Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1897-02-18

Haven have started to organize a fire
insurance company similar to the
Grant county company The idea Of
mutual fire insurance is becoming
very popular More information
about this company viii be given in
the near future.
Eugene Whitmore IS building a
kitchen addition to his house near the
North school house on the VIM. Kerr
property. north Madison St. Lancas-
ter Ii is one and enc bali stories.
He is also putting in bay window
and making other valuable improve
meuts, Dan Price is doing the work
Witness: A BIRTHDAY party took
place at the Jerdeau residence, four
miles north of the city, on Thursday
last the occasion being the 18th birth
day Of Mr.. p Jerdeau. The 69th
birthday of Mrs. Jerdeau also took
place on the sth A number of neigh
bors besides the family participated in
the festivities.
Several rooms in the Lancaster
schools had valentine postoffices locat-
ed at convenient houses last Friday
and valentines were mailed by the
school children to their sehoolmates
as follows: Miss Mary Smith, ID pri-
mary, 334 valentines; Miss Nellie
Decker. 1st primary, 227 Miss Fan
ME johnson, intermediate, $50. Total
three rooms, S11.
There is no use talking, when
real clever piece of sheriff work is to
be done Jas. McGonigal is the man to-
do it. To 90 1000 miles for a man
charged with murder and supposed to
be bad man to take, and then the
minute or two that a passenger train
waits at a station to find his man, ar
rest him and get him aboard the train
for Wisconsin is a record of swift
work not often made.
Word was circulated about town
that Jas. McGonigal and his prisoner,
Townsend would arrive on the noon
train Tuesday and a large crowd of
curious people were on hand to see
them, But Jim fooled them. He
arrived in Cassville about three
O'Clock A. NJ. and had his man in the
county Jail little after six Tuesday
morning before anyone about the
town knew they had arrived.
The X P. Minstrel show last
night was great success. The first
part containing the minstrel show
proper was well gotten up. The
choruses were taking, the solos well
rendered and the Jokes new and laugh
able. The olio was unique in CON
ception and every number rendered
in truly artistic style while the New
Era Restaurant" was too funny for
anything and intended to strengthen
the muscles of the laughing apparatus.
A fuller and detailed account and
criticism next week.
Mr.. Ralph w. Strong of Pasade-
la. newspaper man of wide exper-
fence, came in last Monday from Mo-
iave on his bicycle, beating all pre-
vious records. He came from Moiave
to Randsburg in four hours, actual
mo, ing" time. He says it was not
actual riding time, as over some
parts of the road he was obliged to
walk and push his wheel He made a
number of kodak pictures while here.
among them being an interior view Of
the Miner Office and his instrument
is still so lnd.-Randsburg Miner Cal.
&C. w Ray & Co., have bought
thirty carloads of stock this week,
we give the names of a few who
brought hogs from a distance. Jos.
Chapman and F. Welsh of Beetown, a
car; Wm. Miller so shotes weight
1920 pounds, price So. 25; j. Treloar
and j. Ertz furnished fine carload
Budworth OF Bloomington and j.
Chapman one car at 1920; j. and L.
Taylor OF Glen Haven two cars; Knot
well Bros, and +. Smith, Beetown a
fine carload: Mr.. Nixon and others Of
Rockville a fine carload; also Mr. Mink
of Waterloo. There were hundred
smaller punches at prices ranging
from So go to 1925. Lancaster is I'M
doubtedly the best market west Of
Chicago.
Prof. H. s Fiske for several
Wars faacher in tho P1af4evilla Nor