Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-05-13
CITY AND VICINITY BRIEFS.


Rev. j. p. Pinkham will address
Prohibition meetings here May Is and
16.
b. G. Eastman has just completed
nice new addition to his cosey residence
on East Main Street.
Mrs. Chas. Potter has recently
treated her house to new coat of paint
and set of window shutters.
w. A. Palmer, of Palmer, Winall &
Co., book binders of Dubuque, was
soliciting business in town Friday.
The Northwestern Company are
grading the road from their depot to the
top of the hill near the Rock school.
DR.. w. Fl. Dieffenbacher has been
decorating during the last week and
now has his dental parlors in superb
style.
We are under obligations to Mr.. John
Patterson for loaning us the first years
number of the American Railroad
VVee' "Ne, puUiiouCQ III 1901.
Jim Fawcett has purchased the fam
GUS roadster, "Sam," of Benson &
Fawcett. and now has flyer that
can down most any of 'em.
Will Cramer. our barber on West
Main Street, has caught the spirit Of
enterprise and will soon begin the erec-
ton of elegant bath rooms.
Commissioner Barker had his men
out with the road grader last week and
worked down the main roads leading to
the city in first-class style.
Mr.. John NeCollins was even more
fortunate May day than he was on st.
Valentines day, for we were told he
received fifteen elegant May baskets.
Last Monday Attorney 7. l.. Cleary
presented to our town board the claim
of George Schuster for damages sus-
tanned by running into stump in the
highway. The board offered to allow
Schuster $3.50, which he declined to ac-
cept. A lawsuit is looked for.
A very pleasant club dance was held
Saturday evening in Thomas Hail.
The music, which was excellent, was
furnished by Kings orchestra of four
pieces. About eighteen couples were
present. and to say that it was an occa-
sion of rare enjoyment would be to put
it mildly.
Bayley & Co. have some good 3-year
old steers that will weigh about $50 lbs.
which they would like to exchange for
a good team of horses about eight years
old. They want team that will be
worth, say, from $500 to $4OO. Good
drivers or farm horses will suit. Call
at the store.
Saturday, jolly party consisting of
the Misses Annie Prior, Jennie Crippen,
Lizzie Preston, Blanche Murphy and
Clara Knapp, and Messrs. AL Chase,
OrleY David, Chas. Griudell and Arthur
Washburne, went on picnicking ex-
cursion, out to the Mounds. On the re-
turn trip they visited the cities of Bel
mont, Bashford and Ipswich. They
report having had glorious time.
Our citizens were treated to first
class Punch and Judy entertainment
last Friday evening. The proprietor, a
travelling physician, who, by the by, is
a gentleman as we'll as a good talker,
is around, introducing new remedy
for human ills, called the Hermit's
Medicine. While selling, he took occa-
sion to administer verv good and we'll
deserved rebuke to some of our street
Arabs, who we're trying to int rrupt
him.
Not long ago one of our young men,
who, the way,is not of inconsiderable
height, and who furthermore does not
appear to believe in the doctrine of
competition, etc, made his fair "Dul.
Gina" this proposition. He would
swear to cease smiling on other maids
if she would agree never to cause him
again the cruel, heart-rending pangs of
jealousy. The lady, however. refused
to aroitrate, and, of course. the afore-
said young man has been disconsolate
ever since.
James Huzzy, a former resident of
this county and builder of the old stone
Jail in Lancaster, was in town last week,
stopping with his old friend, Perry
Durley, Esq. Mr.. Huzzy left Grant
County and went to California in 1850,
remained there ten years and then emf
grated to Idaho, where be has ever
since resided. He was on duty in
the Nez Perez war and we were shown
pair of moccasins that were worn by
him and which he had taken from the
redskins
That eminently classic, barking
game, football, has recently broken out
with great violence in our CITY, 1t is
no uncommon sight to see the grave
gentlemen students at the Normal en-
gagged IN the delightful pastime of tat
tooing their opponents legs, in their
grand lunges at the ball. Neither is it
anything unusual to see brave lads
and dangling 10 the air, in
the gallant struggle to escape from the
keen embrace of the barb wire that
to the fence posts.
The Platteville Firemen will hold
their annual jubilee and picnic in
Grove near this city, on
Wednesday afternoon, May 10. Come.
everybody. A grand march. drill an d
lots of sport, supper-in
fact, good, jolly, old-fashioned time
will be the program. A member of the
committee on arrangements is authority
for the statement that negotiations are
pending with Fon Moore's circus, which
is just now playing weeks entertain
ment at Hardscrabble, Wis, and that in
all probability it would be engaged for
the occasion.
Our city thus far has been singularly
free from strikes, riots and bloodshed.
This happy state of affairs is easily ac-
counted for when it is remembered that