Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-02-11
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF MAILS AT Ian.
CASTER. WIS.,. POST OFFICE.

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MAILS CLOSE.
Milwaukee & Chicago ... .... 500 a m
Chicago 81 Galena. ............ ......... 1900 ID m
Dubuque via Potosi. 7:45 a IN
sPlatteville Observation-Disclosures. 200 n m
bloomington ....''.....-..... .....-.... ZOO N
burton z 100 m
Office hours from Z a. m. to $50 p. IN. Money
Order Department dome tic and foreign open
from a. m. TO z p. m.
TIA. BURR, Postmaster
FRED G. BURR, Assistant
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DANCE-At the Grand tonight.
COLD WAVE coming from the north.
FARM FOR SALE.-W. B. Richards,
of British Hollow, offers his farm for
sale. See his advertisement in another
column.
NOTICE. All persons having claims
against the city are requested to pres
ent the same on or before the 3rd day
of March, 1885,
INSANE FUND. - County Treasurer
Mcmahon has received from the state
treasurer 81, 1902 so, it being the amount
due from the state and different >coun-
ties for maintaining their insane in the
Grant county asylum for one year.
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REVEALS. Regular meetings have
been in progress at the Methodist
church in Potosi for some days past.
The church and pastor are laboring
earnestly and all .sympathizers in the
work wish them a bountiful harvest of
souls.
A PROBLEM. Scraps Weber met
Charlie Wright the other morning and
asked "Charlie, do you wash out your
eyes every morningP" "Why, yes"
answered Charley, "ot course l do =
"Then how do you get EN- in again?"
asked Scraps" meekly.
NOOA(N tS1Sb WCCh SOl.
Trollope and Constable benson, of
Bloomington, draped each others OPP
tics in mourning over disagreement
about the abutments of the Dubuque
bridge. They were brought before
justice of the peace and fined three dol
lars each and costs for displaying so
much energy in argument.
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FANTASTIC TOE.-There was big
dance at Potosi last Friday night. The
Dubuque band was in attendance, and
large number of people honored the
occasion by their presence. Whenever
Potosi goes about anything in the line
of entertainment she has no halfway
work, for everybody lends heart and
hand to help the thing along.
JUDGMENT AFFIRMED In the case
of McLimans vs.The City of Lancaster,
tried in supreme court last week, in
which the city appealed from that por-
ton of the circuit court judgment which
gave Mrs. McLimans interest on $4,000
from date of verdict the Judgment was
affirmed, and Mrs. McLimans finds
herself possessed of 1858 over and above
the original $4,000. Thus has the leg
overcome every obstacle and, with the
aid of crutch, marched on to victory
and to fortune
DIED.--At his home in MERGED, Cal. -,
on Jan. p, 1886, Martin McClenathan.
aged 81 yrs. and 9 mos The deceased
leaves Il wife and four children. He
was known by many old settlers of Lam
easter and Potosi. When but n boy he
was. lured by the reports of gold to Cal
ifornia and left here over 81 years ago,
where he followed mining, farming,
and lastly staging with mail cute from
MERGED to the Yosemite Valley, dis
lance of 100 miles. Many will recollect
this industrious, cheerful boy.
OF INTEREST TO TEACHERS. At the
teachers meeting to be held in the
school house in This city next Saturday.
papers viii be read on Hygiene. Per-
centage, History, Primary work, Inter
mediate work, Geography, Grammati-
cal Analysis and Language Prof. Wood
will present u paper on Necessity of Ac-
curaey in all School work The subject
Of school management and discipline
will also be presented. Each topic Is
open for discussion at the close of its
presentation. All are cordially invited.
DINNER PARTY. Mrs G.. ID. Streeter
entertained nineteen of her Platteyille
lady friends on Tuesday to dinner. The
following are the names of those who
participated in the pleasure of the day:
Mrs. /. Lord, Mrs M. +. Rindaub. Mrs.
Bedford, of Galena, Mrs. DR.. Buck. Mrs.
D. Huntington, Mrs. VIM. Carter. Mrs.
D. Lynch. Mrs. Grindell, Mrs. S. Roun-
tree, Mrs. G. r. Laughton, Mrs. l.
Woodland, Mrs McGregor, Mrs. Jones.
oSuhtUS, MIS-. d
Evans. Mrs. Beebe, Miss Mary Gordon
and Miss NJ. Holman.
lREL1 Bound OVER The postponed
case OF the state against William Irely
for assault upon James Pierce. at Glen
Haven, with intent to kill, came on for
examination before Justice Baldwin on
Thursday last. On the evidence do
duced he was bound over to circuit court.
the lower court expressing the opinion
that the only question was whether he
intended to kill Pierce or not. there be-
ing no doubt about identifying him as
the assaulting party. Not being able
to procure bonds, which were fixed at
$500, Irely will remain a prisoner ut
the county Jail.