Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-09-05
Melancholy days F!

H. >. kEENE,
Melancholy dsys
Court begins next Tuesday.
Corn is mostly frost proof now.
The Masons Of Plattcvie will build new
hall.
DIR. IIassell with his bride returned home
yesterday.
Our Lucy Carter letter on fashions is
coed, as usual
A good new base drum for sale cheap.
Inquire at the Phelps House
Mr.. s. Merrick and Mr.. j. II. Murray Ct
Fairplay were in town yesterday.
A good opportunity for hardware man
is offered bv Mr.. Billings. See advertisement
Peaches Pears and Grapes-lots of them
and nice fruit, just received at G. D. UT &
Co.'S
Zen. Fitzpatrick who is brilliant orator,
will address the agriculturalsts at the Bosco-
bel Fair.
While at the fair will be good time to
call and see the millinery display at the Misses
Crosby & Reynolds.
There are no native plums this year, nor
any wild crab apples, Their failure, especial
ly the latter, is extraordinary.
Our European correspondent is still in
Scotland. Ills letters are lessons in History
interesting to any intelligent reader.
QUERY "Why will men smoke common
tobacco, when they can buy Marburg Bros
Seal Of North Carolina at the same price ?"
Mexican dollars pass for only ninety cents
though there is as much silver in them as in
our legal tender dollar Bat the legal tenders
are rarely seen.
Mrs. Hermann Cook departed this life at
o'clock yesterday morning Funeral services
at the German Church to-mo rrow at o'clock
in the afternoon.
Persons attending the Fair to-day and to-
morrow will be fed with the best the country
affords at the Dining Hall by the ladies of the
Congregational church.
Two years ago John d. Wilson stumped
Grant County for the Republicans. What
has the Republican party done since then to
cause him to leave it all forlorn?
The stock of goods at Mr.. Kaltenbach's
store in Potosi is billed for sal by mortgages
at below cost for ten days and after that at
auction Ed CASTILLO, Mortgage.
Cattle and hog diseases are raging in some
localities Farmers who have stock should
give it such attention as may keep away dis
ease. Prevention is better than cure.
The Commissioners appointed to appraise
the right of way for the Chicago & Tomsh X.
r. are James Ballantine, Cyrus Sargent and
T. J. Graham. Their first meeting for bust
ness will be tomorrow at Boscobel.
A fieak of nature played upon a potato
is placed on our table by George Goldsmith.
Young potatoes have grown within the mother
potato, which remains sound The curiosity
can only be appreciated by being seen.
We hereby offer $1,000 for satisfactory
evidence that any person now living in Grant
County is not a gifted poet--the money to be
paid six months after the United States bonds
are all paid in greonbacks issued for that pur-
pose.
The Wisconsin State Fair comes off at
Madison next week-the same time as the
Dubuque Fair. The fast horse at the Du,
buque Fair is the wonderful Rarus. who tros
Wednesday. The slow horse at the Madison
Fair is the 7xS President Hayes, who will be
trotted Tuesday.
The Democratic Senatorial Convention
held in Lancaster Tuesday chose Gov. Dewey
and Thos jenkins, esq, delegates to the Con-
gressional Convention at Muscoda. They
were instructed to choose a King at Muscoda.
Goodbye Democracy
A late number of the St Louis Trad,
Journal contains highly complimentary notice.
of Mrs. NJ. A. Hunt, proprietress Of the Mer
chants Hotel at Carbondale. Kansas, and o.
Mr.. J. H. Hunt, proprietor of the Brattor
House, Burlin.ame, Kansas Both were for
marly citizens Of Grant County.
--Lost-0n orabout August goth small
black and tan, sharp>eared dog The last
seen of him he was run over by buggy abou
four miles north of Lancaster. Answers Il
name Cap A reasonable reward will be PAL,
for his return or information where he may b,
found by JoHN BENNER, Fenumore, Wis.
The Delegates chosen at the Republican
Senatorial Convention last Saturday to atten,
the Convention at Muscoda, were o. C. Hath
away; Chas Watson, of Lima Chas. H. Bax
ter, OF Lancaster, and John Kelly, of Bosco
bel. Our information is not received from
the Secretary of the Convention but we pre-
sumo is correct
From present appearances the coming Stat
Fair will be the boss show of Nebraska. Cat
tle, horses hogs farm products, &c from eyer,
county in the state will be on exhibition an,
the crowd will be not less than ten thousand
The display of cereals and other products a
Nebraska soil at the B. 4 NJ Land Department
in this city is simply grand. Corn stalks thir
teen feet in height with three large ears, an
sheaves of oats, barley and wheat measurin
over FIVE feet in length, with plump, full be,
ries. are not found in every state in the Unior
Daily Nebraska State Journal. Rememhe
the Grand Nebraska Excursion for the Stat
Fair. "Take it in" you wlneyer regret it.