Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-06-19

Mrs. II. w. Brown is in MiiWau-
kee.
Miss Matte Rogers is visiting at
Shullsburg.
j. B. Mccoy of Platteville was in
the city Tuesday.
H. G.. Nathan and family are
Dubuque visitors.
Sitter Woodmen held grand
ball Friday evening.
Benton will celebrate the glori'
Gus fourth. Watch for bills.
Prof. L. L. Clarke has accepted
call to return to Lancaster for another
year.
An adjourned term of circuit
court for Grant county will be held
July 7th.
Atty. W. E. Shimmin is prepared
to write wind, hail and tornado in
surance.
e. c. Hopkins of Edgerton has
purchased the Fennimore house at
Fennimore.
A. Wayne and W. E. Shimmin
have formed partnership in their
lines of business.
Mrs. D. T. Parker experienced
bad stroke Of paralysis at her home
in Boscobel Tuesday.
Photographers Walton will have
the finest studios in this part of The
state when his new building is COM
pleted.
There may be few men who
would rather be right than president,
but most of them are not SO particular
as that.
Cheese is bringing the best price
at the present time that it has for
many years at this season. 1t is sell
ing at 10c.
There will be no service in the
Congregational church next Sunday
with the exception of the Sunday
School ana Y, P. S. G. f.
The man was dying. His wife
asked if he had any last request to
make, 'Only this he replied, edo
not put dove on my tomb stone"
james McBrien, Jr., tonsorial
artist at the Gibbs parlors, is taking
in Dubuque carnival attractions.
Chas. Fawcett is welding the razor
in his absence.
-Orrin Wayne met with a painful
accident Friday of last week. He is
employed at Benefits pharmacy and
took a hard fall down the cellar stairs.
At this writing he is improving.
The Ladies' Aid society will meet
on Friday afternoon at 2 O'Clock at
the home of Mrs. Frank Smith, Bee
town, Mesdames B. D. Smith and O..
Stephens entertaining the society.
The steamer Ravena was wrecked
on the Mississippi a short distance
above Dubuque Thursday of last week
in severe wind storm. The captain
and three of his crew were drowned.
R. B. Showalter of this city was
named delegate to the national en-
campment, G.. A. r which meets in
Washington, D. c., in October. He
was thus favored at the state encamp-
ment at Stevens Point.
Now is the time to trim shade
trees and the trees along many of the
streets need trim ming badly. Men
who may be idle might engage them
selves profitable in trimming trees
and taking the wood for their work as
much wood could be cut out of the
trees about the city.
Lee Wright hitched his white
pony to cart Tuesday night and
took two of his young friends. Will
R~dersdorf and Ned Mccoy, out for
ride. The pony became unmanage-
able as he neared home and tipped
the outfit upside down against fence.
All three youngsters met with bruis-
es the two last named receiving the
worst.
-Chas. ". Burr, the enterprising
newsdealer, has has made arrange
ments whereby Lancaster people may
secure Chicago Sunday dailies on
Sunday, and provided he meets with
sufficient encouragement will make
this a permanent feature OF his busi-
ness. The papers arrive at Dubuque
via Illinois Central at a. m. The
steamer Teal brings them to Potosi
where Mr.. Burr secures the bundle
ard transports it by team to Lancas-
ter, arriving here at about 2 p. M.
The first lot arrived last Sunday and