Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-12-27
TOWN AND COUNTY NEWS.

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Miss Sena Stephens is home for the
HOLIDAYS, from her work of teaching in
the Mineral Point High School.
Mr.. Showalter has resigned his
position in the Normal school and
will take charge of the HERALD
tomorrow.
Clerk of the Court elect, Charles
Churchill, has moved with his mother
into the house lately occupied by the
County Treasurer, Harshberger.
The officers of the Monona Lake As
sembly were all reelected the other
day. The receipts last year were over
$4,000, and about $1,000 are left in the
hands of the managers.
The railroads give one and one-third
faro rates to Madison and return fo1
the State Teachers Association. Dec.
20 27-28. Are you going? Get a
certificate from the agent who sells you
the ticket to Madison,
Among the letters sent us during the
two years and half we have owned
/ the Herald, we find many kind letters
that deserved prompt and complete an
swers We are often grateful when we
have not time TO say so in letter.
Prof. Perrin has resigned his position
in the Platteville Normal School and
will go to Alleg heny College toaccept a
place there at $4,000 per year. Mr..
Perrin has won the reputation of being
an unusually able teacher, md he will
he missed from the Normal faculty.
John Mcmahon, Jr, the son of John
Mcmahon of this city, started yesterday
for Rock Island, Illinois. where he in
tends to spend the winter. If the
country suits him he expects to stay
longer. John is an honest, industrious
young fellow and will be missed by bis
friends here. We wish him much
success.
Christopher Clemens, Esq. of Cuba
City, died last wees of blood poisoning.
He came to Wisconsin in 184S and was
a prosperous farmer, who retired some
years ago from active work. He pos
sessed many marked characteristics.
both of mind and body and acquired
considerable wealth He was 79 years
of age and a member of the M. E.
Church for the last 80 years.
MIR. Charles Angus and family went
to Waukesha Saturday morning, to visit
with George and Bert Angus and Mr..
and Mrs. Lathrop tor week or two.
Bert has good position in the bottling
works there. and George and Mr.. Lath-
rop have established most fionrishing
restaurant and bakery business. Mr..
Charles Angus has business as well as
pleasure in view this trip, for if he can
find property 10 suit him he will likely
invest, and besides he has been troubled
with the rheumatism lately and he will
try the efficacy of the celebrated Wau-
kesha water
John Harshherger is still building a
new house. He thinks that if he could
have gotten good kind of house seed,
he could have grown one sooner and
easier than he can build one. When
Mr.. Churchill moved into the house oc
cupied by the county treasurer the last
two years, John was like the dove first
sent out from Noah's ark; he had nc
place to rest his foot. Charles II. Angus
found out the dilemma, and he told
John to bring himself aud family right
along and take possession of his house,
as he was going to Waukesha for a
couple of weeks and he wanted some re-
liable folks to keep it till he came back
Johns heart grew light again, and be
is as happy IS ever, only worried lest
the weather should get stormy before
can get the lightning-rods up and the
windows in. He likes to move.
Mr.. VIM. Anderson, now of Hayes
county, Neb, but formerly OF Patch
GrQye in this county, made us pleas
ant call last Friday Mrs. Anderson
came some weeks ago, at the time Of
the death of her father. Mr.. James Orr
of Glen Haven Mr.. A was summoned
here by the illness of lis little child
they Will likely 1emaln uere until FEB
ruary. Times are hard all over Ne
braSka. Crops were generally COM
pleie failure. But nevertheless Mr..
Anderson thinks there is a good future
for the state. The soil is very fertile
and with very slight amount of rain
at the proper time produces abundant
crops The crop failure this season has
discouraged a great many settlers, and
land improved and unimproved can be
bought at very low figures Robert
Orr, viii Orr. Thomas McMahon and
Charley Bennett sre 81 at Hayes Cen.
ter. the county seat Of Hayes county,
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