Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-03-25

st Patrick's day passed off very quiet
ly In Platteville.
Some OF our young gentlemen are
fitting up gymnasium in building
on the lower end of Main Street
L. j. Hooper has caught the spring
fever and has put up fine new avn
ing.
A. w. Bell went down TO Hazel
Green one day last week. on business
connected with the legal profession.
Rev. E. E. Clough, of Mineral Point,
will lecture in the City Hall We'd
nesday evening, March "a, on Life in
the Army" Tickets 10 cts. Let us
all turn out and listen to "reminiscences
of the great war.
J. w. Murphy went to Highland, st.
Patrick's day, to deliver the Grafton at
the celebration held there.
The proprietor of the Patterson
House at Ipswich received fine pres
ent by express the other evening. 1t
was fine black and tan terrier and
was given Mr.. Patterson in recogni-
ton of his great generosity at the time
OF the great fire. Thomas LarkIn, the
Worthy Chief of the High Order of
Prevaricators, made the formal presen-
tation, in his well known happy and
eloquent style.
School is out for week, and many
OF the students have gone home to rest
up before the beginning of the next
term.
Quite number of our young folks
went out to Elk Grove last Friday
evening to attend a party given at the
residence of Stephen Webster, Esq. A
large humber of young people were
present, including the band boys, and
the time was most happily spent in
listening to music and In playing
games.
Our book dealers and stationers are
receiving new spring goods by the
| wagon load. Talk about business be-
ing dull, and the life being crushed out
OF our city. 1t is all humbug, every
word of it.
We understand that District Attor-
ney Robert j. Wilson, of La Favette
County, will soon withdraw from the
Orion q Osborn office in Darlington
and will open an office of his own in
| that city. MIR. Wilson is one of the
youngest lawyers in La Fayette Coun-
ty and has already established repu-
tation of which some of his elder breth-
rem in the profession might well feel
proud.
7. M. Donohue, the boss well
| driller. has rented the old Micka place
| about mile out of town and will soon
move his family there
Friday evening very pleasant dane
ing party was held in the Masonic Hall.
About twenty-five couples of the fair
| and brave were present and enjoyed
themselves until a late hour, tripping
the eight fantastic to the enchanting
and bewitching strains of Strong's or
chestra. Jap Shipton, our gallant
knight of the stage, did the prompting.
John Bunt, Jr.. of Elk Grove, was in
town Wednesday, buying furniture,
glassware and other household stuff.
K
This looks suspicious, John.
Silas TRADER has been painting the
interior of Wyne's store, and to say
that his artistic standings have greatly
enchanced the beauty of the building
would be to put 1t mildly.
There seems to be great activity in
the horse market. Jack Huntington is
buying them by the score and shipping
them West, while there are men here
every week buying for the northern
markets. Prices range all the way
from S75 to 5000.
Now that we have another supply of
snow, it will be in order for the small
boy to resume his favorite pastime of
smuggling passers-by with snow balls.
The Young American who does not chew
gum or tobacco, smoke cigarettes,
swear like pirate, make fun of strang-
ers, groan at revival meetings and
dodge behind goods box to sling q
hard snow ball at the unsuspecting, is
indeed rarity.