Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-12-16

among CHRISTIANS next SUNDAY
morning.
Plans have been prepared for
handsome church edifice to be erected
next spring BY the Methodists of
Green Bay
Go TO j. H. Baldwin's for every
thing in the jewelry and silverware
line. He keeps both staples and seas
enable novelties.
Bargains it groceries at John
Burns Racket store. XXXX coffee
at 124 cents a pound. Ten bars of
good soap for % cents. 44w2
The persistent advertiser often
attracts to his own city a large vol
ume of trade which might otherwise
have drifted elsewhere.
The Hinns' at Fennimore are en-
pertaining the proposition Of putting
in an electric light plant, probably in
connection with the village.
The B. Y. P. L. will give an illus
trated social in the social room OF the
Baptist church next Friday evening"
All come and enjoy the fun.
If all of the electric light schemes
now on foot are brought to q success
full issue, Grant will soon be the
lightning county OF the state.
The Junior Epworth League will
hold sociable at the NJ. f. Church.
Friday evening, Dec. 18th. Admis-
, sion Zoe. All are cordially invited,
In looking about for Christmas
presents, don't forget to inspect J. H.
Baldwin's complete line o. jewelry,
silverware and Christmas soecialties.
Mrs. Ocea Basford, Grand Chief
of the order of Rathbone Sisters, left
Monday morning for Milwaukee and
Kenosha. Her mission is to visit
Temples.
Ed. Meyer and Henry Hurlbut
have returned home to Boscobel after
protracted visit to California. They
will not leave Boscobel as they found
no place that they liked better.
The Ideal Creamery company of
Hickory Grove, Grant county. filed
articles of incorporation in the office
of secretary of state on Thursday. Its
capital stock is $4,000 and the incor-
porators are Edward F. Kreul, Jacob
Stucky and A. j. Baumgartner.
A school teacher sent home pu-
pill because his breath was Extensively
strong of onions. The next day every
child in school had the same kind of
breath and they sat long and expec-
tant; but the teacher was defeated
and didn't say word to them about
going home.
A correspondent OF the Kickapoo
Chief finds fault because the men OF
Prairie du Chen .'rubber-neck when
ever a strange, nice-looking lady
strikes the town. Almost every body
will side with the men. The sight of
nice looking lady in Prairie du Chen
would almost make those cows on Ed
itor Hurlbut's avenue rubber-neck
away from rutabaga fodder in Craw-
ford county farmers bobsled
Editor c. r. Showalter, of the
HERALD, left Lancaster last Thurs
day for Port Arthur, Texas, intend
ing to be absent two or three weeks.
He went to gather some reliable in
formation of the wonderfully adver-
tised country that is being opened up
by railroad for settlement and HERALD
readers will know all about it when
he gets back. Richard Mahan accom-
panied him and expects to remain
there.
At Cassville the subject OF cleo
trio lights is being agitated. We are
told that local company is looking
into the advisability of leasing the
waterworks plant of the village and
operating an electric light plant in
connection with it. This matter will
be decided within the next week or
ten days, and it looks now as though
our neighbor will have electric lights,
as the prominent men of the town
seem to be in favor OF it.
e. L. Draffen, the electric man of
Fort Wayne who is negotiating with
Lancaster, Cassville and Fennimore
for electric light plants, informs us
that he has sold to the Prairie du
Chen Electric Light Co. an addi-
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