Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-12-24
TOWN AND COUNTY:

Ia the land.
Pay your taxes to Justice Baldwin at tn
hardware store.
Shop windows glow with indications Of
the holiday trade.
Christmas to-morrow. Remember eth,
Lord lovetn the cheerful giyerp
-Muscoda viii soon have an orgau-th,
News, by G!asier & Darlington
We are obliged to Mr.. T NJ Calvert, o
Paducah, Ky, for Southern papers.
Don't buy kerosene that you know dom
stand the test of 100 as required,
-Plattevle and Washburn will shoot al
chickens and turkeys and things to morrow.
Hon Gao c. Hazelton, Of Boscobcl, reg
istered at the Phelps House on Tuesday even
ing.
The Methodist Sunday school classes will
on Christmas day, take sleigh ride to Platte
vile.
There will be Christmas service in the
Episcopal church on Christmas day at half-pas.
ten a. N.
The pioneer settlers Of Rchland county
talk of organizing an Old Settlers society 1t
is about time.
Mr. J. NJ Ryan has been reelected Pres
ident of the Galena and Southwestern narrow
gauge railroad.
-Jeweler Murphey win suit you in anything
desired that is handsome for a Christmas or
New Years gift.
The Woodruff will deal out slang at Ga
lena sometime in January. Subject: "The
Beecher~Tilton Scandal"
This night at the Episcopal church the lit
tie folks will be delighted, and Old SAINT will
deliver his presents in person.
The President has confirmed the re-ap-
pointment of Postmasters Dickinson at Bos>
cobeI and Wyne at Platteyille
Prof J. c. Pck,rd will deliver lecture
at the Congregational church on Monday even>
ing, January 4. Twill pay to go.
Superintendent Cobb says that more
merchandise is being shipped over the Plates
vile branch road this year than ever before
Five inches Of snow and pleasant weather
bring an unusual number Of people to town
and our tradesmen are happy in consequence.
The next session of the Wisconsin Legis>
lature will open on "Wednesday, January Is,
instead Of the 9th, as the HERA1D stated last
week
-Platteville expects the narrow gauge this
week. The depot has been located on the
grounds Of Mr, Robbins, just south Of the pre-
sent depot
Mrs Mary Hyde and son, Eugene, are
now in charge OF the Mansioa House, Nr. Bel
lows having retired and taken charge of the
Phelps House
If YOU want to see a beautiful picture by
E,ture's hand look at the window panes in
front Of Mccoy & Holloways store, the first
frosty cold day.
The Congregational Christmas tree will
not be full grown sill Christmas evening, at
half-past six O'clock, when St. Nick has prom
ised to be present.
The market price on wheat is looking up.
Pork steady, with no indications of further
rise 1t is thought there will be no permanent
rise in wheat till Spring.
Mineral Point has an organized militia
company-Capt E. Shepard in command
The company is named the Cooper Guards"
in honor of the city mayor.
When Galena and Patteville are united
by iron bonds, or rails, the people of both
places and along the line of the road propose
to have general iolifcation.
At the State Agricultural convention to
be held at Madison, January 27-29, essays will
be expected from Hon. NJ. X Young and Hon
Hammer Robbins, of this county
Mr.. Lawler is having another pontoon
barge constructed at Prairie du CHEN 1t is
something new, and viii be an improvement
on the large one in the west channel
The new postal card that is soon to APP
p,sr will be nearly white 1t will be printed
with black ink and the border will be narrower
thsn that on the postal card now in use.
The TAX rolls were completed on Saturday
last, and are now in the hands of Deputy Treas,
urer Baldwin The taxes will be collected At
the hardware store. next door south Of the
HERALD Office.
-Galena is happy again. Not satisfied with
the narrow gauge, she now laws claim TO have
given the world John n Lee. the noted polvg,
amist and leader of the Mountain Meadow
massacre in Utah,
The blackjack and drv.bone mines al
Wingville and Centervilc are again active
These ores bring about $l2 per thousand a,
the railroad where they are shipped to the
zinc works at LaSalle. Illinois
The Crawford county commissioners want
TO get rid of all the Wild beasts in their domain
and therefore have offered baunties from tel
cents to twelve dollars, according to the siz
and ferocity Of the animal captured
-Messrs Barber Clevenger, editors AM
proprieters of the Press and Dakotiau, a
Yanktcn. have sold their interest in the estab
lishmcnt to Mr. Weller 5. Bowen, formerl
city editor of the GAINESVILLE Gazette.
The people of Patch Grove will give
festival at the Academy Hall on December 81
the proceeds to be devoted 10 the purchase Q
an organ for the use Of the Methodist church
Good music, both vocal and instrumental
Fifty cents
A Mr. Gob'e has taken the quarters form
eriy occupied by wenzel, and will sell candies
&c. What the 'and~so,forth" means can b
determine on the number of beer kegs re
turned 70 the wagon empty We on " surmise
It's about time that thing stopped Such go
iDgs on never happened during the liceus