Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-08-09
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what havoc time and matrimony
has made among his former female
acquaintance. His present home
is Britt, Hancock Co., Iowa, where
he is engaged in the mercantile
business.
Thomas Hymer, an old smelter of
this town and well known in Grant
county, is candidate fog Treasurer OF
Hancock Co., Iowa. for a second term,
with good prospects of being reelected.
Miss Fanny Hurd, who has been
teaching in Western Iowa for the year
past, and who has been expected home
on a short visit, has made an engage
ment to teach the ensuing year at Lucky
Valley, Woodbury. Co., near Sioux
City, and will not return home for
some time.
There is visible absence of idle men
IN town for the past two weeks. Since
the harvest commenced there is plenty
OF employment for everybody at good
wages.
DIR. Lorenzo Wade, of Rockville, after
three months wandering over the wind
swept prairies of Dakota, has returned
to the bosom of his friends and family.
The Dr. has been a little Under the
weather, the result of some physical dis
turbances, brought about by cyclones,
foundations and frequent changes of
cars. He is all right now, and will soon
have the sinews and muscles of an ath-
lete.
The old woman who uses 'sconse-
Grated lye, wanted some .'contracted''
honey, the other day. She got bottle
from Hunt & Jackson's store, the other
day, from the apiary of Carl Palmer,
who is raising colony of station bees.
Ostermiers building, (No, 1l2) which
Tor the past ten years has been the sole
tenement of rodents and the musical
grimalkin family, Is undergoing radical
and permanent repairs, and will soon
present a new and creditable appear
ance. 1t has been "a house of refuge
long enough, and John is converting it
into temple of Gambrinus.
VIM. Redd, from the Iowa Iron Works,
Dubuque, is putting in new bolt cloth
and making some alterations in the Po-
tosi Mills.
James Kern (Jimmie,) is again upon
our streets-a young man grown when
a few years ago he left beardless boy.
Rockville is making progress now,
they have regular tent preaching the
same as at Clear Lake, Chautauqua
Lake and other good places; besides
George Schrum has new hydraulic
elevator of the latest improved Webb
pattern, where man and beast can as
suage their thirst.
w. III. Hunt has taken down one of
those lofty maple trees in front of his
dwelling to let in "a little sun and heir
1t is preferable to shade and then Hunt
needs one in his business.
If you want to be good weather
prophet, predict bad weather, there
are exceptions to the rule, but it will
win.
The farmers now admit that we are
going to have half a crop, and q good
one at that. Corn stalks are becoming
like young saplings and potatoes are
bigger than dumplings.
Hon. John Carthew, merchant at
Rockville, and two sons, was in the
city on Friday, interviewing friends on
the state of the weather, and the politi-
cal and general spiritual welfare of the
The little brown jug is now brought
to town and filed with some
hing to help through harvest, its a
wonderful elevator where the grain is
badly lodged.
We now know what Mr.. b. Archer,
Of Stuart, Neb., was prowling around
for, looking so innocent, the past two
weeks. II was the widow of James
Garnick, of Dunlieth, a former-time
citizen of Potosi, to whom he was mar
ried on the Sd inst. Their honeymoon
must necessarily be short and sweet as
both are bordering on their three score
aud ten
Miss Ella Darcy, who left here last
spring, for the purpose of teaching in
Montana, we regret to learn is suffering
from protracted illness, caused by the
upsetting of the stage and taking
severe cold on her trip out. She has
given up charge of her school for the
present.
Miss Vina Zeller, is spending few
weeks with friends at Prairie du CHEN,
while her sister Mary still remains at
Dubuque. Such absentees detract from
the pleasantries of the home circle
There is no fool like an old fool, ex-
cept it be two old fools in love? Think
of it. Two old withered hearts with but
a single thought. Pshaw!
Charlie j. Russell, the good-looking
young HERALD agent, was russeling
around town a couple of days last week.
Suffice it to say he did well and made
a favorable impression for himself and
the HERALD. Send him down again.
Charlie should make the acquaintance
of some of our young and pretty
heiresses.
An honest voter, who thinks more of
going to election than boy does of the
4th of July, was greatly disappointed.
the other dav. when told there would be
no election next fall. If this is not dis
franchising the people and depriving
them of liberty, don't know what is.
The young people of Platteville have
made arrangements to picnic at Specht's
Ferry. on Thursday (to-day).
James Rowan, of Dubuque, the we'll
known Potosi grain-buyer, spent two
days very pleasantly in town, last week.
Mr.. Il. is an intelligent gentleman, and
quite popular at home.
An interesting scrimmage took place,
in Potosi, few days since. One man