Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-12-02
TOWN AND COUNTY:


j. A. Street went home to Waukesha +.
spend Thanksgiving.
Cigar makers wanted-;o make tht
"Belle" cigar for Baxter. 9sw4
--Chas. Grifin is in Lancaster again aftet
stay of several years in Dakota.
Miss lizzie schreiner returned home or
Tuesday from visit TO Mazomanie
Mr.. A. ). Mccarn and family ate their
Thanksgiving dinner at Judge McGongars.
Enough money has been subscribed to
erect telephone Inc from Hazel Green to
,lena.
Mr.. David Thurston,o Of Kansas. left Tues
day after an extended visit with his son-in-
law, Mr.. George Gibbs.
Belle cigars only 1925 a box at 8sx-
ter's drug store. Equal to the best fve.cent
cigars and better than most tens. 36w4
Court Commissioner Thompson, who has
been absent two or three weeks on business,
is again at his old quarters in the Courthouse.
The City Skating Park va. opened on
Thanksgiving day, and bids fair to be the
scene Of many festive time duriag the win
ter.
For cutters Of all kinds, such as swell
bodies Portlands or business sleighs, 60 ard
see J. Hough. lie will save you 20 per
cent. s9w3
The Lutheran pastor gives instruction
several times week 10 German reading,
writing and Bible lessons in the church ia
Lancaster.
F. L. Bidwell has sold his place in the
town Of Ellsuboro to Mr.. Dyal, Jr, and is
gong TO home in Iowa. He is citizen
we are sorry to lose.
Mr. Andrew Richie, residing two miles
east Of Sitter, will cell at auction Oh Satar.
day, December 18Th, lot Of stock and farm
property. For particulars see new advsr.
tisements
Mr.. Adam Mink, of Waterloo, delivered
to Nathan. Schreiner & Co. las, Saturday,
drove Of cattle numbering seventy four head.
Two years ago these would have beer shipped
from Spech:s Ferry.
The prospectus Of the Chicago Journal,
the rest Of all western papers, will show in
the HERALD next week. 1t is a large six
page paper and we give it and the HERALD
both for 81 90 year.
The prospectus of Harpers Magazine was
civ in Ia II
Weekly is given IN this paper. The Magazine
stands highest Of its class and the Wesklv is
without peer. Price 81 each, or with the
HRnALD, 1928.
Efforts are being made to organize So
ciety similar in purpose to the lyceum for
merly run by the students of the Lancaster
High School We hope that these efforts
nay be rewarded with success for nothing lie
more beneficial 70 the minds Of our Young
people than such public performances
Improved runner attachment for wheeled
vehicles of every description-the best des
vice ever Invented, for style and durability.
IL quickly and easily adjusted to axles of all
sizes They are made Of the best material
throughout, with steel shoes and OF a shape
that gives the vehicle the same track as a
sleigh. Call on J. Hough.
The shippers and business men of Lau-
caster are much displeased at the removal Of |
Mr. +. b. Phelps from the position of station |
agent at this place. For nearly two years he /
has faithfully accomplished the many and ar
dnous duties Of the place. and his removal is,
We should say, bad stroke of policy on the
part of the railroad company.
Mr.. J. II. Reed S writing charts are truly |
very ingenius They cannot be described un-
derstandngy without illustration but they !
are certainly the best writing charts ever
made There are many good tsat hers who /
cannot write well and yet fully understand |
the modern system of penmanship These
charts enable such teachers to show pupils |
how letters are made, how built one upon |
another in perfectly correct form. The ex,
ercise is SO ingenus that it is as pleasing as a |
playthng The charts will find their way in
most schools, and we believe Mr. Reed has |
"struck lead"
We learn from a jamestown correspond |
ent of an accident that happened to two
Grant county men on Thanksgiving Day. As
John Jones and August Meyers, well. drillers
and residents Of jamestown, we're crossing |
the Mississippi on the ice at Dubuque, the |
horses and wagon broke through near the |
middle Of the river went down and were not |
seen afterwards. Jones and Meyers were
under the water and ice for some time, and !
were finally rescued neArv dead and taken 90 |
East Dubuque and kindly cared for The
two men lost somewhere about 81 so in money
while in the water, besides thet team
a variety" paper, in Boston, has this
MARY Emerson of Lancaster, Wis, after
quarreling with her lover fortnight ago, |
rushed ont from her home and wandered
away into the country nearly two miles, where
she attempted to commit suicide by drown.
iny in a pond. She was seen by farmer
who CHANGED to be passing and rescued from
death, but her mind is in such state that
grave fears of insanity are entertained" Ac- |
companying this tragical item is a tragic |
picture OF a well founced young lady She |
lie standing at the edge cf the "pond, :" Lean
ing forward with one arm imploringly up
ward, thus exhibiting & bust>erous attitude |
and the other hand is holding the founces
up apparently for the exhibition of 4 symS
metrical extremity, but more probably with
the though: Of saving her chest dress" while
In the act Of drowning herself "Etherson -
We 90 MT know any Ethersons around here.
Whoever it is iuvents tbs tragic scenes for
tn Ta-iety should have more variety in his
genius. Too large proportion of the names
Of mis- characters end with son.
A shocking and disastrous runaway oc-
Cured in Mt Ida Sunday night. Mr.. J. II.
Grifhs. well known farmer Of that town,
With his wife, son and daughter, comprising
his whole family, and Miss NcPherson ,daugh-
ter Of a neighbor farmer, attended ch urch at
Mt Ida. They were on the way home about
10 o'clock when the team became playful and
started or at great speed. /, turned sudden