Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-06-13

forty rats while moving their corn frol
crib at their home north of the city
They and their dog worked hard for ;
time but even then quito humble
escaped.
A new side walk has been put down
east of w. b. yandowall's place o
residence. south to Benz. Budworth'i
residence where new crossing has beer
placed joining the walk north of thu
Episcopal Church.
The GAINESVILLE Driving Park Associa
ton held their Fifth Annual meeting
this week closing Friday. The meeting
is an especially attractiYe one. many
noted events taking place. The editor
acknowledges compliments extended
The HERALD is indebted to w. G.
Byron, Sec. and manager of the Min.
neapolis Industrial Exposition fol
courtesy extended. The exhibition
opens Aug p and promises TO be one
of the best ever held.
DIR. Hartford, of Beetown. spent Sun
day with friends in this city. Ho left
on the morning train for Milwaukee
where he went as a representative OF
the Beetown Masonic Lodge, No. LAG,
to the Masonic Grand Lodge which met
in Milwaukee on Tuesday.
Prot. johnson, tho German and Latin
teacher in our High School. was called
to the death bed of his father in Gutten-
burg Iowa, on Thursday, by telegram
Upon arrival he found him dead.
When the funeral services were over he
returned to this city.
Chas. Burrows accompanied his wife
and Mrs. Lee to Boscobel Monday,
where the ladies took the train for st.
Croix Falls. They expect to rem ain
some time with relatives and friends
there. Mr.. Burrows returned to this
city on the Tuesday noon train.
ID. Needham and wife and Delos
Abrams and daughter, Miss Libbie, drove
over to Bloomington on Friday to at
tend the funeral services of Mr.. @.
Wheeler The Boscobel Commandry
of the Masonic order buried him with
high honors. Rev. Stevens. of Cass-
vile, delivered the funeral sermon at
the residence.
Our former townsman j. r. Simison
has again come in contact with the fire
tiend, for last week the Boot and Shoe
Store owned by himself and brother, in
Seattle. w. I. was destroyed by fire.
In August last his Harness shop and
building here were burned. Two fires
in one year must be coming pretty thick
for ones nerves.
Geo. Nj. Hood, late resident of this
County, now located at Sterling, Kansas,
writes under date of June End, 1--WE are
having lots of rain and ifnothing happens
worse than q cyclone, we will have more
grain than can be stored in Kansas,
Wheat is the heaviest | ever saw. Corn
all tho way from just planted to knee
high, and fruit in abundance from straw
berries up TO peaches. z
Among the heroes of the late war
who have recently been granted orig
inal pensions through the agency of
F. s. Kidd, of this city. we notice Hiram
Nj. Bushnell, who was member of
Capt. Beebes Co. ''K'' A Wis. Vols,
and is now worthy citizen of Lima.
Also Thomas j. Fry, who valiantly
served his country with Capt, Palmer's
Co. +. 10 Wis. Vols. now residing in
Liberty
The largest catch of trout ever known
in this vicinity was caught on Monday.
John Philips and Fred Orion caught
eighty of the speckled beauties. DR.
Hassell caught nineteen, Sheriff f. G..
Thompson fourteen and r. B. Giles
pie thirtY-fiye. The fish on an average
measured ten and twelve. inches in
length. They were all taken from
Trollopp's branch which affords fine
place for fishing.
The Baccalaureate sermon delivered
in Emmanuel church on the Sunday
evening of June 9th by Rev. S. d. Pull
ford was fine production and was
listened to by large congregation with
the closest attention throughout. The
church was appropriately deeked with
choice flowers and bouquets. The
usual evening service of the prayer
book was used and the choir sang APP
propriate songs. Prof. Showalter
assisted with the singing.
During tho storm of last Thursday
evening several trees were blown down
in different parts of the city. A large
maple tree IN Ed. Nj. Lowry's yard was
broken off, also an apple tree on Mrs.
Martha Lowry's premises, shade
tree in front of VIM. McGonigal's resi-
dence, and several limbs were broken
off of trees in Jno. Alters yard, be-
sides other small damages. Twigs and
branches were blown from many of the
trees in the court yard. The cold storm
lasted from Thursday until the first of
the week.
Jno. T. Dalen died May 16, at the
homo of his parents Francis +. and
Cynthia Dalen. in Ellenboro. after q
brief illness, aged about forty nine
years. He enlisted in Co. X. 33rd
Reg. Wis Vols. Aug. II, 1862. and
served honorably until the close of the
war. Being unmarried he lived with
and was the main support Of his aged
parents who viii sadly miss him in
their declining years. He was buried
at Wing School house under the aus.
pices of Platteville Post No. &C, G. AR.
of which he was an honored member:
r.. Z. Murphy and G. II. Basford
went fishing down al Grant one day
| last week. Mr. Basford took his little
boy Archie with him. While the party
were walking along by the river where