Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-05-09


friend Miss Delphia Oswald last week.
Mr.. b. Hckok and Miss Lizzie Hos
kins. of Bloomington, were the guests
of Miss Libbie Abrams Saturday and
Sunday.
Miss Jennie Wright, of Potosi, who
has charge of tho Pine Knob school in
Little Grant, visited friends in this city
Saturday.
Dr. Hartford and wife, of Beetown,
visited at the home of Mrs. Hartford's
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. McDannels
Tuesday
Thomas Mcnamara, accompanied by
his sisters Miss Annie and Maggie, of
Bloomington, visited at Mrs. Morris
Murphy's Thursday.
Sheriff F. 6. Thompson went to
Platteville Friday and to Hazel Green
Saturday 10 hold some sales. tie re-
turned home Monday.
George Martin returned home from
Racine Saturday evening where he
went last week as delegate to the
Grand Lodge A. o. u. W.
Rev. Crane and wife, who have been
visiting their son DIR. ]. f. Crane for
several weeks, started for their home
in Canada on Tuesday morning.
Mrs. p. Mcdonald and little son,
who have been the guests of Martin
Mcdonald for several days, returned TO
their home in Madison Wednesday.
Messers Harry and Fred Barnett and
Misses Name Barnett and Nellie Wal
ker drove down to Platteville the first
of the week to visit Miss Myra Barnett
V. }. Rothschild and wife, of ST.
Paul, are here on visit with relatives.
Messrs. Henry and " J. Rothschild
are engaged in the real estate business
in st. Paul
Chas. Orion returned home from
Milwaukee Saturday where he had been
for several days attending TO business
connected with his work as short
hand reporter
Miss Portia Showalter, who has been
assisting her uncle w. j. Wright in
bis duties as postmaster in Fennimore
visited relatives in this city several
days this week.
s. Shilliam and wife, j. Nuncarow
and wife, John Brket and A Bratnober
of Hazel Green were at the county seat
Thursday attending to probate matters
before Judge Geo. b. Carter.
Mrs. w. +. Brown, of Rinelander. al
rived here on the Friday evening train
and will remain for a visit with her
parents Mr.. and Mrs. r. Meyer, Sr,
and other relatives and friends.
Fred +. Burr, breakman on the Mil
waukee and Chicago passenger train,
took a lay off for the first time in
year, last week, and visited his friends
and relatives at home. He resumed
his work Monday morning.
Mrs. Susan Thomas, of British Hol-
low, has been visiting her daughters in
Scales Mound and Galena for several
weeks. She arrived here last week and
will remain some time with her daugh-
ter Mrs. Thomas Orion before return
ing TO her home in British Hollow.
Miss Sena Thomas, of British Hollow,
is teaching the school south of the
Grant Co. Asylum. Miss Thomas
visited her aunt Mrs. Hattie Van Dyke
Saturday, and on Sunday, in company
with Miss Addie Rogers, drove down
to Beetown TO visit with their friend
Mrs. james Anderson.
Miss Emma Cation, who has been a
member of the household of Rev. Mar
cellus for several months past. left for
her home in Benton on Tuesday. On
Monday evening company of about
eighteen young lady and gentlemen
friends met at the NJ. +. Parsonage and
passed an evening pleasantly.
Mrs. w. f. Brown and Miss Nettie
Meyer started for Chicago Wednesday
morning 10 see their cousin Mrs. j. A.
Street. From Chicago Mrs. Brown
will go to her home in Rinelander. Her
little daughter Edna remains with her
grandparents MIR. and Mrs. r. Never.
ST., in this city for a visit of several
weeks.
Mrs p. G. Burns. nee Miss Lille
Green, of Potosi. accompanied by her
mother, passed through this city Tues
day on their way to Marinette to visit
Misses Jennie and Minnie Green, who
are teachers in the High School in
Marinett. From there Mrs. Burns will
go to join her husband who is civil
engineer in Oklahoma.
Mrs. Walter wilkins, formerly Miss
Mary Ivey, of this city, accompanied
by her little daughter has been visiting
relatives and friends in Mineral Point
and Lancaster for several weeks for the
first time in eight years. AT the con-
clusion of her visit here she will return
to her home in Hurley, Wis, where her
husband owns dry goods store
Mrs. Shakespeare Davis with four
children visited at Isaac Shepherds on
Saturday and Sunday. They passed
through this city on Monday, on their
way home to Boscobel. Many will re-
member Shakespeare DAVIS as the
colored boy Gen Jno. B. Calls brought
with him from the south after the war.
and his wife formerly Miss Mary Booda.
who with her mother kept q Barber
shop here many years ago.
DECORATION DAY
A meeting to arrange for Decoration
Day was held in Judge Carriers office
Monday morning. Judge Carter was
elected chairman and w. A. johnson
a