Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-01-24
Neighboring Notes.

Neighboring Notes.
Oh Boscobel. with ever lavish hand.
You offer us your swamps and strips of sand
Et-cetera. (which only means. we fear
liberal supply of weiner-wursts and beer)
AND only ask, with mOdesty replete,
That we should give to you county seat.
How soothing 'tis unto the average mind,
Such consideration in a friend to find;
Such loyalty, touchingIy displayed
Eight towns in one huge panoply arrayed
For one poor county-ses5-;u former years
The butt of all your scornful jibes and sneers
Has suddenly with realistic grace,
Displayed allurements worthy your embrace.
IT'S but step thus wrote some taunting cuss1
From the sublime to the ridiculous
weary step. whose plaintiff interlude
Must lead yon to inoeuous desuetude.
CRAwFoRD.
Thtrs will be Teachers Institute at
Cuba City. February 10th, in the High
School room.
Cuba City is very earnestly consid.
erlng the question IF fire protection for
their village.
Henry West. Jr., who broke his leg
about four weeks aeo.is slowly improv-
ing .-Cassyille Index
B. F. Morse. residing near Young's
mill, bad the misfortune to lose his
dwelling and lis contents by fire last
Friday.
Charles Langridge of Lancaster and
Mr.. Vanderpouf of Waukesha were the
geusts of Is. Petty Monday and Tues
day u last week.-Cassville Index.
Miss 10 Petty went 10 Bloomington
Sunday. Jan. 9Th, TO take the place of a
clerk IN Greel's store, who was too i'll
10 attend to his work - Cassvile Index
Married. Wednesday evening. Jan.
10th, at The home of the BRIDES par
entst in the village of Cuba City. Rev.
Malher officiating, Mr.. Geo. Blades
and Miss Mary Euslice.
Mrs. L. H. Okey was in this office
few minutes yesterday. She and her
husband came here from Chicago last
fall, and are so we'll pleased with Cass-
vile that they will remain. -Cas,viIle
Index.
The annual meeting OF the Bloom.
iugton Farmers Insurance Company
was held at Bloomington January 9th
John Ryan was reelected President
and Thomas Pendleton Secretary and
Treasurer. The company again took
up the question of allowing fire losses
when the loss il due to a steam
thresher, and decided not to allow such
losses. The report of the Secretary
shows the company TO be carrying poll
cies aggregating Sl,O59,UUU.
The county seat" question seems to
be troubling some speculative persons
in
moval from Prairie du Chen. this city
will have splendid piece of property
Tor city purposes eand a commodious
building for city hail and offices. The
farmers and citizens of the town will
haYe nothing to eomper safe them for
erecting new county buildings. Go
ahead with your circus, boys; Prairie
du Chien can stand such a change
nicely. Bnt the voters of this city viii
have potent voice n locating the new
county buildings, etc Prairie du Chen
Courier.
Montfort now has the Chicago &
Northwestern car shops located here,
and the work of rebuilding and re-
painting cars IS rapidly going on. At
present the wOrkmen are busy pul ting
tue OhnOn Oail l1H6 Cdi , III SIldDb-SulU-
ped over from F.nnimore. There are
about twenty-five of these narrow
guage cars To be re built as fast as
possible. Master Mechanic DAVIS and
his corps OF able assistants are doing
some extra fine work on them, and
they will be dandy lockers as they turn
the double somersault around The horse
shoe curve, mirrored in the morning
sun of glory. The railway company
shows the exercise of good judgment in
locating these shops here. as Montfort
is destined 10 be the best railroad town
on this line of road, as she is steadily
and surrey making rapid advancement
toward greatness. and the big ones
who have betn making faces at us in
the past can be found knocking for
admittance at our BACHELORS. -Senti-
Del.
Cock fighting was introduced into