Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-02-21

Sunday.
Nearly everybody around Linden has the
mumps.
-lngersoll gets scoring in a well written
article to be found on fourth page, which ar
ticle was handed us by Mr.. Geo. Howe.
AT Bsrlow's furniture store you can buy
-four, extra qualify, from MillviIle, on Tur-
key River, iowa.
The Lancaster Lyceum will hold a pub
lie meeting at Beltz' Hall next Monday eve-
ming All are invited TO attend
Mr. Ed. Coumbe, with the family of his
mother, Mrs. s. S. Crowell, of British Hollow,
will remove to Nebraska early in March.
The Mississippi at Specht's Ferry is open
and the Ferry boat is making regular trips
The boat will be run this year by Capt. Henry
Speeht
Each successive evening the sun tallies a
big notch farther towards the north along the
western horizon.
"A greenback editor in Michigan suspend
ed publication last week. He says his person.
al expenses were just 35 cents week. He
must have smoked 5-centers, one every day.
Mr.. WooGhouse steps afore this week
with an advertisement which looks much like
his shop-large. handsome and business-like.
Call and see him.
"A protra cted meeting, of six weeks du-
ration at the Lancaster NJ. E. church, closed
last Friday evening. The harvest was forty
additions 10 the church.
= Bishop Brown, of the diocese of Fon du
Lac. will preach and hold services in the
Episcopal Church, on Saturday evening, Feb
rnary 23i All are invited 10 hear him.
--Dufand says that if the contemplate
sneak thief who stole two gallons of oil
from his premises will return the can, he
will confer favor, as he wishes to get more
oil
Interested parties request W to notify
parties who cart wood from their neighbours
woodpHes in the night that they had better
keep their eye up or they may get into trou-
BILE.
The ladies of the Episcopal church will
have s0cable at the residence of A. r. Bush
nell toNmorrow friday evening Refreshments
will DE served to those who wish. Let every
body 60 and have good time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Farnsworth, are in Lancas-
ter visiting with the family of Mr.. T. M. Bar
Der whose lady is their daughter, and Mr.
Addison Burr who is brother of Mrs. Farms
worth and who remains very i'll.
j. Hough & Co. want money. The Pc
culiarities of this winter have injured them
more than they have the average farmer. Be.
sides not earning what they would by horse
shoeing DC, they have a pile of money locked
up in sleighs, hobs, sc. Read their notice.
The best illustrated magazine we have
seen this year so far is Lippincotts for March.
It's "Russians in Bulgaria" is production
seldom equaled in magazine literature. We
give elsewhere from the same number short
article entitled, Thinking withou. Brain.
-Drs. Price & Brewer are regarded with
favor wherever known. They visit Boscobel
regularly. An article in another column,
written by them, should be read by persons
not in good health whether with the intention
of consulting them or not.
The hog and pork trade continues lively
in Cassville Notwithstanding the bad roads,
The purchasers are ], A. Klindt, Herman
Grimm (for the Mccoy Brothers. and Reinke
* Okey. The ferry boat having way open
to cross the river nearly all Winter has greatly
helped the trade there.
-Woolstenholme & Nathan, who are al,
ways ready to receive the dollar of the dads
as legal tender, have enlarged their business
apartments by putting the stairs to the second
floor on the outside of the building and run
ming partition through so as to give an en-
trance to the meat shop,from the street.
The present officers of the Platteville
Reform Club are, President, A. L. Brown;
Vice President, f. j. Bentley; r. Secretary,
L. Basye; +. Secretary. Geo. Gratiof; Treas
urer, Chas. Potter; Grievance Committee p.
ID. Henderson,, G. ID. Streeter, Jos. Men-
hardt, Hold Roberts, Jas. G. Cawley.
We might be induced to rise at 50 min
utes past O'Clock to see an eclipse of the
moon on a week day morning but as to do.
ing any such hard work as that on Sunday
morning, we're ag'in it. IF the moon wants
us to visit such shows as it had on last Sum-
day morning 1t must compromise little with
US as to the time.
One day last week the sensation in Dick
'eyville was a church fair. The ladies under
the lead of Mrs. Shnoe made large provision
for pleasure and entertainment as well as pro-
ht and the result was large delighted crowd
of people and $50 for the benefit of the Union
church. So we learn from Mr.. Andrew
.Schmitt who was in Lancaster last Saturday.
F. Lyster and other gentlemen of James
town met with the Dubuque Board of Trade
on Tuesday and entered into concerted ar
engagements for improving the roads on this
side the river for easy access to Dubuque.
Dubuque will give $3.50. A bluff projection
will be cut away and part of the road mac
adamized.
R. L. Hoskins will start to England next
Tuesday. A year ago his wife's Oldest bro
Their died in England leaving a considerable
amount of property, Some difficulty in regard
TO its distribution requires the presence of
Ne. Hoskins. While there he will take &C.
casion TO visit friends aud may not return here
until in May. Mr.. Hoskins is one of our
best citizens. Hundreds of friends wish him
ap'sasant Quincy and safe return.
THE benefit OF clergy" is law phrase
that not many understand, bat we doubt not
the Rev. s. w. Eaton understands that that
excellent sermon of his which appeared in last
weeks HERALD did not have the benefit of
clergy II was sermon preached in his
church the proceeding Sunday and was so APP
propriste to thoughts now prominent with
many minds that We requested leave to pub
lish it. Failure to place over it this credit
was an oversight.
There is a schcol.ma'am over in Bloom
ington who signs his name g B." who has
been writing nearly column week to the