Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-07-11
THE HERALD.
TOWN AND COUNTY:


"A seal-brown, two-button, kid glove was
lost III the courthouse square, on the 4th. The
finder is requested to leave it at this Office.
Those productions BY Miss Sadie Burr
and Miss Myrtle Sylvester will well repay the
reading.
Eugene Lewis, Of late practicing lawyer
in New York city, is pleasantly passing the
present time in Lancaster.
Miss Nettie HOLSTER is home to spend
summer vacation, accompanied by he's sister,
Mrs Lewis, of Waseca, MINI.
The gre atest rain of years passed over US
last night. Over inches fell. Much damage is
done to fences and crops
The Eagle Point Ferry Company are 60
ing to build bridge over the Snope nea
their landing on this side.
There is a chance to invest. see with
new advertisements the call for bids for town
bonds. Some offer and it is expected that
these bonds will be cashed at s per cent.
Mss Edith Fisher is prepared to receive
number Ct scholars, to take lessons on piano
or organ She is abundantly competent and
charges are moderate.
MIR j. II. Thompson. of Dubuque, married
Miss Grace Isabella Rayne, Of Fairplay, last
Saturday and the twain have gone to see st.
Paul Minneapolis, Falls of st. Anthony and
other cooling-off places in the North
I:s,I,t,, l. bA ri
Geo Hyde's residence in the south part of
Lancaster, last night. Geo. knew nothing OF it
till this morning The heavens had their 4th
Of July last night--morc thunder than ever
heard before.
Considering The array of poetry that has
appeared in the T'ribunes and other widely
circulated publications, over the name Jared
Jalap, we would have ordinarily regarded his
poetry as not belonging to the"Home Poetry"
but as "Tne Prince Of the Dragon" is written
specially for that column it is permitted to
have the desired distinction.
"A correspondent sends an article and a
caricature with IL TO illustrate his subject, aud
says, "You have somewhere about the HER
AID Office clever artist at wood cuts Let
him try his hand at reproducing the enclosed
sketch" We have passed the sketch around,
and the first impression Of beholders is that it
is picture of the old woman who saw her
husband drowning and feared the sea was not
large enough. Fearing this would give false
tone to the article, we defer for the present.
Patch Grove people to the number of 90
went down to the Cincinnati Bottom"-this
side the Mississippi near Clayton, on the 4th,
and spent the afternoon in fishing and boat
riding. AT night they pitched tents they had
provided and remained all night. A CORE
spondent furnishes an amusing description of
the doings of some of the party. We thank
him and hope to hear from him again, but
there might be "hearts that would ache" and
we can't publish
The reduction of teachers wages in the
Lancaster schools and the consequent reduc
ton of taxation is qualification TO some and
a vexation to others. Prof Davies salary is
reduced $500. No one expressed an objection
TO Mr.. Davies. Probably those who voted for
the reduction believed Mr. Davies could be in
duced to remain for the 81 600 offered The
fact is it is, all things considered, the softest
seat in town this year, and Mr.. d. ought to
accept unless he can do much better. Cutting
down salaries is in fashion now, and Mr.. d.
is II fashionable Ho did his cutting down
the first year of his work here. 1t is only
'turn about" for him to be cut down little.
Besides if he wasn't reduced he couldn't SYM
pathize with the half dozen hcroines who are
70 support him in the school-room battles. We
did think the Professor should have his 81 200
anyhow but now we fall in with the crowd. He
must be happy with thousand and not go off
where there will be more unpleasant "break-
ing in" to do.
A full report of the doipss at Belot col
lcge is received, but too late for publication
The exercises there take a whole week They
begin with baccalaureate sermon ION Sun
day Monday is spent in examinations for
admission to the college classes. Tuesday
the Freshmen aud Sophomores held contest
in defamation for the Bridgman prizes. The
firsr prize was awarded to Edward A. Swain
of the Sophomore class, and the second to
Edward O. Fish, of the Freshmen On that
evening the Alumni held their annual reunion,
at which one Of the exercises was the reading
of m original poem by the Rev. f. d. Eaton,
former Lancaster boy, and another was the
delivery of an grafton by DR.. John S. Lewis, a
former Potos boy, on the subject, Develop
mcnt in the Line of Specialsies regarded as
Policy Next day came the Commencement
proper, when there was long list of orations,
and among them the Masters Grafton on
Il" Revolutions by Mr. George 7. Foster, a
Lancaster boy. Bach's Band of Milwaukee
was in attendance and there was warm inter
est in the exercises. Gymnastics on the col
lcge grounds succeeded the orations, and an
alumni dinner where jokes and speeches as
well az meat were part of the feast of the" old
boys. "rhe affair ended in the evening with the
Senior CONCERT and dance that took till 4 to
20 home in the morning
Sherman Page is acquitted. He has gone
through a severe impeachment trial before the
Senate of the State of Minnesota, on a charge
of improper conduct in Judge, and viru-
lent, indicative and clamorous party has
fail ed to convict him. The case was, as brief
ly stated as possible, about thus Over a
year ago in Judge Pages court, the grand jury
had before it charges against a county officer.
The county officer was one of these popular
fellows that get vile fellows 70 praise him
The jurymen were 10th to indict him. The
facts before them were such that had he not
been good fellow"they would not have hes
itated to indict but they had not courage &c
face the popular" music and they asked
Judge Page what they should do. He instruct
ed them that if the facts were as they stated
it was their duty to indiet The facts were as
stated but the popular" breeze set against
the Judge aud plead with the jury. They fail
ed in moral courage and when the Judge dis
missed them be lectured them. Then tn,
Pioneer Press undertook the job of disgracin2
Judge Page. Whether the county officer had