Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-09-24
Local Matters:


MATTHEWS, Of Darlington, took
SIS premiums at the Platteville fair
SENATOR Howe will speak at
PlattevilIe on Saturday afternoon,
October ~
The editor Of the Mineral Point
Democrat gags feariuIly over the Dol.
" Warden dose.
A BLACK Crook entertainment
ia billed to open in the Atnen@um
at Dubuque tonight.
-MR. z. G.. STANTON, of Rockville
puts us under obligations to him for
Il fine lot Of sweet potatoes.
-THE Old Settlers OF Grant Conn
" will meet at Lancaster on Thurs
day, oct. 8.h, 1.-TWO weeks from too
day).
-.CoNdREssMAN Barber and Hon.
Geo O. Hazelton are to address the
Grant and Wilson club at Prairie du
Chen tonight
-TEACHERs examinations, at Bee
town Sept. 23d and oath, at Cassville
26th and 9th, at Fennimore Sept
30lh and Oct. 1st
Tue Prairie du Chen papers an
uouncc the death recently Of Mr..
Nathaa A. Wright. The deceased
was highly respected citizen and
was well known to many in this
county.
THEY say there is wheat buy,
err at Spechts Ferry II SO, it will
be- a great convenience to farmers in
that direction, but as be does not ad
yertse biz business, We cannot ado
ysc any one to 90 and look him up,
TUE Cassvile school-house Is a
handsome and well furnished build
ing. rejecting credit on that district
Th' school opened Sept. 10Th with
Mr.. l. j. Arthur Principal, and Jas.
T. Burgess and Miss NJ. Grattan, as
eislants.
-PLATTEvILLE will hold a special
election On the 14th prox. to vote on
tho question of aid to the Galena
and Southern Wisconsin II. II. The
amount desired to be raised is only
S32 600 for which the company guar
anteo the building of the road into
the town Of PIatteville.
A SERIOUS error in the population
of Lancaster village crept into our
last issue. The figures 200 convey a
ridlculously small idea of our town.
The number intended was 1000, which
is nearer tho truth, though perhaps
1900 or 1900 would more nearly cor.
RESPOND with our exact census.
TUE new and excellent steamer,
S S Merrill, was recently burned to
the waters edge near Keokuk, Iowa.
She was bound up from St. Louis at
the time cf the disaster, the cause Of
which is yet unexplained The Mer-
riI was valued at $50 900 and insured
tor $40 600 No lives were lost.
-TuE Democrat was very still
last week on the subject OF Warden
speech We can guess bow it must
have cut the tender feelings of it's
writer's, to hear Grants noble war
record and bis personal truth and
honesty vouched FOR at a Greeley
meeting There is something about
it akin to "eating crow"
TUE heaviest thunderstorm of
the year occurred last Sunday night,
raging without cessation for nearly
ten hours. Vivid lightning and tre-
mcndous peals kept many Of our citi
gems awake through the night, aad
during the transient luls OF rain, the
storm only seemed to retire short
distance 70 gather fresh energy
The amount of rain that fell was 2. II
inches,
SPEAKING of the way wheat
rushos into the railroad towns about
these days, Mr.. Robt Anderson in.
forms US that Boscobel heads the
list OF towns doing lively business
He says the the number Of loads o.
wheat brought to Boscobel on Satur
day, Sept IA was over 200, with ar
average Of thirty bushels to the load
and thatthe following Monday there
were 100 loads received.
REPUBLICANS in the towns o
Potosi Lancaster, Clifton, Lims, I'll,
lenboro snl Liberty should not fail
to attend the primary meeting OF
Saturday Of this week, to selec
Assembly del gates. The Assem-
bly, District Convention is called L
meet at Lancaster on Wednesday
OF next week oct. 2d).