Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-12-06
Persons and PARTICULARS.

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Mr.. John H. Howe spent Sunday at
home.
Chas. w. Mauer, of Sitter. was a
caller Saturday.
H. II. Hampton, of Fennimore, was
in town Saturday.
Sheriff Richards went to Boscobel
Saturday afternoon.
Editor RIndlaub registered at the
Wright House Friday.
VIM. Beiderman, of Fennimore, came
down on business Friday.
Archie W. Bell was over from Platte
vile on business Saturday.
j. ID. Wilson, of Boscobel, showed
himself in this city last Friday.
j. Allen Coombs and Alvin Cook, of
Hurricane, were on the streets Satur-
day.
Perk Greene's show-window is thing
OF beauty and its contents will be joy
forever to the purchasers.
The cutter rallied off by Birch &
French at Beetown on Thanksgiving
day was won by Harley Hickok.
E. j. Shearer is back to Fennimore
on visit. He is located in Iowa, but
thinks some of returning to this county
to live.
The Farmers Institute to be held in
this city on December 10 and 10, will
be free to all. Everybody should come
and hear.
Hon. o. B. Thomas, of Prairie du
Chen, left for Washington last Tues
day evening, to be on hand at the open
ing OF the session of Congress.
j. w. Murphy, of Platteville, came
over on Fridays train. After New
Years we suppose he will call himself a
Lancaster man, for two years at least.
Miss Ida Thomas commenced teach
ing school at Livingston last Monday.
She is employed in the primary depart
ment. Her sister, Eva, is teaching at
Liberty.
Miss Matte Jackson, of Potosi, was
guest at the Wright House last week.
While here she also called upon other
Lancaster friends. She returned home
last Saturday.
This issue of the HERALD is replete
with good local reading and yet several
communications are unavoidably held
over until Thursday. Again we say,
send in the news.
G. N. Holford, who for the last nine
or ten months has been on the editorial
staff of the HERALD, goes south this
week, to spend the winter working up
his patent fence post base.
Joseph Heileger, of Liberty, called
and renewed bis subscription to the
HERALD Friday He intends having
large auction sale next spring and will
then let you know through these
columns what he has to SELL
Mrs. Ida Cook, daughter of Mr.. Peg,
of Belmont, and wife of Leonard Cook,
a prisoner now in jail at this place, lies
very sick with typhoid fever She is
under the @edical treatment of DR.. A.
r. Law and hopes are entertained of
her recovery.
We are out of wood and the mercury
is down to twenty below zero, and out
of money too, so what shall we doP
Sit here and freeze or will those friends
who have promised us wood long ago.
take pity on us and each bring load?
Remember, we want that wood now.
Mr.. Thomas, of this city, has three
daughters who hold first-grade certifi-
Gates which is quite remarkable, as
there were only eight applicants for the
first grade last spring and his daughters
were granted two of them. Allie. the
youngest daughter, remains at home
this winter.
A notice of all marriages, and births
ought to be sent to the registers Office
promptly at the end of each month. The
law provides fine of S55 for the neg
lect of this by anyone whose duty it is
to make such report. Read sections
1923 and 1923, Revised Statutes, found
in another column.