Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-04-05
I1own and County Neus.
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last Thursday.
Read Bennett Bros advertisement OF
their fine horses.
Hon. L. |. Kidd had business in Ian
caster last Saturday.
Mr.. Chas. Column of Millyille visited
friends in this city last week.
Come to the HERALD Office and see
the samples of spur wire.
Mr.. Thomas Richmond an old resi-
dent of Mt. Ida is very ILL.,
Mr.. and Mrs. M. P. Rindlaub made
the county-seat short visit last Thurs
day.
L. f. Ransom, of Mt Ida, was in
town Thursday and made our office his
annual call.
A. S. Flagg of Edgerton, made his
parents, who reside in this city, a visit
last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. V. Trapp, of Mt.
Ida, are very i'll with pneumonia Both
are over seventy years Of age
Mrs. rockingham left this morning
for her former homo in Illinois. She
will be gone several weeks.
Philip Shilliam, prominent resident
of Hazel Green died last week. The
funeral services were held last Sunday
Mr.. David A. Aupperle, formerly
county superintendent of schools in
Sioux county, Iowa, is visiting relatives
near Lancaster He is engaged in
business in Hull, la.
It is reported that the Latin & Rand
Powder Co. are thinking of lighting
their works by electricity. 1t is sug-
gested that if this is so, Platteville may
soon have electric lights.
Mrs. Fairbanks of the State Board
Of Charities and Reform, came to Ian
caster Friday night to visit our Asylum.
She found things in good condition as
usual. Our asylum is always ready to
iC1ClFO NioilOiS, OlIlCIdl VI uuOIlcldI
Miss May Ivey is still quite ill with
the low fever against which she has
been struggling for five weeks. She is
however. gaining slowly and hopes be-
fore many more weeks have passed to
be able to get out into the spring sun
shine.
d. d. UT has sold his farm neal
Rockville to VIM. Bailie for $4,000.
Mr.. UT left Tuesday morning for
Sprague, Washington Territory to look
at the country with view of settling
there. Mrs UT has two brothers in
that place.
The painted china on exhibition IN
DR.. BARRIERS drug store is pretty enough
to make ali who look at it anxious tc
tly their hand at china painting. The
artist, Mrs. Book, displays unusual
skill aud delicacy in the execution Of
her designs.
The Kickapoo Indian Medicine COM
pany is at Boscobel. DR.. Howard is
still alive, Judging from his picture in
the Dial. We hear no complaints OF
his pronunciation from that paper
Either the DR.. has been studying the
dictionary or the editors don't know the
difference.
G. N. Holford seems to be much
pleased with his new home in Benton,
Arkansas, as may be seen from his oc-
casional letters to the HERALD and the
Record In letter to the latter, pub
lished last week he says: Before set
ting here / had travelled extensively in
the South, from East Tennessee to the
Indian Territory and from Florida to
the extreme western point of Texas,
and have found no place in Dixie more
suitable or less Objectionable for a
Northern man to settle in than this
MIR. Morse, express messenger on the
North Western, who has recently set
tied in Lancaster with his family, is now
off duty on account Of illness, which
threatened to be of serious nature.
We are glad to be able to state that he
is better, and we also desire to take
advantage of this opportunity to well
come MIN and his family as members
of our community.
Jas. H. Ernest, of Lafayette county.
one of 1.-THE 40'' and one of the unterri-
fled, a man well versed in the signs of
political times, being asked whom he
would prefer the Republicans would
not nominate for the Presidency, re-
piled "Oh Gresham. He is a brainy
cuss and a man of integrity whom no
body can say any thing against and
''he bitches his friends to him with
hooks of steel.
Tie sudden death is announced Of
Mrs Matthew Preston 1t occurred last
Friday at her home in Platteville. She
had not been as well asusual for several
days but was not considered dangerous
lyiIl until noon of the day she died.
Her husband is prominent citizen Of
Grant County He formerly owned a
large farm at Preston station. ON the
c. & n. W. r. r. between Montfort
and Fennimore, and the village of
Preston was named in his honor.
Harry f. Verran. formerly clerk of
the Park Hotel, Platteyille, and later
Of the Wright House in this city, visited
Lancaster friends Saturday and Sun day
on his way 10 visit his family in Platte
vile Since leaving Lancaster about a
year ago he has been employed in 4
dry goods store in Independence, Iowa.
but has left that place to take the posi-
ton Of travelling salesman for Jno. d.
Cutter 4 Co silk manufacturers. of
New York
A letter recently received from Miss
Wing. formerly clerk in Thomas &
Basford's store in this city, SAYS that her
health has improved so much in the de-
lightful climate of Fal!brook. California,
that lit is pleasure to be alive. She