Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1882-08-31

LAWN tennis is becoming afavorire
game with our city sports.
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PARAPHERNALIA for a new black
smith shop made its appearance in ouI
city on Monday. 8s s}ss
SEE Dr.. Fishblatt's advertisement il
another column. He will be at Ian
caster Tuesday, October 10,
JOHN A~RTHGR's wire fence has under
gone some scientific twisting beside
having new sawed posts added.
.
"LITTLE SAM" the popular message
boy, is almost all there is left at tn
depot now, that resembles a Mario,
guage
TIE plate glass windows finish J
Nathan's store front up in handsom
shape. There is not a pretticr front i
the county.
LK. KINNEY's ne1g house is GROWN
fast and if the good weather continue
it win Don stand forth in all its dignit
Of completion.
READ what Jones & Bryan have t
say in the special local column. Thei
store and business is keeping pace wit
the grandsboom.
In addition to the mail at night til
train arriving at 4:20 p. m, brings
mail from the south and east giving tw
mails each day as usual.
THE grand military street parade q
Dubuque yesterday was reviewed b
General Gibbon of old iron brigad
notoriety and other officers of the Unite
Estates army.
The County Convention, to nominal
candidates for county officers on til
Republican ticket, will be held mex
Tuesday. 1t promises to be UNUSUAL,
exciting.
FRANK BARTLETT was brought befor,
Squire Baldwin Tuesday morning on tn.
charge of horse stealing and waived ex
animation. He was committed to avail
the action Of the grand jury.
THOSE who enjoy a look at a fine resi-
dcnce with beautiful surrounding
should take a walk in the direction o
Franklin Halbert's home. All it lack
to complete its superb bearing is a foun
tain in the foreground.
fTHE Primitive Method IS, of Gran
Circuit, will hold their annual grow,
meeting near Dyqr's school house Sun
day, Sept. 3, 1882, services to commenc,
at 1890 q. m. and 200 p. m. a gener
al invitation is extended to all.
Orr old friend Douglas Oliver write,
to inform us that he still has in keeping
his regular stock of common sense
earned by hard experience. We arc
glad to hearit and our best wish is thai
it may never fail. Read his letter ii
another place.
SATURDAY last was market day. A
very large crowd was in attendance,
Horses, CATTLE buggies, ~croekery, etc,
were sold readily and at good prices.
This market day is q great institution
for the people and considerable credit
should be given its founders.
JOHN HENRY HoosER, an old man 81
years OLE residing in Platteyille, com.
mitted suicide at 8 o'clock Monday last
by taking strychnine. He was a sober
industrious man, and his cause for such
an action is not known. He leaves a
wife and a daughter y years old.
PREPARATIONS are making to re-or-
eanizo the Harmonic Band in this city.
We hope it will be successfully accom-
plished. If emusic hath charms tc
soothe the savage breast bring it on as
soon as possible. Numberless breasts
in this vicinity can stand any amount OF
soothing just now.
TIE handsomcst grounds in the city
are those of Messrs. w. b. Baxter and
G. Ii. Baxter. 70 the natural beauty OF
the ground has been added a large
amount of intelligent labor until the
result is a picture most beautiful tolook
upon. and extremely restful for the
weary passer-by.
We are In receipt of n neatly printed
monthly paper from L. r. Tiel called
The Resources of California; It is an
illustrated paper, devoted to lands and
farming in general, and is brim full OF
information from all parts of the state.
Eli a good printer and knows a first
class paper wherever he sees 1t.
A YOUNG mar from this county, A.
Creamy. son of Edward Creamy. Bloom
ington. was killed a Gila Bend. Arizona,
on the tth inst. While at work in the
Glnsight mine. the staging give way
and he fell forty-fiyc feet down the main
shaft striking on his stomach. The
unfortunate young man lived twenty
four hours after his fall. +
QCIrE a large lot Of fine trunks were
unloaded from the dray in front of Howe
Baxter Il Cos. store on Monday last.
Jim MEG. says they are espec ally
adapted for travel up salt river, and
will be sold to defeated candidates AT
cost prices, freight added. and to d.
feated delegates in the caucus OF last
Saturday at still lower figures.
ArAErY was given last Tues lay even
log by Mr. and Mrs. G. d. Strecter,
ut their residence in honor of thciI
neice, Miss Mamie Adams. Quite 9