Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-05-09
The farmers are nearly done planting cor

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The farmers are nearly done planting corn.
Saturday and Sunday morning there we're
slight frosts in this latitude.
Another entertainment at the ME-. church
Tomorrow evening.
&c. Il. Washburn of Castle Rock has gone
to Nebraska to seek his fortune.
$4,000 pounds Of wool wanted.
NATHAN, ScRErSER l. Go.
When you want anything call at D. r.
Browns, Bloomington, and ask the cash price
of it.
The finest assortment Of mems and boys
clothing in west Grant is at d. F. Browns,
Misunderstanding rooms up stairs
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard BROKER start next
Monday on visit to England, not to return
until Fall
Treasurer Ivey's historic sketches are
completed. The sale of volumes will begin at
the courthouse next Tuesday
Two or three years ago the village of
Lancaster was some hundreds of dollars in
debt The out going board of Trustees have
good balance in the treasury which they have
the pleasure ofhanding over to their successors
Mr.. Geo. r. Steele, advance agent Of
Burr Robbins, who himself looks the picture
of health and temperance, says that his show
men are all temperance men. They have an
organized Temple of Honor with their show.
Mrs. VIM. Moore and her two children
while crossing Grant river at the Potosi Ferry
last week, fell into the river and would have
drowned had not Mr.. Alfred Dyval
plunged in and rescued them.
by postal from Mr.. Sneclode we learn
that the fine dwelling of Mr.. Henry Seipp,
three or four miles east of Cassvile, was en-
tirely destroyed by fire on Tuesday. The
members of the household except Mrs. Seipp,
who was getting dinner, were all at work in
the fields and the house and contents were en-
tlrely destroyed. The fire is supposed to have
resulted from a defective flue. The loss is
partially covered by insurance.
We are informed that the editor of the
HERALD is charged with helping to get up the
so. called "city ticket" voted on Monday in op-
position to the "citizen's ticket" It is a mis-
take. We suggested no name on it, and did
not see it or know of it until offered for the
printer, and do not know who helped get il up.
We expressed ouIself, however. very freely as
to the manner in which the citizen ticket was
put in nomination, as freely to the fire CON-
pany as to anybody else. The citizen caneus
was called and designed to be a meeting in
which every citizen could freely express him.
self-present his grievance or his grist In
stead however, of its being free meeting
there were a few who seemed to think only
their friends were deserving of respect. Others
who under the call, had the same privileges
there as themselves were hooted down. This
was very wrong and the worst thing we said
about it was that the nominations were bull
dozed through. And measures that we supposed
would be presented and discussed in order to
outline policy for the future action OF the
Council were not offered at all While we
felt vexed at this result we had to acknowl-
edge that frst-cass ticket was nominated.
1t was mainly we understand through Mr. Bush>
nel's fundamentally that. the change in the
style of the corporation was brought about and
the proprety of his being the first Mayor was
accedcd. The four Alderman are well located,
are excellent business men, and are men of
public spirit. The Justice of the Peace is the
very man we wanted to see in that place. The
Supervisor is also the right man in the right
place. The city officers are therefore such as
to entirely satisfy us. The fremen deserve
credit for naming SO good ticket
The weather was favorable on Monday
evening and the Firemen and Harmonic Band
took advantage of it to turn out in uniform
and with banners and torches to pay their re-
spects to the staff Of first City Officers. They
marched to Mayor Bushnell's where after
greeting him with music and cheers he re-
sponded with a suitable speech, which speech,
if Edison had only hurried along that phono-
graph we would have had taken 10 for perpe-
tuity Thence the procession passed up to Mr..
Clementson's where like performances were
enjoyed-music, cheers and a speech. Next
the party serenaded Alderman Woodhouse, of
the list Ward; next Alderman Joe Nathan, of
the 4th Ward next Alderman Kilbourn, of the
Sd Ward and finally Alderman UT, of the
I'd Ward. Mr.. Jones, the Justice elect being
in the far West failed to enjoy such treat.
The Aldermen treated the serenaders not with
speeches but as handsomely in other ways Il
was all neatly done and pleased other citizens
as well as the participants.