Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-09-07

ihtI were l1ily err wd and will hold
up their end Of the yoke in representing
Lancaster at the White City on Wis
cousin Day.
4 very fatal form Of cholera infantum
is unusually prevalent among The chill.
dren in Lancaster and vicinj, Just now.
Several children have already died in
less thsn twenty four hours from the
first attack Soecial nursing. c.eanli-
ress. warm clothing. care in diet.
avoidance OF sudden changes Of tenn
perature. are tue best preventives. The
symptoms are venting. fever and
diarrhoea These three taken together
mean serious trouble aud medical aid
should be summoned At once. An
hours delay may be fatal.
Congregational Church services:
Preaching service at 1880 SUNDAY
morning Topic, DR. McGvnn on the
Vatican. Sunday evening service at
I 80. Sermon for SUNDAY evening.
Sept. 10Th. will be the first of a series
on Some Burning Questions for
Young Christians The series will
consist of frank discussion of cards.
dancing, theaterS. tobacco, the city.
and kindred topics. in the spirit of the
scripture text which SAYS: Come let
Us reason together" Shall be highly
pleased and viii take it as personal
favor if any one viii Neutrality-suspicious.
bearing upon these topics. either for
or against.
The elegant home of Mr.. and Mrs.
A, Il. Bushnell at Madison was the
scene of brilliant gathering of friends
and relatives, Wednesday. who assem-.
bled 10 honor the marriage Of Miss
Mabel Bushnell 10 Mr. James Kerr. the
son Of Prof Kerr Of The state UNIVERSE
| ~ Mr.. Kerr is a widely known young
attorney and is associated with one of
Modison's best known law firms.
Where Miss Mabel is knownit is useless
to add words in praise Of her excel
/ lencies. Mr. and Mrs. Watkins and
Miss Laura Baxter are among the
guests from this city.
The engineer blew Icing whistle at
the Excelsior Mill Monday morning
and a more chcereful and encouraging
sound we have not heard for a good
while While the factory is not very
extensive it does good deal of
most excellent work aud .giyes employ
ment to good many people We
hope that MIR. Lantz will meet with the
success his industry and push merit and
those having poplar and Eastwood 10
sell, viii see that the present large stock
of material is not allowed TO diminish
The mill can be made good antidote
fof hard times in a good many homes.
The streets Of our city have been
undergoing substantial improvement
this summer and there are some places
which have Teen regular nuisances in
the spring for the past twenty years
that will hereafter be rs Lard as ada
mant, no matter what the weather may
be, Fred Phelps has kept his men in
dustriously at work and wherever
crushed stone has gone on TO the street
we predict that there viii be good road
with but little repairing for the next
hundred years. 1t is evident that Mr.
Phelps believes that once well done is
twice done. Keep the good work gong
on.
Robbie, the FIVE year old son of V. II.
Kinney of Fennimore, had his hand
quite severly crushed in corn shelter
in the Hurricane flour mills last week.
The little fellow was visiting his cousins
and in playing about the mill they
amused themselves by feeding the
shelter While doing so the teeth struck
Robbie's hand and tore it sadly, max
ing amputation of part of the thumb
necessary. DR.. Cronin performed the
operation and the little fellows hand
promises to heal up in pretty cd
shape. It was very close call. how
ever. and the boys who were with him
will learn lesson Of carelulness from
his experience.
The Boscobel Fair will be held this
year, Sept l3-1l-15 and vii be full Of
new features. On Thursday there will
be a wedding in front Of the grand
stand 2 mile bicycle race, year
old stake race, a $3.50 stallion race, a
2.50 class race for $50. a $40 novelty
race in which farm teams, unhitched,
embarrassed and tied to the fence must,
at the word Go DO gotten ready for
the race, walked to the quarter pole and
trotted to the wire, and 1000 foot
balloon ascension with a parachute drop
to the ground from that hight. Friday
brings in a 2-year. old stake race, Z:40
class race, mile bicycle race, a3-year-