Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-12-25

their county seats hlce Lake ana /
Barron fight for it in the former county. |
In the latter, Monticello wants the |
Court House that Monroe now has.
Rice Lake has gwen q good jail and
court house TO the county. Monticello
promises to build court house for
Green county.
A large crowd greeted the merchants
of this city Saturday, it being the last
Saturday before Christmas, and the
holiday presents were disposed OF in a
rapid and astonishing manner The
shelves and counters that few weeks
ago were fairly groaning beneath their
heavy loads of Christmas toys and
books and notions, present a sad and
forsaken appearance now.
Saturday evening Rev. E. o. Taylor,
organizer of 1. o. G. I. lodges, spoke
to Lancaster people at the Baptist
church on the subject. 1.-THE Temperance
school of to-day" He preached in that
church Sunday morning, and on Sun
day evening union services were held in
the Congregational church. conducted
by him. That Boy of Yours, was
well handled and the lecture left deep
impression on all the parents present.
A large congregation listened to the
lecture, and pronounced it excellent.
The Lancaster high school closed a
fourteen weeks term Friday. and after
the length of time spent in knowledge
seeking and mind training the students
and teachers will spend two weeks of
vacation to advantage. A prosperous
season has been enjoyed by the school
as a whole, and both teachers and
students will return with added vigor to
pursue the course of instruction laid
down by the school authorities, and
which is the peer of any high school
in the state.
He stopped on the corner, gazed into
the sky. scratched his chin and pulled
his whiskers. Then, he fumbled in his
vest pocket, wrinkled his brow, pursed
up his lips, scratched his head and blew
his nose with manner more deliberate
than the collection of q bad debt. Anon
he oped his mouth, tugged at his lower
lip, muttered to himself and fixed his
eyes on the chimney tops in vacant
stony stare that soon collected crowd
that blockaded the sidewalk. He was a
married man, trying to think what il
was his wife had charged him to be
sure and get.
Messrs w. F. Hicks and Ashley
Walker have formed partnership to
be known as the firm of Hicks & Walk
er. manufacturers and dealers IN a
patent coil bed spring. The exclusive
right of Grant County was purchased
by the above named parties last Tues
day, from the patentee, c. ID. Rauda-
baugh, of Winslow, H., where fac
tory is in operation, Messrs Hicks &
Walker have located in the Walker
block over NJ. S. Trowbridge's meat
market and are fairly started in the
manufacture and sale of the article
which sells rapidly.
An attorney gives the following rem
dition of the laws of the street pedes-
train: The street belongs to teams
and vehicles, and pedestrians have no
more business in them than team
would have upon the sidewalk. The
crosswalks at street corners belong to
pedestrians who have the right of way
there, by law, as against teams. Many
drivers ignore the law and go dashing
over crosswalks, endangering the life and
limb of pedestrians, without once think
ing they were violating the law. No
vehicle can. within the law, be driven
rapidly over crosswalk nor can the dri.
yer obstruct the crosswalks.
The date of the Farmers Institute to
be held in this place is January IA and
Is. The farmers of this section should
not fail to improve the opportunity
which this meeting will offer them to
gather knowledge from the experience
of others. 1t should be remembered
that every worker in the institute force
is practical and successful farmer,
whose prosperity is result of bis per-
severance and the pursuit of the best
known methods. The experience of
such men are valuable and worthy of
consideration, besides it costs the far
mer who listens to it nothing Better
still, all subjects are open to discussion,
and any point not made clear by the
speaker can be brought out TO the full
est satisfaction of all. Let there be a
full attendance.