Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1898-05-12

Memorial services.
-Rt. Bev. BishopI I. L. Nicholson
viii hold confirmation services at En-
manuel church next Friday evening
at $50 p. M.
There are bargains in shingles,
bargains in all kinds OF dressed and
undressed lumber, and bargains in
every stick of timber used in building.
at the yards of Birmingham & Hixon.
Lancaster.
DR.. &. w. Cunningham, of Cobb,
passed through here Tuesday evening
on his way to Bloomington TO look
after DIR. Marlow's practice while the
latter is absent looking after his tele-
phone interests.
There is no reason to think anv
of the Grant County party were in
the Klondike disaster recorded in an
other column. They were all doubt
less miles beyond that point before
the accident happened.
Cards are out announcing the
wedding Of Mr.. Henry j. Kraemer and
Miss Sarah S. Broihan to take place
in Lancaster on Wednesday. May Is.
at II o'clock a. m, at the residence
of the brides parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. Brohan.
George Angus left Lancaster
Monday for the south. He has secured
the position of travelling salesman for
the Edgewood Oil aud Grease r
ing Company, of Cleveland, oh !, and
this is his first trip out. He travels
through Iowa and Missouri
The Job OF bringing from the
depot and putting in place the new
electric light boiler was a heavy enc;
but the work has been successfully
accomplished and the monster. weigh
ing seven and one-half tons. now
rests on its foundation of stone at the
power house.
Clyde Dyer, two-year old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Billy Dyer, is believed
to be dying as the Herald goes to
press Wednesday afternoon. The
little fellow was taken with whooping
cough last fall, which has continued
with him during the winter, and a
few days ago brain fever set in.
MIR James Jeffrey. of George
town, was in the city last Tuesday.
Mr.. Jeffrey viii be a candidate for
the nomination for clerk of the circuit
court before the republican conven-
ton this summer. Mr.. Jeffrey is
eminently worthy the office he seeks
and if nominated and elected will
make good officer.
Fake bulletins, such as usually
arrive in town in the morning giving
glowing accounts of naval engage
ments that never took place. are
termed yellow kid dispatches. The
term ''yellow kidn was originally
applied to yellow covered ten cent
novels that were the rage thirty and
forty years ago among Juveniles; but
it is now applied to sensational Jour
nails and to all kinds of exaggerated
people and things.
Lee IL Woodhouse are reconstruct
ing the lower story OF the city hall.
The partitions have all been changed
and wooden tube has been construct
ed along the south side for driving
hose. The tube is - feet long and
has capacity for drying 400 feet Of
hose at one time. 1t is built in a
slanting position, with a heater at the
lower end, and can be shut up tight
after the hose is placed in it, to retain
or increase the heat. The rooms will
have Klondike spring water and cleo
trio lights. and taken in its entirety
will be quite gay engine room.
"A .knot" is more than mile.
Every ship carried a small strong
line that runs freely from areel in the
water. This log line has upon it
knots of colored yarn placed at equal
distances apart, as in chain or check
roer, or the hours Of clock. The
number Of knots which run off in a
half minute then shows the number
Of knots the ship is sailing an hour.
A nautical mile IS is 6,08o.27 feet.
while statute mile is ), $50 feet. 4
knot" is therefore 1.151 stature
miles. Fifteen knots is 1727 miles:
twenty knots is % miles. To get the
rate OF any Of the ships reported in