Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-04-22
CITY AND VICINITY BRIEFS.
House cleaning is in full blast her

DIR. Henson's lecture on Fools was
largely attended and highly appreci-
ated
Some OF our local sports armed them
selves with tackle and sought to catch
the unwary fish last week, but with
very poor success.
j. S. Block, will lead off in the
"boom" of enterprise this spring, by
building a handsome addition to his
already large store, fifty feet in length
Business. Who is next.
Miss Kellogg, the great lady temper
ance agitator, spoke to a fair-sized
audience in the Congregational church
last Tuesday evening. Many who
heard her lecture pronounced it very
good.
The handsome imported china tea
set that was on exhibition at Hender-
son IL GrIbble's store, was drawn
last Wednesday by the proprietor of
the Gates House, who held 43, the lucky
| number
Our girls are not stuck up. During
the fine days last week the streets fairly
swarmed with young ladies at recess
times. We say good to such a style.
Sun-kissed compilations are better than
lily white.
| Chas. Leslie, the genial agent of the
Northwestern at Elmo, has added to
his many accomplishments that OF
machine agent. He now holds him.
self in readiness to do any amount of
'chinning" in behalf of his line of i'm
| PIGMENTS.
| Married, at the residence of James
Mitchell, Esq, OF Strawberry, Wis,
by Rev. Mr.. Vivian, Mr.. Nelson Muir.
ray, to Miss Aggie Wedig. Both par.
ties are widely and favorably known
and their friends wish them happy
| future.
H. d. Nye, Esq. a prosperous mer-
chant at Cherokee, Iowa, was in town
last week visiting his aunt, Mrs. Joel
Potter. Mr.. Nye resided in this city
more than sixteen years ago and was
for number of years engaged with w.
w. Bass, in the wooden business.
Last Thursday evening some young
hoodlum strung wire across Elm
Street near the Normal school, and
came near strangling one of our very
tall young men. The amount of crys-
talized meanness in some of the young
boys in city is simply wonderful.
Pete Barker made the first appear
ance, with his great double mammoth
south side circus, last Thursday. Pete
has one of the most wonderful musical
instruments ever brought to the city.
He will give glass of peanuts to any
man who is stout-hearted enough to
stand by and hear him grind a tune
clear through.
There has recently been an orchestra
organized in the Normal to play for the
marching at dismission in the evening
and on estate" occasions and their
music cannot be beaten for that pur-
pose. 1t consists of Miss Myrtle Good
fellow, piano, Messrs. George McCarn
and Percy Carter, mouth organs, and
Rob. Beck, triangle.
Win Vail, the Republican postmaster
at Belmont has received the grand civil
service bounce and has been succeeded
by James Gibbons, Democrat. This
leaves. we believe, only one Republi-
can postmaster in Lafayette County,
John Kempthorne, at Elk Grove Poor
Kempthorne, "all his lovely, lonely
companions are faded and gone.''
Last Thursday the male representa-
tives Of c. j. Jones' family, of George
town. chartered part OF train on the
Northwestern Railroad and came Up to
Platteville to have their pictures taken.
After dining at the Park Hotel the six
brothers, James, John, Win, Frank,
Milt and Lew, formed a line and
marched to the gallery where they
were taken all together. We have
not heard from the photographer lately,
but suppose he is convalescent.
The enterprising people of Elk
Grove have been trying for many years
to vote tax to build a town hall and
last year nearly succeeded in getting a
majority of the voters to vote for it.
This spring the matter was again
brought up, but with no better success
than last year. Most of the Germans
voted against it, and also some of the
wealthiest English farmers, who feared
that it would tend to give their sons
and daughters city airs, etc. Others
voted against it for presentiment of
grave troubles, like unto the Platte
vile City Hall trouble, rose up before
them. The town officers hold their
meetings in building almost fourteen
feet square. All of the caucuses and
town meetings are held in the same
spacious building and if the school
house or church can not be procured,
the great political "blowouts'' must be
held meath the same majestic roof.
Still, in the language of the great econ
omists,, at is as good hall as we had
when / was a boy" 1t would be ex-
tremely hard to find another town so
well able to have good accommodations
fofs public meetings, yet which has
such miserable ones as Elk Grove.
Last Friday night some of our mu-
sically inclined young gentlemen be-
came inspired with the beautiful moon
light and the glimmering stars, and set
out with their instruments to serenade
their music-loving fellow-citizens.
Among the places visited was one on
Main Street in which number of
young ladies resided. Our gay seren-
adefs, cautiously entered the yard and
located themselves under the spread
ing branches of a thorn bush, that
grew close to the window where the
ladies were supposed to be listening.
Everything being ready, the signal was