Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-11-04

Ed. G. Farrell, residing south OF
Lancaster, has purchased the drug
store of Seyfarth * Co.. Lancaster.
and is now moving the stock to Cass-
VILE. where he will open drug store.
Mr.. Seyfarth is retained in the employ
Of Mr.. Farrell
-Cassville Index: The tiftv-thou-
sand-gallon reservoir on the hill east
of Concert Hall will soon be ready for
its first coat of cement. The reser-
voir will be arehed with brick. VIII
Andrews has charge Of the pumping
station. The Cassville pump
ing plant was tested last Saturday to
the satisfaction Of the village board
and was formally accepted
The Fennimore Times says: The
lecture by Rev. J. j. Brown. of Lam
caster at the Opera House was very
interesting and deserving Of a larger
attendance. He spoke on Lights
and Shadows OF Prison Life" with
which he showed hims self to be thor
oughly familiar, having been chaplain
of the state prison at Waupun for
three years. Rev. Browns lecture
was interspersed with many anec-
dotes and pleasant and serious remin-
iscences. He is most fascinating
| talker.
We often wonder who starts all
the scandalous reports that, in our
capacity as news gatherer, we have to
run down every week, only to find
that there is not shadow of truth in
them. The only sane conclusion we
can arrive at in the matter is that
people delight to lie about each other:
or that certain diseased minds in
community utter the things that ruin
fair names as a maniac gIbbers in his
cell and they are spread on the soiled
wings of gossip in grotesque shapes.
If people could hear one half the ter
rible things that are told about them
they would retreat from the world in
utter despair.
MIR. j. Hunt of Victor. Colorado,
was welcome caller at the Herald
office Tuesday afternoon. Mr.. Hunt
was born in British Hollow and left
there 25 years ago, first going to Kan
sas and afterward to Cripple Greek
district in Colorado. He owns 49,
600 shares in gold mine at Victor
and the shares are now worth 1925
each. Besides that he owns and con-
ducts furniture store and under
taking business at Victor. His town
is 4 years old and has 5000 inhabi-
tants. Mr.. Hunt is now visiting with
old friends, Mr.. and Mrs. JAS. Alder
son at the county asylum. He is ac-
companied by his wife who is a daugh-
ter of Joseph Doll of Burton, and two
children. The gentleman showed us
some rich specimens of collaborating
rock and photographs of his country.
He will remain here for short time.
-Boscobel Enterprise: Marshall
Bros, of Avoca, proprietors of the
circus which travelled under their
name the past season, have brought
suit against the town OF Whitestown,
in Vernon county circuit court for
damages, through their attorney, w.
G. Palmer, of this city. On the 4th
day OF August last as the show was
journeying from Ontario to Union
Center, their course was interrupted
and they were delayed for some
length of time by large tree which
had fallen across the highway in a
portion of the road where it was
extremely hazardous and impossible
for their teams to turn at either side
to evade the same. BY the delay the
company was unable to reach their
desired destination in time to give
their regular performance, and for
this, and the inconvenience it caused
them. they demand the sum Of $500
damages. The case will come on for
trial at the next term of circuit
court IN the county above named.
Mrs. w. j. Wright, of Mineral
Point, accompanied by her daughter,
Pansy, visited relatives in Lancaster
several days returning home on Tues
day last. Mrs. Wright lives in the
neighborhood where the burglars did
their thieving recently. She says
that there was only one fellow that
seemed to be doing the robbing and
that he went at il very deliberately.