Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-05-22

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Mrs. McCarn and children, of Museods
, are at Judge McGOnigaps.
The drouth--it must end soon or our far.
mers will suffer another season Of misfor.
tune.
The cheerful countenance Of Hon. II. B
Coons, Of Potosi, shone within our sanctun
on Monday.
"A paper entitled sPotosi Mestamor
phosed," is received and the HERALD will
spread it abroad next week.
Mr.. Strong, of the firm of Strong & Der
ger, has brought his family to Lancaster ant
they reside in Mrs. Brigham's house.
Wives, love your lord with all your
heart, the baby as yourselves and bake good
bread. What better sphere for woman?
"A pleasant call from Mr.. A. H. Bennett.
his honored fathers heir as one OF the Jus.
tees Of the Peace of Glen Haven, is acknow.
lodged.
An excellently engraved likeness Of
Hermann Grimm is given in the June mum.
Der OF ''Scribner'' but nobody at Cassville
would take it for him.
The new City Council of Lancaster, has
appointed II. P. Greene, Marshal F. B
Phelps, Street Commissioner; Chas. orion
Clerk, and Rich'd Meyer, Treasurer.
The PIatteyille conference of Primitive
Methodisis appointed for the ensuing year
Rev. j. Arnold to preach at Platteyille, Rev.
J. Harrington to preach at Hazel Green, anu
Rev. w. James TO preach at Miffln.
We have another letter addressed to
John Pollock, Editor, HERALD Office" writ
ten on tint-edged paper in delicate hand by
young lady in West Grant Why does John
catch the eye of a young lady more readily
than any other name We are jealous.
"A. w Bell, esq, of Plstteyille, observing
the builders rapidly laying brick at Darling
ton, week ago, borrowed trowel from on
of them and showed himself as skillfu ma
son as any of them. Legal lore has not dis
lodged his knowledge Of the mechanic al art.
A Chicago subscriber who is something
of newspaper man writes: .sThe HERALD
is quite pretentious ard metropolitan.li like
sheet, and as boss of ''boss K.u IS very sue
cessful. You set up ads. equal to our city
folks. | always read the editorials and To-
GALS"
The annual reunion of the 9th Wiscon-
sin Battery will be held at Richland Center
June and 18th. Especial Battery reunion
on the first day and General Reunion of Sol.
diers on The second day. Member. are called
upon to go prep AIRED for good time !;
camp if pleasant. sold Abe" is to be there.
The Band House. monument which in
dicates TO some extent the appreciation the
citizens have for the Harmonic Band, is oom.
pleted and is one of the ornaments of the
public square. 1t is the architectural work
of George Benn. He did it without pay for
his labor aud everybody should remember
him accordingly.
Our invitations last week to go and en-.
Joy the entertainment at the NJ. E. oh urch
were not over. drawn. The reading by Mr..
Lowry, the singing by Miss Barber and Miss
Burr, with Miss Fisher at the organ were up
TO the highest expectations. Mr.. Watkins's
lecture was cycIopedia of popular "mis-
takes since Moses" The performers had
the encouragement of tolerably full house.
ID. Fl. Budd has met with misfortune in
his new Kansas home. His house, which we
presume was temporary one, was with all
its contents burned up. The report is that
Mrs. Frank Budd made a fire preparatory for
cooking and went out TO work in the garden.
The FIRE in some manner caught the building
and destroyed everything the clothing
all gone except such as the members of the
family had on their backs.
The way they go who "stop The HER
ALD:" Awhile ago subscriber at Patch
Grove, had his HERALD ordered stopped,
The next we hear of him 1--WE say it respect
iully) he was in the Insane Asylum. Re-
Gently we were notified to stop Chas. AT.
woods paper of Bloomington. The next
heard of him he was 10 the poor house, Last,
we had notice to stop John Sturmer's paper,
of Beetown, and last week the Sheriff took
John Sturmer to the penitentiary.
1t was a matter OF a little interest to US
when attending the sales of delinquent lands
at the Treasurer's Office, to notice that, with,
out exception, every man who went to watch
the run OF those sales carried with him copy
OF the HERALD containing list of the lands.
There were men there from the north. east.
south and west quarters Of the county. None
of them had any other paper except Mr..
Schreiner, of Lancaster, who had another pa
per for comparison with the HERALD.
-"Jim White" ends the chapter of
"Struck Lead" given this week, with a
pretty love letter. Now the reader wonders
how Mrs. Leech took on when she received
it. On first page of this paper late Wyalu-
sing man has an interesting letter from Da-
kota. In another column our Lucy Carter
gives her ideas of Rev. Talmage, having,
with her own eyes, seen the old coon in his
own pulpit. Having come out acquitted in
the late trial he spreads himself wider than
ever.
The Galena Gazette says there is still an
immense quantity of oats in Grant county
and that the farmers near PlattevilIe are haul.
ing all the way from there to Galena and GET
ting % cents instead of 81. cents they would
get at Plattevile. We are suspicious that
this is all true, bat analysed would be about
thus At Platteville the loiOest price is about
81 cents at Galens the highest price for
fancy article, is abcu. 2s cents. At Platte
vile 80 pounds make bushel; at Galena il
takes 50 pounds TO make a bushel This is
the way Plattevile peo pie say it Is.
Mr.. Sam1 Moore, of Pl.tteville, and who
lived in Lancaster during the four years he
was County Treasurer, passed day in Lam
caster this week. Here he met and took
home with him on Tuesday, his sister, Mrs.
]. L. Marsh. of Sheboygsn. Mrs. Marsh is
the wife of Mr.. j. L. Marsh who was editor
of this paper during the years of its publiea-
ton between the proprietorship of James NJ.
Goodhue and j. C. Cover. She has been vis-
iting with her brother Gen. j. B. Moore at
Muscoda, and viii remain some time with her
brother in Platieville She also lived there
for some years and doubtless many old friends
will be pleased TO see her
Our Csssvile correspondent is very racy