Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1883-04-19
PERSONAL MENTION.

10 Woolstenholme paid Montfort a
visit the first of the week.
Mrs. j. J. Barber is absent at Osage.
Iowa, where she visits friends.
Mr.. ID. b. Phillips, of Rockville. was
in the city for short visit Tuesday.
MIR. ID. Williams, of Waterloo, was a
welcome city visitor, the first of the
week.
Mrs. Mel Dustin was a city visitor
the first Of the week. the guest of Miss
Abbie Phelps
MIR. Alex Cairns. one Of the prosper
GUS farmers of Mount Hope, was in the
city Monday.
Hon. Geo. w. Ryland was among
the outward bound passengers Tues
day morning.
Miss Annie Brown has been in the
city the past week on visit to her
mother Mrs. DR.. Brown
Mr.. and Mrs. Blakely, of Omaha,
Neb., are the guests of Mrs Blakely's
mother, Mrs. g. d. Streeter.
Mr.. Frank Barr was among the out
ward bound passengers Tuesday morn
ing. His destination was Chicago.
Dr. and Mrs. Clarke were absent
during the past week on a visit to East
Dubuque They returned Monday.
Mrs. j. c. Cover, accompanied by
her daughter Laura. left Tuesday morn
ing for few weeks visit in Chicago.
Miss Moliic Reynolds took her depar-
ture Tuesday morning for Chicago, in
pursuit of novelties in spring and sum
mer goods.
Mr.. James Paul. of Patch Grove.
passed through the city Tuesday on his
way to northern Illinois. where he goes
to purchase some blooded durham stock
for his farm.
Ex-Sheriff Lane appears once more
on the street, to the pleasure of his
many friends and his own satisfaction,
after a long and stubborn seige of in
flamatory rheumatism
Mrs. Waggoner, of Galena, is in the
city on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. E.
M. Lowry, and paying homage to the
little wait who strayed into that house.
hold last week, the first grandchild.
Mr.. James Stanley leaves this week
for Madison, to take q position in the
office under Supt of construction
Barden. He win be followed by the
best wishes of his many friends here.
Mr.. viii Richards passed Sunday in
the city and left the first of the week
for a trip through the west of the
county. VIII takes to travelling kind
ly and will be found the right man in
the right place.
Mr.. Geo Grooms passed through the
city, Wednesday, ON his way home
He has just been pardoned out by Gov
ernor Rusk, on a petition numerously
signed, and the recommendations of
which were sustained even by the prison
officials.
Mr.. w. Z. Barden has been advanc-
ed to the position of Supt. of Construc-
ton of the Milwaukee and Galena
division, with head quarters at Madi-
son. The promotion is deserved and
places good man in position where
the company will have the best use of
his mechanical talents and gathered
experience.
Mr.. Dan Flynn, who formerly held
the throttle on the narrow guage pas
senger, as it went whirling around the
dangers of Horse shoe bend" W. in
the city Monday. Dan is now locomo-
tive driver for the Atcheson, Topeka
and Santa Fee road and at present is on
sixty days furlough visiting old
friends here and in the East.
John Reed is not trying to peeraround
corners, as might be supposed, but is
reduced to the necessity of carrying his
neck cross ways so as to accommodate
large carbuncle which has been doing
its best to make life interesting for John
Thus far he has magnanimously refused
all offers to destroy the visitor by
friendly pat.