Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-01-26

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day night.
Remember the concert and dance
Friday night OF this week in the City
opera house.
-Calanthe Temple No. Rathbone
Sisters, of Lancaster, held a quiet
installation this year as their Charter
is draped in mourning for two of its
members.
The Fisk and Weldon orchestra
is the one that assisted in The X. P.
Minstrel show last year and the year
before. The company has added sew
eral attractions and is better and
stronger than ever before.
Mr.. Terrence Popejoy, Of Fenni-
more, died January 18th, at the adj
vanced age of So years. He was born
in Ohio; he came TO Grant county in
1889 and has resided in the vicinity
of Montfort, Boscobel and Fennimore,
ever since.
The concert next Friday evening
in the City opera house will last one
and one-half hours before the dancing
begins. All the latest popular music
will be rendered besides vocal solos,
male quartette, comedy monologue
and the latest popular rage, the cake
walk.
james McKelvey of Boice Creek
and Miss Katie Sedbrook of this city
were united in marriage by Rev. 7.
j. Brown on Tuesday, Jan. "a. 1899,
at high noon. About forty invited
guests were present and after the
ceremony all sat down to fine we'd
ding feast.
The proceeds of the concert and
dance next Friday night are to help
pull two or three of our business men
who were unlucky enough to be elect
ed officers of the baseball association,
out of the hole public enthusiasm put
them into during the craze summer
before last.
The annual meeting of the Lam
caster Cemetery association takes
place on the first Tuesday of Febru-
ary-the 9TH. A full attendance is
desired to hear the report of the
Board of Directors and to elect officers
for the ensuing year. For time and
place of meeting see next weeks pa
per. BY ORDER OF PRESIDENT.
A bright little girl made her
arrival at the home of w. j. Brennan
last Monday. She has come to stay
and will call Mr.. and Mrs. Brennan
papa and mamma. She is twenty
months old, the daughter of Mr.. j.
w. Reddy, of Platteville, whose wife
died two weeks ago. Mr.. Reddv is a
cousin of Mr.. Brennan and not being
situated to properly care for the little
one was induced to give it to Mr.. and
Mrs. Brennan for adoption.
1t is authoritively announced that
the Chandler store in Lancaster will
cease to exist after the 18th Of Febru-
airy on account of the death of Mr..
Chandler, Jr. Also the Chandler
store at Mineralpoint will be closed.
The stores ut Dodgeville and Richland
Center will be kept going. Miss
Mary Ovitz, who has superintendent
the store in Lancaster goes TO Dodge
vile where she will continue in the
employ of Mr.. Chandler, Sen.
Many of our older readers will
remember Lydia and Julia Gudger
who resided in Lancaster with their
mother number of years ago and
moved from here to Dakota The
two ladies, who are now known as
Mrs. Sam Taylor and Mrs. Ben Tay
lor, are visiting friends in this local
ity. On Friday of this week Lydia
will 90 with her son Allen to Hot
Springs. Ark, to take treatment for
lung troubles. Julia will return home
to Wahpeton week later to be pres
ent at the marriage of one of her
sons.
We accidentally omitted to mem
tion rare and beautiful gift which
Mrs. w. j. Brennan has received from
her husbands brother who is one of
Uncle Sans soldiers in the Philip
pines. 1t is an exquisite piece Of
hand embroidery in the form of
large table spread. The ground work
is rich satin. This is nearly cover
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