Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-01-19
Geo. Over and his whole house

hold. on Grant, are quite sick
An unusually large number of
persons are sick in Grant county.
Miss Libbie Eplett has been Wis
ting friends in the city for week
w. B. Dyer (Billie) has been dan
gerously i'll but is reported as improv-
ing.
Mr. and Mrs Chas. Lisherness of
Patch Grove were in Lancaster Thurs
day.
Mrs. w. j. Brennan visited at her
old home in Platteville several days
last week.
-FoR SALE: A fine house and lot
within two blocks of the city of Lam
caster. For particulars inquire at the
| Herald office in Lancaster.
The Third Quarterly meeting of
the Primitive Methodist society OF
Little Grant Circuit will be held on
the 2Sth inst at o'clock sharp in the
Graham school house.
Henry Holzinger, residing five
miles southeast of Lancaster in Ellen
boro township, went to Chicago Mon
day for weeks visit with relatives
and to see the sights.
-Chas. Hale, out on the Blooming
| ton road, is hauling material for a
new house to be built early in the
spring. 1t is farm house and is to
cost in the neighborhood of 81, 900.
Mr.. James Addison of Blooming
ton was a welcome caller at the Her.
aid office this week. He has just fin
ished building line large barn which
is a valuable improvement to his
place.
Mrs and Mary Wagner of Bosco-
bel were in the city last week on bus
mess relating to the murder trial for
which they are under bonds to appear
in circuit court. They returned home
Thursday.
Mrs. G. f. Bowling of Thornton,
Iowa, is visiting with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Wilkinson OF
Ellenboro. Mr.. Wilkinson met has
daughter and little granddaughter at
the train last Thursday.
Cuba City News: Mr.. Thomas
Webb of Lancaster has placed anoth-
er acetylene gas plant in the Fielder
and McFarlane saloon. This makes
six business houses and one residence
Illuminated by this process here.
VIM. NJ. Evans, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. H. Evans, OF Prairie
du CHEN, Wisconsin, was terribly
crushed and mutilated by freight cars
in an accident. which occurred Janu-
airy 9TH at Burlington. The young
man will recover but loses his left
arm and leg.
The grip has Lancaster in earn
est. Nearly every family has a VIC
tim and many families have several
sick. 1t is futile to attempt to give
the names of all. About twenty-five
students are out of the high school
room this week on account of the
prevailing disease.
The big railroad pontoon, in pro-
cess of construction at Prairie du
Chen, is according to the Courier, to
be launched this week. The pontoon
contains over half a million feet OF
lumber all of which came from the
state of Washington. The cost of the
structure is about 1925, 900.
From the Orwell Ohio News
Letter: We regret to learn that Prof.
H. U. johnson, now of Lancaster, Wis,
suffered slight attack of paralysis
on Christmas. He is still able to use
his right arm. Probably few men in
this part of the country can find as
many homes scattered throughout the
United States as Prof. johnson. where
he would be welcomed by former
pupils-some who were good pupils
and some who were bad-all trea.ur-
ing deep seated regard for their long
ago teacher.
Frank Chandler, whose death was
noted last week, was popular and
enterprising business man of Dodge
vile. He was born in Galena in 1861.
received his education there and at
Beloit college. He had been in bust
| ness in DodOeyille with his fa+be,.