Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-17
Shall we celebrate DE FOURTH !.


Cobb is ready to organize High
School.
Work on the schoolhoase has been
commenced.
Erskine Mccoy new house is getting
into good shape and it is certainly
handsome one.
Yesterday was the day of the Fire
mems Picnic in PlattevilIe. A number
went from here.
Muesse & Patch have the contract
for building the fine house for John
Howe this summer.
There are many old settlers who will
remember the wolf fight and the trial of
Senator Jones. Read it.
This week begins series of articles
in reply to what To DO With the Sa-
loon. They are written by one of the
ablest men in the state. Read them.
This is the very best time to plant
Evergreens and other trees. Go to A.
Schmidt and get your supply before
they are all gone. lift
MIR. Henry Spease of Elem oro, died
May 10th, aged AZ years. He was a
soldier in the rebellion. and probably
tho youngest from this county.
Mrs. Lewis BETTER with her little
daughter, is visiting with Bloomington
friends this week. Lew. wears a
lonely face.
The Orion Brothers are the champion
fishers. Charles, Tom, Win. and Fred.
caught one hundred pounds of the
speckled beauties one day lately. Fine
ones too,
Every body, regardless of politics or
religion, are cordially invited to the
free A. p. A. lecture, given by Rev.
Herman Burns in Reeds Opera House
this Thursday night.
There is no town of Lancas size
in the state unless it is a residence sub
urb of some of our great cities, that
can boast of SO many beautiful residen-
ces as Lancaster can. just ride around
some fine day and see for yourself.
r. B. Showalter and John Pendleton
were out trouting one day last week.
Pendleton and the trout got on quite
we'll together, but they had never seen
Mr.. Showalter before, so all he got out
of the trip was fish stories.
A staging broke down last week, with
Louis Wetler and Henri Krqemer, Civ
,ng vs ss11,rn 2 drop of seventeen feet,
T6ey picked up their tools and went on
with their work. Acknowledgements is
of no use to them.
The ST. Paul Pioneer Press Is one of
the great papers of the great northwest.
1t is printed in the afternoon ard reach
es Lancaster and al raihoad towns in
Grant county before noon of the next
day. Send for sample copy of this
big paper.
Will. Altizer is here visiting his pa
rents and old friends. For the time he
has showed the editorial and press-room
duties of the Daily Messenger, at Ur-
bana, ILL.,, on his brother Harry, and
will rest instead of working fourteen
hours day.
1t is fortunate day for 9 man when
he first discovers ths value of Ayers
Sarsaparilla as bloLd-puritier. With
this medicine, he knows he has found
remedy upon which he may rely: and
that his lifelong malady is at last con-
quered. he has cured others, he will
cure you.
The new grist mill steamed up Mon
day. The machinerysis all of the very
finest ana most improved kind, and is
ready to turn out flour that cannot be
excelled. Try it. 1t is very good pol
icy to patronlze home industries, and
the grit shown by the BROKER Brothers
and the rest of tue milling company de-
serves substantial respect and recogni-
ton.
There was some talk OF having each
of the socit ty organizations here take
part in the Memorial Day procession,
but an Investigation showed us to be
CITY OF Jiners, and if each lodge was
represented, though tuey are ali strong
ia membership, there would be- but lit
tie more than a corpora's guard to rep
resent each one unuerlndIyidual organ
ization.
Mrs. Mark Finnicum. whose home
for several years has been in Kansas.
was married 10 Wallace Ladd an old
soldier OF the rebellion who for some
time mas lived in Boscobel, May 4tb.
Many Grant County people well
remember Mrs. Col. Finhicum when
her home was at Fennimore. They
will be the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. }.
+. Perkins of Boscobel this summer and
will then move to Mrs. Ladds fine farm
and home in Kansas.
Mrs. Mary a. Zenz. wife of Henry
Zenz, prosperous farmer living near
this city, died very suddenly Monday
night at Il o'clock. She was a daugh-
ter of Patrick Mcnamara, Esq, of this
city and was but 80 years OF age. The
funeral services were conducted by the
Rev. Father Albers at 10 o'clock We'd
nesday morning and an unusually large
number of sympathizing friends from
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