Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-10-01

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Druggist J +. Bennett has NOV
ed his family into the house recently
vacated by Harry Barnett on south
Adams street.
The ladies Missionary Society Of
the Congregations church will meet
at the parsonage Friday afternoon. A
full attendance is desired.
The Episcopal church was splen-
didly decorated last sunday at .be
Harvest Home services. and the SER
mons We're exceptionally fine.
After spending the summer with
friends in Lancaster, Miss Mary
Flagg will on Friday Of this week re-
turn to her home in Edgerton.
Col. Robt. G Ingersoll will make
a sound money speech in Galena some
time in October. He will be accom-
panied by Ex-Governor Oglesby. ex-
Governor Fifer and Senator Cullom.
MIR. E. T. Frederick, piano tuner
OF Madison. is in the city looking
after business in his line He is a
practical tuner sai expects TO visit
Lancaster regularly. every four
months, hereafter. He solicits share
of the city patronage and guarantees
satisfaction.
In the year 1890 there were per-
petrated in the United States 1920
murders and 2,046 suicides. In 1895
the number increased to 10000 MUIR
ders and $3.50 suicides The HERALD
takes these figures from government
official records.
-SEMI-ANNuAL OPENING. Grand
Fall and Winter opening at Miss B. j.
schloesser's, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, Oct. l, ?, and s. Large
line of French pattern hats and bon
nets. Everybody cordially invited to
attend. Prices reasonable 33w2
Cards are out announcing the
marriage of Miss Agnes j. Brady OF
Mt, Hope aud Mr. Anthony p FELTON,
of Woodman on Wednesday, Oct IA,
1896. Mr.. FELTON, is one Of Wood
mans enterprising merchants and the
/ bride one of West Grants most esti-
mable young ladies.
-Gollmar Brothers circus showed
in Lancaster last Tuesday afternoon
and evening. The weather was
stormy and the attendance light.
/ Gollmar Brothers are gentlemanly
showmen who by their straightforward
business methods and entertaining
exhibition deserve TO succeed.
Chas. NJ Spooner, the oldest son
of ex- Senator John c. Spooner. has
gone to Milwaukee to begin the prac-
4 tice of law under the firm name of
/ Spooner, Rosencrantz and George.
/ Willet Nj. Spooner, younger son OF
Senator Spooner, becomes the junior
partner in the firm Of Spooner, San
born, Kerr and Spooner in Madison.
Beetown has citizen who Is SO
radical on the silver question that he
digs up all the golden rod and mari
4 frolJ raisoe a. hfta oarn Lac 1,;llaa - -
yellow family cat won't speak to his
wife because she has golden hair. is
forever denouncing the gold cure,
won't keep the golden rule and does
moi want TO enter the golden gate
Nuts are well along toward the
ripening stage and the small boy has
already gathered in some of his favor
ties, the hazel nut. 1t IS claimed, by
those who know. that the nut crop is
the largest in quarter of a century.
1t rarely happens that walnut and
hickory trees yield large crop the
same year, but a singular coincidence
this fall IS that both kinds are well la
den. Nutting parties viii soon be the
rage. A boy who cannot boast of at
least a bushel Of each kind is pro-
nouned by his companions as lazy
ehump.
A newspaper man, for some time
past engaged in writing political para
craps, undertook to describe a recent
eruption Of Vesuvius. But his mind
had been so long engaged in other di-
rections that he amazed his ..chief''
by handing in the following; RE
cent reports from Mount Bryan say
that its eruption is steadily increasing
in volume. A broad stream flows
steadily from its crater, which Is con-