Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-06-20
THE HERALD.
TOWN AND COUNTY:


-Pla:teyille Normal School Commence.
ment next Thursday
II have twent- five or thirty tons of hay to
cut on shares. For further particulars inquire
of MAURICE MURPHEY.
The Galena Gazette copies the Lancaster
High School programme of exercises from Lass
weeks HERALD, but calls them the Exercises
of the Pls.tevilIe Public Schools"
The ladies of the Congreg ational church
in Lancaster, will have table in the court
house square on the Fourth, and there will be
chance for everybody to get good dinner,
-Ayearling colt belonging to James Bailey O
Boscobel. and which he valued above $500
because he believed it promised to be the bes
trotter in this section of country, was las
month hooked to death by a COW.
Judge McGonigal was out of town one day
this week II is the first time he has been of
duty this second century of American hide.
pendence and he was only off once or twice
the last.
Alfred Palmer of Boscobe having re-
signed, Gov. Smith has appointed c. Hutchin.
son his successor as Fish Commissioner. Won
der if Gov. Smith thinks there is anything
fshy about being Greenbacker Why didn't
brother Palmer recommend G. w. Lee?
-Jehiel Hyde, one ofthe Committee, wishes
all the members of the Earthquake Brigade,
aud all who are willing to volunteer as soldiers
in this popular army, to meet at the Court,
house on Friday (to-morrow) evening, to pre-
pare for the parade Of the Fourth. Go when
the bell fings
edward Thomas, formerly Of this coun-
ty and printer boy in the Witness office, has
been appointed route agent on the Atchison,
Topeka and Sante Fe Railroad, at a salary OF
5000, which is evidence of good metal in 'the
boy and his friends are pleased to hear of
his success.
MIR. A. J, Buss, of the PlattevilIe 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. He guaran-
tees also to be as low in prices as the lowest.
Parties will do well to examine his work and
prices before ordering elsewhere lows
The Patch Grove School closed two weeks
sooner than was expected. Miss Nagle, the
preceptess, was called home by the sudden
and dangerous illness of her mother. Miss
Nagle has managed the school for two years
and given perfect satisfaction tc parents and
pupils. The community sympathize with her
as she anxiously cares for her suffering moth
err frankie Bryant closed the Summer de-
partmcnt Friday last
The Fourth will be celebrated at Hazel
Green by the "Reform Club in basket picnic
style. Rev. A. J. Davies will be the orator.
Hon H. d. York the reader, the Glee Club
will sing national and patriotic songs and Fern
& Fairley's band will make the instrumental
music. A torch light procession and ice cream
festival will wind up the proceedings of the
evening.
in the Grammer Department of the Lam
caster public schools, during the Spring term,
1878, a perfect record in attendance and
punctuality was recorded of Ida Buchner,
Clara Jones, Alice Mahan, Vina Moore and
Katie Langridge. The record also shows that
Laura Walker, Fannie Ferguson, Nette Biep
and Julia Carney were present every day. So
reports their teacher, Miss Clara Moore.
"A couple of cheerful Misses, daughters of
Jabez Hurd, are spending the week with the
Misses in G. J. Hyde's family. The latter will
in turn spend weekiin the country. We
mention this only to suggest that many pleas
ures may be enjoyed and much benefit res
ccived by such exchanges of visits between
people living in town with those in the coun-
try. The pleasure and benefit viii be mutual
The first sample of new wheat placed on
our table this year is sent by Mr.. ]. B. Cooley,
from Kansas, referred to in his letter, else
where. If our farmers can furnish as good
samples by the middle of July they may well
rejoice, but they will do better than that this
year, Who will be first =? By the way, refer
ring to Mr. Cooley's letter, if he vii send us
one peach for every Grant County emigrant
who has gone to Kansas and Nebraska this
year we will say he has done his whole duty il
not little more.
The attention of farmers is invited to the
advertisement of the new mower offered by
Mr.. D. " Perrin. 1t is so different from other
mowers that it cannot fail to attract attention.
1t has feathery lightness and yet has unsur-
passed strength and power. Mr.. Perrin has
one of these machines at Bloomington. Far
10 To - a.. l.
but is not simply an experiment. 1t was in
vented eight years ago. Many machines were
made and used successfully in the east. In
1875 the inventor brought four machines out
TO try them in western grasses, and where
tried they are fast being introduced. Such
are the facts evident by numerous published
certificates. Mr.. Perrin is a man of honor, and
woud not sell machine were he not con-
WINGED by trial, of every fact represented. Far
mers, you think of buying a mower see Mr..
Periu's. Read description of the machine in
the advertisement
As it approaches Lancaster the survey Of
the railroad strikes Bidwell's farm, (the old
Curry place. near the middle of the north end,
aud crosses its north end towards the west,
bearing about IS degrees south. Where il
touches J. J. McKenNes land 1.-THE old Dodge
place) is the point of divergence of the two
surveys, one of which would terminate on the
east side of Lancaster, the other on the west.
The east survey would cut Mr.. McKenzie's
land dagonally nearly from corner to corner
and would curve considerably in crossing Mr.
Willis's. Should this route be taken the depot
would be on Anthony Sweney's land, near An
ton Schmitt's, the spur reaching into G. A.
BARRIERS land--about 500 feet. The other
survey, starting at the point of divergence
cuts nearly west Clearing about degrees
south) across McKenzies, Angus's, j. J. Bar
ber's and part OF T. NJ Barbers lands On
the west side of I. NJ. Barbers east farm it
curves towards the south and crosses the Mt
Ida road at the southeast corner of the farm.
Thence it goes southerly, bearing west, across
Guck's land and the depot would be on Gu
ticks land about 600 feet north Of the Day
place and west of the street about 100 or l5C
feet This survey comes in on a level, the
other falls 65 feet to the mile
As has already been published the Fair o
the Grant County Agricultural Society takes
place in Lancaster on the 4th, 9th and 9th O
September. The Secretaries of these Socie
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