Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-03-11
THE HERALD.
TOWN AND COUNTY:
g How are all the folks ~

-Childrens' carriages al W. Dsfio"1
furniture store, from sheboygan eaniag'
works.
A large stock of mems shoes just re
ceiyed at d, Weber's. The largest stock
latest styles and bes, grades 10 the city.
We should say mill near Montfor
must be good paying property, and there is
one offered for sale. See advertisement
-sTime is money. If you want my work
/ want your csshD-is what Mr.. snee lode
placsrds in his Csssyile office. Very good
for general application.
Richard A. Proctor, the world famous
English Astronomer, lectured at PlatteyiIle
last evening, his subject, "The Birth end
Death Of Worlds"
Ii you are IN trouble or feel sick, just
Try ,ns Of the Chicago d To.rah eigar.-at
GREENE's
Geo S johnson has replenished his
store in Waterloo with new goods, and his
neighbors will find it to their adyan age to
go and see the goods and make purchases.
-" Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen" Gene
Hyde has figured it out and can set the num-
beers up on any combination you can give
him-for the cigars.
Mr.. Thomas Bowen's auction of farm
property, in Little Grant, which was set for
March goth, is changed to Thursday. the 18Th.
Gao Iumnkin Auctioneer
Remember that the best nickel cigar in
Wisconsin is the Chicago & Tomah sold by
II P. GREENE.
Mr.. Joseph Meyer, of Elizabeth, ILL.,,
was here this week on business with refer
ence 10 the DigmaH estate, which is now
about settled up.
From Mr.. Henry Johnson we learn that
much sickness prevails in the town of Lima
In the family of Mr.. Condry four are sick
with lung fever aud there have been numer-
Gus cases of diphtheria in the neighborhood.
The PlatteylIe charter law past the
Legislature and was published last Saturday.
On this account there was no election in
Plattevie last Monday and the city election
under the rev charter will take place Tues
day, April 18th.
Ono of the latest improvements Is the
new'partition in Weber's shoe store, separat>
ing the sale sroom from the shoemaker's BEN
ches. The front room is filled to overlooking
with boots, shoes, etc, and John H. Bald
wins stock Of jewelry.
Jacob Long, one and half miles east of
the old Welsh factory in Little Gran, will
sell Tuesday, March 16, lot Of horses, cat
tie, sheep, reaper and mower, farm machin-
cry, corn, hay, bees, oats and household
furniture.
NY oranges and lemons you will find are
the best in this city, and it don't matter if
you don't like GREENE.
Miss Neitie Holister shufled out of the
mortal meshes of singled essedness last
evening. She IS one Of the bes young ladies
that ever grew up in Lancaster and her many
friends are wishing her joy. There was
grand wedding and we shall give particulars
next week.
IN Mr.. Joe Iyey has met with favorable
chance for practice at law in Ackley, Iowa.
The family have I erefore quit Lancaster as
a home. His sister, Miss Mary, will finish
her education at a Normal school in Iowa.
They are deserving young people and good
wishes follow them, Charley, the orator, as
well as the rest.
The temperance lecture by Rev I. Il
Pollock, amour ced to take pace Wednes-
day evening was postponed To Friday even
ing The people are therefore invited to be
al the Congregational church tomorrow
evening to hear him. He will probably give
another lecture at the Methodist church Sat,
urday evening
j. Allen Barber, Jr., arrived and was
warmly welcomed home last Thursday He
does not carry the appearance of having been
badly tossed by the sea. The great ocean
neither frightened him or wore him down.
The past few years of his life on the other
side of the globe have been full of incident
and adventure and we desire in some way
soon to let HERALD readers know something
about il.
An outfit for j. A. Aupperle, Fred Aup,
perle, John Cox and Geo. Mcpherson, for
farm work in Kansas, was shipped at Speeht's
Ferry day or two ago. There were eight
cen horses some cows and goods to the
amount Of two car loads Mr.. J. A Aup-
perle, after some weeks, will be back to
spend most of the summer in Grant county.
In the mean time for the convenience of
young ladies who may think of looking after
the welfare or fortunes of the young men of
this crowd, we viii say that their postofiice
address is Grinnell, Kansas
james McGranahan is sngularly I'M
fortunate. Two or three times he has been
nearly blown to pieces by explosions In the
Plattevile powder mill. A week ago last
Saturday word came 10 his friends In Lancas-
ter that some thing in the mill had fallen up
on him and broke his leg, James Wenzel
and wife (she being sister of Mrs. Nc
Granahan) went down and spent Sunday
with him and his wife, the latter being much
distressed over the ill-faes that seem deter
mined to pursue him, The break Is not as
bad as al first thought aud it is hoped he will
not be long recovering.
Our Bloomington correspondent is re-
sponsible for the following Some one has
said that the artesian waters Of the Prairie
City viii raise the dead Gee. Nevins and
Alfred Hale have been there and feel good
Alfred Hale felt so good last week after re-
turning that he bet $40 be could walk from
Bloomington to Patch Grove in 8 hours, dis
lance miles. The money was staked and
he worthy mountain Of flesh started of at a
brisk frisky pace not to be out done by Wes-
ton CT any other man. Al the end of the frst
quarter he blowed; at the half his lungs rose
ana fell like n huge bellows. at the third
quarter be was pretty s,iE aad his knees
tremaled at the end OF the fourth quarter
Of The frst mile he went to grass where a team
sent in pursuit found him much cas-, down
The next day Mr.. Hale received % letters.
each oae containing cha,le - to walk for
hug sums of money. He vas challenged by
the most noted walkers 10 the " hole world
a.