Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-08-26
Persons and Particulars.

Il. y. BROOKS made the county seat
flying visit Tuesday.
Ritner Stephens, of Beetown, was in
Lancaster Tuesday.
Three-minute race, running race and
free-for-all tomorrow.
Mrs. ID. +. Smith is visiting friends in
Fennimore this week.
The Lancaster Prohibition Club will
meet tomorrow night.
The street sprinkler is undergoing re-
pairs and the dust flies.
Attend the concert at the Congrega-
tional church Friday night.
Don't fail to hear the Lancaster
Ladies' Quartette tomorrow night.
Teachers examinations will be held
at Cassville next Monday and Tuesday.
Ott Stephens started yesterday for
Woonsocket, Dakota. with a lot of
horses.
Mrs. Louisa Hoffman and her child
rem, of Galena, are visiting relatives in
this vicinity.
Miss Nettie Kilbourn returned from
Nebraska last week, after an absence of
two months.
The winning favorite of laughing
world-Peck's Bad Boy, at the Opera
House September L.
Mrs. DIR. Buck and Mrs. John Wood
ward, of Platteville, were the guests of
Mrs. Geo. Carter this week
Here we are! You haye to laugh,
you can't help it, if you see the famous
Bad Boy Company, September 1.
Tickets now on sale for the Original
Bad Boy Company at the post-office,
procure them early and enjoy a treat.
Charley Hyde, formerly typo in
Lancaster, is here on a visit to his
mother and other relatives and friends.
Mr. Halle Kinney, who has been Wis
iting at Marshaltown and Grinnell, Iowa,
for the last few weeks, returned home
last Saturday.
Thos. Dolan has bought lot off the
west end of Mr.. Geo. Howe's property
and will at once proceed to build a
dwelling on it,
John Hazelton, son of Hon. Geo. c.
Hazelton, who received dangerous
gun-shot wound last week. is pronounce
ed out of danger.
Mrs. John Schreiner who has been in
Prairie d1 Chen receiving treatment
for rheumatism, returned home Monday
not materially improved.
Mr.. Orrice Whitcomb, engine-wiper
at the round-house of the c. IL N. w.
Railroad, went to La Crosse Wednesday
morning, ON pleasure trip.
Fennimore is said to have the finest
matched span of black three-year-old
fillies in the state. They are owned
and driven by Joe r. Rogers.
A. &. Zimmerman, principal of the
Bloomington schools, paid us a pleasant
call Monday while on his way to attend
the teachers institute at Mt. Hope.
Rev. and Mrs. James ID. Eaton started
this morning on their return to Chihua-
hua, Mexico, after pleasant and much
needed vacation of two months in Lam
caster.
A Quintettc composed of Misses Lena
Oswald, Carrie Nathan, Bertha Morse,
Clara Rhodes and Stella Showalter will
render number at the concert to-mor-
row night.
This being the first opportunity the
citizens of this city have had to witness
the very funny Comedy of Peck's Bad
Boy. at the Opera House, Wednesday,
September 1.
A meeting of the w. G. L. U. will be
held in the social room of the Congre-
gational Church. Friday afternoon at
four o'clock. Every member is re-
quested to be present.
Mr.. VIM. c. Brown, of Woodman, the
genial brakeman on the narrow gauge
branch, is in Chicago this week, accom-
panied by his wife, helping to celebrate
his brother-in-law's honeymoon,
Thomas Dolan. engineer on the Mil
waukee passenger train. accompanied
by his sister and his three children.
started Wednesday for trip to Mime
sofa. We wish them pleasant excur-
sion.
Last Saturday evening Miss Ellen
Woolstenholme entertained about TWEEN
ty-fve of her friends. The party was
given in honor of Mr.. and Mrs Henry
Rothschild, of St Paul. 1t was a very
enjoyable affair.
Miss Carrie Eddy. who has been
spending some time in Lancaster at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs.C. W. Knapp, has
returned to her home in Minnesota.
She was accompanied by Mr.. Arthur
Knapp.
/ G. Ii. Baxter & Co. and l.. b. Giles
pie have each shipped carload of hogs
this week, Bidwell and Club three cars
of cattle. and Moses Galloway one.
Hogs are bringing from 81 to &c here,
and cattle less than cents.
Next Monday Allie VIII itcomb will
begin to deliver his book Hearth
stone,' in the village of Beetown and
the towns of Waterloo. Potosi, Ellen
boro, Liberty and Clifton. in the order
named. He expects to complete the
delivery next week.
The weather to-day is all that can be
desired for the races this afternoon, and
there is already a large number of
people in town TO witness them. There
will be good races both to-day and to.
morrow, and the first meeting of the
association is already an assured sue
cess.
The Lafayette Baptist Association
win meet with the Mt. Hope Baptist
churrb at Eden Iowa Countv Sentnmher