Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-10-03

Prof. Burchari's letter iron London will
appear next week
Go and register next Tuesday, every man
of you. Its the las and IT'S good gospel.
The night OF the burning of Mrs. Probst's
house attempts were made to enter the houses
Of John Pollock and Chas. Bclz. Somebody
wanted to see blacksmith
The assesso RS table in this paper exhibits
the farmers, stock dealers aud others to whom
;he knowledge may be Of use, the numbers Of
cattle, hogs, sheep, and the values of other
property produced in the several towns and
all Of Grant county.
---Dr, Barber has gone or goes to-day 20 New
York to spend the winter attending medical
lectures. He has enjoyed successful practic
fora number of years, but wishes to improve
himself in the knowledge and treatment of
special diseased A medical student cannot
know just what is wanted of aim. When he
becomes practitioner he finds people with
complaints that in his studies he scarcely
thought Of as likely to come under his treat
ment. Doubtless DR.. Barber has cataogued
many such cases, and this winter will learn all
that the great doctors of New York know abou,
them
Officers of the Northwestern Agricultural
and Mechanical Association, at Dubuque, are
talking of disbanding. They have exposition
nd nd k,,.lI tI.t Al. So aNo
but after five years. trial they find their per-
sonal losses amount to $l2 900. We should
be sorry to have their fairs abandoned now
that Grant County people are beginning to
look upon them as the biggest affairs they can
see in year. And truly no one can charge
the want of success to lack of energy or pub
lie spirit in their management. IfY.J. Viii
liams, II. 5. Hetherington, NJ. S. Robson, c.
5 Burt, D. \. Cooley and the dozen other like
enterprising men cannot make such an insti.
tuition success there is no natural law by
which success is attanable. II the fastest
horse in the world and dozen others nearly
as famous will not draw paving crowds, even
the fast horse plan may as well be oted fall
IRE. We guess fairs are nearly worn out, but
we trust Dubuquers will back their managers
for at least another trial
The South end OF Grant County is suffer
ing considerable from the "Hog disease The
greatest loss however is over the line in Hi
nois. Some weeks ago Theo. Porting, rich
10 Daviesse County farmer, brought few
loads of oftal, livers ETC., from packing house
in Galena aud fed to his hogs. A great many
took sick and died. His neighbors all around
him, have since lost heavily. In Grant Coun-
ty, L. Ward, in jamestown, lost a couple of
horses by death. He allowed his hogs to eat
the carcasses. Fifty of his fat hogs died. J.
III. Daniels in Paris lost eighty young hogs We
have not heard of other serious losses within
this county. 1t is not known certainly what
tic disease is nor definitely its cause. One
man says that hogs take sick, have bad
smell and while alive maggots will crawl out
of their ears. A stranger who has been visit
ing among them pronounces the disease ty-
phoid fever. Probably if the animals were
kept cleanly, given only wholesome food and
allowed the habits to which nature adapted
them they would be free from disease.