Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-08-25

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try your case or marry you.
Matt Miller, of Dubuque, formerly s
farmer in the Dutch Hollow neighbor
hood, was found sitting in chair dead,
at his home Monday morning. Cause
of death has been attributed to heart
failure. The remains were brought tc
Dutch Hollow Tuesday for burial.
w. NJ. Deering & Co.. Chicago. have
the most extensive mandatory OF
grain harvesting machines in the world.
The plant covers forty five acres, en-
ploys $500 men, and last year made
and sold 1877, 665 machines. This year
their sales increased one third. This is
evidently business and prosperity.
Bert Bellows, left Wednesday for
Baraboo, to resume work in the Drug
Store in which he has been employed
since leaving home. Bert spent most
pleasant week with Lancaster
friends, who wish him unbounded sue
cess in all he undertakes, and sincerely
wish he may ever be in feiicl status.
Don't forget the Bloomington Fair
which will be held Sept. Z, 8 and 8 '92.
The grounds are in superb condition
and any one who knows the Blooming
ton and Blake's Prairie people, knows
that they never do anything bv halves;
so look out for big show of stock,
farm products and flowers as well as
first class racing.
The flower mission sent u boxes OF
flowers to Chicago last Tuesday. This
is excellent when the effect of the recent
hot, dry spell is taken into considera-
ton. The contributors this week are:
Maud Carthew, Minnie Wetter, Gordie
Smith, Eugenia Hyde, Beatrice Decker,
little girls who deserve praise for their
steadfastnees and in dustry,
George Mccarthy sold his fine span
of gray's, which have been so much
admired by horsemen of the city, to
VIM. Bishop, of Platteville, last week;
he also sold last week, to Geo Charl-
ston, of GAINESVILLE, his big chestnut
horse. Mack has been very successful
in the horse buying and selling business
and is accounted an expert in that line
The names of the following members
of the Christian Endeavor Convention
were not in the HERALD last week.
The whole number enrolled was 80.
Bertha l.. Gardner. Platteville; Nettie
Bracket, May Wheeler, Bloomington;
Mrs. Bessie Melbourne, Dodgeville;
Elizabeth DAVIS, British Hollow; Edith
Thompson, Darlington; Alice Amy,
Baraboo; Mabel Rienow, M. A. Web
ster, Prairie du Chieu; Rena Waggoner,
Nora Carpenter, DR.. w. H. Simmons,
Viola.
A caucus, to elect fifteen delegates to
attend the Democratic County Conven-
ton Aug. "a, was held in the city HaH
Saturday evening. Gen. j. B. Calls
was chosen chairman and Geo. Muesse
Jr. Secretary. The following Delegates
were elected: w. j. Mccoy, F. B.
HELPS, Jas McBrien, j. j. Oswald,
Anton Schmitt, John Philips, Phin
Walker, Louis Wetter, VIM Kerr, j. j.
Wenzel, Geo. A. Moore, Jno. Pink,
David johnson, Geo. Muesee Jr, .Tno
B. Calls.
At the democratic convention held
in this city Wednesday, the following
delegates were elected to attend the state
ard congressional conventions. Dele
gates to state convention: ID. j Gardner
at large; A Doyle, J.B.Ortscheid, Ira
Griswold. John Ruka, DIR. Van Dusen
WI Mccoy; delegates to congressional
convention: T.L.Cleary, Jno. Oswald,
Thos. Tormy, Ed Meyer, Jno. Kuenster
Jno. Anderson, Victor Fayant, "A.
Eastman, Herman Grimm, John Scan
lon. VIM, O'Brien.
Prof. Hosea Case, of Lancaster. left
for DEBORAH, Iowa, Tuesday, to get
ready for his school work there again
this year. The School employs thirteen
teachers, is in very prosperous condi-
ton, and has been placed on the ac-
credited list of our State University.
We have known Mr. Case favorably for
sereral years and rejoice at his well
merited success and also feel that we
can congratulate the people of DEBORAH
on their good fortune in securing man
so well qualified and earnest as Mr..
Case is, to conduct their school work.
To the Editor of The HERALD
Among the many candidates for County
Offices on the Republican Ticket is Will
L. Taylor, of the Town of Millville. who
is candidate for the office of County
Clerk. Mr. Taylor served on a gunboat
in The South Atlantic Blockading