Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-12-09

gregational church viii meet with
Airs. VIM. Miller on Friday afternoon.
-Byrl Budworth left the city last
Thursday for Sanborn Iowa. to accept
a position as foreman on the Sanborn
Sun.
As a result Of the recent snow fall
we notice an exceptionally large num-
Der Of sleighs being taken into the
country.
Special religious meetings are be-
ing held at the Hoffman church all OF
this week, and they may be continued
next week.
The grounds about the depot are
covered daily with the sleighs of far
mers loaded with stock and grain for
the market
Our dealers in sleighs had a brisk
trade Saturday. Hyde < Son sold
over s1r3y and Kpapp'& Son sold a
largelfdmDer.
Mrs. Julia Gibbscame from Plum
River, III. on FridgySGf last week to
make her fnturashhe with her son,
ego. Gibbs in.safsg 4ty. ~
1.-Two qf Libefty'l most estimabse
citizens afe seriouslysill-Mr. August
Lance. OF satarrhal fever, and Mrs. ].
u wenzef of egys is2s s.,
E-Fp VI ortonS AID bas Pierce
start to prospect for mfifesssp Pigeon
-Diggings today. They are sinking a
shafi-near the Teso place.
Afhere-wiM be.a teachers meeting
in Lsncaster Dec. II, and one in Fen
nimore Dec. Is. All interested in
school work are~fnvited to attend.
A series of revival meetings is
being held at the Mt. Zion p NJ.
church. Rev. C. D. Mayhem of Lam
caster viii fill the pulpit on Thursday
evening.
Art 6. Knapp starts on western
trip Thursday of this week. He goes
to see the country and viii visit Seat
tie. San Francisco, Denver and other
points, intending to be absent about
six weeks.
Bills have just been printed at
the Herald office announcing a mas
querade ball to be held at Rockville,
Christmas eve, December gath. Tick
cts, 80 cents. Supper at Vesperman
Bros. at 80 cents couple.
-Boscobel Dial-Enterprise: l. w.
SwitEer and family, of Firoqua, spent
Saturday evening with Mr.. and Mrs
N. f. Birchard on their way home
from Preston, where they were in
attendance at the Dixon-Monteith
wedding.
A pair of twin baby girls arrived
at the home of Mr.. Dodd, mail agent
on the Northwestern, last Thursday
morning while he was in Milwaukee.
The young ladies were pleased to
make their papa's acquaintance in
the evening.
Lancaster is perfect Mecca for
tramps and Migrants, says the Platte
vile Witness. Fifty-nine tramps were
entertained by Lancaster, Ill by
Montfort, 10Y by Platteville, 451 by
Boscobel during the past year, as
shown by bills presented to the coun-
| ty by these towns.
darlington Journal; Two young
school boys from this city bagged
four mallard ducks in a novel way
Saturday morning. The boys were
skating above the mill dam and dis.
covered the ducks frozen fast in the
ice. A club was procured and the
mallards were soon killed. The foul
weighed twenty-seven pounds.
The annual election of officers OF
Minerva chapter o. f. S. of Lancaster
was held Monday night and resulted
as follows:W Worthy Matron, Mrs. Delos
Abrams; Patron, C. r. Showalter;
Associate Matron. Mrs. f. M. Lowry;
Secretary, Mollie Whitmore ;Treasuer,
Mrs. Kate Mccoy; Conductress. Lille
Stephens; Associate Conductress,
Bertha Morse Trustee for three years,
r. B. Showalter.
In its article on tramps, the Platte
vile Witness says: Lancaster can
easily demonstrate during the COM
ing year whether it wishes to treat
the other towns Of the county fairly
during the coming year. Build your