Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-08-27

city and Madison. Mr.. Prior goes on
the main line.
The Cassyille Normal Review closed
a successful term of work Friday. The
attendance was large and the work ac-
complished well done.
The dwelling house of Chas. Liyings-
ton. a prominent farmer near Livings-
ton. was burned last Wednesday. The
extent of loss was not learned.
| The 10 year old son of VIM. Bates of
Bloomington died from the effects of
eating to much ice cream and other cold
refreshments at picnic last week.
Suits for lebel will be brought against
several newspapers for publishing that
Mrs. Stout confessed to having murd-
cred her ghter-in-law Mrs. Sisely.
The HERALD acknowledges compile
mentary to the thirty annual fair
of the La Fayette County Agricultural
Society at Darlington Sept 9. 10 and
18th.
Ladies' Society of the Cong. church
will meet on Friday afternoon at the
parsonage. The missionary meeting is
postponed but full business meeting
is desired.
Two prisoners we're brought to the
county jail on Tuesday for burglarizing
store at MontfoIt They waived ex-
animation and will be held over to cir
cult court.
A rag doll sociabe of the Kings
Daughters was held at Mrs. E. M.
Lowry's Saturday evening and a pleas
ant time enjoyed. Cake and Ice cream
were served.
The youngest daughter of sheriff
Burris met with painful accident, in
upsetting bottle of carbolic acid over
her hand and arm. The burn was
severe but is rapidly healing.
Some sneaking boys succeeded in
getting basket of peaches out of the
buggy as Mrs. Needham was on her
way home from the city Tuesday night.
1t was too dark to recognize them.
w. P. Richardson threshed Is acres
of oats that averaged Y bushels to the
acre. He had 26 acres more not quite
so heavy but the average for all was 81
bushels. Says he never saw such
yield before.
1t was with regret that the people to
this city learned that Rev. James Eaton
could not be in Lancaster last week. He
partially promised to stop on his way
home from the east whittier he has gone
to visit relatives.
Prof c. r. Showalter has accepted
the chair of Mathematics and Music in
the State Normal School at Platteville,
vice Prof. Gardner resigned. The
Principalship in the Lancaster Schools
is thus left vacant.
The crowd at Platteville Sunday, at
tending camp meeting, is estimated at
5000. Chaplain McCabe spoke in the
afternoon, the main Hall being crowded
and attentive listeners were seated far
out in every direction.
Harry Barnett got badly bruised up
in runaway Thursday morning. His
team started from the lime house, and
in trying to stop them, he was jammed
into a tree standing at the side of the
road. The team was stopped without
much damage, but Harry has been laid
up for few days.
On Thursday, September 1st, a mis-
sionary meeting will be held in the Ger
man Evangelical St. Johns church at
Sitter, Wis. All persons are cordially
invited to assist. Rev. G. Hirtz of Mil
waukee. formerly at Liberty Ridge, will
hold the first sermon at 1880 a. m.
REV. G. B. Schulz.
Grant Lewis, of Fennimore, has
charge of the telegraph Office at this
station, during the absence of VIII
Shattuck, who is working at Madison
for couple of weeks. Mr.. Lewis
wife and a brother drove over from
Fennimore Sunday and helped him en-
joy the day.
Thos. Hawley, brakeman on Con-
ductor Mulcahy's Freight train, came
near losing his life while braking in
the yards at this station, Thursday
morning. He fell from the end of car
to the track below, striking lengthwise
across the rails, but succeeded in getting
out of the way of the car just in time.
He was badly bruised by the fall, and
in consequence took vacation.
An inmate of the asylum got away
from the keepers and wandered into |