Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-02-03
SHORT LOCAL HAPPENINGS

congregational church VIII meet Win
Mrs. Geo. B. Carter Friday afternoon.
Parties desiring to borrow money
should call on Carter x Brennan.
They are prepared to negotiate loans
in any amount from 500 to $4,000.
E l.. Howe of the Reporter has
engaged to manage the Ripon Repub-
lican for its owner. DR.. VIM. +. Brown.
Richard Mahan is in charge OF the Re-
porter office.
Mr.. V. l.. Showalter is now man
ager OF the City Hall. Mccoy and
Orion will one or both of them go to
Klondike and have sold their lease to
Mr.. Showalter.
David and Rilla Chisholm, of the
Platteville Normal, returned home
Saturday with their mother who has
visited the past two weeks with them.
They speak in high praise of the
school
Having disposed of my lumber
business in Lancaster / desire to re-
quest all knowing themselves indebt-
ed to me either by note or account to
call and settle before March |. 1885
GEO. MUEssE. 51w2
The Lancaster High School have
secured the services of Rev. W. D.
Simonds. Of Madison, to deliver in
Lancaster his lecture on Abraham
Lincoln The date for the lecture is
Friday evening, February II.
Miss Lena Henkel, sister of Mrs.
John Jeide of this city, who has been
visiting here for the past four weeks,
returned last Tuesday to her field of
labor as an officer in the ranks of the
Volunteers of America in Chicago.
All persons indebted to the under
signed are requested to call and settle.
Having closed out our business it is
necessary to have all accounts settled
at once. Not later than the first of
March at farthest. HENRY MrEssE &
Sons. 51w2
Rev. S. f. Sweet, who has been
preaching at the Baptist church dur
ing the fore part of the week, will
continue with the church until Fri
day Rev. d. w. Hulburt, the state
secretary of Missions, viii preach on
Friday evening. Services will con-
tinue during the coming week and
Rev w. r. Coburn is expected to be
present.
John Vogt and John Esser, from
Glen Haven, were two esteemed
Herald visitors last Saturday. Mr..
Esser's home is in Rock Rapids, Iowa,
where he is engaged in farming and
stock raising. He and his family
have been making a two months visit
in old Grant with relatives and friends.
They return to Iowa this week. Mr..
Vogt is treasurer of Glen Haven
advertising is the means used all
over the civilized world by merchants
to keep the people posted as to the
nature and value of their goods. The
city directory. about to be published
here, will be valuable medium of
advertising as it will be delivered free
to almost every resident and will be
kept for years. The merchants and
professional men OF Lancaster will
have chance to avail themselves of
space in this work at reasonable
prices. 1t
-Cassville Index: Last Sunday
evening on the Lau farm north of
this village, Charles Lau, aged %
years, was caring for the calves, colts
and cattle in the barnyard as usual
He thought he noticed the form Of a
man in the cattle shed, about fifty
feet distant, and called out sharply
..get out OF therein On the instant
blaze and report followed. Mr..
Lau fell to the ground and for the
moment thought himself shot. He
saw the fellow 20 out Of the shed and
walk away. Lau then got up and
went to the house and told the folks
Of his experience. He examined his
cap and found a bullet hole in its
through and through
Chas. Ishmael and Frank Liscomb
seated themselves on the ice boat at
the leyee last Saturday. raised the
sails, and just twenty minutes later
were in Gutenberg eight miles dis
tant from Cassville.