Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-05-21

Commencement exercises of the Lam
caster High School viii take place Fri
day, June 18th, when class of four,
one gentleman and three ladies viii
receive their diplomas.
A communication from Prof. Haney
of Richland Center regarding the next
session of the South Western Wisconsin
Teachers Association at that place, is
published in another column.
In the committees appointed last week
for Memorial Day, there was an error
in names. On the Finance committee
the name of C. H. Basford should have
been in the place of C. H. Baxter.
l. H. Power. the tramp arrested last
week for burglarizing Sykes & BARRIERS
paint shop, upon being brought before
Justice Wheeler, waived examination
and was bound oyer to Circuit court.
Last week Geo Budd received a
telegram announcing the serious illness
OF his wife. who is visiting relatives in
the northern part of this state. Mr..
Budd started Immediately to go to her.
Prairie du CHEN is negotiating to Sc
cure the location in that city of the
Empire Knitting Works of Milwaukee.
The Prairie City" has started busi-
ness epoch, and from indications, will
work for a continuation.
Dates of examinations at the normal
schools of the state have been arranged
as follows: Platteville June / and 2;
Oshkosh June and 5; River Falls, June
and g; Milwaukee, June 10 and 16.
Whitewater. June IL and Is.
The public nuisance. tramps, is being
felt in this city, nearly every day bring
ing fresh accounts of some Migrants
doings. A rock pile and plenty of ham
mers would have tendency to clear
the section of such characters.
Rev. P. a. Mason entertained the
graduating class of the Lancaster High
School, at his residence, Monday even.
ing. The young people who constitute
the class ere, Misses Hattie Barnett,
Laura Barber, Sena Stevens, and MI
BENZ. Budworth.
A good time was enjoyed by the
young people at the Congregational
church social room, Friday evening.
Under the auspices of the Y. Z. S. G. E.
an ice cream social was given, and a
good crowd responded TO the invitation
to be present, netting to the society a
neat little sum of money.
The little infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jno. Clark died Sunday night after a
two weeks illness He was year and
9 months old at the time of his death,
which was caused by lung trouble. The
funeral took place Tuesday afternoon.
The parents have the kind sympathy of
their large circle of friends in the great
bereavement.
j. c. Spore, agent for the Galena
Gazette was in this city the past few
DAYS looking after that papers interests.
The Gazette has discarded its blanket
form in keeping with all the foremost
ideas, and comes out an eight page pub
LEGATION. Ii is one of the brightest and
newsiest local papers of this section, and
merits the leading position which if
/ holds
News was received in this city Mon
day of the suicide of VIM Drinkwater,
farmer residing near Livingston. He
was found Sunday having choked him.
self to death with strap, which was
swung over beam in the barn and held
tight by his own hands. 1t was a case
of dependency. He leaves wife
and family, and brother, John Drink
water lives in this city.
The Chicago Lady Quartette closed
the season for the Lecture Course Tues
day evening. A good audience was
present and the entertainment much
enjoyed. The singing was of the high
est character and merited the hearty
applause received. The impersona-
tons of Miss Cope were especially good.
That more of such entertainments might
be given in our city is universal desire.
A case of infanticide was before JUS
tice Wheeler Wednesday morning. The
Grim inal complaint stated that on the
25th day of last March, Wealthy Quinn
and Mamie Quinn her daughter muir
dered the infant child of the latter. The
parties are residents of Wyalusing, and
are held in bonds of $500 each at the
county jail until trial, which is set for
next Monday. The young woman is
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