Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-05-29


specimen Of artistic work. and was
furnished by the Franklin Marble
WORKS of Galena.
The Musical Cantata to be given By
the High School children will take place
SATURDAY. evening in the City Opera
House. Admission % cents. Reserved
seats can BE- secured without extra
charge at the Post Office.
Read the new serial story ..Topsy
Turvy'' by that prince Of authors. Jules
Verne. TO begin next week. Do not
put off subscribing as we cannot furnish
back numbers. but send your name in
at once that the first instalments Of this
excellent story may not be missed
Geo. Chalders AMI Theo. Stuer. pro-
prietors OF a valuable lead mine near
Potosi. were in the city last week and
made pleasant call at this Office Both
gentlemen are enthusiastic over the lead
they have as it promises to be one of the
most valuable vet developed in that
region.
II was agreed at the National En-
campment last summer in Milwaukee,
that the Fortieth, Forty-FirSt. Forty
Ninth and Fifth Wisconsin Regiments
should hold reunion al Baraboo this
ummer. The committee has since fixed
the time for Thursday and Friday, June
20 and p.
The Potosi High School held their
commencement exercises in the Congre-
gationaI church last Friday evening.
The graduates numbered seven, -four
ladies and three gentlemen. Under the
efficient management of Prof. +. X.
Shuttleworth, the school has spent
very pleasant and profitable year.
The freshman oratorical contest at
the State University last week created
an interest never before known in the
history Of the Institution The prize
was carried off BY Miss McElroY. of
Marshalltown. Iowa, and second place
was awarded Harry Altizer, Of this city,
the contest being SO close that decision
was difficult
Lancaster Chapter, Royal Arch Mas
ons, put through a number of candida
ties, at the masonic Hall last Monday
evening. Quite number of invited
guests from abroad were present at the
exercises. After the ceremonies, re-
freshments in ice cream, cake and straw
berries, were served An enjoyable time
was had by au participants.
NJ. Nj. Ziegler has begun the removal
of sheds adjoining Ziegler Bros, hard
ware store, preparatory to the erection of
pew brick block. When completed,
ii viii make fine addition to that por-
tion of the city The dimensions of the
new building will be S6x24 #. and two
stories in height, the lower story to be
arranged for Furniture store.
DO this: then wish you hadn't.
Take piece of paper, and upon it put
in figures your age, dropping months,
weeks, and days multiply it by 2, then
add the figures 3.768; add Il to the re-
suit obtained: divide by two and then
subtract from the result obtained the
number of your yearson earth, and see
if YOU do not obtain figures that you
will not be likely to forget.
Our correspondents must understand
that a complimentary notice of business
or professional men have to be paid for
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same they will be cut out of the letter.
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chants store. Give either away and the
machine stops,
At the Primitive Methodist conference
held at Mineral Point last week, several
slight changes were made in the APP
pointments in tins vicinity. Rev. Bin
kensopp was returned to his cid charge
but Rev Ralph was sent to Angus,
Iowa. The circuit formerly occupied
by Rev. Ralph has been divided between
the Mifilin circuit and the one now oc-
cupied By Rev. Blinkensopp. 1t is with
feeling Of regret that his many friends
received the news of Rev. Ralph's de-
parture 10 another field of labor.
A number of capitalists of Seattle and
Minneapolis contemplate the building
of an immense humc or tunnel from
Lake Washington to the shores Of Sc
attic Harbor for the purpose of furnish
,nr 1pa+nr ooUpT for mamie ofur;pfy