Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-08-19

DIR. Fred Strong and his wife.
who had been absent for week visit
ing friends in Chicago. returned home
Monday evening.
Happening into Carey's the other
evening we were confronted by dis
play of nobby neckwear in all the lat
est styles and colors as complete and
tasty as one could care to see. Prices
are right, too.
The Prairie du Chen Union APP
pears to be getting the better of the
COW fight in its city. Last week it
advertised that Sheriff Slime had sew
eral cows in the pound which could be
gotten out by paying charges.
Rev. c. D. Mayhem delivered his
sermon to young ladies TO a full
house Sunday evening notwithstand-
ing the dampness of the weather.
Mr.. Mayhem win preach in the school
house at Ellenboro at $3.50 p. m. next
Sunday.
Tuesday night Of this week the
following named Lancaster gentlemen
went into camp for one week at Bur-
tram lake, near Cassville: Messrs.
John Mcmahon, Clyde Ellis, Philip
and Georg Bennett, Doras Griswold,
VIII Walker
| Charley Wright left here Monday
to join the Warner Comedy company
| at Clear Lake, la. After rehearsing
for week the company start out on
the road for the season. During the
summer they play week in a place
with 10-cent admission.
The Presbyterians win hold their
Annual Mission Feast in their church
Sunday, Aug. % Two services will
be held commencing at 1915 a. m.
and at 2:15 p. m. A social dinner
will be served at the parsonage. All
interested are most cordially invited
to attend.
Mont Smitl arrived in Lancaster
from Oklahoma by team from Potosi
Tuesday morning. He took the noon
train from here for Fennimore to see
his father, c. ID. Smith, who is dan
gerously i'll. His father is 81 years
old and his recovery is doubtful.
Mont Smith does not know when he
will return.
Tuesday morning party of the
following named persons were taken
in the bus by Andrew Browning to
the campmeeting in Platteville: Mrs.
VIM. n. Stone, Miss Linda Moore,
Mrs. Clark Showalter, Mrs. John Alti-
ger, Mrs. Chas. Meyer, Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Burrows, John Willis and Mrs.
Sarah B. White. They returned
Tuesday night much pleased with the
events of the day.
The latest novelty on the market
is the s'trick match" a fendish in
vention whereby an innocent looking
lucifer is made to explode with loud
report after having been lit long
enough to furnish good flame at
which to light cigar. The practical
joker carries them in his vest pocket
and can always hear request for a
match even if it be uttered in whis-
per on the further side of the room.
Aside from the nervous shock occa-
stoned by the explosion the thing APP.
pears to be harmless.
Jennie O'Niel Potter arrived al
Prairie du Chen few days ago and
expects to spend her summer vacation
with relatives there. Miss Potter is
one Of this country's greatest artists
being the originator of the popular
monologue entertainment to which
she has given her life's attention, and
in every large city in this country
and Europe she has won the applause
of the most refined audiences. She
hopes now to recover from an attack
of nervous prostration by rest at the
old home and in Prairie du Chen.
The Lone Rock Bridge Company
has been blasting the rock at the Iowa
county end Of the bridge across the
Wisconsin river to make a high-water
road to the bridge. Large quantities
of powder were used and the banks OF
the river lined with people watching
the blasts set of. The Spring Green
Home News says it was grand
sight. When the heaviest blast OF
sixteen charges went off the massive