Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-12-19
THE HERALD.
TOWN AND COUNTY /:


La Crosse for $S5.
The merry Naturalization of the sleigh
bell is heard in the land
Lucy Carter comes ont again with an ex-
ce'leni fashion letter.
Reliable, energetic men who are out Of
business should read and profit by the adver-
tisemcn; Of the Bissell Manufacturing Cos,
New York
William Richardson sold 80 Poland Chi
ma hogs to Sam Rountree, that weighed in
Platte,ille 44s Ibis EACH
The Boscobel Temple of Honor win give
series of fortnightly social hops, beginning
this evening, -says the Dial
Thanks are gratefully rendered Hon. Geo.
C. Hazelton for a steady flow of Congressional
Records
The Chicago Journal paragrapher says,
"too many glasses makes chic y tumbler out
ola f How"
-Malrimony is getting to be not so much a
matter.o'money as formerly-judging by the
marriage lists in these days.
Having just returned from Milwaukee
with a large stock OF groceries we propose 10
sell at the lowest Pr ices possible.
G. d. UTT s. Co
Miss Caddie Sylvester, daughter Of John
Sylvester formerly ofMontfort, was married
to DR.. J.. r. Hanks of Dubuque. at the re,i-
denee of her parents in Minneapolis ON
Thanksgiving day
-Kenosha has a mad dog excitement.-A
little girl was bitten there by a mad dog
which also bit many other dogs. The people
are alarmed and the Mayor has ordered that
all dogs be muzzled
The delivery of hogs in this city yesterday
and to-day amounts TO fiv hundred head. The
principal buyers are Howe & Baxter, Nathan,
Schreiner & Co., Mccormick, and Hoskins.
fhe gentle fall o snow which commence
Cd last Friday continued, with Interruptions,
until yesterday morning, giving a sufficient
covering TO make fine seighing and calling
out every enc for business or pleasure.
The Cracked Tumbler, story begun in
this paper is thrilling, The chapter coming
next week will make the readers hair stand
on end if he does not forget wha: he reads
this week
MIR. W. IL. Kittoe. former resident of
Hazel Green, has removed with the rest of
the family to PIatteville, where young Mr.. X
has been enrolled as a student of the Wiscon-
sin State Normal School
MIR. Alex Gulick, of Princeton, n j., is in
Lancaster this week attending to his property
interests here. His son who was here with
him last Fall is attending medical lectures in
New York
Under Wisconsin law, at present, asses.
sors are required 70 list all dogs, and their
owners are required'to pay 50 on the female
CANNES and g on the males. The money Is
to go into our school fund The dogs are to
help educate our children
We wonder if some ears did not Jingle
when DR.. Lee, the temperance speaker, began
to aludc to the "populace." People, if you
please, Doctor, This is free, democratic
country; one man is as good as another; the
people are sovereign, and we have no "popu.
lace"
A grand supper will be given in the Ha>
eel Green Reform Club Hall, OH Christmas day,
December 25th, for the ben fl of the NJ. +.
Church and Sabbath School that village.
Admttance so cts. Chdre. 3 cts. The
people of Hazel Green and yicini., IRE invited
to attend.
Prof. Burchard's European letter i, print
ell this week on fourth ptge. II is fl v as
interesting as any of its predecessors II
should have appeared last week, bat was
crowded out by the Presidents message and
other matters. The next letter will be from
Venice.
ln short time the HERALD will begin the
re-publica ton of Goodhues famous story of
the lead mines, entitled, "Struck a Lead" 1t
W.! run through nearly quarter of a year.
Its publication viii be made in response to re-
peated requests. Many old settlers want to
read it again and those who have never seen it
will re ad il with even more interest.
The Mineral Point Democrat is printed on
anew and splendid Potter power press. Its
publishers are young men deserving the con.
sideration and patronage of the better ele-
ments of the Democratic party. Their paper
is an old and established institution and we
think the new press for it safe and sensible
investment
w. w Reed, whom the HERALD noticed
three weeks ago as having had an arm NUTS
lated in a threshing machine, and then ampu-
iated by Drs. Leavitt and Carley, remained in
the kindly care of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Baum
gardner for ten days. He was taken home
las, week and found that his neighbors had
assisted him in his affection to the extent of
securing his crop of corn. He is now doing
well under the care of DR. Leavitt, of Fenni-
more.
The reason Why 50 many ladies' of this
city insist upon turning to the left when you
meet them on the street. is tone OF those
things which no fellow can find ont" For
bashful man to meet lady who insists upon
clinging TO the wall side of the walk when she
is walking down the north side of Maple ST.,
for instance, and to decide in an instant wheth-
= he shall commit the soleoism of turning to
the left, or run theirisk of a collision on the
right, is most painful dilemma.
DR., Barber is pleased to give notice to his
friends and patrons that he will be at home,
and ready for business on Friday. December
~, 1878. Having incurred considerable ex-
pense during his absence, he will be greatly
obliged to such as are in debt to him if they
will call and examine their accounts, and set
tie the same if possible, His charges will be
the same as heretofore Prescriptions, so cts.
to Sl.oo. Travel, so cts. per mile, and visit
Sl.oo. Travel in the night so per cent addi-
tional
Mr.. d, 3, Stevens, OF the Cassyille lumber
firm, Stevens and Bartlett, was in Lancaster
this week making arrangements for the new
order OF things when he r. Il. shall be here.
They will restOck their lumber yard here with
everything belonging to the trade, and as