Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-11-25

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and chickens for Thanksgiving Of J..
Nathan 4 Sons and get the best for
Get year wheels cleaned now and
ready for storing Hyde Brothers
will take care Of them for YOU during
the winter.
Argyle Atlas: Chas. Mcdonald.
who was under arrest at Darlington
on suspicion Of having murdered John
Robinson Of that place. has been iden-
titled by Detective sullivan as James
T. Manning. an old Milwaukee thief.
When sullivan saw tile prisoner he
recognized him Immediately and Man
ming made mute appeal for him not
to reveal his identity.
At a .Klondike supper in Shulls-
burg a few evenings ago, over fifty
persons took part in the represen-
tation of titles Of books. Prizes were
offered and a statuette Of Lincoln en-
cased in a neat dress took first prize
as address on Lincoln The sup
per, consisting Of sandwiches. cakes,
coffee and confectionery, was served
in picnic style on shingles with wrap
ping paper napkins.
+ The corner stone of Emerson hall.
the new home for the young women
# Beloit college, was laid Friday with
simple ceremony. Prof. Joseph
Emerson, the grand old man of the
college, in whose honor the hall was
named. laid the corner stone with his
own hands. President Eaton made
short addresses relative to the build
ing, Contractor Stevens expects to
have the superstructure well under
way by the first Of next year
Prairie du Chen Union: The re-
port is that the Kiekapoo Valley and
Northern Railway has passed into
the hands of the Illinois Central. and
that it viii be extended via Bloom
ington, Lancaster, Plat,evile ana
Hazel Green to Galena. Wadhams
and Supt. w. H. Thompson of the
X. V. & N. are said to have made sew
eral trips through Grant county in an
effort to find feasible route.
-Platteville News: Monday. while
excavating underneath the old Roun-
tree homestead in the south part OF
town preparatory to putting in a
furnace, Jas. Fawcett dug up the
skeleton and tusk of some animal
that had undoubtedly been imbedded
IN the clay for centuries. Some Of
the bones and one tusk are in fair
state Of preservation The tusk is
almost half circle, more than a half
inch wide and five and a half inches
long. The remains were found about
seven feet below the surface. and are
supposed to be those OF wild boar.
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An Up.to-Date social viii be held
At the residence Of Mrs. r. b. show
alter on Tuesday evening, Nov, 80,
1897. Merchants viii be instructed
in novel advertising methods free OF
cost. Ladies will be given an ocular
demonstration Of the improved Rarey
system in training man 70 be docile
and obedient. Bachelors will be
taught the latest improved Chester
field form Of proposal for marriage
and by dropping dime in the slot
will have all the expenses q honey
moon trip to Turkey and Greece paid
by the committee of management.
Everything up-to-date. Don't miss
it.
Iowa county in 1896 passed q
resolution requiring county printing
to be let to the lowest eidder In the
clerks report this year he gives the
following items Of expense. Record
books, stationary, etc, $305.6I;
Printing $166765; the two making
to al Of 1913 -. For the same year
Grant eounty's bills for record books,
stationary, and supplies, is $5s5.68;
for printing and publishing 1857. ~,
total $157S.4s This makes diff
ference % $S99s1 in Grant countys
favor When it is remembered
that Iowa county is only about bali as
large as Grant and ha. need ior con-
siderabl, less printing than this
county the advantage seems decided
IL IN favor Of the methods four own
county.
The Bloomington Record says:
The g. 4. +. Post, ot this city. has
placed a new picture of win Hickok