Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-07-27

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is to be organized in Columbus, Mo-
AT a school picnic at Lena, H..
twenty persons were taken suddenly
i'll as a result from eating pressed
chicken which was evidently tainted
enough to be poisonous. One Of the
party, j. w. Anderson, died and sew
eral others are very i'll. Those who
did not eat of the chicken were not
affected
Mrs. Althea Kilbourn offers her
fine residence in the south part OF the
city for sale. The property is one of
the finest in the city Every thing is
new and in good order, the location is a
choice one, The neighborhood excellent
Parties desiring residence property in
the city should certainly examine this
place before purchasing elsewhere.
Bloomington Record: Edwin
Fischer Of Lancaster is visiting his
brother. + H. Fischer Mr.. and
Mrs. Theo. Calvin of Lancaster visit
ed in town Saturday evening
Verne Brooks and Verne Holford, who
are taking course of study at the
university at Appleton, came home
Tuesday evening.
Miss Marie Ovitz. who was clerk
ing for j. Schreiner & Son recently,
has gone to her home in Mineral Point
for visit. She has accepted a posi-
tion with the Him, Hildebrand Co. of
Fennimore where she will be after the
lst Of August Miss Oyitz has made
many friends while in Lancaster who
regret TO have her leave US.
All persons interested in keeping
the Beetown cemetery in order are re-
quested to meet on Saturday, Aug
9Th, for the purpose OF cleaning out
the same and repairing the road.
Dinner will be furnished as usual by
the ladies and served with Uncle Wash |
Garner and his hospitable wife at their
rooms in the old Bectown house
When your old machine fails buy
one Of the latest improved light run
ming Milwaukee binders from Knapp |
u Son, Lancaster. They arc the only |
machine made that can bc raised or
lowered both sides at once by the
operator, while the machine is work
ing. Consequently they are the only |
binder that can be quickly adjusted to
handle the down and standing grain
and make good bundles
One day last week Mr.. C. w Ray
found gold plated tea spoon in the
stock yards Of the c. & n. W. Il. II.
at this place. On the handle are en-
grayed the initials Nj. i. G. How
the spoon ever got into the stock yards
is a mystery; perhaps some Bryan
democrat has been feeding gold plated
spoons to his hogs to make the hogs
weigh heavy and to get rid Of the yell
low ware. The owner can have the
spoon by calling at the Herald Office.
A man who chews l0c worth of
tobacco a week concluded to try to-
baeeo cure In two weeks he ate up
$3.50 worth Of cure and for the next
two weeks he used Zoe worth Of candy,
&c worth OF cough drops and SC worth
Of peanuts a day. During these two
weeks he also consumed two large
rubber erasers, ate the rubber tips Of
fourteen lead pencils, chcwed up i
dozen penholdcrs and browscd off his
rs high as he could reach
lie Is now chewing tobacco III the in
tercst Of economy. EX
-Platteyille News: Frank Wood
ward arrived last night from Homo
lulu. 5. l. lie will visit here a short
time after which he goes 10 New York
where he will join his wife who is Wis
iting there and together they 90 to
Paris, France Geo. iIoadley
killed two big rattle snakes one day
last week One had eleven rattles
and The other fifteen. lie heard
them rattle quarter of mile. They
were in the midst Of a drove Of calves
Geo. has a yellow RATHER in captivity |
that is about three feet long.
The lamb publisher Of the Fenni-
more Times-Review has taken its lips |
from The public teat at Madison and !
the political teat ut Whitewater long
enough TO come home, and by sticking
its smut nose into local affairs at Lam
caster and crying swolf! WOLF, TRY to
pull the wool over some ones eyes
It was by Just such protense that
Senator Baxter was first induced 10
lead the lamb to the political udder
but it was sheepish trick III the
same. Oh,you kno' a lot dear lamby |
but the trouble is that most Of what
you know isn't So
Two OF the best known and most
high " respected citizens Of the town
Of N arion have died and been buried
wistin the last week Mr. Chas A.
Blanchard died last Friday and was
burie d Sunday. Geo IEenkeI. ST.,
was buried on Monday The former
diedj suddenly and Unexpectedly.
The latter has been sick for months.