Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-09-09
CITY AND VICINITY BRIErx.

CITY AND VICINITY BRIEFS.
Miss Kate Jeardoe is teaching school
at Ipswich
Our citizens will now live on politics
for short time. Wonder if some of
them will not get rather poor living.
The Citizens Band will resume their
practicing now in few DAYS. The
town seemed worse than dull without n
band.
The Slippery Elm Club will not hold
any more meetings for week or two,
owing to the hot weather and to the
fact that many of the members are up
to their eyes in politics.
The Big Patch Sunday schools will
have grand picnic in grove near the
village of Big Patch next Thursday. A
cordial invitation has been rendered to
all to come and have good jolly time.
G. A. Loyeland's black horse, Mid
night, created quite an excitement at the
Mineral Point fair. He has been in
training only about three weeks, yet he
made the fast time of 2:40. Old horse
men predict that he will make some
thing very fast.
Monday evening lamp in Sicles'
cigar store exploded and caused quite an
excitement by so doing. Fortunately no
damage was done, although it looked for
while as if it would set fire to the whole
establishment A large crowd collected
around the store in very short time,
for it was feared that there would be a
bad fire. The flames were smothered
out with blankets.
The livery firm of Benson & Fawcett
have been dissolved by mutual consent.
Mr.. Fawcett has bought out Mr.. Bon
sons interest and will hereafter run the
business in his own name 1t is unnec-
essary to say that he will keep up the
high reputation that the firm has SO long
enjoyed. Their business has increased
with each year, and it was owing to the
efforts they made in trying to accommo-
date all who called upon them. MIR.
Benson will turn his attention to his bins
business. He owns the line here. and
VIII devote his time to building up the
business for all that's in sight
Mrs. 7. X. Stephens will move to Po-
tosi this week, where she will shortly
open millinery store. She will 90 to
Chicago next week to lay in a full stock
OF everything in the millinery line. We
take pleasure in recommending Mrs.
stephens to the people of Potosi, and
hope that she will find her business ven
ture in that city pleasant and success
ful one. Her brother, Mr.. Len Wander
bic, OF this city, will open branch Jew
elry store in Potosi in the same BUILDING
that she will occupy. Len has been in
the jewelry trade in this city for num-
Der OF years. and has built up a fine
business. We are glad to note this evil
dence OF his enterprise and prosperity.
1t is really wonderful how the people
OF this world are given to finding fault.
and III no case is this more plainly seen
than IN the matter of caucuses. Men
VIII stay away from caucus seemingly
totally indifferent to all political matters.
yet If this man or that man is selected
or this one or that one is not, then thew
set up great howl of disgust and i'm
press one with the idea that they have
been wronged, grossly. If man does
not feel interested enough in the success
OF his party to attend the caucuses, then
he should consider it the part of wisdom
to indorse the act of the men who were
there and who did what they deemed
best under the circumstances. Let us
attend our caucuses, or else stand by
their deliberations.
John Grindell, the marble dealer. has
shaved off his fine bronze beard. and
now is no more taken for Rev. Bert
Wheeler 1t is said that they looked so
much alike before John had the great
shaving act done that they were fire.
quently undecided in their own minds
who was who and which was which. !
John would look up street and see what
he supposed was himself standing on the
church steps, and would wonder what in
the world he was doing there, while the
Reverend gentleman would see himself
Ginning away at some fellow. trying
to sell him q monument, and would be
at loss to know why he should do so.
Happily now the trouble is over. The
barber made serious inroads into Johns
luxsriant growth and left nothing but
the great mustachious, and now young
people emigrating into the state of mat
rimony will not have to go to him to
have the knot tied, and people will not
bother Mr.. Wheeler about headstones.