Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-07-09
Personal MENTION.

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are visiting friends at Madison.
Miss Nettie Horstman. of the Grand
Hotel, spent the Fourth at Montfort.
Mr.. Grant Cundy. of Platteville. has
been visiting his sister, Mrs. Thos. Ne
Collins.
Mr.. Charley Newberg, of Dubuque,
Ia, has been sojourning in town the
past week.
DR.. L. Wade will deliver lecture in
Beetown July 18th, at P. NJ. Subject:
"What is Man?"
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Williams, of Chi
cago, were guests of their friends, Mr..
and Mrs. j. III. Howe.
Miss May Evans and Miss Lou Ever
son, of Platteville, were visiting friends
in the city few days last week.
| Mr.. Alex. Provis, of the law firm of
Wilson & Provis, Boscobel, was in town
Tuesday on county court business.
Mrs. j. A. Barber and G. NJ. Barber
departed Tuesday morning on trip to
Chicago, accompanied by little Beth
Eaton.
Fred Meyer. who has been attending
the University at Madison the past year,
has arrived home to spend the summer
vacation.
Chas. l.. Harper, county superintend-
ent of schools, is in attendance on the
State Teachers convention at Racine
this week.
Frank Roach, one of the solid men of
Fcnnimore, was in the capital of Grant
county Tuesday and paid his respects to
The HERALD.
j. L. Smith. the Unknown furniture
dealer at Potosi, is closing out his bust
ness and Strengthening his stock at cost
and even below.
j. b. Phillips. formerly drug clerk
in this city. is at the head of the largest
agricultural implement and carriage
firm in the state, in Milwaukee.
Miss Sadie f. Burr, late accountant
at The HERALD Office, has accepted a
position in the Normal school at River
Falls, the fall term of which begins in
September.
Mr.. G. G.. Schumacher, the city ba-
ker, finds business better than ever. as
people prefer to buy their bread rather
than to cook themselves over hot
stove this hot weather.
DR.. l. Z. Crane will visit Potos next
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
July IA, 10 and 16. prepared to do dem
tai work. His office in Lancaster will
be closed during his absence.
Mr.. John Mccormick, one of Lancas-
ter's extensive dealers in farm machin-
cry, returned home the first of the week
from trip in the south part of the
county. He reports wheat and corn
to be in fine condition.
Mr.. r. MANUEL, who has been repre-
senting the firm of Thos. F. Burke &
Bros, dealers in GRANTEES. monuments,
ETC., at Quincy, Mass, has decided to
engage in that business for himself in
Lancaster. We wish him success.
Leopold Seng has purchased the farm
of his brother, Simon Seng, near Ellen
boro. and this year he raised seven
acres of Blue Eagle wheat. a new vari-
ETY.. for which he paid $3.50 per bu. last
year. A sample left at this office is
worth looking at.
j. B. Pulford, of Mineral Point; ID. S.
Pulford, head master of Kemper hall,
Racine college, and S. ID. Pulford, Jr,
student at Racine, sons of Mr.. S. ID.
Pulford, of this city, are visiting him
this week; also Miss Rose Trip,
teacher at Whitewater.
Edwin r. Morse. political editor of
The Bloomington (Ill.) Daily Leader,
was in the city Monday, visiting. His
brother, r. S. Morse. of Beetown. he had
never before seen. They were parted
in infancy, and their lines of life have
diyerged SO that they have never, until
now, happened to meet.
Mr.. Ed. Mccormick, of Little Grant,
and son, John Mccormick, were in
town Tuesday, and paid THE HERALD
call. Mr.. Mccormick wants machine
agents to distinctly understand that he
has bought machine. He did think
of buying a shot gun, but as machine
cost only little more changed his
mind, bought good twine binder
and now hopes to escape the insane
asylum.
County Superintendent of Schools
Chas. l.. Harper has this week been
sending out to the various school dis
trict officers of the county his annual
parochial letter, or circular of advice.
Mr.. Harper is close observer of the
needs of the schools under his jurisdic-
ton, an indefatigable worker, and his
circular letter is brim-full of pertinent
and timely hints and good, pl'acti-
cal, common sense advice.