Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-13

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ness trip to Chicago Monday morn
ing.
Miss Rowe of Montfort was a
guest of her sister Mrs. John Rose
Sunday.
Miss Mary Furstenberg re-
turned from visit at Platteville
Saturday.
-Chas. Biddick and wife are here
from Iowa for a visit at the East
man home.
John j. Tobin, former chair
man of the town of Potosi, was in
town Sunday.
Hubert Alt returned to Quincy,
Illinois, Monday, where he is at
tending business college.
Attorney John Seaman and
Thomas Tormey of Fennimore were
in town on business Saturday.
-Chas. Niehaus and daughter
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home Of Eugene Whitmore Sunday
Father Hanert Of Blooming
ton was Monday morning pas
senger for Milwaukee and Sheboy-
gan.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. M.Donnelly, the
Bloomington hotel people, called
on friends and relatives here Sun
day
= Saturday was a lively day in
town. Many were in with nice
horses, some of which were sold
to buyers on the streets.
Miss May Humphrey of Bloom
ington visited Sunday at the home
of Harvey Abrams, and on Mon
day went to Madison for visit.
Judge J. r. Wilson of Darling
ton, one of the leading men of La
fayette county, is dead. He was
a brother of the late John D. Wilson
of Boscobel.
The Troubadour Grand Con-
cert company at Reeds opera
house Friday evening, Jan. Is.
Five talented artists. There will
be dance after the entertain
ment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Narrower
of North Lancaster were in town
Saturday. They recently pur-
chased the hotel in Fennimore and
expect to take possession in the
spring.
The Herald reporter last week
was misinformed as to the alleged
temperance of John Cranage in
our city. Cranage has served but
two Of a seven years sentence at
Waupun.
Mr.. and Mrs Paul Humphrey
returned to their home in Patch
Grove Tuesday, after a visit at the
home of her father Eugene Whit
more, who has been seriously ill,
but is now convalescent.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Knapp last
week entertained h5r uncle, A. w.
Barber, who serve the government
in a responsible POSITION at Wash
ington. Mr.. Barber had been on
trip to the west coast, and was
on his way back to Washington.
Lancaster people are promised
rare entertainment on Friday even
ing, Jan. Is, when the Troubadours
Grand Concert company will ap-
pear at Reeds opera house. There
are five talented stars in this COM
pany, and none should miss the
entertainment, which will be a
musical and literary treat.
Thomas Mcdonald reports a
busy year in bridge building. He
has spanned many streams all about
the county with iron bridges, hav-
ing continuously employed from
ten to fourteen men at good wages
Mr.. Mcdonald will soon be COM
PEELED to enlarge his plant and in
crease his force of men. The en-
terprise is substantial benefit to
the city, and the promoter is en-
titled to great credit for his origin
atty in conceiving the idea, and
for the great energy displayed by
him in making of it an established
reality.
Strangely enough, the board of
supervisors of Lafayette county by
thankful resolution accepted the
1925, 900 bequeathed by will of the
late Matthew Murphy, for the
purpose of building a court house
for the county. Work on the new