Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-03-04
TOWN AND COUNTY:


moving over into Iowa county.
Coy. Smith has appointed DR.. d. L.
Downs, of Richland Center, County Judge,
rice Henry w. Fries deceased.
&C. J. Hyde is in Bloomington this week.
selling loads Of goods at the prices people
offer him. lie will be there a short time only.
Senator Rylald has our thanks for .
copy Of this years Blue Book, and Chairman
Baxter is equally thankful to J. A Klinds for
similar favor.
The Dodgeville school discontinued on
Wednesday Last until the sth Of March, on
account of the prevalence Of dph,heria in the
village. Chronicle.
Mr.. W. P. Stone has come TO town. He
and his interesting family are desirable
acquisition and the good country people OF
the South end Of the township are the losers
Mr. Huntemer advertised for hoop-poles
by the ten thousand. His purchases and
sales amount up in the hundred thousands
Now he says, come on with your cooper work
The wedding party noticed for their
verdaney last week, came over from Iowa to
dodge the license required in that State and
then they came up to Lancaster to see the
world and eat candy.
Louis Becker, near Sitter, win sell at
auctioa March I7.h, span of horses, three
colts, one four year old four mich cows,
number OF young cattle, nine head Of sheep,
hogs, farming machinery, wagon and other
things. G.. J. Hyde, Auctioneer.
There was good deal of horse-talk on
the streets Tuesday. Mr.. Barrows, who had
advertised that be wanted to buy horses, was
here and good many men with no rses to
sell came to meet him.. Selling prices we're
much above buying prices and there we're not
many trades.
The Town Board of Lancaster wish TO |
obtain situations 10 good families for three |
children now in the County Poor House
two boys and girl, from to 10 years Of
age. The children will be apprenticed until |
Is years of age. Apply to Fl. 8. Keene or
w. p Rovden.
WIN. Pritchett has sold his farm on Lit |
tie Grant and will sell span Of horses, some |
colts, COW and lot of young cattle, twenty |
Ave shotes about 400 bushels OF oats and 200 |
Of corn, aud farm machinery and implements
at auction, Monday, March is. H. 8.
Keene, auctioneer.
Two schools on Blake's Prairie have COM
bined forces and will give brilliant enter-
tainment at the Bake's Prairie church, to-
morrow friday evening. 1t will consist of
songs, sableaux, recitations, dramas, paper.
and instrumental music. Don't let the
weather keep yeu away.
w. II. Haines has "moved his boots"
He has pulled up 'root and branch" and gone
to Delavan. where ne viii open out and mani
fest to the people of Delayan the enterprise
he has here. With US he has been straight
forward energetic business man and has been
successful Hope be will prosper equally as
well in the future.
The Beetown Dramatic Troupe will play
The Drunkard's Warning, Friday evening,
March II, in Beetown. The thrilling play
has the following array of talent to make It
interesting Messrs. J. r. Mcconnell. Frank
Burns, Frank Smith, William Halls, E. A.
Morse, II. J. Suttle, and Misses Belle Dud-
ley, May Fickner, Der tie Ishmael. Music
now and then will help pass the intervals
and the entertainment will close with the
amusing farce entitled, The Echo.
Mr.. William White, of Hazel Green met
with painful accident few diys ago. He
had crossed the Platte river 10 Grant county
to purchase some horses On his way home
he found so much ice running that it was
dangerous to attempt fording the river. He
stopped over night with farmer, and rising
before daylight next morning fell down a
stairway which was unprotected by railing.
lie remained unconscious for some time, but
fortunately sustained no worse injuries than
few broken ribs and numerous bruises. So
says the Dubuque Telegraph,
The article in this paper about Public |
Schools, etc., has been in hand long time.
Il was referred TO as long ago as in NovemN
Der. Some will not like its religion and some |
will object to It's points, but there is much
solid sense at the bottom Of IL. 1.-THE equan-
unity Of some readers Is disturbed we shall be
glad Of Il. We want TO give you occasionally /
something different from the cheap milk and
chalk you get in every paper you take up.
This is not saying we agree in all the positions
Of the writer There are times, for instance,
when we believe in the teacher q blistering
the backs of the young hesshens in his charge
quite effectually.
Rev. T. H. Pollock, who lectures next
"Wednesday evening, is not professional
lecturer. lie formerly lived in Lam
caster, Pennsylvania, where for some |
years he was President of the Lancaster
Commercial College and where. if we
remember correctly, he was student of
Law in the Office of the Hon. Thad. Stevens.
, He was admitted TO the Bar but afterwards |
turned his attention to the ministry and is |
now a preacher in the United Presbyterian !
church, and the last We knew of him before |
his coming to the eastern part Of this state |
this wiHter, he had char &c Of a church in Jer |
sey City, n. J.
One Of the important suits 10 last court
was disposed of on the hearing of a motion to !
dismiss the Injunction restraining the build |
ing of road or rather the running of cars on |
the narrow gauge road past Plat,eyille- out
from Phillips Corners II was decided in
favor of the railroad men and against Plates
willie. The railroads appear TO come out
ahead always. They had contract with |
Pla,teville by which contract they got thirty
odd thousand dollars out of tie village.
Alter they have got il the Law says the rails
road company may disregard the contract.
Let is be forever understood that the people
have no rights that railroad companies are
bound to respect. However, the motion will
be appealed to the Supreme court with the
chances in favor Of the village judging BY a
former decision
( Promoters Of litigation are numerous in
Lancaster bat the future promises some>
thing immense in that line. Like SONS at