Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-06-25


variety The imitation of railroad
train is very striking, and the imitation
of q cyclone is grand and impressive.
The limitations on a French harp were
very amusing and provoked much
laughter and applause.
The German English College closed
its last year at Galena last week. Next
year the College will open at Charles
City, where new buildings and fine
grounds will be it future home. The
president is Lancaster boy. Fr.
Schaub, and has been q power in rails
ing the institution 10 one of the leading
| positions of the country Another
member of the faculty is Rev F. f.
Hirsch who is well known as lecturer
and deep thinker. With its advance
ment, a new and better field was neces-
sarY and the consequence was its
location at Charles City.
The community was shocked at hear
ing the news of the death of Attorney
]. j. Brooks, an esteemed citizen of
Boscobel, last Thursday. The news
was Fl ashed over the wires of the count
ry that he had fallen dead on the street
in New York. His body was brought
home for burial, the funeral occurring
Monday. lie was an honored citizen,
widely known as prominent lawyer.
In masonic circles he had acquired high
degrees, and his funeral was largely at
tended by the brethren of that society.
His life was spent in Grant Coua;y since
boYhood He leaves a wise and two
children.
have planted several thousand trees
during the last ten years, says nurs-
eryman, land have seldom been called
upon to replace one that has died. The
success is the result o! very simple
but seldom failing rrecaution. When a
tree is planted piece of wood not less
than three inches wide. and high enough
to reach the lowest branches, should be
driven into the ground just south of the
tree. This keeps the sun off it during
two-thirds of the day, and prevents the
sap and bark being burned up before
new roots are formed Any one adopt
ing this plan will be certain to have
success with his trees no matter how
poorly they may look when first planted
out
A change in the time table of passen-
ger trains running in and out of this
city went into effect Monday, and will
continue during the summer season.
The Galena passenger low leaves at
6:45 p. m. and the Milwaukee passenger
arrives at 9:15 p. M, the other arrivals
aud departures remaining just the same
as before. The change was made to
better accommodate the travelling public
Madison, and watering season at other
points along the line, and especially at
Waukesha. The mails from the east
that arrived on the evenipgltrain are now
laid over till the next morning for dis
tribution, making great breach in the
previous calculations of people who
have been accustomed to receive the
mail in the evening.
A petition was being circulated Tues
day asking the postal authorities to
change the mail routes so that Lancas-
ter could receive Chicago daily papers
on same day of issue, the change in
Northwester time card having cut us
completely out, as the mail arriving at
9:15 p. M, is not distributed till next
morning. What Lancaster needs more
than anything else is better railway
facilities; more direct outlet and a
more accommodating road. 1t is use
less to expect anything from the North
western. She has Serpentine arrange
ment that crawls all oyer the territory,
eating up time and tariff with no con-
veniences whatever-but she has a mo-
nopoly. If the ST. Paul could be coaxed
to come up from Platteyille, or the Bur-
lington from any where along the
river, there would be some surprising
changes.
Monitor; Mr.. Henry Muender, head
of the hardware firm of Muender, Bros.
of Montfort, met with a most unfortu-
nate and painful accident Thursday
morning. While on his way to Livings-
ton, driving a spirited horse hltched to
road cart, he raised an umbrella, as
it began to rain, and the horse took
fright and ran at furious speed, soon up
setting the cart and throwing Mr..
Muender violently against a wire fence,
wounding him severely. His face struck
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