Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-06-26
X HERALD:
CN AND COUNTY:

= -ssrs IA this ''neek Oh "oo"'
.,..., paper y Chicago Is "a
9.,r,a and til, GRANT COUNT
go~ ..nior BY year and month";
.l.'..n IN las. weeks HEaAtD con
'as ' Higb school, the gain OF averag
. =. should have read q pc
instead Of 20 per cent
r,,le Miss Of about FIVE summers Q
D, .ner falling from swing an
,'' t.,.elf exclaimed, snow | hop
roo't Du. this in the paper"
, r., the boys-they can't fly kites Oh
erect this summer on account of tele
.,,e. and for that matter, if tn
a,i,se 70 multiply as they have late
On aoy other street.
attention is called to the caro- Oh W Y
& Co in another column of thu
so,jisrs who have received any wound
a..,, write to said firm and receive the
.e6.. Of the new pension law
Tbs annual meeting Of the Wis. State
cher, Association wall be held at La
AL, Sill. Arrangements have been
j. Nth he leading railroads. by which
H.. desiring to attend, will he carried at
\ iaccd ra'es.
m. reporter Of he RichlAnd Center
Lii. Reunion, for the Baraboo Rfp1'1'c
,,,oo remarks by Lieut. H. 5. Keene' oil
coon,v noted as follows: y would say
II, bore TIA. Lieut. Keene was, during
49,, one Of those brave, generous men,
loyeJ bis country and his comrades BET
,b,a himself aad still retains the charac-
that made him a beloved comrade
hing the var
rt...u.ll s. new time table on the
.,o, and Prairie du Chen mail route,
.,..,r Jul, l.t Bloomington will be the
,,,,, oont ii .he morning and the mails
m arrive a: Lancaster and Prairie du Chen
oooo Returning they will leave these
a, ,ass III one o'clock, p. n. same days of ar.
l-rus.days Thursdays and saturd avs at
..e,s,cr and the alternate week days at
Ep1.dc "a Chen
The commencement exercises OF the
State University at Madison were largely at
4 ,nld-a ,ooi many going from Lancaster
j ,ifae.s them Two Lancas,erians gradu-
o,e5 namely Miss Jessie NJ. Meyer, in the
scientific course, and Mr. Joe Ivey in the Law
school Commencement exercises were fol-
lorrI by llamni exercises is the evening and
b,aqaet gwen in honor of the class of 1879
b, The alumni Of the Unive rsity.
Mr.. j. W. Kaump, near Platteville, re.
h,es that he once stepped into the Office OF
James Goodhue and found him attempting to
mcalsmall breaches in the plastering. Good
hoe took the mortar in his hands the more
ca.il, to adjust it firmly to its place. After
bat few moments he found his fingers look
ing raw and the blood dropping from them.
"Ah, bal Mr.. Goodhue," said Mr.. Kaump
"You are learned lawyer and talented
writer, but you are not wise enough to know
that the lime will bite your soft flesh. 'Ev.
cry man to his trade, is good motto"
$1,000 prize. A gentleman proposes to
write Us "Sequel 20 Struck a Lead" He
5 a competent writer and his scholarly at.
ailments are sufficient, but il seems to US he
lcks The age proper for such an undertaking.
The writer should be person old enough to
ave had some acquaintance w''h the early
liners. The title proposed is good, and we
erebg offer $500 for an Original story, on
.'e' of fact, about the length OF Struck a
cad,' and which the intelligent reader
ouId appreciate as a good and fitting Csc
leI'-oursell TO be the judge of its merits.
be story must be in our hands as soon as
piember lst. The concluding. chapter of
struck Lead" will be published in next
eek's HERALD.
Mr.. b. f. Quincy has received additional
VS. of the storm at Delphos, Kansas Auoth-
letter from his daughter, if published,
'u'd have the effect to discourage some
ople from going to that country. She SAYS
e citizens are in constant dread of storms
q % any little alarm fly to their cellars or
70 outs. Some think of moving away. 9th
i think they will make up their minds to be
intent with living in nothing better than
s'outs The son Frank Quincy who re-
ntIy moved from Platteville and established
mseli ls amerchant in Delphos, writes that
lost mnch more than any other person in
wn His goods were scattered all over the
''''es and such as have been gathered up
Z almost worthless.
+ Several weeks ago Capt. w. Beebe, of
A'teyille commenced the construction of a
ephonc line between that place and Lam
'ler, distance of sixteen miles. When it
Is generally known everybody was full of
rlosIty ard various we're the specula,;ons
70 the result of the undertaking. At last
wire reached Ellenboro, and when tie sted
ere worked like a charm. Last Monday
reached Lancaster and we are now connec-
with the outside world with an invention
modern continuance. We understand it
IS not work perfectly yet, the sound of the
we beng heard bu. words not distinguishes
p song at the other end of the wire.
"rver, was heard, coming from Mr..
che's Home sweet Home"
james Maiden, formerly of Beetown,
Phew OF Mr.. Elijah Maiden, was killed in
silver mines near Central City, Colorado,
g Friday. He was working in the mine
one some 600 feet under ground. Appear
ces Indicated that he had come to the tran
or to signal for some tool wanted and that
'ening the door, timber fell on his head
eaking the skull. The. accident happened
'he morning He was found during the
" by Mr. Lew. Arthur, and cared for, but
'0 IN the evening. The deceased went to
dorado last Fall with Mr.. Lew. Arthur,
. t. Arthur and Ed. Bushnell. He was
'ns well, and only recently wrote that he
QUO return home the coming Fall. He
'o,e also OF having assisted in taking up the
'Saed remains of a fellow miner, killed by
e falling IN ofrock scaled off the sides of a
neral shaft-little thinking tina, his would
we next death reported.
inc glowing description of a ride on the
i " Il. Is Conspicuously displayed on
Y 1''' page of this paper. The excursion
opposed Is under the management and for
.S benefit Of the Lancaster fire company.
" ''nPany has for years kept up their or.