Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-22
TIE HERALD.
TOWN AND COUNTY:

The Conference for the Primitive Metl
oai.ts Of this district was held in Platteyil
beginning last Saturday.
Mrs Newcomb, of Bloomington, is a gal
in Dubuque. we presume attending TO th
interests Of her sewing machine agency.
John Wright has well filed ice hous
and is prepared to deliver the cooling crysts
to patrons in any part Of the city Tuesda
and Saturday mornings.
The Platteyille fremen will be out o
annual parade next Wednesday. Singing
prayer, football and picnic supper are Oh
the programme. No limit to invitations.
A Colorado Springs paper contains tn
death notice of MIRA. Elizabeth Jones. wife o
Hamel Jones. Mrs Jones was the daughts
Of Mr. J. B Roberts. formerly Of Beetown,
our Bloomington correspondent says TO
usuh,, We wanted to say for Mr.. John Hal,
and Mr.. James Prideaux who started las
Tuesday. bound for England. They take
steamer a, New York next Saturday.
a Bloomington letter from Mrs. E. J N
Y compliments Prof Allison very highly fol
bis lectures there. Mr. Allison has as much
a,tsn,on az he will desire in our regular
Bloomington notes and therefore, though
thankful to Ms. L. J.M n, we omit her
lettei
a Democrat writing from Bloomington
to the Prairie du Chen Courier said Hayes
has vetoed the army bill and returned it with
bis reasons 10 the House. Methinks we're
the house, / ,cooedlet tie army 90 a0hae with
out ca,h.p Good thing there is no section Of
the army chartered around Bloomington.
"A Bloomington subscriber says;
have taken the Grant County HERALD over 80
years Have always felt that as citizen Of
Grant County could not do without it and
generally derived more satisfaction from it
than from any other paper, and now | like
it better ,han ever before. | never saw a
country paper with so much good reading and
50 little useless matter"
Refreshing, isn't it? A little patent sid
ed concern comes begging for exchange and
after our giving that's the word it for years,
and trying besides to help it along with several
strong puifs, it comes at us with craving
for"g entlemauly editors in Lancaster" Anoth :
er Of the same kind who wouldn't miss seeing
the HERALD if he had to sit up night every
week for it, tells that others axe it "only to
inspect the tax lists !" All, boys; do you love
TO have a Boss
"A sad affair happened Monday last in the
family Of Mr.. Fred Rector, in the southeast
part Of Fennimore, as we learn by note from
Mr. s. w Rogers Mr.. Rector was sick
with bilious fever and while the family were
caring for him their babe. fifteen months old,
got into the water tank at the windmill and
was found drowned when Mr. Byron Hood
went to water the team at noon. It had not
been out over twenty minutes but it could
not be resusctated.
The new "Plattevlle narrow gauge"
company is styled the Gaena L Wisconsin
Railroad Company D. S. Harris, o. S. Hor-
ton p. Iunkins John Lorrain and Thos. NJ.
Roberts, all Of Gaena, are the corporators,
and the purpose named in their articles of
incorporation, filed at Madison, is to con,
struct railroad from the State line of Wis
consin in Lafayette County to the Wisconsin
river at or near Muscoda, vi Il branch from
Phillips Corners to Pla,teyiIle
We had the pleasure Of a call Yesterday
from Mr.. Joseph Anderson OF Vt. Il pc. He
reports a number Improvements gong on
there. DR.. Sloat has painted and Otherwise
thoroughly repaired the house lately pur,
chased by him. |. b. Fox is putting up
neat store building in size Is 80 feet. al,
der4ob & Son have laid ir a large and seasons
atle stock Of boots and shoes and are re.
solved not 10 be undersold by anybody. Mr..
Anderson moved from La Fayette county TO
Nc Hope last Fall He is doing a fine busi>
ness and is much better pleased with the vil-
lage than he expected TO be-
"A house built about twenty years ago
just east Of Mr.. Ryland's bank, by Richmond,
thena leweler in Lancaster, surprised many
lookers-on last Tuesday. by deliberately roll
ing from its place straight out to the middle
OF tue street then up the street to Madison
AMI down Madison out of sigh. to some where
near the top Of Pigeon hill. There we are
told Mr.. Ed Mckinney scotched it and pro.
poses 9 live in it until next Fall. The late
occupant Of the house was John Jede, the
fashionable tailor lie received warning be-
tore the house started on its rolling expedi-
uon AMI got out unhurt. He is now in bust.
ness next door to Shonest Bieg (Whaw y The
ground vacated by the rolling house will be
occupied by 0svlIi's new building.
Perhaps i may be convenient for some
parties 70 kno" who are the working COM
mN'rs in the preparations for Decoration
p'S They are as follows Committee TO
provide vocal music-Dr Kanouse, Mrs
N'tneil Mrs Reed and Mr.. Murphey: Cons
m'''ee to raise 'uuds-T A. Burr and G. J.
hld'' General Committee of Arrangements
pr Barber Joel Barber, Herman Bucbner
'o'. Glars Mrs Allen Hyde. Mrs John Co.
yer Mrs Mitchell, Mrs Reed. Mrs. Baebner
NF'. lark, Mrs Kidd, Mrs Lewis. Mrs Bellows
Mr.. Joe Nathan, Mrs c. J. HYDE. Mrs SHEER.
man. Mrs Addison Burr, Miss Helen Balbert
''i MISS Belle Crosby Committee in charge
W 'a' u'''e sir''-Misses Sadie BUR Nettie
V'4'' Ellen WooIstenbolme. Lizzie scbrei.
ncr Programme Commi,,ee-nr Rorhor "a
Pollock - "A1
-. h''''''n trains go out over the Chicago.
@i'"'aSee s.. Paul Railway. June Sd from
N"'aso Milwaukee and Madison 10 Pat,er.
s'n''1e' Iowa FIcursonsts can get tickets
.,0n a'' points east of Madison for $1,000 for
w 'r''' The object is mainly for the bepe6,
,'''' '''s'aglAads, and many think north.
~ western Iowa better than south or
'.''N''' II Is claimed that in north. west
''"' 'De soil Is the richest known that
- good, pare water everywhere tim.
Ell 'ol coal cheap the country settled by a
N''' e' people good cash markets
IA, y '0ooeFate climate churches schools.
.'-'' ''''graphs grain, fruit, vegetables,
''s'l 70 abundance; no better region
- 'O'A '4'S'as and Iowa has no State debt.
81. VII DC good for thirty DAYS. and
o'' ref' viii be allowed s,on.orsr n,ir;,o -.
"a Of Mason CITY s.
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