Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-10

rooms at the residence of L. 5. Fey
nolds in Lancaster. where she and
and her sons viii reside during the
absence Of her husband in Alaska
Casper Biel Of Lancaster, iell on
the ice last Friday night. The blow
rendered him unconscious for ten
minutes. and mis- face was badly
frozen while by laying in the snow.
Carpenter Dan Price has the con-
tract for building new house for the
Taylor girls on The spot Of ground
recently vacated by Geo. Damm's
house in the southern part of this city.
Work will begin soon.
The revival services at the Baptist
church are being well attended. Rev.
w. l. Coburn is an earnest speaker,
who wins the respect Of his congrega-
ton. The meetings win continue
during the coming week.
Word has just been received to-
day, Wednesday, announcing the
death OF Mrs, Gen j. b. Moore of
Muscoda. The body will be brought
to Lancaster for burial and is expect
ed to arrive on the noon train Friday
Funeral services will be held Friday
afternoon.
"A merry sleigh-ride party from
Platteville visited Lancaster last
Monday evening. 1t was made up of
Misses Vaughn, Geddes, Shearer,
Hardy, Kemler and Decker, and John
Hendv and Truman Kemler. They
met some Of the Lancaster young peo-
pie while here.
The Rev. A. H. Hitchcock of Chi
eago, district secretary of the A. b. c.
F. NJ, will occupy the pulpit of the
Congregational church next Sabbath
morning and evening. Come and
hear this distinguished orator, pro-
duct of Grant county, of whom we
may all feel proud.
The singing of Miss Abbey Rose
Wood was superb and was highly APP
preciated by an audience of $4,000
people who insisted upon encores. de-
spite the fact that the program was
very long. She has a fine stage APP
pearance and is gifted songstress-
Detroit Free Press.
MIR. and Mrs. H. G. Nathan cele-
brated the u anniversary of their
marriage Friday evening, Feb. 4, by
inviting a number of their friends TO
progressive euehre party. 1t was a
merry meeting, and the popular cou-
pie received many tokens of esteemin
the way of table linen, etc.
The Chicago Record of Jan. 81,
contains a two-column article on the
treatment of dependents, and infirm-
airy methods at the Cunning, Illinois,
insane asylum from the pen of r. a.
Kilbourn, perintendent of the North
west Bureau of Associated Charities.
Many valuable suggestions and criti-
cisms are made.
Mr.. c. w Knapp has recently
received letter from Al Elledge,
who is living in Lane county Oregon,
in which he gives favorable accounts
of gold mining in that vicinity.
Elledge himself has a goldmine that
is paying well now, and may make
him fortune. He mentions a mine
right near him that has just been
opened and which has furnished ore
that assays $50 900 to the ton. Why
isn't that better than the Klondike?
-Cassyille Index: Harry Groom
Of Storm Lake, Iowa, arrived in the
village yesterday and will remain a
short time visiting relatives. -. A
large force of men are st work in the
bottoms near Prairie du Chen cutting
willows for dam-work. Several car
loads have been shipped north. $50.
Fred Willard, brakeman on the Volga
branch, and Jack Dyer, baggageman,
have both resigned their positions and
will start Feb. for the Klondike
country.
A good joke is told on one of our
popular ex-county officials who few
days ago was coming from Fenni-
more to Lancaster, or thought he
was, but took the Galena train instead.
The mistake was discovered and the
gentleman was put off before the
train had gotten very far from the
station so no harm was done. 1t will
be safe to wager the value of an cleo
trio light plant that you can't fool the