Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-03-05
Personal MENTION.

DR.. Stoddard Smith is here from Da-
kota.
Hon. w. j. Mccoy Sundayed at
home, as usual.
Mayor John d. Wilson, of Boscobel,
was here yesterday.
Mr.. Frank Greer, of Bloomington,
was in the city Tuesday.
Mr.. Fred Beilharz and wife of Cass-
vile spent Sunday here.
Mr.. John p. Lewis left Monday even
ing for Chicago, for few days.
Mr.. James Wenzel went to Chicago
Monday to buy stock of wallpaper.
MIR. Eugene Hyde and Postmaster 7.
A. Burr went to Platteville last Friday.
p. Barley, Esq, of Bloomington.
came to Lancaster, on business Tuesday.
Mr.. Charles Orion, our Court steno-
grapher, is spending a few days in
Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Brooks, of Bloom
ington, were callers at our office last
Thursday.
Sup't. Chas. ID. Harper is making a
tour of the county holding teachers
examinations.
Miss Flo Hill was home from her
school in Cassville and spent Sunday
with her parents.
Wallace Comstock, telegraph opera
tor at Livingston, and Mr.. Will Orion
were in town Sunday.
Mr.. c. w. Mitchell, of the firm OF
Holloway & Mitchell, St. Paul, Mimi,
was in town last week.
DIR. Geo. w. Eastman, of Platteville,
was in the city yesterday, called here in
consultation in the case of Mrs. DR..
Hyde.
Mr.. E. j. Benedict is in Chicago buy
ing goods for lis new store at Dell
Rapids, Dakota, whittier he will remove
with his family next week.
Mr. John Abrams, formerly of In
diana, but recently returned from
travels in the West, is visiting his
brother, Mr. Delos Abrams.
Mr.. Clarence Cox left Oh the Monday
morning train for Chicago, New York
and Boston, to purchase a stock of dry
goods for his store in Yankton, d. T.
MIR. Milton Mills arrived here last
night from Gunnison, Colorado. He
will make visit of month or two
with his parents, Judge and Mrs. J. I.
Mills.
Mr.. A. S. Newell, of Preston, one of
Grant county's old settlers, called at
our office on Monday and paid his
fortieth annual subscription to the
HERALD.
Mr.. Sam Harper was down from
Madison Friday and spent day and
night with his brother, Sup't Harper.
He left Saturday afternoon for his home
in Hazel Green to spend the Sabbath,
and returned Tuesday to Madison.
Hon. r. M. Day, of Mt. Hope. was a
caller at the HERALD office Saturday.
We feel in preixing Hon. to his name
that it means more than a mere title
and the same may be truly said of all
Grant county's members of the Legis-
lature.
Among the callers at our office Satur-
day were Mr.. Joshua Fawcett of Hurri-
cane, G. Chapman of Bloomington,
1 VIM. Chisholm and John Harshberger,
of Mt. Hope. Thos. Marsden of Fenni-
more, VIM. Watson of Arthur and Mr..
Jacob Kuenster of Glen Haven.
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A NEW PAINTING.-Mr j. Jay Bar
Der who recently paid visit to Lancas-
ter and was formerly Lancaster boy, is
gaining great reputation as an artist.
We quote the following from the Ohio
State Journal Columbus % of Feb.
%: ''Mr. j. Jay Barber, the we'll
known artist of this city, has just COM
pleted another of his admirable cattle
pictures. A new painting from Mr..
| Barber is like q fresh poem from a
standard poet. Its very source is auth
GRITTY for its excellence. This painting
is in the happiest vein of the ever
pleasing artist. A group of seven
Guernsey cows have strolled beneath
| the cool shade of the thick foliage of a
cluster of noble trees that skirt and
ovcrhang the edge of still lake. The
/ lily dotted surface of the water and the
forest nook, through the heavy bran
ches of which the sunlight beams, are
in the realistic manner in which Mr..
| Barber never fails to excel But the
tivate the spectator. Mr. Barber
paints COW as if nature held the brush.
1t has been said that Sidney Smith
could describe so ndescribable thing
as broomstick in such an inimitable
way as to make the reader laugh at the
humor. Mr.. Barber, with a fine, friend
ly perception of animal nature, and the
keen, sympathetic instincts of trained
artist, portrays that dumb, prosy brute,
the COW, in a manner that never fails
to elicit the interest and admiration of
the spectator.
! HOPE DEFERRED.-It is said that
hope deferred maketh the heart sick.
There are a good many citizens of this
place thoroughly sick from the hope
long deferred that the city authorities
would take in hand some matters that
are becoming scandal and a nuisance
to the community. We have this week
withheld from the public some COM
munications from citizens, and some