Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-02-16


Crosse amounts to over $1,000 a month
which the Weekly Argus thinks to
! much The electric companies of the
city are in combination so that there
is no competition between them.
The Herald acknowledges pleas
ant call from H. w. Knapp. of Cali
fornia, and Melvin Pabst, of Dakota.
Both are visiting in this vicinity.
Mr.. Knapp is former Hurricane boy
and Mr.. Pabst is the son of a well
known Hurricane boy, Coonie Pabst.
Mr.. Henry Bushnell OF Bushnell,
S. ID. has been visiting in the county
for several weeks; he returned to his
home Wednesday. Mr.. Bushnell was
former Beetown boy; his wife was
Miss Minnie Irwin of Hurricane. Both
have many warm friends in Grant
county.
Mrs. Mary Crull, who formerly
resided in Harrison township, recently
died at the home of her daughter in
Dubuque. Her remains were brought
back to her old home and laid beside
those of her husband who died about
five years ago. A more extended
notice will be given later.
OF Lancaster's sick we now re-
call the following: John Jayne, Mrs.
r. B. Showalter, Rev. Brown, Mrs.
Brown, George Goldsmith, Clara Beig,
Mrs. T. F. orion, j. p. Williams,
Mrs. H. Maritime, Mrs. VIM. b. Dyer,
Mrs. Yves Wier, +. Divall, Martin
Jewell. Mrs. Watkins, o. f. Keene.
The Monfort Mail is the latest
venture in Grant county journalism.
The issue that has come to our table
is newsy well-printed sheet. 1t will
take the united and enthusiastic sup
port of all the people of Montfort to
enable the publishers of the Mail to
keep it up to the high degree of ex-
Mr.. Arthur Aspinwall received a
telephone message last Saturday an
nouncing the serious illness of his
father whose home is near TT. Atkin-
son. He stan ted to 90 to his father at
once. leaving Lancaster Sunday on a
| special train, but before he got
there his father had died He also
| found his mother seriously i'll with
pneumonia.
A spicy communication from A.
Il. Case, one of the Lancaster Klon-
dixie boys, now at Dawson is one of
the interesting things we will publish
for our readers next week. 1t comes
to hand just as we are going to press,
to late for insertion this week. 1t
was written Jan. z. The winter up
to that time had been mild-Decem-
/ Der averaging about zero wether. In
November there was a short cold snap
of 90 degrees below. None of the
Grant county party is reported sick.
Fast driving on our streets has
had its little run and has come into
/ collision with the law so hard that
| those who are responsible for it will
/ 60 slow for while. OF recent cases
all have been settled by the paw
90 4.
Green refused to pay his fine and has
been committed to Jail for ten DAYS.
Marshal Budworth escorted him 20
/ the Fawcett hotel last Saturday after
| noon.
Mr.. Herman Buchner lent his old
army musket, bayonet and scabbard
and cap-pouch to the Lancaster vol
unteer company last fall. He does
not know where they are and desires
their return Whoever knows any
thing about the articles will confer a
+ great favor by returning them to Mr..
Buchner as he prizes them greatly on
account of their war associations.
/ The gun has his initials H. B. cut on
/ the stock.
-Platteville Witness: John Wag-
ner. of Dickeyviile, has leased his
farm near that place and purchased
an interest in the general store bus
mess of John Longbotham. Mr..
Wagner was obliged to relinqush
/ farming on account of i'll health.
The dwelling OF Thomas Tighe. six
miles northwert of Platteville, in the
town of Ellenboao, was destroyed BY
fire Sunday morning. 1t is supposed
I to have caught from defective flue.
The building was entirely destroyed