Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-09-10
TRAIN TIME AT sPECHTs FERRY
Local Matters {:

mill.
Mr. J. d. Budd is at work TAX
Ing the census of school children in
this district.
Il correspondent informs Us
that II lzol Green has but u single
Greeley Republican.
REPUBLICAN, campaign docu-
m,nts at this Office. Cal and get a
-opply for distribution.
--THE County Convention to-
morrow to nominate County officers
will not be lacking in interest.
FALL in, torch. bearers The
Lancaster Tanners and Cobblers
will meet for drill Wednesday
night (to-morrow.)
-SrE time table at the head of
this column for changes ia tho arri-
val and departures Of trains at
Bridgeport station.
-SHERIFP Sloat will sell at auction
aPltts thresher (nearly new atwood
man on Saturday, Sept. Nth (this
week at O'Clock p. M.
Twenty nine loads of wheat in
Oh, C4ssvile street all at once 10th
er day The price was fixed at dollar
and six, which will surely pay.
-LANcAsTER has the best and
strongest Jail in the state, so far
as experience enables US so judge.
Il is noarly completed for occupan-
cy.
-EDIToR Merrell, of Prairie du
Chen straight DemocraD offers to
Wager tho Courier Office, worth three
or four Thousand dollars that Greeley
will not be elected.
SOME fac specimens of Early
Rose potatoes may be seen at the
Herald office, three Of which weigh
4 pounds. They were raised by
Goo d. UT of this village.
-TnE State Journal of Sept. %
and 81 contains lengthy reports of
the Mass Meeting at Lancaster, from
the pen Of James Ross, the gifted
speaker at the evening festivities.
Col. John g. Clark will speak at
the Court House tomorrow eve.
"wednesday J and show up Greeley's
record, using original copies of tho
n. Y. Tribune. Come and see them.
WALDO Brown, Esq, of Wash
iugton, formerly of Grant County,
expects to visit the County next
month, and will speak IN several
places. Notice of his appointments
will be given in due time.
-BRIGa's and Vick's elegant new
catalogues have arrived from Roch.
ester N. Y. telling US all about aow-
ora and vegetables These two ri
val florists are at the head of the
seed trade Of the United States.
The Greeley Convention at Du-
buque last week wasnot the most har
monious, a. in the general free fight
one delegate left portion of his ear
in the mouth of another delegate
This seems like old (Domocratic)
times.
tbs great Williams lode near
Fairplay is thought not to be more
than one-fourth proved. Thirty
workmon are engaged, the large
steam pump running constantly to
keep the mines dry. The flooring
ofthe ground already proved is said
TO be q solid sheet Of lead ore.
Tue University Of Wisconsin is
reported full to Overlooking. Forty
ladies' were unable to gain admission
to the Female College, which already
accommodates eighty. The number
of freshmen entered is nearly sixty.
Truely the prospects Of the Univer.
sity point decidedly toward new ad-
ditional buildings.
tbs following are the names of
those who have left Lancaster for
college Geo. T Foster, j w. Mills,
Milton Mills, Lewis Eaton, and John
Holloway, at Beloit Nettie Jones,
Juliet Meyer, Clara Moore, and Carrie
Barber, to Madison IL. G. Dillon
to Racine (post graduate course);
Il ID Eaton TO Andover Theological
Seminary, and J. d, Eaton, to Yale
College for post graduate course.
Mr.. II, Wood has left on our
table specimens of the fruit of the
Balsam Pear (MomOrdicd Chdrenda, }
a beautiful and rare plant of the Gu
ourbitaceous class. They are beau
tiful aud odd beyond our powers OF
description. and are useful for medic
inal purposes, Imagine cross be-
tween cucumber and porcupine,
which ripens OF beautiful orange
color, opens like tulip, and shows
a deep SCARLET pulp and seeds. The
fruit often grows a foot long, and
hangs on . small delicate vine.