Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-10-20


Miss Elva Barber OF this city was sol
emnized at the home of the brides
parents in the presence of large COM
pany of relatives and friends.
Mrs. Schneider. wife OF Fred
Schneider, living eight miles north of
Lancaster on the Fennimore road, died
at her home last Tuesday. Her maid
en- name was Jane Eich. She leaves
husband and two children, one
babe only two or three weeks old.
For fear some of the readers viii
fail to recognize the Lancaster foot
ball players by the names given we
will publish their familiar. every day
appellations. They are Cap, Carlisle,
Poot, Barney, jug, Chris, Dutchy,
Hank, Bruiser, juicy and Tough.
Thirty friends organized a sur
prise party on Mr.. and Mrs. Clark
Showalter Saturday evening, Oct. Is.
1t was the 22d anniversary OF the
marriage of that worthy couple and
the friends presented them with a
fine upholstered rocker and some
chinaware.
indications are that there is about
to be a revival in traffic on the Missis-
sippi river, to the detriment of the
railroads on either shore. 4 number
of light-draft, steel-hull steamboats,
are being built at Dubuque and other
points on the river and the steamboat
seems to be coming back again.
Mrs. Herman Buchner and Miss
Bessie Newman did not start south
Monday as was their intentions; but
they intend to 90 in week or ten
days. Mrs. Matilda Newman will ac-
company them and remain during the
winter at San Antonio, Texas. Mrs.
Buchner will visit her sons in Arkan-
sas.
Mrs. G. Ellis, Mrs. H. Ward and
Miss Hattie Ferry of Lancaster town
ship returned home Wednesday noon
/ from two weeks visit with Mrs.
Garland Ellis at Del Rapids, S. Da
When they left Dakota on Monday
there was blizzard in progress with
two or three inches of snow on the
ground.
The German NJ. f. conference of
Northern Iowa, held at Giard, return
ed Rev. Bartz to his charge at Sitter,
Aupperle and Pleasant Ridge, to the
very great satisfaction of the mem
bers of those churches, as the gentle
man had passed most successful year
with them and they hail his return
with delight.
Mrs. Robert Davidson of Fenni-
more was stricken with paralysis on
Thursday, Oct. -, and died almost
Immediately without regaining con-
seriousness She was about 70 years
of age. The funeral took place Satur-
day forenoon at IL a. M. Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Mcpherson of Lancaster
attended the funeral.
-Henkel & Wetter, Lancaste. car
penters, have gone to Sitter to build
blacksmith shop, 20x3S, for Fred
Brunn. The second story of the
building is to be used as hall for the
Modern Woodmen. The same car
penters will also build second story
to Thode Sherman's furniture store in
Sitter to be used for storing goods.
And the same carpenters will also
erect on the farm of VIM. Mccormick
in Liberty, a cattle shed 24xS0, TO be
built of drop siding and shingled.
Min eralpoint Tribune: Mr. David
Jones. chief of the zinc ork, was
out from Chicago looking over his in
terests in this city for day or two
last week. He also visited Platteville
where he is having a forty thousand
dollar business block erected.
The Darlington High School football
team defeated the home eleven last
Saturday afternoon b. score of IS to
0. Our team has some fine individual
players, but more team work and
snappy team work should character
ize their play.
-Fennimore Times Review:-It is
with regret that the Times Review
learns that DR.. G. Wehrle will soon
take his departure from us, having re-
Gently disposed of his practice to DR..
Henry Marsden of Rock Rapids, Iowa,
formerly a Fennimore resident. Dur
ing DR.. Werhle's stay of three years
in our village he has won the respect