Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-07-29


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"A game OF ball was played Tues
day between the Potosi club and the
Lancaster Black Diamonds resulting
in score Of % to 9 in favor of the
Black Diamonds.
The mayor of Prairie du Chen
must be friend to the middle-aged
COW. According to the Union there
were on Monday by actual count fifty
cows around the mayors office.
Winnie and Ned Willis, Annie Nc
Carthy and Edna Creamy gave party
at the house of Dick Willis Saturday
evening. There were So young people
present and it was the most pleasant
event of the season.
A party of campers left Lancas-
ter Monday night for ten days:
Messrs. Virgil Showalter, Walter
Weber, Harry Orton. Ned Blewitt, F.
j. Webb. They are located at the
old Dewey place above Cassville.
We neglected last week to call at
tention TO County Clerk C. F. Dickin-
sons unredeemed land list. 1t was
published last week for the first time
on the inside of the Herald. and its
publication will continue for several
weeks.
The poem of DIR. f. +. Edwards
promised for this week is delayed.
Our printers were busy on other work
that could not be postponed; but,
barring all accidents, our readers
shall have it in the next issue of the
Herald.
Joe Posey, of Petersburg, Craw-
ford county, brother Of Gus Posey, of
this city, had the misfortune to have
part OF his right foot taken off while
trying to cross the railroad track
while the train was moving. The
patient is doing well.
in western town clergyman
was eXhorting his congregation in re-
gard to their treatment of the new
minister, soon TO arrive and closed up
with: .'And above all things, when he
gets here l want you all to pray for
him. He'll need 1t.
-Platteville News; Fred Irle was
arrested Tuesday on charge of hav-
ing stolen gun belonging to 0. j.
Bennett. He was taken before Judge
Traber and was found guilty. While
in charge of Officer Shelliam he made
break for liberty, and at last ac-
counts had not been captured.
There will be meeting at the
city hall on Thursday evening, July
20, at o'clock to make arrangements
for picnic at the city spring. At
the same time the matter of giving
the spring name by which it shall
be known in all public notices will be
considered. All are cordially invited
to attend.
The Platteville News explains
that their nine did not play ball with
the Lancaster boys because the day
before our boys went down the Platte
vile battery had played with High
land and were still there. The ex-
PLANTATION is satisfactory. Now, when
will Platteville wrestle with our re-
formed aggregation?
"A Grant county preacher is cred
tied with having rebuked the young
men and women who were whispering
in church in this wise: Young men
and women if you expect me to marry
you, you can do your sparkling in this
church, but if you think of having
some other preacher do that job you
can 60 some place else to do your
counting.
The spell is broken and Adams
county loses its distinction. Although
settled 40 years or more the county
has neither railroad. telegraph, nor
telephone lines; but telephone COM
pany has been incorporated to build
between Kilbourn and Friendship, the
county seat. They will be talking Of
railroads next, and how long then win
those good trout steams last?
MIR. Wieland Oswald is working
for his grandfather, Jacob Baumgart
ner, near Fennimore this summer.
The school board Of that district have
employed him to teach their schoo,
the coming winter The board has