Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-05-28


w. Ryland attended the funeral Of
Gen. Fairchild at Madison Tuesday.
Try Maple City Self Washing
soap for wooden or lace curtains. 1t
is unequalled for washing ladies shirt
waists.
Have your silver ready and make
it free when asked to buy ticket for
the commencement Concert, 25 and
S5 cents.
The stone foundation Of the
Wright house addition will be tinishe d
sometime next week when brickwork
will begin.
Willard Smith has resigned his po-
sition as porter at the Wright house
and his placeis filled by John Meuer
of Green Bay.
II know what the nights of labor
are, said the mother of six boys. as
she sat down to mend the pile of trou-
sers and jackets.
John Wright, Richard Meyer,
Jr., and Art Knapp were in Boscobel
Monday night at meeting of the
Knight Templars.
Everybody is interested in the
High school. Help along the library
by patronizing the Commencement
Concert June 9Th.
Base ball season opened at Rich
land Center Friday, and the nine OF
that city beat the Spring Green nine
by a score of 5 to 4.
-Messrs c. and Andy and Miss Lou
Kaltenbach and Miss MCGEE of Potosi,
and Miss Bena Sidley of Erie, Pa,
were in town Sunday
Maple City Self Washing soap not
only saves wear on your clothes be-
cause less rubbing is required, but il
saves fully half the labor.
During a storm at Darlington the
barn of Daniel Judkins was struck by
lightning. Two horses were killed
and one was made blind.
Geo. Dyer and wife, Mrs. Mary
Kendall of Boscobel and Miss Mary
Block of St. Louis were here Monday
on their way to visit Potosi.
The flag on the court house has
been at half-mast all the fore part OF
the week, melancholy reminder OF
the death of Gen. Fairchild.
No matter if you do not like
music, by buying a ticket for the
Commencement Concert you will be
helping the High School library.
An enjoyable feature of Kendall s
"a Pair Of Kids which appears al
Reeds opera house, Thursday evening
is the abundance of singing and dane.
ing.
The heavy storm which swept
over this section Sunday night stop
ped all morning trains on the Burling-
ton road for "a hours owing to wash
outs.
A barn belonging to Ed Wiseman
in Millville was struck by lightning
and burned on the 18th inst. Some
hay and straw went along with the
barn.
The Bloomington Record gives il
out that its village will celebrate or
July 4th for the first time in six year:
and asks other towns to lay off and
give them benefit.
Charley Weaver has resigned hi.
position at Waukesha and has beer
visiting in Lancaster for few days
He is making preparations to open {
barber shop at Fennimore.
Fred Nehls, Evans Nye, Abel
Voelz, Will Mccormick, Richard Ma
han, John Burggraf, Will Walker
Harry Combs, Glen Holmes, of thi:
city visited Dubuque Sunday.
w. o. Stephens takes possession
of the Lancaster and Bloomington
stage and mail route to-day, Wednes
day, having purchased the horses, We
hicles and whole outfit of John Ellis
Our citizens were again favored
with music by the band Saturday
night. The boys are improving right
along. There must have been four OF
five hundred people on the streets list
ening to it.
"A couple of Monroe ladies have
just had lawsuit lasting for three