Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-01-09

School began Monday.
Invoice week with our merchants.
The tax rate in this year is only ?
64-100 per cent.
I D. Taylor has notice of an auc-
ton sale on another page.
Mrs. NJ. A. Reed delightfully."- enter
tanned few friends one day last week
at tea.
The Women's Relief Corps will hold
open installation at their hall next
Saturday night.
Chas. Beltz is lying seriously i'll at
his home in this city. He recently
suffered a paralytic stroke.
A young son of John Blackburn
who lives in the west part of the city,
is dangerously i'll with brain fever.
Miss Alice Wright very pleasantly
entertained her Sunday school class
at her home last Thursday afternoon.
p. Smith and w Mccormick
have purchased Of p. Obershaw the
stage line between Lancaster and Po-
tosi.
Clay Alcorn. well known Lancas-
ter printer, is dangerously i'll Of pull
monary troubles at his home in this
city.
Harry Hayward's body was removed
to Chicago and has been cremated.
The relatives were afraid of .'body
snatchers.'
Have you seen that new style organ
at the musical depot of Michaelis and
Roberts for fifty dollars in an anti
cue oak case?
Sheriff Dyer has sold well bred
young gelding to Stump Williams
The horse is one of the best in this
part of the state.
The Episcopal church society is
putting in a new furnace which will
add much to the comfort of their
beautiful little ediiice.
Thos. Mcdonald is legally qualified
to organize A. r. A. lodges
He recently instituted council Of 80
members in Arthur, Wis.
There will be two-days' teachers
institute at Bloomington. Friday and
Saturday Of this week. DR. Chalmers
lectures Friday evening.
Married At Marion. Thursday
Jan. 9th. 1896, Mr. Albert William
Block of Lancaster, and Miss Lizzie
Katherine Sulzer of Marion.
Capt. Sam Draper is agent for ..The
Complete Business Register, just the
thing for every business man. He
will call on you in few DAYS.
Any one wishing to buy a sewing
machine should look over Machaelis
and Roberts large assortment consist
ing of over dozen different STYLES
ranging from $50 up.
The Dial-Enterprise says that..other
charges Of graver character are ready
to be sprung on Mrs. Enright as
soon as she is liberated from Jail on
her present sentence.
Frank Adkins, son Of Abe Adkins of
Bloomington. was taken to Mendoza
asylum last week by Sheriff William
Dyer. He has been insane for some
years and was growing worse.
The members of the Tooth n Y Vol.
are requested to meet at the Wright
house Saturday, January II at $3.50 p.
M. Refreshments in usual style.
By order of committee.
The waterworks boys are getting
along famously with their standpipe
Job, although the weather the past
week has caused them TO lose some
time at sucking their fingers and
.ligging" their toes.
Eighteen below zero FRIDAY with a
stiff gale blowing caused our oldest
inhabitant to shudder in his corner
near the fire and to dig about in MEM
orys garden for cold spells that
fourished when he was boy
Owing to the special meetings be-
ing held in the M. +. Church, there
will be no meeting of the Lancaster
Temperance League next Monday
evening. The next meeting will be
held Monday evening. January 9th.
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present.
viii Keene Of Lancaster has pur-
chased the barber shop of Sam. H.
May in Boscobel, paying $3.50 there
tot. Il is first-class shop, literally
patronized by the public. and the
new proprietor will keep it fully up
to the old standard. He takes pos
session this week.
Tea parties a a rule. are enjoyable
occasions. and no exception to this
rule. but one Of the most pleasant oc-
erIred at the WooIstenholme res
idenee iasl Thursday evening. About
forty guests were present. Thursday
evening Of the same week Miss Ellen
woolstenholm entertained friends at
a very pleasant card party