Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-04-08

shell has taken up the cruel work
begun by the ,hredders last fall.
The ladies of the Eastern Star had
a novel entertainment at the meeting
Of the order in this city last Mondal
evening Every person was re,.uir-
ed TO personate a song and the bust
ness Of the Others was to guess the
song represented. The guessing took
the form Of a prize contest in which
Mrs. G. F. Budd carried off first hon
ors.
Mr.. John Conant. who completed
his course Mt dental college some
months ago, has opened an office in
Prairie du Chen where his father for
many years 30 successfully practiced
medicine His mother Mrs. Amy
Edwards Conant Of this city, has
moved to Prairie du Chen and will
reside there with her son in the flu
ture. The best wishes Of many Ian
caster friends 20 with her.
The second trial Of Chris Ecker
lebe for the murder OF Nina Keil near
Bellevue. Iowa, is now in progress at
Clinton, Iowa In January Eckerlebe
was tried and after four hours DELHI
Grafton the jury returned verdict of
guilty and fixed the penalty at hang
ing. The defense moved for a new
trial which was granted. They
showed that one of the jurors had ex-
pressed an opinion on the case before
becoming juror. Judge Woolf al
lowed a new trial.
Every month brings more patients
to consult DR. McElwee whose skin
in the treatment Of chronic diseases
has never been equalled by any physi-
clan visiting Lancaster. The recent
wonderful cure OF Miss Egerer Of
complication Of stomach and nervous
diseases is truly surprising. AS her
brother stated the other day, I'VE
had no hopes of her ever being any
better. She had suffered so long and
had tried SO many physicians without
any benefit that we were all discour-
aged. But she got better from the
very day that DR.. McElwee started to
treat her and is now quite well. E" The
doctor says that with the special inn
ported remedies ne uses, he never
fails to cure a case of stomach trouble,
no matter of how long standing
A Muscoda correspondent relates
the following: A poor scraggy old
hen. who objected to being moved out
to the state of Iowa, broke loose from
the coop OF man who was bound for
that'state week or two ago, and being
a stranger in town. made her nome
part of the time with Dostal and his
hens and part of the time with D1oraA,
the shoester, both families adopting
said hen and claiming her as their
property. There was strange and
unpleasant look about the BARNARD
foul that filled the beholder with dread
and when once seen could never be
forgotten. In the first place its
feathers all grew toward the head and
gave one the impression that it had
been skinned, and then the skin
drawn back the wrong way The
matter came to climax the other
day when Mrs. d. No. attempted to
remove the hen from the yard of her
neighbor, Mrs. d. No. ! No. , cot
hold Of the chickens legs and No.
the head and they parted with feel
ing Of GOODNESS The hen was also
parted. one lady retaining the head
and the other the headless hen. Then
the fur flew Now shoemaker Dworak
says. Me good hen! hen no more
bonn de da.
Bloomington Record: The fire
made so many changes in places OF
business that it is almost necessary to
get ont new city directory. People
may be found At the following places.
Ludden < Co. Ballantine building,
east end of Canal street, Ira Fox, base
inert Of Rose smiths building; Thos.
Smith, Rose Smiths music store; II.
&. Enke, J. D. Clayton's carpenter
shop; Record. Hoskins' paint shop: g
W Maker basement Of Max Kolb's
residence: S. A. Hope viii soon oceu-
Ply Mrs. Strong's buildings VIM. Null
rooney has built on bis own lot; Mrs.
Jay has purchased Mrs. Waitress
residence; John schnorrenburg S.