Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-12-25
yes, the year is growing OLD.
And his eye IL pale and bleared
Death with frosty aud and sold
Plucks the old year by the heRrdi'


And his eye il pale and bleared
Death with frosty h aud and sold
Plucks the old year by the beard
Here the holidays viii Oe observed qci city
The only notable event to come is the supper
to be given under the auspices Of he NJ. Z
Sabbath school, New Years eve, Dec. 81. Al
interesting programme is anticipated, anC
cordial invitations are extended TO ALL EN-
/ ery's store room (uow vacant) will be used
for the occasion, and the proceeds are to bt
donated to the church. We hope there will
be a large attendance, as they well deserve
it, and we can safely predict pleasant eve
ming to all participants. The church building
enjoys the benefit of genuine remodeIling
The pews and pulpit have been grained, tn,
ce ling caleimined, and the walls imitation
frescoed, by that master hand, Frank Morris
Frank has indeed finished splendid piece o
work--a piece of work that speaks for itsel
ard is credit to its executor Crank under
stands his biz, is the remark passed by al
that crticise his work.
Our Youngsters ''under the bi'ch' begin
! their holiday vacation Tuesday evening Arm
/ they glad tho vacation has cone? even i
! It's to be a short one.
Miss Alice RichIrds, one of our schon
ma'ams, returned home Friday to spend two
/ weeks vacation
Mrs W Webb of this place has Ger
made glad within the past few weeks bv :
| visit from her uncle, Mr.. Thos. Wilcox. form
erly Grant county man, but now Of Han.
cock, Michigan 'ris quite while since his
last visit to old British, which of course helms
, TO make this one more pleasant (Mr. w has
been employed in the mines of LaRe Sunerior
| for the past twenty years, and after seryinq
/ in the capacities of miner and timherman was
! promoted to the prominent position Of can
tain which he has held for eight Years r.
! gave some interesting news from the coppe,
| region. He SAYS mines are still rich and seem
! ingly inexhaustible, and Of them we can form
but a faint idea even though we can imagine
the immensely of 100000 wages per month
which the Calumet and Hecla mine alone NAYS
to its employees. The boom ia the conner
market is loud Calumet shares have in.
creased in value from Sl79 to s272 so ner
share within the last three months-and the
market value of copper has risen from Is cts.
to % cts. per ib,S Capt w lett the mines in
November to search for medical aid, having
been nnwell for a long while He placed
himself under the care Of the best physician
of Ann Arbor, and as no relief was given
him came to this place and tried DR.. Ham
bitzer's skill About two weeks ago. feeling
better he began preparations for returning
home when he was attacked with pIeurisv
and 81 nee has been confined to his bed at the
house of his sister, Mrs. G. F. Rowe, Of Platte
Ill e .a..l l.,
hope his health and strength will soon be re-
gained. His son James is captain of the Cal.
umet and Hecla inc, and is the Youngest
captain by IS years 1t ia at Hancock where
J. Hambitzer, one of our wide awake boys i.
holding forth and doing well, we are toll d. On
the eth lust. JOS. Thomas also started for
there, and presume has made safe arrival
By this time.
One indication Of lively bns mess IA the
! oft repeated appearances of Tommy Long.
hotham, the Potosi and DUBUQUE expressman
1 He has so much tn do that he laments about
not being able to see his "ittle duckyn Sun
aav evenings. He thinks it would be a nov.
! Ell ty to chat with her by telephone. and thu:
| save those long trips but Of course not unless
| he could have some other girl with him a.
substitute for the artificial part offered as
an accommodation, to take his place then, bv
his girl at the other end of the telephone, but
ooh no ! that would never do" he saws, ant
/ for that reason guess he'll do without it
IT'S near midnight, am getting tired ant
must now resume further communications
until after the holidays merry Christina,
and happy New Year to the HERALD and it,
friends.
A Er.J L. L..
the following: "Albert Carthew. a member
of Woodie Fisher Hose company, will b,
buried this afternoon. and the entire Fire De
partment has been ordered out to anticipate
10 the funeral Typhoid fever. in claiming
thi, vicn m. has chosen one, who PERSONAL,
and professionally was popular with all VIII
i knew him, To an extent most unusual, and tn,
gathering OF his Fl emsn comrades is more Nh,
act Of individual regard tina of anv conceived
motives of etiquette or official respect Al
bert was formerly a Rockville boy remem'
hered bv n large wreath of friends. and whost
loss will be mourned hv all who knew him
'rs indeed sal that one like him, in the hes
Of his wears and with such bright future he
fore him must snon AL victim 10 tbs
grave. His sgH was about % wears: was mar
ried during the past year; left here abou
ten years ago.
There ia a projact on foot of building
Touring mill within the limits % town l.
hone l i will ha carried through "a il is some
thing wanted and has been wished f,r man,
wears. better location could not he found
/. being a central point and have hear
MANY farmers Of gorth and prominence sal
that they would glady snd strongly suppor
an enterprise cf the kind. A more genuine
business enterprise coud MT be aaderta ken
IN nv next eommuoicatiou hope to be abb,
20 tell more abOutit. SwYPEs