Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-04-03

Why was the work Of the fire depart
ment at the Court House like the after
concert at the New York caslno?-Be-
cause its play on the roof.
Rev. j. H. Ralph will preach next
Sunday, April 6, at the rock school
house in the morning. and at the Ora
ham school house afternoon and evening.
j. H. Livingston, of Livingston, has
been spending few days in this city
the past week talking up stump puller
to the farmers of the surrounding coun-
try.
At the meeting of the council last
Wednesday, the only action taken was
the appointment of Geo. Hannum to fill
vacancy. Aid. H. Buchner declining
office.
Easter will be observed by the Meth
odist Sunday school with special Cxer-
Uses followed by an appropriate sermon
which will be preached by Rev Mar
cellus.
A progi anime of the work to be fol
lowed by the Sunday School Convention,
at their meeting at the NJ. f. church of
this city will be found in another
column.
E. j. Cole, who recently purchased
w. Barlow's business, will be remem-
cred by Lancaster people as the genial
mail agent of the C. & N. w. Ry. few
years ago.
During the past week DIR. j. H. Reed
sold to A. Smith, of this city, q acres
of land opposite the residence of John
Willis. The property will be used for
building lots.
Jacob Whietmann, of Potosi, comes
out this week with lot of bills for his
fine Clydesdale, Young Lofty. They
were printed at the "old reliable the
HERALD office.
Rev. Mcintosh and wife left tor
Reedsburg last Tuesday afternoon.
Rev. Mcintosh has been with us for
several years, and his absence will be
regretted by many friends.
Richard Brokers new house near
the depot is being rapidly pushed to
completion. Activity on other dwell
ings in progress of construction shows
spring revival of business.
Dir. j. H. Reed S dental rooms are un-
dergoing a complete renovation and
will thereafter contain two laboratories,
one of which will be used by II. Z. Kin
ney who is going to work with DIR. Reed.
In another column will be found an
itemized report of the town board show
ing the present financial condition OF
affairs and the amount of money ex
pended and collected during the past
year.
w. M. Romine, Milwaukee Travelling
Passenger Agent of the Great North
ern Railway Line, was pleasant caller
Saturday He is trying to secure the
Wisconsin Editorial outing this sum-
mer for his line.
The April meeting of the Lancaster
Literary Club will be at the residence OF
Rich. Meyer, Jr., on Tuesday the 8th
inst. Every member of the Club is ex-
pected to Jay or read something on
''Woman's Suffrage
w. j. Dyer has just sold one of the
most promising fillies in the County,
never had harness on, years old
this spring, sired by Swigert dam by
Star Bashaw. Jas. Smith is the lucky
purchaser at price 5000.
Mrs. Mary j. Wilkinson, a former
resident of Platteville, now residing in
Dubuque, and who has figured in dam.
age suits against the city of Platttville,
and most always interested in some sort
of litigation, has brought suit against
Dubuque for $4,000, for alleged dam
ages received from defective Sidewalk.
One of the severesi storms known in
wears visited this section last week
Wednesday and Thursday the wind
blew almost a hurricane while snow fell
to the depth of several inches. If the
thermometer had dropped way down
| it would have been full ffedged blizz,
| ard.
If the roof of the Court House had
jgnited Thursday nothing would have
saved the western portion of the city
Our fire Experimentation water would
have been powerless. The crying need
for decent water works could not have
been better illustrated without actua
loss.
1t certainly should be somebody s