Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-01-19
Town and County News.

Mrs. w. G. Chandler lett home
Wednesday morning for visit in Chi
cago.
A fine photograph of the Denniston
House, Cassville, taken by Mr.. Chase,
of that place, adorns the Wright House
Office.
Senator Matt Anderson. of Pine Bluff.
Dane county, was the guest of Lieut..
Gov. Ryland while here attending the
institute.
II. II. Robbins of Platteville atten ded
our Institute and took in the debates
Heis a man who will never ouigrow
bis enthasiasms.
John Boorman of Wyalusing was at
the Farmers Institute but took time to
call at the HERALD office and leave
subscription with US.
The Geo. w. Holloway Post of Bee
town. will have an oyster supper and
install officers next Saturday night. All
members are requested to be present.
A new boy came to Mr.. Charles Bas-
ford's home last Friday night Three
boys in the house and no girls ought to
bring right generous shower of cigars.
George and Lewis Groom of Cassville
put their subscription dates toward L.
SO last week The HERALD has been
in their family longer than either can
remember.
Supt Chas. L. Harper started out on
a visiting tour through Boscobel and
Muscoda to-day. Before returning he
win visit Madison and Milwaukee, at
tending the Superintendent Conven-
ton.
James McGonigal came up from Cass-
vile last Thursday and after trying the
railroads in vain came back and took a
sleighride home through the drifts on
Sunday with the thermometer 800
below o.
Rev. j. +. Mcintosh. of Bloomington
will preach Jan. % in the Baptist
Church in this city both morning and
evening. The Society hopes to have re-
gular preaching part of the time, as
soon as can be arranged.
The second quarterly meeting of the
NJ. f. church will be held in this city the
2lst & 22nd. Preaching Saturday eve-
ming, Sunday morning and evening.
b. E. Wheeler, Presiding elder will be
here to conduct services.
Henry Brown. the young English man
who has been farming near Fe nnimore
starts this week for England. He will
spend the winter visiting relatives in
Shropshire, and return in the spring.
His brother Will is boarding at NJ P.
Smiths.
Joseph Parker, of Bloomington, came
over to the county seat last week to
take in the farmers institute, and
did not forget to take peep into the
HERALD sanetlm. The "Old Batch"
looks hale and hearty and says that he
tips the scales at 225.
Eighteen insane patients were taken
from our asylum to West Salem, La
Crosse county, this Wednesday morn
ing. They were patients belonging to
that county, brought here from Mendo-
ia. La Cross county is now prepared to
care for its own insane. Other patients
will be brought here to take the place of
these.
Charlie Hough son of Jacob Hough
commonly called by his boy &C quain-
tances "rom." got back home last
Thursday after q several months alb
sence He went away with the Sellers
Medicine company show that was here
a week last summer acting first as an
assistant in the living department and
afterwards contributing to the enter-
tainment of the crowds by tight rope,
trapeze and other performances. He
abandoned the company last
November down in Kentucky
and went back to st. Louis where
he has been working in an iron mill
He came home looking well notwith-
standing the carbuncle that caused him
to quit work.
The only stage that made Lancaster
last Friday was Jap Symptoms stove
heated carryall. There were no pas
sengers, but Jap and the hor ses had a
tough time Of it. He says he shoveled
seventeen Of the sixteen miles between
Platteville and Lancaster, and while he
shoveled the horses would lie down in
the drifts and rest and when he had dug
out ahead they would get up and plunge
along again. There were three souls
with but single thought, three hearts
that beat as one, and Jap and his INTEL
igent, gentle horses got in here after
spending the best part Of the day in the
drifts and cold. As a western mountain
stage driver, where pluck clear grit and
firm hand are often more necessary
than the four wheels of the stage, Jap
would have become famous.
In a copy Of the daily Sentinel of
Jan. /, published at Garden City, Kan,
We find the following: THE name of
4. r. Mccartney, as one of our live
real estate men, is regarded among the
people ofthe Great Southwest as one Of
the most solid and responsible in that
branch of commerce The business
was established in December. 1886.
under the firm name of Mccartney &
Slower, but was soon changed by DR.. j.
w. Holmes buying out Mr.. Slower and
remaining in the firm until August 16,
last, when II. |. Hunt went in the firm.
DIR Holmes retiring. The firm did a
general real estate, loan and insurance