Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-06-28

ton. Is every body going?
Don't forget the school meeting next
Monday. Be there-everyb ,dy
One boy and fourteen girls graduated
from the Mineral Point high school this
month.
Ira Totman is building an addition
to his barn on his place near Pigeon
bridge.
School meeting next Monday at the
school house. Busint IS of Importance
TO be transacted
Mr.. Foley Byrnes was caught in
cave IN the Cuba City mine list week
and quite seriously injured.
Mr.. and Mrs c G. Swartz, of OAR
iington, are visiting their daughter and
little granddaughter in this city
You will find the fifth article in re-
ply to what TO do with the Saloon
on the inside of this paper. Read it.
A fifteen year old boy fell into a 60
foot mineral shaft rear Dubuque and
was probably fatally injured last Friday.
Platteville will have big celebration
on the Fourth. So viii Beetown Cass-
vile. Muscoda, Mt. Hope and Wood.
man.
JThose wishing fresh milk delivered
at their houses can have the same fur
nished by calling on or addressing, E.,
NJ Irish, Lancaster, Wis. 1920
Herbert Moses graduated from tho
law school st Msdison last week end
will commence practice at once with
the firm of Bushnell & Watkins.
The Eagle Point ferry burnt some
days ago. 1t was insured for $4,000
aud was estimated worth $4,000. Two
other steamers did all they could to
save her.
Thos. Watson ESQ.,, and wife were
in the city Tuesday. The Squire had
business in the county court, and Mrs.
Watson made pleasant calls on friends.
NJ. N. McIver, who has been teach
ing in Prairie du CHEN, made friends
in this city a pleasant call Monday.
lie is home for vacation after year S
good work.
j. A Walsh Esq, formerly of Mt.
Hope, but now thriving lawyer of
Helena. Montana, is here for a visit
with friends in Lancaster and other
towns in this county.
Miss Mae Roberts, one Of our High
School graduates, stopped with friends
here on her way home from Merrill,
where she has been teaching. Her
year has been happy one and she
has been reelected to her position.
Miss Lille Riege, one of the best
known young ladies of Platteville, was
married to a young lawyer, Il. b. Nc.
Coy, of Sparta. An abundance of good
will from Grant county friends goes
with them TO their Sparta home.
Mt. Hope will have two celebrations,
ore will be near the village and the
other near the Brick School house
nearly three miles away. Hon. j. b.
Smith of Madison, will address the
audience at the village and Hon. L. l..
Cleary will address the audience at the
school house. Both men are able
speakers, and a jolly good time may
be had at either place.
Mr. and Mrs G C. Robinson, of
Milwaukee, have been notified by The
Demorest' Magazine that their 81 year
old girl, Myra, has been awarded the
prize for being the handsomest child
out of 10 900 contestants. Lutte Myra
has very light hair. fair complexion,
black, neavy eyelids and eyelashes. and
is very small for her age. No Ian
caster children were entered. luckily
tor Myra Robinson.
A gentleman had INVITED some friends
to dinner, and as the colored servant
entered the room, he accidentally
dropped platter which held turkey.
My friends said the gentleman IN
the most impressive tones, never in
my life have / witnessed an event 50
fraught with disaster IN the various
nations of the globe. In the calamity
we see the downfall CT Turkey, the up
setting of Greece, the destruction of
China, and the humiliation of Africa
-Ex.
Miss Ella Hughes, of Chicago, who
graduated at Mount St. Joseph AGA
deny in Dubuque seven years ago was
instantly killed last Friday by falling
down an elevator shaft in the school
building. She had come TO the academy
to attend commencement and had
warned several others TO be careful
about the elevator shaft and then see
ing an old friend of her school days
come into the room she hastily ran to
meet her and forgot the dangerous
openisg. She fell from the second
story to the basement striking on her
head and crushing. her skull She died
inst4nIy. and the sad news was tele-
graphed 10 her father in Chicago. Miss
Hughes was "a years Of age.
The attention Of Gov. Peck is called
to the interesting, important aud high
" gratifying fact that the output Of
tie university this year shows larger
relative increase than does the output
OF any brewery in the state.
The people Of Platteville who heard
that explosion of four hundred kegs Of