Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-12-18
TOWN AND COUNTY,:
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Several cases Of small pox are reported
II Boscooe and Woodman.
The ferries across the Mississippi are
.fll very uncertain and hazardous.
Headlight oil standing l75 fire test,
laay be bought at Baxter's drug store.
IFS about time to begin making up your
lirt Of good resolutions for the new year.
Treasurer Burr commenced collecting the
taxes on Monday last. lie will be found at
the bank.
The rate Of taxation for this town is
about ihree.fourlhs Of one per cent. less than
last year.
The meetings at the Methodist church
a-e continued with undated zeal and profta-
bic results.
Poverty is no disgrace, aud pride may be
commendabe. Bot the two make bad and
dangerous mixture.
"A elgious revival is in progress, at
Po,osi, About 90 new members have alredy
been added 10 the church.
Corrected time table Of arrival and de-
partures Of trains at Boscobel and Woodman
will be found in this issue.
School registers for sale BY Mrs. S. d.
Watkins at the Lancaster bookstore. Sent
postpaid for 80 cents each.
The weather is fine, the roads are fair,
pork aud produce are bringing good prices
and all thpgs seem prosperous.
Christmas is coming. See that the lit
lie ones have nice large stockings, to keep
their feet warm by day and 10 hang up at
night
Petty larcenles are becoming quite nu-
merous throughout The county. Can it be
that want and prigation are making men
criminals?
-Wonzor, tile new barber, makes hair
work Of all kinds. such as switches, braides,
frizzetts, SC Combed hair woven into
switches, &c.
The average weight OF quart Of milk
when strained and cooled is two pounds two
and a half ounces. Rich milk weighs less
than poor milk.
Deputy Surveyors VIM. Ward, Of Lam
caster, and Ed. Palmer, of Boscobel, are at
their respective former homes visiting friends,
NC. We are obliged for calls.
oar village is well FLIED daily with
.,esms from the country. If this means BUSH
ness then business is lively, if pleasure then
we are happy community.
Rev. d. W. Couch, OF Madison, will
lecture in the NJ. +. church at Fennimore
Center on Saturday evening OF this week.
Subiect-"The Road 10 Success"
The price Of pork is good, perhaps as
e,igh as it will be this season. Some sellers
always want little more and generally wait
100 long for the 'good time coming"
-Wauted--an owner for that yal;er dog
which has been running the streets for sever
al DAYS. He seems lost and has evidently
been somewhat ''curtailed" of his rights.
Pound two weeks since one mile north
of Lancaster on road to the stone mill,tw log
chains. The owner can have the same by
calling at This office and paying for his no.
tee.
We are requested 10 give notice that a
club is being formed in Lancaster for the
Weekly Chicago TMBuNE, and that J. p.
Lewis aud II. Austin will receive subscrlp-
tions at 81 each.
The Pigeon mines, near Lancaster, are
more active this winter than at any time
during the past fifteen years. There are now
near hundred men at work, most, however,
on old prospects.
Read 10 thl. issue an interesting letter
From the National Capitol by Waldo Brown,
Esq MI Brown is close observer Of
events aud his writings never fail TO be in
sruc,iye as we'll as interesting.
A Donation party viii be held in the NJ.
+. church al British Hollow Christmas Eve,
"wednesday, 81 inst. } for the benefit Of Rev.
las. sims. A good supper will be provided.
A genera invitation is extended.
The new barber, Mr.. A. d. Wonzer, OF
PIatteviile, has opened neat shop IN the
room formerly occupied as a law office over
tBaldwin's store. Those wanting to enjoy a
veal pleasure should be shaved BY him.
james A. Jones has just rcPcnished hi
stock Of Drugs Medicines, Paints, oils, Var
.ni,hcs Brushes &c. as well as his General No
zion Hnc-an Of which he offers at REASONABLE,
prices. without the 'panic" added, 29N2
On Christmas day there will be a Socia
at Mount Ziou Primitive Methodist Church
10 meet at 10 o'clock in the forenoon Din
.ner AZ ~ precisely. Tickets so cents each
Proceeds to be used for fencing the cemetery
and church grounds.
Being out Of work and money, seyera
parsons. as we see from our exchanges, hay
recently committed suieidej but in almos
every instance it has been a single person
Marriage may therefore be considered a pre-
yentative Of suicide.
The night passenger trains on the Prsiri
5u Chen Division Of the NJ. st p. r.
have been taken of. Hereafter the people
outhwesten Wisconsin will have 10 look 4
,he Madison JOURNAL and Dubuque mornin
papers for ate news.
Now is the time TO advertise. In du
times the people are more careful in tradinl
and look to those who offer the best indnce
ments Those who advertise literally, an
offer the best bargains, will get the trad,
Printers ink is the thing at all times
Many farmers are seriously annoyed j
the winter with chiIblsins. The followin
has been found 10 be an effective remedy
Battle the parts affected in strong alum watel
or in saturated solution Of saltpeter. Con
unue the application a week or two, and
will cure