Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-22
persons and partieularS.


Herman Roth took fine carload of
cattle to Chicago to-day.
MIR. George Quick, of EIlenboro, gave
us call Saturday morning.
Reuben Kinney, from Oregon, is visit
ing his brother Geo. Kinney, in Potosi.
Hon. Luther Basford, of Glen Haven,
called at the HERALD office last Satur-
day.
ID. w. Bovee, of Richland Center, has
obtained two patents on hay-loader
and tedder.
John S. Wright and his wife returned
last Saturday evening from their visit
to Maxwell, Iowa.
Last week coal was found in Vermont
and natural gas in Indiana. What can
we find in Wisconsin,
VIII Potter, who bought the bankrupt
stock of Meyer Bros, of Boscobel, was
in this city last Saturday.
VIII Alcorn, accompanied by his wife
and child, and Joe Alcorn returned
to their home Saturday evening.
Wisconsin is late with its first snow.
In Massachusetts the ground was white
on the morning of November IS,
week ago.
A hotel-keeper in Dodgeville treated
the members of the Iowa County board
to splendid supper at the end of its
recent session.
The round-house at the depot under
went thorough cleaning last Saturday,
and it now looks as neat and clean as
elbow-grease can make it.
Union services of the churches in this
city will be held in the NJ. E. church on
Thank giving day, the sermon being de-
livered by Rev. r. Pengilly.
BROKER Brothers are making thirty
eight new double pews for the Catholic
church. Each pew will seat ten per-
sons. They will cost over $500.
A. C. Morse and his family, while on
a visit to his brothers at Maxwell, Iowa,
| was spow-bound. His little boy has
been very sick but is now better.
J.H. Symons, formerly of Platteville,
and now lawyer at Laramie, was elect
ed member of the Wyoming territorial
legislature, by the Republicans at the
recent election.
Eugene Lewis, who has been studying
} law in New York, has been dangerously
sick, but is now better. His brother,
| DIR. John Lewis, of Dubuque, was in
New York and attended him during his
illness.
Malarial fever is prevailing near Lam
| caster. In what is called the Whitcomb
district there are number of cases.
Three members of Mr.. John Parks
/ family are sick and also three in Mr..
Hartline's family.
Martin Kelley, the engineer of the
engine which had a collision with the
Milwaukee passenger lately, had his
trial for manslaughter set for last Satur-
day, but has had it postponed to We'd
nesday this week.
At the Congregational church yester-
day services were led by Mr.. G. H.
Baxter. Rev. Mr.. Smith, of Galena
had been expected to supply the pulpit
but was unable to make necess airy ar
fragments for his own church.
Last Saturday evening Mrs. S. Mitch
ell and her daughter, Thursa, re-
| turned home from Minor, Dakota,
where they have been visiting Mrs
Clara Falley for few weeks. They re-
port that there was no snow there when
they left.
Rev. Pfeifer, lately from Charles City,
Iowa, is now located at Sitter, and will
preach every two weeks in the German
M. Z. church at Pleasant Ridge. He
will preach alternately in German and
English. His second sermon at Pleas
ant Ridge was preached yesterday.
From the Colorado Topics, news
paper published at Hyde, Weld County,
Colorado, we learn that John Fl.
Muesse has become the manager of one
of the Howard Lumber Company's
large yards at that place. John is an
| old Lancaster hoy. who has nlantY of