Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-09-18
TOWN AND COUNTY:
sec Hendv,. ORGANS at the Fair.

Mr.. VIII elise mas gone oaeh w Nott''H :
nj, ana Mrs w. + elise and Miss Lollie elise
are At their home 10 Denver.
One OF those well known and successful
nhv.iei.as. Drs. Price & Brewer. will be at
tbs Mansion House to-day aud the forenoon
Of tO.morrow.
To-day the OkoIoaa States man lectures in
Dubuque He would come TO Lancaster or
.ny shere else for money. He has become
bureau lecturer.
Tine ladies Of the Lancaster NJ. E Chur ch
have hall and table on the Fair Grounds,
and visitors can get OF them as good dinner
as hes can get anywhere.
A ripe fig grown on W. BarlOw's fig
tree. in Lancaster, is curiosity placed upon
our table Yesterday. Like fig trees in their
native cline this little tree has figs in all
stages Of growth.
Mr.. G. C.. Hendy, Of the Plstteyille
BOOK Store, will be at the County Fair with
Number OF organs and will give special bar
gains on all instruments purchased or ORDER
d during the Fair. M. Hendy is a respon-
.ible business man OF long standing at Platte
vile.
Among the amusemeuts at the County
P,i, to.morrow afternoon are u walking
match, where the longest distance made in an
haur viii win sl5 90 and the next fellow SO;
,rol,ing race bet xeen three well known
hots-s; heel and zoe walk f-r $500 and
i.ot race for $3.50.
DIR q G. Newell, our Lancaster dentist
T. NOW prepared to administer that
crc,t and safe observation-disclosures Oxide
G'-. for painless extraction Of teeth. Over
one million trials aud not one accident on re-
cord The Doctor is always up 10 the times
asd practical Improvements in his profess
si,n. 27w2.
--Drs Price & Brewers reputation and
succee.s becoming 90 extended, the number
# teat- that they have enjoyed it, their de.
yoton 70 the pursuits and studies Of their
profession. is one Of the strongest and most
competent testimonials that can be given
them. Drs. Price l. Brewers next day for
receiving patients at the Mansion House in this
civ il on Thursday afternoon and Friday fore
moor. September 18th and 10th
The River Falls Journal compliments
MS Emma Watkins as follows: Emma
Watkins, late a teacher in River Falls and
Prescott, was offered position in the schools
ho.1 al Ia Crosse and Lancaster, and ac-
cepte4 situation at Lancaster She has
friends in the vicinity. The principal is J.
g Davies We regret the departure of 80
many OF our best teachers TO other and more
remuneratye fields We doubt il Miss w.
has any superors in the State, either in re.
spcct TO actual teaching in her chosen grade,
or knowledge Of methods and mental phloso~
ply gained by extensive reading Our best
wishes 60 with her."
-PIatteville had Fourth of July last
Tuesday. The Galena Firemen we're there
and the Dubuque ana Galena Turnyerein and
two or three bands. They came into Platte
vile On two narrow gauge trains and marched
IN procession in uniform to the public square
where they were received by large out,
pouring Of the citizens of Platteville. n H.
Virgin made the welcoming speech aud the
people united in lively amusements until
O'Clock in the afternoon. The Turner's gave
exhibitions on the traptzr EQUAL to those
seen in the big crcuses and III lr were enter
tainments as varied as those Fourth of
July day. 1t was the biggcs. day ( tho sea-
son IN PIattevilIe.
friend S writes from Cassvillr As f1l>
lows: DIR. A. Kraft Sunday night met with
what might have been fatal accident Com-
lug down the Beetown road after dark in his
buggy he met a team on which was carried a
lantern The Doctor noticing the approach
ius lantern, but unable to see the immediate
surroundings, kept to The right until he was
precipiWted into ditch seven or eight feet
deep, IN his buggy. With him was Esq Rookie,
tellrt, OF Bcetown. esquire Rocky says they
would have both broken their nccks were it
not that they were TO die different death.
The squire believes in predes tnation. They
caine OIL with scar aud Sigh. bruise The
river is ou the rise little Fever and ague
i'sbatng"
Speaking of the Milwaukee firm of Kelly
Nathan, the Daily Stock Journal pays the
blowing merited compliment to Mr.. Frank
Nathan, son Of Mr. Joe Nathan: "This firm
Is neS IN Milwaukee aud very young in years.
bit lis members are men nevertheless--m N
OF she full stature, In business point OF
view Mr. Kelly is from Chicago. and has had
thorough experience in the Union Stock
Yards Of that city. Nr Nathan is from Lam
caster. Wis; is the son of Oh. of the Oldest
and most successful livestock traders in the
safe, and evidently inherits the fine quail
ties OF h.s father, The firm has made a spIen,
dId commencement in the commission trade
here having in the very outstart exhibited an
efficiency and trustwOrthn ess that have in
sEirei the universal confidence"
Last Friday evening Rev. Edward d.
ktton, OF Newton Iowa, favored an audience
IN the Congregational church with lecture
on h'' travels Among the Alps" II was a
very entertaining address and highly appreci-
@rd bE she hearers They felt themselves
H'lle nearer to the mountain peaks and cliffs
~ hearing the interesting accounts from one
Who had climbed among them. The journey
OF words from the natural scenery to natures
Author, with which the lecturer concluded.
WAS eloquent and the listeners gave il rapt
attention. Before and after the lecture Miss
Carrie Barber sang in her inimitable style
two new songs, and the latter part Of the
evening was enjoyed socially over meats and
drinks and listening to music by the string
band The net result to the benefit OF the
church was about $500.
"A mother in Lancaster writes some
IDEAS that most readers will regard as crude
We thick so, too, but there is q good deal OF
t4el ard hard sense at the bottom of them.
lhe lubllc school is a great educator, but
Tor wan of family education behind il much
corruption creeps in. I, is true that large
proportion Of he children are sen, to school
ITO get rid of them" and parents who have
III The energy or moral vigor to govern, re
strain or train their children, are equally
lacking when their children 20 home to them