Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-06-04

DIR. viii Brown returned to Ripon
last week He took with him his
brother Dick from this who has been
seriously i'll Of hip disease. He was
taken to a private hospital in Ripon
where, on Saturday. an operation was
performed. 4 nine inch incision WAS
made along the hip near the joint and
one quart Of pus removed, since which
he has been feeling easier. c. H.
Baxter was with the young man DUR
ing the operation
CLARK Buchner Of Milwaukee is
home visiting his folks and shaking
hands with old friends. Clark looks
as hardy as bronze statue. Bv way
81 variety he made little trip on the
road for a lumber company and had
the luck to sell four carloads OF lum-
Der quicker than you could say Jack
Robinson and when he returned the
lumber company gave him steady
situation at big wages. That's the
way to do it, boys
in the crowd of matters last week
our write up of the G. A. R. doings at
Racine was accidentally omitted. Alex
Iyey of this city was elected mem
Der of the Council of Administration,
and Mrs. R. b. Showalter was elected
one of the delegates to represent Wis
consin at the next National meeting.
The following named ladies from Lam
caster attended the convention: Cath
crime Strong, Martha Showalter, Maria
Baxter, Lottie Ward. Nellie Budd,
Mary Z. Pollock.
AT meeting of the Lancaster
Gun club, held in Brown & Goodsell's
Office Tuesday night, the following
officers were elected: G. H. Basford.
presided; Geo. Govier, vice-president;
Frank Schreiner, secretary and treas
urer. II. W. Brown, first field captain;
James Anderson. second field captain.
The club will shoot at thefair grounds
every Friday afternoon at o'clock
sharp, and free bus will run to the
grounds for members Of the club.
Two new traps and 1000 pigeons
have been sent for.
Mr.. Isaac Philipson. father Of our
Lancaster merchants OF that name
hands us interesting newspapers print
ed at Cincinnati, o.. which contain
| interesting historical facts concerning
the oldest Jewish congregation in the
West, the Blue Israel, 2 or the Mound
Street Temple congregation, Cinein-
natl, of which RABBI David Philipson,
d. D., is the worthy head. The emf
nent rabbi, who is son Of Isaac Phil
ipson. is one of the most learned and
advanced Hebrew scholars in America.
Although but 81 years of age, he has
written four or five notable books,
chief among which is 1.-The jew in
English Fiction, and sold European
Jewries. the latter Of which has been
received here aud abroad as stand
and history Of the ghetto.
Commencement exercises at the
Platteville Normal will take place
June 49, President Adams Of the
state university. will deliver thee adj
dress. The graduating class numbers
II and is the largest ever graduated
at that school. Among the graduates
are the following from Lancaster:
James Harry Cox, Margaret Grace
| McCawley, VIM. Henry Pearson. Six
! teen members Of the class reside at
Platteville, and one Martha Myrtle
Woodward. at Montfort, and one,
| Cynthia Thomas at Georgetown
Whenever a tramp comes 10 town
he always shows up at the printing
offices and begs newspapers from
, which he gets the latest news to us
in his business Some weeks agC
Fred Culbert started out from tow
in This state to walk around the worlt
in three years Ever since he started
our exchanges have from different
towns been recording the fact that BE-
staid in their town over night. w,
fnd from comparing papers that tn
man staid in seven different towns il
Grant County on Thursday night Q.
last week. In the undying words d
the auction bill, Culbert is too mum.
erous e mention.
The Cassville Index says. "Tbert
was q young man ID Cassvilie last
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