Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-03-18

subscriber of the HERALD since 1902.
Mrs. ID. L. Parker, of Boscobel, spent
Sunday in Lancaster. She visited Mrs.
Shrader and other relatives, returning
Monday afternoon.
p. BARLEY, Esq, of Bloomington, ac-
companied by j. E. Schultz, proprietor
of the Bloomington creamery. we've
callers at our Office Tuesday.
Mr.. Joseph Graus is the new drug
clerk at Barber & McNair's. He is a
registered pharmacist and speaks both
German and English.
Mrs. j. G. Cover and Miss Laura,
who have been spending some time in
Florida, are now in Washington visit
ing Mr.. John Cover.
MIR. ID. Weaver has rented of Dan
Green the hotel recently purchased by
the latter from the Bantll estate, and
will move there soon and open the
house to the public. He will keep q
good hotel.
Freddy, the little six-year-old son of
Alfred Roberts, of Patch Grove, died
last Friday. The funeral took place in
Bloomington Sunday.
The jovial "Cap. Ferg' was in town
the fore part of this week, and, of
course, spent some time in his old
familiar haunt, the HERALD rooms.
A little girl, Ella w. Winchester,
sends correct answers to three of the
puzzles in our puzzle corner, and also
sends the enigma at the bottom of that
column.
Mrs. Joe Nathan started Monday
afternoon for Winona, H., where she
goes to attend the wedding of her
cousin, Miss Rebecca Griffin. She will
be absent about two weeks.
Prof. Z. NJ Wood has had au offer of
a position with $1,000 salary in the
Southwestern Normal school at Califor-
MIA, Penn, but our school board will not
release from his engagement here.
Anton Howell is now established in
his commodious shop-the rooms for
merly occupied by Mr.. Wedehase. He
will put in bath tubs and have every
convenience of n tirst-class barber
shop.
Mr.. Chas. X. Thomas, of the firm of
Thomas & Basford, is taking advantage
of the luIl before the spring trade, and
the low rates of transportation, to visit
California He will be gone several
weeks.
Mr.. William White, formerly of
Jamestown, is now located at POS Wal
nut Street, Dubuque, Iowa. He is one
of the many veteran readers of THE
HERALD having taken it for twenty
seven years.
A horse belonging to Sam Richards
died last Saturday night. Mr.. Israel
Roberts circulated n subscription paper
and raised $3.50 Mr.. Richards
desires to express through the HERALD
his thankfulness to the generous
givers.
Miss Florence Hill has finished her
school near Livingston, and will now
take needed rest. She is competent
and successful teacher, but the induce
ments offered to such to leave pleas
ant home for the school-room are not
great.
John Carmody, formerly of Lancas-
ter, who has been living near Reno. La. 4,
has purchased large farm near Cum
berland, Cass County, Ia, and will set
tie there. His sisters, Minnie and Julia,
are with HIM. The latter will teach a
school at Cumberland.
Messrs Gibbs & Marks, proprietors
of barber shops in Lancaster and Cass-
vile, have dissolved partnership. Mr..
Draper, will run the Lancaster shop,
while Walt takes the Cassville business.
They are all first-rate BARRIERS.
Mr.. F. II. Quintard, who. with his
estimable wife, was pleasant addition
to our society two years ago, remem-
bered some of his Lancaster friends
last week by sending a key of Long
Island Sound oysters from Lo-Norwalk,
Conn, where he is now living.
The many friends of DR.. Forrest G.
Eddy, of Providence, X. l., will be
pleased to learn of Ills election as presi-
dent of the Rhode Island State Dental
Association for the term of one year.
An honor most worthily bestowed. and
an Office, which no one is better quail
fed to fill than Dr. Eddy.
Mr.. Arthur Sherman, whose head
quarters for some time past have been
at San Francisco, has removed to Napa
City, California, to accept the position
as city editor of the Napa City Daily
Register Mr.. G. NJ Francis, former
Lancaster boy and printer, who mar
ried Miss Horton, also OF this city, has
a position with the same paper.
MIR. Henry Horstman, Sr., surprised
his Lancaster friends last Monday by
dropping in upon them on the noon
train. He took his departure as sud-
denly by the $3.50 train for Waukon, Ia,
where he will remain for the present.
He enjoyed his California trip, but thinks
it good country only for capitalists.
Land and everything else are very high.
He will locate farther east than Cali
fornia but has not decided where.