Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-08-25

There is talk of $4,000 building
being erected on Main street in the
near future for public hall, store
and saloon, but whether it will ma
terialize or is castle in Spain re-
mains to be seen.
A special town meeting is called on
Sept. p, to vote the amount of license
to be charged after July /, '99. AS a
large aiority of the petitioners Meth
er get their mail or do their trading
in this village, one can hardly see
where their special interest comes in
unless it is to direct the wet goods
trade to their own city, as high license
in this town is equivalent to no license
and the tax payers will have to go
down in their cleans" to make up the
deficit.
Our cooler received its first oc-
cupant last Monday and the discipline
had the happiest effect, as upon the
release of the victim he made strait
blanket for meeting, joined the church
and is IN dead earnest about it, too.
And the cooler is still there and the
light still holds out to burn-and
there are others.
A weary looking man. wearing a
general abject aspect, far-away look
and badly soiled clothing, haunted
our streets for several days, with a
lonely looking ''dorg" for his sole
companion, and we wondered what
was up. The following item from
the Beetown Court Journal makes it
plain; Mrs. Chas. Spindler and Miss
MAY Patterson visited friends and rel
atiyes in British Hollow last week"
And John X. and Bingo were left to
their own devices ana to take few
lessons in 'baching.'
John Ryan, Esq, was here today
looking up his interests as candidate
for the assembly for the second dis
trict, sometimes called the ''shoe-
st~ing'' or .necktien district. He has
a good record and will no doubt get
the support of the west side or end Cor
whatever you may call i) Of this dis
trict.
Levi Showalter is our candidate for
register to succeed Wood K. Beach,
the last man from our town to hold
county office, for forty odd years.
We pay our taxes and ligLy in the
ranks right along but that ends it.
True, we can 60 up 70 the Hub, help
the other fellows out, admire the free
and easy life the occupants OF our
court house appear to lead, and gaze
upon the select green grass $50 we
don't step on it) and fill up with free
Klondike; but the burden Of our song
is still
"This is the way we long have sought
And mourn because we found il not
But our candidate has other claims;
he has a good record as brave sold
Ter: he is modest in pressing his candi-
dacy but is perfectly competent and
trustworthy and will command the
delegation from his own town with
out dissent.
George Hickok of Bloomington also
has many friends in his native town
who will give him their support for
the office Of sheriff.
On the other side of the political
fence we might mention Jerome Bis
hop OF our town. who is candidate
for nomination for county clerk on the
democratic ticket. who has many
friends, has hold the office of town
clerk for several years and is an elf
cient officer and Of exemplary habits
And no one who is acquainted with
Abe Patch can say anything but good
Of him, and he has hosts Of friends
and woaid make an efficient officer.
The steam thresher is humming in
this vicinity; grain is turning out
well. We have the promise Of an
enormous crop Of corn; our pastures
have been good right up to date, and
times are good despite the war.
With piles of gold in the L. S. treas
ury. the Dons licked out Of their
boots land about everything else) and
permanent peace nearly assured, and
plenty throughout our land, one can
not but bark back two years and just
once repeat the inquiry: ~ hat Is the
matter with Mckinley" Let the
history Of the last six months be the
answer.
Jack Franklin has disease among
his hogs which is evidently the genu-
inc hog cholera, 50 much dreaded by