Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-07-16
: NEAR al hand dog daYs.

NEAR at hand-dog days.
A refreshing Hhower last night.
ANTON Sehmitt sells -four at
$50
WHERE to do your trading
read the advertisements
"A single Greoley-RepubIican is
reported in North Lancaster.
Thar phantom train story is
still going the rounds Of the press.
-THERE are now no cases Of small
pox 10 PlatteviIe, says the Witness.
--BARNUM's menagciie viii exhibit
at Dubuque sometime next month.
Mus. Abraham Lincoln is at
Waukesha, drinking the Bethesda
waters
-ANoruER attempt will be made
Tonight to get up enthusiasm for
Greeley.
-LhNcAsAEH ought to have
brass band Who will lead in tho
enterprise
-TnE Register Of Deeds has re-
ceivcd the Session Laws for 1872 for
distribution.
TUE commencement exercises at
Santa Clara are properly "done" in
another column.
We hoar mono but good reports
Of The crops everywhere. The wheat
harvest viii begin in a few days
TUE mercury on Sunday went
up to l01 il { shade This must
bo tho heated term we read Of
We have hoard Of no case Of
suns'roke in this county during
the extreme heat Of THE summer.
DEALERS in fruit can be supplied
with Huckleberries by Johnson and
Van Burc,, a. Castle Rock. Send
orders Al once.
-TnE School District Board have
secured the services Of Prof McGre-
gor TO take charge Of the public
school another year.
Tue recent railroad election at
Smcscr developed the fact that but
ak voters of the town are in favor OF
narrow guage railroad.
"A good report OF the proceedings
OF the Madison Horticultural Society,
by "Quill," is deferred publication
till rext week, for want OF space.
Tue little child Of DR.. Barber
sickened add suddenly died on Sun-
day evening last. The stricken pa
rents have the sympathy of the COM
munity.
"A iull account OF the twentieth
annual session Of the Wisconsin
Teachers Association, is handed in
too late for publication, and will APP
pear nest week.
ON tho Methodist excursion
train the other day from Dubuque
to Bellevue, vote for President was
taken, resulting as follows: Grant,
252i Greeley, ~ Mrs. Woodruff, 5.
Ma D. Il. Arthur, Of Musca.
lopge, expects 70 depart for Califor-
MIA il about three weeks Mr. A
came to this region in 1851, since
which time he has been mainly en-
gagged at mining lattcrly at mcr~
ehandiZlng
--TuE Grant county Witness no
tices the departure of Hon. Hammer
Robbins for New York on railroad
business, ana expresses the hope 10
be able soon to give railroad item
of much interest to the people Of
Pmttoyile.
-THE Dubuque Times says Mrs
Marshal, one Of the active, indefali-
gable market women Of that city has
sold Is 600 quarts Of Strawberries
this season, all picked from 81 acres
of ground. Those have averaged
about - cents per quart net, making
the nice little sum Of 81 $50
CASTLE Rock is now the tavorite
resort of our citizens for picnicking
a dozen or more couples visited that
beautiful place en- Saturday last, and
IN addition TO the usual pleasures,
were socially entertained by Capt.
Dan Sylvester and bis cstmiable lady
and daughters.
-THEY have a farmer over in
Dunleith who came from England,
and VINO employs his poetic mo-
ments ia writing congratulatory
cpis;!2s 20 .a9 rising men in the
English Cabinet. lie recently got a
ropIv from ,h Earl Of Granville, and
th' E4rrs chirography is said to be
almost as legible and beautiful as
Horace Greeley's.