Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-11-05

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evening. Important business.
Cassviue Index: Aletter from d.
b. Stevens Of Rhinelander to H.
Sehulter, Cassville, states that Mrs.
Stevens is seriously afflicted with a
stroke of palsy. and that her death is
looked for every hour.
w. Y. Benefits of Bloomington
was in town the latter part of last
week and informed us that the report
that he would move to Lancaster and
build a house is all mistake. Bloom
ington IS good enough for him.
John Bennett has lately made
several trips to the Mississippi river
with the intention Of bringing home
wild ducks: but he saws he saw only
one duck during all Of his journeys
and thai was away over on the Iowa
side
The state law says that the
county clerk shall have printed ..un-
official sample ballots an addition TO
official ballots. This is not legal and
technical" for Tell-maniac Pollock.
he says be would repudiate the .-un-
official
A Shullsburg paper calls atten-
ton to a nursing bottle advertisement
which concludes with the words:
When the baby is done drinking it
must be unscrewed and laid in cool
place under tap. If the baby does
not thrive on fresh milk it should be
boiled.
We notice the following named
young men home in Lancaster to vote
on Tuesday: Frank Webb of Evan
ston college; Alex Iyey of Chicago
dental college; Ed Budd OF Milwau-
kee dental college; TRAY. Better OF
Milwaukee medical college; Robt.
Morse OF Madison.
| Last Wednesday night two horses
were stolen from the pasture Of Lewis
Breithaupt north Of town. A few
days before that horse was stolen
from the pasture Of Mr.. sol. Griswold.
The price of horses is advancing and
somebody is evidently collecting a
ear load Tor shipment
For the first time in many years
the potato crop in Waupaca county is
virtually failure, that is, it is very
light crop. rather less than half the
yield in former years in this banner
potota county of the United States.
Blight which came in the middle of
the summer is the cause.
Our enterprising music agent
Charley Roberts, made business
trip through the western part Of
Grant county the latter part of last
week. He reports business somewhat
dull in the odt towns, but thinks it
viii grow better now that people are
to have vacation from politics.
Frank Markert has just received
from the factory a perfect model of a
device for cutting or boring a large,
round hole ia wood which he recently
invented and patented. Any size hole
desired can be bored with it, 1t is a
tool greatly needed by carpenters and
cabinet-makers, and we hope he viii
make a fortune out of it.
Platteville News: Mr. Chas. G.
Hosmer and Miss Mabel Colburn were
married at the residence of the brides
mother, Mrs. Margie Colburn. Mon
day evening, Oct. 90. Rev. C. A.
Wight officiating. The bride aud groom
are am,ng our most worthy and highly
esteemed young people and have the
hearty congratulations of their many
friends.
Saturday was Halloween. Guess
the spirits neglected us during the
night as about all that we saw out of
order Sunday morning was Mrs. Bax-
ter's faithful watch dog which was on
guard at the north side school house
door; and strange mswing machine
roasted in front of Lew Stars resi-
dence. Also a bath room sign adorn-
ed the large fountain.
The printing of the election tickets
this year was the biggest job of the
kind ever done in Grant County
The ticket was set up in the HERALD
office by HERALD printers and printed
on the HERALD's big cylinder press.
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