Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-27
persons and particulars.

with Star.
The Galena Fair will be held in that
city October >. 6, Z and s.
The reading room is largely attended
every afternoon and evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Barstow went
to Platteville Saturday for visit.
The receipts of the Fair were over
$500; not counting the state money.
Miss Jennie Beardsley, of Blooming
ton, was in town Thursday and Friday.
w. P. Richardson entered seven head
of horses at the fair, and took five rib
bons.
Miss Cora Dexter, of Ellenboro, was
visiting friends in this city during the
fair.
Mrs. j. ". Livingston, of Dodge
vile, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Addi-
son Burr
Mr. W. O. Cox, of Clifton township,
was in the city last Thursday, and at
tended the fair
And still they roll in-thirty bona fde
new subscribers added to our subscrip-
ton list last week.
There were nearly 1000 entries FOR
premiums at the Fair--the largest num-
Der ever made here.
Mrs. Jane De Nure, Mrs. A Landon
and Mr.. W. Ramer, from Dakota, are
visiting at Mr. VIM. Landon's, of this
city.
Grant County pensioners received
S4,985 last month against S1,515 for
Iowa County, and 81, O3O for Richland
County.
Rev. DR.. Eaton delivered the closing
lecture in the Pilgrims Progress
course at the Congregational church
last evening.
I. H. Wiley starts this afternoon for
Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. He is
thinking of locating in or near Lincoln,
Nebraska.
Rev. Edward d. Eaton was in town
from Beloit over Sunday. He will re-
move his family to that city next Mon
day morning
The case of George Long, Admins
traitor, against Jacob S. Block in the
circuit court, was dismissed on motion
of the plaintiff.
Mr.. Wash. Ward, of Burton, who has
been in the city for couple of weeks
serving as juror, made the HERALD
pleasant call Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs Barney Russell and
their children, of Cassyille, were in
town Thursday and Friday, attending
the Fair and visiting relatives.
Mrs. H. H. Micka, of this city, will
sell her household furniture as soon as
she can, and go to Carroll, Iowa,
where her husband is employed.
Mr.. Sneclode's exhibit of raspberries
at the Fair were the wonder of all be-
holders. Again the HERALD NAN was
made the recipient of crate of the
luscious fruit, for which Mr.. S. has our
thanks
So short time has elapsed since the
society's books were placed at our dis
posal (and Sunday interestingly, that
we are obliged to omit many incidents
of the fair from orr report in this issue
We shall make further mention of the
fair IN Thursdays HERALD.
Mrs. F. w Strong left on the Satur-
day morning train for the East. She
win spend a few days in Milwaukee
and make short visit with friends in
Racine, after which she will go DO Bos-
ton and Cambridge, where she has
many friends and relatives, her mothes
residing at the latter place.
The new depos building at Cassvllls.
will be twenty by sixty feet in dimep-
sions. 1t will eontain waiting-goom4.
an office for the station agent aad tele~
graph operator, and % large room in,
which 30 store freight. The building
will be surrounded by a platform, and
a large bay-wiD6ow will be built on the
south side.
Joe McCoy's fayorite horse, FraHh,