Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1894-07-05

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Mr.. Olmstead. chairman of the town
of Woodman. was in the city Monday.
We are glad to make his acquaintance.
Miss Nellie Sweeney was the lucky
one to win the prize in silver table
knives, forks aud spoons at Wonzor's
show one evening lest week,
Michael Foley. aged 81 years, fell
into a cellar way at his home near Ga
lena. last week and was killed. He
had lived in 10 Daviess County 81
years.
Lieut.. Sam Hof made US very
pleasant call Monday. He will report for
duty at Fort Yellowstone 10 September.
He has decided to enter the cavalry
service.
Prof. Z r johnson, who assisted IN
summer school ID Lancaster end who
is now a professor in the Philadelphia
school of Economics, is in Boscobel
visiting friends.
We omitted mention / St week of
very stylish five o'clock tea given by
Mrs. IL. G. Nathan and Mrs. DIR. Gro
min. TO seventy-ive of their lady friends
at Mrs. Nathan's home.
The frame work of Geo. Damm's new
mill is up and presents a good appear
ance. Mr.. Damn has purchased
new thirteen horse power engine, which
he will put in as soon as his building is
ready.
The school census of Chicago shows
a population of 100000, an increase
of nearly half million since 1890. AT
this rate for the next so years, Chicago
will be the most populous city in the
world.
Jamie Hutton came up from Platte
vile Saturday noon on his bicycle.
He came in about two hours and a
half and expected to return in two
hours. That's pretty well for boy
of fifteen.
Mrs. Julia Holmes Smith of Chicago,
has been nominated as a candidate for
one trustee of the Illinois State Univer-
sity by the democratic convention held
at Springfield last week. Mrs. Smith
is we'll known here in Lancaster.
When you travel on the cars in the
summer take small box of flax seed
with you, and when cinder ge.s in
your eye, put few flax seeds in after,
They will hunt it up and bring it out
in little while without hurting hurting
you.
Joseph Cubela graduated from the
law school this spring and has located
at Muscoda to practice his profession.
A hard student, careful worker and
possessed of sterling integrity, Mr..
Cubela will make his mark in his pro-
fession.
Next weeks Herald will very likely
tell of The execution of PrenGergast
He says he is not insane and the wit
nesses seem to agree with him. There
is possibility that he will experience
q chsnge of climate before the Fourth.
Well see.
1t is now the firm of A. r. Bushnell,
r. A. Watkins and Herbert Moses.
Mr. Moses became member July lst,
and will be associated with MIR Wat
kins in the Office here. He recently
graduated with very creditable standing
from the State University Law School,
at Madison.
Henry Austin, Esq, has been ont IN
Iowa visiting his sons at Austinvile,
where they are successfully engaged in
merchandising and farming. One of
the young men boasts of large herd
of fine cattle, one of which weighs
1864 pounds Mr. Austin is much
pleased with the prospects in that part
of Iowa.
1t is reported that some Sitter young
folks went over to Annaton ore Sun
day a short time ago and threw bad
eggs against the Animation cheese factory.
1t cost them four dol ars apiece to keep
from boarding at the Sberiff's new resi-
dence in Lancaster, and the good peo-
pie of Sitter are shocked at the IN
accountable eseapade.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Anderson,
superintendent of the county build
ings, invited the Orders Of the East
ern Star and the Pythian Sisters TO
celebrate the glorious Fourth with
them at the asylum Tuesday evening
OF course the invitations were gladly
accepted. The band viii furnish
music and most enjoyable evening
will be spent by those who are the
guests Of the hospitable superintend-
ont and his wife