Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-04-15
FennimOre.

N. e. Ctrch-Rev. Sims, pastor. Preaching
every Sunday forenoon and evening Sunday
school begins at II 80 a. m.
| U. B. Church-Rev. d. C. Talbot, pastor. Ser
vices at 10 80 a. m. Sunday, April IS, and every
| two weeks thereafter.
| German Lutheran Caurch-Rev. +. Mutchman,
| pastor.
So. Marys Catholic Church---Rev. Father Barth,
pastor Services second Sunday Of each month
| at 10 a. m.
Fennirnore Lodge. No. 2i9, A. r. & A. NJ
Meets in Earl's Hall the second and fourth Sat
urday evenings OF each month.
| Sam Monteith Post, No. ia. @. A. R-Meets in
Viewers Hall first and third Saturday evenings
| OF each month.
| Fennimore Lodge. l. o. @. T-Meets every
Friday evening in Hildebrands Hall.
Miss Kellogg, president of the Wis
consin state organization of the w. c.
T. u, delivered an interesting lecture at
the M. E. church last Friday evening.
Her object was to establish a union Of
that kind here. A meeting of the ladies
interested in this movement is called for
next Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock,
at the U. B. church, to effect local or
ganization.
The l. 0. G. I. Lodge lately organ
lied, have procured the hall, in Him,
Hildebrand & Co.'s old building and
will have very pleasant, roomy, conven-
lent quarters in which to hold their
meetings. They have fitted it up with
the necessary furniture and start in as
if they designed the institution to be a
permanent and hcurishing fixture of
the village. May it be such. 1t will
meet every Friday evening.
The Methodists contemplate begin
ming repair on the interior of their
church building this week. The plas-
tering will be taken off the ceiling and
replaced with matched pine. The walls
will be repapered. the pulpit platform
furniture replaced with something more
comfortable and slightly, and the gen.
eral appearance of the room improved,
thanks to the Ladies' Aid Society. If
the church is IN such condition that il
cannot be used next Sunday, services
will be held in the U. b. church, the
trustees of the latter having courteous
ly rendered its use.
Ben Guthrie, who emigrated with
his family last fall to Missouri, is back
and concludes this part of Uncle Sans
domain is good enough for him. He
says business may be dull and people
feel poor here. but we won't know what
these terms mean till we visit some
more pretentious places he has seen,
and see what other communities are ex-
periencing.
Chimney Rock" Smith, we hea r,
has shaken the dust Cor mud) of. Wehr-
lie from his feet and proposes to try
Fennimore awhile. He enters the em-
ploy of Brechler Bros. as timer, taking
the place of Robert Coatsworth. who
quits with the purpose of going west.
Tuttle has sold his residence to VIM.
Gilman for $1,000 and contemplates
following the setting sun with his fam
lily. We shall be sorry to lose them
from the community.
Some little business life is in pros
pect. Powers says he is going to pull
down the shanty between his store room
and Hampton's and put up structure
that will be more ornamental and USE
full. Squire Earl has in view to enlarge
the building occupied by Roach. Rol-
and Wright is putting up residence
west of McNair's property. Hampton's
wing room is nearly completed and
adds very much to the appearance of
his property.
F. o. Parker is still in a precarious
condition, but with some Improvement
in his chances for recovery.
Will Palmer spent Sunday in Mont
fort. What the attraction was "depo-
nent saith not"
Dick Walker and Ella Vedder were
married at Lancaster last Thursday.
From there they visited his sister at
Platteville and returned home Friday to
face the probabilities of welded life.
For the present they make their home
with his father.
The Reading Circle met Monday
evening at Mr.. Wilson's res idence.
DIR. Buckeyes letter on Russian travel
was read by Mr.. Roethe, and the fourth
canto of the LADY of the Lake. by
Prof. Woolcock and Miss Brunson.
The next meeting will be on Friday
evening at the Fennimore House.
Monday morning the sad intelligence
was telegraphed to friends here that
Mrs. Jones, wife of Elder S. N. Jones,
was dead, and that her remains would
arrive from Sand Springs, Iowa, on
Tuesday, for interment. Just about q
year ago she left, as a bride, for her
new home, and the news of her sudden
death is great shock to her host of
friends in this community. The corpse
arrived on the noon train Tuesday and
was Immediately taken to the M. Z.
church where impressive services were
held, Rev. Phelps preaching the funeral
sermon. The interment took place at
the "White School House" burying
ground, northwest of the village. The
bereayed husband and relatives have
the earnest sympathies of the COM
munity.
| Glen Haven.