Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-08-08

advertisements every five minutes.
In the case of the State viz. j. Kite
linger for misrepresenting the pedigree
of horse to DIR. G. M. Cronin of Cass
vile, which was brought up in Justice
Court Tuesday, before Squire Baldwin
was settled by Deft. paying Sal 90.
Miss Bertha Morse has 3 large music
class in Fennimore. She goes up there
twice week to give her pupils instruc
tons. Miss Morse is a fine musician
and receives $1,000 term, for her ser
vices, from each pupil.
Trowbridge & Black have moved
their meat market to their old quarter:
in the basement of the Walker Block
formerly the Budd Block. where they
will be pleased to have their old Gus
toners call on them.
Thos. +. Orion bought the first load
of new oats of Thos. Mcdonald, Of
Boice Prairie, on Tuesday, for which
he paid eighteen cents per bushel. Mr.
Mcdonald states that oats are turning
out from fifty to iifty-tiye bushels pei
acre.
DIR. G.. b. Ham, of Madison, was IN
the city yesterday. He will make peri
odical visits to this city commencing on
the 9th OF this month with headquart-
ers at the Wright House. He treats
special cases and Games we'll recon-
mended.
S. ID. Peet, of Mandon, H., editor OF
the American Antiquarian and Oriental
Joural was in the city Tuesday, looking
up the mounds of this section of Wis
consin. Amy information on this sub
iect, il left at this Office. will be COM
municated TO Mr.. Peet for scientific
record.
The Excelsior factory has shut down
for month to enlarge the capacity in
new machinery. The out put will be
more than doubled with this improve
ment. Many contracts have been let
for peeled wood and Messrs Twichell d
Osborn expect more than prosperous
winters run.
Several companies of young people
have gone out camping. One party is
rusticating at Crawl Pit on the Mis-
fissippi, and larger company ofyoung
people have pitched their tent down at
Kings Ford. Several of the store clerks
are spending this week on the banks of
the Mississippi at CassviIle and are look
ing over the ruins of the Dewey resi-
dence.
A birthday party was given little
Beth Lowry, aged fonr years, at her
home on Saturday afternoon. The lit
tie girls IN attendance were Helen and
Bessie BroOker, Florence Street, Alice
Clark, Martha Baxter, Barbara Chand-
Ter, Maud Carthew and Mildred lvey.
After supper, the little folks had ride
around the city and were then driven TO
their homes.
Gen. Sam Draper, our "smsll man"
attended Forepaugh's circus in Du-
buque last week and sustained quite q
loss while there His small grip sachel
containing SO whorth OF pins, needles,
jewellery, etc., for sale was, stolen from
him while he was sitting on the seat
watching the circus. He says he saw a
man creep under the seats, detach the
sachel from the seat where it was fas-
tened by a strap, and run off with it.
Judge Carter returned home from his
visit with relative and friends in the
west on Monday. He was accompanied
by his sister Mrs. w. r. Carter. of Law
renee, Kansas, and Mrs. Robert Child
rens and Mrs. Edwin Childrens, of East
Dubuque, Iowa Upon the arrival of
the Judge, the "Male Quartette' gath
cred together at the Court House and
their melOdiOus voices were waited in
song over the business portion If the
city.
Little Lena Jelde narrowly escaped
being seriously injured one day last
week. The little girl was standing in
front Of COW and the animal tossing
her head caught the child by the belt
of her dress on one horn and throwing
her over the cows head. The result OF
it was the loss of front tooth and q
few bruises on the body. A few months
sgo. the same little girl; aged seven
years, fell from a barn loft on the back
of COW and escaped then with only a
scare and slight bruises.
The Joseph Muller Post G.. A. r., OF
Cassville, will have Camp Fire at that
place, Aug. ID. Complete arrange
ments have been perfected for grand
and instructive time. Prof. j. A. Will
liams has been engaged TO deliver an
Grafton on "Our Country's Defenders
and her Needs. " Hon Herman Buch-
ner will give an Grafton in German
The music will be under direction of
Cassvile Military Band. Delegations
are expected from all parts of the coun.
ty and surrounding country.
Under Sheriff McGonigal, went tC
Gordon, Neb, last week, with reauisi
ton papers for John Heller, under war.
rant sworn out by Maggie Akermann
of Glen Haven, charging him with So
duction under promise Of marriage
He Her was brought here Friday moor
by the under sheriff and had Il hearing
before Justice Baldwin Monday, anC
was held to the criminal court undel
$500lbonds. The requisition papers were
made out by District Attorney Murphy
and Ed NJ. Lowry. Esq, and were pro
nounced by the governor of Nebrasks
as the first requisition papers ever re
ceived in his office.
The first steam thresher eyer brough
into this portion of the State was re
ceived by c. w. Knapp & Son Monday
The machine was made in Mansfield
Ohio, by Aultman, Taylor Company