Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-02-02

open installation Friday night
Mrs. r. B. Showalter is still con-
fined to her bed with only slight i'm
provement
The Ladies' Missionary society
will meet on Friday afternoon at
O'Clock with Mrs. 5. r. Greene.
For Rent: A commodious house
on North Adams street For terms
inquire of Robert Scott, proprietor.
Next Wednesday evening, the
anniversary of Calanthe Temple, all
members are requested to be pre-
! sent.
Capt. Sam Draper has had tussle
with lagrippe but was able to be out
Wednesday in time for the Uncle
Toms Cabin show
The Ladies' Aid society OF the NJ.
f. church will serve tea in the chapel
Wednesday. Feb. 8, from p. m. I'M
til all are served. Come and bring a
friend.
Married at the residence of the
brides father, Mr.. Caspar Schmidt,
Sitter, on Wednesday afternoon,
Feb. l, 1899, by the Rev. I. J Brown,
Mr.. W. H. Finnegan and Miss Ora s.
Schmidt.
Mr.. Loren Wayne and wife, of
Boscobel, are visiting at their old
/ home in the town of Little Grant.
Mr.. Herbert Chadwick, of Crawford
county, is also visiting in the neigh
! borhood.
jos. Gates and Harry Biggin, two
of Glen Ravens substantial farmers,
were in Lancaster Thursday. Mr..
Gates brought up $2S04, his towns
portion of taxes, and paid it over to
Treasurer Mauer. Mr.. Gates is proud
of his townsmen for the promptness
and good nature with which they paid
their taxes this year.
The Prairie du Chen Union is re-
sponsible for the announcement that
Fred Bolles is in the Crawford county
| Jail and will remain there for five
months for the crime of registering at
a hotel in Wauzeka as man and wife /.
Serves Fred right. He has no bust
ness to play double that way. If al
lowed to go on he might have regis
tered pretty soon as whole comic
opera show or troope of lady min
strels. 1t is a good thing he is
Gagged.
The Musical Gem of the Platte
vile Lecture course will be The De
Pasquali Grand Opera company, in
GLIDING former representatives OF
American and foreign Grand Opera
companies. The lst part of the con-
cert will include songs, Duets, etc.,
from popular operas. Part two will
consist of a complete performance OF
the second act of Flotow's charming
opera, martha" with complete
scenery, costumes and paraphernalia.
Date, Thursday, Feb. 8.
The concert and dance given in
the City opera house last Friday even
ing was well attended and highly en-
! ioyed Fisk and Weldon are always
favorites in Lancaster. They have
added to and improved their company
materially and gave better satisfac-
ton this wear than ever before. st.
Clair and Lorena" are very clever art
lists in their specialties and furnished
comedy for the entertainment highly
amusing but free from anything coarse
or offensive. About thirty dollars
were Melted by the baseball associa-
ton.
-Boscobel Dial-Enterprise: The
morning passenger east on the St.
Paul road struck large boulder which
had rolled onto the track, in a cut
near Bridgeport just this side of
Prairie du Chen. Monday The ash
pan on the engine and the brake
beams on the tender and mail ear
were smashed and the train delayed
about 40 minutes in consequence.
49,. Mrs. VIM. Posey died at the
home of her son Abraham in Mariet-
ia, Crawford county. Friday, aged IS
years. Deceased was born in Penn
sylvania, April 9, 1910; was married
! in 1858 to the bereaved husband who
survives her and was one Of the pio-
neer settlers of Crawford county.
Last spring the family removed TO
Soldiers Grove 10 reside. and Mrs.
Posey was at the home Of her sou on
I a visit when overtakeL by illness