Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-07-05
CITY AND VICINITY BRIEFS.

Haying is now in full blast
j. w. Murphy GRATED at Georgetown
last Saturday.
Joseph A. Jeffrey, one of the new
graduates delivered the 4th of July ora
ton at Annaton.
The prospect for good corn crop is
better than it has been at this time of
the year for many years.
Platteville presented very animated
appearance Friday. Our citizens were
rustling around, decorating and MAX
ing ready for the great celebration.
j. NJ. Smith has begun operations on
his large hardware establishment ON
North Main Street. He is enjoying the
benefits of a well conducted business.
The farmers with one veice exclaim,
"Oh! | wish the Bethel Grove camp
meeting would begin, for l know we
should then have plenty of rain
Miss Chaplin, one of the Normal
teachers left Friday morning for Cali
fornia, where she will stay short time.
From there she will 90 to Honolulu.
Mrs. Emma White, wife of Thomas
White, of this city, died last Tuesday
evening, after short illness. She was
a sister of Mrs. John Munger, of this
city. The interment took place at Mus
coda Friday.
A good audience was present at the
first evening of the Fairy Queen,
which is being presented here under the
auspices of the G. A. Il. Post Every
one seemed to be very well pleased with
the performance.
Our city fathers should be congratu-
lated on the manner in which they
keep our streets and highways in re-
pair. During the last week they have
been putting in new culverts and gray
cling some of the streets.
The old liberty pole which so long
stood in the park and Haunted the stars
and stripes, was taken down last Friday.
1t was considered unsafe, and to avoid
all chance of accident, our city fathers
wisely had ii laken down and laid away.
The Primitive Methodist ministers
will hold grand meeting at Jenkins
vile on July 4. Frederick Dobson, of
Rewey, John Clayton, of Big Patch,
P. Raisbeck, of New Diggings, r. Fl.
Edwards, of Pleasant View, and Mrs.
Watson, all evangelists, will attend.
The Platteville people having charge
of the celebration feel rather sore be-
cause the Darlington Rifles did not come
up to participate with them. Years ago
when Darlington had celebration.
Platteville sent down two fire compa-
MES and two brass bands to help them
out, and it seems strange that Darling
ton should not return the compliment.
We received this week, but unhappily
too late for publication, three column
article from a gentleman IN one of the
cities, where Fon Moore's circus has
lately played, giving complete des-
cription of each act, the actors, curiosi-
ties, and everything connected with it.
1t will prove an interesting matter to
people who have never seen the great
combination and we hope to be able to
lay it before the readers of the HERALD
in the course of week
The farmers are greatly discouraged
at the prospect for small grain. Oats
will be very short and light and a very
poor crop at best. Rye is little better
and will be just fun for the Irvine bin
ders to handle. Hay is very light.
The farmer will have no trouble in put
ting it away as fast as he can cut it.
Many of the pastures are cropped so
closely that stock must soon suffer.
A stranger coming in town nowadays
would undoubtedly be thunderstruck
with the great rush of business that is
apparent here. The air is being con
tinually rent by the sharp. shrill whis-
ties of factories. the buzzing of factory
wheels and the believing of the tug
boats on the lake. People rush to and
fro, in the mad whirl Of business. Mer
chants have to sit in the shadow of their
business houses in order to gain strength