Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-02-06

"A very readable letter from the
shore" is iven on the first page.
"A good stock farm for sale is ad-
yertised elsewhere in our columns.
--Sleigbrides, and parties, and oys.
tcr.supperf IT'LL you cant rest, !" now.
a-days.
1T is rumOred that the Castle
Rock Mills were destroyed by fire
last Sunday night.
Senator Holloway, who was at
home on brief visit, called at our
office yesterday morning
We are under obligations to
Congressman Barber for copies of
late Washington and Richmond
newspapers.
To-day party OF Odd Fellows
are bound for Bloomington, there to
attend Lodge festival aud enjoy
themselves to the utmost.
One Of our exchanges wants
dollar for every marriage notice it
publishes, which the editor promises
TO give 10 the poor.
Capt N S Smith, our efficient
Madison correspondent, has our
thanks for copy Of the Statistical
List for 1872 A document of much
value.
--Eyery student Of American his.
tory should read the February num-
Der Of Old and Ne,o. Contains so
much that il interesting about Wash
ington.
Everybody whose dental devel.
opmcnts are out Of order will Of
course read with qualification un-
bounded the advertisement Of dentist
Coomes, Of Boscobel
The house Of Mr. John Reeves
one mile south of Boscobel, to-
gother with all the contents, was con.
sumed by fire last Friday morning.
Loss probably 5000. Insured.
Yes, we all do fade az the leaf
That once sprightly paper, the De
Soto Republican, has departed this
llfo and the place that knew it shall
know it no more, at leas for q time
All tho Grant County members
Of the Legislature, and other parties
from this vicinity doing duty at the
Capital, came home last week They
oil returned 10 the field Of their Ia.
bors this morning.
The annual election Of officers
for the Hazel Green Industrial Soci.
city will be held at Crawtord's Hall.
in the village of Hazel Green, Satur.
day the 10th day Of February, at
2 O'Clock p. m.
Baxter & Kinney come out with
an announcement this week which
will bear very attentive reading.
This firm keeps wei up with the
tmos, and their goods are Of the Kind
that will stand critical inspection.
Among those Of the PlattevIlo
delegation who called at our office
last Thursday, were Mr.. Hodges, the
banker editor Rindlauh, of the W.T.
ness; tina jogial landlord, Mr.. Street
or MIR. Evans, and several others.
Mr.. Geo. a. Kreul sold to Parker,
Hlldebrand & Co, at Boscobel, on
Friday last, four hogs weighing 1916
lbs They were Is months old, and
one Of them had 600 pounds of adipose
tissue. Twill require an ancient
trump to take this trick.
To the advertisement Of Wright
4 Hooper. Patleville, we call the
readers undivided attention. These
gentlemen have large establish
ment, keep stock OF the best drugs
in the market, aud deserve any
amount OF profitable patronage.
The people of CassviIIe are to DO
treated TO an amateur theatrical en-
tertainment, as will he seen bv refer
ring 10 our column Of new advertise.
ments, Some good things are prom.
ised. and we bespeak for tho troupe
full and paying houses.
Last Saturday morning a ire
broke out in the roof of Jack Benoy's
wagon shop, at Boscobel The build
ing was saved from destruction by
the timely use Of few pals Of wa
ter. The fire engine arrived Just az
the flames were extinguished
-Nippiug cold weather continues
Sleighing is superb, and every body
is making as much oft as possible
The universal wish Is that the roads
will remain as they are for many
days TO come, but at the same time
there 10 no telling what single
week Of sunshine and south wind
may bring to pass.
The Galena Gazette says tina,
the wood dealers of that city have
the largest supplies of wood ever
before known there at this season
The low water Of last summer cut
off supplies from the Mississippi,
which has come in upon US this
winter, on the ice, ia such quantities
as to astonisb the "odest inhab,
liant"
The exhibition in the school
house last Friday evening was at
tended by many people. Exercises
good in the main, though some OF the
young speakers had their pieces but
poorly committed. A deal of Carlton
poetry was recited. Other enter
tainments are to be given from time
TO time during the winter lis
we'll
-Ach du Himmel, just see what a
roaring joke = man down at Dickey-
willie congresses into the following :
"Geherter Herr, wolen sic die quite
haben und mir fur diesen haloen
Thaler die Grant CouRte Herold Zeit-
uag schicken, verleicht nehme ich sic
nachher LANCER" OF course. And
now have we "genossen das irdische
Gluck, and now you couldn't hire us
10 uden ROsenbahn der Yugend Zu-