Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-07-05

Lancaster.
James McGonigal came up from
Cassville Saturday and took his sister
Matte home with him.
Beach & Bowers Bill Wagon pulled
into town early in the weak under the
management Of w. A Mahara, and two
assistants.
Our correspondents will please send
in as promptly as possible concise re-
ports Of the Fourth Of July celebrations
in their respective localities.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. F. Orion start this
week on trip up Lake Michigan,
through the 800" and around by Du.
luth, St. Paul and down the Mississippi.
Don't fail to see the Great Jockey
Uniformed Band street parade on
horses of the Beach & Bowers Great
Tent shows on Tuesday. July 10th, at
noon.
This week the HERALD goes to press
on Tuesday instead of Wednesday after
noon. This is done to give the CON-
positors a chance to celebrate the
glorious Fourth in proper manner.
DIR. and Mrs. Benham, of Hudson,
N. T., are visiting MIR. and Mrs. MUIR
phey. in this city, DIR. Benham and
Mr. Murphey Let this week for
pleasure trip north. going to st. Paul.
Minneapolis and other places of in
terest.
John A. Klindt has begun the erec-
ton of handsome brick dwelling house
in Cassville. The main part will be
33x58. with wings and bay win
dows. 1t will be equipped with all the
modern Improvements and will cost
from $4,000 to $4,000.
The poem, I'm June.' published this
week was intended for our last issue
but was received too late. While q
June poem, the first week in. July, may
not seem quite seasonable, poetry low
ing readers of the HERALD will enjoy
this as much now as they would have
done last week.
Everybody asked Ira Bellows Mon
day morning how he hurt his hand and
when he said that he cut it on a
hoe, it seemed to have been a mysteri-
GUS kind of an accident. Only his
explanation that hoes do sometimes
have to be sharpened, made it seem all
right for mans hand to be in q posi-
ton to be cut by that useful implement.
An attempt to shorten an editorial in
last weeks issue by someone who
didn't write it, resulted in confusion
of Gen. w. T. Sherman with his
brother. Senator John, which did not
exist in the mind of the writer, The
editor was away attending the conven-
ton. and regrets tho blunder which
spoiled the sense of what would have
been a good article if time and space
could have been given it as written,
Some offense seems to have been
take by the North Andover postmaster,
over an item in the HERALD of June
2lst. The writer intimated that the
mail facilities about there were not or
the best. While this was probably in
tended as a reflection upon the mail SER
vice in general, it goes without saying
that nothing personal was thought of.
The efficient gentleman in charge of
the North Andover postoffice is we'll
known, and his business ability is too
well understood to make it possible to
throw the blame for delayed letter
upon him.
While IN Beetown the other day we
saw a painting that is well worth taking
some pains to examine. II is a large
picture, 10x30 feet representing Mon
ument Park, COL. and in not only q
work OF art, but curiosity as well.
A. the right hand is group of tall
curiously shaped rocks of grsyish color
surmounted by caps of black, called
the pilgrims. Next is group Of Gyp-
sizes. On the right centre is the col
lonade. consisting of tall symmetrical
pillars of stone, each with the black
cap. In the center is group of about
$50 squatty black capped rocks. called
the Dutch parliament. 1t looks very
much like group Of men. In the
foreground is Vulcan's anvil SO called
from its wonderful resemblance to an
enormous.anvil. Then comes Medicine
Ute Rock, so called from the use put to
by the Ute Indians, Dutch Wedding
Idiots. Twins and many other groups
ending by the Roman citadel the group
OF Ute Indians worshiping the Ute rock.
The rocky mountains in the back
ground give the picture harmonious
appearance. MIR. Mcdaniel the artist
is painting series of those pictures.
He has several hundred sketches taken
from natural specimens of the rocks.
making an instructive and artistic
exhibition of natures most wonderful
freaks.
Last week the people of the town OF
Lima were annoyed by a tramp who
kept calling at the different houses and
asking to borrow razor He explained
that his only use for this instrument was
to put it to the purpose for which it was
originally intended, but the ladies of
the place were not used to having such
toilet articles called for by strange men
at their doors, and complaint was made
to the authorities. The man was
thought to be insane. and brought tn