Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-02-11

BY the DEBORAH Orchestra. The dance
was well attended and passed off very
pleasantly.
Lancaster is endowed with . number
of expert wood sawyers. one of which is
Andrew B Browning. who got through
with nine cords of oak in just nine
hours Monday, saving the wood once
in two and piling it up
Engineer Andy Slyfeld. who runs be-
tween this city and GaleDa, has been
laying of the past week recuperating
from a slight attack of grippe. Engi-
neer Horace Mcconnell ofMadison. has
taken the run during his absence.
Rev. Cook of Benton. Wis, preached
in the NJ. E. church last Sunday. Rev.
Cook was formerly pastor of the church
in this city, and was greeted by a large,
appreciative audiance among which
were many of his former congregation.
Special meetings are being held in
the Congregational church at Potosi,
this week Rev. w. II. Carter of Platte
vile, conducted the meetings the fore
part of the week, and Rev. p. II. Mason
left Thursday for that city TO remain
until Saturday.
One of Potosl's young men got on
jamboree one day last week, which
ended mp in his getting into an alterca-
ton with the city marshal. He was
brought to this city last Thursday and
fined twenty dollars for resisting an
officer of the law.
Richard Meyer, Jr., sold his residence
to Geo. w. McCord, last week, who
will shortly take possession. Mr.. Meyer
contemplates erecting fine residence
in the spring, but arrangements as to
location and design of the building.
are as yet only preliminary.
Jim O'Hein. horse buyer of Chicago.
advertises in special column this week
for good horses weighing from 1850 to
1850, for which he will pay highest
market price. All who have horses for
sale should see him atthe Wright House
Friday and Saturday of this week.
Hon. George E. Cabanis, ox-member
of the Legislature, died at his horne in
Big Patch, Friday morning of la-grippe.
Big Patch has lost one of her most
prominent and honored citizers and his
wife and son, James N. Cabanis, who
survive him, have the sympathy of
hosts of friends in their bereavement.
j. A. Hadield, the hide buyer of
Mineral Point. bought of Joe Nathan &
Son last week, seven hundred and fifty
beef hides. probably the largest lot of
hides ever sold by any one firm In this
city before. Nathan & Son have vat
in which the hides are sailed and stored,
this preventing any possibility of their
spelling.
Dir. j. Godfrey has fitted up the
rooms in Clark's building over the Post
Office, in which be will have his office
that will be most cheerful and comfort
able to patients who visit him. DR..
Godfrey is on the Board of Pension
Examiners that meets at Platteville
every Wednesday and will be absent
from the city on that day of each week.
Mr.. Cunningham, drayman of Cobb.
was loading some barbwire on his dray
at the depot Monday, when his team
took fright at the stock train which
was coming IN town, and ran on the
track. Mr.. Cunningham endeavored
to stop the team before they got on to
the track but could not, and horses
and man were struck by the engine kill
ing them almost instantly.
The Potosi mining case. Theo. Blideit
VS. Christian Kreiser, tried at the fall
term of court in this city, two years
ago, has recently been settled by the
Supreme Court at Madison. Attorney
Buchner and Lowry argued the case for
respondent, and Bushnell, Watkins &
Ottemeier for appellant. The cause
was decided in favor of respondent,
affirming the decision of lower court.
George Duncan was quite seriously
injured while coasting on Schmitt's hill,
Monday night. George was doing the
earring end on the sled were five or six
boys besides himself. They had got
about half way down the hill when
George pulled off towards fence and
before he could change the course
of the sleigh they had struck it, pinning
his knee between a fence post and the
point Of one of the runners. He was
unable to walk and was hauled home on
q sled.
John Mclaughlin, an express wagon
l. I. IL 4 q L