Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-04-08
TIE HERALD.
TOWN AND COUNTY:

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vs,,;more voted for or against license
la, Tuesday with the result ios For and 50
Against
W n Pridesux well known citizen OF
Mineral Point died at his home in that city,
April LIST, ofpneumonia.
Mt, Ida, by good majority, said to its
old BOARD, "well done, good and faithful
servants, enter ye into the JOY of-another
years work
a son of J. Corett, OF Big Patch, sus-
tanned a fracture Of the leg yesterday, by be-
II, thrown from horse, at Cuba City
Galend GGzetts.
val RothschiId, after four weeks va
..,;oo has returned to the temple Of learn
49, ,ybere he has been administering the
birch during the winter, near Glen Haven.
Read Strong Berger's new ADVERTISE
ment. They buy grain and sell land plaster
and blacksmith's coal at Lancaster and
Montfort.
To read the long list of "estate" notices
under new advertisement head this week
makes one think that Death must be remark
ably active.
Keen on, landlords. Beautify and i'm
prove your houses until Lancaster's proud
boast will be her hotels. Mr.. Horstman's
new front is "boss" and Mr.. Smiths paint.
ing is vast improvement.
DIR. Newell, dentist will be absent from
bis Office from the 18th to the 10th of April.
lie will visit the celebrated Vita spring re-
Gently discovered by DR., G. E. Swan, at
Beaver Dam.
-GS6riel Mills, Esq, for many years
resident Of Hazel Green, died at his home in
that village ct 9 o'clock Wednesday evening
of lat week from an affection of the heart
and lungs. Deceased was about 60 years of
age and followed the business of mining for
many years.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. 7 Denel arrived at
Glen Haven last week from the East, and
are guests at the residence Of Mrs. A. A.
Bennett. Mrs D. is niece Of the late Hon.
A. A. Bennett They we're accompanied
from Madison BY Miss Ella Bennett, eldest
daughter of Capt James Bennett
-Mr. J. T. Hicks makes another announce
meut as to his merchandising business in
Fennimore. We understand he is the son of
Mr.. L. Hicks who was working bee in the
busy hive Of Beetown in the days long past.
They have for some years been residents Of
Prairie du Chen. Fennimore has made a
valuable acquisition in the Hickses
Monday the Wingville train on the c.
AFR. R. ran off the track at the toe OF the
horseshoe bend and upset the eng inc and
about thirteen cars. Two steers were killed
but there was no other serious injury. The
obstruction prevented the Lancaster train
from passing and for The first time the mails
failed to connect. Yesterday trains and mails
were on lime again
"A ca7 load of the heavy stuff in which
Chris. Hutchinson deals is ready for ship
ment Oh the C. & T. to-day. Hutchinson him
self comes down as heav as lead in the bal-
lol box whenever they run him for Chair
man of the Board in Beetown. For several
years the Greenbackers haYe had him at the
head Of their ticket TO lead them to victory.
This year the Greenbackers tr led to beat him
but be went on to victory anyway.
The Beetown Dramatic Troupe enter,
tanned an average houseiul Of people one day
last week. They have not been in the BUSH
ness long enough to know how to distribute
"compueutaries" among our reporters and
the reports brought in were not highly com
plimeutary. But we will say for the troupe
that visitors say the entertainment was better
than they anticipated and the young ladies
especially did remarkably we'll
Spring, spring, beautiful spring Flow
efs are springing up on the sunny hillsides,
amateur fishers are getting their tackle ready,
pigeons ducks and geese are seen almost
every day. The voice of the pIowman is
heard telling his team to ''git up, "the school
boy longs for the fields and creeks, all nature
IS beginning TO rejoice in a new suit Of YER.
dant green. N. B.-This is the first essay
we have received this year on this soul
kIniling subject, and the usual cart load of
Spring poetry has not yet arrived.
-Plattevie was the only town in the coun-
~ where there was any special stir at the
election. There, although it was not city
election, the city charter appears to have
had its effect upon the result A charter was
made and put through the Legislature against
the wishes Of a portion of the people who
begged only that the citizens might be per-
mltied to vote whether or not they would ac.
cept or reject it. This made many indignant
and they joined for the purposes of this cleo.
ton movement in favor of an 'sIndependent
Peoples Ticket, 'against the regular Repub-
hean The result is that in that Republican
stronghold the Republican nominations were
all beaten by large majOrihes.
The first Of April passed off as usual in
Lancaster. The usual amount of salt in the
breakfast coffee was administered, the usual
number OF people were seen with things tied
small boys were stationed behind fences or
walls with articles TO tempt the unsuspecting
lato making capri fools" of themselves and
v'es rersa Postmaster Burr received very
carefully gummed double postal card and af.
Ter trying for some time 20 get them apart,
he happened to remember that 1t was the
holiday for all fools Bartlett fooled good
many on The iye-cent piece on his glass show
case, which BY the wsy, was on the other
'Ide Bat the best piece OF foolishness per-
ge'raied was that OF the trout can in which
MI Welsher had brought young trout. 1t
was standing on the sidewalk by the Phelps
House. The crowd was ali eager to see the
lFoa' TIA, was reported to be in il. Imagine
their disgust on seeing some pieces of dried
herring spriakled in the water. And those
old lokers, W. B. Baxter AMI Geo, D. UT,
were among the FIRST 10 "bi,en