Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-08-16
L H e I'll E r A Id.
TOWN AND COUNTY:


Thanks are due unknown friends for Cal
ifornia and Kansas papers.
The next term of the Grant County Cir
cult Court will commence on Tuesday, Sept
II. That viii be county Fair week also.
-Pietro, which is Petroleum v. Nasty
tells the ladies a few words about the New
York fashions this week.
Several goodlooking sehooIma'ams passed
through Lancaster on Monday on their way to
the Institute at Platteyille.
Gen. Calls not being able to attend to il
new arrangements have been made for the
organization Of a military company See the
call tor meeting in another column.
When Rev. j. Walworth was administering
the ordinance of baptism in q creek in Rich
land County a few weeks ago, pickerel a
foot long became entangled in the leg OF hi.
pantaloons and was thus carried ashore.
In Woodman township are grown this
year 1912 ocres or wheat, 1341 of corn, SSS
of oats SO of barley, $50 of rye, 20 of fax, 1852
of cultivated grasses, IS of potatoes, and 6s
Of apple trees.
The cellar of Nathan, Schreiner l. Co.'s
store was burglarized on Tuesday night 1t
is not known that anything was stolen.
The burglars may have taken sudden leave
Oh the discovery that there were persons in
the store.
-Wingville farmers this year grow 110l
acres of wheat, 2460 of corn, 14I5 of oats, IS
Of barley 50 Of rye. 1910 of fax, 1913 of
cultivated grasses, 62t of potatoes, cot of
apple trees, and 20;S of timber, and 1913
bushels of clover seed.
Lovers of the noble horse should call at
Kilbourn's livery stable and look over that
handsome four year old colt, owned by Lewis
Okey. He is of the Bashaw breed, noted 70:
their gentleness, excellent parts and speed
ing qualities.
The Dubuque Fair, which is called the
"Exposition of the Northwest,' and whose
managers aim TO make it the great fair of
the Northwest, takes place September 10, II,
~, 10 and IA, its great show days coming on
on the same days as the Grant County Fair.
A Reform temperance club of l40 mem
bers has been organized in Platteville. It's
officers are A. L. Brown, Chas. Potter, I. ii.
Robertson, B. A. Jacobs, J. w. Smoker, G.. B.
Caster, Bryon 0'neal, VIM. Martens, G. d.
streeter, E. j. Bentley, r. J. Huntington. The
question is, viii the saloons stand such
strike as this
Tobacco growers should know that
they are liable, by United States law, to
penalty Of $500 for selling their tobacco pro-
duct 10 any other person than licensed
manufacturer or dealer in leaf tobacco. They
can sell to whom they please by first paying
500 for license. We are requested to
publish this fact to keep tobacco growers out
of trouble.
&C. J. Woodward will exercise the funct
ions of Marshal and E. E. Messmore the su.
periatendence of the Mechanical department
at The Bake's Prairie Fair. These gentle
men will call on Jesse Brooks for settlement
of their &C count az ainst him for not having
their uames in the proper places at the head
pamphlet they are all right.
Fletcher S. Kidd, County Clerk, begins
story of twelve chapters, IN this weeks HER.
AID. The other chapters will be published,
one at a time in the next eleven consecutive
issues, and each chapter will be the encore
of the one which precedes it. II is Of great
interest and will be literally copied but this
is the only authorized version. All Others
NAV be set down as spurious and unreliable
Unless you have money laid by to be used
in touring and pleasure excursions you had
best not read W. B. C's account of trip to
Lake Superior Whoever reads 1t will be
troubled with longing sensation, that VIII
only be a"weariness TO the feshn until he sees
the sights, wades in the chilly waters and
catches trout, himself To save yourself such
uneasiness, the refore, don't read that letter;
but we'd like TO have sterioscopic view,of the
Bloomington party when they waded those
cold and rushing waters.
1.-THE New York Bankrupt Company" is
what they call themselves They pretend to
be worth some hundreds of thousands. They
came to Lancaster over two weeks ago and
were going to sell everybody in this little
world enough dry.goods to do them through
the hard times, and bankrupt" all other mer-
chants. Well, during the two weeks they
have made great noise crying off their bank
rupt fag ends. and on closing yesterday made
oath to the village authorities of Lancaster
that they sold sl50.00(s) worth of goods
What an immense two weeks business for
three men To-day they go over to Bloom
ington and hope to fag out another week or
two. Jehiel ought to go with them.
People who lived in Grant Comfy about
the year 1860 were very familiar with the
name of Sherman Page. At the present time
his name is spread. lover Minnesota as thick
as ii then was over Grant County. The fol-
Rowing are some OF the headlines in refer
ence to him which appear in the Minnesota
P:eseer. fisherman Page-A Page of Page
Pages Persevering vindictiveness-Why
Many Brave and True men are afraid of Page
Page on the ampage-Page, Page, Page
How the Rampageous Page Rules thu
Court, the Camp, the Grove-The Reign Of
Terror and Cussedness at ustin-Why
Everybody is Afraid of Page except old
Hotchkiss-The Austin Bull Dozer-0pin-
ions in which the Judicial Bully may see
himselfas others see Him." There is enough
of these headings to fill two or three col
.umns, aud one would think by them thai
they would have Page pretty well chewed
up before they get through.
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Mr.. John Oswald and family are spending
she week visiting in Fennimore.
Prof A. G. Wallin. Princinai of one of the