Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-26

ceiling and roof with a jack-knife.
He descended from the roof by max
ing a rope of the bed sheets. Jack
Welch. of La Crosse. companion,
refused to go.
The following persons from Mt.
Hope are in Buffalo this week: Geo.
Zimmerman and his daughter Lou,
Amos Hazen and Miss Lizzie Brady.
Miss Brady went to Woodman on Sat-
urday and on Monday started with
her sister, Mrs. Anthony FELTON, and
her husband, for Buffalo.
The Fernimore races opened to-
Eday. Wednesday. There is large
string of race horses. In the 2:50
trot. purse 5000. there are eleven en-
tries. Tomorrow morning the Lam
caster and Platteville mines play ball
for a purse of 800. Almost every
body is going from here in the morn
ing.
Having returned from my can
wasting trip through Darlington.
Shullsburg and Monroe and expecting
to be at home during the school year
l would like from four to six boarders,
either teachers or students in High
school preferred. Applications to be
made this week or next. Rates $500
to $3.50 per week.-Mrs.. ALTHEA
lKILBoURNE.
The Platteville campmeeting has
closed. 1t twas splendid success and
well attended The following from
this vicinity had tents there: NJ. S.
Trow bridge, Mr. Bidgood, j McCor-
mick, j. E. Mckinney, Mrs. H. Ray,
Mrs. Chas. Dickinson, Lewis Brett
haupt; also Mr.. Cairns and Mrs. White
of Mt. Hope, Jos. Brookins of Bloom
ing and Rev. Ellis of Patch Grove.
On Monday of this week Register
Rogers shipped to his brother, L. c..
Rogers at Haveloek, Iowa, five gallons
of '.Baxter's Itch Lotion. to be given
hogs for cholera. At one time VIM.
B. Bakers lotion was well known
and extensively used; but since its
makers death orders had entirely
ceased and the name had almost en-
tirely gone from the memory of man.
At Oshkosh the first trial was
given today to the machines of the
Wisconsin Grass Irvine Company. An
excellent quality of Irvine made from
marsh hay was turned out at rapid
rate. The company has ten machines
which will be set up at once and the
plant will be running with full
force in ten days, giving employment
to seventy-fve men. The company
will also manufacture hay mating
J and cotton bags, already having large
, orders to fill.
Iowa County Democrat: Mr.. and
Mrs. Anton Howell came over from
Lancaster on Monday to attend the
!, great fair and visit with relatives and
old friends in Mineralpoint. About
seventeen years ago he removed from
this city to Lancaster. He is now the
possessor of pleasant home in that
} city He speaks enthusiastically OF
his home city and especially of its ex-
cellent waterworks system. The Iowa
J County Democrat has been a weekly
visitor at his home for many years.
-Cassville Index:-Last Thursday
afternoon two year old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. Woodman, while at play in
the yard, suddenly began to cry and
: was heard by the mother who ran
round the house and was Mortified to
: find the clothing of the child in flames.
Mrs Woodman burned her hands seri-
J ously in tearing off the burning
clothes. The child was Immediately
taken in doors and physician sum
muned. But the burning was so Sc
we're that the little sufferer died about
eight hours after the accident.
The Herald reporter struck Treas
urer Mauer for items, as he had been
in Sitter over Sunday, and he sheds
the following information: "Stitzer's
prosperity is shown in the fact that
all of the babies born there this year
are boys. Seven thousand
pounds of limburger cheese from An
nation was piled up on the Sitter
depot platform one day last week and
the inhabitants of the town haven't
got over it yet. b. NJ. & /.