Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-23
Persons and PARTICULARS.

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MIR. Jas. 7. Rhodes went to Dubuque,
last Tuesday.
Senator E. /. Kidd was caller at tho
HERALD office yesterday.
Harvey Abrams is home from East
Dubuque for the holidays.
Henry Croft arrived h ONE from Ira
cey. Mimi, yesterday.
Allie Whitcomb is at home from
Beloit for his Christmas vacation.
O'Hern, the Chicago horse-buyer, is
coming. See his advertisement
The Baxter boys are at home from the
University, and Ellsworth Mckinney
from Appleton.
The Reading Room will not DO opened
Friday evening nor on Christmas after
noon or evening.
Last Monday and Tuesday were the
shortest days of the year. Winter season
is now more than half over.
Miss Ellen Schreiner is home from
Milwaukee for the holidays. Ed. Schrei-
ner is at home from the University.
Epizootic has made its appearance in
Prairie du Chen. A number of horses
have already been attacked with it.
Mrs. A. r. Bushnell and her daughter
Mabel, and Miss Laura Baxter, went to
Chicago Tuesday to be gone a few
days.
Ourfriends will please continue to send
in news items, particularly concerning
social events taking place during the
holiday season.
Elsewhere in our columns will be
found call for the 18th annual meet
ing of the German Mutual Fire Insur-
ance Company of Liberty.
Mr.. Stubendick, a business man of
Platteville, Wis, who recently visited
his former home in Germany, is now
doing compulsory military duty in EN-
peror Williams army.
DIR. Thos. Bailey, an old resident
of this county, started for Osborn City,
Kansas. last Tuesday afternoon. He
intends to commence medical practice
as soon as he gets there.
Wright Marshall, of Bloomington,
has just returned from Dakota. He has
spent some time in Sioux Falls and
Hartford. While in town Monday he
called at the HERALD office.
Baker, the horse thief who was cap
tured at Boscobel few days ago was
lodged in the jail at La Crosse Dec. IS
in default of $1,000 bail to await the
action of the next term of Circuit court
to be held there.
VIM. III. Rose, of Boscobel, was award
ed second premium on Houdan cockerels,
and fourth premium on his Wyandottes
| at the fourth annual exhibition of the
Wisconsin Poultry Association, held at
Madison, December IA to Is, 1886.
Mr.. Reed, of Burton. brought nine
teen hogs into this market last Tuesday
and sold them to VIM. Gates for S4 %
per cwt. Their aggregate weight was
$500 lbs. They were as choice lot of
hogs as had been brought in this sea-
son.
Allie Whitcomb, who took orders for
the book "The Heathstone" in the
townships of Cassville and Glen Haven
last summer, expects to deliver the
book to subscribers in the above named
townships on Monday and Tuesday
of next week.
Manly Dean, Esq, of Ellenboro, came
very near to getting burnt out few
days ago. When the fire was first dis
covered, the room was full of smoke,
and after extinguishing the flames he
found that several articles of wearing
apparel that hung upon the partition
wall had been consumed.
Mrs. w. G. Chandler gave little
party to her vocal music class, composed
of Misses Clara Rhodes, Carrie Nathan,
Bertha Morse, Stella Showalter, Nettie
and Lena Oswald. Miss Helen Strong
and Linda Rhodes were also present.
The evening was spent in games and
music. Each pupil received tasteful
and appropriate souvenir of the occa-
sion