Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-10-31

Monday morning gave us an inch oil snow
Il disappeared Tuesday.
We are healthy people and yet, DR.. Fal.
ley is ever ION the 60"
-George Martin, just west of the city. has
lots of good apples for sale at from 50 cents to
Sl.O0 per bushel.
-SchyIer Colfax delivered his lecture on
Abraham Lincoln at Richland Center last
week, Wednesday.
Sixty additional men came into Lancaster
in one body last Saturday, from Dubuque to
work on our Narrow Gauge.
Miss Mary Black of Platteville was visit
ing in Lancaster the past week, with Miss
Louisa Club and Miss Myra Kilbourn.
Education can not be stolen and BUSH
r,ess education at La Crosse Business College
prevents your being robbed by sharpers.
Prof Gardner, of Platteville offers extra
ordinary bargains in the sale of organs and a
piano Consult his advertisement and then
consult him.
&C J Hyde expects to 60 TO Patch Grove
Thursday next week with full stock CT dry
goods and notions, clothing &c. to be sold, as
usual, at buyers prices.
Mr. Eli Clayton, the big farmer. of Pota>
wattame county, Iowa, returning from Chs
cago last week passed through Grant County
to see his old friends. He was in Lancaster
Tuesday.
If voters are not posted this year it is
their own fault. The finance issue has been
so thoroughly and clearly presented that "the
was-faring man though grecnbacker need
not err"
The attention of travellers or visitors to
CassviIle is invited to the hotel card of w. 7,
Rice, He will give careful attention to bust
ness and will merit the patronage and good
words of guests.
John Launspach the miller at Ellenboro,
will sell at auction, Wednesday, November
18th a lot of household furniture, and a COW,
colt, stack of hay, light spring wagon,
and two dozen shotes.
Shipments of stock will probably be made
a
Pulpit Rock near Ketterer's The men are
laying down the track at the rate of three
Fourths of mile per day.
Mr. Isaac Durand, while unloading wood,
Tuesday. fell on a driven stake, he end strik-
ing him ia the side, hurting him lily. lie
will be Out in day or two but wH not be
over the effect of the fall for some tune.
There was always money made in til" liv-
cry business in Lancaster and there is more
promising chance in that business now than
eier. Mr.. Kibourn, with the intention of go-
ing into other business, advertises his livery
stock for sale
Next Sunday evening the Temperance
meeting in Lancaster will be held at the Con-
;gregational church and will be addressed by
Mr.. A. L. Brown of PIatteville, who, we are
told is good speaker and will greatly interest
those who so to hear him.
A Mt. Hope letter, explaining how a
%arpncbing rain that set in just at the opening
of NJ. Brindley's meeting there, prevented
mis- having full house, comes too late for USE
VI Hope will vote all right Notwithstanding
Col Nays noise and nonsense.
Hon. VIM. Il. Carter failed to meet his
appointments in Wingville, Patch Grove,
Bloomington and Beetown because of the
serious illness of his brother George B., re-
quiring his constant presence. 1t is believed
this will satisfy any that are disappointed.
The HERALD referred briefly to the using
up e. w. Lee suffered at the hands of Robt
Orr, ia Waterloo, but that was no comparison
to the drubbing Mr.. Orr gave him the next
might at the okey school house 1t ended all
contests between those two parties. Mr.
Nee confesses he had enough Off
On Friday afternoon of last week Mr.
) rmes Carmody, ir., farmer residing short
dstanas from Lancaster was taken with an
ap0plectse fit. He remained in an uncon
seiOus stuPOs until Sunday when he recovered
sufficiently to be able to speak, but not ration
ally. IL is feared he will not recover
- The Baptist Sosiety, of Bloomington will
give an oyster supper and entertainment in
Browns Hall Wednesday evening, Nov g.
The entertainment will consist Of songs, reel
tatious charades. tableaux. etc Admittance
10 c; supper 25e. A good time is anticipated
Let there be a general attendance. Con-.
Through the kindness of Mr.. f. G.. Pratt
we receive many Scotch and English papers,
particularly the Scotsman and the London
Times OF course we cannot transfer much of
the vast quantity of reading matter they con-
tain to our columns but Englishmen and Scotch
men who happen in occasionally find pleasure
an reading them. Such readers are always
welcome.
A debate was held at the Rock school
house six miles south of Lancaster Saturday
evening on the question whether the green>
back movement, If successful, would benefit
the people. Messrs S. J. Griswold, Chas. A.
Cox and Alfred Griswold affirmed and Messrs
VIII \. Stone, John Willis and John Stone
denied. The three men who sat in Judgment,
chosen as an impartial jury. decided in favor
of the negative.
MIR John D. Wilson in his early speeches
had the habit of representing to his audiences
that he had special confidential information
from the Treasury at Washington. Though
given as Capitol information it was generally
accepted by bis hearers as a capital joke.
LatteIiy he has tried 10 impress upon his hear
-ers that he had arrangements made and the
distinguished Wendell Phillips would be here
an Lancaster to speak for the fatists. Mr..
Phillips was at Que time the greatest of Amer
would be great treat to have him speak in
Lancaster. But there was and is about as
much chance fog Phillips TO speak here as for
Queen Victoria to give reception here And
then ifhe did come his speech would be in IA.
vor of the good, sound, safe, financial syatem
the Republicans have now in practice. Wen
dali Phillips is neither fiatist nor an imitation
asst. His differences with the Republicans are
theoretical, not practical. They are imaginary.