Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-04-30
Decoration DAY-May 30 N

Read Senator Wilson speech on
the first page.
Dubuque il to have u recruiting
office for the regular army.
The first school house in WiScon-
sin was erected in 1888 at Platteville
Tho railway between Dubuque
and Lansing will be completed to-
morrow.
- Barber is the name of new
post-ofiico recently established in
iowa County.
School Registers for sale at the
Herald office sent to any address
post paid for so cents.
- The Monroe Sentinel, firstrate
newspaper, aud thoroughly Repub
lican, il already twenty-five years OF
age.
The livery stock and household
goods Of Lester Lewis, Lancaster, will
Do sold at auction on Saturday, May
llth.
--Goneral Dodge. the first Territo-
rial Governor of Wisconsin has been
done in marble by GAINESVILLE
sculptor.
Some one who pretends to know,
says that 1.-The dearest spot on earth"
is ~ tho store Of man who does not
advertise.
"A good second hand Soda Fount.
ain Morse Improvod) for sale by
druggist Baxter The apparatus is
quite as good as new.
During the present season par
rios travelling on any of the Mississip-
pi stuamblats can procure cabin
passage with or without meals.
The Dubuque Odd Fellows went
up the river on steamboat excur-
sion last Friday, those Of Galena re-
called themselves with y basket pic
mic.
Refreshing rains have fallen
since Sunday night, making green
the sullen turf, replenishing cisterns
aud doing deal of miscellaneous
good.
The City market Of Dubuque is
said to be an abominably pesiiierous
concern, aud the people living IN the
vicinity thereof are clamoring for It's
Immediate demolition or removal.
Tho produce dealers of Galena
are worried because there are appar-
ontly not boats enough on the Upper
Mississippi this Spring to take away
tho vast stores of grain, etc, now ac-
cumulated in that city.
Mr.. John Barnett, former Ian
caster boy, but now OF Independence,
Gowa. is in town on brief visit.
John mastered the printing art in the
Her3ld office some years ago, but has
not been at tho case for a long time.
Don't plant evergreens until the
season is we'll advanced, If you want
them TO live and thrive. Evergreens
should not no moved in the spring
until the buds are swollen. The
month of May is early enough, from
the middle to the last of the month.
MIR. Thomas Butler, we'll known
throughout this county as the travel
ing agent aud correspondent OF the
Galena Gdsette, favored the Herald
sanctum with u call last Wednesday
morning. His present mission II
both iournaiistio and mario w-gaugey
The new temperance law haI
slready closed about one third of thu
saloons in Grant county. Neither
EllenDoro, Feunimore or British have
80 learn, any licensed dealer IN th'
ardent. Several saloons at Boscooel
Platteville and Lancaster are abou
closing.
We call the attention of Justice
Of tho Peace TO our new form o
Justice blanks. They are nestl.
printed with Ale, aud Of Uniform sig
sent postpaid to any address for 2
cents per desen. The old style blank
viii DO sold at 10 cents per doze
until the supply is exhausted.
-An arrangement has been mad
between a committee of the peopl
and Mr. J. LAWYER Of Prairie d
Chen to tho effect that tickets fU
crossing tho bridge at Bridgep9r
will hereafter DO sold at the follow
ing rates 100 tickets SEQ; 30 $50; q
SIS; Is, $40; 6, 50
1t is reported that Mrs. Eiz
Stewart. one Of the parties in th
Islander suit tried at the Spring teri
Of Court, attempted to comm
suicide last Saturday morning, b
taking strychnine. This is matte
OF which the facts can not be readil
reached. though domestic difficult
Is probably the cause of the almo
fatal act.