Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1873-09-18
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Local Matters !:

lE ~ iNldi , aAtA""'' Wv t'-'f'~N
about 1870 scholars.
Wanted, a good girl iu a small family
apply az the HERALD Office.
Mount Hope will soon have tannery.
f, will be Joint stock concern.
The present term Of Circuit Court viii
probably continue until the middle Of next
week.
Las; Sabbath morning brought with it :
seyere frost, and vegeta ton was more or less
injured
Slime Woodhouse has taken charge Of the
Bloomington Hotel, now greatly enlarged and
improved.
1T IS SAID that Weayer's machine threshed
$50 bushels Of oats in hours, at R. NJ. Days
Mt Hope.
Old Settlers of Grant County will hold
their fifth annual Reunion at Lancaster, Oct.
"a and 81.
The ladies Of the Congregational Society
10 Bloomington nctted $500 at their tables
on the FAIR grounds.
The display at the Platieylle Fair next
weel, promises 70 be large. See HERALD
Supplement for this week.
We are under obligation to j. Il, G.
snec!ode, Esq for a water melon Of prodig-
ioui size and excellent quality.
M d. Taylor, Mt. Hope has an ingen-
ions lathe 81 his own construction, and uses it
for many kinds Of iron work.
Fashionable milhners inform us that the
winter bonnet will be "charming modihca-
tiou0 OF the head-gear now worn.
Mr.. a. Proyis, law student in the office
OF Hon. Geo. c. Hazelton at Boscobel, was
Omitted to the bar on the 10th inst.
DO not throw bottles, broken glass or
nail, into the street. Many horses are
wounded and spoiled by this tboughtlessness.
- The owner OF the money found and adj
yer'sed by Mccartney, was Birmingham, Of
Rca'owu. lie thinks it pays to advertise
100000 hoo3-polas ond 100 tons Of old
iron wanted by hyde Weir.
-A Dubuque printer returned ten cent
cript o The man WHO lost q 90 Monday
Thc honesty or printer. only second TO
their beauty.
The receipts Of the Bloomington Fair
were over $4,000. Il is estimated that the
attendance was from one fourth to one third
larger than on previous occasions.
Several farmers at Mt. Ida are experi-
men,iug ia tobacco culture. The drouth has
affected some fields, while in others the crop
is good II is marketed at Edgerton.
The Milwaukee * St. Paul Company
are making active efforts to secure the trans
portation of the wheat crop OF western Iowa
over .heir road TO the Milwaukee market
Prof c. II. Allen, formerly President OF
Tire state Normal school, Platteyllle, has re-
ceiycl the appointment Of Principal Of the
state Normal School Of California, at San
Jose.
The young lady who mas been afflicted
with midnight serehades requests us to say
That "the fellows voice smells too strong Of
onions 10 improve the condition Of the night
air."
The Boscobe hoop-pole market is now
fairly opened, and buyers are daily receiving
large quantities. TITS said that $50, 900 were
paid out for hoop-poles at this market last
season.
Joe Nathan lately bulchered and dressed
aheiler, the hide, beef and tallow from which
weighed $50 pounds. II is the best of the
COW kind he ever dressed aud be has follow
ed the business for % years.
The city Of Bescobel on the Sth inst yot-
el % issue $4,000 in bonds, in addition to the
$4,000 previously issued, thereby ensuring
,hc success Of the bridge enterprise. These
bonds were all taken at home
MIR. 4. T.. johnson Of Wyaluslug write.
rs correct our statement IN regard TO his Der,
RS crop. lie says be had 500 hills and from
these sold 1876 quarts, mo silly at 10 cents PEI
quart. The amour, sold was but little owe
half crop.
The ladies Of the Methodist Society il
bloomington cleared 5000 at their tables OF
the Fair grounds OF ,he Baptist Society
about So0'0o, having been rather unfortunate
iu then selection Of a base Ct operations to-
far from the front
The latest DEGREES Of copreious Fasho
rule out brcast-pins and pronounce very smsI
car.rrugs d De Ell reggie. Ladies feeling th
nsed Il me moral stimulus derived from 2
consciousness 81 being 10 style viii COVER
themselves accordingly.
Assembly Dlstic, Conventions TOR nom
inaun- Republican candidates tor the Assem-
blva follows Second District at Lancaster
"Wednesday O.. ls.; raul District 4, Bos
cobel saturday sept 25'b; Fourth Dtstri,
B., Bloomington, saturday, Get 18th.
A young clul Of John Mulroouey ".
bitten by a puHesrake on Thursday las
Dr. Howe, attended the child and doubts !
recovery A, he time the child was bite
Mrs NJ. with TIE bravery of Spartan motl
cr, cat out large pant OF The wound with
butcher kuile.
- Iyerso0, who was seriously wounded
the shooting afFray al Fairplay, is dea
James me murderer rests in the county ia
awaiting trial Tie offers as the only excu
tor the murder that che was crazy or posses
"a 81 the deylr'--a good defence in Ne
York Court, but not always acceptable Q
here.
-Messrs. Snow and Allen are proprieto
OF the "Fau Mills" a new establishment
Crooked Creek / i-2 miles south Of Boscob,
They commenced business Feb. LIST and a
doing general custom and merchant millin
Their mill is new, completely furnished wi
improved machinery, and the power is SUI
piled by % inch Lefel Turbine.