Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-01-10
TOWN AND COUNTY:
Patch Grove and Bloomington are rejoic
10 in daily mail from Prairie du Chen.

Soeabe at the Rectory, this (Thursday)
evening All are invited.
DIR Brown, Dentist, pnts his card in
new shape. He viii be in Lancaster the LIST
and 7th days of each month,
Grant Lodge, F. & A. NJ. Boscobel, win pub
licly install its officers, in Rukas Hall
Tomorrow evening. Col. John G. Clark will
deliver the address.
The schoolma'am Of the Chicago patent
thinks we 'have All aversion to schoolmaams
Mistake. We always liked schoolma'ams but
we "avelt" when we see them in pantaloons.
-Chas Hanscom, express messenger on the
Mineral Point z. R., shot himself within an
inch of the heart, December 2Sth-an attempt
at suicide. At last account there was hope of
his recovery.
The Ricband Republican publishes Con.
gresham Hazelton's interview with newspa>
per reporter, given in the HERALD two weeks
ago, and speaks Of it as an eloquent speech
made by him in Congress
This being the "week of prayer" the
Methodists are holding religious services at
their church in Lancaster every evening, with
the prospect Of continuing the meetings next
week.
Miss Maggie Lewis and Miss Lucy Brown
of Patch. Grove, passed through Lancaster on
Saturday on their way to the Platteville Nor
NAL school which commenced on Tuesday. Miss
Nette Kilbourn and Miss Graves followed
suit" on Monday.
During 1877 there were 700 visitors at
the Grant County Poor House. There were
also 2s5 persons there on business connected
with the county poor. The Poor House being
large and inviting establishment is also
fashionable resort for tony tramps and thirty
OF them were fed.
Persons desiring to secure pews in the
Congregational church for the next year will
fad the Trustees in attendance at the church
on Monday evening next (the l4th inst) 1t
will be understood that present occupants of
pews desire to retain them unless they give
notice to the contrary previous to that time.
BY order of the TRUSTEES.
A few select sentences from an article
that never appeared anywhere be-
fore except in an editorial in the HERALD
found their way the other day in the home
corner Of the Chicago patent. The school,
mIam will find it good plan to use some>
thing fresh once in while. No objection to
careful proof-reading by those who have plen.
ty of time.
Mr.. G. T. Walker has sold 240 acres of
his western lands and wants to sell more, az
his new advertisement will show. Also he
wants to. trade off some Lancaster village prop>
erty. lie does not say so bat no doubt he
will take nail factories, wooden mills railroads,
round houses or any other live institutions on
fair exchange.
MIR. John A. Klindt, of Cassville wishes
all the world in the western part of Grant
County to 60 and see what good offers he is
making in merchandise. He is the successor
in the biz business formerly carried on by Mr..
Geger, and is known as a straightforward
business man who does what he saws he will
do
Bloomington Lodge, No. l59, l. o. o. F.,
on the evening of January LIST, by SamI
Woodhouse, D.D.G.M., installed the following
named persons as officers: J. r. Carroll, n.
g.; P. Wagner, V. G.; G. w. Nevius, Sec'y;
Jesse Brooks, p. Secy; Hermsn Enke
Treasurer
The sGhoolmaam's corner Of the Chicago
patent strives to be sieve through which to
sift the contents of the HERALD, and exults
even ia catching the chat for its pay. An
old Greek servant, some two thousand years
ago, was in the habit of complaining to his
master of certain trifes The master gave
him the task of blowing the chat out Of fifty
sacks Of wheat. When done the servant boast
ingly held out the chaff in the presence of the
master. every well" said the master, "you
may have the chaff for your pay" The Chicago
patent is welcome to such chaff as it Sits out
fthe HERALD. Smoke it,
The officers of the Grant County Agrcul>
tural Society met on Tuesday and fixed Sep
TENDER 4th, 5th and 9th, as the days for holds
ing the ne xt annual Fair Mr.. f. Halbert was
appointed Superintendent and Mr.. VIM. Nc
Cord Marshal. Tho premium list is to be
nearly the same as last year The racing will
be mostly limited to Grant County horses,
which we think correct. The Treasurer's re.
port will show that the Society came out be,
tween 5000 and $500 ahead on last years
business.
in deep sorrow we record the death
of the friend of our boyhood, our elder by
Af but aaylv
one of our dearest companions. The McCart>
ney family are the central figures especially in
the history Of Cassville, and all Grant County
people, here when the now lamented Orris
was a youth, remember them with endear>
ment akin to brotherly affection. Orris Nc
Cartney, the father, came here in 1927. His
children were all born here. He was good
citizen in every sense of the word, and his
children al walked in his footsteps" All
have been highly and univers ally respected
but II seems to us the dearest one Is gone
We sadly mourn the departed Orris B. Nc
Cartney- buried at Cassville on Tuesday.
Giving special attention to chronic diseases
and having 4 heightened experience in their
treatment, Drs. Price & Brewer readily dis
cern the causes Of disease and the proper
treatment for their removal Il is the univer
sal testimony OF those who have sought Drs
Price & Brewers advice, that they are candid
in what they say, and that they do not en-,
courage the making of large doctors bills un.
less there is good ground to hope for benefit
from their treatment. If skill is proved by
success, then DIS. Price & Brewer possess it.
Theywill be at Boseobel. Central House, on
Wednesday, January leth, at Richand Center,
Park Hotel on Thursday. January 18th
Best Offers.