Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-06-08

18th. commencing at 1890.
DR.. J. H. Reed will go to Chicago
and the Worlds Fair on Tuesday rext.
the 18th. he will be sbsen. tea days.
Patients viii please remember.
A pleasant surprise party on Frank
BidwelI. in which about eighteen Of our
young people participated. took place
in the spacious parlors of the Bidwsll
residence Tuesday evening. The even
ing was spent in playing popular games.
singing and music.
John Howe and family started las;
Monday morning to the Worlds Fair
and Chicago for a three weeks visit.
Mr.. Howe says one may get a good
room at from IS cts. to S1.00 per day,
and good meals at restaurants st from
so to So cts. He has travelled as travel
ing salesman IS we'll as in many other
extended trips and knows how.
Mr.. Mason's mother had gone to the
''far country about three hours, be-
fore he reached his home. last week, in
Vermillion. Ill. She had been great
sufferer for several years, and it is a
Joy to know that she is at rest. He
will meet his family in Chicago next
week and spend some days at the Ex-
position.
A horse belonging to Jacob Wheat
man, of Rockville. was badly cut on the
arm of the fore lss with barbsd wire
q few days before Decoration Day.
Proper attention was not given the
wound for several days. and il was in
very bad shape when John Brougley,
the we'll known veterinary. was called
upon. 1t was necessary for Mr.. Braug.
ley to treat the injured leg in q very
careful manner. At the present writing
the wound is nearly healed. So much
for the will of the veterinary.
One hot day last week prominent
citizen of this place. became dissatisfied
with his mental existence on this mum
dane sphere. and concluded totake the
Kelley cure, hoping thereby to bring
about change. He therefore went to
the Grand Central and stated briefly
the reason of his visit. The accom-
moda ting attendant put him through
the initiative course which he found
to be in such harmony with his ideas
and taste, that he postponed indefini-
tely further treatment.
One of the leading articles in the
papers all over the country this week
and will be in some future papers and
circulars is warning sent out by the
United Societies, the w. c. I. u, the
Kings Daughters, the Deconesses and
many Juvenile Societies addressed TO
women and girls who wish TO 60 to
Chicago this summer. They are adj
vised to Beware of getting into dan
ger''-by answering any advertisements
or accepting any offer from strangers
for fear of falling into immoral danger
beside the danger of financial swind-
lers. 1t is hardly supposable that girls
would go alone to Chicago, but some
are more venturesome than wise.
The Rock County Fair, to be held at
GAINESVILLE. Wis, September II to Is,
1898, is not OF special interest 70 us, ex.
cept for the issue of its premium list.
copies of which will be generally dis.
tributed by June 10th. This is as il
should be. The premium list would be
of much more use to farmers and others
who compete for premiums if they
knew beforehand what premiums
would be offered. Exh bitors need this
opportunity to help themselves as vel
as to increase the display. Ad
vertisers also need the issue early. The
book will be of more use to them il i
is distributed all over the country three
months before the fair. The Rock
County Premium List is book of 81
pages and has elaborate pages of ad
Yertising, even including sample goods
THE grave of James G.. Percival, poet
geologist and scholar has long beer
neglected in the village cemetery a
Gael Green 1t is cemetery not un
like the one described in Gray's elegy
In fact some visitors there have beer
impressed by the similar associations
Efforts have been made at various
times to secure funds to erect a monu
ment over this grave and during tn,
last few months success has beer
achieved. A few men of Yale Colleg
few other admirers and a few of hi
old acquaintance st Hazel Green hav
taken charge of the work and befor
the end of the summer expect to unvei
monument with due ceremonies in tn
beautiful cemetery at Hazel Green TIL