Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-07-23


alexander Duncan keeps q stock oil
The best made harness always onI
hand, and is ever ready to attend toI
3the wants of his customers. Mr.
Hoskins attends to the understand.
'ings of our citizens, making andE
imending our boots and shoes. Hell
shas only been resident of our town.
I FOR a few days. Messr4. Rowl andI
Thompson arc our carpenters aDdl
!nousebuilders. They are active, in
sdustrious young men. Mr.. Cunning
ham, our painter, devotes bis time
0 his trade and gives universal sat
sfaction Mr. Taylor keeps a good
.upply of furniture on hand and
makes to order: doing a lively busi-l
ness, selling cheap, adopting the mot
] to that "nimble sixpence is better
than slow shilling" Mr.. JAS
Is. Chandler, who keeps the Hotel
formerly owned by Mr.. Stevens, has,
since his purchase, completely reno
waited the entire premises. VERIFY
we believe that Jim" knows how to-
keep hotel with the help of his
good lady. We have one saloon|
kept by Mr.. Metcalfe but since the
passage of bill No. Z last winter he
sput up an additional sign labelled
z'Lemonade and Pop" Our Town
zBoard refuse him license yet he
seems to thrive and do a good trade,
land Judging from occasional appear
aancos of some of this imbibers of his
spop, it seems to be of very exhili.
gerating nature or probably it is ow-
ding to an excess of carbonic acid, ii
seems however to be in good de-
dmand. Our physicians are two IN
4number-the same old stock, and, at
Athe present writing, they complain
Aof its being "distressiDgly healthy
@They however express hope for
9"better days" We have no legal
q gentlemen resident here, but have fire.
Nquent flying visits from several The
ARev. Mr.. Knox is our resident NJ
NE. Minister and is popular and able
clergyman. The society here is in
sNd prosperous
q Our town S25, 900 aid to the Gale
n ma and Muscoda Narrow. Gauge rail
e road and there good prospects now
Il that the road will be completed tC
ssold Belmont this fall and through t
:Athis place the following year. The
I; company are vigorously at worl
Mgrading and building bridges nea
HGalena. we do not like to "holle
Nbefore we are out of the woods
Hyet we will venture this much, that
Should the road be completed to thi
E3piace, Montfort, with its presen
@natural advantages, geographical sit
guation, surrounded by some of tht
Abest agricultural lands in the world
#cannot fail TO grow in business i'm
SS9portance and to rank in few yes +,
with any town in Grant county.
b Now one word on the rolitica
Esituation here. | have yet to meet
Hnot only in this town, but in the ad
Mioining towns of Blue River, Clifton
Mand portion of Fennimore and Ii
Ema, Travelled over very frequently
sand during the past three months
Nthe first regular Republican who en-
Edorses Horace Greeley but hear, OF
Ethe other hand, strong words of con
@demnation from his old RepubIca
&friends who have been readers of hi
Mpaper for years and who have close
ely followed his gyrations during th
asst three months. If advisable,
Gwould give the names of man
Estaunch and reliable Democrats VIII
ahave refused TO endorse his nomina
Elton. and UW not cote for him me
'who are solid, intellectual, readin
Nmen and men of veracity. This par
.Mof our county will give larger vot
Wfor Grant than they gave four yea,
Wago. s Truly Yours,
IA WINGVILLE.
Nm Wfnpviiip Julv 18th 1872