Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-02-05
TOWN AND COUNTY:


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boys lead :he girls"
"A new lot Of Fashionable Dress Good,
and new Jet aud Gold Buttons just received
by ethan. Schreiner Co.
Prof F 0. Wiley posted himself for
lecture ir Lancaster on Tuesday evening but
Tor some reason failed to put in appearance
The Grand Lodge Of The A. o. U. w. /.
20 session this week at Milwaukee. Prof.
Davies represents the Fidelity Lodge, of Lam
caster
About eight couples passed the time very
pleasantly last Tuesday evening, at Mr.. John
Polocks. We believe it was called Leap
Year" party.
Those subscribers who paated TO pay in
wood should bring It along or we shall have
to lay IN supply with cash and then we shall
want cash from subscribers.
Call on J. II. Baldwin, opposite Nathan,
Schreiner & Co.'s, Lancaster, Wis. for any,
thing in the line of watches, clocks, jeweIry,
etc. Repairing neatly and promptly done.
The Western Farmers Almanac, with a
fortune Of good and useful things in, and
costing asmuch az glass of rum or cigar,
no ceEts,) can be had of John p Morton &
Co., Louisville, Ky.
Two chandeliers, three lights each, with
illumina,ot aues, all in good condition, for
sale at a bargain at w. BarIow's furniture
store. They will be sold cheap and whoever
wants such should call at once
The editor of the GAINESVILLE Recorder
says be called on some ladies' "last night in
their little Eden," and they gave him but
ton hole boquet. Eden? If we remember
rightly that is where Eve was naked and she
sewed fig leaves together for Adam, not for
button holes but for practical purposes.
The Recovered surface of the ground
last week caused the death of a Wisconsin
editor-Dr. Hays Mckinley, of the Kenosha
Telegraph. On Friday night he slipped and
fell, receiving injuries from which he died the
same night lie was gentleman Of charac,
ter and refined sensibilities He was seventy.
five years old and therefore the infirmities of
age may have helped his fall and death.
The officers of the Patch Grove Grange,
installed January 18th are, T. D. Nagle. W.
NJ. j. A. Davis, OSerseer Miss Susan Bid
well, Lecturer c. Ladd, Steward A. w.
Curtis, Assistant Steward Mrs n. Provis,
Chaplain; John Lewis, Treasurer; J. A.
Curtis, Secretary; w. Quick. Gate Keeper !;
Mrs. +. Davis, Ceres Mrs. c. Lewis, Pomo,
ma; Miss Nina Quick, Flora Mrs. NJ. J. Pike,
Lady Assistant Steward.
The greater part of the reading matter
4 ofthe Platteville Witness is printed from ster-
cotypes, put up in Chicago the editor not
having enterprise enough to do his own edit
ing. lie is worry pious man, too, and does
not like to tell lies directly and therefore
gave editorial place 20 that lie out of the
Madison Journal in which this paper was
charged with stealing the Governors mes
sage. Pray, brother Rindlaub, pray over
your sins.
The Chicago 4 Tomah surveyors running
line for the extension of ;heir road from
Wingville to Madison, reaches the farm of
John Evans, about mile northwest of the
village limits, on Tuesday evening They in-
form us that it ia not ye decided whether the
road will come into the village--a contin-
geucy which will probably depend on whether
they can got some aid says that the
road is going through to Madison, sure. They
have also run surveys for branch lines to Lin.
den and Highland. DodgeyilIe Chronicle
1.-THE Buys" of the Club are going to give
a dance at Library Hall, tomorrow friday
evening Exertions are being made to insure
an enjoyable evening and to achieve the sue
cessful results attained by the ladies' at the
Leap Year Ball a short time since. Many
invitations have been issued aud no doubt but
that a large number will be present. The
Lancaster String Band will furnish music for
the occasion which ofcourse will be first class
None but those receiving al invitation are
expected to attend. Preparations are being
made at the Mansion House for oysters and
other oatables. Boys, please don't say any
ling to the ladies about the supper. This
i to be kept secret, you know.(?)
"A Sitter correspondent saws that a man
over there has new way TO make money.
He tells it in these words. "Those hogs that
strayed off the promises of John Gerhard
were finally tound-most all found their way
home again all but one and that one was
found on the premises Of an enterprising
neighbor who penned her up, changed her
bris'les from white to gray, and, refusing to
give her up, said he bought her from Jacob
HenkPl On inquiry this statement proved
80 be false and after he found he could not
get around the case he plead guilty, offered
to treat Gerhard to the best glass of wine in
The cellar, take fifty cents for yardage and
say no more about il. which closed the bar,
gain
In making contract with patent medi-
cine advertiser three or tour weeks ago the
agent stated on his honor that the price he
was paying us was more than he paid the
Dubuque III raid for the same advertising to
20 in both arly and ,cecily and We required
payment quarterly in sdvauc; even at that.
In making another such contract this week.
on quarter column, ~ charged 81 more
thaa we would have ch ,rg 4 Il home adver>
tis,r for it. tn, agent sill il was hish,r
than he pA any other cIuntry paper bu.
under his Instructions tn !IsSALn s4s one of
the papers not TO be ON 81 IL said he
could acarly always max his own terms with
the papers but il seemed this was an excep
ZION. And - it is Ths great majority Of
papers, bg tting in debt - their neighbour,
anlon the plet OF support yoIr home paper"
1.-THE biggest part Of which IS clited and print
cd in Ghiclgn or Mdwaak ed get full prices
from home patrons but take anything hey
can get from the foreign" gentleman.
One reason why tn. IIkR,Lp cnn out
strip other papers in j,urus i,tc enterprise
i that its publisher gives tir paper his con
slant and undivided attention There is the
Richland county Observer, has IN editor quar-
tered in good office in Na!i,.n, the Rich.
land county Republicans has an editor on
clerkship in Madison the rraiie du Cher
Union has an editor on a SALARY IN Madison
fhe Mineral Point Tri5Haa hts An sdi.Or in Z