Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-09-27

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There were 1000 guesses made on
the number of grains of corn. wheat,
oats, etc. in that little glass jar that
was to earn somebody one of those
elegant stoves in the Ziegler Brothers
| fine stove exhibit at the fair Some of
the guessers were wild CROUCH to suit
wind storm for they ranged from
800 to 5000, 600 just as if the Ziegler
boys ever had time TO count three
million. just figure on it at 100 per
minute Now the exact number OF
grams was 1888 Joe Barnett guessed
1880 We had the three's all right but
We put only 1900 in with them G.
Hartman from Cassville guessed 1881.
Mrs j. r. Pace of Lancaster. 2S55.
VIII Place. 1927. Rods lockwood 2o39,
NJ. M Rice OF Boscobel. 2S50, Jno
Domer $3.50. and five persons guessed
$500 Now, whlls nosdOubt Mr. Bar
nett Waated the stove he really hsd no
use for it, so Jee's friends took the
stove off his bands and disposed of
it for him Giving him S2o
for his guess. MIR. Rudersdort
got it this time. and he did not need 1t
SO ne sold it to Mr. Galloway, but it
was 100 small for him and he traded it
with the Ziegler Bros. for a larger size
and next day they sold the tidy Round
Oak to Jacob Dasch who will smoke
his pipe of peace, sing songs to the
children and toast his toes by it during
the long winter evenings. This stove,
like the people evidently wanted
change, but We will wager that
it got Into n good deal better hands
than the country did two years ago.
There was another stoYe given away
to the exhibitor of the finest dozen ears
of corn. This was a Favorite base
burner and was daisv article of COM
fort and furniture sc entries were
made for this stove and the exhibit of
corn would do credit to any fair at any
year, let alone such a one as this has
been. E. W. Gillespie of Mt. Ida got
this stove on a dozen ears of yellow
dent. The Judges were Peter Hoffman,
10 Bailie snd II. Austin, and the corn
of the same variety from the same
field took the first premium awarded by
the Agricultural Society, and judged by
other Judges. Mr. Gillespie was happy
over his success, and the Ziegler Bros.
have enough first class seed corn TO
start seed business. Besides just as
soon as Mr.. Gillespie's neighbors see
his elegant Favorite, they will all waut
stoves like it. Then the Ziegler boys
will be in the swim. There was a
good deal of jolly fun over the guess
ing'' feature of the fair for everybody
was perfectly sure he could give his
neighbor points on how to guess. We
guess he could and did and we guess
be got left himself all except genial
Joe Barnett.
The Dubuque Herald says that two
prairie schooners passed through that
city last Friday. The first wagon con-
tanned the father, mother and several
children. The rear of the procession
was driven by the eldest son of II years.
The man in charge said they came from
Center county, Nebraska, had been on
farm four years; always raised good
crop until this year, when the drouth
took everything. leaving nothing for
man or beast; that they were bound for
Southern Wisconsin sixteen miles from
Plafteville, Gods own country. and IN
tended to remain there until they died
GaIena Gazette.
About O'Clock last Friday evening
terrific cyclone struck southern Mimi
esota and northern Iowa and blew itself
to pieces in the western edge of Wis
consin. 1t started near Omaha Neb.
1t did the greatest damage in the
country6isricts. and conveyed an unusual
extent of territory, making the sum
total of damage very great. and 80 per-
sons are reported killed. 26 are report
ed dead at Algora Iowa, a small town
called Cylinder is wiped out, five are
dead near Usage, and others reported
from Spencer, Britt, three a,e killed al
Leroy, MINI. and five at Spring Valley,
Later report do not tend to diminish the
amount of fatalities.
The following are the appointments
for the Platteville district, made at the
M. E. Conference just held at Lacrosse.
We are very glad that Rev. H. ID.
Smith comes back to Lancaster again:
John Tresider, E., Platteville; F Zegler
Belmont Christopher Cook. Benton B Hal
sey, Bloominton. Boscobel, Homer, r Pen
| giily ;Cassville, supplied oy Ellis; Darlington
| d NJ Sinclair; Dodgeville, Benjamin Mott: Elk
celsior. A Smith; Fayette, D ] Whiting: Fen
nimore John Harris; Georgetown, P Mather
Hazel Green, T W Stamp; Lancaster. II D
| Smith Linden, j W Barnett; Mineral Point, +
| W Straw; Montford, VIM Shepherd; Mount
Hope, It NJ Chung; Mount Sterling. Josiah
Bennett Platteville. Il W Troy; Patch Grove,
| Frar K Bell Prairie du Chen, Ira LeBarron
Rewey, Supt. by l. Hooking; Shulsburg, Gee
| Merrifeld; Soldiers Grove and Viola, A
| LOOMS State Line, j A Dixon; Wiota, Sup
piled by D L Greer; Argyle John Vincent, Bel
mont.
d. o. Mahoney of Viroqua has been
re-nominated for the Assembly by the
Republicans of his district. We have
known Mr.. Mahoney for good many
years, and know the nomination is a
good one in every way and from every
standpoint. He was for many years
county superintendent of schools fol-
Vernon county and no one has ever
proved more efficient or industrious
in his work. We met him frequently
in conventions of county superintend-
ents at Madison and no one in these
meetings showed better ability or a