Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-05-24
school closes here in three weeks.

School closes here in three weeks.
Shall we. as city. celebrate the
Fourth this year.
Mount Hope high school commence
ment, Friday evening, June LIST.
Memorial sermon in the Congrega-
tIonal church, next Sunday. by Rev H.
ID. Smith.
Prof. Mckanlass. Negro ViolInist,
humorist and only man that plays two
comets at once.
Chas. w. Knapp went to Prairie In
Chlen last Thursday 10 try the artesian
water for his health.
We know of one case where Hoods
Sarsaparlila wholly failed To effect a
cure; II was an aggravated case of
bow-legs.
1t is most unusual thing to see the
helds waving with gram and grass. the
trees IN full leaf and the air full OF big
snow flakes.
A. Z. Smith, the DR. Ward medicine
man, was hastily called to his fathers
home IN Vernon County at Sugar
Grove because of his fathers illness
Mr.. VIII Pittman acccrl panied by his
sister, came down for a pleasant drive
ana 10 VISIT Lancaster friencs last Sun
day. They were made very welcome
here.
There is enough binding twlne at c,
w. Knapp & Sons to reach across the
ATLANTIC Ocean ana vank a man from
the Isle of Man to New York CITY.
See Knapp's new ad.
Bob Draper visited his brother VIII
and other friends in La Crosse over
Sunday, reaching home again Monday
morning. There is evidently good
deal Of brotherly love about.
Mrs Mary j. Shoemaker, an old time
cit zen of Lancaster is here visiting
friends. Her home at present is in De
troif, Michigan, with her son-in law.
l.. Richardson, who used to work in the
Herald Office as foreman.
Some CT our gardeners and farmers
are trying to get some consolation from
believing that the late cold snap des-
troyed The vitality of the eggs of the
potato bugs just wait awhile aud
hear the little potato ougs crying ha!
ma!
Israel Roberts, who used to be one of
our CITY landlords, was in town Sstur-
day Owing to a terrible cut which he
received on his foot last spring he has
not been able to do much for himself
on the farm so far but he hopes he is
all right now. He should have taken
out an accident insurance policy before
he commenced using that ak.
Mrs. o. C. Hathaway and daughter
Aggie, now Mrs. Merriman, from Green
Bay and Marinette respectively, came
TO Lancaster Monday evening to visit
friends here and in other parts of the
county. There are hundreds who will
be glad to meet Mrs. Hathaway and
Mrs. Merrlman We would that the
Senator were here too.
The fire bell rang an alarm Saturday
afternoon and both companies were
out about the seventh stroke of the
bell The alarm was caused by fire
caught from a fire place in the Barber
house now owned by Co. Supt. Nye.
The fire was under control before the
company got there, but the bows tested
their wind in the race
The greatest popular VOL INST is Nc
Kanlass. Go and hear him make the
violin talk. pray, sing and whistle as
you've never heard before, or will hear
again, without be does it
DIR. Kempster is of the opinion that
Milwaukee is now in for siege of the
smallpox. A little child was taken
down with the disease in a most virul-
ent form last Friday, and the family
which came from Chicago few DAYS
before has received many visitors since
they came to Milwaukee. The father
was employed as waiter in the Pabst
cafe and it is thought that great many
people have been more or less exposed.
There is real fright oyer the matter
now in the Cream City. Conventions
there will not be over-crowded this
summer if smallpox is prevalent.
Vaccine poin's are in such demand
that the sources of supply are taxed to
the utmost. The result is that many
poor and positively dangerous points
are on the market. and many severe
cases of sickness and suffering are re-
ported from vaccination Chicago's
daily demand at present is 100, 900, aud
the whole eastern side of Wisconsin is
looking after points since several cases
of smallpox have made their appear
ance in Milwaukee. Vaccination is abb
solutely necessary to insure one against
severe attacks of the dreaded disease,
out the greatest care must be taken in
| selection of the points used. and the
general condition of the system Of the
person vaceinated
Miss Sylvester is young. vivant and
pretty. eleotrifying an audience when
she appears, as she is the only true
type OF Creole beauty on the Ame'c4n
stage, helng brought from Cuba b.
McKanlass for this concert tour. Don't
fail TO hear this little electric beauty.
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