Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-04-23
Personal MENTION.

PERSONAL MENTION.
Miss B. j. Schloesser has gone to
Chicago.
Mr.. II. j. Borah of Mt. Ida, was in
the city Friday.
Brother Dewitt of the Montfort Mon
itor called on us Friday.
David Monteith of Preston, goes soon
to Glendale Dakota to live.
The aged mother of Mr.. Martin Os-
wald is visiting her son in this city.
Judge Spensely, of Galena, was in
Lancaster last Thursday and Friday.
Mr.. Delos Abrams returned Friday
from visit TO his daughter in Iowa.
Miss Beetham is taking weeks va
cation from her duties in Mr.. Baxter's
store.
Miss Woolstenholme returned Friday
from weeks visit at her uncle's in
Chicago.
Harry Muesse went to Madison Mon
day morning TO try the naval cadetship
examination.
Capt. Virden has recovered sufficient
ly to again make his regular trips in
his mail car
Mr.. John Howe spent Saturday and
Sunday at home. His brother George
came with him.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Chandler are in
Chicago this week visiting Lieut.. j. A.
Barber and family.
The pastors of the Methodist and
Congregational churches exchanged
pulpits last Sabbath.
Mr.. and Mrs. Needham of Patch
Grove have been visiting Mrs, Need
hams father Mr.. Delos Abrams.
Mr.. Geo. F. Head. the gentlemanly
agent for the Detroit Bronze Company,
was in the city Tuesday in the interests
of his business.
The very looks of the windows at
Reynolds & Goble's millinery shop,
would tell you that Miss Reynolds had
been to Chicago.
Mr.. John Ryan, of North Andover,
and with him Grin Brooks, of Cassville,
was in town Monday in spite of the I'M
favorable roads and weather.
Miss Saloma Watts, accompanied by
her friend Mrs. Day of Chicago, has
been in the city some days on business
relating to the Sargent estate.
We were glad to see in our office
Saturday, Mr.. George Hampton of Po-
tosi, whose name has been for % years
on the HERALD subscription books.
Mr.. William Jones of Hazel Green,
spent Saturday and Sunday with his
brother, James A. Jones, who is still
confined TO his bed and gains in strength
very slowly
Mr.. l.. A. Powers of Bloomington
spent little time in our city last week
on his way to Fennimore where he in
tends locating. He has already begun
building there. =.
A. G. Ryther, the genial c. & N. w.
station agent at Milwaukee, has been
in Lancaster several days the past week
with view TO purchasing q span of
first-class horses.
Mrs. Thode Sherman who has been
spending several weeks with her sister
in Lawrence Kansas, returned home
Friday with Myron Sherman who has
! also been to Kansas.
County Superintendent Harper went
Monday to Madison to act as member
of the Board of five appointed to exam
inc the applicants for the vacant cadet
ship in the naval school,
Mrs. Joseph Nathan had very Sc
we're attack of sciatic character Sun
day last and for time her life was des-
paired of, but we are glad to be able to
state that for the present the danger
seems 10 De past.
Mr.. Thomas Graham of Muscoda.
who has been for some time in Wyo-
ming engaged in extensive stock-buying
operations, was in town last week Mr..
Graham will return to the territory
after short visit at home
! Prof. Strassman,t the 'spectacle-man.
is in the city and will remain few days
longer at the Wright House. He comes
here highly recommended as an optician
by men in public life.by promenient men
in our own state, and by people of our
acquaintance in neighboring towns He
has been well patronized in Lancaster
and so far as we have heard, all who
have been fitted with glasses. express
themselves as abundantly satisfied and
pleased with them.
A. NJ. Bliss, United States pension
examiner, was in the city the past week.
Mr.. Bliss alleges that the talk about I'M
deserving persons obtaining pensions is
SO per cent. twaddle; that cases where
parties are obtaining fraudulent or un-
deserved pensions are as rare as defal-
cations or other crimes, in other depart
ments. In reply to the remark that it
looked suspicious that so many were APP
plying for pensions now, as if it had ia
ken twenty years to find out that they
were shot. Mr.. Bliss said that in most
eases these men had been entitled TO
pensions all the time but had been too
proud or too independent to ask for
them.
NARROW ESCAPE Monday night as
the Milwaukee train was coming into
Dodgeville, man named Ole johnson
who was walking up the track in a
beastly state of intoxication, was struck
by the engine just as ne attempted to
step from the track, and was badly cut
and bruised on the arm and side, though
the wounds were not of very serious
nature. The engineer saw the man
coming on the track and whstled for
him, but he was too much intoxicated
to realize his danger and walked rioht