Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1872-02-13
.ineral Point Railroad.
Local Matters:
Vaccinnate a. once

st Valentines day tomorrow
No bell will ring so loudly as q
good Advertisement.
business in Lancaster the last
week unusually active
Farmers. read elsewhere how
to improve your old meadows.
"A number one two.horse wagon
tor sale cheap by S Mitchell, Lam
caster.
In In Fayctte County there are
one thousand people who have eign
ed petitions urging the passage Of
'he temperance bill,
We reported some weeks since
that James Owens team, stolen at
Belmont, was recovered at Highland
This was a mistake. lie has heard
nothing Of horses, sleigh or thief.
The rumor relating to the burn
ing Of the Castle Rock grist mil was
a fragrant fabrication. The mill is all
right, and good for one hundred
bushels custom work any day 10 he
week.
Many Of the Inhabitants Of Dar-
lington are folding up their house
hold gear and things and quietly
moving away. Scores Of dwellings
are now left tenan'less in that beau :
tiful village.
Mr.. VIM. Reeve, whose house
was recently destroyed by fire, re-
e'ved, within three days afCer the
occurrence, the full amount of the
loss from the H'IIla Fire Insurance
Company of Madison.
Leap year rides and parties are
OF frequent occurrence at Plaeteville.
ON Thursday evening last a large
party Of this kind assem- led at the
Gates House and danced away the
hours till early morn.
We have IL in the Prairie du
Chen Union that the average price
Of wheat in this State for the past
six years is "a follows: 1867. SI.O9;
1868, Sl.67; 1869 81 III; 1870 So CTS;
1871, 90 cts; 1872, 81 IL
A glass Of brandy and water
with two Jumps Of sugar in it was
tie kind of dampness whereof the
sociabIe Mr.. Sliggins had natural
fondness. But the inspiration that
Bieg's John advertises this week is
the more invariable of the two.
during a recent visit Of Mr.. and
Mira. Hoskins Of this village to their
friends in Sank county some SCALA
wag stole from their cellar a half bar
rel Of pork II is probable that sev>
eral clothes lines in town were rob-
bed the same night.
Mr. Geo. II Walker is about NOV
ing 70 PlstteviIle This will hereaf-
ter be his head quarters for tho sale
Of the Howe sewing machine and the
several kinds Of musical Instruments
which has occupied his attention at
Lancaster for several years.
Hon. Joseph Harris, II ID. York
and b Cornelison Of Hazel Green
have recently visited Milwaukee ia
the interest Of the proposed Monroe
and Dubuque r. r The result OF
their audience with the railroad chief
over there has not been learned.
A poor litde Sunday school
scholar in Mineral Point the other
day was deluded into learning 72O
verses Of the Bible in four weeks by
promise of a book He snapped the
book for three.bladed jack knife
aud a peck Of hickory nuts. Smart
boy
While John Coke was trading in
Montfort, not long ago, his horse, IT,
ed to post 10 front of the store was
deliberately stolen, hurried off TO
Highland. and sold for twenty. e
dollars the cool thief making his es
cape as one that had been studied n
tho business
Should you happen in or about
Patch Grove il will pay 10 call at the
Patch Grove House for meals or
lodging The landlord S Wetmorc.
is ono of tho fat and Jolly kind ev.
or pleasant and ready TO accommo-
date customers See the card of the
house in this issue.
The GAINESVILLE Gazette il the
source Of the following, which is why
We believe It: "We hear from ru.
raj village OF case Of u womaa who
gave birth to triplets just after recov-
ering from tho small pox Al the
women in that neighborhood are get
ting vacoinated again
Farmer Haas lives near st Ma
rvs church, in jamestown. Last
Wednesday he killed some hogs In
the evening the place where the fire
had been WAS marked by heap of
smoldering embers In the morning
the good farmer looked pepsively up
on the smoking ruins Of his barn.
two pugnacious gorillas out n,
Shulsburg had scientific fight the
other day One is farmer. the other
mechanic AZ the end Of the 9th
round the rustic gentlemen felt SC
very staggery that his seconds had
to below Justify for an immediate ces.
salion Of hostlities Alas, wha; foo,:
these mortals be