Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-10-15


Bloomington, visited Chicago last week
and took in the Exposition.
Mr. Frank Barr. the well-known cap
italist of this city, left for short trip to
Chicago on Wednesday last.
Mr.. Fitch and Miss Allie Wight. who
have been visiting friends in Lancaster,
left Tuesday morning for Whitewater
Mr.. Austin Demming, of New York,
son-in-law of Rodney Sargent,is in town
helping to adjust the affairs of the Sar-
gent estate.
Chas. Finn, of Patch Grove, and j. II.
Miles, of Boston, relative who is visit
ing Mr.. Finn, were registered at the
Wright House last Thursday.
Mr.. Charles Vincent, of British Hol-
low, who has been friend of The
HERALD for over thirty years, favored
us with pleasant call on Saturday.
Capt. p. j. Schlosser, of Blooming
ton, was in the city last Friday, dispos-
ing of some surplus stock from his large
prairie farm.
AL. Smith, who has been working for
James Kilbourn for some time, leaves
tomorrow morning for Dubuque, and
from there to Minnesota, where he has
a situation.
A. 5. Flagg, of Edgerton, was in the
city Friday, on short visit to his pa
rents, where his wife and child have
been visiting for week or more. they
accompanying him home.
Rev. G. ID. Stevens, pastor Of the
Baptist church of this city, attended
the annual convention of that church at
Fond du Lac the past week, and deliv-
cred an address on Pastoral Vista
TONS"
DR., Geo. Eastman, the Platteville
banker, passed through Lancaster last
Friday, en- route for Prairie du Chen by
carriage. From there he took the train
for Iowa, where he goes on two weeks
business trip.
Hon. Alva Smith and family, of Wa
verify, Neb., have returned home from
a two weeks visit to friends in Lancas-
ter and Fennimore. They were latterly
the guests of Senator Smiths sister-in-
law, of this city, Mrs. d. F. Smith.
Rev. Pengilly, the new Methodist pas
tor, preached his inaugural sermon on
Sunday morning last from the text:
Brethren, pray for me- A large aud
fence was in attendance, and the i'm
preston made by the reverend gentle
man was decidedly favorable.
Ed. Mccormick, of Little Grant, and
VIM. Layton, of the same place, were
welcome callers at The HERALD office
last week. Mr.. Mccormick has taken
premiums enough at the Bloomington,
Lancaster and Boscobel fairs to pack a
mule, and Mr.. Layton is the bue-rib-
bon young man of Little Grant.
w. I. Jennings, of Platteville, visited
Lancaster last week and called at THE
HERALD Office. Mr.. Jennings keeps a
first-class book store in Platteville, and
is thinking of putting in stock of
books, stationery, ETC., in our city If
he does he will no doubt receive a cor
dial reception and a good patronage
from our people.
A private letter from Mr.. Geo. r.
Hust, of the late firm of Cabanis &
Marvel. now of Marcus, Ia, says. speak
| ing Of his new Locations; This is tho
land of corn and wine, but give me the
cut feed of the Grand Hotel and / care
not who makes its laws''-D Webster.
There is 20 doubt that prairie country
does not agree with everyone.
DR.. Boardman Reed and wife will
spend the winter in Europe. He writes
from mid-ocean, on board the steam
ship, under date of Sept. %, six days
out from HobokeH, N. j.: after re-
naming awhile in England, Scotland
and Germany, will spend two or three
months in Vienna. visiting the hospitals,
etc., and shall return in February"
A. j. Buss, of Platteville, left for his
new home in Storm Lake, Ia. last week.
Mr.. Buss warns his friends against buy
ing lots in '.new and rapidly growing
western towns as sharpers are en-
gagged in plating pieces of swamp on
which no improvements have been made
and exhibiting plats of the same con-
tanning imaginary banks, hotels, stores,
! etc.
William Augustus Browning went to
Dubuque Tuesday to be examined.
| William was a soldier in the war of the
rebellion, and for several years past
he has been hunted hard by an able
bodied pension. He feels now that he
cannot keep out of its way much longer
and that the race is about finished.
We hope the pension will catch William
as he is a deserving man.
Mr.. j. c. Holloway arrived in the city
last week from st. Paul where he has
been attending to some business He
is located now at Cloverdale, Cal.
ninety miles north of San Francisco, at
the terminus of the San Francisco &
Northern Pacific road 1t is fruit
growing region, and blessed with de-
lightful climate. That locality has,
however, been suffering from severe
drought which has hurt the fruit crop
aud retarded business accordingly. he
speaks enthusiastically of California,
though, and is well pleased with his
new home. 1t is thirty-seven miles
north of his former California residence.
Alters spending several days with friends
here he started on his return trip on
Monday.