Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-10-08

hats, pattern hats walking hats, sail
ors, and Tam o'Shanters. Mis-. P f.
BLACK.
DR.. Strong submitted to surgi-
cal operation last Friday at the Pres
byterian Hospital in Chicago, FER a
long standing bowel trouble. lie is
reported as recovering nicely and will
doubtless soon be back again.
The Burlington viii sell round
trip tickets from Potosi to Canton,
Ohio, and retIrn for s10.0S from now
until Nov. so. Pull that golden
eagle out of your old stocking and
take a trip to the next presidents
home.
! Miss Bertha Morse lost fine pair
of eyeglasses on the street of Lancas
ter. A notice was put in the HERALD
and it returned them to her in about
three hours after the paper was pub
lished. Master Jimmie MeBrien was
the finder.
Walter Clark, a son of VIM. Clark
who resides on Green river, had the
misfortune to get entangled in the
tumblingrod of a threshing machine
and narrowly escaped death. His
right leg was broken before the ma
chine could be stopped.
The members of the Epworth
League will give Book Social in the
chapel of the NJ. E. church, Friday
evening, Oct. 16. Each one is re-
Iquested to represent the title of some
book. Every body cordially invited to
attend. Admission 10 cents, Re-
freshments served.
Choice Flower Bulbs just receil Ell
at Stone & Hassell's HyacintAs
single and double. Tulips single and
double. Lilium Candinum. Easter
Lilies, and Chinese Lilies. Scilla.
Jonquils. Narcissus single and
double Crocus. Freesia. Prices
low and Bulbs fine. S4-w-2-
And now comes the story Of a
big cave in Dorr county--a larger.
longer, grander one than Rothe's in
Shaw Hollow. Explorers have en-
tered it for distance Of over II
miles and still the end is not to be
found. 1t bids fair to rival Kentucky's
famous Mammoth Cave.
Last week. Albert Meesuer, Du-
buque policeman attempted to put two
tramps off of a freight train on which
they were stealing ride. A scuffie
ensued in which the policeman was
battered down between the cars and
killed, six cars ran over his body
mangling it in most shocking man
ner.
The republicans of La Fayette
last week meet in County Convention
and nominated the following ticket
For Sheriff, c. c. Bennett; Clerk oil
Court, w. B. Vail; County Clerk, r.
j. Lancaster; Register of Deeds, Nj.
Michaelson; District Attorney. f. f.
Conley; County Surveyor. Matt Muir.
phey; Coroner, Daniel Coyle; County
Superintendent, John H. Nattrass,
For member of the Assembly Geo. B.
Shafer was nominated.
The Prohibition convention called
for last Saturday did not materialize.
Not enough Prohib's presented them
selves to make it worth while to gc
through the form OF calling the con.
vention to order. In the evening the
Wagon made its appearance from
which trio of male voices sang tenn
perance songs, Rev. Plant talked tenn
perence, and other gentlemen offered
temperance badges, and literature foI
sale, invited friends to provide quar-
tiers for the company and announced
: a collection A very large audience
listened to the evenings program.
The HERALD acknowledges a
pleasant call last week from Mrs.
Chas. Cudworth OF Whatcom, Wash.
Nearly twenty-five years ago Mrs.
/ Whatcom, then Kate Kuhn of Hurri-
/ cane, was the editors teacher in the
little frame school house of district
number six, town of Beetown. How
pleasant the memories that cluster
around the thoughts of those happy
days. Mrs. Whatcom moved to
Washington nearly twenty years ago
and has resided there ever since. She
is here to visit relatives. Her sister