Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1877-04-19
I'll E IL E Il A Id.
TOWN AND COUNTY /:


Turn out, Firemen, and have another
parade What's the use of uniforms if you
don't put them Oh occasionally.
The receipts Of the Town Of Plattevlle,
r,r the fiscal year we're sSs, 5ls.7$, # which
S34,I76.53 we're on the tax roll.
A Convention of Congregational Minis
,ers viii be held in Lancaster, beginning the
first Tuesday in June.
III our New York correspondent is correct
on The Beef. Trade it makes good news for
cattle growers.
Is it true that some Lancaster chap rides
frequently through Potos and throws kisses at
the ladies' as he passes Who is he
Mrs Newcomb's poem, read at the anni-
versary at Bloomington will grace column Of
,he HERiLD next week.
tn. Dunn County Ne,cs away up in the
,ine woods, has entered upon lis 18th year
and il comes to our table very welcome lit
Tie paper.
Father Victor, who never on e deiguec to
look N at the HERALD Office while here, has
,leased the Catholics Of this vicinity By going
u some other place
-Interesting-to see those great loads Of
furniture come to Barloa's the other day We
guess the ladies' are requiring new ont-hts OF
furniture this spring.
-Platteyle paid out in bonds, interes' &c,
on HI D.P.GM railroad. 1886, the past
wear and on IDS g. 4 5 Wis railroad, $4,000
Bond. 10 the amount of$7, 500 were paid off
We have rather more poetry in hand just
now than We want In fact we have a cart
load which W. will sell At Mr. Ziegler's highest
nree unless we can get higher bidder.
The Bloomington Congregationalists had
very happy and a very literary time at their
anniversary last week Next weeks HERALD
viii contain interesting papers in relation
thereto.
-Eel,skin is the name of the latest style OF
iady's dress. IL is without hustle or folds, has
nothing under but the abaft appendage OF a
GLADYS vest and pulls as close and fits as
snug behind as before.
What the readers Of the HERALD seem 10
Il, actually suffering for just now is little
Ney York Correspondence -AdUocdte. What
the Adtocate reader seems to have suffered for
IN, past three months, is little something
about the HERALD.
The city Of Boscobel collected last fiscal
year 81 go in license, 81, 25247 in taxes and'
1852 IS from other sources, and April 9Th
there were $65S35 in the treasury. These
figures do not in clude the bridge fund The
bridge receipts we're s4l&2.5O.
The orly stories we have this week are
the continuation OF Igey's romance on fourth
page and a long story in many chapters pre-
pared in part by Joe Book, W. +. Carter, D.
r Sylvester and 0. Hathaway. The latter
will be carefully read by our friend Luther
Brown and he will put It's good points and
faults ii a light that others may read
Ne +. r. Chase, elected Sealer of Weights
and Measures in Platteyille, proposes not to
let the duties of his office go by default. lie
will call on the Board Tor a set of standard
weights and measures and the will test his
neighbors halr-bushel and balances. Now
for DR.. Baxter.
We have received, with request to pub
lish a circular from thu State Board Of Health
id object being to check the progress Of scar
let fever and diph.heria The facts it contains
should be read or known to every one, and We
woalI publish them if they had not been al
rea IL rep ate ily given I, oar readers in Other
forms
We publish the lltest conc erning Tweed
and we don't believe more than halfofit Tie
ms nm ioubtely mad c confession but thes'
di.patehes are probably uesses at truth
Neither i. the confession Of such man
mu,h yalu.. rha practice Of such men is t.
thr,w',s much oiium as possible upon limo
cent men aud cover up the tracks OF then
FELLOW scoandrsls-
Ii some tramp should fall through that
sid walk leading to Nh. Howes and DR.
Clarkes it might be better thing for him
than stealing revolvers or rubber boots If
he should break leg or an arm the town
might have the pleasure of giving him couple
OF th,a.ands. If he should break a rib or his
u,se :. might have the qualification of paying
hin tes hualreds Grit he should break
liz neck il might have the satisfaction Of pay
nc his funeral expenses.
We have received within the last four OF
1--WE weeks, propositions to advertise silver
ware. the advertisements Offering large prem
iuins IN silver or gold ware, only Ito the
the readers Of this paper" who should cut out
the coupons" etc ard good only for ninety
DAYS. We replied that such adyertiseme hts
appeared on their face to be frauds and unless
IN. advertisers would give guarantees that
IN v would give the worth Of their money We
could not advertise for them In this age Of
America all readers ought to know that all
oaers Is urnish an article worth two to ten
times the money YOU pay for it are frauds, but
we fear some do not know it.
Last Thursday Joel c. SQuires, of Platte
Mills came near losing his life in mineral
shaft / rock large enough to reach across
Che shaft Tell upon him and his partner, Geo
Lee distance of 20 feet Mr., Lee was hurt
som, on the head aud a hand was badly mash>
cd. MI Sqaires had shoulder blade and three
ribs brokcu and the rock rested on his foot
and leg f,s nearly three hours. The rock had
20 be removed by gaddng it TO pieces. Nj
I.e', injuries are considerable bu. viii readily
1a..f Va