Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-05-18

Mr.. S. Richards OF Patch Grove is
visiting her daughter Mrs. Mile
Humphrey this week.
Before buying be sure TO call at
Miss Schloesser's and see her display
Of Commencement hats
Mrs. Mitchell's stock Of goods has
been sold to Frank Kolb of Patch
Grove. Mr.. Kolb moved the goods
last week
For Sale; John Duncan & Sons.
address Lancaster, have some well
bred Durham cattle for sale. One is
a fine coming-three-year-old red bull
from registered sire; others are
yearlings. There is one red Polled
Durham bull. Ii not sold before, they
will be brought to Lancaster on next
sale day, May p. 1872
A HAT SUGGESTION: We don't
need to suggest spring hat to you,
but we do want to suggest that you
come here before you buy. We are
confident that we can please you no
matter how critical you are, and there
is one thing we are absolutely sure of
and that is that we can save you
money .-MARY WILHELM.
Witness: Harvey Breed. who
was born in Patch Grove, in 1879, and
was taken to Brooking, S. Oak, by
his parents the same year, was killed
in battle before Calumpit, PHILIPPINES.
He was brother of Geo. Breed, form
erly a printer in the Witness office,
now one OF the proprietors OF the
Brookings, S. D. Register.
-Fe1nimore Times-Review: Gill
bert H. Irish, of Dallas, Texas, is
spending few days with his Fenni-
more friends. -. Mr. and Mrs. Chas.
Weber and Walter Weber, of Lancas-
ter, were entertained at the home of
Albert Weber over Sunday -. Miss
Amelia Snider, OF Columbus, Ohio, is
visiting relatives and friends at Mt.
Hope.
FURNITURE FOR SALE: Mrs. Althea
Kilbourn, having rented part of her
house, wishes to dispose OF some of
her furniture: good dining table and
several pieces of parlor furniture.
Call at the house either before 8 o'clock
a. NJ. or after P. NJ. If not sold be-
fore next Saturday it will be offered
for sale at auction in front of C. J.
Hyde's place of business.
A dispatch from Reedsburg an
nounces that big fiock.of pigeons
one of the old time kind, nearly mile
long and SO compact as to obscure the
the surpassed over that city recent
| ly. Where they came from is mys-
terry as it was supposed the species
was nearly extinct. Possibly they
have emigrated to the mountains of
Central and South America.
Mr.. a. Munson Of Hurricane had
the misfortune to lose horse one day
last week. He was driving into Lam
caster and when opposite the Catholic
church he noticed his horse begin to
stagger. He pulled upon the lines
and said whoa, when the animal
dropped to the ground and died before
he could get it unhitched Barnett
& Son were called on to get the car
cass out of town.
Albert Wier, living in the town
of Liberty about half-mile north of
Liberty station, had the misfortune to
have his house burned down last
Thursday morning. The fire had
made considerable progress before it
was discovered, so much so that not
a great deal of the household goods
could be saved. 1t is supposed that
the fire originated from the chimney
or from sparks from passing train.
Bloomington Record: Mrs. Theo.
Calvin of Lancaster visited Rebekah
lodge in this city Saturday evening.
......P. Flynn made a business trip
to Minneapolis last Saturday. Mr.
Flynn is figuring on a big railroad job
on the Milwaukee road near La Crosse
..... Len. Scott was in Tuesday with
hatband full of rattles from snakes
killed on his farm one day last week
He discovered den under a big rock,
and killed thirty of the venomous
reptiles within two days JEFF
Day has bought the Cairns lots-the
pine grove on the hill east OF the
| Canal street hridcre AR Dav will