Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-07-05
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TOWN AND COUNTY:


4th of July orator at Belmont.
The Wisconsin Teachers Association
win hold ts twenty-ffth annual session al
Green Bay on the II, is, and 10, ofJuly.
What think you, farmers, was our advice
TO SOW wheat last Spring good You can't
tell yet? Well, we want to know after har-
vest
MID Weaver marketed bushels of new and
handsome early rose potatoes last Saturday
Other loads have been brought to town thi:
week
Harry and Albert Brooker started yester-
day for Oregon. They viii stop short time
in California
Charles Griffin, one of the Lancaster High
School graduates struck out on Friday last
for Yankton, Oak.
Farmers are advised not to bring butter
10 market in such hot weather as yesterday
and to-day. It is bad for them aad bad for
the m erchants.
C. w Langridge started on his trip to
California last Tuesday. lie is MOL young
man and his many friends here viii rejoice to
hear Of his success.
Mr.. ]. w. Graves, an old we'll known and
one of the most worthy citizens of Grant is
engaged with Mr.. Loyeland of Prairie du
Chen in the driv0-well pump business.
Mr. Joe Cover forms life engagement t
with a lady of Richland Center, to-day Mr.
John Cover and wife, and NJ rs. Joel Barber
and Miss Lolne Cover are there to witness the
ce remony.
Mr. HoIford undertook apology this
week for the filthy home-printed corner he
flung out to the breeze last week but spoiled
it by intimating that we had made buzzard
meat Of him.
School District No. 3-Village of Lam
caster-will hold its annual meeting for the
election of officers and the transaction of
other business, next Monday evening, at the
school-house A District Clerk is to be elected
a story is told of Charley Bennett, that
he has been in the habit of going to the
woods to watch birds feed each other. His
ranlble resulted in the catching of bird that
had forged an order ON Mr. Washburn, of
Plattcyille. Sheriff Orchard has the bird Gagged.
Some Of the old settlers gently chided US
for not getting out better crowd at their
meeting We deserve it and we promise that
with the concurrence of the officers, the old
settlers meeting shall be the biggest day of
the year in Grant County next year.
We have received from Pres. Charlton
copy of the latest catalogue of the Platteville
Normal School There were in the past year
224 students in attendance in the Normal de-
partmcnt proper Mr. Charlton will mail copies
Of the catalogue to persons desiring informa-
ton concerning the school.
When you are clearing the ground of trees
don't undertake to burn away the stumps.
Stumps that have the exposed surface charred
will remain solid for an age, while those left
undlsturbed will soon decay. We learned this
or something like it from Judge McGonisal
oughtn't they to knows
Att o'clock this morning. Lancaster was
aroused from its slumbers by peal after peal
of the most terrific thunder The flashes of
lightning as they wove their webs over the
heavens were beautiful as well as thrilling
and so near that there was general expectA-
ton as the people met each other to hear that
houses in the village had been struck. There
was with it no rain
AT Casse Prairie, in Sank County little
girl six years old, daughter of Mr.. Yenker'
went out to hunt the cows. storm came on
and she was lost She wandered from Sunday
evening until Wednesday morning when she
was found five miles from home, exhausted
speechless and unable to move. The peo-
pie OF the surrounding country were much
excited and by turning out nearly en- ma sse
found and saved the child. She has recovered
The Officers of the Old Settlers Associ "a
ton for the ensuing year are
PRESIDENT. H. Rountree.
Vice Pres dents L w. Brunson, Alex
Ramsey.
Recording Secretary-Wm. McGonigal.
Treasurer-Theo. NJ. Barber.
Corresponding Secretary-James A. Jones.
Executive Committee-John G. CLARK, Alex
Iyev, Leonard Coates Phillip Kelts-Mrs. J.
p Lewis. Mrs. J. C. Cover, Mrs. j. T. Mills,
Mrs. Alex Tyey, Mrs. Edward Pollock, hrs. >.
NJ AltiZer.
This Committee is given enormously in other
papers.
The latest Galena Gazette announces that
Iii VarreH has leased his Fennimore hotel for
$500 year to some Minneapolis man. We
guess that il mistake Mr.. Varrell's Hotel
il not much leased--not as much as 1t was.
Tho Minneapolis man only persuaded Mr.. Var
rclrs folks to fix up the hotel in beautiful
summer styIe, and then he went and gave
lease of himself He is too nice gentleman
to run a country hotel. He ca rries several
gold watches and deals largely in real estate.
Mr.. Varrell will keep his hotel IN its thor
onghly renovated condition and please the
public better than ever.
-Potosi has for some time been infested
with a gang of petty thieves who prowl about
stealing mineral and lead. In May over 400
lbs OF pig lead belonging to Mr.. Thos. Hymer,
were stolen from the La Fayette landing.
Last week 1t was discovered that the lead had
been melted into a mass and sold at Dunleith.
On the 26h of June more lead, belonging to
MT. GtnltH OA tut hlSopg hoiAO" luAhoSNs
was stolen from :he landiRg This was found
and parties have been arrested but let go.
We are informed that the matter is likely to
20 by the board because OF mistaken i'm
preston that arrests cannot be made in and
evidence connot be had from Iowa.
in former discussions in The HERALD of
the question of securing railroad TO Lancas-
ter, the prospect that before many years the
Lake Superior country would be the great
Summer resort for the Southern people, was
advanced as one of the reasons for north and
south road A lengthy article on the first
page Of this paper--which specially advertises
Ashand--shows that Lake Superior people
are preparing for that prospect. They have
railroad which now touches at Lake Superior,
bu, il bears its southern bound passengers
through Chicago instead of to the Mississippi
ut Dubuque, which would be the most natural