Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-09-23

the CITY 4deL VEIN
Mrs. Chas. Roberts and Ellie Lane
drove TO Bloomington Wednesday.
Work began Monday on the new
school house in Boscobel. It is to be
ri brick and stone and will cost S16.-
600.
Attorney Harry Brown is erecting
barn on lots purchased Of John
Harshberger in the north part Of the
city.
Mrs. Sam Stephens left Tuesday
morning for weeks visit in Milwau-
kee with her daughter Mrs. l. H. Tar
rant.
Misses Mabel Thomas and Emma
CASTOR, of Montfort, were the guests
of Miss Efie Lane several days of
last week.
Misses Florence Baldwin and Etfie
Lane and Messrs Clarence Edwards
and John Gregg were in Platteville
over Sunday.
There will be preaching at the
Methodist church in Lancaster next
Sunday morning and evening BY Rev.
D. NJ. Sinclair.
Three Boscobel youngsters ran
away to become Minneapolis news
boys. A telegram from home headed
them off at Woodman.
The proposed addition to the
school house in District No. 2, Stitz-
er. is like the Bloomington railroad,
temporarily postponed"
Mrs. Catherine Bolchen died at
the home of her daughter in Hickory
Grove, Saturday, aged 81 years. She
was an old resident of this locality.
The Marshall family, of Avoca,
are out in an Uncle Toms Cabin COM
bination. Those who have seen it
say that Mrs. Marshal, Sen. as little
Eva, is simply divine.
john elise, whose home is at
Denver, is here for three weeks Wis
it with Joe c. Nathan and other
friends. He goes next week to visit
his daughter at Detroit.
Mr.. Leroy Lindahl, thrifty citi-
zen of Lancaster township, enrolled
his name this week on the Herald's
constantly increasing list of subscrib-
ers. He will now have something in
the house worth reading.
Owing to improvements made on
the Boscobel race track this year the
fair association came out little be-
hind on finances at their last exhibit
ton. With good weather they will
easily make it all up next year.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Kemp, two of
Georgetown's progressive citizens,
were in Lancaster Monday on bust
ness. OF course they subscribed for
the Herald as all progressive persons
do who come to town these days.
Aug. Lessard, the burglar who
cut his way out of the new Jail at
Prairie du Chen with pocketknife,
was re-captured and pleaded guilty to
the charge of burglary. He was SEN
fenced to the state penitentiary for a
term of two years.
Mrs. Martin Oswald of Lancaster
and her mother Mrs. Jacob Baum
gartner of Fennimore started Tuesday
morning for Topeka and Plainville,
Kansas, for three weeks visit with
Mike Oswald at Topeka and Nelson
Baumgartner at Plainville.
AT Kokomo, Ind, last Sunday the
home preacher put up job" on
Schrader, who calls himself the Divine
healer. Rev. Mr.. Kuhn. of the Chris
tain church. took several cripples to
Schrader and asked him to cure them.
The usual blessings brought no re-
suits, and the patients were carried
out again. Schrader said they lacked
faith, and that his own faith was so
strong that he could take poison and
feel no harm. Rev. Mr.. Kuhn there
upon drew a vial from his pocket
marked strychnine, but which cor :
tanned only epson salts, and asked
the healer to drink it, Schrader re-
fused. He was denounced in nearly
all the pulpits.
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