Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-03-12
Local Matters:

has farmers club.
Hon. o. i. Thomas, Of Prairie
du Chen, is in town,
The auction sale Of Mr.. Calvin
Curry comes of Thursday, March
% b. Bear it IN mind.
-Ex.Sberiff elise starts for Dem
yer to day. He will probably be ab
cent two or three months.
MIR. Mark Hadicy's auction sale
advertisement in another place -
something you ought TO read
Hanger & Zimmerman, Of Csss-
Vile, present good mechanical ad-
vcrti-emcnt in our columns this week.
st Pairick's day next Sunday,
March l7lh Palm Sunday on the
9Th. and Easter Sunday on the 3lst.
The Rev Mr.. Pond Congrega-
tiouaI minister 1T PIatlevilIe. favor
ca as with call yesterday after
noon.
-AIgertisers should take notice
of the fact that The Hcrdld il read by
not less than 5000 persons every
week
A box containing the bones Of an
infant was recently discovered on an
island in the Mississippi near Du-
buquc.
We learn that Mr.. Joseph Na;hon
ot tho firm Of Nathan Schriner x g..
yesterday purchased five hundred
dozen eggs.
The Potosi Mills, on Boice Creek,
Gro again in good working order
Mr.. T. Tier is said TO under stand his
business that Of making fl pur.
Mr.. Adolph Nathan, Of the firm
of Nathan Schreiner Il Co, ia absent
at the East buying a stock of goods
for the Spring trade.
A bill il before the Legislature
making IL The duty Of the County
Board 10 build all bridges costing
moro than ffty dollars
-lfyou want to talk heavy science
ray "protoxyd OF hydrogen" instead
Of ice" / sounds bigger and not
one man ia thousand will know
whit you moan.
For dental work that will prove
to you lite long joy, go to DIR.
Newell. Apply early, for great is
the multitude Of patients constantly
employing his services.
Remember Mr. Sam'l Taylor's
auction sale takes place on Thursday
Of this week. and read his advertise
ment in tho Herald carefully through
once moro for the occasion.
An interesting local letter from
Georgetown comes too late for pub
hcatiou this week. This, together
with several other articles ofinterest,
will appear in our next issue.
A Sunday School Convention,
conducted by the State 5. 5. agent,
will TO hold in tho Methodist Church
of this village, on Wednesday of next
week, bong the 10Th day OF March.
-Plattevillo has "a couple Of nui.
sanccs" commonly called loafers, who
tho Witness thinks might be disposed
OF If some suitable place, "pound -
Tor instance, were provided for them.
We learn that Mr.. Henry Shaded,
ono of the early settlers of Grant
County, has sold his farm near Fair
play intending to 60 with his family
% California, there to reside the
r3st Of his days,
We direct the attention Of our
horticultural readers 10 tho seed corn
advertisement of Mr. w w Field, of
Boscobel. The corn he has for sale
il iavorabIy spoken ofby parties well
qualified to Judge.
A severe snow storm Of several
days duration, wac part Of the weA-
thor programme .or last week The
h,kes came down drst rate. accumu-
hating ia the lanes and other places
H. 4 way that might have gratlhed
usalI Two months ago.
1t is reported the truth OF
which we cannot vouch for--that
there are three cases of small pox at
Bri.ish Hollow The parties taken
down are AL members Of the family
II Mr.. Alier.ou who has recently re-
covered from All attack OF the dis
ease.
The people OF Grant county, as
appears from the petitions and r. mon
,,rancos received at the Capitol, are
about six Of one To half a dozen Of the
other on the Temperance question.
Some twolvo hundred 90 Graham
while Just rs many 20 the other way
Tho business stand Of Mr. Andrew
smith, at DickeyviIle, is offered for
sale. There is not a better country
trading post IN tho county, and cap
ttal opportunity 20 any one wishing
10 20 into business ia offered. Mr.
smith. we learn, intends IS one Of o
firm. to open an extensive wholesale
house in Chicago.
Public exercises by the Philadel-
phian Society will be held in Nor
mn Hall. Plauevillc, on Thursday
evening, March 81. There will be
an address by Prot McGregor, a dec.
lamation by j Il. Luce, aud an ora
ton bv A. s Newcombe. A debate
on the Civil Service reform will be
conducted by four of the Normals
These exercises arc generally Of an
instructive character.
AT a late public entertainment
given bv the Castalian Society OF
the Madison University Miss Carrier,
of Boscobel, favored the audience
with an excellent piece on the piano
Miss Jennie Field read the first bali
of paper, and Miss Ella Field reci,'
ed the Ministries Curse" in manner
worthy Of imitation. The Grant
County girls in the University are
evidently doing well, performing no
secondary parts neither IN their
classes nor 10 public entertainments.