Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-04-07


events.
j. D. Angus is about to build a
large barn on the Angus farm-the
old Oliver mill property-in north
Lancaster.
Howell & Starr have a fine pic
ture on exhibition in their barber
shop of the Grant county boys who
went into the Copper river country,
Alaska
The complaint in the $4,000
libel suit against the editor of the
Herald was filed on ..All Fools Day..
1t might be libelous to say anything
but it's all right to smile.
-Baggageman James Townley has
purchased the John Hurley property
on south Washington street between
west Oak and Walnut streets, and will
build good house thereon.
"A series of special gospel meet
ings begin at the Lancaster Congre-
gational church Thursday night under
the leadership of Charles N. Hunt, the
renowned lawyer evangelist.
John James, clerk at the Wright
house, went to Milwaukee Friday
morning to take treatment in a hos
pital for stomach troubles. He will
also visit his brother while there.
When the robins nest again it will
be in some one else's lumber pile.
Birmingham & Hixon Lumber Com
pany expect to sell and build up their
lum Der piles several times before that.
At Prairie du Chen last Saturday
morning a saloon keeper 80 years of
age named Anthony Benish commit
ted suicide by hanging himself from a
beam in shed at the rear of his sa-
loon on Bluff street.
John Ferguson, the skillful black
smith of Lou Fischer, is building an
addition and otherwise putting his
house in order, located on the corner
of east Oak and Van Buren, streets.
Johns friends are congratulating him.
Mrs. Joe Nathan, Sr., and her son
Joe returned home from their Seattle
trip Friday. They report the crowds
going through to the Klondike IS ire
mendous. One day there were over
one thousand persons passed through.
zChas. Angus has about determined
to build new residence in this city
on the corner east of the laundry and
south of his house on north Adams
street. The house will be residence
for the family of Bert Angus, the soda
water man.
Lumber came on the Northwestern
this morning for the new electric
light power house, and the work OF
erecting the building begins at once,
with Dan Price as head carpenter. The
building is to be 32x60 feet, with
gambrel roof.
We viii pay salary of SIS per
week and expenses for a man with
rig to introduce our Poultry Mixture
] in the country. Only good hustlers
wanted. Reference. Address, with
stamp, Eureka Mfg. Co., SOP Mo. Ave,
East st. Louis, Ill.
The Episcopal church society
have newly carpeted their editice and
vanished and cleaned the woodwork.
The ladies of the church are en-
titled to special mention for the time,
labor and money they have expended
in identifying their house of worship.
We take it for granted that Editor
Snyder of the Cuba City News has
been wiped off the face of the earth
ere this. In the last issue of his pa
per, April 1st, he published the fol-
lowing item: ''Mr. Link Hounsell of
Cuba City and Miss Dora Try of Rut-
ledge were married last Sunday,
March 9th at the home of the bride 5
parents by Rev.-April FOOL
-Boscobel Dial-Enterprise: The
new school house is very nearly COM
pleted, the finishing touches are now
being given. We have watched the
course of construction and we are
confident that Boscobel has the most
beautiful and substantial high school
building in Southwestern Wisconsin.
We will print several views-exterior
and interior-within a few weeks.
At the United Brethren church on
Pleasant Ridge, no Providence pre-