Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-01-01
elsANINGs FROM THE sTAsE PRESS.

Fort Atkinson has an Anti
Horse~Thief Society.
"A potash factory is to be estab-
lished in Oconto this spring.
Forefather's Day celebration at
Madison was sumptous success.
Racine is going TO cave a new
courthouse on large and magnifi-
cent scale.
The Rock County Agricultural
Society is to dig an artesian we'll on
its fair ground.
"A splint basket factory ~ RAJ
cine turns ont over $1,000 dozen
baskets per annum.
The Fond du Lac county jail
contains at present ten prisoners
nine males and one female
A new paper is to be started at
Chippewa Falls to be called the A.
a}aache, by Cornell & Hollister.
A son of Legrand Hickok was
drowned on Tuesday last, while
skating on the river at De Soto.
Mr.. Thomas, a resident of Wood
Co, "a years of age, chops a cord OF
wood each day. He will not starve
to death.
"A boy named julius Zellner lost
two fingers in the machinery of one
of G. J. l.. Myers, manufactures at
Fond du Dac.
The Waupun Times states that
young man named Geo. Weldon
has decamped from that place with
one hundred dollars belonging to
other parties.
Carrie Brown was voted 70 be
the handsomest girl in Janesviile, at
a church fair on Monday night, and
received handsome gold watch as
a certificate to that effect
The grain feet winterlng at Mil
waukee has q carrying capacity of
l, 099, 500 bushels. When navigation
opens IN the spring these vessels will
make an impression on the stock of
grain in store when they take out
their cargOes.
"A man IN Milwaukee has sued
out an injunction against the propri-
etor Of the Bethesda Mineral Springs
to prevent him from selling that stuff
in several Western States. The Mil
waukee man claims the sole agency
of those States.
The Whitewater girls have sign
ed an agreement not to trade at any
store that keeps open later than s
o'clock in the evening. The girls
are friendly to the clerks, and they
insist it is rank injustice to said
clerks to keep them after that hour.
"A lady, whose name is not given
jumped from passenger train near
Crystal Lake, several days ago, and
escaped with only slight injuries.
The cause Of her sudden departure
from the tram is unknown. We
CLEAN from the Fond du Lac Report
| or.
-Lumbermen aud farmers in the
northern part Of the state are both
cred about getting along with their
work Of logging and clearing this
winter, for the reason that the ground
is not frozen, owing to the early fall
Of snow. and still remaining quanti-
ty.
The Black River Falls Banner
says that laboring men were never
SO scarce in that region as at the
present time, and it is almost impos.
sible to hire a man to do a Job Of
work Of any kind. One hundred
men, willing to work in the woods
at fair wages, could find employ
there by applying forthwith.
Last week man in Racine beat
his daughter, girl Of 10 years, in
the most inhuman manner. He
compelled her to dlsrobe and then
beat her with broomstick, varying
the punishment by kicking her The
next day, in company with another
girl who had been similarly treated
by her mother, she ran away to
Chicago
1t is reported that Green Bay
dentist became emotionally insane
while repairing a front tooth for
pretty woman, and kissed her. She
told her hu band, and she went round
the next day and borrowed $500 of
the dentist-on long time. The re-
portis not probable, and the state
ment that the woman told her hus-
of it brands the whole as false
The GAINESVILLE Gazette says con,
sdesable stir is being created in Mil
waukee over an effort to close the
gambling saloons. The officials claim
that they would hurt the business
interests Of Milwaukee if they closed |
them up as country merchants who |
come to buy goods want some place /
in which they can have little fun"
and if they can't find it there they
will 90 to Chicago, and not only I
have their game of faro, but also
buy al! their goods there.
The Hudson Star and Times
says: GA girl of IA, daughter of
John Nichols, of the town Of Albion.
has proved herself made Of heroic
stuff. Going into the woods a few
days since with year-oId brother,
nutting, they became lost, and were
compelled to remain all night with
out shelter. To protect her little
brother the noble girl stripped off
her outer garments and soothing
him to quiet and sleep in her arms,
sat through the long hours while her
own limbs were freezing. When
found the next morning she was I'M