Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-03-12

in this city.
Ed. Schreiner is reported as being
much better and Mr.. and Mrs. j..
Schreiner are expected home some
time this week.
Miss Lii Stephens closed her term
of school at the Hurricane last Friday
and is now spending week in town
with her sister Mrs. Chas. Ziegler.
Miss Wilhelm goes to Milwaukee
Monday to secure spring styles in
millinery. She expects to spend
about a week in Milwaukee and Chi
cage.
Chas. A. vesperman of Ellenboro
has hauled and sold in Lancaster this
winter 50 cords of oak wood. The
average price received per cord was
81. 80
A carpet rag party at Mrs. John
Wrigbt's Tuesday refused to admit
the HERALD reporter on the grounds
that they had no news to tell. just
think of it.
W. F. McGonigal Conveyancer, No
tary Public, Record searcher and agent
for Fire Insurance may be found at
the office of Mcdonald & Altizer, Lam
caster, Wis.
Teachers are being examined at
Bloomington by Supt. Chas. Nye on
Wednesday and Thursday of this
week, Friday and Saturday, March IS
and Il, he will be at Mt. Hope.
Mrs. Chas. Nye left on Saturday
mornings train for Llden. Iowa,
where she was called to help care for
her daughters family. Mrs. Falc
Woodhouse, who have all been quite
i'll.
John S. Wright and John Philips
started Monday for West Baden. Ind,
to be gone two weeks. They probably
want to compare the spring water OF
that place with Lancaster's new water
supply.
The Pretty Persian" by An
drews' company in Reeds opera house
last Thursday night was greeted by a
house of over 500 people, every one OF
whom seemed to enjoy the opera i'm
mensely.
Richard Brown, the youngest broth
er Of Attorney w. H. Brown arrived
here from England few days ago
and will make Lancaster his home for
time. He is graduate in civil en-
cheering.
Calanthe temple of Lancaster has
received an invitation from Milwau-
kee temple to attend performance
at the Bijou theatre March u. The
proceeds of the entertainment go for
charitable purposes.
A new brick room, to be used as a
cellar, is being built in the basement
of the Grant county jail, as the fur
naces make the air so dry and warm
that nothing will keep. Cooley &
Sons are doing the work.
| Mrs. Vanvalkenberg, of Patch Grove
was committed to Mendoza hospital
on March End by the county judge.
She is married lady 45 years old and
has been patient in the asylum be-
fore from another county.
Mr.. Geo. H. Clarke the genial agent
for the Aetna Insurance Company
viii remain in the city for some time,
probably for several weeks. He is ac-
companied by his wife; their head
quarters are at the Wright House.
Mrs. A. Burr's broken arm is
mending nicely-better than was ex-
pected. She will soon have consider
able use of it. Also the daughter Of
Mrs. DR.. Brigham, who was hurt in 8
runaway at ST. Cloud, is recovering.
VIM. Alcorn, Sen, who has been
visiting with his son George at Peoria
H., for the past four weeks, has beer
alarminely i'll of pneumonia. He il
now recovering and will come home
to Lancaster as soon as he can travel
After seing the '.Pretty Persian al
our opera house last Thursday night
a Lancaster lady remarked to us: q
can now understand why Grandps
Pollock does not shave off his whiskers
he would look so like that undertdkerr
An insurance policy in the old re
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