Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-02-13
TOWN AND COUNTY:
Winter seems inclined to stay avn

A lodge of the Order of United Workmen
was organized in Lancaster on Monday eve.
ming.
The old homestead of DR.. j. D. Wood i:
offered for sale. Inquire of Mr.. Ryland or Of
Mr.. c. II. Baxter.
The masquerade ball at the German Set
element, Potosi, is to be Monday evening Feb
ruary 24th-not the 25th
The best kind OF valentine you can send
10 anyone tomorrow will be ticket to the
lecture by Prof. Clark, of Bloomington.
General Franz sigel lectured in Dubuque
last Friday and in Galens Saturday, taking for
his subject the Second Battle of Bull Run.
The excursion by rail from Lancaster 10
Woodman, arranged for last Sunday, fell on
rather disagrceabe day, and was but thinly
patronized.
Report comes from Oneida, H., where
Rev c. +. Clapp is holding special meetings
that great revival Of religion. among both
old and young, ia attending his efforts.
Nick Sauce, Of Fairplay, chall, nges any
party from far or near. for the prize Of 4I
acres Of land. that he will walk against any
horse with a rider for nine days, between
points 500 miles separated.
In Wingville at Sunday school while
teacher was hearing the infant class recite
Bible verses, one little fellow, impatient for
his TO core, jumped up and said, aye
cannot serve God and nanny"
MIR. Thos. Wier, of the town Of Liberty
an old and most highly respected citizen, died
Yesterday morning. Being one of the promi,
nent men of the county, the HERALD will at
another time publish biographical sketch Of
him
-Messrs Roach g. Evans issue call for
10000 men, women and children to call at
sheir large and complete stock of hardware,
stoves, cutlery etc, which they offer for sale
at bottom prices.
colorado papers from Mrs. Kate Collins,
and Nebraska papers from ]. II. Crabtreee,
received. Also several more western letters,
some Of them better than those published.
We charge T. NJ. Young ten cents a line for all
the Kansas letters we publish.
The City Reading Club are preparing for
a theatrical entertainment to be given at the
school chapel, Saturday evening, February
22d, for the benefit of the Lancaster Library.
Stage scenes, curtains, etc, are being fitted
up for the occasion. Posters will be out in
due time.
-"Native wine makes the mare CO." is the
paraphrase of the local paiagrapher at Bosco-
bel. lYhen mea come to the point of expert
menting upon the virtue of the Solomonic
proverb, Drink and forget your poverty" the
perversion of money into "native wine is
quite natural.
Mr.. John T. Howdle lost in December
his short horn Bull, First Earl of Hazelwood.
cultural fairs, and has purchased another
known as the Fifth Earl of Lakewood. This
animal is equally as good as the first. He
weighs over 1000 pounds, and cost, when
eight months old, $500.
MIR. w. b. Clark is we'll known in this
section as an unusually cultured and interest
ing speaker. Many are looking forward to
mis- lecture tomorrow evening, on elements
tractve entertainments of the season. The
Methodist church. in which the lecture is to
be given, should be crowded witt The best
audience Lancaster can get together
The long continuance of uninterru teddy
good roads has made the past few months
anomalous in fall and winter experience.
From the beginning of frost, through weeks
of fine seighing, and even after the thawing
of the snow and the resumption of travel by
wagons, the roads have been all that could be
desired rain storm, followed BY snow
storm, and freeze up, reminds US that "Jor-
dan is hard road 30 travel" still
Next Tuesday Judge Cothren will hear
the argument in the motion to dissolve the
injunction by which the GaIena and Southern
Wisconsin r. r. Co. is at present restrained
from operating their extension from Phillips
Corners towards Montfort. Mr. Carter will
appear for Plattevilie and Judge Mills and A.
w. Bell for the railroad company. 1t is a
case involving large interests and the biggest
speeches of this term Of court may be looked
for
Mr.. Alex. Gulick came here again last
week from Princeton, n. j., and can boast OF
having purchased the first Through ticket "
from Chicago to Lancaster At Chicago he
inquired the price Of ticket to Boscobel and
learned it was $40. Then he paid for a
ticket to Lancaster, only S7.95. So our Bos
cobel friends who are talking of laying third
rail to Woodman so as to avoid change of cars
in coming to the center of gravitation, might
by little financiering manage TO get passage
through for rs cents.
Sickness or complaints of unsound physi-
cal condition are more general than at any
time for years. This is true in this vicinity
and seems TO be so everywhere. Lancaster
people are suffering less, perhaps, than those
OF other localities. Schools generally are very
thinly attended, In some places we hear they
are suspended The complaint is an influenza
called by new-fangled name. Unless per
mitted to run into other diseases it is moi
attended by serious results, but it is wind
that blows good to the doctors
Lovers Of the drama have been offered
theatrical entertainments every evening this
week by the Jay Simms combination, that be
gan with kathleen Mavourneen" on Monday
evening and changed the programme eacf
succeeding night. This troupe contains some
really meritorious actors who, on a respecta,
Die stage, would make a good showing. In
fact, it is not uncommon to see worse acting
with much more pretentious surroundings
1t is matter of regret that this town afford:
no appropriate accommodations for miscella
neouS entertainments
Shippers tell US that even at the same
price per car there is an advantage of S. pei
car in shipping on the Chicago & Tomah, be
cause the cars of the Chicago, Milwauk ee &
St. Paul K. R. are larger and will carry, on al
average. two head Of cattle and proportion.