Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-09-01
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-Messrs Harry Brown and Frank
Schreiner are of tor an outing.
-Chas. W. Burr and wife returned
home Tuesday from a visit to Madison.
On Tuesday evening Miss Bessie
Budd entertained a company OF her
friends,
There was a select "leap year
party" at Reeds opera house Monday
evening.
DR.. T. E. Strong and wife came
home Saturday evening from their
Chicago trip.
Miss Sue Muesse starts for Kan
sas Monday to visit her sister. Mrs.
Z. NJ Wood
On Friday evening Miss Nettie
Woodhouse gave tea" to a number
OF tair ladies.
Mrs. Geo. Ivey died at Madison,
S. d., last week. Mr.. Ivey formerly
lived in Lancaster.
On account of having to move
our heavy machinery the Herald is
one day late this week.
Court is in session at Darlington
and Judge Clementson and Reporter
Orion are in attendance.
Conductor Touey lost his three
months old baby at Madison on sun
day. Funeral took place Monday.
Miss Lena Fischer went 10 Charles
City, Iowa, on Thursday of this week
to take a course in business college.
VIM, Richardson passed through
Lancaster Wednesday morning with
eight or ten fine horses, bound for
the Fennimore
"A party of Phi lille people spent
Sunday at the home Of Sa a Greene's.
They were NJ. P. Rindlaub. Jr., Bessie
) Rindlaub, Mary Rountree and Mr..
Tillitson of Viroqua
Roy Clifton went to Whitewater
Tuesday to continue his course at the
: Normal. lie made the journey on his
bicycle-a nervy exhibition.
The Sohmer is the name now
used by everyone who has seen that
] beautiful Sohmer piano at the ware
t rooms of Michaelis & Roberts.
-Wieland Oswald and Miss Kittie
Wright of Lancaster and Alice Smith
r of Fennimore expect to attend the
l Milwaukee normal school this year.
The ladies OF the Congregational
church will hold their annual Thank
: offering service in the social room of
church Friday afternoon. All are in
vited.
Prof. Kopp occupied the Congre-
gatlonal pulpit Sunday evening, max
ing an able address. He is district
president of the Christian Endeavor
society.
-Thos. Trollope of Little Grant an
nounces himself candidate for the
nomination If sheriff, subject to the
action of the Republican county con-
vention.
Prof. Wm. Pearson, principal of
. Bloomington schools last year, will
| attend the State University at Madison
this year The gentleman is to be
t applauded in his efforts to reach a
higher education.
We have them they are called
t Sohmer, Steger, Story & Clark and
Singer. Tell your neighbors You saw
, them and they are fine and they are
sold on the installment plan by MI
chaelis & Roberts
About fifty neighbors gathered at
few evenings since to see her night
blooming cerius blow itself. 1t did all
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pany was estheticaliy entertained.
A letter received here from VIII
: Ressmeyer from Camp Douglas states
that the soldiers do not yet know
when they will be ordered home but
they hope to break camp by the first
of October. The men in command are
in no hurry to quit soldering, while
the privates are anxious to come
home.
Lancaster schools open Monday.
Many Improvements have been made
during vacation. The seating capac-
ity Of the assembly room has been in
creased from 125 to ISL. The rooms
J have been newly paintpl and new