Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-12-05

| connection with the Office OF the County
Judge and the old one which has proved
to be too small, will be taken out. AL
belt Brooker has taken the job of placing
| in the new one.
John Dinsdale, of Preston, has in his
possession a valuable relic which reads
as follows:
Reed, Galena, March goth, 1861, of
Clayton & Co, calf skin seventY-live
cents. j. X. GRANT,
BY u. S. GRANT.
1t is written in the veritable hand
writing Of the Hero General about one
month before he first went to war.
A new brickyard is on the carpet for
spring improvements. Barstow & Marks
have purchased five acres Of land of
DIR. Reed for that purpose, and will have
erything in shape for operation rs
soon rs the weather is favorable. A
large reservoir has already been COM
menced and viii be rapidly pnshed to
completion.
While Strolling by his Office Tuesday,
Spiegelberg's little red dog made ret
rograde movement and captured n rat
about one third as big as itself. The
rat Immediately lost all interest in
affairs mundane, and as this Office laid
no claim TO il the dog started with ii
towards the probate court, but later
changed his mind. Emil SAID he never
saw him so ratified before.
A State Sunday School convention
will be held in Madison, Wis, from the
10th to the 18th of December. b. +.
Jacobs, father of the International Les
son System. President Reynolds of the
International Lesson System and Mr.
Excel, the great singer, will take a
leading part in this convention. Re-
duccd rates have been secured by the
committee
-''To discontinue an advertisement"
says John Wanamaker, Philadelphia
great merchant, sis like taking down
your sign. Ii you want to do business
you must let the public know it. Stand
ing advertisements are better and
cheaper than reading notices They
look more substantial and busnesslike,
and inspire confidence, / would as soon
think Of doing business without clerks
as without advertising"
A. g. Meyer. assistant clerk in the
Boscobel Postollice, was missing Tues
day A letter was found at his home
stating that he had gone to Kansas for
year and asking his brothor-in-law to
look after his wife and four small chill
dren. He left money for his family and
stated that his reasons for leaving was
to got away from whisky and drinking
associates. The family have the SYM
pathy Of the entire community in this
unexpected trouble.
Darlington Democrat and Register
The large and beautiful residence of
Hon, Ii IL. Gray, was destroyed by fire
about o'clock; Wednesday morning.
The fire originated in the kitchen end
burned so rapidly that it was impossible
to check it, and the residence being out
of the fire district, the fire companies
could do but little except saving what
thew could from the consuming flames.
The Gray residence was an old land
mark, haYing been BULL more than
twenty years ago, and was one of the
finest in the county. There was an
insurance of 50, 800. Loss about IS, 900.
Father Thomas Pope Hodnett of st
Malachoy church, Chicago, will deliver
a lecture ut st. Clements Catholic
church, Wednesday evening Feb II 1890
ut half past seven. An admission fee
of soc will be charged, the proceeds to
90 twords paying fol the new catholic
school house being erected back of the
church. Father Hodnett is one of the
most eloquent of speakers, and was the
first resident pastor of this congrega-
ton, being well known both here and
in the immediate vicinity. He will
take for his subject the lives and work
of washington, Emmett, O'Connell
and Lincoln" He delivered lecture
ut Darlington, Thanksgiving day, on
O'ConneH and Lincoln, those who
heard it speak in high terms of his
ability and thoroughness on tie subject
Messrs. n. X. Fairbank 4 Co., of
I Chicago, manufacturers of "Santa
Claus" soap. have sent us their Christ
mas card. which is almost the first of
the season. The card is exceedingly
K tasteful and ornamental. They inform
us that they will send one of these cards,
/ postage paid, to any of our readers who
will forward their name and address
and mention this paper. This may G
on a postal card, but only one name
aud address must be written on each
postal. As tho Christmas Card is worth
many times the cost of the postal this
is rare opportunity to secure a beauti-
full souvenir Write to \. X. Fairbank
\ Co, of Chicago, and be sure to men.
ton this paper.