Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-01-03

TOWN AND COUNTY I:

were everywhere busy blowing. Some
sowed wheat.
H Buchner, D. D. G. NJ, will publicly in
stall the officers Of Harmonic Lodge, No. 2l4,
L. o. O. F., city of Boscobel, January l6, 1878.
The HERALD carrier thanks his friends for
the pocketful Of quarters received on New
Years. day.
Nathan, Schreiner & Co. receive live
chickens and turkeys on Friday forenoons and
pay c. and Ct c. per pound for them.
The ladies of the Emmanuel Church will
hold a sociable this Thursday evening at the
residence Of Mrs. Sherman. All are invited.
That beautiful doll given away by Mr.. C.
j. Hyde became the property of Miss Laura
Woodhouse on ticket 279.
&C. II. Brown, by advertisement in this
paper, offers a good chance for some one to
make new venture in merchandising.
Nine new members were took in" at the
Lancaster Lodge of Good Templars on Tues
day evening.
Mississippi Valley Lodge No. sc, !. 0. 0.
f., Lancaster, win publicly install its officers
for the ensuing term on Wednesday evening
next week.
Marrow Gauge Williams was in town the
past week 1t IS reported that he has sold his
Tomah railroad to the N. W. and wants to
start another-to sell.
The River railroad has put on new
train which goes South by Specht's Ferry at
1915 D. IN. and returns north at 3;l5 P. IN.
The Greene Bros intend to make connections
with it from British Hollow and Potosi.
Misses Crosby Reynolds are now clos
ing their entire stock of hats, both trimmed
and untrimmed at wholesale prices. All wish~
ing anything in that line will do we'll to give
them an early call.
There will be shooting. match for tar-
KEYS, geese and ducks on the fair grounds at
Lancaster Saturday, Jan. 5. Shotgun, rifle
or revolver may be used. All lovers of such
sport are respectfully invited to attend
We are authorized TO express to their
friends, the thanks Of Mr. Joe Nathan and
wife for the surprise party so much enjoyed by
them on the evening of January LIST, the goth
annual return of the day of their marriage.
A Young man named Wiamowitz of the
town of Mifflin Wis. was attacked by two
men on the highway the other evening, shot
in the arm and robbed of $500 Certain par
ties are suspected Of the crime and are
watched by the officers. = GaleaG Gazette.
The following officers of Hoffnuug Lodge
No. l72, l. 0. o. F. Lancaster for the ensuing
term, will be installed by ii Buchner, d D. GIN.
on tomorrow evening, namely: John Jeide,
n. G.; Henry Breban, V. G.. A. Michaelis,
Sec. Jacob Nathan, Treasurer
Mr.. G. T. Walker has bought the Dunlieth
nail factory, and is in correspondence with
parties who think of giving it another start in
the manufacture of iron machinery or other
valuable property. Mr.. Walker expects to
sell the property.
Lancaster Lodge No. 20, +. Il A. NJ. in
stalled as its present officers, John G. Clark,
Master; Geo. f. Dudd Sen. Warden John
p. Lewis, Jun. Warden VIM. McGonigal
Treasurer; F. S. Kidd, Secretary; r. B.Show,
alter, Sen, Deacon; Geo. Goble, Jun. Deacon;
A. r. Bushnell and Geo. C. Newell, Stewards,
and VIM. H. Clark, Tyler. Past Master A. R.
Bushnell was the installing officer.
We will give the HERALD and the Chicago
Weekly Post for one year both for $500. The
HERALD is nc Grant County paper and the
Post is a very good Chicago newspaper. 1t
gives large quantity of reading and about
market reports.
AT young peoples sociable the other
evening, where refuses and charades were the
principal amusements, Dr. Barber, who from
his boyhood has been nicknamed Ham,, be-
came quite sick A physician was called who
gave him lump OF sugar. He recovered inn
mediately and then they all said he was a
"sugar-cured Ham"
There was rousing big time at Mr.. Joe
Nathan's on Tuesday evening, that being the
goth anniversary of his wedding. great
many friends were there and there was gen.
eral overflow Of fun, making the "ohina" bride
and bridegroom as happy as people twenty
years married can be- The usual variety of
china presents in number proportional to the
size Of the crowd were bestowed.
The letter copied from the Chicago Tri>
J,o,s was handed in by Mr.. Eugene Hyde, of
the Mansion House. Its suggestions as to
what firm road can be made of are certainly
good. The people should devise some means
20 secure good roads at all seasons of the year.
The bad roads for the past three weeks have
caused many thousands of dollars loss to the
people of Grant County, perhaps enough to
actually build good roads on all the leading
thoroughfares,
The Trustees of the Congregational
church Of Lancaster are pleased to be able to
announce that the entire amount required to
liquidate the building debt Of the church, has
been subscribed and pledged and that by the
conditions of the subscription all became due
and payable on the LIST day of January 1878,
All parties who have contributed to this fund,
and who have not already paid in will please
pay to G. w Ryland Esq, at the Bank, on or
before Saturday the 9th inst.
By REQUEsT OF THE TRUSTEES
The Lancaster patent concern, three.
fOurths Of which are printed in Chicago and
the other fourth mostly stolen, made three at
tempts to publish items this week before they
appeared in the HERALD. II said the Bosco.
bel Odd Fellows would install their officers
January 9th, which is next Sunday. The Bos-
cobel Odd Fellows are not that kind of "Fel,
lows" Then it attempted to tell who were
elected officers of the Hoffung Lodge and go
the names wrong. Then ii said the Mississip.
pi Valley Lodge would install January 2, but
it didn't. So much for its attempt at origin
al items. We haven't heard either that the
"Clerk" has been seriously troubled by appli'
cations to pay taxes to him, notwithstanding
its announcement last week that he was ready
to receive them.
Travelling Doctors.