Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-06-10

especially requested 10 asseHiOie 81 lHe couf
house, on Friday evening next, at 8 O'Clock
Pm. MANY CITIZENS.
Lancaster has new livery stable.
"A kiss is the sealed proposal of matri
mony.
viii Lancaster celebrate this year. oil
not +?
George Hyde is expected soon from
Yankton.
Mr.. JOHN Cover arrived from Washington
last Friday.
The cellar of George Gbbss new build
ing is being dug.
Farmers, when you sell your wool dom
forget the printer.
--Amhers, Barber is about to move from
Ysnkton to Lancaster.
Zone swallow does not make a spring,
but one grasshopper does.
-Nrs Mary sludebaker IS again visiting
her father and sister.
Father Devine, the Catholic priest a, Pc
tosi, died Tuesday week ago.
On the eleventh ballot for President G.
II Baxter, of Wisconsin, had nine votes.
If you want good secondhand buggy,
either one or two,seated. call on ], Hough.
Mrs. Lou Tomlnson, formerly Miss Lou
Barber, is visiting among her relatives here
&C. II, Angus, one and half miles north
of Lancaster, has lot of seed buckwheat foi
sale
Mrs. J ohn Howe returned from Madison
last Friday. where she had been visiting
friends.
Col. Clark arrived homo from Madison
last Saturday, but went to Milwaukee again
on Monday.
The June meeting of the Dubuque Driy-
ing Park Association will be held June 18th
18th and 10Th.
The Van Bros. comedian troupe will
show at Cassyille Thursday night, and at
Bee,own Friday.
John Howe was troubled with lnfammas
ton Of the eyes the latter part of last week
but is all right again.
Some Of Miss Ellen Woostenholme's
little scholars presented her with gold pens
Gil holder the other day.
Rev NJ. B. Balch and wife, of Minera
Point have been visiting Sheriff Streeter and
wife for The last few days
Our old friend A. L. Burke, we under.
stand, received the other day back pension
of 81 ,45O. Good tor him.
Tho annual commencement Of the State
University at Madison, will take place at As
sembly Hall on Wednesday, June 2Sd.
&C. H. Baxter and J. Allen Barber arrived
home from Chicago, where they had beed
attending the convention, on Saturday.
Mrs Hildreth, of Winthrop, Iowa, a
visitor at Mrs. LouIIoloway, left week ago
Tuesday to visit other friends in Illinois
-"Grand Reunion March" is the title of q
new piece of music composer, published and
copyrighted by II. N. Hampstead, OF Milwau'
kec.
"A severe wind storm struck the village
of Argyle, La Fayette county, on Saturday,
the 20 tn ult., doing considerable damage to
property.
Miss Emma Sprague returned Saturday
last from New York, where she has been at
tending the Grand Lodge of Good Templars
of the United States.
Judge Mills returned form Prairie du
Chen Monday, where he mas been attending
court, and started for Colorado Tuesday, to
visits his son Warner.
The citizens of Lancaster, during the
Republican Convention at Chicago, received
dispatches up 10 within an hour by the
Plattevilla and Lancaster telephone,
--Conundrum III it takes a party Of
eight fishers and q thunder storm twelve
hours to catch one sucker, how long will il
take to earn money enough to purchase four
new female hats Z?
We knowledge receipt of and extend
thanks for a "comp" over the Chicago, Mil
waukeo & St, Paul Railway, from the Office
of the company, to attend the Soldiers re-
union at Milwaukee.
The editor.in- chief OF the HERALD has
heightened his stay up TO the present time
We would like 70 say, as the editor Of the
Witness always does when he goes buggy.
riding, that "thc paper is left in good hands,
but won't.
The Grand Lodge of Good Templars Of
the United States. recently held in New
York, passed resolution endorsing and
praising the action of President Hayes and
his wife, in excluding wine from use in the
White House.
We think Lieut.. II. s. Keene ought to be
congratulated. He is about the only man in
this section who has been talking Garfield, land
on the Odd Fellows excursion, when some
200 persons expressed their preferences, Mr.
Keene cast the one vote given TO Garfield.
The people of Lancaster were well
aground for news last Saturday. Tha narrow
gauge failed to mako the usual connections
owing TO wash-out on the river road the
Potosi stage brought no mail, and, owing to
the great electricity storm then prevailing, il
was impossible to get news from Chicago
by telegraph,
The Van Bros comedian troupes, who will
visit Bloomington, Csssyille aud Beetown
during the present week is composed Of d
number of well-known artists, who have
played in a number Of the greatest troupes in
the country, aud have always received very
aattsring press notices. They recently per-
formed in Dubuque and McGregor, and the
papers there compHmented them very hignly.
They calculate coming to Lancaster next
wesk.
belmont Lodge l. D. 0 r., No. $50, will
give festival on Tuesday, June Is, The
brethren WI meet at o'clock p. IN. a. the
Lodge room and march through the prinei.
pal streets Of she village After the parade
Col John g Clark, Grand Representative
will deliver an grafton, followed by supper
toasts and responses Tae Platteyille Hoel
ana Ladder Band wall be in attendance in ful