Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-12-15

Lee Morrell visited Montfort on
Monday.
The asylum trustees assembled
in Lancaster Tuesday noon.
Mixed candies and mixed nuts at
cents a pound at Burns store.
Miss Lizzie Schmitt bought a
splendid Crown piano on Monday.
The fireman's dance at Mineral
point has been postponed to Dec. 26th.
Mrs. Mollis Marks of Omro, Wis.
is visiting relatives and friends here.
Dan Price has moved his family
into Mrs. Prior's house on south Mad
ison street..
On Tuesday Albert Viscoe started
to build new barn on his city prop
erty near the brickyard.
County Judge Goodsell went to
Dodgeville this, Wednesday morning
to hold court for Judge Jencks.
John eastman returned from his
England trip last Monday. His sister
Florence remained in England.
The Crosby girls are all home in
Lancaster to see their sick mother.
There is little or no hope Of her
recovery.
Anton Schmitt is going to quit
farming and has an auction notice
published elsewhere in this issue.
Also see his posters.
Mrs. Maxwell, who had been Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. MARROW, for a
number of days. returned home to st.
Louis Monday morning.
All kinds Of holiday goods going
dirt cheap at Burns Cheap Store.
One of the best places in the city to
buy anything youneed.
Mrs. Charles Stephens, OF the
Grand Central hotel, went to Cass-
vile Monday morning for short visit
with her mother, Mrs. Zeigler.
A young man. Nick Pitt, was
killed in Mineralpoint by the accident
al discharge of a shotgun while out
hunting with four companions.
A lot of mittens, gloves, whips and
underware, damaged some by fire,
now being closed out very cheap at
John Burns store in Lancaster.
A fine Berry Granite Sareophagus
is being cut at the Lancaster marble
yards which is to be placed at the
grave Of VIM. J. Mccoy in the Bee
town cemetery.
Geo. F. Cook Of Lancaster attend
ed the wedding Of Otto Briel and Miss
Kate Wenzel as best man Wednesday,
Dec. z, 1898, at Sitter The brides
maid was Miss Mary Wenzel
Carpenters are this week laying
a new floor in the city opera house.
1t is of quarter-sawed yellow pine.
well polished. Some better arrange
ment should be made for heating the
place.
Posters are out announcing a
grand New Years dance in Reeds
opera house on Friday night, Dec. so
Hugh UT and Harvey Hurlburt are
managers. Every body is invited to
attend.
Miss Bertha Morse returned home
from an extended visit in Kansas last
Saturday. She returned by way of
Chicago where she visited for a short
time. Miss Morse will resume her
music work.
-Cassvilie Index: A local associa-
ton has been formed for the purpose
of taking the management and control
of the Cassville cemetery, which here
tofore has been under the control of
the town board of Cassville.
-Jeweler John Baldwin started for
West Baden the first of this week to
take treatment at sanitorium.
After remaining there a few weeks he
will 20 on further south. His many
friends here hope the Journey will eff
feet a complete recovery.
Jump into the wagon, boys. and
we'll all take a ride to Howard Rhodes
furniture store and each buy wood
or wire iardinere for our best girl or
select one of those fine chairs or a
couch, then We will take a look at a
bed room set for our wedding day.
On an inside page of this issue IS
the Oppninp ehaptar ne a continued