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

Mcdonald & Altizer negotiate loans
on per cent.
Miss Carrie Groom Of Cassville has
been spending few days in the city.
A return leap year party is to be
given this evening in the City opera
house.
Miss Efie Roberts, who has just
closed a successful term of school at
Preston, is visiting with friends in the
city.
Prof. Pearson of the Bloomington
high school drove over to Lancaster
last Sunday; Miss Mae Roberts who
was visiting in the city returned home
with him.
We call the attention of our readers
to the interesting letter from the gif-
ted pen of our Arthur correspondent
on Early School Days in Grant coun-
ty'' 1t is well worth careful perusal.
SETTLE UP-Persons knowing them
selves indebted to me will please call
and settle. | need money must have
it right away. My creditors won't
wait on me so l can't wait longer for
you to pay up. GEO. c. MCCARTHY.
Merchants who want the newspa-
pers to roast" grocery pedlars and
the like. would make the newspaper
man feel more like doing so if these
same merchants would quit using gar
Cling oil envelopes, poultry food state
ments. and patronize the home paper
instead.
The Pick and Cad, with its usual
spirit Of enterprise, gives in its last
issue picture Of the new Congrega-
tional church at Shullsburg. together
with a well written description Of the
building and dedication ceremonies.
The building and furnishings cost
$500 and the city should feel proud
of it,
Highland will put in waterworks as
soon as the weather permits. having
let the contract to Fairbanks. Morse
& Co. of Chicago. This company
agreed to put in the entire system in
GLIDING a stone circular tower 20 feet
high and tank, also steel galvanized
windmill so feet high, with 16 foot
wheel, for $3066.
Brother Brooks of the Record look
ed in on us Monday. He intimated
that his paper would this week con-
tain one of those CHASTITY Beetown car
toons with Lancaster editorial com
batants as central figures. To voice
the situation correctly, Grandpa Pol
lock should be CONSPICUOUS in the car
toon by being out OF sight.
The central telephone office at
Bloomington has received its new
switchboard of 25 drops and is now
being put in place. At Lancaster the
city is all connected in applepie order
and the obliging lady at our central,
Mrs. Joseph Smith, begins to show the
wear and tear on her nerves of being
yelled at from all directions.
NoTICE-There will be a meeting in
the village of Bloomington, Tuesday,
March 18th, 1896. at l O'Clock sharp.
for the purpose of organizing mu-
tual fire and lightning insurance com
pany for the cities, towns and villages
of the county of Grant. All who are
interested in mutual insurance are in
vited to attend. This company is to
be organized on the principle of the
Bloomington Farmers Fire Insurance
Co.
The noted specialist Doctor Neil
wee, Of Cincinnati has lately formed a
partnership with DR.. Boucher of Chi
cago and viii accompany the doctor
on his monthly visit to our city. Doc
tor McElwee is ar expert in the treat
ment of all catarrhal affections and
guarantees to cure all cases of catar-
rh Of the nose, throat, lungs, stom-
ach, or other organs. The doctors
have a new treatment for eatarrh that
never fails. Doctors Boucher and
McElwee will be at Grand Central Ho-
tel Thursday, March 18th. No charge
for examination and opinion.
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The market is full Of cough mix