Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-10-04
The HERAL Id.
TOWN AND COUNTY:

0VNN ANIL SOOtN
The embers of September died away last
Sunday.
Next Monday is the day for the Democrat
ic County Convention.
Wells drilled by w. Ketner, Of Lancaster.
Orders solicited by mail. lstf
The abstract of assessment published ia
this paper is a document valuable to propert
holders
E-The Lancaster Republican caucus at it
meeting last Saturday reelected the forme
town committee, namely, Chas. Baxter, H. s
Keene, and W. P. Rowden.
The beautiful and balmy autumnal day
warm enough for June left US yesterday nom
ing. In their place We have good chance
now Of rain, mud and cold.
just as ifeyerybody that knows anything
didn't know for years that Hon. E. w. Keyes
was hsyer-a member of the firm CT Orion
Reyes and Chynoweth, Madison.
MIR. Israel Miles, one of Grant County's
early settlers now resides in Missouri. He ii
in this county at present attending to business
and seeing old friends.
Our Republican Convention syesterday
was well attended 1t was as good rocking
body OF men as has assembled in the court
house in long time.
j. Z. Holloway and A. R. Bushnell have
swarped houses, and Mr.. b. now occupies the
fine house and beautiful grounds lately vaea'
ted by Mr.. Holloway, who, with his family, |;
out rusticating for a spell
Our Pietro's letters (which is Petroleum
V. Nasby-it is easy to form Pietro out OF Pc
troeum) are growing better and better lie
appears, however, to be losing faith in the
"Southern policy"
Good Republicans are glad to see Mr..
John p Lewis among them again. lie was
one Of the Delegates in the Republican County
Convention. Mr.. Lewis has in fact always
been Republican but he thought Greeley
was better Republican than Grant.
The Delegates chosen from Lancaster TO
attend the District Convention at Beetown
next Wednesday are, Jos. Book, S. ii. Farms
worth. G. II. Baxter, John Cover, +. Halbert
L. J. Arthrr, Z. Pollock, II. S. Keene, II
Buchner, D. Schreiner and R. B. Showalter
W. Barlow is selling furniture and al
articles connected with the business as low al
they can be bought in Dubuque. lie has been
well established for three years in the best
furniture business ever carried on in I,ancas-
ter. He has been away buying and is in re-
ceipt of new lots Of goods this week.
Barney Russell, who runs our big powe
press with his one arm, also makes as goo'
brooms as are made anywhere, with that ont
arm. He has fitted up in his shop machin
with which he turns them ont very speedily
When merchants in other towns see our one
armed man coming with load of brooms W
hope they will buy of him.
1t is not because of any wrong we hav
ever done or any we may ever do that tn
vile brute who runs the Advocate devotes hi
life and his stencil to our injury. On tn
contrary il is because he knows we have tn
heart and the nerve to do right, and that W
know him and his corrupt purposes, and ar
therefore in his way. at II all come right i
the end, sir; it II all come right"
That Advocate man, poor Griefstack, ha
become thoroughly convinced that bis only
element of strength is in his inclination an
ability to throw stink-in other words that h
is by nature and habit skunk, and he ca
fight best as a skunk fights. Unfortunatel
there are great many people afraid to tight
skunk and for this reason the animal is allowe'
to shelter itself under their dwellings and the
make complaints if any person attempts t
stir it up, for they do not want the air abou
them disturbed. Not long since this beas
went so far as to publish that the wife of on
of our ministers was a procuress and yet gen
tlemen are so careful of their fine clothes tina
they continue to feed him lest he turns hi
tail upon them. His vulgar odors are give
to the vulgar rabbe to be flung into the face
of children; determined that if he can help il
no family shall live righteously and be decen
unless their hands so to his mouth. He is
poor, miserable, lecherous, diseased, sci
abused beast, and yet he torments ever
gentleman he can get in reach of with his al
ISOLATION. Friends have urged us to abstai
from quarrelng with him, from stirring him u
from fighting with him. When we do, "
know the animal as easily as we do a blue xii
ten from white one and we can smo Their hi
as easily as we could the kitten. In the mea
time if there's anybody who doesn't want an
fighting to go on they better hide their beas