Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-08-16

Mrs. Eliza NJ. Souiard, 8 Wen known
pioneer resideIt of Galena, was buried
Sunday.
The Miss ssippi river islands are good
property this year They are fairly
covered with stock.
Stock trains from the west are nu-
merous and well loaded. Failure of
crops sends them in.
H. Wetmore, of Patch Grove, fell heir
lately to quite little fortune, through
the death of his uncle in the east.
Mrs. Chas. Cooley has been quite
sick for several days. At present she
is but little better, though her friends
hope for no serious results.
Owing TO the good building weather
new houses have gone up rapidly this
summer. There are a good many of
them too, handsome at that.
Read the Premium List carefully.
Get your eve on the premiums you
would like to take, then get down to
business and try to take them.
The harmony and unanimity of ex.
preston at the water-works meeting
Thursday, were certainly very crafty
ing to all friends of the project.
James Hayden of Beetown has been
added to the list Of candidates for
Clerk of the Court, subject to the will
of The Republican County Convention.
Camp Quintata is broken up and
the merry laugh Of the campers is with
us again. They have had royal time,
and vote their pretty camp jolly SUI
cess.
so horses Oh the Fair Ground for the
races Thursday and Friday of this
week The biggest and best string
ever known here. You have earned a
holiday.
Geo. Ballantine, whose home has for
years been near Patch Grove. died
Wednesday of last week. He was one
of the oldest and best known residents
of West Grant.
Chas. Hudson of Peterborough
found pony in his pasture the other
morning in place OF a good horse that
some one fancied better. No clue to
the thief yet.
Mr.. Leon Showalter and Miss Anime
Duncan, the only daughter of John
Duncan, Esq, of this CITY, were mar.
ried at the lectory, last Friday evening,
by Rev. B. T. Bensted.
Keep your eye on the Field Day pro-
gram and prizes for Sept. 4 Get
ready &c take one of the prizes and
bring your best girl and all your friends
and hers to see you get it. Come now.
About 250 excursion tickets were
sold at the depot for Fennlmore,
Monday and IT y. TIE August
races, field day ahu .air dav viii give
the good people of Fennimore good OPP
portunities to reciprocate.
Fl. l. Harvey. of Blake's Prairie,
had the misfortune to upset the sepa-
rator of his steam thresher. last week.
Broken pulleys. bent shafts and badly
damaged gearing, with the loss of
nearly weeks work, was the result.
The Inter Ocean can be had by Her.
aid subscribers six months for 30 cts.
The price Tor u year is now 20 cts but
we are able to make special rates for
six months. There is no better paper
in the west for old and young than the
Inter Ocean is,
Miss Ella Alexander, one Of Grant
county's good teachers, is rome from
the west, where she has been engaged
in school work. We wonder some OF
those counties have not made a county
superintendent of her before now. She
would be good one.
Dean Dutiou, the Grant county Sun
day-School Missionary, travelled 544
miles, organized six schools, made 1853
visits to families. preached ten sermons.
and delivered eight addresses during
the month of July. He's a genuine
worker, and ought to meet with much
encouragement from everybody.
John I. Hancock. of Dubuque, Iowa,
one of the oldest and best known of Du-
que's enterprising citizens, died very
suddenly of apoplexy last Monday, aged
20 years. He was the head of one of
the largest wholesale grocery firms in
the city. and was a leader in all chart
table BENEVOLENT and public spirited
works. Many years ago he conducted
business in Platteyille, but for nearly
fifty years the Key City has been his
home.
The fire bells rang an alarm last
Tuesday evening, because gasoline
stove in Charles Cooley's home got on
fire. The stove was srlall one, and
was carried out by Frank Markert and
Geo. Holmes. No damage was done.
A gasoline stove requires some care and
knowledge in handling 1t properly, and
anyone having such stoye should see
that proper care is exercised. 1t doesn't
do to fool with them any more than it
does to fool With gunpowder or dynam-
lite.
The citizens meeting made Judge j.
@. CLARK chairman Of committee Of
live to investigate the plans and pro5a-
BILE cost of water-v0rks The other
members are r. Meyer, Jr., c. Fl. Bax.
ter, Edward Pollock and Judge Glenn
entson. When tdev are ready to report,
another mppfinO wfll he cafiad a fQIl