Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1876-04-20
TOWN AND COUNTY /:


gear motto of the ladies.
The Fall meeting OF the Dubuque EXPOSE
aion will take place September 4th to sth
The new postal law excludes from the mails
ali liquids poisons, glass explosive materials
and obscene books and papers
1t is true now as it was in former times,
that God and his hosts are associated with
men in all works of righteousness.-Rev Cum"
mings
Judge CotLren beats Carter in the dis
trict $40 votes for Circuit Judge, and he in
sists that it is not very good Spring for run
aing either.
The Supreme Court of this State has de-
cided that chapter ll2, Of the general laws OF
1867 is a bar to recovery on tax certificates
more than six years old.
The delinquency on lands returned to the
County Treasurer in 1878 amounted to s4709..
81. in 1876, S52ls.44-about $500 more than
he year previous.
Ex-senator Holloway is of for California.
We hear that his visit to the Pacific coast is
being made with the view of making perma-
nent 10 cation there.
The "pul back" is very old Hesion, ups
yards of twenty-eight hundred years ago;
wrote:
"Let no fair woman tempt thy sliding mind
With garments gathered in knot behind"
Individual subscriptions have raised the
aid that Lancaster offers for railroad TO
shout 5000 The good work goes on, and
we hope to make record of the fact soon that
$4,000 has been secured for the road.
Don't undertake to sustain contest
with Satan on his own ground" said Rev.
Cummings in the pulpit last Sunday-and we
thought about Carriers late undertaking in
Iowa county.
An exchange says frog weighing 100
pounds was exhibited at Nashville lately.
Every man in Lancaster has had frog OF the
same size sticking in his throat all winter 1t
was railroad frog.
Prof, D. E. Gardner, of the State Normal
school of Platteville, is stopping in town dur
sng vacation, and will represent several OF the
frst class pianos and organs. He may be seen
at the Phelps House.
The annual election of officers of Emanuel
church on Easter Monday resulted in eleeting
H Muesse, s. w, and c. Langridge, J. W.,
vestrymen-H B. Fisher, J. Brown, G. F.
Falley, r H. Parsons, A. Michalis.
deserves the public favor as workmen. They
will take contracts for building, and honestly
execute them. Doors, sash, blinds, mculdings
and scroll work always on hand.
The most abused man in Grant county is
s. Mitchell, the popular village marshal OF
Lancaster. The Advocate dominates him FOR
County Coroner. We don't want him to set
on our dead body.
The friends of Rev. Strong and lady were
received by the aged couple at the residence
of Mrs. D. H. Budd on Monday evening, and a
most pleasant occasion resulted They started
to their home at Elsalem, in Polk county, yes
terday.
The Grant county Agricultural society will
BE Of age in September next, when from the
9Th 10 the goth it will hold its twenty>frst
annua. exhibition and fair We believe this
Is the Oldest county agricultural society in the
State
The Spring races at Dubuque will take
place on the Exposition grounds June 9th to
sth The premiums amount to over $4,000.
The Frepert Driving Park Association will
have their trot from May S0th to June and.
Purses S5,l00
The Mineral Point Tribune reports the
following towns as having voted against Ii
cense, and being determined to close up their
saloons: Mineral Point, Darlington, Argyle,
Gratiot. Benton, Willow Springs, Wiota and
Linden,
The last of the winter series of Congrega>
tional church socables will be held at the resi-
dence of General Calls this Thursday even-
ing. The invitation to attend is general, and
a. this is to be the last Of the kind everybody
should 80 and sjoy jolly time
The Adrocate thinks the Republican party
Of Grant county viii have use for a coroner
next Fall. Does the Republican slajority tn at
Carter received in this county Indicate any
thing ofthe kind What is the political cons
piexian Of the present County Board of Super
visors, This will prove bad year to reckon
on Democratic gain in Grant county.
Under the Vance law the rates for carry
in- merchandise, in the four classes, from Nils
waukse does not differ from the rates pre-
scribed by the Potter law The rate for grain
in car loads and -four per barrel is also the
sane. Lumber IS rated $500 per car load
higher and cattle and hogs only 81 per car
load higher ~ great change II the rates
after all,
Rev + atom preached to the children last
eSsobath evening on the subject of Right
Growing Up. He made comparison of men
who grow 10 very tall and slender. to those
trees IN thicket which grow up tall aud
slender like long poles without limb or other
ornament. and the Editor Of the AdpoeGte. who
was present has ever since been in doubt
whether that wasn't personal allusion to him
Some one suggests that new dance be
invented for the girls, in addition to the many
pretty ones now danced sort Of medley il
suggested, in which the yonng ladies will waltz
around the house helping the old lady, five
steps among the dishes, redowa with the broom
and polka among the clothes in washtub,
Such dance would have the merit of beins
practical though it might not be popular with
the vls