Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-01-09
The Lancaster schools were


Zimmerman of Cassville.
Lafayette County has temper
ance lectures, and an occasional rally
tor the cause, this winter.
MIR. Smith il now the sole pros
prietor of the Prairie du CHEN Union,
having recently purchased Mr.
Smethurst's interest
business is lively at Boscobel
lcgions Of teams from AL directions
enter town daily, and all the stores
are having an abundance Of trade.
The Winter session of the Platte
vile Normal School opened last
Tuesday, with an unusually large
number Of students in attendance
The Witness wants TO know why
Platteville does not enforce an or
diuance prohibiting cattle and other
sock from running at large in that
village
The way to save money is to buy
your goods at Anton Schmitts, whose
newly adopted cash system enables
him to sell goods at figures surpris-
iugIy low.
The Boscobel Touring mills have
been newly repaired, and are now
running day and night to supply the
demand for the excellent -four there
manufactured
Some days ago Tommy, son of
ex-Sherf elise, while careessly
handling an axe cut his foot 80 severe
~ that surgical aid was necessary to
close and dress the wound.
Mr.. Henry Minck, of Waterloo,
has nearly one hundred head Of fine
iattening cattle in his stockyard this
winter lie intends taking several
car loads to Chicago in few days.
PEW RENTING. The annual rent
ing Of tho pews in the Congregations
al Church in this village, will take
place at the Church, at half past six
O'Clock. on Monday evening next,
Jan. 10, 1872
Senator Holloway, and the Hon.
a. r. Bushnell, member Of Assembly
elect, started for Madison yesterday,
each 20 take his place az o member
OF the legislative body to which he
has been chosen.
"A iull line of goods of every
description always to be had at A.
Schmitts The public has found out
that tho man who sells goods for
cash il the man who sells goods
cheaper than his neighbOrs
The article printed last week
headed "Our Convicts," being an ac-
count Of what the special reporter of
the Milwaukee Wisconsin saw at the
State Prison, was enormously credit
Ell to the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Tho great mass Of snow lying
on Mr. McMillen's grain warehouse at
Belmont, caused the roof to break
through one day last week, making
i wreck OF the building and OCCASION
ing the loss Of many bushels Of grain.
We call attention to the business
card Of Mr.. Samuel Merrick, publish
ed in another column. This gentle
man is lawyer Of marked ability
and man Of strict integrity, as all
parties having occasion to employ
his services will soon discover.
An exchange says there is
young man near Woosung, 80 very
absent minded that after sitting up
with his girl until midnight, he goes
home on foot and leaves his horse
tied to the post at her fathers door,
That boy should take something.
BY referring to the ADVERTISE
ment of Messrs Basford Il Humphrey,
the reader viii learn that flourish.
ing business house il conducted at
Glon Haven by a strictly trustworthy
and eminontly enterprising firm.
The gentlemen have and merit much
custom,
We direct the readers particu-
Lar attention To the large advertise
ment OF Mr.. Jno. Grace, of Prairie DIN
CHEN. The business man who is not
afraid to advertise on a scale so am
ME. is the business man with whom
the public is fond Of dealing, and who
always succeeds, though everyone OF
his anti-advertising neighbors fail OF
becomes bankrupt.
Charley Barnett, OF Boscobel,-
n youth well known 20 the many
patrons of the Meyer Brothers mer
camille establishment entered oursaaC
tum to-day. He claims TO be The
physical representative Of that "dar
ling IIimalaya ofa prince" Alexis
and # whiskers aud altitude have
ANYTHING TO DO with it, the claim Il
we'll supported and entitled to uni
versal respect.
Tho excellence Of the sleighing
now enjoyed by the man Of leisure
and utilized by the man Of business
has become topic Of general discus
cussion, supplantiug for the nonce tbs
pleasant Tor otherwise) weather
we're-having-now" subject obtaining
in an enlightened lands and cherish
ed by ali civilized classes. The
sleighing is, in sooth, better now
than has been known in our reglor
for many winters past. An nnusue
depth of snow has fallen, and so sol
idifed has the track become by con
slant travel on all the roads, tina
even days of sunshsne and melting
breezes can not effect it in the least
Good sleighing makes cold weathe
ondurable, and shortens as it wer'
the season of vapors, frosts ant
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