Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-06-11

A son of Mr.. Barnes fell off load of
last Friday and narrowly es-
capped death. He fell between the
wheels and the rear wheel passed nearly
over his body.
Several excursions to s'the river"
have been planned and executed the
past week.
George Diggle, of Clark, OAK, who
in this place few years
since went to Philadelphia recently and
took unto himself wife. We hope the
example will prove contagious with the
fraternity generally. w.
Beet0Wn.
Since the copiOus rains the farmers
have been gradually working their way
into their fields, and to-day the cultiva-
tors are busy on every prairie farm.
Oats and grass look unusually forward
and corn generally is very promising.
The prospect also for fruit of all kinds
is good. Doubtful about potatoes; the
Colorado bug may be seen roosting
everywhere, waiting for the appearance
of their favorite esculent.
OF visitors the past week to the vii
lage we note first the heralder of the
HERALD, who appeared to be little
sslaatb haipu an h;o ,ua,, u, H. u,~,:
cane via Beetown; Lancaster being his
starting point. he appeared to be
wide-awake, business chap, but not
well posted in the geography of Grant
county.
Jake Hough was here, and says he
will start for Oregon within a month,
and when he leaves we will lose one of
our very best workmen, and live bust
ness man.
Capt. Beebe was also here, superin-
tending the completion of his telegraph
line to Cassyille, and promises us the
latest news from Holland every five
minutes. in a short time.
Miss Lou Stephens paid her many
friends here short visit last week.
A visit of Messrs. wager and Stoll,
of Waterloo, the past week may be
noted.
Mrs. Sala, who has been an invalid
for many months at the house of her
daughter, Mr.. Henry Thomas, was able
to again revisit her home upon Monday.
Mr.. Halstead, of Cassville, was here
on business Monday.
Mr.. Sam Birch left upon Monday for
Milwaukee to attend the Masonic meet
ing there.
Several teams are now engaged in
hauling mineral from Potosi and vicin-
ity to the furnace at Beetown. Mccoy
and Myers having purchased some Co.,
600 lbs. in those localities.
The hotel has again changed hands,
having been taken possession of by
Tuffboy & Bros who ring the bell
quite irregularly, by means of cord
attached to it and running back towards
the bluff, and that is all the entertain
ment furnished so far to either man or
beast. When our genial machine agent
from the Hub gives us call, he obtains
a regular feed for his team, but consoles
himself with bologna and side dishes,
and sad "reminiscences of the days of hot
coffee and "puddens. "Sic transit
gloria Beetown."
Our barber has obtained a pair of
patent clippers, run by motor, brought
from Chicago by the Secretary of the
o. WIS club. First, the prince of sruff-
boys" submitted to its operation, and
he jumped the chair in about one York
minute, with nose, ears and scalp re-
duced to lively level, not a dead
one by any means. But Amos has I'M
proved in his manipulation of the ma
chine so far that the "old thing works.
smoothly, and every boy and young
man, and majority of the "durned
old fools" are parading around with
heads like cocoa-nut or a billiard ball
or California dog, or anything else
that looks like an ape, or would look
like one if it was not 'all the fashion"
Don't talk any more about the feminine
weakness for curls and bangs and
frizzes; they do look ''cunningn any,
way, and that is more than can be said
of the animated peeled onions on hair
pins bobbing around the streets. Guess
I'll go down and get mine clipped, for
its fearful hot).
''Naw," | am not a member of the
old woman's club, and don't propose to
be, the Teller correspondent to the con-
trary Notwithstanding. In the first
place l propose to stick to the Truth, :"
and secondly the young woman's club is
good enough for me; for the older they
get the more untruthful they get, and
tell more lies (unintentionally of course)
than | can explain away, without join
ing any clubs that will raise me to
higher degree of excellency in that
direction.
The entertainment given by the Sun
day school upon Cbildren's day was
successful and highly interesting to
both pupils and parents. Through the
efforts of the officers and teachers of
the school, the church was beautifully
decorated with flowers, evergreens,
pictures and suitable notices; the
children gave us dialogues, single
pieces, and music, vocal and on the or
gan, that showed much labor and effort
had been given to make it success,
and it certainly was, and a credit to
all concerned. might further mention
that the school is differed and taught
entirely by ladies, showing the sad effect
of the spread of women's rights ideas
among the people of this great nation,
or this part of it at least.