Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-07-16

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Bloomington, srent Sunday with Ian
caster friends. coming over from Bloom
ington Saturday evening.
An improvement has been made by
the removal from the street of the giant
trees Immediately in front OF DR.. Has
sells residence. They were landmarks
but were detrimental to the best use of
1 the street and so were removed.
E. B. Goodsell who was mentioned
few weeks ago as intending to open
law office in this city, has gone into
partnership with H. Buchner. Their
card can be found in this issue. and
their office in the Showalter block,
Market & BrinkInan have added to
their curios a rattle with IS rattles
and button taken from a snake killed
by T. Wilkinson, on Buckwheat ridge.
1t was an ugly customer 81 feet long
and as large around as a mans arm.
Geo. Maiben. ST., of Liberty, had the
misfortune to break an arm while at
work upon his sons new house, Satur-
day. He was standing upon a nail keg.
which tipped over, throwing him to the
| floor with the above result. DR.. Barber
reduced the fracture.
Rev. Peterson, an evangelist of note,
is holding tent meetings at Mt. Ida.
Next Sunday there will be three services,
morning, afternoon and evening. This
same gentleman drew large crowds at
Fennimore about a year ago, and is
meeting with marked success at Mt.
Ida.
At the meeting of the Normal School
regents at Madison Friday, the salaries
OF number Of teachers in the Normal
Schools were raised. At Platteville the
encreases were as follows; II. S. Fiske.
from 81. 200 to 81. 400; Miss Alice Glea-
son, from 5000 to 81. 200; Miss M. Hick-
ey, from 500 to $500; and Miss Edith
Purdy from $3.50 to 500.
DIR. Reed returned Monday from St.
Paul where he attended the State Den
tai Association of Minnesota. He feels
well pleased with his trip. During his
absence he purchased the exclusive
right of this vicinity to DR., G. E. Hale's
method of filling teeth without pain,
and is making preparations to use the
method Us soon as possible.
A paper from Tacoma, Wash, gives
glowing account of the commence
ment exercises of Washington College,
especial attention being given to the
high standing of the graduates. d. S.
Pultord. son of Rev. Mr. Pulford so
long associated with the Episcopal
church in this city, is professor in the
college, and had charge Of the gradual
ing exercises.
There will be joint reunion of the
39th, 10th, 41st, 49th. and 50th Wiscon-
sin Infantry Regiments at Madison,
July 30th and 31st This will be at the
closing of the Monona Lake Assembly,
those two days being National Day"
and Grand Army Day." Rates of II
are offered on the railroads, and head
quarters will be in the Assembly
chamber in the Capitol.
BY referring to the schedule time of
the arrival and departure of Lancaster
mails, it will be seen that change has
been made in the Burton stage route.
Formerly the starting point was this
city; the mail leaving in the morning
and returning in the evening. Now the
order is reversed. The stage leaves
Burton in the morning and arrives here
at noon, returning after dinner. John
Potter is the new proprietor.
Recent dispatches have been sent
from here that Lew Sisley's mother made
a death bed confession to having killed
his wife in 1882. Two days after their
marriage the young wife was found shot
to death in a field near the house. The
long trial that followed and the acquittal
of Sisley is still we'll remembered. The
HERALD has been unable to find any
foundation for the rumor, or even to
locate Mrs. Sisley as living near here.
The M. E. Camp Meeting of the
Platteyille District will be held this year
at their new grounds at Platteville.
The District has purchased the old
Rountree Estate and converted il into
lovely plrk, and hereafter the meetings
will be held there instead of Bethel
Grove as formerly. The grounds are
now nearer the center of the District
and larger crowds will attend. The
meetings open Aug. Is, and among the
speakers will be the famed chaplain