Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-03-20

Mr. Brown is chairman of the town
board of Woodman.
Gee Gibbs has moved his barber shop
into the rooms recently occupied by o.
Heberlein, which nas been neatly fitted
up for that purpose.
The A class of the Grammar Dept.
of the Lancaster schools, will give
special rhetorical exercises the last day
of this term of school.
j. A. Mccoy & Co. shipped fine lot
OF horses from this station last Monday.
Among them were three well matched
teams, and two trotters.
w. r. Bloomfield, representative of
the Milwaukee Sunday Telegraph. is in
the city this week writing up Lancaster
and its business houses.
The funeral of j. T. Byerley, of Fem
nimore, whose death was announced
last week. occurred Saturday, Rev. E.
f. Marcellus officiating.
A. L. UT, Town Treasurer of Harri-
son, was pleasant caller Thursday.
He came up to make his tax returns to
County Treasurer Neayill.
April 6-lS, has been selected for the
Worlds week of Prayer. For topics to
studied at that time, write to Mrs. j.
j. Bateman, Painsville, o
Married-At Glen Haven. Wis,
March 10th, 1890, by A. H. Bennett,
Esq, Charles Harbough and Ellen
Pierce, all of Colesburg. Iowa.
W. H. Clarke has bought out his
partner, Mr.. Burk's interest in the La
Crosse Daily Times, and is now sole
proprietor of that lively daily.
G. B. Stowell, who has been attending
business matters in this place for the
past few weeks. returned to his home
in Hudson, Mich, last Tuesday after
noon.
There will be donation held at the
2rimative Methodist Parsonage, Little
Grant, Wednesday evening March 26,
1890. every body cordially envited to
attend.
Next Monday and Tuesday, March
24-25, Messrs Quinn & Noftzeger will
be in this place to purchase horses of the
age from five to ten, and weighing 100
TO 300 lbs.
An improvement by the way of new
awnings have been added TO the new
Stone building. occupied by Starts
barber shop. and Miss Allie Woodward's
milliner store.
Wednesday, March u, at the brides
home in the town of Beetown, Miss
Emma McGonigal and Louis Weisben-
ner, of Lancaster, were united in mar
riage. Rev. j. E. Mcintosh officiating.
A number of valuable presents were re
ceived
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entertaining the people of West Grant
with their presence for a few weeks
past, having gone into camp about
midway between Bloomington and Bee
town.
John Curry and family left for their
home at Manchester, Iowa, last Monday
morning. Mrs. Curry and her children
have been residents at the Lancaster
House for eight years. and will be missed
by their old neighbors.
Miss Addie Ivey entertained a num-
Der OF her friends last Friday evening at
a character party, in which different
nationalities were represented. Refresh
ments were served. and everybody
passed pleasant evening.
Rev. f. Z. Hirsch, of Galena, ILL.,,
will lecture in the Congregational
church, Friday evening, March %, 1890,
at o'clock, p. M. Subject-"On the
Threshold" Admittance 25cts; children
15cts. Proceeds for the benefit of the
church.
The announcement last week that
Johu J. Oswald intended fixing up the
capitol building for a dry goods and
general store was a mistake. The con-
tract has not been let, and Mr.. Oswald
will not enter business of any kind for
the present.
The HERALD is enabled to offer for a
time, the Weekly Detroit Free Press for
year, set of Charles Dickens works
and the HERALD one year, for the re-
markedly low price of $500. The set
of Charles Dickens. y volumns, paper
cover, are alone worth the price.
A committee consisting of Jas. Harris.
of Hazel Green, Herman Grimm, of