Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1893-10-26

days. The factory has been running at
full blast. Bring on your excelsior
wood
The Junior League of TIE NJ. Z
Church will give an entertainment and
sociable in the Chapel Wednesday eve
ming, November 1st; the proceeds to be
used TO buy Bibles for the little folks.
Everybody come.
Mr. Abram L. Grey and Miss Eliza
Elem Marshall. both of Mt. Ida. were
united in marriage at the Baptist Par
sonage IN Bloomington: Oct. 18th. The
pastor, Rev. j. 3. Utton officiating
The happy pair ale visiting friends at
BrodtVille,
W. II. Bishop of Platteville, we'll
known all over southwest Wisconsin,
died last week of pneumonia, at the
age Of GO years. He was sick but a
few days, and 1t is said that he told his
wife that he would not get well when
he was first taken i'll.
c. f. Newman, Of Hurricane,is agent
for a relief map of the United States. 1t
shows elevation. depressIous. water
courses, etc, etc, very plainly. II is a
good map Any live teacher will know
at glance whether or not it can be
used 10 advantage in his school.
La st winter the Chesapeake and 9th
er great oyster fishing grounds were
frozen over and fisherman could not
work Result, short crops and high
prices last year, rest comes in and the
oyster crop is big at reasonable prices.
Al SIX our restaurants and meat markets.
Try Kern's hop yeast It's the best
in the city.
Mrs. Hull's sister and husband, MIR.
William Hedges, from Saratoga, n. Y,
are visiting at the Hull home in this
city. They were at the fair and con-
cluded that they would take short
re st for few days here and then re-
turn to Chicago for longer period of
sight seeing.
The many friends of John Duncan
will be glad to learn that he grows bet
te day by day since his return from
Chicago. Although he suffers a good
deal at times his appetite is good and
lie rests fairly well. A host of friends
hope to congratulate him on our streets
again in a short time.
Oscar Heberlein, the boot and shoe
man has gotten nicely fixed in his new
quarters, the rooms recently vacated
by Geo. Goble. He has first class
location, first class stock of first class
goods and first class shoemaker who
will do only first class work. The
place is opposite the Court House.
Morris Homer and Herman Basque
from Muscoda, are here on the jury.
They are prosperous farmers and en-
thusiastic cheese men. If you want
to know Just what cheese factories will
do to help out farming community,
especially one where the country is
broken, just ask Messrs Homer and
Rasque.
Mrs. Thos. Farrell gave an unusually
pleasant, old fashioned quilting party
to a large number of lady friends from
the city, last week. Her guests do not
grow tired of praising Mrs. Farrell 5
excellent cooking and rather intimate
that if she wants to make half dozen
or so extra quilts this winter they would
like to help.
John Roseman, ESQ. of Mt. Hope,
made US pleasant call Tuesday He
is Juror here and has been having a
pretty easy time of it, though he doesn't
believe that it pays very big to be drawn
on jury when one has farm WORK to
do. There are good many other
farmers here who think as he does, and
/ they are right too.
The happy home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Barnett at Sumner, Iowa, has been
made desolate by the sudden death of
their little boy aged six and one half
months. He was bright little fellow
and was sick but three days. The
sorrow stricken parents have the heart
felt sympathy of whole city full Of their
Lancaster friends. in this their hour of
trouble.
Hayes Duncan and Downer Kil1y.
two young men from Watertown. S. D..
reached the city Saturday They have
both had a six weeks siege Of typhoid
fever and look as if easy work would
suit them best for a while. Their home
at present is with John Duncan anu
they don't seem TO want any more Da-
kota in their experience just at present
/ at least.