Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-07-19
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a. w. Bell, of Platteville, was in the
city Thursday.
Hon. w. E. Carter, of Platteville, was
IN the city Thursday.
Mrs. A. r. bushnell gave a ladies'
tea last Thursday evening.
G. w. Knapp is improving his house
by putting on a new shingle roof.
Hon. J. B. Mccoy, of Platteville, was
in the city Monday calling on friends.
G. w. Parker, of Boscobel, made the
HERALD Office pleasant call Tuesday.
There were thirty-one new members
received into the Methodist church SUM-
day.
DR.. and Mrs. Benham left Monday
morning for their home in Hudson,
Ny.
Harry Verran came up from Platte
vile Monday for visit with his Lam
caster friends.
w. A. Cundy, principal of the Mt.
Hope High school was visiting in the
city several days the past week.
Mrs. Lowry, of this city, with her
sister Mrs. Prindle, of Vermont. left
Monday morning to visit relatives in
Cleveland, Ohio
F. Shuttleworth has been engaged as
principal of the Potosi High School. He
graduated from the Plattevile Normal
school last June with honor.
A total eclipse of the moon will take
place Sunday night at midnight. 1t
will be much more interesting than
that of January %, the moon being
higher in the heavens
Last Thursday grand ratification
meeting was held by the Republican
Club of Prairie du Chen at which Hon.
John ID. Wilson made rousing speech
Tor Harrison and Morton.
The breaking of some Indian ponies
created quite ripple on the streets
Monday. They were from the herd of
d. w. Collins, recently brought from
Washington Territory, and broke very
readily.
Miss Abbie Phelps and Florence
Street visited few days last week with
their cousin Myrtle Humphrey, at Mt.
Hope Sunday party of friends
drove out to spend the day and brought
The visitors back with them
Geo Edwards and Charlie Orion are
said to have the finest flower gardens in
town. Mr.. Edwards has Jackmanni
clamatis, whose royal purple Bios
SONS measure six inches in diameter,
and there are at least one hundred and
fifty of them.
The annual catalogue of the State
Normal School comes to hand for the
academic year 18S7-'SS. The attend
ance numbered 440, with graduating
class Of l6. Entrance examinations
will be held Tuesday, Aug. 2S, the fall
term beginning on the 10Th.
While pair of Indian ponies were
being delivered TO A. G. Hough, of Mt.
Ida, they stopped to drink in the Grant
river, one of them miring a little got its
feet fast in the halter and was thrown
in such a way as to drown in a foot of
water before assistance could be given.
Mr.. Collins replaced it with another.
Charley Burr was taken suddenly i'll
Saturday afternoon and could not take
his place as mail agent on the Galena
train. His brother Fred was tele-
graphed to meet the train at Montfort
and has since been taking Charley's
place, although the latter's sickness
was not severe and he is now all right
again.
Joe Nathan returned from Germany
Tuesday evening. His wife and
daughter Carrie went to Milwaukee
Monday to meet HIM. Those who en-.
joyed the interesting letters in the HER
AID Mr.. Nathan wrote while abroad.
will miss them now. but will none the
less give Joe q cordial grasp of the
hand and hearty welcome home.