Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-07-30


Carriages will be in waiting at the
church at 2P. NJ. for all who wish to
go.
Steam filters from Dubuque ar
rived here the first of the week and
are now at work putting in the Wright
house heaters. A large hole had to be
dug beneath the sidewalk and section
of the cellar wall taken out to admit
the large boilers into the cellar.
A party of Lancaster girls pic
nicked at Kings ford Tuesday 1t
was composed of Minnie and Kit
Wright, Tossie Dyer. Verna Cocklin,
Gertie Prior, Nollie Goodrich. Alice
Smith. Allie Humphrey, Daisy Sweat
and Mamie Jacobs of Livingston.
Mound City Advocate: 1t is ru-
mored that Goldsmith of the Lancas-
ter HERALD. is working on a new
scheme TO increase human happiness.
He is trying to cross the milkweed
and strawberry plant, so that people
may raise strawberries and cream to-
gether.
Misses Maud and Mable Bentley
OF Oelwein, Iowa. have been visiting
for month with relatives in the vi
entity of Bloomington and Lancaster.
In company with Mrs. Geo. Starrett
and Miss Maud Starrett. they made
the HERALD Office pleasant call last
Monday.
Miss Edna Washburn of Platte
vile, sister of Edit " purn of
the News, has been visiting for week
in the city. The HERALD acknowl-
edges an exceedingly pleasant call
from Miss Washburn and her friends,
Mrs. Black and daughter Ruby OF
this city.
Some miscreant dropped a piece
of dynamite into the stove pipe OF a
shanty occupied by two miners, Will
Brennan and John Albaum. near Bel
mont last week. When a fire was
lighted the dynamite exploded, wreck
ing the building and badly iniuring
the men.
Miss Sarah Barron who taught
the Poller school in the town of Harri-
son last year has been re-engaged to
teach the same school this year at an
increase in her salary of so a month.
This shows due appreciation by the
districts of her merits. She will at
tend the institute at Hazel Green on
August II.
Bloomington is out with large
poster announcing a '.Field Day. for
Friday, Aug. z. There is to be games
of ball between the Badgers OF
Prairie du Chen VS.. Lancaster First
Nine, and the Ludden Co. of Bloom
ington VS.. Walton Studio Nine OF
Lancaster. Also list of other sports
and street parade by the Beetown
Kazoo band.
The w. Wisconsin Christian
Endeavor Union, composed of the
counties of Richland, Crawford, Iowa.
Grant, Lafayette, South Sank and
West Dane. convenes at Richland
Center, Aug II and u. 1t is hoped
that every society in the Union will be
represented. The local societies have
made arrangements by which all del
egates will be entertained. 25w2
-Dawald Garner has some cherry
trees that produced crop Of surpris-
ing fulness considering the size and
age of the trees. They are of the
Rocky Mountains Dwarf variety, the
only ones in town. Mr.. Garner ex-
hibited to US some of the branches
that were literally covered with fruit
There were twenty-five nice cherries
on single twig five inches long.
We aim to keep the best restau-
rant in Grant county. If ceaseless
labor, good Judgment in ordering
goods, and an earnest desire to please
all customers will win favor with the
public, then we are assured OF the
hearty support OF all the people. We
have no pets. We give you more than
the worth of your money. Call and
try US. Respectfully yours, Calls &
Orion.
-Drs. Cronin and Hassel assisted
by Or. w. L. Dufin of Gutenberg,
Iowa, performed an operation on Clyde
Aupperle, aged u years, a son of d.
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