Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-04-17
In this county Fall shea, is reported TO

-i"o>Dutton kid gloves for 90 cents al
store of Misses Crosby & Reynolds.
| of the Misses Crosby & REYNOLDS. Ian.
caster, you can buy zephyrs a, is cents pc,
ounce.
MIR. Charles Vincent of Bri,i.h Hollow
called on his numerous friends in Lancaster
on Tuesday.
ID. Griffith, tho old boss of the "Lancas.
ter Shoeing Shop" makes some new an.
neuncements.
Fifteen hundred pounds of maple sugar
from Franklin, Vermont, are on the way for
| G. d. UT & Co.
An occasional chat with a live Democra,
like Mr.. Thos. Davies. of British Hollow
would do any editor good.
a Huntemer is having unprecedented
success in Lancaster carrying on the cooper's
trade. Read his new advertisement.
-Messrs 1lindt, Geiger & Co Cassyille
have received large stock of new good.
which they are selling at very low prices.
The Fire Company will meet a. re
Engine House, Phoenix No. /. next Monday
evening. at $40 p. m. By order of Johr
Hurley, Foreman.
Another party of Potosi farmers suggest
/ by an advertisement that they believe in
fencing in stock rather than against it. Also
seven farmers Of Wingville join in the pro-
posed new order.
Sewing Machine needles by mail-Singer
70 cts per doz. Is cts l doz. All others IS
Postage stamps received in sums less than
Sl.0o s2O Main St. Dubuque. Iowa.
J. w. COREY
Misses Crosby < Reynolds have resolved
on closing out their notious, such as ladies'
ties, laces, rucheings, corsets, kid gloves
embroideres, etc, at killing prices and then
conhne themselves strictly TO the millinery
business.
-ihe customary Easter services were held
at the Episcopal Church. with appropriate
floral decorations. The Congregational Church
was also tastefully ornamented with flowers
and the services of the day were adapted &c
the season
-Messrs. Ivey g. Webb are new mer~
camille firm in Lancaster but long in business
in British Hollow. They post themse elves be-
fore the public this week with clever adver.
tisement and are well worthy all the patrons
age they can command.
There was an old Democratic buggy shed
at the Jail but sheriff Streeter pulled all the
Democracy out oft the other day and has
erected in its place a respectable but not I'm.
necessarily costly covering-useeul but no
expense in oruamentation.
The advertisement put into the HERALD
few weeks ago by Mr.. Adam Stoeber
found his mare but now the animal is gone
again. See the advertisement for descrip-
ton, and if information can be given Mr..
Stoeber it will be neighborly act.
For nftystwo numbers of sixty-four large
pages each Tor more than S,ooopages year,,
the subscription price (ss) is low, while fol
$1,000 the publishers offer to send any one
of the American "a monthlies or weeklies
with The Living Age for year, both postpaid
Littell Il Co., Boston, publishers.
Mr.. 0. w, Graves, three miles south
west of Bloomington. having sold his farm
will next Thursday, April "a, sell at auction
about fifty hogs, 500 bushels Of oats. reaper,
farm wagon, buggy, tanning mill. corn
shelter, and the other utenscs usual at a
closing out farm sale Also his household
furniture.
Mr.. Geo. Walker and family departed
this week FIR Omaha, removal to which
place he has been contemplating for some
months. Mr.. Walker has bee identified
with the interests Of this section for many
years, during which time he has been an
active and enterprising man of business. The
whole family carry with them the best wishes
of many friends.
A new serial story by Jean Ingelow will
begin in the number of Litel's Living Age for
the week ending April Goth. 1t is published
from the authors advance sheets, and opens
in very interesting way. The progress of a
new story by this popular writer will be ca
gerly watched. A new volume Of The Livinq
Age, by the way, began with the first number
of April. sffording a good time for the begin
ming of new subscriptions.
The "Lone Widow" N this paper is not
regarded by its author as a choice produc.
ton, but we believe large class of readers
will like it we'll. The hero of Sketches Of
the Mines" for next weeks paper is Major
Coons. II is, so far, the longest Of these
sketches is rounded out in beautiful sem
fences that flow like Macaulay's and hun
dreds, perhaps thousands ofold friends who
knew Major Coons, will be deeply interested
in reading it.
We hope to see large audience at the
Methodist Church, tosmorrow even ing, to
hear the lecture by J. NJ. Mills The subject
of Slang is one which Mr.. Mills, in com.
mon with every other college bred young man,
has had abundant opportunity of studying
and, having seen it in its glory, can doubtless
draw interesting and instructive conclusions
as TO its use and abuse. reading by Miss
Foster is also on the programme, and excel
lent music is promised.
The Kansas Pioneer notes the arrival in
Smith county Of Mr.. Charles Bassett thus j:
"Mr. Bsssett came from Grant county, Wis
consin, which has always been regarded as
pretty good county but he says Smith county,
Kansas beats it three to one." We hear of
50 many Grant county people out in Kansas
and Nebraska and the HERALD has so many
subscribers out there that II seems to us the
people there should club the two States to.
gether and call them Ne.c Grant Even Col
orado might be joined in The union for one
man writes US, "Send me your club terms;
can get you so subscribers here without diff
Gully"
The death Of the young man at the rail
road junction near Fennimore on Sunday
is matter for the seriou consideration of q
good many BOYS and some men in Lancaster.
Our boys are all big enough and have sense
enough TO keep out of harm. OF course they
are. But at the junction where this accident
happened there was no engine, there we're no
men attending to their work moving or