Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-01-29

OUR LOCAL EXCHANGES.

Bloomington Record james McNa-
NEE has gone to New Orleans for the
winter.
A force of fifty men are at work on
the new railroad bridge at Woodman
When completed it viii be one Of the
best iron bridges that spans the Wis
consin river.
John Mckeyitt. who has been very
III for three weeks, is able to be out
again,
George Garthwaite reioices over the
possession of son and heir; likewise
Frank Handy; while August Knapp
holds the fort with new girl baby
Ded-At the residence of his son A.
I. Lane, near Stuart, Nebraska, on the
morning Of January Sth, Thomas Lane.
aged S4 years and months. Mr.. Lane
was an old resident of Bloomington.
Grant county, Wisconsin, from which
place ne had bnt recently arrived at his
sons home. Stuart Ledger.
Platteville Witness - Mr.. Addison
kewey. Of this town, while engaged in
hauling ice.last Saturday, met with an
accident by which his leg was broken
near the ankle.
a. II. Potter, of this city, started for
New Orleans Wednesday, via. G. NJ. q
ST. Paul R'y, louisville and Mammoth
Cave.
Mr.. VIM. Richards, who has been in
Columbia, Dakota, the past year, has
returned home.
Boscobel Dial: Mr.. John Barnett of
Chicago, spent Sunday in the city, shak-
ing hands with his any friends,
Frank Pittman returned from his visit
to Washington last Wednesday morn
ing. He reports Mr.. Hazeiton and
family as being well. aud says he great
Ky enjoyed his vacation.
A most enjoyable affair and one great
" appreciated by the young people who
| took part therein, was the social party
| given at the Central House last Thurs
day evening.
The Methodist society of this city have
bought lot on the corner of Adams
and Park streets, in the southeastern
part Of the city, and have already on
hand much of the lumber necessary tc
the erection of a parsonage, work on
which will be commenced as soon as
the weather will permit.
In MEMoRIAM. We publish by re-
quest the following from the Christian
Advocate, in memoriam of the late Mrs
Walter, who was a sister of Mrs. j T.
Mills, and well known in Lancaster anc
vicinity:
Elizabeth Balmy, daughter of Thoma.
and Christina Combe, was born in tn,
county Of Devon, England, March %
1881. While she was an infant htl
father came with his family to the Uni
ted States and settled near DanviIle
Ohio; thenceto Lancaster, Grant county
Wis. She was married TO Rev. A. IL
Walter, May 29, 1851. by Rev. Elmor,
1ocum, of the Wisconsin conference
Carefully trained in the ritual of the
Church of England, she early mani
\ tested deep reverence for the word O
God and the ordinances of his house
and an intense desire for personal hol
ness. During a revival, in Lancaster il
1880, she received the assurance of par
don and adoption, and until death, ex
emplihed the transforming and sustain
ing power of the christian religion
She shared with her husband for nearl,
thirty-four years the labors and priva
tions of the Methodist itineracy Sin
was helpmeet, wise counselor, com
forter, and an inspiration to HIM Sh
was endowed with more than ordnar'
business tact, and although shrinkin.
from public leadership, her infiuencl
was felt in all the social. benevolent
and religious movements in every fiel,
OF labor. She was Jealous and eff
cient worker in the Sunday-school ant
revival meetings. She possessed an un
wavering faith in God and ia the powe
of saving grace, and had the faculty O
communicating to others the same low
ing, trusting spirit. During reviva
of six weeks she sought out and by per
sonal appeal led seventy-iive persons II
the altar. They came to Kansas in 1S7:
from WATERFOWL, Wis. on account o
her ill-health She suffered much. ant
for three years past not day was fire,
from pain, and on Nov. "a, 1894, til,
weary wheels of life stood still He
last words, Il cannot see you, let M
lie down, were spoken; a wave of sick
ness lifted her up until the light from
above fell upon her face, land she wa,
not, for God took her, Her husband
and son and daughter-Mr. and Mrs
Omar Powell-are left in sorrow. bu
with the assurance of hope" that sh,
awaits them on the other side of I'll,
4 river ANTFS RI GPFFN