Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-12-06
L HE HERALD.
TOWN AND COUNTY:
Christmas is coming.

Bells hall next Wednesday
The forth page of this paper has a beau
tifu story By T. s. Arthur.
John Pepper last week bought of John
Baumgartner ten hogs, seven months old,
weighing 1850 pounds. Bosco5el Watchman.
The young people viii hold their socable
this Thursday evening at the Good TempIers
Hail. good place for good time.
The Baptists of Bloomington will feast
and entertain the people next Wednesday
evening.
Col. John G. CLARK and Mr. r 8. Hoskins
are at Milwaukee, attending the annual meeting
of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows.
John Jeide, tailor, has moved his shop to
the house lately occupied by Mr.. Michaelis,
next east of Mr. Rylands bank He does good
work and does it promptly.
Mr. H. Clay Evans, who used to be one
of the popular young men of Lancaster, and is
now one Of the great men of Chattanooga
Tennessee; was in Lancaster last week.
Register DuTley recorded in the months of
October and November, Ga marriages, 10
deaths and 81 births az having taken place in
Grant County.
The NJ. f young peoples sociable will be
held at the house ofMrs Judge Mills on Fri
day evening next.
Rev A. w. Cummings will hold Quarter
ly meeting at Fennimore next Sabbath. He
breaches there in the morning and Elder
Mather will preach in the evening.
Masonic: Special meeting of the Lancas-
ter Lodge December 18th for work in Sd de
gree Regular meeting December 18th for
work in 81 degree and election of officers,
F. BALDWIN, Sec'y.
From a time TO which the memory of
man runneth not to the contrary the Grant
County HERALD has cheerfully taken county
orders for subscription payment, also wood
when offered
Thanks are due Secretary of State Doyle
and Treasurer Kuehn for copies of their an
nual reports Items from these reports, se-
lected for the benefit of our readers are
crowded over to next week.
Quarterly meeting services will be held
next Saturday and Sunday at the VI. E. church
Lancaster Preaching by Elder Mather on
Saturday evening and Sunday morning, and
BY the pastor on Sunday evening.
We are very sure that the verdict of the
readers will be that all the pat ants printed in
Grant County put together do not this weeh
give as much reading valuable to the citizens
Of the county as the Grant County HERALD
does
On Monday last Edward Cole appeared
before Judge McGonigal and plead guilty to
stealing a COW valued at $4,000 from Lewis
Dewey of Melville, on the 18th of October
The Judge sentenced Cole to one years labor
in the penitentiary and one days solitary con-
6nement.
Mr. A. Kaltenbach reports Potosi prices
yesterday as follows Flour, 1926. Corn 80
cents. Oats 2O@22 Barley 5000 Potatoes
30. Beet, per cwt. $4@5. Fresh butter Is C.
Lard 10. Eggs IS. Salt per Dbl. sl.9O. Hogs
$3.50 Pork "a So Hides green &c. Chickens 8.
The reader will readily recognize the fact
that we are in possession of the new and large
volume of the Geology of Wisconsin," just
published-with accompanying sets of large
and very complete charts. For this great fa-
vor we are indebted to Prof T. c. Chamber
lain, State Geologist.
We publish elsewhere the prospectus for
1878 of the well known and popular Harper's
Magazine As an Illustrated literary monthly
it is first of ALL We will send for it for our
subscribers, at the rate of $3.50 per year, and
it can be obtained for the same price of
T. A. Burr, P NJ, Lancaster.
There are cases of small pox in Richland
Center From what we see in the Republican
we infer that the people are enraged at the
Doctors because they did not give publicity
to the fact, and the Republican, and other peo-
pie are enraged at the Observer because it did
publish the fact
Milwaukee Illustrated is the title Of 100
page pamphlet giving a history and descrip-
ton Of that city--just received from Messrs
Niedecken & Co, Wholesale stationers and
paper dealers. The only habitations on the
picture Of Milwacky of Old are three In
dian wigwams ToAday Milwaukee is great
city claiming 900 people-generally white
men.
The entertainment by the young folks at
tile Congregational church Thursday evening
was "splendd"-very much better than was
expected. The performances b. Master Char
lev Baxter and Misses Clara Jones and Fannie
Schmitt were especially good, as also the
singing There was 10 performance but what
was mer itorious to performers and their in
structors.
An exchange has found out that the
word ''editor" in the MenomOnie tongue is
"Wo>rack- ia Observation-Disclosures" Which
means: the cuss who writes with black water
and prints him" The latest pathological dis.
covery will send a thrill Of enthusiasm through
every journalistic bosom-and the average
Young man, with pale face and a mustachc,
will now speedily Join the ranks.-Aonroe
Sentinel
A. A. Stamy eloped with girl from
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, came to Dubuque Friday
night, and got driver to take them over to
Fairplay, Wis, to be married by justice Alli-
SON The driver got lost and did not arrive
at Fairplay till Saturday morning when the
knot was tied, and they returned to Dubuque
and remained over Sunday.-Goieaa Gazette,
Nor, 81.
In Green County the salary Of the Coun-
ty CLERK is 100000; County Treasurer $780,
90; Superintendent of schools $4,000
County Judge $4,000; District Attorney
$4,000. Ia amount they are lower than sal
aries 81 Grant County, but in ratio of the
wealth. population and extent of territory aud
work to do in the two counties, their salaries
are probably higher than here.
Nebraska is a grand State. 1t is all
good thinks Charley Shrader,but according to
the following little item there is parallel be-
tween it and another much talked Of country
1.-Two men met on North Platte when one
claimed that Nebraska was all good coun>