Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-07-24
Local Matters
= Lead on the decline.

81.
The fields promise bountifuI
yield.
They are all crazy over the cheap
sugar at Hyde & Weir's.
-Fennimore has changed its mind
and now wants railroad.
The Belmont post-office has
been made money order office.
Hon. Il. S. Felt and family, OF
GaIcna, were in town yesterday.
Hon. W. p. Dewey delivered the
Grafton ut Souix Falls on the Fourth
The bricklayers are busily en-
guged in putting up the walls tc
Budd's new building.
MIR. Henry Wood, Of Madison
an early resident Of this place, was
in town yesterday.
The fall term Of Grant Circuit
Court will open on the second Tues
day (9th) of September.
- Mr.. S. johnson is rapidly push
ing his new building. Benn q Brook
,er arc the contractors.
-Cucumbers and othor CHOLERA
breeders are now in constant use.
Gormandizers should beware.
1t is es timated that 100 men
were killed and 1000 wounded in
ths country in celebrating the
Fourth.
Those OF the Lancaster subscri-
bOrs who prefer to receive the Her
dH at tho post Office will please give
notice.
Mine host Phelps has about con-
cluded his labors in the hay field.
Fred has secured barn full Of clean,
bright hay.
An interesting lcttor, descrip-
tive of Southern Dakota from tho
pen Of Hon. W. p. Dewey, appears
in this issue.
The West Grant Advocate pub
lishos in full the Grafton Of Prof. W.
Is. Clarke, delivered At Bloomington
on tho Fourth.
Our exchanges with one accord
are showing up the liquor dealers
who persistontly violate the law, and
calling for their prompt prosecution
Tho harvest demand for labor
has we'll nigh exhausted the supply
Even the village loafors have walked
up aud have trundled eff to the folds.
Lancaster has a new fire engine,
which supported by the Babcock
hrig.ds will afford the village ample
vrpioeLioa against the fiery elements.
The Lafayette County Fair will
DO beld Sept. %, %, and p, at Dar-
lington. The aggregate amount of
tered Tor premiums il larger than
ever before.
The Carrier House, at Boscobel
undcr the new propriotorship cons
tinues togive the best Of satisfaction,
and the hungry and weary govern
Intensely 90 accordingly. See card.
From the opening of the State
Insane hospital in 1860 to Septem-
Der last, g. patients were admitted
fer treatment from this county. The
counties of Dane, Dodge, aud Fond
du Lac only exceed this number.
Nobody but grumblers can
grumble at the weather. Neither
hot nor cold, wet or dry. Go on,
farmers, one and all i; gather your
crops and let the weather aud, as
Matt Carpenter says, the - poh'
ties slide.
There will be meeting of the
Executive Committee of the Biake'i
Prairie Agricultural Society in
Browns Hall, Saturday, July 10Th
for the purpose of considering the
question Of moving the Fair grounds
Boston ladies put on clean
stockings when they have their pho
,ographs taken. A philosopher il
trying to study out the reason. But
The most interesting point of inqui.
~ is, how did tho reporter learn tn,
lact2
Tho Witness says; Miss Car
uIyn Il. Adams teacher in the Ac
adomic Department of the Norma
School, has been promoted to the pc
slion lately filed by Miss Eva Mills
and Mr.. c. II. Nye, late paincipal o
School District No. 5. Platteville, ha
been appointed. Teacher in the AGA
dcmic Department.
We were pleased to meet in th
herald sanetum, yesterday, edito
Bracket, Ofthe Eau Claire Free Pres,
The Press is one of the great institJ
uons OF northern Wisconsin, havin
IN u lew year grown from mod s
county weekly to live and flourish
ing daily. We wish the editor an
paper continued success.