Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-08

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Geo. Clementson. Jr., returned
from Racine Saturday evening where
he attended convention OF the L. A.
w.
Two Sundays ago. at the Metho-
dist church in Mineralpoint. fourteen
persons were taken into full member
ship.
Miss Harriet Barnett leaves on
the 22nd for the west. She will
spend the year with her sister in Col
orado.
Prank Webb. one OF Lancaster's
most promising young men, is home
from Evanston, H., University for va
cation.
Lieut. Geo. Barnett, OF the United
States Navy, is visiting relatives at
Boscobel. His ship is in New York
harbor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Nixon, Miss
Laura and George Barnett of Boscobel
visited at the residence of r. Meyer,
Jr., the first of the week.
Samuel Cunningham, a bachelor
and one of the oldest citizens of
Galena, died at Marshalltown, Iowa.
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Having pounded the scream all
out of that glorious old Fourth of
July eagle we will now settle down to
another year of steady work.
-Grandpop whines pitifully at the
auctioneer editor in his last issue.
Poor old Goddlewoggles! There's no
fun living when you're dead.
Married: At the home ofthe bride
groom's sister, Miss f. Matthews, Mt.
Ida. Mr.. Thomas Welsh to Miss Dora
Wanyar, both Of Little Grant
1t has been estimated that an oak
of average size, during the five months
it is in leaf every year, sucks up from
the earth about 1913 tons of water.
At Whitewater, while a barefoot
ed boy named Sidney White was rid
ing bicycle he caught his foot in the
chain and one of his toes was taken
off.
Married: In Lancaster, Thurs
day, July l, 1897, by Geo. B. Wheel
er, Esq, Mr.. John Henry Wayne and
Miss Viola Belle Winner, both of Bee
town.
Mrs. Ida Buchner Rule, of Will
mar, Arkansas, arrived in Lancaster
Friday morning. She will remain
with her parents here during the
summer
st. Agnes Guild will give lawn
social at the Episcopal rectory on
Thursday evening of this week. Ice
cream and cake and ices served.
Everybody invited.
Master Roy Dodd celebrated the
4th, Saturday, with his friend Everett
Taylor, who is visiting his grand
father, Mr.. Lincoln, of Moptfort. Both
boys returned Monday.
The Platteville Dist Camp Meet
ing of the M. E. church will be held
August 1872. 81. The talented
Rev. A. H. Ranton, of Michigan mas
been engaged as evangelist.
"A child was born near Dodgeville
recently without any eyes and with
six fingers on each hand. Physically
the child seems to be all right other
ways. Another organ grinder.
In the list of elementary gradu-
ates from the Platteville Normal
School, published last week, the
names of C. r. Ray and Bertha H.
Rundell should have appeared.
At Prairie du Chen, Florence
Harrington, little daughter of Chas.
Harrington, fell over a precipice on
the bluffs Sunday afternoon and sus-
tanned serious injury to her skull.
Walter Scott and Miss Anna Hi.
stead, of Boscobel, were married in
Milwaukee. The groom is a son Of
Asylum Trustee VIM. T. Scott and i.
a fireman on the st. Paul railroad.
a number Of persons from this
city attended campmeeting at Pleas
ant Ridge last Sunday. They speak
Of it as a spiritual feast extraordinary.
The whole day was devoted to relig-
ious exercises
A recent order Of the Postoflce