Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-27
Persons and PARTICULARS.
$40 below zero this morning.

non. II. .. Meme came nome last
Friday to spend the holidays.
Several of Postmaster Burr's choicest
plants were frozen last night.
Thos. Orion drew the music-box at
Perk Greene's on Christmas Eve.
Mrs. Elizabeth Barber is visiting her
daughter Mrs. W. G. Chandler.
Editor Dewitt. of the Monitor, gave
this Office pleasant call Friday.
George Gibbs is under the weather.
His daughter Gertie is also i'll.
Miss Cora Schell of Dodgeville is visit
ing at Mrs. Woolstenholme's.
Mr.. Jas. Cox, student of the Platte
vile Normal School, spent Sunday in
Lancaster
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Burton, of Clifton,
spent Christmas at Mr.. Leigh Maden's.
of Beetown.
O'Hern, the horse-buyer comes to-day.
He wants to buy good horses. See his
advertisement.
The Witness showed its enterprise
this season by getting out a colored
Holiday supplement.
Lots in the new town of Bagley,
on the c. B. & N. R. r. are selling at
from $40 to $3.50 each.
Bagley station is trying to have Uucle
Sam locate a P. o. there with Lewis
Glass Sr. as postmaster.
John Cottingham, of Fennimore, has
been over to Benton, his former home,
for few days visiting.
No. II drew the gold-band china tea
set at Drew's old stand. Z. Remington
was the lucky man.
Mrs. w. B. Baxter is back froI, her
visit to Kansas. She is much pleased
with that section of country.
Jehiel Hyde is home again after an
auctioneering campaign in the eastern
and northern part of the state.
Prof. A. G.. Zimmerman, teacher in
the Bloomington High School will at
tend the Teachers State Convention, Al
Madison.
Mrs. Tomas, widow of Thomas Tomas,
whose death is noted in this paper, is
| living seriously i'll and is not expected to
recover.
Miss Nettie Rice, of Hazel Green, who
has been visiting friends at La Crosse
for some time, returned home for the
holidays.
Mr.. s. G.. Mcdonald, of Muscoda.
was stIicen with apoplexy one day last
week. but is now reported Us being out
of danger.
A Lyceum for the benefit OF the young
people has been started at Flora Foun-
tain. They meet tonight at their
school house.
Mr. George Howe, who is in the boot
and shoe business at Charles City. To-,
spent Christmas with his brother John
in this city.
John Reed is back from the Dental
College at Chicago and will be at the
rooms of Odgers &c Reed to do dental
work from now on.
The East Dubuque Pontoon Bridge
company surrendered its charter on
Saturday, December IS, to the Dubuque
High Bridge company.
MIR. and Mrs. Livingston spent Christ
mas at Mrs. Burr's, and returned to
Dodgeville this morning. Willie Carter
accompanied them.
Mrs. L. S. Sawyer, of Bloomington is
here visiting friends and relatives.
From here she will 60 to Montfort to
finish her holiday visit.
The name of the new conductor on
the Milwaukee passenger. who has
taken MIR. Houses run is Zininger. He
commenced Wednesday.
A turkey escaped from farmer Satur-
day and flew through the large transom
window in Thomas s. Basford's store,
breaking it into fragments.
Miss Clara Barstow has accepted
q position in l.. ID. Holford's
drug store at Bloomington. and Miss
Rosena Geiger retires and goes home.
Complete arrangements have been
made for having pleasant time at the
Masonic Installation to take place in
COVERS Hall, at Fennimore this
evening.
Last Thursday EVENING" asterJ ohnnie
Orion found a package of Christmas
presents on the street, which were re-
turned to their owner Mrs. David Web
er.
VIM. A. Walker who was recently
appointed United States Attorney for
the Eastern district of Wisconsin, was
formerly of Plattville and is graduate
of the Normal.
On account of the sudden death of
Alex. Provis, at Boscobel last week the
taking of dispositions in the case of the
Milwaukee Harvester Co., VS.. Isaac
Tomas, was postponed until tomorrow.
Mr.. w. z. Richardson remembered
that home paper is like the face of an
old friend, to person who is away, so
he sends the HERALD The coming year
to Mr.. N. Wells, of Ashland Nebraska.
MIR. Emil Spiegelberg went to Water
town last Friday to spend Christmas.
He then goes to Milwaukee for New
Years. When he returns he expects to
bring along his family and locate at
Lancaster.
Levi Fuller, of Rockford, H., adver-
tised for wife, and secured one along
with bank account of $4,000. Miss
Carrie Smith, of Dubuque, Iowa, is the
bride. Now who can say that adver-
Using doesn't pay?
Fennimore is to have new well
drilled for protection in case of
fire. The work has alresdy common
ced and the citizens will buy 500 feet of
rnhher hose az soon "a the Mel ,imanses