Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-05-04

a.ne sewing Machine Niontgom-
cry Ward sell, for $3.50 | sell for
$500. Come in auI sc f. Ed. H..
Hyde
Ladies Aid society of n F.
church wiz serve tel Il chapel We'd
nesday. May 10. beginning 1T ) p N.
until all are served. E-ersbody cor
daily invited
Chicago Gas Co., having become
frightened at the rapid spread Of acct
yene, paid the Chicago Acetylene Co.
1850, 000 TO keep the coming light ont
Of Cook county.
-Ex-sheriff Horace Hymer has pur-
chased the splendid homestead prop
erty OF the late Franklin Halbert, sit
uated in the southwestern part Of the
city of Lancaster
The fourth annual declamatory
contest Of the sophomore class Of the
Dodgeville high school was held re-
cently Miss Mollie Stratman was the
successful contestant.
MIR. Bentley the newly appointed
master mechanic for this division of
the Northwestern road made his first
visit to Lancaster last Tuesday. His
headquarters are at Baraboo.
Robbers entered the general store
OF W. A. Vaughan at Wauzeka and
carried away 40 pairs Of saoes. They
also entered the home of A. Bieloh
and made off with a purse containing
SIS.
Several OF Bloomington's fair
young women journeyed Lancaster
way last Saturday. They were the
Misses Fuller, Ada and Gertie Kinney,
Nell Austin and perhaps one or two
others.
Mr.. Otto Atkinson, after pleas
ant visit at his mothers home in
North Andover, started Thursday of
last week for Sioux City, 5. d., where
he has accepted position in hard
ware store.
Tuesday was county court day.
Among the legal lights from neigh
boring towns we noticed Attorneys
/. L. Cleary, d. j Gardner, W. E.
Howe, S. f. Smalley, D. w. Clark,
and John Seaman.
Mrs. K. b. Showalter has an in
teresting relic sent by her nephew
Dwight Arthur, it being piece OF the
wood from the battleship, Maine,
which he himself broke off OF the
wreck in Havana harbor.
One day last week while out shop
ping Mrs. Will Irish dropped a ten
dollar bill on the floor Of Ziegler Bros.
store. She did not perceive the loss
until Carpenter Joe Acorn picked it
up and returned it to her.
One week from next Sunday night
the Methodist church in Lancaster
will be lighted for the first time with
electric lights. The cost of the lights
will be deducted from the janitor's
salary as he will have no more lamps
to care for.
The pension department has
granted to Frank White dead, Dick
eysville, So month, and an increase
to Evan b. Barnes. Platteville, of
from SO to IS a month, and IS a
month to widow Marguerite White,
Dickeysville.
The Electric Light Co. OF Chicago,
realizing that their safety depended
on keeping the Acetylene Co. from sell
ling their light in Chicago. paid them
$500, 900 to keep it out of the city.
Eagle generators, the coming light,
are for sale by Thos. Webb, Lancaster,
Wis.
Witness: Miss McClay. OF Ian
caster, spent Saturday and Sunday at
the home OF Mr.. Corlett at Big Patch.
-. VIM. Craven is hunting wolves
in the vicinity of Superior Junction.
What Craven does not know about
freeing wolves is hardly worth
mentioning.
Philip Heberlein died at the home
OF his father. Jacob Heberlein, in Lib
erty on Thursday, April y, 1899, at
noon, Of consumption, aged 35 years.
Funeral took place Sunday from the
roek.%.ehurch in Liberty. Deceased
had been ailing for number ii years.
He was cousin Of Oscar Heberlein Of
this city
Jack Frost observing que eour-