Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-04-01

the HERALD office very pleasant call.
Mr.. Fred P. Meyer returned home
Tuesday evening from the State Uni
versity at Madison for short vacation.
Miss Ida Buchner has engaged to
teach the school near Livingston, which
will reopen for the summer term, April
9TH.
Teachers examinations will be held
IN this city by the county superintend-
ent next Friday and Saturday, April 2
and 3.
G. X. Thomas writes from "The CITY
of the Angels to friends here that he
is enjoying his tour in Southern Cal
ifornia.
Rev. I. w. Cole, of Boscobel, leaves
this week for De Soto, Mo-, to take the
pastorate of the Congregational church
there.
Miss Abbie Phelps returned Thursday
night from visit of several months
with her sister, Mrs. j. A. Street, in
Chicago.
Mr.. 10. Woolstenholm, who has been
somewhat under the weather with q
threatened attack of pneumonia, is
around again.
Mr.. Eden Pollock returned home
last Saturday after visit of several
months among friends in Iowa. Kansas
and Missouri
Judge Carter has rented X. b. Sho-
walters house in the west part of town
and has brought his family and house
hold gods here.
Mr.. +. +. Lewis, of Fennimore, was
in town this week getting up class in
instrumental music. He will come
here every week in future.
Mr.. Ryland. has sold his fine Bashaw
to 0. K. Keith, of the firm of Edison
Keith & Co., Chicago. F. b. Phelps
took the horse to the city Monday.
Mr.. Ed. Carter, of Livingston, spent
several days in town last week. He has
made arrangements with w. j. Dyer
to take charge of Mambrino Jackson.
Mr.. j. II. Reed, who has been attend
ing a dental college in Chicago, re-
turned home last Friday evening. He
expects to soon graduate with the title
of ID. ID. S.
We received very pleasant (postaD
note Friday, from Mr.. VIM. Willis, of
Houghton, Michigan, which places him
in the lead of the advance-paid list of
HERALD subscribers.
Last Saturday 1000 lbs. of leaf TO-
bacco. raised by A. X. Blest, of Mount
Hope, was sold on the courthouse
steps under the sheriff's execution. II
was bid in by VIM. Kramer for $25..
Mr.. John Benner, the prosperous till
err of 240-acre farm near Sitter,
paid us call and a subscription last
Thursday. Mr.. Benner has read the
HERALD ever since he learned to read.
Mrs. w. Barlow went Cassville last
Friday to attend her mother, Mrs.
Jacob Rockefeller, who is dangerously
ill, having recently had stroke of
paralysis which left her in precarious
condition.
+. w. Dohme, the piano-tuner from
Boscobel, was in town the other day.
Learning that another tuner had been
here recently, he returned home but
wished the HERALD to state that he
would be here again in about month.
Thos. Watson, Esq, of Livingston,
who has held the office of justice of the
peace continuously since 1851 and been
subscriber of the HERALD for exactly
that length of time, paid his 36th SUBJ
scription this Wednesday.
A variety show gave performance
at the "Senate" last Thursday night
and Friday at the Rink. Our theatre
cal reporter failed to attend, hence we
cannot give a detailed report. We
hear also of a wrestling match between
Govier and Becker at the former place,
choke-hold barred. No ankles broken.
We have been enjoying of late the
novel spectacle of old time locomotion.
Owing to the wretched condition of the
roads several days of last week, Harry
Barnett's team which usually does
Uncle Sans transportation in this city,
was temporarily supplanted by the
wheelbarrow.
Miss Sadie BUR, who holds a posi-
ton in the State Normal School at
River Falls, is having a vacation this
week. She had not intended spending
it at home, but decided at the last mo-
ment to give her mother, whose health
is quite feeble, surprise. She arrived
here last Saturday night and will re-
turn Friday morning.
The portion of the city near the HER.
AID Office is building up rapidly. Sam
Greens has new livery stable, Hurley,
Dasch & Hyde new carriage reposi-
tory, John Wright a new wood-shed and
now John Mccormick is putting up .
large shed for farm machinery. and will
use the small building moved from the
corner opposite the Senate for his
office. North Madison street is having
boom.