Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1896-08-20
county convention

lHuA Suaes aug.
Miss Beth Lowry is enjoying a
three weeks visit in Galena.
Peoples Party county mass con
vention Tuesday, August %.
Prof. Clark is in the eastern part
of the state for a short rest and recrea-
ton.
-Caucuses throughout the county
viii be quite generally held this week
on Saturday.
One week more and the agony of
most of the county candidates will he
over for two years at least.
-WANTED.-500 bushels of popcorn
by John Burns, Lancaster, in large or
small lots. win pay highest market
price for first class corn.
Jas. McGonigal has been placed in
charge of theJ. S. Block stock of goods
in Platteville. Ne more competent
man could have been selected.
DIR. JAS. Smeth and wife of Bel
mont are visiting in the county. Mr..
Smith expects to leave Belmont short
ly to begin practice in Chicago.
"A joint debate between Hon. A. G.
Rankin, the Pittsburgh moulder, and
the Hon w. c. Silverton of Wisconsin
is feature of the Iowa county fair,
today
Henry Muesse & Son have just
another car load of sewer
pipe of assorted sizes. See them be-
fore purchasing. Prices as low as the
lowest. 27w2
Married at the PM. parsonage,
Hazel Green. Aug. 18th by Rev. j.
Challinor, Joseph w. Teasdale and
Miss Ann Bell Coultard both of New
Diggings.
Mrs. Alcnzo Hayes and her two
young daughters, who had been visit
ing her brother John Reed in this city
for three months, returned home to
d. c. on Thursday.
There will be Cocoa Social given
by the Armenian Mission Band at Mrs.
Althea Kilbourne's next Tuesday at
4 pm. Children five cents, adults ten
cents. Proceeds for the starving
A man who suffered badly went
to consult specialist about his afflic-
ton. The expert asked do you
stutter all the time?' ..N-n-n-n-o. !"
replied the sufferer. i s-s-s-stut-t-er
only when l t-t-t-talk."
Misses Mile and Jessie Coombs
of Madison are visiting with the fami
ly of Mr.. IL p. Irish and other friends
and relatives in Lancaster and Hurri-
cane. They will remain in Grant
county about three weeks.
-LosT.-A few weeks ago some
where in the business portion of Ian
caster, a red-covered memoranda
pocketbook, containing number of
accounts. Reward will be paid by the
owner, Matt Edwards. Lancaster
1t may have just happened so, of
course, but it looks like more of the
Teller's Hoodoo work. The bills for
the first Beetown picnic were printed
at the Teller office; the picnic was a
failure. The bills for the second pic
mic were printed at the HERALD office;
the picnic was a success.
There was pleasant party at the
home of Jos. Nathan, Sr. last Friday
evening. 1t was cousins party.
There were about thirty present and
every person present was cousin to
twenty-uine or less of the others.
Music, recitations, charades and other
entertainment contributed to the even
ing's enjoyment.
Pick and Gad:-Look out for Rus
STA thistles. In the hay brought here
from the west last winter were thou
sands of these terrible pests, and the
seeds have been scattered all over
southern Wisconsin. Dig up and des-
troy them root and branch while they
are few and far between. or they will
soon overrun the farm.
Harvey Abrams had lively runa-
way in the fair grounds Monday. He
was moving grass and tied his team
to railing while he came down town
for something. During his absence
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