Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-07-27

Have you noticed the new express
wagon of Barnett Il Sons? 1t was
formerly a meat wagon but the skill of
the painter transmogrified il into an
express wagon and it makes a good one
too. In fact, Harry Barnett is so taken
up with IT tina. he does little else now
a-days but ride around in it, taking
orders and supervising the work done
by the regular dray teams.
NJ. S. Tro~ bridge has sold his Meat
Market to Fred Mackey, who will take
possession on or about the 10th of
August. Mr. Mackey is a first class
butcher and will deal only in meats.
He is worthy of the patronage of all.
The stock of groceries and canned
goods must be closed out between this
date and August 10th, and will be
sold at a sacrifice.
Fennimore's biggest of big days will
be Tuesday, August 18th, this year.
Preparations for an unprecedented good
time are being made. The program of
sporting events for the day is large and
varied, and brass band contest is
down on the bills. Prominent speakers,
they say. will address the assemblage.
Evidently Fields Day this year at Fen
nimore will be grand success, and all
should attend.
Wearers of russell shoes will be inter-
ested in a prescription for keeping
them-the shoes-clean and bright,
given out by confirmed wearer of the
oilions-loOking foOtgear. He says:
with piece of nice, ripe banana, |
can not only keep russell shoes clean,
but can keep them polished as well.
] simply take piece of banana and
grease the leather with it, and then
polish it with cloth. In this way all
the discolorations are removed and a
polish obtained
The company of young people from
here, who are camping in the vicinity
of the Angus Mill, on Big Grant, report
a delightful time. Among the rumer-
Gus things that have been given birth to,
that add to the pleasantness of the out
ing, since the camp started, is morn
ing paper, with Geo. Clementson, Jr.,
as editor-in-chief. it furnishes a deal
of amusement for all and we under
stand is a very creditable sheet Under
such efficient editorship and the able
corps of assistants he has, we hardly
think it could be otherwise.
Two new residences that reflect cred
it upon owner and builders were nearly
brought to completion the past week.
They are the residences of Frank
Schreiner in the west, and r. Meyer,
Jr. in the south part of town. In de-
sign and interior conveniences these
new dwellings are surpassed by none
here, and would compare favorably
with many larger city's dwellings. Ian.
caster while Boosting the biggest build
ing boom in the county, should not
loose sight of the fact that most of the
new buildings are costly and elegant,
an irrefutable mark of prosperity and
growth enjoyed by few cities in this
part of the state.
The game of ball scheduled for Thurs
day afternoon, fats VS.. leans, was in
every respect better played game than
the most sanguine had expected. The
fats led the leans by three scores at the
close of the fourth inning, but in the
fifth let the leans gain on them until the
score was one against them. They raj
lied and tied the score. but in the
seventh and last inning allowed their
lean opponents to make one more tsllie
than they did. Thus, the facts, after
showing off their brilliant playing in
the beginning. lost to the leans by
score of II to IS, and on account of
costly errors made by some of
their most promising players. The
features of the game were Harvey
Abra ms batting and Barber pitching.
Joe Cleary, Captain Phillipson, and
Bill Dyer also did effective work. gener-
ally at the right time. Capt. Lane and
George Thompson were the umpires.
The summer epjoyments are so many
out in the sunshine, out on the water,
driving through the woods, taking long,
delicious walks All these are enjoy
ments that cost little time or money,
and KNOWN this fact. four of Lancas-
ter's anna BILE and accomplished young
ladies decided to have all of these de-
licious enjoyments, IN manifold, in one
single days outing. They selected last
Sunday as the day and engaging two
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