Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-09-22
SHORT LOCAL HAPPENINGS
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Eugene Woodhouse is attending
the Boscobel fair.
Miss Edith Beebe left Monday
afternoon for a visit in Muscoda.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Stephens are
visiting in Milwaukee this week.
-Thos. Leahmy of Bloomington
was in Lancaster on business Satur-
day.
Mrs. Fred Walker of Baraboo is
the guest of Mrs. VIM. Walker of this
city.
Mrs. James Kitto and children
are visiting with relatives in Platte
vile.
Mrs. Art Knapp is visiting her
aunt, Mrs. Westing, in Mason City
Iowa.
Miss Mary Warren is teaching
school in district No. 8. This is her
second year in the same district.
Mrs. Budd Duncan of Cassville
attended the fair in Lancaster last
week and visited many relatives and
old-time friends.
The Misses Lizzie Schmidt and
Marie Oyitz left on the train Wednes-
day morning for short visit with
fri dc
The ladies of Emmanuel Guild
will give supper commencing at 5
o'clock Thursday evening, Oct. 6,
1898. Price 10 cents.
The Potosi and Cassville Relief
Corps will visit Tom Cox Corps next
Saturday. Every member is request
ed to be present. Refreshments will
be served.
Mr.. J. Leamy has bought of Mrs.
Budd Duncan a building lot in the
south part of the city on which he will
erect fine residence. Work has al
ready begun.
Master Fred Clark, son of John
+. Clark, had the misfortune to fall
off of the fence the first of the week,
and as result he is laid ur with
some broken ribs.
PATRICIA, who so charmed the
music lovers of this city few
months ago, will give another enter
tainment in Reeds opera house early
in October. Notice next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Belscamper
have gone to Chicago where Mr.. Bel
scamper will continue his studies in
dentistry. Miss Nora Knapp goes
with them for an extended visit.
Mrs. James Kemler and baby re-
turned TO their home in Platteville
Tuesday after pleasant visit in the
city. They were accompanied by
Mrs. Kemler's mother, Mrs. Fred
Mackey, who will visit in Platteville
few weeks.
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ham, arrived home from the Klon-
dixie on Tuesday of this week. Nauert
stopped at Boscobel, and the others
came to Lancaster. John Muesse,
Dustin Pierce and Frank Smith are
expected home the last of this week.
John Byrne of the livery firm of
Byrne Brothers of Dubuque bought
in this vicinity and took from Lancas-
ter last Monday ten of the finest
driving horses ever gotten together
in the county. They are to be used
in the Dubuque livery Mr.. VIII
Humphrey assisted Mr.. Byrne in buy
ing the horses.
MIR. Abel Roberts of this city has
just returned from visit with rela-
tives in Louisville Kentucky, and
Madison, Indiana. He visited the cid
homestead near Madison from which
his parents removed fifty years ago
and found many familiar scenes and
landmarks Real estate in that
neighborhood though, is worth less
than it was in 1913.
Mrs. Christian Miller. Of Homer,
was fatally burned early Tuesday
morning Of last week She arose in
the night ard shortly after lying
down again found hrl clothing Oh
fire. She managed to get from her
room to the kitchen and extinguish
the fire with water where she was
found next morning more dead than
alive. he died next morning.