Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-07-20

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The building completed will cost
about five thousand dollars.
The Ladies Aid society will meet
on Friday afternoon with Mrs. Fannie
Garner. The ladies are requested to
meet at the Congregational church at
o'clock with their lunch baskets
All are cordially invited to come and
have good time The gentlemen
are also especially invited to come and
partake Of the lunch aud coffee at
$50 O'clock.
-Messrs. Arthur Kopp and Phil.
Kolb drove over to Lancaster last
Thursday from Plattevile. They met
with Miss Rose Aleorn, the third
member OF the program committee,
to arrange a program for the Chris
tian Endeavor convention Of South
west Wisconsin which will be held in
PlatteyilleAug and g. The young
gentlemen were accompanied by Miss
Buss and Miss Julia Bailie.
Platteville Journal: Mrs. +. d.
L. N. Southworth, the famous and
prolific novelist, died Al her home,
'.Prospact Cottage" Washington, ID.
c., July 30. With her husband Fred
erick L. Southworth, she resided IN
Platteyille in 1871, and while here
taught select school. Mr.. South
worth, brother of Mrs j. III. Roun-
! tree and cousin of Mrs. j. Ii. Evans,
carried on tin and hardware bust
ness, having a store On Second street.
Subsequently, for short periods, they
resided in Potosi and Prairie du Chen.
| While in Platteyille, Mrs. Southworth
began her literary career, writing
short stories for the Philadelphia
Press, which were so we'll received by
the reading public rs to increase enor-
mously the circulation of that paper.
In 1913 she removed east and began
writing novels, averaging about one a
year, which i'm time made her wealthy.
Her children, two daughters and one
son were educated in England. The
son. Richmond Southworth. became a
physician. and was in attendance upon
his mother at the time Of her death.
-Cassylle Index: In consequence
of disabled engine at the Electric
Light and power house the town was
without street light several nights
this week The engine has been
faulty from the start; it received a
thorough overhauling at the machine
shop in Clinton and it may do good
work from now on . Nearly every
Sunday, rain or shine, young men
drive into this village from Lancaster
and Bloomington and turn their teams
over to Muldoon q Raisbcck and then
hurry away TO the Hotel Denniston
for dinner The boys say that from
a pretty girl standpoint their towns
are not in it with Cassville, and that
no other summer resort in the county
affords better opportunity for the cul-
tivaton Of the fair and beautiful that
there are lots Of good places near
town, where in sweet commune with
nature one or TWO rather-can pass
a whole afternoon and return to the
hotel in the evening very much re-
freshcd.
Bloomington Record: Mrs
Sweet and her daughter, Gertrude,
started Tuesday morning for Baraboo
where she will visit her sister Mrs.
Logan and many other relatives and
friends. They also expect TO visit at
Reedsburg and Sank Prairie before
returning Last Saturday the direct
ors Of BIake's Prairie Agricultural
Society met and discussed the linan-
cial condition OF the society. In view
of the recent damage done by storms
and washing of the track, it will be
necessary to raise at least $500 before
the society can 90 ahead and success
fully conduct fair this year. They
contemplate building new amphi-
theater, and it will be necessary to
rebuild the horse stalls and fence in
many places. A committee has been
appointed to solicit money Of the peo-
pie of the village Of Bloomington for
these purposes. There is not BUSH
ness man in Bloomington (and this
town is composed almost entirely Of
men who have some visible means Of
supporD who does not derive some
revenue from the fair, and for him to
refuse TO helplt IN hour OF need would
be a very short-sighted policy.
The county officials did more
work last Monday than some folks do
in week. Some one suggested early
in the morning that the cannon which
had been lying on the ground STAGE
they were brought here ought TO be
mounted. Cast iron bases were pre-
cured several weeks ago. The sug-
gestion was considered good one;
coats and official dignity were laid
aside and the boys went at it..
First thing was to borrow plank and
rollers and rope and hand spikes, etc.
When that had been accomplished
the fellows around town began to be