Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-12-09
ONE or tun snInons IN Lancaster h.ua a.

who think that without ceremony the council
should revoke their keepers LICENSED and shut
them UP. We suggest to those who talk OF
think SO. tia. the councils right to thus dis
pose of such cases is about equal to the right
Judge Cothren would have 10 sentence a man
to the penitentiary without trial. And as il
is not the duty Of Judge Cothren to arrest a
man and take him before himself for trial, so
it is not the duty Of mayor or Justice OF the
peace to make the accusation and then bring
up the saloon-keeper and try him. Accuser,
constable, prosecutor and Judge must not all
be in the same person. That affair Saturday
evening in Skeletons saloon was discreditabls
to the city. Probably the parties engaged in
1t should be fined, and the saloon license res
voked. Ifso, let some one make complaints
that will "stick, and put the parties through.
Also if other saloons are 6isregarding their
legal limits, let them have their legal penal.
ties by due course of law, but let not over
jealous people get Lancaster into a temper
ance muddle By an attempted application Of
law that wonI "stek"
The last number of The american Anti-
qllaridn, published by Jameson & Morse, I64
Clark St, Chicago, is repository Of very in
teresting papers. Some of the titles are,
"The EmblematIc Mounds and the Totum
System Of the Indian tribes" "Relcs Of Abo-
rginal Art and their chronological Value"
"Ancient Quartz Workers." "The Rabbit aud
the Grasshopper-an 0toe Myth" ," The Ala
baster Quarries and Flint Works found in
Wyandot Cave" aboriginal use OF Copper
in War and Peace" These are embraced
only in its antiquarian department. Its ORR
entail department, correspondence, editorial
notes, gleanings and book reviews are Of high
character also. The magazine occupies one
of the most suggestive and instructive fields
in all the range Of American Literature Il
is edited by Rev. Stephen D. Peet, now a
resident of Clinton, Wisconsin.
All interested in organizing and keeping
up society whose purposes shall be similar
to those OF the lyceum formerly run by the
High School-the advancement of literary
requested to meet at the
school house this evening. TIE unanimous
consent of the school board for the use of
the school house has been obtained, and the
society will be given the membership and
sanction of all the Lancaster teachers.
Sc The Railroads and the People. MIR.
f. 3. Thurber, of New York, furnishes to the
December Scri6ner a paper which will be
widely read, and which bids fair to create
considerable excitement. 1t is entitled ''The
Railroads and the People," and it presents
most forcibly the recent exposures of cor.
ruption in the great railroad monopoles of
this country.
If the reader has not an intelligent con-
ception of where New Zealand IS, open your
boys geography and look toward the south
esst, on the map of Australia You will won-
der what any Grant county men would go off
there for but the letter from there in this pa
per, by one Of our wanderers will suggest
that he may be in good country.
Improved runner attachment for wheeled
vehicles of every description-the best des
vice ever Invented, for style and durability.
Is quickly and easily adjusted to axles of all
sizes. They are made of the best material
throughout, with steel shoes and of shape
that gives the vehicle the same track as a
sleigh. Call on J. Hough.
The Mississippi Valley Lodge 1. O. 0. F.,
of Lancaster, at its meeting December 1st,
gave a unanimous vote of thanks to the
members of the Methodist choir and the
Lancaster String Band for the excellent mu-
sic furnished by them at the Lodge AnniYer.
sary, and ordered the publication of the fact
in the HERALD
Two hundred pairs gloves and naittona
for men, women and children just received
and for sale at manufacturers Wholesale pri-
ces. thereby saving you fully 25 per cent.
Call and examine and be convinced.
NATHAN, ScHREINER & Co.
The Chicago s. Tomah and Galena and
wisconsin, and the Milwaukee and Madison
broad gauge are to be consolidated as the
Milwaukee and Madison Railway. Articles
of consolidation were filed in the Railway
Commissioners Office last Saturday.
Mr.. J. c. Scott, county Surveyor elect,
was in town yesterday. We have been try
ing to persuade him to move to Lancaster,
but attractions at Patch Grove appear to be
strong
The only competition that Jed Barnett
has yet encountered in the carriage business
worthy Of note, is the little Carter at Ed,
Carters, and it is of the female persuasion.
For pair of nice two seated platform
hobs, solid lazy backs on both seats, WE'LL
trimmed, steel shod, painted in first-class
style, call on j. Hough. 99w3
Notice the change in date of j. n. Wag-
ganer's music sale. The date is changed
from Saturday, December 18th, to Thursday,
December 10th.
LATE Caskey, at the Potos brewery, will
have a turkey and glass ball shooting match
on Saturday, December 18th.
Mr.. A. Palmer, at Fennimore, is agent
for WILSON'S Pain Cure" a remedy for
chronic diseases
The largest and most complete stock Of
holiday goods at j. II. Baldwin's.
Work on the engine house has ceased,
the lumber being all used up.
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