Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-07-14

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on Monday He took with him a
6-inch length Of water pipe and a
sleeve with which he made all needed
repairs.
The city Of Lancaster took in
$4,000 one day last. 1t was for sa-
loon licenses. There is no change in
the number Of saloons, and the only
change authorized in proprietorship
is Rudersdorf and Townley in the
Matt Edwards saloon.
Mr.. Harshberger has a new man
ager of his electric light plant in the
person of MIR. A. A. Sehlew, lately of
Waukesha, where he was engaged in
work OF like nature. He came here
Friday and his family will move here
in two weeks. MIR. Marler has left
here.
-Cond actor B. d. Waite, Of Bara-
boo, took charge of the Lancaster and
Galena train Monday morning for two
weeks, in place of Conductor II. II.
SWEET, who is laid up by illness. Mr.,
SWEET is merely reduced in strength
by constant work and hopes to be
greatly benefited by the rest.
Mrs. Briel died on Friday, July
9, 1898, at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Charles Day, three miles west of
town on Grant river, aged &c years.
The funeral took place Sunday morn
ing at 10 o'clock from the Lutheran
church in Lancaster. Deceased was
widow and very worthy lady
Mrs. VIM. Miller and her children
went to Plyn.f 9TH. Wis, just before
the Fourth for three weeks visit. The
lady found her mother very sick and
is now uncertain as to the time of
returning home to Lancaster. Mr..
Miller was up there for few days and
visited Milwaukee on his return trip.
-Fennimore has gone wet again.
At a recent meeting the former motion
to refuse license was rescinded. On
the motion of granting license another
vote was taken, Roach, Thompson
and Curtis, voting for license, and
Gelvin, Moody and Smith, voting
against it. President Bailey cast the
deciding vote in favor of license
People who keep dogs in the city
of Lancaster are little backward
about coming forward with the tax
this year. Last year seventy-fve
licenses were issued, and this year
only about thirty have been taken
out. The city council has ordered
the police to shoot dogs, prosecute
owners and make all kinds Of trouble
Miss Laura Limper, of Kenosha,
and Miss Carrie Rogers, Of Boscobel,
who had been visiting at Albert
Blackburn's in Lancaster, returned
home Monday afternoon. Miss Rogers
has been employed to teach the Rock
vile school for another term and will
begin in September. She taught
there last season and gave universal
satisfaction.
-Cassville Index: The dwelling
on the Hanger place, three and a half
miles east of Cassville, was, with all
its contents, destroyed by fire last
Saturday morning Arnold kirsch-
baum is the present renter Of the
place. No one was at the house
when the fire started, Mr.. Kirsch-
baum being in the field at work and
Mrs. Kirschbaum and children were
in town When the fire was well
under way about twenty farmers
were attracted to the place but couli
do nothing. The building was in
sured.
Prairie du Chen Courier: The
st. Paul Railway officials have been
here looking after preliminary mat
tiers connected with work preparatory
to building the new railroad bridge at
Prairie du Chen. Last Thursday the
civil engineers had the grade-stakes
r. L.
approaches will begin as soon as the
men can be put to work. 1t is ex-
pected that the new bridge will be in
place before the 1st of December The
contemplated railway Improvements
ino,nde something more than the new
bridge, but their nature and extent is
mere matter Of conjecture 50 far S.
tie public knowledge is concerned
-Platteville Witness misunder-