pascoe
received serious injuries, and her
daughter, Addie, received injuries
which resulted in her death.
Last night Mr., Batten's black
smith shop at Fcnnimore was visited
BY some roughs for plundor. Not bee
ing successful in procuring valuab.cs
they destroyed the account books
They have not been arrested.
"A Dubuque typo named Sanders
has recently received a heavy wind
tail ln the shape Of valuable Texas
lands lie is said to be a young man
of steady and Industrious habits and
Will make good use Of his fortune.
Mr. Brooker mas from one to
two hundred thousand superior brick
III Nj, kiln Que mile soath Of this viii
laga, which he ~ selling from 50 to
So per thousand. Builders will find
tito their interest to give him call.
The town Of Minlin, Iowa coun
t1 has voted the $4,000 mile aid
asked by MIR. Cobb, to build bis north
cru extension of the Mineral Point
railroad The towns of Highland
and WingviIlo will probably vote
the aid also.
-Co>er, Woodward, and other
larmors near Wingville, are running
threshing machine by steam power
successfully. They claim a saving
iu expense, and also wear Of the ma
calucry. the motion of the machine
being steader than by horse power.
Those who wish to participate
i'm glorious time should attend the
cotldon party ~ Browns Hall in
Bloomington, Friday evening of this
week. Music by the Prairie du Chen
band +. j. Green knows how to
provide such pleasures.
The day performance of Oilers
Circus yesterday was good and was
eomplimented with a full house."
The trapeze act by man and wo>
man was alone worth the price of adj
mission. The performance in the
evening was rather thin, SO TO speak.
-Fennimore Center was on Sat
urday night last tho scene of dis
graceful row. a German wedding
ia Is considerable amount of beer
guiding and disorder. During the
row which ensued one Fitz attacked
a saloon keeper with u knife, VINO
rs dst.ue, struck him with beer
tumbier aud Indicted an Ugly wound
rs thc face. Fritz reiterated to the
street aud with knife in hand intim-
dated several Constables who had
arrived to arrest him. He still runs
Isl large.