Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-07-12
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TOWN AND COUNTY:

One hundred and thirty old settlers 0
Gaena picnieked at Benton on the 4th.
Register Durley received for record dur
the month Of June, notices Of eleven marriages
seventeen births and two deaths.
in features and physique Harry Govier il
enough like Theodore Mast to be his twin
brother.
Now we know that nice, tidy. we'll
kept ice-cream, lemonade, soda water and
oyster saloon would do lourishing business
III Lancaster.
"A very exciting game Of base ball came
dit At Galena on the 4th, between the Haze
Green Tornad6es ana picked nine Of Galcna
for purse Of SIS. The Galcnas took the
purse on a score OIL to 3.
Prof. J. G. Davies, with wfe and child
has gone 10 Fox Lake to enjoy his vacation.
He is engaged a. Principal Of the Lancaster
High School aud supt. of the public schools
for another year.
From the fact that NJ reports OF the
Greenback Conventions were sent TO the
HeaALD We suppose they prefer to hide their
lights under a bushel. At least they know
very well the HERALD columns are free %
them Is long as they behave themselves.
Judge MiIls's lake is donc-for. Let il mir
nov ever 81 hard, tic waters cannot collect
there. Prospective sails upon its mellow va
tiers are blasted, but the IiIlses have a kindH-'
c. feeling than before towards those whose
dlty ii is to keep streets and sewers in order
Ed. Mcclure, in 1878 a troublesome la
b1tcr On the Galcua and Platteviue \. G.
railgoal, murdered man near Waterloo,
Iowa, last Sunday week by cutting him to the
heart with a razor while another man held
him down.
Little Johnnie, son Of VIM. Grange Of
tie Hurricane, when running to meet his
father On Saturday last, fell and broke his
right arm above the wrist The arm was set
81 DR. Barber and the little fel. v is as play
fgi IS ever, while lie carries tile arm IN its
wfappings.
The fat and lean men of Galcna played
base BAH against each other on Saturday last.
Capt D. W Corey, the Singer man who spent
some days recently at Lancaster on a law
suit, was the catcher for the fat men. The
lean men won on a core o. forty-seyen TO
t'.iry-eigLt.
Boys who behave badly while attending
the preaching of Elder Sanborn, and reckless
youugsmcn who insult him with missiles or I'M
Jscoming language while lettering on the
streets near his tent, may hear Of it hereafter
IN the rcproach such conduct viii bring upon
our village
Ten purses viii be competed for BY horse
races at tie Mineral Point Fair: Three OF SIS
each Oh Wednesday, September 4th one Of
500 and two Of SO each on Thursday and
two Of 500 each, one Of $3.50 and one Of
$3.50 on Friday. Some are running and some
are trotting races.
Passengers who have occasionally travels
e 1 on che Prairie du Chen stage suggest that
the proprietor advertise what davs he carries
concert troups and what days passengers can
20 who prefer not to see or hear the amuse-
meats referred to- Or if they wish to carry
only one class Of passengers, let them, like
Judge Hilton, at Saratoga, say 50.
Did sou read J. A. C.'s poem on June
Ii the HERALD Of jane 2Sth If you did
not you should read It yet, and if you do not
say there is more poetry in it than there is in
Bret Harte's Naughty Boy Sleeping, which
two weeks ago was in every other paper you
could pick up, then your judgment IS not
like THAT o. very competent person whom
we heard make the remark
There is a little dispute as - who deserves
the most praise for the success of the Beetown
celebration Oar correspondents divide the
h3aor- pretty evenly but could no. name all
deserving ones. All Bectown did noby. Oar
notes ay nothing Of the Grafton bu, our cor.
respondents thiuk their orator. Mr. G I
Foster, i he most eloquent speaker II Grant
County
Or Depew viii be in Lancaster at the
Phelps House on the PSI Of July and remain
uatil the 9th Of August. He treats chronic
diseases, such as rheumatism, consumption,
asthma, bronchitis catarrh, and epilepsy and
gives special attention to diseases Of women.
lie IS in Plattcyille now and before coming to
lancaster viii visit Darlington. lie viii be
here every few weeks during the present year.
The Greenback Delegates chos to rep
resent lie 2nd Assembly District in the
Portage State Convention on the 4th instant
We're John Bate, Geo. w. Lse, James Kill
bourn ana G. Lamsou. Those from the
3l.DstrIct were S. n Jones, J. s Moore,
u. d. Calaus and Alfred Palter How many
Of them went we 40 not know Some Of
them are men Of toe good seuse 10 Be eagae-
q il any such Tomfooery.
The pabHc in Giant County, through
the coming and presence of Elder Sanborn,
are taking interest in thtdoctriues Of the Ad.
veHtis.s. We therefore, in another column,
publish the Declaration Of the Principles Of
the seyenth-Day Adyentists. There is a
good stock Of information in them, and when
Elder S3uborn can draw out such old sinners
IS Marshal Mitchell and Frank Barr to attend
church We are sure he is not doing any harm.
Henry Z. Bowen,the man who was turned
ont Ct Beecher's church, has Judgement on
Il L bonds, against Iowa County which now
amounts to S74,95S75 The county has for
years oyadod It's payment. The L. S. Court
therefore holds the members Of the County
Bo1rd AMI the Clerk under contempt and they
xvsva .,t I'm low arrest aud ~pe,t;r. p, orrpe~
before court at Oshkosh last Tuesday They
may be fined hundreds Of dollars ca CHI.
Il letter received from Geo Barnett al :
yises his parents Of his success at Annapolis.
in passing brilliant examination preparatory
Is lis admission 10 the Naval Academy Out
ct over seventy five applicants, only about
tbiriz passed and Geroge was among the
number. When We take into consideration
flat 6p0rr, vas never before away from