Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-09-30
TOWN AND COUNTY:

rev G. WI. Brown stays a. Mlus'On
the ensuing year
-Nrs DR.. stryker returned home 10 Ia
lena last Tuesday.
-, .jdewaIk runs soatb of town as
fara M Hsanum's.
", c. A Langridge has purchased the
Va, ds wall farm west Of Lancaster
Thanks to W. H. elise for Denver papers.
c,o,,. has been making big speech out
there.
An elegant and large stock Of ne~ eloaks
and dolmans inst received by Nathan, sehrein
er6 Co.
Mr.. and Mrs.. Sullivan, Of Denver depart
ed Tuesday after visit among relatives in
and near Lancaster.
Mr.. J. L. Kruger, the gentlemanlY OBJ
server Of men and things in British Hollow,
wa. in town yesterday.
Don't forget to attend Nathan, Shcreiner
6Co.'s grand Fall opening, Friday afternoon
and evening, October lst.
-supt Trull, of Galena, was in town Tues
day night and made arrangements for the
construction of new dept.
pr. J. D. Wood arrived in Lancaster last
Thursday Friends we're glad to see him and
he was glad to see Lancaster.
A large crowd is expected to-day
larger than we have had for a great while
to attsnd the soldiers reunion.
The subject of discourse at Emmanuel
church NEXT Sunday evening will be the
Seventy weeks" Of the prophe, Daniel.
Il have one moro nice new Platform
Buggy viii sell cheap. Give me call.
J. HoUGH.
Wanted at once, two hundred cords of
wood at the Lancaster Wooden Mills.
STREET Bros, MARSHALL & Co.
The narrow gauge last Tuesday morning
took ten cars Of hogs away-six for Nathan
Schreiner Co., and four for Howe & Baxter.
Mrs. d. T. Parker and son Frank, of Bos-
cubel were in Lancaster the latter part of
last week attending the Fair and visiting
friends
The Democrats held mass meeting at
the court house last THURSDAY evening, adj
dressed by Hons. NJ. NJ. Cothren and A. R.
Bushnell.
The Milwaukee Eyening Chronicle is the
name of lively paper which comes to our
table 1t has able contributors, some being
Wisconsin pioneers.
No one should miss the opening at Ma.
than schreiner g. Co.'S Friday afternoon and
evening, October let. 1880. /. promises to
be a. immense fair and bazaar.
Mr.. A. G. Page is the Principal of the
British Hollow school, with Miss Alice Rich.
ards as Assistant. Mr. Page is competent,
very industrious and has his heart in his work.
Mrs.. John Cover and her little boys,
Frank and Lou, went to Alton, ILL.,, last
Tuesday TO spend some time among friends
there and at St. Louis Kindly wishes follow
'hem.
-Ivey & Webb have entirely closed out
their British Hollow store and Mr.w.EWebb
is now at all times on hand in the Lancaster
store. Tho store here is doing a heavy bus
iness
In British Hollow Mr.. James T. Webb
has started grocery store at the old stand of
lvey Webb. He expects afterwhile to
branch out and deal in general merchandise.
He is young man well liked by acquaints
ances.
Mr.. Hamilton Cardy and family have
left Grant county for Dowagiac. Mich. He
is an industrious gentleman, much respected.
and we tust wherever he goes he will be pros
porous.
Parties having old castings especially
heavy, will find it to their interest to consult
with Ruka Bros, of Boseobel, Wisconsin who
will pay higher price for them than other
parties, as they are now ready to do all kinds
of Castings. 9ow9
An accident happened to one of the
looms in the wooden mill the other day and
part Of the machinery was considerably bros
ken up. 1t was caused BY girls dress
catching between cogs. Fortunately tho
young lady was not hurt.
Soldiers or their hers or widows, should
secure their claim to 100 acres good land
This they can do without residence on the
land. Call on DIR, C. S. Smith, next door to
HsRALD Office, and get full particulars, which
will be to your advantage.
This is soldiers day We 60 to press
too soon to tell how great day they will
make Of it but the preIiminaries indicate a
big time. A good many came to town last
night, some of the hotels being nearly filled.
To-day probably nearly every family will
have to "take in" the visitors. Welcome all.
1t there had been premium offered at |
the Fair for the smalIert acorn bearing tree
Mr.. J. A. Aupperle would have taken it. He |
had one there, taken up by the roots II |
was about half yard long and at the butt
was iust the thickness of an ordinary lead I
pencil. 1t bore handful of acorns, which I
were still cinsing to it, We believe it came
from that country that our friend Coombs
persists in calling "The Great American Des>
ert."
Last Thursday afternoon, Misses Dolle |
Jones and Ellen Crosby while riding in the
back seat Of a double carriage, the seat, not
being fastened. tipped over backward, |
throwing them out in front of the Congrega-
tional church. They fell on the back of their |
heads and necks, and were fortunate in not
having their necks broken. Miss Crosby
was not injured beyond few bruises, but
Miss Jones was badly hurt, and has not
wholly recovered.
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