Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-05-25

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Madison. She was accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Doblin, who will
remain in the city short time.
Mrs. and Mrs. j. H. Baldwin and
children left last Wednesday for an
extended visit to friends at Milwaukee
and Waldrom, III. They will also visit
the Worlds Fair before returning.
Chas. Osthoff returned TO the city the
first of the week. He is in the en-
ploy of the Northwestern Railroad,
and located at Baraboo He will return
soon and Mrs. Osthoff goes with him.
The ladies of the Congregational
church will give a ten cent tea, and ice
cream and cake, at the social room of
the church, on Friday, June ?, from
$50 to 800 o'clock P. NJ. For further
particulars look in next issue.
The attention of the Tom Cox Post of
of this city and all other citizens is re-
spectfully called to the fact tina. the
Memorial Day sermon will be preached
in the NJ. f. church at 1880 A. Nj.
Sunday, May 28. by Rev. P. II. Mason.
The High School teachers and pupils
are busy with the extra work of the
close of the school year. The gradual
ing class is larger ever before and
essays and orations as we'll as final ex-
aminations occupy the expectant
graduates.
j. B. James writes from Central
City, Colo, enclosing four years sub
scriptlon to the HERALD. He and his
wife will start the first of June for u
three or four months visit in the east
after which they expect to locate
in Denver.
A Milwaukee editor gives several
receipts to cure the cigarette habit. He
says ''Paris Green plenty of it, will cure
the cigarette habit, so will carbolic
acid, an hour under water, bullet in
the brain, or a passing train if the
cigarette idiot will let it strike him"
Ladies and children living in the
country and who desire to help in
Memorial Day exercises, can do so
most acceptably by bringing in
wreaths and flowers on Monday after
noon or early Tuesday morning. La
dies will be waiting to receive them at
the city hall.
Forest fires in the vicinity of Green
Bay, Amigo, Wis, and Saginaw and
Lake City, Mich, have destroyed vast
amount of pine timber. The Louis
Sands Co., are the heaviest loosers. The
fires are supposed to have been of in
cendiary origin. The loss is over a
million.
The Ladies Missionary Society OF the
Congregational church will meet at the
Parsonage next Tuesday, May 26.
Subject Graduates of Girls Schools in
Mission lands, where are they and what
are they doing. Program from 3 to 4
o'clock. Social hour from to 5 o'clock.
Be sure to attend.
A new sidewalk is being built from
the depot to the Grand Central. 1t is
nearly foot narrower than the old one.
AS we are not diminishing in importance
or population all new walks should
be constructed on a larger scale than
old ones. Narrow walks save lumber
but don't accommodate the people.
The administrators sale of horses.
buggies, wagons and the complete out
fit of butchers and meat market stock
belonging to the estate of John j..
Humphrey, deceased, will take place at
one O'Clock p. m. next Saturday, June
3. Persons desiring anything in this
line will do we'll to be promptly on
hand.
While large number of person is
named on the Decoration committee, it
was the voice of the meeting that every
body in the city and outside is requested
to consider himself or herself men,
Der of that committee, with the assur-
ance that any aid given will be most
heartily appreciated. BY roder of the
meeting.
The Catholics expected to have a
picnic last Monday. but on account of
Sunday nights rain the decision was
given Monday forenoon to those who
come prepared with lunch baskets and
happy moods for joyous day, that the
picnic would be held two weeks from
Thursday, June 9Th. 0 what is so rare
as a day in June.
The business men of the city have
decided to close their stores from Il NJ.
to P. M, Memorial Day, and farm
ers are requested not to bring in pro-
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