Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-12-01

LIN ~ We WAS nome from tht uui-
yersity at Madison for Thanksgiving.
Paul Howe was home from Beloit
college for the Thanksgiving holidays.
Harry Carthew spent his Thanks
giving vacation at rs home in this
city.
Prices atMiss Schioesser's will be
greatly reduced from now until Christ
mas.
Miss Hannah Reddy of Dodgeville
was a guest at the Brennan home last
week.
The Congregational society meets
with A. H. Barber next Friday after
noon.
Wallace lockwood Of the Platte
vile Normal was in the city Thanks
giving time.
Bessie Budd has returned home
from northern visit. She began her
first term OF school teaching last Non
day.
"A dispatch from Madison says:
"Robert LaFollette's condition is
worse today. He has been five weeks
in bed, and he cannot now even keep
matted milk on his stomach Some
alarm is felt by his friends and DR..
Phil Fox visits him three times day.
Mike Mcmahon and his family
left Lancaster Tuesday morning for
Harvard, III, where he will open a
one-cent store. The gentleman was
formerly fireman for Chas. Frothing-
ham ON the Milwaukee train and was
forced to quit the job on account of
i'll health.
Mrs. Mitchell, mother of mem
Der of the Platteville Provision store
died inPlatteville last Sunday morning
and was buried from the Methodist
church on Tuesday. She was high
ly respected lady, II years of age.
Her death was the result of a stroke
of paralysis.
-Galena News: Roy c. Hunting
ton, member of a Wisconsin regi-
ment, now located at Savanna,
Georgia, arrived in Galena Sunday en-
route to his home at Platteville. He
is suffering with severe attack Of
fever, but is now convalescent and
will spend thirty days furlough at
home.
There was an ''exalted" time
among the Royal Arch Masons Of Lam
caster last Tuesday evening. A team
was put through the ceremonies of the
seventh degree. Among the members
from abroad were Alloys Grimm and
Prof. Colburn of CassviIle and A. G.
Tubbs and Lincoln Abraham ofBloom-
ington.
Among the recent valuable addi-
tions to Lancaster citizens is that of
our popular county surveyor, Charles
Sampson formerly of Fairplay. Mr..
Sampson finds Lancaster more favor
ably situated, being more central than
his old home. Mr.. Sampson is first
class surveyor and ought to have all
the business in that line he can at
tend to.
Walter Mace, who has been clerk
ing at the Wright house in this city,
has resigned and gone to Dubuque to
clerk in the wholesale boot and shoe
house of Large & Amsden until the
first of January, when he will travel
on the road for the concern. His
place at the Wright house is filed by
John Jennings, late clerk at the Plies
ter hotel in Museoda.
Mr.. Henry Engler and Miss Mag
gle Molitor of Cassville We're married
on the 18th ult. Both are worthy and
prominent young people of Cassville.
After the ceremony which was wit
messed by large number of relatives
and friends a grand reception was
given ct the bride home on Bluff
street. The Herald extends hearty
congratulations to the groom, most
honor bic young man aud his cbarn-
ing bride.
-Mineralpoint Tribune: Hon. J.
J. Oswald Of Lancaster is visiting his
son-in-law ana daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Isaac Deller, IN this city, and
favored the Tribune with a call on
Monday 49, An unusual incident Of
the County Board session was the
marriage Of one Of its members, Mr..
Albert f. Thomas, which occurred on