Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-02-26
THE HERALD.
TOWN AND COUNTY:
--latest spring styles Of hats and caps
iust opened at Howe & Benedicps.

until noon. Highland 9th to 9Th.
Even the pIug-ugly city of Baltimore is
disnissing youngsters from the public schools
for carrying pistols-and lancaster
Judge Coihren dismissed the jurynsn
last Saturday. Court still holds, but vii !
terminate BIZ or before the end of this week.
Mr. II Quincy, on Monday. sold to
Nathan, Schreiner & Co. four hogs that
weighed $3.50 pounds-an average OF 4sS
each
--"They sag" that Howe & Benedict have
4 the best assortment of dress goods and dress
trimmings in the city. No trouble to show
them.
Prank Christi has leased Pettyjohn's mill
in the town of Liberty. 1t is put in good re-
pair and he wants all the neighbors to pat,
ronize him.
The State Register, of Portige, sends US
handsomely illustrated almanac. The leaves
alternate with illustrations and business ad-
vertsemen,s.
Hon. II. w. Fries, county judge of
Richland county Is dead. He was an early
settler and good, substantial man. Politi-
cally he was Democrat.
Miss Lillian Farnsworth, who, for
several weeks past has been visiting her SIS
ter, Mrs. Bushnell, of Appleton, returned to
her parental domicile yesterday.
"A complete line of those Reynolds fine
shoes, in front lace, side lace and button, al
ways in stock and for sale at lowest prices
by HOWE l. BENEDICT.
jed Barnett run a nail into his foot and
has been laid up for few days. Speaking
OF him, reminds US TO say that be has new
spring dray, TO be used on springy occasions.
= Arthur Lyness, three miles northeast of
Bloomington, will sell at auction, Monday,
March 9Th, eleven cows, % sheep, IS shotes,
a colt, a 10, of young cattle and other stock.
Mr.. Thomas Bowen, seven miles west
Of Lancaster,will sell span of work horses,
six mich cows, % shotes, 81 sheep and other
. stock and farm implements, Saturday, March
goth.
I'm the house of Peter Butt, La Crosse
county, where their little child was permitted
-to play, bucket of hot water was left stand
ing The child fell ia and was scalded to
death.
w H. Haine's auction of furniture,
carpets, sci Of carpenter tools, &C., comes
of next Saturday, remember. In the house.
hold furniture line there is 'most everything
you could name.
docs a person in going round tree
with squirrel on ii, 20 round the squirrel if
the squirrel keeps on the opposite side all the
time Wis a question put to newspaper
philosopher.
School district No. 9 in town of Potosi |
brags OF its schoolmaster, Mr.. Frank Duncan,
from Hurricane. He has given entire salts |
faction and the patrons of the school express
themselves more than satisfied with his work |
the present winter
Fri lay, March 10, MIR. ]. E, McKinny,
administrator, will sell at auction, a mare,
two cows, two calves, colt, some shotes,
90 bushels of corn, lot of household furni> |
lure and other property of the estate of Jos.
Showalter, deceased.
Wooded bliss in its fresh and verdant
phases was yisibly Illustrated on the streets !
of Lancaster the other day. There we're three
couples in the party and seemed at the hotel
he atr 70 ka h.
evening they were liberal patrons of the can
dy shop.
The residence of Clemens Brand, of |
Waterloo, was burned to the ground on the |
night Of Tuesday the It'll. The only occu-
pants at the time were a hired man and two |
children, Mr.. B. and wife being absent on |
visit. 1t is supposed to be the work Of an |
incendiary.
The Lancaster people will remember
Johnnie Fletcher.p A tastefully engraved |
card in which he is concerned reads. "Mrs |
Mary A Gilpin desires your presence at the |
marriage ceremony of her daughter, Anna |
Erskinc to Mr.. J. S. Fletcher, at ten O'Clock, |
Tuesday, February cath, 1880, at the resi-
dence Of Mr.. William Hudson, Gainesville, |
Texas"
1T is fact in the natural history of the |
country that, in the South birds run more to |
the beak and claw, and in the West TO tail, |
heak and claw, take it, mean ferocity, mean |
.bowie.knives and the Kuklux, and the tail, |
am 10th TO say, means brag. The West is |
windy, and the South is fierce and hot
John Burroughs; ScrbHer for March.
Rev. Thos II. Pollock, late of Jersey |
City, who has been for awhile preaching and |
occurring on Temperance in the eastern part |
of this State, will be in Lancaster about |
March eth to remain few days or week |
Il is expected that arrangements will be made |
30 have him lecture once or twice during the |
week he is here, on Temperance, and that he
will preach on the following Sunday.
Rev. H. Miner, Of Madison, preached IN
the Congregational church last Sunday. In
the evening his address was for young men |
aud 1t was one which should be highly priced |
by them. Mr.. Miner Is at present doing
Special WORK for the Beloit College. That |
institution has turned out more distinguished |
men than any other in Wisconsin. II will
continue to do so because there is no way TO |
get through it without being laden with what
makes men great.
Mrs ]. Bonney, Of Elst Dubuque. went
into the smoke-house Saturday evening to
ge, meat. She reached over head in the
darkness to take down piece. The piece
fell and in making quick m >tion TO catch it
she sut main artery of her neck with knife
she had in her hand Sh cried out and her
husband and children ran to her relief but
found her dying Dr. 2. A Clarke was called
u but she was dead before his arrival, prob.
ably within fifteen minutes OF the accident.
The three blind men, Messrs. Hitch
cock, Evans, and Pautseh entertained Lam
caster people last "Wednesday anu Thursday
evenings. They have only been organized
for a short time, but show a great deal of
practice IN the use Of the instruments on
which they play, aud the selections reci;ed.
y So mauy men seen al one time denrived of