Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-10-08
Miss Libbie Eplett is attending

Barbara Schloesser, who was quite i'll
for few days Of last week. is again
able to be at her shop
The Laucaste house livery has
again passed into the hands OF W. j.
Smith. At the sale Yesterday man
named hertel bought the whole stock
and then sold it by pieces. smith
bought most Of the stock at the second
sale.
-Messrs. T. J. Law aad F. A.
Thompson Of Shullsburg transacted
legal business in Lancaster, Tuesday
aud honored the HERALD office a brieI
call. Mr.. Law is the talented editor
of the Pick and Cad. Mr.. Thompson
was formally well known in Grant
county. This was his first visit to Lam
caster since he enlisted at the begin
ming of the war.
Geo. Walton, brother of H. C.
Walton, arrived in Lancaster Monday
from Illinois. He will remain here
and assist H. C. in the studio.
The Steamer Teal leaves Potosi
for Dubuque every day at s O'Clock a.
m. and ? O'Clock p. m. This is a
slight change from the hours it has
l,aan ,1nnino 90 80
Attorney S. H. Taylor is not only
well read lawyer and skilled practi-
TONER but good guesser as well and
to guess well is often worth more than
to be walking encyclopedia. He
has just won ten dollars on the Chi.
cage Records prize story, The Eye
of the Sun
While Tommy jakrzeskie was re-
turning from the Richland Center
races he had the misfortune TO get his
foot tangled in the train; badly man
gled foot is the result. 4 portion Of
the foot has been amputated and it is
feared that the whole foot may have
to be taken OF.
1t is reported that a the political
meeting at Mt. Ida Tuesday evening
after the silver speakers were through,
that Farmer Giffin took the floor and
SO to speak dumped their arguments
into a sound money melting pot and
when he was through stirring there
wasn't enough left to make a So cent
dollar even The country is full of
Mckinley boomers; all you have to do
is to wake them up.
On Sunday, Oct. 4 90, the
glorious sun shone down upon decend-
ants of the Chisholm family, Mines.
+. Place, g. Mere j. Whiteside of
Nj. Hope, Mr.. j. F. Chisholm of Lam
caster. with few relatives and friends,
seated beneath the wide-spreading
branches OF the white walnut on the
old homestead near Mt. Ida, partaking
of bountiful repast. Far different
is the scene from that of 50, when
the same sun shone upon little child
rem playing about the log cabin door
and in the same forest.
The case of Eda A Dewitt against
The Home Benefit Order wherein Mrs.
Dewitt seeks to recover from the COM
pany $4,000 insurance on the life of
her husband Chas. A. Dewitt has been
carried to the supreme court by the
defendant company. Briefs in the
case are now being printed in this city.
Bushnell, Watkins and Moses are at
torneys for the company and w. E.
Howe is attorney for Mrs. Dewitt.
The case comes from Boscobel and the
point to the case is whether or not
Chas. A. Dewitt committed suicide
The political pot is beginning to
boil and the goose cooperate GOOSE
ought to be well cooked by election
day. Republican and Democratic
clubs are active and public speaking
throughout the county is in progress.
Lancaster is slow in beginning but
will be active from this on. Republic
cans open the campaign here this
week with speech by the Hon. 3. j..
Castle. There will be other speeches
before the campaign ends and on the
evening before election, Monday, Nov,
2. in Reeds Opera House, they will
hold the biggest rally of the season
The Mysterious Club" celebrat-
ed their second anniversary at Clarissa
Ms. home Sat. Sept. 26, mem bers pre-
sent were: Elizabeth Ann. Martha
Ann, Abigail j Ada May, Mary Fl. !,