Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1884-11-27

camp. They are making fine progress,
] and about three miles Of grading is
completed.
The Potosi Band gave another social
hop, Friday evening.
Miss Myrtle Jackson left last Friday
to commence her school near Patch
Grove.
Miss Anna Swale and Miss Lottie
Goodrich made a flying trip to Lancas-
ter last week
Thos. Bilderback's family left last
Monday for California.
Miss Ina Grimm, of Cassville. who is
teaching at Sinners Creek, visited the
village Saturday and Sunday, the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. L. r. Seaton.
Mr.. jackson, of the firm of Hunt &
Jackson has bought the Graham home
stead, intending to fit it up for home.
w. Heimer is in town yet, the guest
of Mr.. L. Enor.
The many friends of Miss Sally
Coons will be sorry to know that she has
had to give up her school ON account
of i'll health
| Mrs. John Zimmerman, a former resi-
dent of this place. is visiting friends here.
| The weather is very fine here, we
suppose on account of Cleveland.
ID. ELos.
BEETowN.
Seeing no local notes of late from
either Sigma or &C. A. Pr, and pre-
suming that the press of political matter
is not SO great as it has been during the
last few weeks, l thought that few
notes from Beetown might find a place
in your columns. Perhaps your first
named correspondent is yet little
dazed by the result of the past cam
paign, and dose not feel as communica-
tive as he might, In fact he informed
me confidentialy the other day, that this
town was evidently way behind, as he
had it on the best of Democratic author
ity, that Platteville had fourteen appli-
cants for the post Office, while he had
only heard of five here, and he had
always thought before that there were
more patriots in town than that So he
appeared to feel rather blue.
The cannon is cleaned up and await
ing the official returns. ready 10 burn
some of the powder that has been await
ing such an occasion for the last twenty
four years. When all of our neighbor-
ing towns get through rejoicing then
look out for series of very loud explo-
sions from Beetown.
Election day passed off very quietly,
with full vote, lots of hard work and
no disturbance.
The farmers have mostly completed
harvesting their corn, and many are
now improving the good roads and fair
prices, by selling their hogs and stop
ping the consumption of their corn crop,
which was very good, enabling them to
get their hogs ready for market in good
season.
Although the country is supposed to
be full of corn, we hear of many desiring
to purchase, for feeding purposes, which
would indicate that present prices will
probably keep up the coming winter.
Extreme high prices are still being
offered for calves and young stock gen.
orally
The sorghum crop is quite an item in
our products this fall, many parties
making from five hundred to one thou
sand gallons.
Mr.. VIM. Patterson and wife, nee Mag
gle Hutchinson, are still visiting here,
their old home, but expect soon to re-
move to Dakota, MINI.
Messrs. Peach and Pascoe have re-
turned from their trip west. evidently
satisfied with old Grant county for the
present at least.
Mrs. Ramsey is visiting with her sis
ter, Mrs. III. L. Sprague.
MIR. Isaac Tindell, and Mr.. Gus Mum
son both formerly residents of this town,
are the happy recipients of pensions
amounting to 5000 and $4,000 repec-
lively.
The G. A. r. Post in this village holds
meetings every other Saturday evening
and is in fiourshing condition. The
same may be said of the Masonic society,
which holds its meetings upon alternate
Saturday nights, and a delegation of
whom attended the funeral of Mr.. Brun-
son, of Patch Grove last Monday. The
above named meetings and the skating
rink, open two evenings in the week,
and an occasional lecture from pro-
hibition speaker who still fingers around,
help us to put in our evenings away from
home if we see fit.
Mr.. Chas Doll has resumed charge of
the upper school, after a weeks vaca-
ton, and Mr.. Jordan has been employ
ed to teach the lower school for the
coming term
Miss Coons has closed her fall term at
Muscalunge. '
| Miss Emma Bonham, is teaching the
Prideaux school. Miss Hattie Bonham,
is teaching at Fennimore; Mr.. Law
ance Bonham, at Waterloo; Miss Rosa
Edwards, at Flora Fountain. Miss Star
rett and Muldoon, also have schools en-
gagged, and that accounts for our corps
of teachers as far as | know, and have
no doubt we will have good reports from
all of them next spring.
The furnace is again running, and
everything seems lively in this usually
silent village.
Mr.. John Smith shippeda car load of
hogs of his own raising Tuesday.
Messrs. Mccoy and VIM. Gates are
also buying and shipping weekly.
The hunting expeditiOn to the river