Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-01-28

Joe Alcorn has manufactured a
new PAIR of crutches for Tommy
Zazeskie (who had his foot crushed by
a railroad train some months ago) and
the unfortunate youpg man will now
attempt to get out among his friends
once more. His illness has been long
and painful.
An expert sign painter, Floyd
Divers, has been applying his art to
show windows and signs in Lancaster
for week. We notice pretty signs
on the windows and business places
OF +. F. Tenant, Fred Mackey Mrs.
P. f. Back, John Wenzel, Miss b
j. Schloesser. f. l.. Howe. George
DiVan.
One day last week MI Clint :.
Kast, 'fe ard child OF Belle Center.
Crawford County, were crossing the
railroad track between Sparta and vi
roqua in a buggy. A train suddenly
dashed round curve and struck them
before they could get out of the way,
killing the wife and badly hurting
the husband.
An exchange says; To call girl
''duck" is regarded compliment,
because people so seldom see ducks
they forget that they waddle, have
ugly feet, big noses and make the
worst noise in the barn yard. You
will offend a girl by calling her hen,
though hen is neat, useful, modest
fowl compared with duck. There is
no accounting for compliments.
The Smalley Concert company
gave fine entertainment in Reed s
Opera House last Friday evening
which merited good patronage but
which for various reasons was not
well attended. The honors of the
evening easily belong to Miss Perrine
WIN a,lv trained voice land a
manner that wins her the sympathy
and encouragement of her auditors.
Abel Voeltz is back from a two
weeks visit to the northern part Of
the state, and il is refreshing to hear
him tell of the progressive ways of
the people up there and of their diff
ferent modes of extracting pleasure
from those frozen solitudes, such as
sailing fifty miles an hour in ice boats,
etc Carl, Abel's brother, went
north with him and will remain there
permanently.
The Rev. A N Hitchcock of Chi
cago, District Secretary of the Ameri :
can Board of Foreign Missions, will
occupy the pulpit of the Congrega-
tional church next Sunday. Enve-
lopes have been distributed among
the members and will be collected
next Sunday. Those not members
feeling an interest in missions may
place on the plate their offering. No
solicitation but free will Offering.
the February number of the De-
lineator is called the midwinter num-
Der, and its artistic colored plates in
Autograph. half-tone and telegraph
effects embody the latest ideas in
Winter Dress Modes, Fabrics and Mil
linery. One of the most valuable ar
ticles which has ever appeared in this
sterling Magazine introduces a writer
new 20 its pages, Nora Archibald
Smith a sister of Kate Douglas
Wiggin-whose paper on the Study OF
Children should be read by every one
who accepts responsibility for their
proper development.
List of Patents granted to Wis
consin inventors this week. Report
ed by G. A. Snow & Co., Solicitors 81
American and foreign patents, opp T.
S. Patent office, Washington d. c.
w. Abraham, Fairchilds, Support for
sliding doors curtains. etc. j. Al
bretch, Lincoln, Fanning-mill j.
Farley, Waukesha, Brake-beam. l.
II. Giffin, Mt. Ida, Harrow. G. Il.
Parks, WATERFOWL, Purifying smoke
A. Rosenthral, Milwaukee, Corn-husI
er and fooder-shredder. II. C. Swan
Oshkosh, Fifth-wheel. NJ. L. Tinl
com, Eau. Claire. Trunk.
-Cassville Index:-We see by the
Lancaster paper that Judge Chas W
McIlhon Of Mineralpoint held county
court in Lancaster during Judge Car
ter's absence. Had the Index man
known that Charley was there at that