Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-04-20

Warren Hannum. Jr., rides new
Crescent wheel. purchased of c w.
Burr See Mr.. Burr's new ad in this
Issue.
Notify Eugene Whitmore. w. j.
Miller, or call up No. ~ when You
wish us to begin delivering ice.
WHITMoRE & Co.
The steamer Pauline will make
regular runs on the Mississippi this
season between Dubuque and Glen
Haven. The first trip will be Monday,
May s.
| The Rev I. J Brown will preach
/ on Home Evangelization an Impera-
tive Duty next Sunday morning and
in the evening on Service, the Noblest
Feature OF a Model Life.
The new fire alarm whistle at the
electric light plant is bowling sue
cess, 1t scared some of the people SO
badly that they could not find breath
to run to the fire Monday night.
Rev. G. T. Everett Of Dodgeyille
will deliver public temperance lee
ture in Lancaster Friday evening,
April 2sth, beginning at 1870 p. m.
Place OF meeting will be ammo unced
later.
The Grant county soldiers and
sailors reunion will be he'd at Platte
Vile Wednesday and Thursday, June
p and %. An unusually interesting
program is being prepared which viii
be published later.
Lovers of fine horses should note
the posters issued from this office by
Lester and Frank Bidwell of the high
~ bred stallion Westwood He is a
beautiful bright bay and has in him
the blood of kings of the turf.
New clover seeding is badly killed
in many places on account of the little
snow and very cold weather of
the winter. The seeding can be saved
by sowing the field to oats with a
little clover or timothy seed added.
Cut it all for hay.
Ed Schroyer and his wife of West
Union, Iowa, have moved to Lancaster
and will shortly occupy the brick res
idence back of the marble works. The
| gentleman is marble cutter and he
has steady employment with Homrich
& Lehner.
e. Z. Graham, who runs the
street sprinkler, has let to Johnny
Clark the contract for building new
house on his lots on jackson and
Maple streets. Jack has also pur-
chased new trucks for his street
sprinkler.
The following improvements are
in progress in the township of Liber-
ty: VIM. Fischer is about to erect a
barn S0x44. Henry Belz will build
an addition to his house. Fred KEN
per is building an addition to his
house 18x24. Lou Heberlein has
started to build barn on his farm
32x6o
+ Health officer, DR.. A. II. Barber.
for me city of Lancaster, is require
bv law 10 register all baths within
the cit, and parents who have babies
born are required by law to report to
him Some parents have failed TO
report births in their families and
! there is likely TO be trouble about
the matter The law does not require
the officer to go from house to house
and ask: WAS there baby brought
here last night?" Parents must go to
the health officer.
The attention of breeders is di-
rected to the posters of Pearce & Di-
Va which will be issued tomorrow
from the Herald office. They adver-
tise for breeding purposes two highly
bred stallions-Guilio and Tomahawk
that will be kept at the Lancaster
house barn every day during the en-
tire season Of 1899. They are new
horses with old predigrees and are
well worthy of consideration. One is
bay and the other is dapple gray.
Ask Mr.. OVAL to show you the beau
riful animals.
The Boscobel Dial-Enterprise in
spirit, we take it. of grinning badness
published last week the following
bold hyperbole: A Lancaster lady
recently went into hardware store
and asked for a jack pot. She was in
formed that they did not keep rack