Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-01-28

city on Monday last.
III. I. Schnee, formerly of Grant coun-
ty and now of Deadwood, Oak, regis
tered at the Wright House Tuesday.
Mr.. Daniel Griffin, of Plattevills, Wis
tied Lancaster Monday-the second time
he has left Platteville in seventeen years.
Miss Ora Bell, of Platteville, visited
Miss Carrie Nathan several days last
week, and participated in the club hop
Thursday evening.
Eden w. Pollock will leave next
Monday for trip TO Kansas, Missouri,
and other points in the West. He de-
serves good vacation.
Mr.. Samuel Birch, of Beetown,
brought his relatives, Mr.. and Mrs.
Policy, of Parker, OAK, to town to-day.
They visited the asylum.
Geo. w. Fennell, one of the solid far
mers of Bloomington, and George w.
Nevins. treasurer of Bloomington, were
in the city Monday and Tuesday.
Messrs. John Dawson, VIM. Van
Zandt and w. w. Webb, of La Crosse,
were in the city Tuesday on a visit to
their county's patients in our asylum.
Louis Redinbach. of the town of FL
lenboro, was in the city on Monday and
among other things paid his twcnty-first
annual subscription to The HERALD.
Under Sheriff Jas. McGonigal is in
Madison to-day "wednesday, having
gone thither to place in the asylum at
Mendoza Miss Minnie Weaver, of Mt.
Hope, insane.
Lancaster's Oldest harnessmaker, Mr..
F. Wedehase, accompanied by his
daughter, Ida, left this city Tuesday
afternoon for Mitchell, Oak, where Mr..
Weaknesses son Frank resides.
j. j. Humphrey, of Patch Grove,
Treasurer Stephens, of Hazel Green,
and number of other town treasurers
were in the city the past week making
their returns to the county treasurer.
Mrs. f. B. Phelps went to Chicago
Monday morning to visit her daughter.
Mrs. j. A. Street, and Mr.. Phelps, for
the first time in thirty years, keeps
bachelors hall" We extend our
sympathy.
Messrs. j. H. Cox, viii o. Cox,
Frank G. Thompson, NJ. Hendricks and
Phillip Shelliam constituting the wit
nesses in the Cornielson case, were
guests of the Wright House several days
last week.
Harry L. Verron. late clerk of the
Park Hotel. Platteville, has accepted :
similar position with the Wright House
in this city. Mr.. Verron possesses all
the affable and gentlemanly qualities
requisite for the place and cannot fail
of being popular with the travelling
public.
The Lacrosse Republican and Leader
of the goth inst. says: Fired w. Bryan,
of Chicago. is the guest of Mayor Pow
ell. These two gentlemen are friends
of twenty years standing, and the bonds
of friendship are to-day as strong as
ever. Mr.. Bryan speaks in the highest
terms of his friend, and recalls with
evident pleasure their joint experiences
as drug clerks in Chicago. MIR. Bryan
leaves for home tonight"
Mrs. Holloway, the wife of Ex-Mayor
Lewis Holloway, now residing at Clio
verdale, Cal. sends us a copy of The
Cloverdale Reveille of Jan. 16, calling
our attention to an account of citrus
fair held at Sacramento that week and
at which several Cloverdale people had
exhibits of oranges, olives, figs, etc.
We have at times heard the climate of
California described as glorious, and it
IS undoubtedly fully deserving of that
adjective.
C. N. Holford last week departed for
iOAaos Nhi0noi nc Sooo W lutlOuuco u
device upon which he has recently OBJ
tanned patent for amel' Grating the
condition of fence-posts. The Bloom
ington Record describes Mr.. Holford' s
invention as follows: 'It consists of q
tube of galvanized iron, corrugated,
giving great durability and the greatest
strength with the least weight. Radiat-
ing bars of the same metal, attached to
the bottom of the tube, sustain the post
on the same principle as the roots of q
tree. The whole base weighs less than
a pound and the material in it costs less
than six cents. BY its use small willows,
cottonwood and scrub plum trees, two
or three inches in diameter. which can
be readily obtained on the western
plains, will make firm and sufficient
posts. When rotted they can be re-
placed without any digging. BY the
use of the base the labor of digging post
holes is to great extent done away
with. Mr.. Holford has obtained the CO.
operation of capitalist in putting the
base on the market"