Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-12-15

oASo IL AAhahSAos having Suh0 ScN-
eral weeks before her husband did
-Kickapoo Chief: Geo. Divall, the
proprietor of the Lancaster House at
Lancaster, Wis, was in town Friday
accompanied by w. f. La.hrop, the
popular real estate hustler. Mr.. Di-
vail was here looking at the Herman
Reicemann farm but no deal was
made.
Mrs. NJ. E. Smell, of Cedar Rapids.
Iowa, came to Lancaster Dec. l and
will visit with her mother, Mrs Eliza
beth Spenser, until after the holidays.
Mrs. A. j. Guernsey, of Boscobei,
came to Lancaster Saturday and re-
manned until Monday afternoon Wis
iting her mother and sister-the
ladies above mentioned.
The state of Illinois pays two
cents bounty on each English sparrow
killed since the first day of this Dec
ember. We presume the small boys
OF the state are spending hundreds of
iollors for guns and ammunition to
earn little spending money But
then the small boys head is all right
after all, because the father pays the
gun bill
The program for the FrancesWebb
recital, to be given Tuesday evening,
Dec. 20, at Reeds opera house, is an
excellent one. Mr. Webb viii be as
sisted by Miss H. Blanche Hyde, So
prano, Mr.. w. B. Carter, barytone,
Miss Helen Moulton, pianist aud
quartette consisting Of Mrs. Il. b.
Goodsell, Miss Fannie Schmidt, W B.
Carter and G. Earl Ivey.
The ladies of the Lancaster Wo-
mans Relief Corps will hold a bazaar
at Tom Cox Post hall commencing at
O'Clock Friday, Dec. 49, During
the afternc on many articles of use
full nature will be offered for sale No
admission to the hall. supper, 20
cents; children 10, served from 5 to
o'clock. Every body invited Pro-
ceeds to 60 toward the support Of the
poor.
State Journal: When Gavin
Spence appeared in his Highland cos
tune the applause was deafening.
His dialect song was '.Wi' Hundred
Pipers." He responded to an encore
with ''Ha Ha, the Wooing OFT" Not
content with this the audience de-
manded another and he related an
anecdote which was received with
great gusto. Reeds opera house,
Thursday, Dec. 10.
BELoIT, Wis. May II, 1898. Mr..
Gavin Spence. late of Edinburgh. Scot
land, gave an entertainments at the
First Methodist Episcopal church last
evening that pleased every person
present. The people laughed and
cried, and cried and laughed, and
went home saying: That man enter
tains, yes, Spence eiatcrtains. T. De-
Writ PEAKE, d. D.. Pastor First NJ
Z. church, Reeds opera house Thurs
day, Dec. 10
The Bracket carpenter shop was
sold by Miller, Storey & Dunlop to
Henry Henkel and George Rudersdorf
They in turn have solo it back to
Fred Bracket. Fred has started to
remodel the large building into a com
bination of dwelling and carpenter
shop. to be occupied by himself and
his family. Mr.. Bracket is a fine
carpenter and deserving man, and
we hope he may prosper under the
new arrangement.
County Clerk Brandon ofViroqua,
says the Vernon County Censor. at
tempted suicide recently by shooting
himself in the head. The attempt
was unsuccessful, bad scalp wound
being the extent of his injury. Mr.
Brandon has been suffering for
month with mental arrangement and
in moment Of depression sought to
escape from the worriment Of life A
general investigation of his affairs and
accounts of his office will be made the
first OF the year.
In last weeks Herald it was men
toned that Clyde Ryan of North An
dover had successfully undergone an
operation for appendicitis and that he
was recovering. The hopes of his
friends were not realized, however,
and he died Saturday morning. De-
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