Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1879-09-18
Lively Notes from Lively Fenni-
more.

porting their business present and prospects
i've, thought few items from Fannimore
might be interesting TO some of your nuner.
Gus readers First, let NE cay that Fenni
more is waking MP from us paralyzed state
and beginning IS show sIgns of life. The
streets are thronged with teams hauling fax
| wheat and hogs. John Pep. is here on his
three legs making it lively for buyers OF cattle
and hogs. Thompson and Hawley buy all
the grain. Havley, understand, by one Of
his hands, has shipped about 90 cars Of fax
and has his warehouse filed TO its utmos.
capacity and some 1000 sacks out yet
doing a fair business. He has built fine
little residence on the lot where Dr. LeavH.
was burned out last winter. There are sew
eral other improvements in residences, side
walks, &c.
Bat The most needed and greatest inn
provement has been accomplished BY the
untiring effort Of the Rev I. J. Lewis, backed
by the friends of the N. Z. Church. They
have replastered, reprinted, calcimined and
papered this church and have now one of the
neatest little churches have seen in Grant
county.
Another improvement, and one that
stands next to the railroad ia the future de-
velopment of the village, I understand the
district has bought the Advent church and
intends to remodel il into school room and
have graded school. This speaks well for
the place. Success to the enterprise.
--0f business firms, the old reliable one Of
Oswald & Shuttleworth seem, to be doing
heavy business.
Block keeps nice tidy place and has
doing fair biz.
Esquire Loney is dividing his time be-.
tween selling goods and fighting institutions
to which he has moral objections
of milners thew have Miss Wannemaker,
Miss Berry and Miss Gill; all keep nice tidy
little shops and give satisfaction to he ladies'.
Two wagon and blacksmith shops by
Fl her Bros. and Niehaus & Griffiths.
Three saloons run by Gulliford, Stevens
aud Mike MONTE, at any one of which a man
eau get gloriously tight if he wants to.
There are about as many settlers as is
profitable for those having pine boxes living
round loose; one of them, il he gets RICH.
down to business, can spoil box worth fifty
cents in few minutes.
&c. P, Goble, formerly Of Lancaster, keeps
good assortment of furniture and runs
fine little hearse for the accommodation Of
the Borrowing and the sad John Allen also
keeps furniture OF his own manufacture, good
and cheap
-Popejoy and Fritz are the butchers.
Pope, runs hearse No. and sells beef to the
surrounding country
Burt Lewis runs the city dray
There are .hree doctors, Piekard, Tihon
mot Theodore) and Wolff, which certainly
ought TO be enough for healthy locality like
Fennimore
In the harness trade there ia VIM. H.
Pedicord who, they say intends taking part.
ner soon and occupying both rooms OF his
building, and Johnny Doan is going to put
another Shop in the upper room of H. H.
Earrs building over the hardware store.
In the boot and shoe line they have VIM.
Weaver, S. ]. Walker and &. Felwock, from
Georgetown. Walker undoubtedly takes the
most measures, such as sometimes get into
boots, but | think Weaver makes the most
boots.
-Schooley & Farnham are in the drug
business and keep nice house They oc-
cupy the old Yielding store.
There have been several additions of
business firms, mostly young men, who expect
to stay and grow up with the place among
which are Roach & Evans, formerly of Dodge
vile, in the hardware business and doing
we'll
And now, Mr.. Editor, if you, or any of
your readers, want nice>ftting suit, 60 to
A. Govier, and w. Wright will cut your hair,
and Frank Parry will give you good shave
and then he can take your picture and make
you look like a gentleman OBSERVER.