Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-08-22

Mrs VIM. L. Carter and her son Byron
are in town for a few days.
1t is in order when you meet Johnny
Howe, to inquire. How's the boy?
"A sermon to young people is announced
at the Methodist church next Sunday evening.
Howe & Baxter make new announces
ment, which the reader may be benefited by
noticing.
Mr. O. l.. Berry publishes in his adver.
tisement the price at which he offers his farm
for salc-which see
w. II. GIlliard of Mount Hope sends
sample of White Russian Winter wheat of
which he raised As bushels and 40 lbs. to the
acre
Our young Beetown poetess makes
point on the old folks. If they we're such great
workers why did they invent SO many machines
to get rid of work =?
The Phoenix fire company we're out in
full force Tuesday night did the hard work
and shared in the rejocings oyer the success
OF the hallroad election.
Next Tuesday is the day fixed by law for
the annual meetings in school districts,t to elect
officers and transact other business except
in districts embraced in Incorporated villages.
Lancaster will do well to take some pride
in giving the Rev. Edward Eaton a large
audience next Sunday-the last time he will
lecture here possibly within about year,
may be longer.
There is added to the card of Chas B.
Eldrdge the fact that he has been made State
agent to whom hawkers and peddlers should
apply for State license. BY the way, wonder
Of Dragon Oil has State license
Rev Edward D. Eaton returns next week
to his Iowa home. Before leaving he will de-
liver one more lecture. 1t will be given next
Sunday evening and will be free to ALL Subs
ject--Why am Not an Unbcliever.
Our Scots born readers, and the HERALD
has a good many of them, will be specially
interested in Prot Burchards letter. It is
long but it is good. All of Mr.. Burchard's
letters will both in.ereet and educate the
reader.
-Losr Dozen or about May 30 small
followed team to Lancaster, perhaps farther.
Answers to name Curly. A reasonable re-
ward will be paid for his return to GEo. BECK,
Plattcvle, Wis.
A Georgetown, Wis. merchant, purchas-
ed a 80 ID. keg of butter from farmer in that
section the other day, and on opening it dis
covered that he had paid for 30 lbs. of salt
and only 8 lbs. of butter, at the rate of 10 cts.
pound, all around.-Galena Gazette.
Meeting good-ooking lady teacher two
or three miles north of Lancaster, who was
walking to her home in the north part Of
Grant County from the teachers institute,
suggests reflections upon the drudgery and
poor pay of the school ma'am profession.
Republicans in the several towns OF Grant
County are called upon to attend the meetings
next Saturday, to choose delegates to the
district conventions The caucus at Lancas-
Ter will be at 2 in the afternoon. The one in
Mt. Ida at $50 p. m. For the time of others
sec calls
A mare was stolen from Grant Bonham's
field on Sunday night. She has not been re-
covered. A week ago Sunday night, two
horses were taken from Mr.. Kilbourn's livery
stable in Lancaster and were found next day
eight miles north of Lancaster, one of them
hitched to tree.
Mr.. butcher, of the law finn of Brooks &
butcher, of Boscobel, was in town last week
on legal business. He does not want any
Green King or King Green in his politics. He
thinks il the Democratic party makes a con.
tession that it has "passed in its checks it
may as well be buried
HANSON Bakers house, on the hill west oil
the village of Ellenboro, took fire in the roof
and burned down. Thursday last. Mr.. Baker
was away from home, and the fire was not dis
covered It'll the roof was in a big blaze.
Part of the furniture was saved. The pronertv
was insured in the american" for about 5000.
For the benefit Of our thousands or 40 Of
Democratic readers, AID because respectfully
asked to do so, we publish the calls under one
head for all the Democratic caucuses and con.
ventions to be held in this county preliminary
10 nominating II Democratic candidate for
Congress. The chairman, Mr. Moore. saws
that other publications are incorrect. and
therefore he calls this the corrected copy, u