Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-04-28

and his wife will Be greatly missed by
their many friends in this city.
A great many people are careless
with their bon fires. a strong wind
was blowing Saturday night, and sparks
from a dozen or more of these fires
were blowing in every direction. 1t
should be the duty of the council TO see
that. these fires are eXtinguished at
night
Market & Brinkman moved their
sample room and billiard hall into the
Walker block on Madison street, Mon
day. The place vacated by them on
main street will soon be occupied by Il
general merchandise store, TO be con.
Quoted by Messrs E. E. Mccoy aud j.
j. Oswald.
Monday morning as Luther Basford
was coming out the door OF the house.
he slipped upon the wet sidewalk, and
a serious fall was the result. He sus-
tanned an injury in the small of the
back, and at present writing is unable
to get out. His many friends wish HIM
speedy recovery.
Livingston is to have a new town
hall, to cost three thousand dollars. 1t
will be quilt by a stock company. Liv-
ingston is nice. clean little place and
has quite number of hustlers living in
her precinct, who, when they enter
into an enterprise that promises to inn
prove the town, make it lasting one.
Our expert job printer, Will Altizer,
turned out some fine Invitation cards
for the Young Peoples dance next
Friday. They are printed in three col.
ors and are very neat and artistic. If
you want any thing in the line of neat
job work, You should not fail to give
the HERALD call.
Next Friday April 29th, the Young
Peoples Club of this city will give their
second annual ball They always give
the last bail of the season. and ALWAYS
have the best turnout. They spare no
pains or time in making it pleasant and
enjoyable for everyone who attends,
and it should not be missed
At about this time every year. there
is some person or persons, who are in
the habit of setting out poison. Several
dogs have been poisoned the past week.
valuable dog belonging to Lawyer Ed
Lowry. being one of them. and another
belonging to A. ID. Cook. Persons
setting out poison are laying themselves
liable to heavy punishment by law.
Did you hear the band Saturday even
ing? ''Well / should say So" Nothing
can more quickly transmogrify the
Court House Square from desolated.
uninhabited place TO surgng mass of
human beings, than can the band.
Everybody comes out to hear them and
they ought, too, for our band don't and
won't take back seat for any like
| institution in this section of the county.
A stroll about our thriving little city,
will convince any one of its rapid
growth. To the north. south, east aud
west, can be seen carpenters a: work
on new buildings, which are partly con-
structed. and the ground is thickly
dotted with foundations for many more.
Lancaster is on steady boom and will
continue to be. until she becomes
thriving city. In another year it can
probably boast of water works, ee ric
lights and manufacturers, etc. They
are bound to come
If the farmers of Grant County
wish a few Farmers Institutes for
the winter of 1928, now is
the time to make application. A
request, signed by ten or fifteen
farmers or business men was sent to w.
H. Harrison, Supt., Madison Wis, will
receive attention. All applications will
be reported by him to the Farm Com
mittee of the Board of Regents of the
State University, who will make the
assignment of Institutes at their annual
meeting in June.
Thos. Webb, our noted well driller,
put in force pump for Knapp & Ed
wards, in the rear of their saloon, this
week. They have hose attached 10
the pump and can throw a half inch
stream of water over the top of their
building. 1t would be good scheme
for the city to have pumps like this
placed in various parts of this city, and
in case of fire, the fire company would
not need to pull out that little squirt
gun they call protection fire engine
they now have. 1t might be used for
an ornament in the lower rooms of the
city hall.