Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-04-22

from Kansas. He has left upon our table
specimens of material they dig out Of the
ground, saw into blocks and build houses Of.
around Grinnell. At first i. is soft and easily
sawed. Then it soon becomes az hard "a
oriek. One specimen Is piece of lime that
Will melt away like sugar when put iato wat
er and makes good whltewash. Mr. Aupperle
also LETT in our Office as pretty pair of horns
as ever grew on Texas steer. They measure
nearly four feet from point to point aad are
50 nearly like each other in color, size and
shape That you could not tell one from the
other They are worth taking look ). and
will be in the Office only few days.
That Odd Fellows excursion to Montfort
is fixed for Thursday, May I'd. II win be
under the auspices Of the two Lancaster
Lodges--the Mississippi Valley and the Hoff-
Eung Lodges. They hope for Junction Of the
two narrow gauge railroads before that time
and then they want the Lodges Of Washburne,
Platteville, Mineral Point, DodgeviIle and as
many more as can reach the point to meet
them there and have grand "pow WOW"
The excursion from Lancaster will take bands,
speakers, refreshments, arehers. BALI players,
bicyclers, racers and everything that can be
thought as an attraction. All the world is
invited to 60 along. The cost will be but a
trife for big day.
We threatened the temperance Platte
Villains lecture last week and that instigat-
ed correspondent to give the editor lee
ture. Look for it in another column. Il is
very good il rightly understood But we claim
to be in advance of those who are so con-
fused on the temperance question. Even our
Methodist resolvers of Bloomington have
only learned A, B and while we've got
down to and Q. Anything we say or have
said on the temperance question is not in.
tended to induce any man or woman to relax
opposition to intemperance. We want to see
the time when man cannot be found ia
Grant county who would sell glass of liquor
as beverage nor one who would buy glass
as beverage.
Mr.. John Schreiner of Nathan, Schrener
g. Co., has bought of DR.. P. A. Clarke the
splendid residence and grounds connected
with it, on the west side of the city. Mr..
Schreiner will finish up the property in mod.
ern style and make it very attractive. The
purchase is an indication and an incentive to
the further Improvement Of the "west side.n
Within year in that vicinity Mr.. ziegler's,
]. Arthurs and Henry Muesse's residence
will be in sight, Others will follow.
The Dramatic Club of Lancaster win
present the beautiful and thrilling drama
Deborah or the Jewish Maiden's Wrong,at
Library Hall, tonight and tomorrow night
II is very popular play, and will be present
ed in inimitable style. Twenty-Five cents
cannot be more satisfactorily spent than for
ticket to this entertainment Tickets are
for sale at R. Z. McCoy's, ard no more tick-
cts will be sold than enough to fill the hail.
M. NJ. Zisgler is making garden on the
handsome square laid off in lawn and orna-
mental trees some years ago by w. P. Dewey
He contemplates putting residence there be
fore long. His present residence, next door
north ofhis store will be built out to the street
and will form one of the row OF business
houses destined to front the court house.
A line from jamestown correspondent
states that the town officers elected there are
about half Republicans and half DEM
ocrats. The vote on Assessor was tie be-
tween s. Johnson and Geo. Keller, and was
decided in favor of Mr.. Keller. Farmers are
progressing finely With their work, but there
is much sickness in that neighborhood.
Burglars entered Neenah and Menasha
lately. They entered house in Neenah &C.
cupied by two women, and, pointing revolv-
ers at them, appropriated some $4,000 in
money and jswelry. They stayed in the house
several hours, and just before going one of
them sat down to the piano and played and
sang I'm the sweet bye and bye"
The Bellevue Leader gives an account of
fellow Andrew, Iowa, who, to make
balky horse pull, looped a rope around the
horses tongue, hitched another horse to the
rope and by driving the lead horse the balky
horses tongue was pulled out by the roots,
Who says that capital punishment ought to
be alb olished in Iowa?
Sunday night and Monday were exces.
siyeiy windy. The storm was general but worse
in Rock county than elsewhere in this State.
There great damage was done.
Mr.. Clementson, of Hazel Green, father
of Mr.. Geo. Clementson, of Lancaster, died
last Friday after a brief illness, and was bur.
led Saturday.
Over twenty different steroscopic views
Of prominent points on the G. & 7. R. r. at
Van De Walls. Have you seen them?
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Durand have been
three weeks at Usage, Iowa, and are expected
home to-day.
Miss Lizzie Schreiner is at Hampton,
Iowa, visiting the family of Mr. Ira Bellows