Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-08-27

DEDICATION.-Ih United Bretheren
at Elmdale will dedicate their church
the 9th of September. All are invited
to attend. Other services will then be
announced.
LECTURE. - Next Sunday evening,
August 80, Mrs. E. L. Eaton, of Madi-
son, will lecture at the NJ Z. church,
upon the subject of Women's Foreign
Missions. Everybody is invited
ACCIDENT. Last Saturday son of
George Martin, farmer, residing
half-mile from the city, in trying to
climb on the top of a wagon wheel, fell
off and broke his arm above the elbow.
SPARRING MATCH. will be a
sparring exhibition in the Platteville
city hall Friday, August %, between
VIM. Burns, champion of Montana and
Jack Keefe, of Philadelphia, for purse
of 800 and gate receipts.
WINoNA, ALMA & NoRTHERN-Work
is again resumed on the new East Shore
road. Thirteen hundred men have been
employed, and the road will be pushed
through rapidly. The stations will be
located within the next thirty days.
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AUcTIoN.-Mr. James Gevier offers
his farm property for sale at auction on
Thursday, Sept. TO- Read his adver-
tisement in another column. He intends
removing to Custer county, Neb. where
he has purchased 160-acre farm.
TRANSFER OF PROPERTY. - MIR. K.
Grundy, residing two and one-half
miles west of here on the Beetown road,
sold his farm (the old Schloesser place)
of 81 acres, to his neighbor, Mr. H.
Brendermuhl; consideration, S1400.
DEAD. - Douglas Oliver, former
proprietor of the North Andover -four
ing mills and for sometime resident of
Lancaster, whose serious illness we
noted short time since, died at his
home In Kansas on the 10th, aged 60
years.
ACCIDENT.-Joseph Alcorn, formerly
of this place, now of Chicago where he
is engaged in the roof-painting business.
fell from a scaffold last week and broke
his arm just above the wrist He is
expected home in few days by his
parents.
GROVE MEETING There will be
grove meeting on Sunday next. Aug.
30th. in the grove of Mrs. Dyer, near the
"Red school house," Revs. A.Pyner and
r. Edwards will preach. Service will
commence at 1880 A. NJ. and 2 p. NJ. All
are kindly invited.
A CoRRECTIoN.--In our table of the
census returns last week the types made
the population of the town of Harrison
17S instead of 1913 and that of Hazel
Green 1882 instead of 1882, making the
total $50 short. The total population
of the county is 1927. That of 1880
was 1882, falling off of 575 in five
years.
GERMAN BoY.-A letter received by
Mr.. John S. Wright from Capt. Ferg"
states hat German Boy will trot at An
amosa, Iowa, this week, at Monticello
next week and at Manchester or Ma
quoketa the week following. He says
the boy is doing fairly well and SO far
they are"aliead of the hounds. David
r." is doing good work in his class.
MUsICAL.-A number of the principal
citizens of Platteville have dubbed to-
gether to secure the famous McGibney
Family for an entertainment to be given
at the City Hall in that city Monday
evening. August 81. This is probably
the greatest musical family in the world
consisting of father, mother, their II
children. and Mrs. Frank McGibney-
Is in all. They have been drawing full
houses in the northern and eastern parts
of the state, and give the best satisfac-
ton.
BOUND FOR PLATTEvILLE. - Frank
Lewis, of Boscobel, stopped at the
Mansion House, Tuesday night. He
was enroute for Platteyille with "Sam
Sharpley'' and tive other horses to par
ticipate in the races there this week.
He SAYS that Mr.. Sarles, of Boscobel,
has colt sired by ''Sam Sharpley" for
which all our fast horses will have to
"take the back seats" as the said colt
can now cover mile in 2:30 and has
never been trained or fitted ut all yet
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HORSE THIEF.-Some four weeks age
horse was stolen in Virequa, Vernon
county, the thief taking this direction,
and last week the sheriff of Vernon
county arrived in the city to see what
he could see With the assistance Of
Under Sheriff Jas. McGonigal he soon
located the animal, which had been
taken by parties at Ellenboro. 1t is
believed the thief lay down to sleep,
and during his slumber the horse
slipped the bride and wandered away.
THE LICENSE QUESTIONING give
this week in communication from
heavy taxpayer of this city what we
believe to be the opinion of the majority
of the voters ON this important ques-
tion. THE HERALD has often expressed
itself in favor of NO saloons-no places
where intoxicating liquors can be
drank on the premises. We have given
onr reasons for this decision. But the
ouestion is not one of license OF no Ii
canse. but if license be granted. what