Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1871-10-31
Local Matters s:


Four iucbe- of snow covers the
ground today, and October sleigh
ing is good this year.
--Jc-.4miue flowers With STALKS
STRONG cnoagh for hitohirg posts.
are said % grow III tbe thorouSataras
ot Dubuque
We cal the attention to the card
lhe Lancaster Housc. Mr.. Li-b-
ruc--. the new proprietcr makes AN
eXeeient landlord.
A we'll $50 feet in depth has been
drilled by Messrs Ketner 4 Me'smore
0n the farm Of Joseph Breuer iu the
town Of Cassvile This is without
question the deepest we'll in the
county
Miss Clara Wheeler has received
now goods ia The mi'lInary line-bon-
nets, hats, Iaces ribbons, plumos and
arlid .iais. an to be sold cheap. Call
over Baxter & Kinney's store in
I1we's block.
Frequent drove- OF hogs make
lheir appearance in Lancaster. Three
cents il about the average price paid
by our local buyers. Nathan x
Schreiuor, Mr. f. b Phelps and j. B.
Calls are purchaser.
The Touring mill Of the Broth
crs Kidd a NiIi;llo has been recent
III repaired and greatly improved,
ana is once more ready for the mill
inc public generally These gentle
men arc experienced Aour.makers,
and their work "a Of an excellent,
number one character.
Some two weeks since man
named Foote, who was engaged in re-
moving some large rocks from the
roadside somewhere in the town Of
Ca--rile. was SO severely injured by
lho premature discharge of blast
that he died few days after. De-
ceased had served as q soldier in Co.
"F', 9Th Wisconsin regiment.
We learn from Mr. John r..
Lewis, that the old Elna Fire lnsur
ancc Company has not only resolved
10 make all their losses good, hut
that the capital Of the company (S3 :
900 000) shall be kept intact, with an
ample surplus. Policy holders in
this old reliable company have rea-
son TO feel proud of her pluck.
The other day Mr.. r J Shipev.
ofCalitornia, butnow a resident ofBee.
town where he has an interes. in some
lead mining operations, brought into
the Heraid sanctum a bottle Of spark
ling vino from the sunset land Of
gold. II was ga clear rs crystal and
worry jnvigorating Nc. Shipley has
largo and thrifty vineyard iu Cali
iaruia. and ranks among the first
swine gr0wers OF that fertile State.
We would impress upon our
readers tho fact that debts of hum
drei dollars and more can often be
cane He'd in ono day by putting into
circulation at the right time sums Of
tiyc dollars and upward BY the
payment Of small debts, means for
the liquidation Of larger ones are ac-
clmulatcd, and universal benefit il
lie result Small amounts Of mon.
ey can thus often be employed ia
bringing about q vast deal of good.
Potter A. Lorrmer, who came to
the lead mine regions in very ear
ii lines, died in Dubuque on the 23d
81 This month, not many removes
from four and half score years of
age He lived 10 Wisconsin num-
btr 81 years engaged 10 smelling
and tralic with the red men. Moro
than thirty years ago be removed to
Dubuque. where, besides making
several other notable public improve
IN H,- aud putting up business build
ug-. 8e erected tho Iorrimer House,
amt ua4 twice elected Mayor Of the
city
Io1Gs very much as though
this were TO be winter OF almsgig-
ius The hundred thousand home.
l.-- aui hungry Chieagoians, after
tugIg Immediate necessities have been
satisfied. must ,Uli be sheltered and
$500 tr many months Then we
m.t .at destitute OF Michigan and
Wisconsin a.mJ-, as numerous ~
unst ~ Chicago aud equally shogu
ot AZ. lucjr possessions II would be
woil ifn grand organization, similar
lo lbe |uuary and Christian Com
missions, ne, formed al. over Che
r'uut. aul llr charity 81 the peo.
ple ms. systematic TIE ordinary
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