Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-02-02

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treasurer at Madison. tor SOC, 900. This
is the money, or portion of it, collect
by ex State Treasurer Harshaw as
interest on public funds and deposited
by him with the bank. The full amount
of the claim against Harshaw, is 1929,
GOO. and he has yet sos, 600 to pay into
the treasury before the states claim
against him is fully paid.
For the second time within month
the flag on the Court House has been
lowered to half mast in respect to an
American statesman. The news of Mr..
Blaine's death made a profound i'm
preston upon every citizen OF this city.
few of whom have ever seen lin, but
who feel, as does of all Amerca, that
the country has lost her foremost states
man and most honored politician.
James G. Blaine was truly a statesman
without peer.
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good fortune to attend the annual ban
quet of the De Molai Commandry at
Boscobel last Friday evening are hearty
in their praise of Boscobel and the Bos-
cobelians for the superb entertainment
given there. If there is any place this
side of heaven where the stranger is
always most capitally cared for and
made to feel perfectly at home, that
place is Boscobel. The verdict from
here is unanimous.
Albert Hyde has had plans made for
a new residence to be built in the
spring. 1t will be modern in design
and will cost in the neighborhood of
$4,000. The location, on the east
corner lot, adjoining his fathers prop
erty, is most desirable one. Several
other improvements in the residence
portion of the city are in contemplation
by residents, hut are not yet ripe for
publication. Withal, the prospects for
large number of new houses being
built as soon as spring opens are very
favorable.
Probably no man IN the United States
had more wonderful memory for
names and faces, than the lamented
statesman and philanthropist, James g.
Blaine. Senator Sawyer is authority
for the following, showing his wonderful
powers of memory: I'm 1874, Mr.
Blaine made a speech in Wisconsin and
he stopped with me. While he was
there l gave dinner in Mr.. Blaine's
honor, to which / invited Mr.. Meyer, of
Fon du Lac. In 1891, more than six
teen years afterwards, Mr.. Meyer came
here, and | took him TO call on Mr..
Blaine. Before we got there we met
Mr.. Blaine, when within about forty
feet of him he walked quickly forward
and, without any hesitation, said: MIR.
Meyer, how do you do?"
The Y. p, S. c. f. of the Congrega-
tional church will give sociabe in the
social room of that church, on Friday
evening, Feb. Sd, at o'clock. Every
lady will bring basket containing a
lunch for two, and a gentleman for the
sum of ten cents may buy basket and
eat his supper with lady whose name is
in the basket. Coffee will be served at
5 cents per cup, extra. Another feature
of the sociable is that each person may
represent some book. as Locke, On the
Understanding of Man, which may be
represented by small paddock fastened
on the foot of the person who represents
it. A prize will be given to the person
guessing the greatest number of books
and their authors thus represented. All
ladies and gentlemen cordially invited
20 attend.
Gen. John B. Calls got home from
Madison last Friday night whore he has
been helping his old friend and COM
mander, Gen. Bragg to the United
States Senate The General is quite
pointed in his opinions and free in his
expression of them and one may we'll
guess that one who fought for his old
commander in the rebellion would also
put in telling work for him now This
Gen. Calls did but there were not
enough of such men to over come the
odds brought up on the other side. In
spite of the democratic doctrin that the
poor man should have chance, Gen.
Bragg, the peoples choice, had to give
way to the millionaire from the city OF
Milwaukee. Bragg's friends are not
happy and the millionaire has no Just
reason to be proud Of his victory.
Montfort experienced a little excite
ment Monday of last week. At about
four O'Clock in the afternoon, the Monj-