Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-24

Ringing Bros, OF circus fame, died
at Baraboo a few days ago.
&C. b. Eastman and Alonzo Moore
of Platteville have leased the DeSoto
house at Galena for five years, begin
ming April l.
= Miss Name Grindell of Platteville
was in the city this week at Frank
Wagner's, trying h faith cure for
her deafness.
-FoR SALE OR RENT-Two good six
room houses situated in the city of
Lancaster. Enquire Immediately of
Chas. Harvey.
Lizzie Schenk and little niece
Greta Baxter of Montfort are spending
this week with their cousins. the Os-
wolds, of.this city.
Mrs. John Foley, who has been at
VIM. Lewis for week. left for her
home in Cassville Drawing the storm
OF saturday morning.
Charles Miles, claimed to be the
oldest man in Richland county. died
at his home in Hoosier hollow a few
days ago aged 81 years.
Remember the oyster supper at
McIver's church next Friday evening,
Feb. 20. Everybody is going and you
must be sure and come.
Mrs Schmith, mother of Mrs.
Geo. VandeWall, returned to her
home in Platteville Friday after visit
of several days in Lancaster.
The Grant county soldiers mon
ument in the court yard is now guard
ed by two big guns that saw service
in the late '.unpleasantness."
The sight of large banks of snow
on either side of the highways causes
our Oldest inhabitants to smile with
recollections of tine stormy past.
Through the courtesy of Messrs.
Lyon & Healy we are permitted the
pleasure of hearing that beautiful new
song Brush those Frowns Away"
Mrs. Thos lockwood, who re-
sides in the north part of the city, is
quite seriously i'll and has been Tor
several weeks. We hope she may re-
cover soon.
w. ID. Jones of Hazel Green was
in Lancaster Thursday combining
business with pleasure. He was the
guest of his niece Mrs. Jno. Howe
while here.
A fourteen year old lad at Stevens
Point has epileptic fits which the
doctor says is the result of excessive
use of tobacco. Lancaster bows should
take warning.
Miss Mary Wilhelm went to Chi
cago Monday to be gone two weeks.
While there she will purchase fine
line of pattern hats for spring and
summer trade.
There will be services in the Bap-
tist church Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday evenings of this week. The
subject for Sunday morning viii be
..In His Steps"
Miss May Hannum, Miss Barbara
Schloesser's efficient trimmer, is in
Chicago this week getting the latest
ideas in millinery from the wholesale
house of d. b. Fisk.
Mr.. Henry Muesse, accompanied
by his son Ralph, is visiting his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Prof. Wood at Baldwin, Kan
sas, and his son Harry who is sue
cessful lawyer at Ottonay.
The Herald is one of the finest
equipped book and job printing es-
Establishments in this part of the state
If you want nice neat job at reas-
enable price, call and see us.
Great credit is due our North
western railroad men for getting
their trains through on time during
the recent snow storm. They brought
up smiling at our depot every time.
There will be supper and graph
ophone entertainment at the town
hall in Beetown Saturday evening,
Feb. 26. supper at 5 P. m. Twenty
i've cents admits to all. Children Ii
cents.
Prairie du Chen Union: About
sixty people left Lancaster Wednesday
enroute for the Klondike. If every
town in the United States of the size
of Lancaster would send such dele
CATION Klondike would be covered
| with peOple like hair on a DOCS hack.