Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-12-29
SHORT LOCAL HAPPENINGS

visited in the city over Christmas.
Mr.. Jas. Hall of Milwaukee visit
ed in the city the first Of the week.
DR.. and Mrs. W. r. Brown of
Ripon are in the city Tor months
stay.
John Potter OF Burton has rented
his farm for year and will move to
Dubuque.
Mrs. Willard and daughter Clara
are visiting Mrs. Samuel Nero at
Livingston.
Mr.. c. L. Harper came down
from Madison Saturday for short
Christmas vacation.
Will Anderson of Bloomington,
one of the soldiers from Camp Ship,
is home for the holidays.
The Lords Sacrament will be adj
ministered at the Congregational
church next Sunday morning.
r. B. Showalter and w. B. Carter
and families took Christmas dinner
with the family of James Hughes Of
Beetown.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Chase, who
spent the holiday week with Supt. Nye
and family, return home to Viroqua
on Saturday of this week.
Gus Seeman arrived here from
Boscobel early in the week and will be
duly installed as clerk in the county
registers office at the beginning of
the New Year.
Mr. and Mrs Geo. Hillman, nee
Jessie Hubbard, of ST. Paul, who
spent Christmas with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. 81 Hubbard, returned
home Tuesday.
Ed. Hyde has bought the old
Methodist church on the Belz corner
and is moving it to his lots on Cherry
street where it will be remodeled into
a business block.
Mr.. Ed Roschi of Burton was a
caller at this Office Tuesday. He was
enthusiastic in praise of Burton peo-
pie for their good work in getting up
their Christmas exercises.
DR.. w. T. Brown, the eye, ear
nose and throat specialist, will be in
Lancaster at Dl. Hassell's office from
Tuesday, Dec. 27th to Saturday, Jan.
Z. 1899. Glasses accurately fitted.
A two days teachers institute
will be held at the high school room
in Bloomington on Friday and Satur-
day, Jan. 9th and 18th Profs. Me
Oregon and Hutton are the conductors.
Walter Clegg and Al. Stark two
OF Bloomington's enter rrising yoang
farmers were at the county seat last
Tuesday, and while here took occa-
sion to make the Herald brief call
Come again. gentlemen.
MIR. Herman Knoke of Macedonia
Iowa, arrived here Monday for a
week sojourn among relatives and
friends. lis five years since Mr.
Knoke and family moved from here
and this is his first return.
Some person put out poison in
the north part OF the city and num-
Der of pet cats and dogs partook
thereof and went the way of all flesh.
Among other, County Clerk Dickin-
son lost a noble cat and Albert WED
enbeck had to bury the family dog
The poisoner will be given a large
dose of law If the wrathy citizens
aforesaid find him out.
A notable society event at Musco-
da was the marriage of H. l.. Elston
and Laura Swingle, Dec. II The
groom is the son of Hon. A. c. V.
Elston of Muscoda. He is a graduate
of the Northern Indiana Institute OF
Valparaiso and has taken a four wears
course at Madison in the study of
electricity The bride IS the daugh-
ter of Hon. J. n. Swim gle. She is a
graduate Of Milwaukee Downer col
lege. Both the Elstors and Swingles
are prominent in business and social
circles
There was an interesting Christ
mas meeting at North Andoyer when
the relatives, neighbors and friends Of
Hon. John Ryan, Assemblyman-elect,
assembled at his hospitable home to
partake OF the rich feast prepared I'M
der the supervision OF Mrs. Ryan anu
to express their satisfaction at the
elevation of their worthy neighbor to
the high trust ne is about to assume