Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-03-05
Local Matters !:

W uoblCb tuctp aIS uFo hlduuoI
cases in Court.
-PlattevilIo elects her village Of
fcers next Monday.
Miss Laura Marsh has become
city editor Of the Sheboygan Herald.
- The legislature has passed q
bill making election day legal hol-
iday.
large lot of clover and timo-
thy seed tor sale at Meyer Bros Bos
c0bel
Mr.. Celeslin Kaltenbach Of Puto-
81 has been quite sick for nearly a
month
= Grant County pays out annu-
ally over seventy"fve thousand dol.
lars for fire insurance.
"A festival by she ladies of the
Congregational church Boscobel will
be gwen at Pittmsn's Hall on Fri
day, March 9Th.
- Go to Anton Scbmitts cash
store for dress goods, laces, notions,
and all such articles ofuse and orna>
ment Prices low,
MIR. Fay, teacher in the Twelve
Milo House school, goes TO Kansas
ia the Spring TO practice law. He
was admitted TO the bar last Fall
Tho fifth annual Fair of the
Blake's Prairie Agricultural Society
will be held at Bloomington, Friday
and Saturday, Sept. l3 and II next.
Tobacco and cigars of the choi-
cest brands at Anton Schmitts, and
sold cheap for cash Parties attend.
ing court will please maka a motto Of
this.
-There are % divorce cases to be
disposed Of at the present term Of
the Grant County Court. Seventeen
Of the applications are made by wo-
men
Provide thick gauze vail for
March for the harsh winds Of this
month frequently impart q roughness
to the skin which months Of care can
not cure.
At this time last year, the Dun
leith and Dubuque ferry was making
lis regular trips Now the ice in the
river between those points is fully
three feet in thickness.
During tho coming season line
OF three packet boats is to run be-
tween Galena and ST. Louis These
will do Galena az much good az
narrow-guage railway.
Horace Greeley Clack, son of
William Clack, Esq, Of Prairie du
CHEN, has received an autograph
letter from Hon. Horace Greeley dat
ed at the Tribune office Feb. 20Lh,
1872
"A Fire 10 Dnneith destroyed the
ST Cloud hotel, occRsioning the loss
Of some 81, 900 worth of property
One of tho brick walls fell on a con-
tiguous livery stable, causing, howev-
or, no serious damages. Insured.
To thaw out pumps when frozen
np, or TO remove the ice from any
vessel, throw in a handful Of salt,
and a little warm water 20 melt il.
The brine formed on the top won't
freeze while the leo keeps gradually
thawng.
A travelling agent named Aims
ley broke through the ice between
Prairie du Chen and Clayton, last
week, and lost his team and barely
escaped with his life He had on
his wagon full line of valuable sam.
pies, all of which were lost.
For transporting the mails be
tween Dubuque and st. Paul the
steamboat companies used to be paid
$50, 000, "A sum now absorbed by the
railway people who are rather ahead
Of the packet line folk in the very
important matter Of time.
"A Numerical Club has existence
10 Dubuque. Tho object Of the or
gauizAtion ia To call into expression
the highest thoughts OF the members,
who arc numbered, according to
some special qualification or other,
va suppose, and by their digital des-
ignations are they known to each
other outside OF their club~room as
well IS within.
The moRthly yield of the Will
liams Diggings, near Fairplay, is not
less than 500 600 pounds Of clean sol.
I'd mineral The boys take out 75,-
GOO or moro every week, aud are not
obliged TO work over hard in so do
ing One Of them has been offered
sl7, GOO for his third interest, which
sum, however, he respectfully and
mayhap, prudently declines.