Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-06-12
THE HERALD.
TOWN AND COUNTY:

Thanks TO E. Z. Tie for batch Of inte-
resting California papers.
Prof +. A. Charlton is the proprietor
and editor of the Brodhead Independent
Will Richards, from Boscobel, Is the
new Assistant Postmaster at Lancaster.
Mrs. Abe Levens and children. Of Du.
baque, are in Lancaster, and will spend the
summer here.
Hurricane Corners is brushing up and N r
H V Kinney says, shows more life and en-
terprse this Spring than ever before.
The Decoration poem in this paper was
contributed in time FOR publication before
Decoration Day but was by accident de.
ierred.
Mr.. WIN. Kraemer, the well known
smith and wagon maker of Annaton, makes
rev announcement in our advertising COL
umn'
Mr. Thos Mcdonald drove lot Of beau,
,inl hogs to the Lancaster marke. last Mon.
ias and owing to the heat lost several of
them
Over $50 worth Of tickets we're sold to
pa,sencers at Lancaster on the C. & T. r. r.
or Monday, and on Tuesday the passenger
car went on. full.
The Grant County HERALD is not limit
ed to the boundaries Of the United States. 1t
has subscribers to whom it goes regularly in
Germany, England and China.
Mr.. r. G. Brooks and wife came from
Iowa Friday, to visit the ady's father, Mr.
Frank Bonham. They introduced to the
grandfather his youngest grandchild.
Rev. Edward d. Eaton is here on fly
Inc visit, and will return to Newton next
week, leaving his family here He will occu.
py his fathers pupil next Sunday morning.
The Commencem mt exercises, at Law
renee University, Appleton, run through
whole week, beginning June 18th. The ex.
ercises Of the graduating class take place
June 26lh.
-Beetown is fixing for big celebration
on the Fourth. Their celebrations there are
Always "ga>orious d" and this simple an.
nouncement will be hailed with pleasure by
thousands
On Monday about dozen Bloomingto-
mans we're in Lancaster, and Tuesday Cass-
Vie was well represented Among others,
Ar sneclode, DR.. Cronin, Peter Baumgart'
her the two Mr.. Erglers and Mr., Kuenster.
MIR, Joseph Snider has his neat cottage
in the Hurricane ready for the plas.erer. Mr..
Snder hourishes at the wagon.making trade
and has himself become an institution his
nrighbors say they could not do without.
Mr.. Chas Stone brought to Nathan,
Schreiner Il Co., Monday, eleven wagon
loads of hogs, from his farm the other side OF
bloomington. The weather was very warm
but Mr., Stone got his hogs through withou.
the loss of one.
A new candidate for public favor is
monthly, on tinted paper, with the title, An
Gent Order United Workmel. II is published
at 81. Paul, Minnesota, at sl.00 a year. It's
name implies its mission and it starts with
good appearance.
We publish this week complete list of
the present town officers of all the towns in
Grant county, in form as convenient as
possible for reference. Those who have oc-
casional use for such reference should cut
It out and preserve it.
-Potosi will celebrate again this year. A
large sum Of moneyis already elected to de.
fray the expenses. The managers intend to
have Dubuque band. There is tax of bring.
ing the woods into town instead 81 going up
the bin to the woods In the evening" there
viii be fireworks and the Mendotas Will have
dance.
Again we say it is lawful to write your
name and address on the wrapper outside OF
newspaper when you send il 10 friend, but
write nothing more. If there is something 10.
SIDE yoa want the friend 10 see mark it but
not BY writing word or letter. Anything
more will subject the paper to letter postage,
which would be from Is TO 80 cents for each
paper.
The graduating exercises of the class of
1879 Lancaster High School, are "billed" for
Tomorrow at 10 a. m. There are thirteen
graduates, each having "piece to speak. :"
Charlie HYDE has what is regarded as a place
Of honor Full programme given elsewhere.
Glass exercises at 2:30 p. m, and the Alumni
exercises take place in the evening a. o.
clock
Mr. Joseph Heinrich, whose postoffice
address is Oregon City, Oregon, writes that
crops there "lOok well and, something we
never saw in Wisconsin, is that we found
new potatoes to-day (May 25th) in our early
rose patch, as large as good sized marble
The winters are very mild here and one can
see birds here all winter that come to Wis
ronsin in the Spring aud leave in the Fax !"
Rev. T !. Lewis, Of Fennmore, who has
been visiting his aged father'th past week,
preached an able and interesting sermon in
the Methodist church on Sabbath evening. It
WAS pleasant sight to see the venerable ell
der and his son seated together in the pulpit.
There is a strong personal resemblance be
tween them and stranger would have taken
hcm for brothers. May the father be long
spared to listen to the voice of his son.
Heodseaa Independent.
Our new advertisements show that more
farmers are falling into the arrangement to
keep other peoples cattle and other stock off
their premises. One finds himself much an /.
hoyed by cattle feeding on the highways and
when he can't be on the watch, getting into
ms helds and injuring his crops. Another
mas lumber yard where animals congregate
and trouble him in various ways. Every
nan will have to learn to take care of his
own.
Our correspondent as" Of Cassville,
writes that DR.. F. Cronin and Alloys Grimm,
Druggist, have connected their Offices with a
telephone. The Doctor is learning German
and can speak some sentences very plain
through the phones-a rew way TO learn
herman Also, as another item, the old Cen
'Ial Hotel and the Farmer Is Home, adjoining,
"Nl be merged into one grand hotel to be de-
nominated the "partItion Headouarters.v so