Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-09-12
Local lettings,

r. 1renary OF Dubuque Is the
guest of Geo. Webb and family.
Geo. Baxter arrived home Tues
day noon from his Eastern trip.
Sheriff and Mrs. Dickinson re-
turned from Buffalo Monday.
Oscar Wright is to attend the
State University this year. He leaves
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abiiah P. Potter of
Platteville celebrated their golden
wedding Monday.
Misses Annie and Jamie Short of
Dubuque are the guests of Miss Edith
Webb of this city.
d. Oliver returned Friday even
ing from Texas, where he was called
on railway damage suit case.
Miss Catherine Boughton of Fit.
Atkinson was guest CT her cousin
Mrs Martin Oswald of this city few
days last week.
&C. w. Goldsworthy recently
completed some substantial stone
arch bridges in Lafayette county for
which he had the contract.
Nine tickets were sold at this
station last Saturday for the Duluth
and West Superior excursions. Most
of the excursionists returned Tues
day noon.
Louis Hammond of Woodman
was in Northern Pacific train wreck
at jamestown, N, d., Monday and re-
ceived injuries that will necessitate
removal of a foot.
M. l.. Spaulding is assisting in
J. T, Benefits drug store. He takes
the place of Carson Whitmore, whose
resignation was made necessary on
account of i'll health.
The Nye-Connor Co. draws good
houses every night at Reeds opera
house. They came here from Straw
berry Point and jump from here to
Chippewa Falls next week.
If there is anything missing in
this issue or if something appears
that you think should not, just attri-
butte the blame to Gen. De Moraliz
Alton on account of the fair.
Miss Alma Dickinson won 1st
prize in the guessing contest given
by H. C. Brookens at the Blooming
ton fair last week. The Prize was a
handsome enlarged photo worth 81.
j. C. Welch made close guess and
got 2nd prize, portrait worth 81.
Rev. j T. Morgans and family
drove to Potosi on Thursday last,
where Mrs. Morgans and Herbert
boarded north bound train on the
Burlington for points along the
Mississippi where Rev. Mo- gans was
formerly stationed as pastor. Their
visit will occupy several weeks.
The Herald extra issued FRIDAY
evening conveyed the news of Nc
Kinley's attempted assassination to
hundreds of people who were unac-
quainted with the startling intelli-
gence. Subscribers on the rural
routes received the details early Satur-
day morning through this means, and
although large supply was printed
the issue was exhausted in short or
der.
Parents should be very careful
how they treat their daughters. A
Kansas City woman mildly reproved
her daughter of Is because the girl
didn't sweep under the bed. The girl
took rough on rats. In southern
Kansas last week girl hung herself
because her mother made her wash
dishes, and in Nebraska town recent
ly girl jumped into the well because
her heartless mother had asked her TO
dust the parlor. Parents should learn
to treat the princesses in their care
with more delicacy and not ask too
much.
Tommy" Morgan, known to
every politician and travelling man
who visits Madison, has sold his
Marble Front restaurant to Matte"
Cronin, who has for years been Mr..
Morgan's right hand man. Tom
my'sn cafe has been for twentythree
years the most popular resort OF the
capital city, and his patrons have in
cluded the more fastidious members
OF the legislature. the state officers,
the good fellows among the capitol
employees and the visiting politicians.
Mr.. Morgan is an Englishman by
birth and came to Madison from the
old country twenty-five years ago.
He says he is retiring from business
so that he can enjoy life. He owns
much real estate in Madison and Is
interested in some other lines.