Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-01-27

Oliver Noble, living about mile
west OF Burton, had his house burned
last Tuesday afternoon. Mr.. Noble
and family had been to the funeral Of
Mrs. Fields and shortly after returning
home discovered the upstairs to be
a5lale. They saved nothing of value
except the telephone and sewing ma
chine. Mr.. Noble even lost the coat
he was wearing. He took it off to
fight the fire and laid i. down where it
caught and was burned. The house
was the property of VIM Mink and
was worth about $500. No insurance.
The announcement last week that
Henry and Geo. Muesse would retire
from business caused considerable
surprise among the people of Lancas-
ter and ELECTED many expressions of
regret from those who had business
dealings with them. straightforward,
honest and courteous in all their deal
ings they have won for themselves a
high place in the esteem OF their as
sociates. Henry Muesse has lived
here since 1851. George Muesse came
little later. They have been the pro-
prietors of Lancaster lumber yards
since 1879.
Bloomington Record: With the
approach OF spring, the railroad ques-
ton once more assumes proportions.
Talk is cheap but it takes money TO
build railroads. Last year quite
number Ct our people opposed the
proposed tax on the alleged principle
that it was wrong. They said that if
the company would raise the entire
amount on private subscriptions it
would save interest and they all
would come down with plenty of
money. A solicitor is in the field and
right now is the time to make good
that proposition. Only small sum
of few thousand dollars needs to be
raised. The amount is the merest
trifle in proportion to the wealth OF
Blake's Prairie. Are you going to
hang back and let this matter 90 by
default when only a few thousand dol
lars will put you In touch with the
outer world and greatly increase the
value OF every piece of property in
the community? If nearly all will
come up in proportion to their means
the railroad will be built during the
coming summer beyond the posi-
bility of a doubt. Mr.. Flynn will call
on you in few days with the sub
scription list. Don't fail to do your
share.
MIR. and Mrs. Henry Naumann of
this city have recently added to the
luSuries of their pleasant home fine
Storey & Clark upright, mahogany
case piano, purchased Of our reliable
dealers, Michaelis IL Roberts. The
Musical Courier of New York says of
this splendid instrument: We have
gust given an analytical test to the
Storey & Clark pianos at the factory
of the company and are able to con-
firm with absolute confidence that the
Ehicago-made piano, in tone, in touch,
in originality of detail, in appearance
and general ensemble, in what we
I would call makeup, is an instrument
superior to such an old, thoroughly
well-known piano as the Knabe and
can be sold by dealers with greater
! advantage to them than the Knabe
piano. We stake our professional
reputation as piano experts on the
truth of these assertions and we admit
that the Knabe is a piano of renown
| at the same time, but not as pure in
| tone, not as even in scale, not as sci
entitically adjusted and equipoised,
not as thorough in its touch char
acteristic, not as original in its interior
and exterior designs, and not as care
fully finished as the Storey & Clark
piano.