Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1895-10-31

week after spending the summer in
Two Harbors. She reports d most de-
lightful visit in the north-land and
some grand trips on the lakes.
Mesdames Calls and r. Never. Jr.,
gave tea party last evening at the
home OF the latter in honor OF Mrs.
Farnsworth Of GAINESVILLE who is the
guest Of her sister for a few days.
very swell party will be given by
the Platteville X. P's. next Friday
evening on the occasion Of opening
their new hall. Many Knights and
their ladies from surrounding towns
are invited.
Rev. Father Francis sovieski,a Bap-
tist minister formerly Roman Cath
Ollie priest and his wife formerly
Franciscan nun. Sister Anastasia will
preach in the Baptist church sunday,
Nov. 3rd at 7:3o 2 m.
We had the pleasure Of grasping
the hand OF Editor Frank Wagner Of
the sparta Herald Advertiser the
first of the week He came to see his
wife who has been visiting al her
| fathers for a feM weeks.
A special meeting Of The american
Protective Association Council 81. will
be held in their Hall III Muesse Brook
er Bldy in this city NOV. Sth 4 full
attendance is desired.
By order Of Com.
Messrs. Mat Mertes and Daniel
i ,ss1.t
the city last Thursday on court busi-
ness. Mr. Mertes is connected with
the Cast Dubuque Register We
acknowledge pleasant call
The Lancaster steam laundry COM
pany will spare no pains to make
their work the best possible. They
have recently employed an expert in
their business who will be able to turn
out even better work than that al
ready done This firm merits gen
erous support.
Messrs. John Walker. Chas Barber,
Lester Bidmell. Frank Bidwell. Delos
Edwards. Roilo Walker. of this city
and Clint. Edwards. Of Beetown left
last Thursday for few DAYS of hunt
ing and fishing above Glen Haven.
They returned Saturday evening and
report plenty of sport.
The sFor Revenue Teller has been
for years ridiculing the practice of
local papers clubbing with city week
| lies and yet this week Grand Pap
/ offers to do the very thing he has
boosted he would not do. The fall
ing off of his subscription list must
sorely try the old mans soul.
Lancaster has lost one of her wide
wake young business men III the per-
son of Fred Fischer. He has bought
out Mr.. Gordon of Bloomington and
will conduct hardware store in that
thriving town. We dislike to lose
such busine IS men as Mr.. Fischer and
congratulate Bloomington on her good
| fortune.
| wish the ladies of Lancaster and
vicinity IL know that | am prepared
to do all kinds Of work in the dress
making line. Seven years Of expert
ence / cut by the tailor system
Persons desiring anything in the
above line will find me one-half block
south OF the Grand Central hotel
Ut BEATA GULLIKsEN.
Rev f. Fl. Mason has resigned his
passionate in Lancaster and will preach
his farewell sermon next Sunday
! The Rev Mason is man of talent
and industry, untiring in the cause of
the right and fearless in the express
sion of his principles. We wish him
the success, when he leaves us, that his
scholarship, character and earnestness
merit
A Wisconsin editor has written the
following parody on the .sOld Oaken
Bucket ..How dear to our heart
is the old silver dollar. when some
kind subscriber presents it to view;
the liberty head without necktie or
collar, and all the strange things
which to us seem SO new; the wide
spreading eagle, the arrows below it
the stars and the words with the
strange things they tell; the coin of
our fathers we're glad that we know
it, for some time or other twill come
in right well-the spread eagle dollar
the star spangled dollar. the old silver
dollar that we all love 50 we'll I
A few weeks ago Cutler Borah pre-
sented the editor of the HERALD with
a splendid banana musk melon: ii
was large and delicious Yesterday
Joseph Hartnett OF Harrison brought
into this Office what at first appeared
TO be sack full of banana musk mel
ons. But upon closer examination
they proved to be potatoes. There
were ten Of them and the combined
weight Of them was l5l pounds They
are Of the variety King of the Valley
and were grown on sandy bench land
a few miles south of Ellenboro.
They come from the same neighbor-
hood that Lew Sisleyfs prize corn