Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-12-01

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cloak room. The entire Fire Company
constitutes the reception committee.
December Goth is the date.
The following themes will he used
for sermons, at the Congregational
church, and will be discussed in the
order named and on successive Sunday
mornings, unless The pastor should be
absent from the pulpit or some other
providence should interfere; the first
three are taken up by request: l.
Christian Unity; 2-The Evil Of Betting
on Elections; S-The objectionable Sin,
What is it? Enthusiasm in Cam
paign a Lesson for Religious Workers
The first theme will be discussed Sun
day morning next, Dec. 4 On Sunday
evening there will be either a stereop-
ticon sermon or some practical sugges-
tions on what Christian unity may 60
for Lancaster
We had the pleasure last Saturday
of meehng the Rev A. A Drown. of
Appleton who, with his niece. Miss
Myrtle Drown, had charge of the pub
lie schools Of this city in lS59-6O. Mr.
Drown is now in the employ of the
Baptist Home Missionary society and
was on his way to the Cherokee Nation,
where he will build school house and
take charge of educational and minis
terial work in town of sbout 500 in.
habitants, made up of whites. blacks
and Indians who have so far had no
school advantages whatever in their
midst. Mr. browns niece is married
and living in Letcher, S. ID. No doubt
there are many in Lancaster who will
pleasantly remember both of these
worthy people,
Darlington, the Drummer Boy of
Shiloh, gave three very pleasant and
instructive entertainments in this city
last week His panorama of the battle
of Shiloh was. with his detailed account
of the position and movements of the
different army corps, full of solid infor-
nation concerning that terrible conflict.
The views were thrown full life size on
canvas by most excellent oxy hydro
gen calcium light. While the attend
ance was not large at any of these
exhibitions, largely because their char
acter was not known and they were not
at all widely advertised, they were
nevertheless of high m crit. MIR. Cal
rington went into the army as a drum
mer boy when be was eleven years old
and served until the close of the war.
His performances with bass and snare
drums are simply wonderful. probably
the best given anywhere by any body.
He will be here again some time this
winter and will give two or three more
of his excellent entertainments. He IS
equipped for eight Illustrated lectures
and those who have heard him this time
need fear no repetition when he comes
again He IS worth hearing.
The lead mines that have been s.
dead foi the lasttwo or three years have
been rapidly making up The amount
Of zinc shipped from Benton station
on the Chicago Il Northwestern Rail
road near Hazel Green in 1860 was
10000 600 pounds, in 1861, 1000 GOO;
1862 between $4,000, 600 and 10. 00I, Ill.
There are a number of mines opened up
in the vicinity Of Hazel Green, Benton
and Cuba City which are paying big
interest on the Investment They rank
in Importance somewhat as follows
Raisbeck, Ida BlenGe, Blonde, Rich
mond, Coltman. Coultbard, Wisconsin
Zinc & Lead Co., Van Dusko, Crawford
& Mills, and the Darlington Mining Co.
The Crawford ~ Mills land at Hazel
Green is turning out large quantities OF
mineral, Jefferson Crawford having
about 300 200 pounds of lead out and
ready for sale. The Gillett lands are
also yielding considerable amounts and
the Witherbee lands at Hazel Green
have two or three fattering prospects
in view. The mineral is largely an ore
that in the early days of mining was
considered a first class nuisance but
since the discovery that dry bone and
black jack are first class zinc ores min
ing has taken new turn and these
ores are as eagerly sought for as is the
galena or lead ore. The great heaps Of
dirt piled up about the mining shafts
where the zinc blends used to interfere
with the miners in their pursuit of lead,
have been eagerly overturned and all
the oar in them carefully washed out.
Highland and vicinity are active mining
centers at present and Montfort and
Cobb are points from which large
quantities of ore are shipped every year.
1t has been supposed for years that the