Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-03-01

Mrs. Julia Young of Glen Haven is
visiting her neice, Mrs. F S. Kidd.
B. Glass of E. room has finished the
Merchant of Venice and are going to
take up Julius Caesar.
Judge c. S. Fuller, of Prairie du
Chen, was present at the opening of
court last week.
A Republican Club should be formed
in every Incorporated city or village in
this county.
| Editor Peck and Thos jenkins, of
Platteville, were here on court business
last week.
W. II. Evans, district attorney for
Crawford county, had business before
the court the past week.
j. B. James, of Central City, Color
ado, renews his subscription and sends
words of commentator.
Col. Stevenson. of Wyota, was here
last week. He was John Lanes old
Colonel, and was received by private
Lane with open arms
Tuesday afternoon company Of la
dies met with Mrs. Jeheil Hyde, to sew
for the Hughes family, who lost their
clothing in the fire.
Mrs. Eugene Hyde has rented part
OF her house to VIM. Dyer, who will
move in next month. Mr.. Joe Mccoy
has rented the house now occupied by
Mr.. Dyer
Mr.. G. B. Stowell arrived here Tues.
day evening and will remain few
days. He is stopping at the Wagner
House. His uncle, Mr.. Frank Barr.
is staying at his home in Hudson,
Mich, and is improving in health.
Elmer Mayhem, of Mt Hope was in
town Saturday. He is settling up his
business preparatory to going west.
Henry Eggers and c. w. Pickel, of
Dickeyville, were here on business
Tuesday and called to renew their SUBJ
scriptions.
Cornelius Harper, brother of County
Superintendent Harper, came over
from Beetown last Saturday morning.
lie has been teaching there this winter.
A party was given to Mrs. Mitchell,
Saturday evening in honor of the thir-
tieth anniversary of her marriage.
1t was gotten up by her daughter
Thyrsa. and was surprise.
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodward of Bloom.
ington, parents of Miss Woodward the
milliner, are going to take up their
abode in Lancaster. They will live in
the old Borah house.
Mary Jane Wilkinson appears again
on the stage in the character of a liti
giant. She is the same Mary Jane who
salivated FrankBarr for aboutS18O0, and
now she is after Jonas Rawson's scalp
to the tune of $4,000.
The case of the Lafayette county
Monument cooperation against Henry
5. Magoon brought here some disting-
ished legal talen: from aboard. Hons
P. A. Orion and G. F. Osborn were the
attorneys for the plaintiff and Hon. 8
M. Nj. Cothren and A. r. Bushnell for
defendant
Mrs. Fisher Dull was buried in
Platteville last Sunday. She died in
Sioux City. Iowa, where she moved last
spring. Her daughter died only week
before and was brought back and buried
from the same church, the Congrega-
tional, in Platteville.
Sherman Cooley, an old and respected
citizen of the town of Lima, died last
week and was buried last Sunday from
the Wing church. He was 50 years
old. He leaves widow and a large
family Of children, grandchildren and
great grandchildren. lie was the
father-in-law Of Geo S. Whltcher. r.
s. Cooley, his son, is county superinten-
dent Of schools of Lancaster county,
Nebraska.
Miss Abbie Phelps gave party
Wednesday night to celebrate the birth
day of her uncle Mr.. Joe Barnett, As
the party was also a celebration of
Washington's birthday, badges, in the
shape of the immortal Ratchet, were
presented to each guest and were worn
nmemory of the most touching in
cident of Washington's youth Mr..
Barnett received the usual anniversary
congratulations and 6 ,od wishes. The
evening was devoted to charades and
whist and was pleasantly passed.
Mr.. Basford received by express the
other day mammoth whale rib, which |
his father, who is winteriug in California,
picked up on Coronado beach. The |
rib is over eight feet long and is bril-
liantly gilded. Whether it was found
in just this condition or whether Mr.. |
Basford gilded it after finding, we are
not prepared to assert, but it is our
private opinion that it is rib of the
immortal whale that swallowed Jonah !,
and that during his solitary CONTINENT
in the interior, Jonah being q motal
man amused himself not by painting
everything red, but by gliding the
arches of his dungeon CELL
Last winter when the Bensberg Opera
Company was in Platteville the good
people and the bad people went and
were equally delighted. When the
same troupe was announced little
while ago. the good people and the bad
people bought tickets. Pretty soon it
got noised abroad that Kate was gong
to appear on the stage in very wicked
costume, and the good peoples tickets
were Immediately for sale. They
wouldn't risk their eternal welfare by
attending such an awful performance,
but they were all willing, for the sum
of fifty cents. to let any of the bad peo-
pie take the tickets. and the conse-
quences.