Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-07-18
TOWN AND COUNTY:
Read Mr.. wedehase's ad ertisement.

-hoWc DdAter shippeu, TINS morning
about 5000 lbs. of wool
Mrs. Maggie Calvert of Kentucky, is at
her mothers, Mrs. Reynolds
There is one thing Lancaster is not in
need of 1t is not in need of clerical horse
jockey.
A sketch of the life of Mrs Adeline
Bushnell, lacking completion, is left over for
:. next week.
Mrs. ]. f. Dodge and her daughter, Mrs.
Copeland, after spending few weeks in Lam
caster, have gone to Minnesota.
The extremely hot weather, with the
thermometer showing 90 to 100 in the shade,
has lasted continuously here for Is days.
Hon, A. D. Ramsey, Of Cassville, believed
to be TOO III to recover, is the eldest citizen in
West Grant, having become citizen in 1927.
A three year old child of Mr. Morse, OF
Flora Fountain was playing in the water in
the ravine when the floods were up, fell in
and was drowned on Friday last
John Allerson's house in Mt. II ope, was
struck by lightning last Thursday. The light
ming struck a chimney and ran down the mid
die Of the gable end, tearing it in halves
The new bridge over Grant at Flora
Fountain, built last fall and completed only
Wednesday, last week, by Capt. Halls driving
the last spikes, was carried away by Fridays
food
The ginseng business over at Muscoda is
just twice as big as our railroad enterprise
Schmitt aud Fayant advertise for 900 men to
dig ginseng while Williams and Co. advertise
for only $50 to work on the railroad.
The food of Wednesday night. last week,
was followed by greater one a day later A
great deal of hay was cut in the low lands and
was washed away. The hay cut on the high
lands was also spoiled by being thoroughly
soaked.
Mrs. NJ. Wilson, formerly of Bloomington,
now Of Washington City, and her daughter,
Mrs. Rev. J. E. Webb, from south eastern
Virginia, are spending few days at Dr. Fall
ley's, viii probably remain until the middle Of
next week
The law firm in Lancaster is no. now the
Mills boys" The firm now is J. T III. NJ
Mils-father and son. j. T. is the Judge. No
narrow limits circumscribe his fame. j. W.,
the former partner, is practicing law in Lake
City, Colorado.
M Y. Johnson, having successfully obtain
ed an appropriation from Congress to dredge
the Galena frog pond, tried his powers last
week at modifying the Plattevilleans on the
question of their narrow guage extensi on. He
went home with flea in his ear
r." Corn and potatoes would like rain" is
what We read in a letter from Col. w. Pol
lock, written at Andrew, 25 miles south of
Dubuque last Saturday. To us who were so
deluged the two preceding days, that the corn
and potatoes should be thirsty at a point SO
near, seems strange.
Miss Carrie Barber is home. The friends
of the Lancaster Library have been thinking
of having grand concert when she should
come. For oursolf we can say that we would
go farther or give more to hear Miss Barber
ina musical entertainment than to hear any
instrumental music that could be got before
an audience
Prof. Davies has probably accepted the sal
airy offered him. He makes no complaint with
Lancaster people for the reduction, consider
ing the hard times and the general reduction
in all other prices. We guessed correctly
that Mr.. d. is willing to follow the fashions
So are the ladies', the other teachers, though
it's a fashion they detest even more than the
one of carrying their trails,
F S. Kidd, County Clerk, was taken i'll
on Saturday with paralysis, or something akin
thereto. lie has not since been able to leave
his bed but is improving in health. His BROTH
er OF Millville came to see him yesterday Mrs
Kidd is doubly burdened. Since her husband
was Frustrated she received word that her
father, Hon. A. D. Ramsey, was dangerously
i'll. She went yesterday to sec him intending
TO return home to-day.
While Mr.. w. II. Hanes was at Lodge last
evening an attempt was made to burglarize
his shoe store. The thief had carefully re-
moved pane of glass in the r ear end OF the
shop, and in trying to get the door open had
broken the lock- just at this stage of the
job MIR. Haines, after Lodge meeting, hap
pcned to so into the store. As he entered
the street door he heard the burglar at the
rear, who made his escape down the alley and
l., L., ~, s.,
flight by DR.. Barber, but is not yet captured
The New York Times suggests that con-
tributions of from dollar down to twenty
five cents OF even less be sent by those who
can spare it TO the father cf Charley Ross The
unfortunate man has impoverished himself and
family in the frutless search for his lost boy,
and still INDUCES in the hope Of seeing his dar-
ling child. The suggestion is being responded
to in distant as well as near parts of the I'm
ion. We shall contribute our quarter and
will take pleasure in ackn owledging and for
warding amounts that may be entrusted to US
for that purpose.
We have given elsewhere shortcut cal
culation by which a man can tell about what
taxes he may have to pay on the railroad
bonds BY that calculation it is easy to see
what the taxes will be at the worst. Some
will contend that the mortgage bonds will be
worth nothing and that the taxpayer will
save nothing by them. OF course we can
give no assurance as to what they will be
worth, but they viii be worth something. If
put on the market when first issued, they
would bring at leas. onc-fourth their face, aud
they stand the best chance of being worth
their face of any railroad bonds yet issued in
the west or on the aid plan.
Very good news came the latter part of
last week concerning our railroad prospects,
Many of Us though: friend Williams was more
in the grading business than in the track and
equipment business. We were not so SAM
guine as some of our neighbors. Generally
we were satisfied for il was hard times and If
Williams was giving employment to one or
two hundred men he was doing good thing
nDvhow Rut two or three wenks aro ~