Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-05-28
TOWN AND COUNTY

day
Chaplin. circus was shiny attended here
On Monday last.
-pattevile il beginning 70 wake up on
tbe temperance question.
The blossoms promise an excellent crop
IF pIams aud cherries this season.
Ice.packed fresh white fish and Macki-
nav front received BY C.,schmitt everyThurs-
lay
Mr.. Levin Charles, Of Denver, Auditor
IF tile territory Of Colorado, i in town visit
Ing his sister, Mrs Dillon.
1t Is hoped that, the weather permitting,
fher, sill be a good attendance at the Decor
alton ceremonies on Saturday.
Tie Dodgeville Chronicle, under the
editorial leadership Of Mr.. Hearn, IS greatly
improved, and ought to be well pafronized
cs.r planting /. now finished, and much
Of the seed was in the ground ten days ago.
Rain j. badly needed, especially for the small
grain.
Mr.. John SmaIley has commenced work
IN his new hotel. It is to be built of brick.
and when completed will be an ornament to
TIE town
Ed Moore, formerly member Of the
police force or Dubuque, is now running
steam ferry-boat between Cassvile and Tur-
key River
The movement in favor of prohibition in
Bloomington Is increasing in interest, and
union temperance meetings are continued TO
be hel weekly.
Commodore,o the famous fve-mile
irotter, brought from New Jersey last Fall by
Nat Lase, Of this place, is 10 be shipped to
California soon.
A new shoe-shop was opened Mon
day one loor west Of Jones' drug store by
,'Coon" Wenzel. lie deserves share of the
trade ID ms line.
And nov Belmont IS being agi'ated on
tie temperance question. Several saloons are
closed AMI 30 citizens have signed a pledge
not to drink liquor in saloon.
A union temperance meeting, under the
auspices of the Lancaster Ladies' Temperance
Society will be held at the Congregational
aharch On Monday evening next.
The manufacturers Of beer in this county
who Ieiyer in Lancaster village kegs of beer
70 parties for private use, should understand
th2. the act is clear violation of the lav.
The Blakely House, at Darlington, has
been purchased by Mr.. Blackburn who has
repaired and re-furnished the house through
out It's again open, and travellers will find
" 4 r1a1 housa ~ na+roniye
The Platteyille Normal School Library
Association will give public entertainment
a, the Normal Hall tomorrow evening, to
-onsist of orations, declarations, dialogues,
music and other literary exercises.
The GaIena Gazette says citizens of
Platteville are getting anxious about the Mar
row Guage Road, and very properly condemn
Gliena for not being able to raise the sum Of
500 900 with which to complete it.
That man who declared the other day
that ";he .Bunderbuss' was printed at the
IIERALD office, for he recognized the type,'
knows probably pretty near much about
type as We know abOu; the Sanscrit language.
The Dial learns that tie citizens Of Bos-
cabei are contemplating the purchase Of suita-
BE grounds south o. the city, 70 be lifted up
ana used as fair ground. Fifteen hundred
dollars has already been subscribed for this
object
Mr. john I. Kingston, Of Juneau county,
ead Nr Sarles, OF Boscobel, passed through
town tew days since, enroute to Plattevile.
rhe former is regarded very lavorabIy in his
district, the eighth, for the congressional
nomination next Fall.
Hazel. Green has sent us more than the
usual number o. visitors this week. Among
them Nagor, he of crockery fame, was here.
Mr. \. Reitsteck arrived here yesterday per
steamer Frank Thompson. We pleased
10 see the two looking 50 well.
The outlook torBemout is quite favorable
says the Mineral Point Tribune town
hall IS 10 be erected this summer ; other
building IS contemplated, and number of
business places and residences are to be en-
'arse ana otherwise improved.
Attention IS called to the card Of DR.. V.
+ Kinney, who has commenced lie practice
ofmtltcine ana surgery al this place The
Doctor Is a graduate Of tile Chicago Medical
College, class Of 1854, receiving the first
houors Of the class for proficiency.
Mr. Eli Clay ton, known TO the citizens of
Iowa and Grant counties for the past 81
Years. has moved with bis family to Lewis.
Cas- county, Iowa. Mr. Clayton's departure
from Grant viii Be regretted BY many. He
one Of those men Of sterling qualities and
strict integrity, by whose loss any commune
X VIII suffer
Sunday afternoon brought US wind
storm Of unusual severity and but little rain,
although north 10 the river ana in some por-
tons of Richland county there was at the same
time fearful storm Of wind, rain ana hail
p these parts little or no damage was done,
except in a couple places where the fences
were disturbed
An anonymous publication headed the
Bluaderbuss," appeared on our streets on
Tuesday and was quite generally distributed.
Some ofthe Jokes on our citizens were very
Coco PM the tisrespectful references TO the
ial Yrs aties performed at the recent tenn
peFaHee election were gross and nauseous and
a'ssFaceiui for the author. The "Bunder-
Duss promises ito appear whenever occasion
demands.