Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-06-24
persons and PARTICULARS.

us with call Wednesday,.
Mrs. j. j. Oswald visited friends at
Fennimore, Wednesday.
Miss Laura Barnett, of Boscobel, is
visiting friends in this city.
Willie Carter is assisting his father.
the Judge, in the clerical work of the
Probate Office.
John Dinsdale, of Preston, was in
the city Wednesday and favored us with
a pleasant call.
Mrs. DR.. Cronin, of Cassville, was in
the city over Wednesday, on her way
home from Platteville.
We enjoyed a pleasant call Tuesday
evening from Mr.. A. III. Chamberlain.
of the Madison Democrat.
The race between Hubbards PAGER
and Arthur's Nut Brown Maid last
Tuesday did not come off.
Mrs. Emma Sprague, late of this city,
is reported to be seriously i'll at the
home of one of her sons.
Mr.. M. p. Smith, of Fennimore, one
of the HERALD's oldest and staunchest
friends, was caller on Monday.
Reuben Black and his wife went to
Platteville yesterday, to be present at
the Normal school commencement.
Mr.. w. G. Chandler is in Platteville
this week in attendance upon the Nor
NAL school commencement exercises.
"Del' Morrissey, of Bloomington, was
a Lancaster visitor Monday. Hereafter,
he will get his Lancaster news twice a
week.
A lawn party will be given by the
young ladies of the Congregational
church of Potosi, at Mrs. Rockwell's in
that village.
Mayor and Mrs. Z. M. Lowry went to
Madison Tuesday morning to attend the
Commencement at the University, and
were absent two days.
Mr.. j. A. Thomas, of Montfort, was
in Lancaster on Monday, looking out
for his chances for the nomination for
County Clerk this fall.
The commencement exercises of Be-
lott College next week will be unusually
interesting. Justice Harlan, of the Uni
ted States Supreme Court, will deliver
an address on Wednesday,
Mrs. Augusta Benjamin, of Tampa,
Florida, a neice of Mr. George Howe,
arrived in the city Monday evening and
will pass the summer here.
Street Commissioner Miles is doing a
very commendable work on some of the
city streets of the city in building rock
road bed before grading them.
j. w. Taylor, of Linden, was in the
city Tuesday. Mr.. Taylor studied law
with Barber q Clementson, and was
admitted to the bar here in 1876.
Mr.. John Bennett returned home
from Oakland, California, Wednesday
evening, where he went some four
months ago to settle up an estate.
Last Saturday Jim Harcleroad, the
popular conductor on the Potosi stage
route, went to Boscobel, where he passed
Sunday, returning to Lancaster Monday.
Mr.. Shouse, of Milwaukee, made the
run on the Milwaukee passenger, while
Mr.. G. B. Campbell. the regular mess
enger, went to attend his brother s
wedding.
Last week Miss Lollie Kilbourn re-
turned from Cassville, where she has
been teaching. having closed her school
there. She will spend the summer va
cation at her home in this city.
A child is excusable for showing itself
hurt when another gets something it
wants, but for the gray-haired and full
bearded to pout in public and spit spite
at the giver and the getter of something
he wants, is Supremacy ridiculous. Our
neighbor should grin and bear it, for
awhile.
| The A. E. Morse, cashier of the First
National Bank of Stevens Point, Wis,
who was shot and killed by w. w.
Hazeltine, last Saturday, of which the
Sunday and Mondays city papers con-
tanned full accounts, was a first cousin
of Messrs. A. G. and A. f. Morse of
this city.
The rain of yesterday which was but
a slight sprinkling in Lancaster, devel-
oped into quite heavy shower and hail
storm at Cassville and vicinity, while
the severe rain and hail-storm which
visited this city last Sunday, we hear
did not appear at Potosi or that
part Of the county at all.
Those magnificent colored posters
printed at the HERALD office for Cass-
vile and Fennimore have produced
nearly as loud, long and lugubrious a
| squeal from the Teller as did the first
semi-weekly issue of the HERALD. Our
neighbor should save his breath for a
harder pinch to come. This is only a
beginning.
Our Mayor is known to be one of the
politest of gentlemen. While exercis.
ing his Chesterfieldian graces in assist.
ing lady with several children and
considerable luggage to change cars al
Fennimore yesterday evening, the Mil
waukee train on which Mayor and Mrs.
Lowry were returning from the Madi.
son commencement, pulled out and lief,
the gentleman to come home by livery.
1t has long been laughing stock for
| the public that any man who takes Job
work to another office has henceforth a
vindictive and advertised enemy in the
Teller man. Yesterdays Teller again
bears witness that any publisher who
does job which the Teller publisher
wants (and he wants pretty much every
thing) is a.target for whatever arrows
childish spite and petty jealousy can
throw.
Besides those mentioned elsewhere in
this issue, the following Lancasterians