Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-08-14


Lancaster Driving Association at their
races Thursday and Friday Of next week.
L. Homrich, OF the Lancaster Marble
works came up from Galena q few days
ago to inspect business in this branch.
The familiers of Jonh S. Wright and
C. ". rockingham. spent Monday pic
nicing and fishing at the Borah stream
north Of town.
A picnic party consisting OF the fam
lies of Hon. A. r. Bushnell and R. A.
Watkins spen. the day. Wednesday,
near Ellenboro.
| The Baptist ice cream social in the
public park Thursday evening was fair
IL attended. and Melted to the church
about six dollars.
County Clerk, j. A. Thomas. pub
fishes in these columns this week the
official notice for Tax Deed, of all un-
redeemed Lands IN this county.
The Bloomington Record came ont in
new dress last week presenting a very
neat appearance. Ernest Brooks pro-
poses to get there, if energy counts.
Platteville will hold special election
the 18th of this month, for the purpose
of electing a supervisor, the nominees
are T. L. Cleary and John Macarthur.
The trotting and running races next
Thursday and Friday, Aug. q and %
will be grand events. The entries are
all well filled and every body is going.
Our original, mammoth minstrel com
pany will give an entertainment this
evening at COVERS Hall. Fennimore, at
the conclusion of the sports Of the day.
Rev. Marcellus preached a sermon
Sunday evening, in the interest of the
W. G. I. U. and was joined in the SER
vices BY the Baptists and Congregation
alists.
On Sunday, the 3rd. Otto Mapes, q
Young man about % years of age, son
of Col. Mapes of Belmont, was drowned
in the Pecatonica river while hunting
pearls
The young people are preparing to
give carnival in about ten days or
two week, the receipts to 60 TO the
parsonage fund of the Congregational
church.
The hunt after the two escaped pris-
oners who are still at large is getting
warm, and the prospects are they will
soon be again breaking bread at the
county jail.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Womens, foreign Missionary Society,
was held Yesterday afternoon. Tea was
served at o'clock. to which gentlemen
were invited.
The residence, together with all its
furnishing. and large quantity OF
clothing, belonging to E. Ellsworth of
Livingston, were totally destroyed by
fire last week.
Mrs. DIR. l. Z. Crane presented her
husband with a fine baby girl Tuesday.
The DR. is all smiles over the present
and It came within one day of being a
real birthday souvirnir to him.
Charley Moore has returned home
after several months travel through
the Western States. He expects to re-
main a few weeks for visit with old
friends. and rest up from his summers
work
Rev. Hardcastle of Benton. spent a
few days the fore part of the week
with Lancaster friends. having come to
take part in the services which took
place III the grove near Dyer's school
house.
DIR. G. c. NARROW is at Potosi this
month attending to his dental patients.
The doctor is recent graduate of the
Iowa college and thoroughly up to the
times in knowledge and appliances for
doing fine work.
Harvest Home picnics are being gen.
orally observed this summer, Fenni-
more, New Diggings, Belmont, Millbrig
and many other places in this part OF
the state are making grand preparations
for days of great enjoyment.
The ordinance of Baptism by INNER
sion was administered to candidate at
Grahams ford, Grant river, Sunday. The
Baptist church in whole departed for
the liver at 1890, and the administra-
ton was by Rev. j. U. r. Wolf.
Indian Commissioner Geo. w. Parker
was caller Tuesday, looking fat and
sassy, and evidently well suited with
his y1ocit;on He ia off IN q fxUo xuooLcf