Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1875-12-30
TOWN AND COUNTY :

Turn that new leaf over now.
SEE changes in the railroad time tables.
The poultry price prospects for January
favor an increase.
The Lancaster Fire company should stur
about and re organize.
Leap Year parties:next, and of the calico
.Jai are always in order.
Notice several changes IN legal ADVERTISE
Uents in this weeks issue.
Beef sells on the stree, at five 10 five and
oae half cents by the quarter.
Let the HERALD readers know how much
hat fat hog weighed when dressed
-Ifth1u hath an enemy, make his son
New Years present of tin whistle.
Those who complain most about heavy
axes pay the least tax on real property.
The ll6 anniversary Of the poet Burns will
Be celebrated at Lancaster on the % h proximo.
The best sign of the times in that Justices
81 the Peace complain that their docket is
lily.
Dr. Stannard is the circuit rider at
lfarlnssille. He is very popular and most
successful physician
Postmaster Burr is now happy. The
groiigal has returned aud promises obedience
hereafter to his master.
-Rchland Center is the most enterprising
little town in south western Wisconsin. And
It is couhty-seat, too.
fha laws
10 engthen The cold will strengthe u" don't
seem to work well this year.
The weather Is strangely mild, and the
roads most thunderingly bad. What we want
4 less weather and more roads.
1T i about time tn at some country news
paper SAID the days are growing longer
Tuesday of the last week was the shortest
VAS.
How many of those aater- Powerless
town, mentioned a couple of weeks ago will
crpt the HeRALp's advice and bore an
artesian wen.
-Taa usual complaint-high taxes. Did
YOU ever hear a man, or woman elmer,
,huekle over low taxes ? Did you? Answer
10 the next HERALD.
Mr.. Jacob Kuenster, an old citizen OF
This county residing at Glen Haven ana very
successful farmer, will visit his native land IN
germany next month.
The artesian we'll at Prairie du Chen
mas been sunk to a depth over 800 feet. water
blows at the rate of 200 barrels per minute and
rises p feet above the surface
The Bos.obel Dit IS satisfied that
Lancaster has no show for a railroad, can
brag over us on an arIesian well, and neither
town has a liberty pole. Next
Mr.. Ira Willis was quite seriously In
vred By being thrown from buggy one day
last week The team ran away breaking the
buggy and damaging things generally
-Richland Center has within the last year
built Is miles of railroad, as many miles
Of telegraph line, and has now appropriated
$500 for the sinking OF an artesian we'll
The proper way TO kill poultry IS oy
bleeding a, the mouth. Heads and teet should
be len on and tha dead fowl should not be
.drawn', that is if intended for shipment
a mere boy, named Kast. was lodged II
The county Jail on Christmas day. He resides
In Crawford county and is charged with for
gerry. The ofense was committed at boscote'
We learn
While the people of CassvilIe and Dodge
vile are quarreing among themselves owe
recent postmaster changes, all IS serene as re
cards the postmaster in the other towns OF
the district
The HERALD wishes all its readers, an
everybody else, happy New Year, and
hundred happy New years hence IT that
not good enough, say so, and another hundre'
will be addel.
And now Leap Year parties will De
vogue again. The invitations will read
yourself and gentleman are respectfully in
vited &c. We accept in lump all sue
offers il advance.
MIR L. Il: Bingham, Bloomington, butch
cred last week thirteen hogs of the Polan'
China breed The aggregate weight befor
dressing was 6,53l lbs, averaging oO2 los
each who beats this
The Grant county WItaess is about
mase important Improvements IN It's exieFn'
dress BY dropping the pa;snt outside. Il WI
hereafter appear a home edited and hon
published paper, We are pleased to note TIL
evidence Of prosperity on the part Of OF
neighbor
The Boscobe Did has assumed the pre-
portions of respectable country weekly
ami now appears full eight column fol-
sheet. Boscobel is lively town, snd ma
Wen Sc proud Of the enterprise shown BY u
publisher of the largest paper ever issued
its midst, cap, here is our 81 column shake =
The Lancaster Lodge of Masons, on ia
-. Monday evening, publicly installed he office
TIeeethe ensuing year as follows: John
Clark, Master; V. F. Kinney, JunlC
Warden T. F. BALDWIN,, Secretary w
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