Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-22
Billy Dyer has moved back t,

arrived from Chicago few days ago
for a visit in this city.
"A heavy shower of rain fell here
Tuesday afternoon that greatly re-
vived the thirsty vegetation.
MIR. Andrew Joeckel, of Lake Mills
is in Lancaster for a short time visit
ing his son, VIM. F. Joeckel.
Prof. E. NJ. McDermott and wife
of Minneapolis are visiting at the
home of her father. Mr.. Jos. Book.
Mrs. C. F. Dickinson and Mrs.
Mile Humphrey drove to Patch
Grove Saturday returning Sunday.
Mrs. Geo. Divall and Mr.. Aft. Di-
Vail attended the funeral of Mr..
Starck in Liberty Tuesday morning.
People are requested to remain
after the ball game on Thursday and
help carry home the Fats and Leans.
Mrs. S. E. Hassell took the train
Monday morning for Ripon, where
she will visit two weeks with Mrs.
viii Brown.
Tracy, the old league ball catcher,
has hired out to the Platteville associ-
alton for 500 a month. He is a good
ball player.
Miss Clara Budd is home from
teaching school at Manawa, Wis. The
coming year she will teach at New
London, Wis.
Miss Floyd Stephens left last
week for Dubuque. After spending a
few weeks there she will visit other
points in Iowa.
Boys playing football on Maple
street Monday evening broke large
show window in the furniture store OF
Howard Rhodes.
Miss Mary Warren vent to Sitter
Tuesday where she closed a contract
to teach school. She will begin teach
ing in September.
Mr. John f. Ryan, of North Ando-
yer, has been elected to the position
of principal Of the fifth ward OF the
La Crosse city schools.
A base ball player informs us
that ..thev are skinning the diamond
at the fair grounds" That means all
the sod is being taken off.
Miss Nellie Altizer returned home
the latter part of last week from Liv-
ingston where she had been visiting
her friend, Miss Phebe Andrew.
Now is the time for that family
group you have been talking about.
Have it taken while all the children
are home from school.-WATToN's
Miss Nellie Altizer will WELD the
birch in Livingston the coming year
in the position of teacher of the pri-
mary department of the village
schools.
Mrs. w. j. Retalick, nee Miss
Kate Grogan, of Aberdeen, South
Dakota, is spending a few days in
the city, with the family of Mr.. G.
w. King.
MIR. Matt McIver is spending his
vacation in North Andover at the old
homestead. He honored the Herald
Office by pleasant call when in the
city recently
The Ladies' Guild of the Emman-
uel church, will give an ice cream
sociable in the court house park, Sat
urday evening, July 23rd. Everyone
is cordially invited.
Only three ladies attended school
meeting in Muscoda. Why is it that
it is only in Republican towns that
women attend school meetings in any
considerable numbers?
Mrs. j. E. Ryan and Katie Kelley
of Montevideo, Mimi, are visiting
with relatives, the Ryans. in North
Andover. They arrived July Sth and
will remain about month.
Charley Burrows is doing expert
work for the Mccormick harvester
company this season. He was start
ing machines in the north part Of the
county the first of the week.
Those who remembe the fun they
had mining gold in the GLORIOUS eli
mate of California" won't banker after
the mining camps Of Alaska.
Rev. X. Pengilly Of Bloomington
filed Mr.. Sinclair's pulpit at the
Methodist church Sunday morninu