Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-01-26
Happenings fit 6dSSville.

oCoASS Audm Noon. an Oiu anu
much respected resident of the town
of Cassville. died at his home in the
north end of the township on Satur-
day, Jan. 20. 1899. This was not I'M
expected as he had been ailing and
under medical treatment for several
months previous to his demise.
John Habermann, Sr.. the Cassville
brewer, is laid up at home by reason
of severe attack of rheumatism.
Rev. Thos. Scruggs, pastor of the
Baptist church here, preached to the
Wyalusing people last Friday and
Saturday evenings and also Sunday,
both morning and evening.
Many people of our village and vi
entity are i'll with the grip.
Cassville will be lighted with cleo
trio lights before many moons. The
village board is now making provis-
ions to that end.
John G. Knapp and wife of Oelwein,
Iowa, are here visiting his mother
and renewing old acquaintance.
They will remain two or three weeks.
John is in the brick making business
at Oelwein, la.
Frank Stevens, travelling salesman
for the j. ID. Day Lumber Co of Rhine-
lander, is laying over here at Casss
vile for short time. Frank is buy
ing and shipping walnut logs. He
will buy good walnut logs II inches
and upward in diameter at any sta
ton on the railroad, 1t will be to the
interest Of persons having such tim
Der to dispose of to see Frank.
Reuben French, our Industrious
blacksmith, has bought building lot
centrally located on Dewey street and
is making preparations to build a
dwelling house thereon as soon as
spring opens. The building will be
of modern style and improvements,
heated throughout by steam or hot
air furnace and up to date in every
respect. Reub is an example of what
industry, sobriety and application to
business will do for man.
Mr.. Otto Reinke is kept indoors
most all the time on account of rheu-
matism and ailments incident thereto.
j. B. Orcheid has sold his bakery
and restaurant property to Miss Mary
w. Simpson. She is to take posses
sion thereof March 1st next.
Mr.. Orcheid is preparing to build a
neat dwelling house for residence
for himself and family on his proper
ty situated on the corner of Bluff st.
and Penn Ave, where he has already
made some improvements in the way
of building a barn, drilled a deep well,
put up wind power pump, etc. He
expects to have the new residence
ready for occupancy by July 1st next.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reub French were
agreeably surprised at their home by
about twenty OF their friends on
Thursday evening of last week, it be-
ing the 18th anniversary of their
wedding. The evening was whiled
away in pleasant social entertain
ments, refreshments being served by
Mr.. and Mrs. French. All present
appeared to ENJOY the occasion and
parted. wishing the host and hostess
many happy returns of the day.
Mr.. L. M. Okey (Cassville's MAS
by''0 is pusher for one of his years,
he being now we'll on to his three
score years and ten. Mr.. Okey owns
about four hundred and fifty acres of
land at the head of Bertram lake,
three miles south of this village, partly
upland and part bottomland on which
he has lately built neat, comfortable
farm dwelling and now has employed
about twenty men chopping wood
and clearing the ground, making it
ready TO be turned over in the spring,
when it will be planted in sweet corn
(mostly) of which crop the bottom
land yields immensely and for which
ready sale and satisfactory prices can
be had at the Cassville canning works.
In few years this land will be thor
oughly opened up for farming and
grasing and will then be one of the
most valuable stock farms of our vi
cinity.
Mr.. Jacob Kuenster of Glen Haven
is on the sick list. We are glad to
hear that he is improving.