Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-11-24
SHORT LOCAL HAPPENINGS


Home made candies and bonbons
at Lathrop's.
The youth OF our city have had
their skates on since Wednesday morn
ing.
The hearing in the Wagner murder
trial has been adjourned until Monday
the 2Sth.
-Four below zero here Wednesday
morning. A light covering Of snow
on the ground.
W. Reid of Madison visited over
Sunday with the family of Station
Agent Rockwell.
Oscar Stecker, of Dubuque is Wis
iting with his aunt, mrs. Rev. Rim
Colds, in this city.
Miss Efie Lane returned to her
duties in st. Barnabas hospital ST.
Paul, last Saturday.
The Ladies' Aid Society will meet
with Mrs. William Starr, on Friday
afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock.
Escalloped oysters Is and 25
cents pan, as baked to order for
Thanksgiving at Lathrcp's.
Dexter Angus has a fine new
barn 20x50 feet with IS foot post. He
did the work all himself too.
Joseph Hulburt and his wife Wis
tied with Geo. Groom in Cassville a
few days the latter part of last week.
-Thos. Carmody has just complet-
ed sinking well on his farm north
of town. He has 65 feet Of splendid
water.
The Lancaster and Dodgeville
football elevens play the deciding
game this afternoon at the fair
grounds.
Over forty veterans and friends
were entertained at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Thee Calvin in this city one
evening last week.
-MARRIED. On the Goth inst. at
the Congregational parsonage by the
Rev. t. j. Rrown. Frank Faul to My
rea Hodge, both of Linden.
The home OF Frank Schreiner is
frightened by the presence of fine
baby girl. The young miss arrived
arrived on Tuesday OF last week.
John c. Ringolds and Ed Busch
came home from Dubuque to spend
Thanksgiving. The young men are
students at Bayless business college.
On Tuesday Frank Van De Wall
received a short letter from his broth
er George at Alaska. George did not
mention his sickness and said he will
remain in the Klondlke country until
next fall
One of the finest specimens of
potatoes that has been seen this
fall was handed us by Wallace Richie
1t is of the Alexander Prolific variety
and would make meal for a good
sized family.
Ed Hyde has purchased from Ray
d. Walker the old Methodist church
and other buildings lately belonging
to the Belz estate. He will move
them to the old Catholic church block
and remodel them into business
houses.
Roy Chatfield left this Wednes-
day morning for Lockhart, Minnesota
where he has been employed to teach
school. Lockhart is in the Red river
valley a short distance northeast of
Fargo. Mr.. Chatfeld's school lasts
through the winter.
Mr.. Michael MCGEE of Darlington
was run over by the cars and killed at
Calamine last week. He had been to
Platteville to be examined for increase
of pension. His death was caused by
the Platteville's train switching at
Calamine. Mr.. MCGEE was old and
so deaf that he did not hear the train
The Herald office has been to busy
this week with county board proceed
ings to give as much attention to other
news matters as we would like. Be
sides our own we have printed county
board proceedings for the Boscobel
Dial-Enterpise, Nuseoda Waterman,
Fennimore Times Review, Platteville
Witness, Platteville News, Cuba City
News and Lancaster Reporter.