Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-02
Local JOttingS.

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small round house at Prairie du
Chen.
Miss Carrie Medley of Platteville
is a guest of her sister Mrs. John
Weber.
Mrs. Mary Poland and children
are visiting relatives at Blue
Mounds.
e. M. Wright, an old time
druggist Of Prairie du Chen, died
Wednesday.
Texas Bills Wild West show
was here Wednesday and enjoyed
a good patronage.
Miss Lille Stephens, accom-
panied by Ruth Ziegler, returned
from visit to Milwaukee Tuesday
evening. 4
The G.. A. r. post and relief
corps will have basket picnic at
Alex. Ivey's on the fourth from 10
to o'clock.
The recent addition of fifty
books to the Lancaster library
brings the total nulaber of volumes
up to about 1900. 70
Harvey Foster is papering the
Lancaster house. Mr.. Adams, the
new landlord, is cleaning the house
UP in good shape.
There is a report that Cuba
City is to have another paper,
styled Herald, to be published by
T. G. Snyder, former publisher of
the News.
Peter Henkel has his new house
in the First ward nearly completed
and expects to occupy the same
next week. 1t is a pleasant resi-
dence 26x42, with 14-foot kitchen
addition. A&8kf8
-Chas. Muesse, Lancaster boy,
was married last Wednesday at his
home in Erie, Ill. The bride was
Miss Marguerite B. Moody Mr..
Muesse is son of George Muesse,
one of our best citizens.
John Howe and son Clarence,
and Misses Nellie Howell, Mary and
Kate Smith and Bess and Ethel
Carter, Chas. Hyde, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Kerr of Hurricane went to st.
Louis and the fair last Monday.
Mrs. John Hart, wife of the
alleged Stuben, Crawford county,
homicide, is insane as a result of
her husbands deed. Hart struck
James Campbell, chairman of Stu
ben, on the head with a hoe, cutting
a cash to the brain.
DIR. Van 'Dusen and daughter
Miss Elsa went to Chicago last
week to attend the graduation of
his son Frank from musical school.
Frank had natural attitude for
music, and no doubt the training
has developed the quality to a
remarkable extent.
The annual school meeting is
on Tuesday evening of next week.
AS nearly all of our citizens are
are interested in our schools and
pay taxes to maintain them, they
should have some interest in the
business of running them. There
should be full attendance at the
meeting on Tuesday evening.
Rev. D. Sprague is looking after
the Boys Brigade, in camp at Kings
Ford on Platte river. About thirty
of them went into camp Tuesday.
During the heavy electric storm
Tuesday evening there was many
an anxious mother in the city. The
boys didn't get much of it, however.
The kindness IF Mr.. Sprague is ap-
preciated by the boys, who are
thoroughly enjoying the taste of
military camp life.
Editor George N. Breed and
daughter Miss Lillian of the Brook
ings, S. Oak, Register, ale guests
at the home of George Gibbs, Mrs.
Gibbs being cousin. Mr.. Breed
is a Grant county boy, native of
Bloomington, and learned the print
ing trade here in Lancaster, on the
Grant County Advocate, started by
G. N. Holford and Pat BARLEY OF
Bloomington thirty years ago. The
paper was Greenback in politics,
but was changed to Democratic
when Mr.. Reifsteck secured an in
terest in the concern. Mr.. Breed
worked for a time on the Platte
vile Witness and Broadhead indie
pendent. He has one of the finest
country printing Offices in the west.
They are spending part of their