Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-05-16

chased of Messrs. Pittman l. McWilliams, OF
BoscobeL See advertisement.
Story readers viii find two short and good
stories in this paper, one on ist and the other
on 4th page.
Mr. Wm Kraemer, the Annaton Carriage
maker, keeps buggies for sale at the old Carter
place near Lancaster.
The name of Gen. j. B. Calls was mad
ver;ently omitted last week from the list OF
Vice Presidents who are to oficiate on Dec
Grafton Day.
"A Huntemer announces himself by adver-
tisement, prepared for making to order, tubs,
barrels, kegs and to do any work in the coop
er line.
1t will be pity to cloud the brilliant
locomotive smoke. Its landlord should peti.
ton to have the depot six miles away.
Kansas excursion leaves Freeport, Ill.
May %, at / o'clock, p. m. Write mo for
particulars. o. B. HILDRErH Agent A. T. &
s. +. Il. r., Madison, Wis.
Three answers. from children, to the two
line stanzi puzzle in the HERALD last week,
are received. All correct
Persevere We perfect men,
Ever keep these precepts ten
A quorum Of Grant County Assessors met
at the court house on Tuesday. The meeting
was felt by those present to be a profitable
tIos, I'm hrto % yiv in,
this paper
Gen james BintliH, editor Of the Darling
ton Republican, has accepted the invitation to
address the citizens snd people who will as
semble in Lancaster to honor the memory of
our fallen soldiers on May 30th.
&C. J. Hyde, our Lancaster wide awake
auctioneer, has gone to Glen Haven with big
stock Of Dry Goods, Clothing and Notions.
The only way the merchants there can pre-
vent his bringing all the loose change out of that
town is to catch aim and "button up his lip !"
The Grant County HERALD is the only pa
per published in Lancaster and there is no
'patent" agency here now engaged in distrib-
uting any other "We're monarch Of all we
survey from the center all round to the sea
we're lord of the foul and the brute"
BY request of the Committee of Arrange
ments for the celebration of Decoration day
all the committees appointed are requested to
be present and report progress at The Court
House on Saturday evening next, at l-2 p.
m and also for the purpose of general com.
mittee meeting.
-Dunleith il stirred up with tragedy.
The dead body of babe ascertained to be
the child of a servant girl in the Commercial
House was found in privy vault. 1t is charged
that the girls mother, who is Sioux squaw,
is the murderer. The father is found to be cit
izen of the town of jamestown in this county
Mrs Dr. Smith, now at Mrs. DR. Hydes
an Lancaster, has a sample Of the foil record
used in Edson's speaking phonograph. 1t
looks like piece of tinfoil taken from pack
age of fine cut" but it has some verses on it
and if it could be put accurately in the ma,
chine would speak them or sing them as nat
nral as life
- An exhibition will be given at Belz's Hall
neTt Saturday evening, by Mr.. II. Biggs, a
gentisAan we'll known to several Lancaster
citizens, and spoken OF as very entertaining
Snowman. The bills distributed about town
will indicate the nature of the exhibition. The
cost of the laugh Or TO give the children a
healthy laugh is but trife.
The farmers are fencing in the city of Ian
caster. The south and west farmers put up their
barricades some weeks ago. This week the
farmers on the north have put up the fence.
Rather. they give fair warning by advertise
Snent. to owners OF cattle and other stock
tha, their animals must not be allowed to
trespass upon their property.
Five mornings in succession. ending with
Tuesday the meteorological record of this re-
gion gives frost Unprotected tender plants
were frozen. Coru peeping out Of the GROUND
was nipped off. Currants are slightly injured.
The Miner plumbs are a failure again. The
growth of apples was checked but probably
the fruit will nos be injured.
The verses under the title "Iu the Days
OF Peleg the Earth was Divided" IS a free
translation from the original OF Schiller. 1t
may have been published in the HERALD years
ago but in these days when many are clamor-
ing for new divisions of property it will bear
repeating. Tie poet inspired by Schiers
Muse lives in Lancaster.
w. II. Prideaux of Bloomington brought
his wool to Lancaster last week and got 81 !
cents for it Of Howe 4 Baxter-lt cents
more than he could get offered before coming
to Lancaster. Having nearly 500 lbs. he made
81 by the trip, and wen bet the HkRALD in
vited him this way for he stepped in and paid
two years in advance. As far as We know
his payment now dates the farthest ahead of
any name on the book.
%. b. Hildreth left at the Office of Bush
nell 4 Clark, last week, twigs from peach
trees on which this Springs peaches we're on
she first OF May about the size of an average
cherry stalks of wheat in full blossom heads
of clover in full bloom twigs bearing cherries
half grown, and lunches of bluegrass in bios.
SOM All these were gathered from Kansas
fields on the LIST of May. If We could only be
sure that by this time these beautiful promises
are not now chilled, faded and wited from
last weeks cold we'd breathe easier for "Kan-
sas sufferers"
The Dubuque 7yaes and probably Du'
buque business men, imagine that the petitions
circulated here for aid for the Chicago l. To-
nah r. r., are only preliminary to vote, aud
the Times says should the tax be voted and the
road built, "the next thing or docket should
Toe a railroad from Dubuque to Lancaster. >
The Times is hereby informed that Wisconsin,
is ahead of Iowa in ways that sre-peculiar
20 aiding railroads. The petitions were so nu-
merously signed thas the tax is secured BY
them without vote, and s42 900 are given
to the Tomah road while three out of four
Lancaster men would have preferred connect
ing with Dubuque if Dubuque had gvea in
ducement.