Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-07-31
TOWN AND COUNTY:

Little Charley Russell, son Of Barney
Russell, lately fell down stairs and broke a
finger.
Mrs. Theodore Rodolf and daughter, Of
Lacrosse have been visiting siLh tbe family
OF 9. G. ROdoh, Esq, of Muscoda.
This Is busy, busy world But passing
arnad town where men were at work we
found the average to be three lookers,on to
two workers.
Frank Nathan started Monday for Chr
eago, where he viii spend few weeks in
commission house, when we understand he
will set mp for himself in Milwaukee.
- We acknowledge receipt of the premium
lit pamphlet of the S W. Wis Industrial As
sociaiior, for the fair to be held at Mineral
Point September %, 80, 4th and 5,h.
students Of medicine and others interest
cd ate particularly directed to the card of
enc Of our most popular and successful
Western institudons-the Chicago Medical
College
john oswald's new brick building is pro-
crossing finely The mason work was finished
Saturday last. 1t has a very fne-looking
front, and is not excelled by any other huild-
ing in town in beauty and symmetry.
Philip Phillips. the world renowned
singer sill give an evening Of sacred Song"
in he Methodist Episcopal Church in PLATES
Vile. Monday evening, August llth, 1879.
rare chance to enjoy a entertainment
"A match -unning race on the Platteyille
Driving Psrk Association grounds for purse
of 5000. between Geo Chamley's mare,
Chestnut Oaks, of Mineral Point, and John
ny Wrights horse, "Troublc," of Belmont,
will come off Friday, August 8.
The card of J. W. Taylor, attorney at
law, in this paper, designates his Office at
M0ntfort He has not become resident of
that place, but his Office, in charge of Mr.. Jo-
seph Osborne will be open for the transac,
ton Of ordinary business He will be there
himself every Thursday,
M w Parker, who two and half years
ago was foreman of the HERALD, and as good
printer as there Is in the State, is publish
ing tho Clark County Courier at Neilsville,
Wis. lie supplies his readers with whole
field of miscellaneous reading, makes good
local paper and we wish him success.
A sermon on Religious training of chill
dren," preached last Sabbath by Rev. H. |
Saucr, in the German NJ Z. Church at Slit.
ger, Is said to have been grand one. Par
ents in these times need good, strong, whole
some lccturing upon this subject of Impress
ing moral virtue or responsibility upon the
minds of their children.
Mr.. VIM. Rothschild has grown the Sny-
der blackberry in Lancaster for seven years.
with crop of berries each year, and the
vines, though unprotected, have not been
hurt by the winters. We saw these vines
this week loaded with beautiful berries, and
the vines were not laid down or protected
through last winters severe cold.
A Chicago paper suggests the propriety
of ladies and gentlemen leaving the wearing
OF kid gloves in the house to the servants and
lackeys, and allowing their own hands to re-
ihdlli bdic tACcpb upuH OCCdsiOus Wien JHty
wish TO keep them clean or warm. We are
ahead of the Chicago paper. We adopted
that practice as long ago as recollection
spans. To one unaccustomed to such sights
wearing gloves at party ., in church would
suggest that they are to cove: "A soiled, or
ill., shapen, or hacked, or sore, otherwise
Wnseenily hand. Besides, its cheaper to 60
without We never wear "kids"
-Rcys John Harris and A. Charles give
notice that the Quarterly Meeting services
for the Bloomington and Beetown circuits
will be held next Saturday and Sunday, Au-
gust Cd and Sd, as fellows; Saturday, the I'd
in the Providence church, public preaching
Service at M, followed by the quarterly
conference Of the Beetown Circuit Atop
IN. the quarterly conference Of the Blooming
ton Circuit will meet in the VI. f. church in
Bloomington. Public preaching at 8 p. m.
Sunday, August 81 in the Providence church
at a. m, loveieast; preaching at l0t a m,
followed by communion service. Rev. W.
Hamilton, Presiding Elder of the District,
will preach at each of the public services.
MIR. Chas. Waters of the Elmo Nurser
cs Big Patch, was in the city Tuesday. He
is going to Dakota to sell fruit trees and if
there are favorable inducements he may Sc
lect location in that new country for a far
west nursery. Mr. Waters is a thorough nur-
scryman lie understands the wants OF this
western country and aims to supply those
wants without the iutermxture of any sort of
humbuggery. This is his reputation and we
have reason to believe i. is well earned.
Waters 4 Son this is the firm ma mel have at
their Elmo Nurseries, for sale this coming
Fall, large lot of fruit trees The varieties
are good and are more reliable than those
sold by eastern tree peddlers whether at high
or low prices. Their postotfice address is
Rig Patch, Wis
-Platteye had another temperance
sqaall the other day. Rev. johnson at the
park meeting on Sunday went into the SUBJ
icct with his sleeves rolled up. There had
been jury trial awhile ago on which sat
some OF the solid men of Platevlle as Jurors.
|; was liquor case. The temperance people
were after "Blind Robin" The trial failed
there was no conviction. Mr. johnson APP
peared to charge that the jury above referred
20 did not do its whole duty. On Monday
the men challenged resented The preachers
Followed the matter up. The report Is that
they took their bottles and themselves went
TO Blind Robins house TO buy beer The pro-
prictvr of the house, however, refused them
admission They wouldn't sell beer to the
preachers, even by the help of Blind Robin.
Aud so Plat,evie has great deal to talk
about, and the people are excitedly divided
Against each other. Probably it would not
be safe for the HERALD to lecture either the
temperance people of Plat,eyille or those
whom they oppose. The temperance question
is not HgRALp hobby. Il wants all men to
be temperate, and wants them to he temper
ate in all things. But the temperance peo-
pie, SO called, have their minds so set upon
impracucable theories that whoever advances
any others is set down as opposed TO temper
ance. On the other hand the saloon men are
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