Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-09-25


I New dry goods and notions OF all kinds
and at lotion prices at
Howe & BEsEDIcr's.
I The article on diphtheria, referred to IN
the admontioh Of the school officers is pub.
ished in this paper
Information comes Indirectly tina. Gus.
Reifsteck is posed on the stsff of the Praiaie
Du Chen Courier.
Wheat has been advancing in. price for
two weeks. We DO not think il advisable
for farmers TO hold for much better prices.
Ladies buy the Reynolds shoes, They
are positively the best fitting, and best wear
ing shoe in the market For sale BY
HOWE & BENEDICT.
Art sherman Charles HYDE and VIII
Draper, three Lancaster printers, are going
next elk to Normal School at Valparaiso,
Indiana. Two others talk of going.
Rev. G. W L Brown is at La Crosse
this week attending conference. crowded
house heard his excellent sermon last Sunday
evening. OF his great success and popularity
here We shall say more at another time.
- Our store is now filed with new fall and
winter goods bought for cash Ii will paw
you TO examine our goods before making your
purchases No trouble to show goods.
How & BENEDICT.
Fifty gentlemen in Platteyille have in
writing pledged s. each as reserve fund to
secure series of lectures the next winter.
A meeting will be held Friday evening to form
lecture association and revs al the course to
be pursued,
On Tuesday, this week "a young man about
II wears old murdered a three year old child
OF Alex. White, in Rock County, BIZ cutting
its throat from ear to ear and disemboweling
IT,. The murderer's name is Geo. Barringar-
ten or Baumgartner and he was supposed to
be attempting to escape into this county
Samuel Turner, teamster o. Lane aster
was making his way into Iowa last week,
when. near Elkader, his team ran away and
threw him in manner to break his leg in two
places, also breaking some of his ribs and badly
cutting his head Iii. injuries may prove fa-
tai
A son of Dr. Deffenbacher Of Platteville.
aged Is or l6 years, died of diphtheria on
Tuesday and another son aged IL or IL years
died of the same disease last night. Some
other children have died there of the same
disease within few days. The care and eau
ton called for in this paper comes none too
soon.
Sheriff Streeter started TO the peniten-
tiary Monday with six convicts namely
Fred Bartlett sent two years for horse theft;
Henry Schinsner, years for horse stealing;
August Somers, Peter Somers and Geo Berg
one year each for burglary, and James Rob-
inson one year for bigamy. Only one of the
six belonged to Grant county by residence.
The sgent at Long Branch tells as follows
how President Grant vas induced to
subscribe for Hills Manual: "By
ten A. u. | was at the presidents cot,
tage, tipped and DOTTED my hat, announced
my business, when the president promptly
SAID he did not want to subscribe / obtain,
ed permission to show it to him. and did so
very hurriedly. At the conclusion he took
my specimen copy, paid me the cash, and
edded his name to my autograph book"
The officers of he Grant County Agri-
cultural Society elected for the ensuing year
are, A. II Barber, President L. H. 0key,
Geo Whitcher, Vice Presidents; J NJ Xii.
bourn, Secretary James Woodhouse. Treas
urer; H. S. Keene, Robt. Newman, E. Hull,
Edwin Dodge and Henry Smith, Executive
Committee.
The awards of Premiums Mt the Grant
Co. Fair should be in this weeks HERALD but
owing TO confusion of classes made by some
of the judges the list is not fully completed
The Fair was good usual, in some respects
better and we understand was sufficiently
successful Financially TO meet all expenses.
List, etc, next week
-NouIs mhut DOO4 ucduWdl WIKI INC CARS
endar at the late term. 1t ended Saturday
evening. A large majority of the civil cases
remain on the docket The will case con,
tested by Mrs. Proudfoot was disposed of
Saturday, in her favor. That is, the will was
decided not good and the heirs take The prop
erty. The fellow who passed a greenback
advertising dodger for five dollar bill, got
off without trial
-hr. John Jane, a gentleman well and
favorably known to many people in Grant
county, is now in Lancaster and canvassing
through Grant county for a book that will in
terest and captivate almost any person who
will give attention to what it contains. 1t
Is sort of O0lnitBa Gatteruna of all the bits
Of knowledge one should possess in conducts
ing business or social relations with others.
In short, it is a book Of facts necessary to
make a man "sehola' and a gentleman
Its title is "Hilrs Manual Of Business Forms
and Guide to Correct writing" but the title
gives a very insufficient idea of the uses Of
the book. Mr.. Jane is a tall, agreeable look
ing gentleman ard altogether as much of a
gentleman as he looks to be. When he calls
you will soon see what the book is and the
probability is YOU will subscrib. for il