Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-03-25

are ..iust too sweet for anything.
We are indebted 10 Congressman
Babcoek for an invitation to a dinner
given BY him as chairman Of The re-
publican national congressional COM
mittee, at tue Arlington Hotel. Wa sh-
ineton D. c. on Tuesday evening last.
The DeMolai Commandery.
Knights Templar. of Boscobel viii
conduct Easter Services at Richland
Center on Easter sunday, April IS.
1897 Sir Knight, Rev. T. J Brown
Of Lancaster Will deliver the address,
Notice the call for 4 republican
town caucus in another column. Why
not inaugyrate an..an era Of good feel
ing among republicans By renomin-
ating the old board and other officers
by acclamation? They are competent
and will probably serve the town as
well as any new set that might be Sc
lected,
The committee of the Relief Corps
on Andersville property have, after
much trouble, secured Madam Suzan-
mes famous collection OF living curl
osities for their dime museum next
Saturday night. Doors open at s
O'Clock. Don't fail to be on hand. BY
order Of the committee, Martha Sho-
walter, Pauline Williams, Sarah Cal
vim
-"Have You noticed the handsome
advertisement had put on yonder
fence?n inquired merchant OF one Of
his customers recently. No, re-
piled the latter but if you viii send
the fence to my house | viii take
pleasure in reading it l read news
papers and have no time to run about
and hunt up advertisements on street
corners. And the merchant scratched
his head rehectively.
The tramp season open, briskly
all along the line according to our ex-
changes. Lancaster's location is
fortunately against the visitations OF
these gentlemen OF leisure and we
seldom see one here Our officers
make as great circus Of arresting
one tramp here as other towns about
us do OF driving herd Of fifty to the
lookup. We hope our exclusiveness
in this matter win continue.
Bloomington Record Miss Ncn
Altizer OF Lancaster is visiting friends
in this city. Farmer Lewis
BETTER was in town Tuesday, looking
happier than he ever did while at the
court house. ...- Grant Ballantine is
visiting his sister in Colorado. w.
Perrin is painting the new Congrega-
tional church in Wyalusing. Frank
Sala has secured a position in a whole
sale drug house at Rock Island
Mrs c H. Basford splendidly en-
tcrtained her lady friends at a te I
O'Clock reception Friday Of last week.
The oommodious parlors Of her pleas
ant home were magniicently decora-
ted with rare potted plants ard cut
flowers from Dubuque Conservatives.
The pleasures OF the occasion were
heightened by the presence Of the Dp-
buque Harp orchestra which rendered
a fine program OF choice music during
the progress OF the reception.
-Platteville News The commun-
ity was startled last Thursday by the
sad news that Rosy, the l2-year-old
daughter Of Mr. and Mrs. Geo
Schramm, was dead. She came home
from school Monday noon and COM
planned of headache; she soon grew
worse but no serious result was feared
until Wednesday, when the physicians
pronounced her case spinal MENINGITIS
and on Thursday She passed away
The funeral took place sunday morn
ing from the P. NJ. church
-Platteyille Witness. While play
ing with an air gun Saturday morn-
ing Clarence Heiser. son Of Fred HE'S
er. shot an eve out al George Steph-