Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-05-24
CE'rY AND vECINITY BRIEFS.

Corn is coming up.
Onions, Strawberries and ice-cream
are in order.
Now is the time for hunting and fish
ing excursions.
Did anyone see the balloon go up at
the hremen's picnic?
Our new assessor, David Gardner, is
around assessing the goods and chattels
of our citizens.
The harmonious six favored our
citizens with some excellent music last
Tuesday evening.
Rob Beck, agent for Gen. Grants
book. was around distributing the sec
ond volumes Friday.
j. V. Gardner, of the City Bakery,
has been treating the interior of his
store to coat of paint.
d. j. Gardner, DR.. A. r. Law, James
and Louis Harms went out to Cassyille,
ON hunting and fishing expedition last
week.
Albert Chase, the delivery man for
Sanford & Chase, has come out with
his delivery chariot, painted up in first
class fashion.
Last week ID. B. Robertson bought
fine new steel-gear buggy of Barnes q
Co., and can now ''cut swell'' equal
to any of the boys.
The city fathers have force of men
at work, macadamizing Oak Street. A
good idea, and one that should have
been carried out long ago.
Z. B. Smith won the great free-for-all
race at the firemen's picnic. 1t was a
very nice race, but E. B. was far too
fleet of foot for his competitors.
Tine Potter has obtained position
as travelling salesman for a drug firm,
and will start on his first business trip
in day or So Tine will make an in
comparable hummer.
There will be a grand picnic and
day. Music by brass band and Stone
braker's orchestra, will be the leading
features of the day.
The Primitive Methodist ministers
are holding a conference in this city.
1t is reported that chickens have evinc-
ed great desire to roost on the top
limbs, as result of the conference.
2. d. Baker, one of our most enter
prising business men, was on the picnic
grounds Wednesday with his refresh
ments, cane-racks, etc. In the evening
he celebrated the success of the picnic
by nice display of fireworks.
Francis Cullen, an old and highly
respected citizen of Elk Grove, died
last Tuesday, of consumption, and was
buried the following Thursday. He
was almost 70 years of age, and had
been suffering for many years with a
distressing cough which finally culmin-
ated in consumption. He was q good
neighbor, an upright citizen, and an
honest man.
Sam. NJ. Jones has obtained the
agency for the celebrated Triumph
Binder, manufactured by the ID. S.
Morgan Co. The Triumph is one of
the very latest improved binders in the
market. One feature of it, and one
that will certainly attract the attention
of the thoughtful purchaser, is the fold
ing device by which the binder part
may be almost instantly folded around
IN frent of the harvester, and thus al
low the whole machine to pass through
a much narrower gate than other self
binders. 1t is a great improvement
Tor another and stronger reason. By
simply folding the binder around, a
man can have free access to his elevator
canvases to adjust them as they may
require. The harvester is one of the
simplest and most durable in copstruc-
ton, and is thoroughly under control
of the operator at all times. Surely,
the Triumph is veritable triumph
among harvesting machinery.
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