Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-05-06


Fred jenkins. a graduate Of the
Mineralpoint High School, was
drowned in stream near Falls City.
Nebraska. while assisting bridge
builders.
One OF the neatest and best-kept
hotels in the county is that Of the
Columbia House of Platteville. Land
lord Ralph is to be congratulated on
his success.
The Ladies Aid society ofthe f.
church will hold their monthly tea
Wednesday. May -. Every body
cordially invited to attend Tea
served at $50.
The Turkish hordes might have
been kept out of fair Hellas if the
Greeks had been as good at "holding
passes as the members OF the Wis
consin legislature
Robert Taylor, of LeMars, Iowa, a
former resident of Grant County, Wis
tied Saturday and Sunday in this city
with Mr.. and Mrs w. Richie. He
returned home Monday.
DIR. McElwee has succeeded in
building up large practice in Lam
caster. 1t has been done wholly by
curing bad cases OF chronic disease,
cases that have been given up as hope
less.
-Lost-On Sunday afternoon,
somewhere in the city of Lancaster or
on the road to the asylum, one large
Atwood, heavy horse-blanket. Find
err will please leave at the HERALD
office.
A Minnesota editor says he wrote
strong article on patronizing home
industries and one of the storekeepers
wrote to him thanking him for the
sentiment OH letter head printed in
Chicago.
A stave factory situated on the
bank of the Wisconsin river at Bosco-
bel burned to the ground last Thurs
day night. The plant belonged to
Bruce Myer. Loss about 5000; no
insurance.
The Shullsburg waterworks is
no. satisfactory. The Pick and Cad
wants the system extended and res
ervoir built. Fire protection is mad
equate there and the expense of main
tanning the system too large.
There will be a special meeting
of.the Star lodge of this place on the
occasion of an official visit from the
Grand Worthy Matron. Mrs. Nellie
Towne of Viroqua The meeting is
called for next Saturday evening.
-Kelley's Army of Dubuque cross
sed bats with the Georgetown team
Saturday at Benton and beat them to
the tune of to 5. The Benton team
will 90 to Platteville Saturday to
match stength with the club of that
city.
DIR. McElwee will visit Lancaster
at the Grand Central hotel on Thurs
day. May 49, The doctor charges
nothing for consultation and advice,
giving you the chance of getting an
opinion from physician Of unusual
skill and an immense experience.
Tho Platteyille News criticises
the retirement of President Chalmers
from the Normal school and devotes
nearly column to the defense Of the
doctor and his administration. A
little defense before his resignation
was asked would have been more
timely.
Sheriff Moulton Of Dane county
took three desperate train robbers to
Waupun on Monday. He inform
ed the HERALD reporter that the men
had robbed cars and offered the goods
for sale in Barneveld and that they
had pleaded guilty in Municipal
court and been sentenced to the state
prison for eighteen months.
An exchange says that '.the SUI
preme court has decided that poultry
running at large is wild game, and
the party upon whom they trespass
has a perfect right to kill them. No
man has right to allow his chickens
to run at large and bother his neigh
bors.' The paper is wrong as to the
court decision; but it should render
such decision.
From Madison east to Milwaukee