Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-07-04
THE HERALD.
TOWN AND COUNTY:

Congregational Church next Sunday morning.
The Commencement exercises OF St. Clara
Academy will take place at Sinsinawa Mound,
July ll.h-next week, Thursday
--Rey. Father Cleary of Platteville, viii
shortly leave that place, he having been as
signed to Catholic Church at Delavan
The Phonograph sets an example that
should be practicCd by good little boys. 1t
speaks only when it is spoken to.
Ice Cream Tuesdays and Fridays at Bart
let's Restaurant, two doors west of Jones's
Drug Store. l6w2
The HERALD Office for some weeks has
been the liyelicst place in town. For this
condition of things We thank many friends
If any one finds stray fox it should be
delivered to Milton Mills or Jerry Dodge, or il
found in the region of country where Judge
Mills Is lost it may be passed over to him
Readers will find mine in our Home
Poetry column. The richest ores require the
most digging unless sometimes when the ores
are planted"
A report OF the Platteville Normal School
Commencement written especially for the
HERALD by Mr.. G., T. Foster, who yesterday
delivered the Grafton at Beloit College for the
class taking the degree Of Master of Arts, is
published on second page.
Doug Oliver is home lie can tell you
all about Nebraska and Kansas. lie also has
some geological and agricultural specimens to
be left ut this Office for the benefit OF those
seeking Information.
Boys, you, too, should read the bird law.
See what may be done with you for destroying
young birds or their nests. Well tell you
coafdentially that person we know threatens
T. make an example of some little thong
bird destroyer.
Our friend Sneclode, of Cassville, unmind-
ful Of Josh Billings's warning to "look out for
the business end of the bee" permitted one to
strike him on the left eye, the other day. 1t
my prove a serious matter with him but we
sincerely hope not.
That honey of Joel BARRIERS is not only
the most beautiful We ever saw but is the most
delicate in flavor and taste II is taken from
the comb by the patent process and by thus
saving the comb the honey can be sold at only
1871 cents per h. At this price for such honey
who will buy syrups?
Mr. G. T. Walker has moved the Dun-
lcith nail factory TO Omaha where a company
is formed of which he is President, and the
minuf ,ctory Of nails, railroad spikes, etc will
be carried on there Mr.. Walker will move
his flmily to Omaha We wish him success
in his new venture.
MIR. A. j. Buss. of the Plattoville, marble
works, has just received large quantity of
marble right from the quarries He has done
much work for citizens in this vicinity and his
work is not excelled by any. lie guarantees
also to be as low in prices as the lowest. Par
ties will do well to examine his work and prices
before ordering elsewhere 15w3
Spare the birds. Obey the laws made tor
their protection. Scarcely any of those sweet
songsters are now left to charm us with their
music in the early morn or dewy eve. We in
229, Laws of 1877, published in this paper,
and beg the people to desst from this cruel,
scnselcss slaughter of their friends and bene-
factors
Miss Florence Graves and Miss Stone, of
Blakcs Prairie were heartily welcomed home
from Plattevillc Normal school Saturday, the
10Th ult. Miss Graves Cor the last three years
has worked very hard to prepare for the duties
of a teacher and came home wearicd with her
exertions yet happy in the thought that the
battle had been fought and won Her many
friends are happy to have her mingle with
them again, and wish her success in her pro-
fcssion.
Tho assessors returns for Muscoda show
the acreage of crops for the present year to
be: wheat 1886; corn l,04S; oats 1921; bar
ley AZ; rye $3.50; potatoes 535. There are
III acres of apple orchard with 22l bearing
trees; of grapes; and 2,47O acres of growing
timber. Mich cows number S45, assessed at
$6,26S. The town produced last year, IL $50
bu Of wheat 24,626 corn; 24,059 oats; ITO
barley; 5,S04 rye; 1852 potatoes; 4S4 bu.
clover seed, from 81 ] acres; 10000 lbs grapes;
and IL .G35 lbs butter and 200 lbs cheese
The Lancaster school district (No 81
meeting will be held at the school chapel next
Monday evening at o'clock, for the election
of officers and for other business Lancaster
school has come to be "big thing" and the
people should attend to it, Tax payers should
b, on hand and those who have children to
educate should be there. Those who have the
knowledge of matters the school should know or
TINT by presentation may ben eft the schools
or the public should be there and speak out
remembering always to do so decently and in
order. The school meeting is place for con-
sideration, for voting and then for acquies>
ccncc.
Perhaps it is a story with moral. We
mean the story of the Platteville Narrow
Gluge On the LIST of this month the cars
= quit running on that road, because the road
had not been paying expenses for some
mouths number of Galena gentlemen
have been making themselves responsible for
Hhe debts Of the road but they say they can
stand it no longer The rolling stock is idle
and the prospect is that it viii remain idle for
Some time Galcna, Platteville and their mar
row gauge company are just like Lancaster is
to-day; they have locomotive and an ele-
plant on their hands.
Tho Burlington & Missouri River X. Il.
Company, as will be seen by reference to our
new advertsements,' sells more lands than any
other railroad company in America. Our
readers know how reluctant we are to publish
the good things that people want to say about
Nebraska aud Kansas, for reasons that need
mot be repeated in this paragraph, but people
10 90 west. Many have gone to southern NeN
braska and have settled on the b. 4 NJ. 4. T.
lands, which they find exceedingly good, and
are greatly pleased with their new homes
Our belief is that people could do as well here
if they would go TO work as willingly, cheerful
aud nil, th.N nsa ~ .hn so,,s