Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-01-20
SHORT LOCAL HAPPENINGS

-Boscobel Firemen will dance on
Fee. 18th.
Mrs. NJ. f. Baxter has gone to Kan
sas City for the winter.
Ed Barr of Glen Haven was a
Lancaster visitor Tuesday.
Mrs. Morse and Leila Lewis visited
at Bloomington over Sunday.
Richard Mahan has returned
from his southern and western trip.
Geo. Fennell of Bloomington was
welcome Herald caller Tuesday.
The appointment of J. 4. Webb
as postmaster was confirmed by the
senate Jan. u.
VIM. Woodhouse win succeed
Geo. Van de Wall as clerk in c. III.
Basford's store.
Mrs. A. C. Smith has gone to
Vernon CO., to visit her mother and
friends near Readstown.
The ladies in charge of the Snow
Caps wish to thank those who so
kindly assisted in their entertainment.
Mr.. Harshberger expects to put
in the electric light plant just as soon
as the necessary preliminaries can be
attended to.
The Ladies society of Ernest
Workers will hold their next meeting
at Mrs. Dan Starts on Tuesday, Jan.
25th at 2 p. m.
At Platteville while Ed Stocker
was splitting wood his AK caught in a
clothes line and in descending cut
his head quite severely.
A party of thirty-one Klondikers
from Nielsville and vicinity left for
Seattle yesterday by way of the Great
-. Northern from st. Paul.
The Platteville Witness thrilling
serial, 1.-The Hooser Poisoning Case, .
continues from week to week with no
indication of a conclusion.
John Reed is nicely settled again
in his new quarters IN the Opera
House block. Sufferers with aching
jaws will please take notice.
Mr.. c. L. Knapp, a popular mer-
chant of Glen Haven and one of the
aspirants for post office honors, was in
the city Monday on business.
In Dubuque and other cities all
large dogs are being stolen and sold
to Klondikers. Lock up your big dog
until the spring rush is over.
At Boscobel, Geo. Allen, a vete-
ran. lost his pension money, $40, on
the street. He is poor man and
needed it badly to support his family.
Booker T. Washington will de-
liver his famous lecture 1.-The Moses
of the Negro Race in the Platteville
lecture course, Tuesday, January %.
Don't hurry in the store. Sales
men are paid to be patient. See that
you have the right thing, and not a
substitute before you hand over your
money
The Epworth League of the M. f.
u shurch will hold social in the chapel
y friday evening, Jan. Il. All are
rdially invited. Admission 10
2 0eents.
The successful medical specialist,
\ DR.. McElwee, will visit Lancaster at
the Grand Central hotel on Wednes-
day, Jan. 20. Consultation and adj
vice free.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Showalter
visited with the family of James
Hughes. near Beetown, Sunday. Mrs.
Showalter remained for weeks visit
in that vicinity.
There was dance ct Henry Ga
4 bells in the town Of Harrison not long
since. There were good music, nice
crowd and a good time. Another is
planned to take place soon.
A set of single harness was taken
from the barn of John Altizer last
Monday night. The taker left no
word to tell whether he stole the har-
ness or just borrowed it indefinitely.
a young man named Green Of
Monona working on wood saving
machine at the round house at North
McGregor, fell on saw and was cut
across the chest, through the ribs, and
rhis arms were badly lacerated. He is
81 in q serious condition.