Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-12-25

Fred j. Lvster of jamestown and
Miss Eva NJ Edwards of Cuba City
were married at Galena last week.
The Woman's club will not hold
another meeting until Jan. 2nd, at
which time it will meet with Mrs. j.
H. Baldwin.
By premature explosion of dy-
Mantle, Tony Leitner, a Dubuque
Iaborer was frightfully injured Thurs
day last at Eagle Point high bridge,
where he was employed as a quarry
man.
Married: At the residence of the
brides father, August G. Prior, in the
city of Cassville, on Christmas eve,
by the Rev. I. j. Brown, Mr.. Edward
j. Pohle, M. ID. of Gutenberg, Iowa.
to Miss Gertrude Prior.
When the ice on the lakes sur
rounding Madison attains thickness
OF twelve inches the men who make a
business Of harvesting ice will get
busy, and nearly 10000 tons will be
taken from Monona Mendoza aud
Wingra by a force OF nearly 400 men
The discovery has been made
that Shullsburg is different from
most cities there being no family
there by the name of Smith, neither
has there been for the past twenty
years. Here is a chance for John
Smith to become a distinguished
citizen.
Teachers and pupils of the pub
lie schools turned their backs on the
school buildings Friday afternoon
happy in the knowledge that for two
weeks there would be no bell to sum-
mon them to lessons and the other
duties of the school room. The holt
day vacation is always happy one
and is looked forward to with antici-
patton.
The Illinois Central tracks be-
tween Dubuque and Portage, twelve
miles below East Dubuque are kept
hot by the passing of numerous
trains daily. 1t is said that there is
no strip OF track in this country out
of tracks in cities which are used as
these are. With the regulars and ex-
tras about 100 trains day pass over
this strip.
The merchants of Lancaster are
to be congratulated on their holiday
window decorations. Some of the de-
signs would do credit to a city ten
times the size of this. There are GER
tainly many real artists here IN the
line of decorators. Tie displays have
attracted much attention the past
week and are worthy expositions of
the wares of our business men.
&C. c. De Lormier, engineer at the
Prairie du Chen button cOmpany's
plant fell into an open door of the
furnace under the boiler and was SER
iously burned Friday. The ends Of
the fingers of the left hand were
burned off and the left side of his face
baked. He will lose one eye. The
accident happened after shutting
down for the night and he was alone.
He walked to his home. three-fourths
of mile. before he fully realized how
serious his injuries were.
Isaac Garthwaite was in the city
Monday and did some holiday shop
ping Among his other purchases was
martin collarette for his daughter,
and this package along with the
others was placed in his wagon stand
inc near the temporary court house.
While Mr.. Garthwaite went TO Hatch
Bros. to purchase a few panes of
window glass. some miscreant pur-
Joined the collarette, which fact was
discovered by MIR. Garthwaite later.
He remembers seeing party prowl
ing about the wagons and teams
hitched at the railing and is pretty
positive he can identity him-so much
so that he requests US to give the chief
warning that unless the confiscs ted
propert is returned. and at once, that
action will be taken in the matter.