Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-08-28

| shoe bench, Prot of Temperate Prof of
Spiritualism, Prof of Infdelity, Prof. Of Men,
tai Culture. etc, etc, etc., etc., and latterly
Prof. of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES anything to make
expenses. spok. ., Bloomington Saturday
We are told by correspondents that he il al
ready getting tired II lireenbsckery and is
irving to "Proi /. on a new subiect-one
very personal TO the editor Of this paper. Up
70 this date he appears TO have had picking
enough out OF the "farmet Joneses" 10 keep
him looking fat and sleek There is not much
meat in the new subject and We fear he viii
not ind II profitable The editor of the HER
AID has some friends in the West side Of
Grant even among the Greenbackers aud Mr..
Prof OF anything-for.grub will not find il
profitable to tell them naughty things of one
they have known all his li.e Besides, he viii
provoke the HERALD TO lay him and his hob.
bies out thinner than ever. Il will show bis
head not only to be hollow bnt cracked.
About four years ago the writer hereof
in lengthy article in the HERALD, begged tor
railroad from Dunleith or the Mississippi, on
up through Lancaster to Lake Superior, stat
ing among other things that before many
years the travel and traffic between the South
and North would equal that between the East
and West Many thousands of Southern peo
pie would spend their summers on the shores
of our cooling lakes and the wealthy of the
North would pass their winters in the South.
Free intercourse would be followed by whole.
sale exchanges OF southern and northern prod.
ucts. The demand will cause the building
OF great north AMI south lines of railroads on
scale like those running east and west
southern barbarism may keep these times
back few years, but even now they begin
The Chicago Journal has been told by one
who has made the rounds of the Western Sum
mer resorts that there are not less than 10, 600
Southwestern sojourners now in Minnesota
and Wisconsin along the lakes, who will re.
main until about October LIST.
The interest of the Fire Company seems
to be dying out, owing to the Encouragement
received from the business men of our city.
~ our last meeting about one half of the
members were present. The engine was taken
out, but on account OF the force being light
did but little pumping. As il was they bursted
one length Of hose; this, on account of not
having proper means for drying, after using,
had SO rotted out that il could not stand the
least pressure. The expense Of thi. is in the
neighborhood of $50. We need one or two
CONGREGATIONS right ire in Lancaster to
awaken the interest of this department
One OF THEN.
The poliwog Commission as Frank Barr
calls them, will now have chance for quiet.
Philo Dunning has been appointed to take the
place of William WEIGH, resigned. The Com
mission investigated Superintendent Welsher
at Commissioner Welchs instigs.on and to-
day, at Milwaukee, they will issue a report
generating Welsher and censuring WEIGH.
The editor last week had present from
Mr.. Grant Bonham of bushel Of the incest
plums cultivated in this western eountry-
This gives US occasion mot cause) for saying
OF Mr.. Bonham, what his neghbors ali say.
that he is one Of the most oblgng and hon.
orable men VIII thrive within the borders of
old Grant
Saturday last two women and man
were brought up from Boscobel for keeping
house of ill-ame. They will be tried next
court.
james McGonigal's little babe eked out
ts short life on Tuesday and its body had
numerous following to its bed of earth yester-
day.
Father Swaiger has forgiven the HERALD
its little abuse of his predecessor and has
walked up with years advance subscription.
Republican County Convention Septem.
Der 18th. I'd Assembly District Convention
September goth. See calls.
Mrs. D. A. NcKin sey, in early days
resident of Grant county, has been in Lam
caster week
The grasshoppers have destro yed all the
clover now growing 10 this county, as far as
heard from.
Rev. G. W. L, Brown viii preach at
Hurricane church next Sunday at 2:30 P. NJ.
Judge Mills is home from Oconomowoc
and this time accompanied by his daughter.
Hon. W. E. Carter returned home from
his Colorado hunt yesterday.