Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-12-17

nocturnal. pilfering,
Born: In North Lancaster. sun
day. Dec. IS, 1896, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Philip Snck, a daughter.
John Anderson Of Mt. Hope
marketed poultry in Lancaster Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Rose Of Fen
nimore visited the county seat Tues
day
Father Albers went to SiAsinawa
Mounds Monday and returned Tues
day night.
Mrs. Basford gave card party
last Friday evening 10 a small COM
panv OF friends.
Bert Adams returned to his
home in Mt. Hope Tuesday after a
weeks trip in the west.
David Powers, one Of Glen Ha-
ven's pres porous young farmers, cal
led at the HERALD office Tuesday.
-Patsey Noon, formerly a constable
at Woodman. is in the tolls for steal
ing the team II John Adams at Bosco-
bel
We should have mentioned last
week two very pleasant parties at Mrs.
w. j. Brennan given to her lady
friends.
The mercantile firm of Galloway,
Walker & Miller at Boscobel have
made an assignment. w. H. Pittman
is assignee.
Mrs. Jacob letter of Wauzeka is
dead. She was the mother OF all the
Christ boys residing near Boscobel
She was Il years old.
The Farmers Telephone Co.'S line
is coming to Lancaster from Beetown.
Workmen are now engaged in con-
structing the extension.
The justices Of the peace at Fair
play and jamestown are at logger
heads and as a result matrimonial
rate war is said to be on.
DR.. f. e. Edwards is spending a
few days in Hazel Green and vicinity
He is interested in the poet Percival
and will visit his burial place.
Miss Bessie Cleary, principal of
the Fennimore high school, was IN at
tendance at court Tuesday, witness
in the Platteyille damage suit.
Miss Elsie Edwards arrived from
Europe on the Steamer Majestic, the
9th inst. She has spent six months
in the capitals of London and Paris.
Pitcher Phyle wants to play with
st. Paul next season and states that
if he is forgiven for past offenses he
will brace up and play winning ball.
Albert Hardy of Lacrosse and G.
F. Viebahn of Watertown have been
selected by the state superintendent
to visit the Platteville Normal this
year.
This section is experiencing fine
winter weather; but there is only q
light sprinkling of snow on the ground
and the wheeling on the highways is
simply awful.
A lady was busy at Nathan &
Sons market on Tuesday making and
dishing out mince pie and cake to the
crowd. She was introducing a pre-
pared mince meat.
The relentless corn shredder con-
tinues to claim its victims. Will
Hickok, living near Bloomington, was
caught in one few days ago, loosing
his left hand and forearm.
Prof. G. Fl. Sylvester of Stevens
Point Normal school, has been grant
ed six months leave of absence. He
has sailed for Europe where he will
spend his vacation. His first stopping
place will be Rome.
Miss Kate Smith, daughter o.
VIM. Smith, Lancaster, is i'll of pneu,
monia. Her sister, Miss Mary Smith
who teaches in the Lancaster schools
is nursing her, and at the school Mary:
place is being filled by MissEva Boyes.
-Toston Oleson, Norwegian re-
siding on the ridge east of Fennimore,
died suddenly of heart failure on Sat
urdav. Sensational reports concern
ing his death are in the air; but they
are unreliable and therefore are not
published.