Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-07-19


Gated at Richland Center Sunday.
DIR. 7. W Bishop of Platteville
had business in probate court Tues
day.
Mrs. L. Muffiey and Master Paul
Mutfley return to Boscobel Thurs
day.
Miss Maude Munns of Fennimore
is spending this week with her aunt
Mrs. G. Gingrich.
Mrs Adolph Stearn and children
of Grand Island, Neb., are guests of
Mr., and Mrs. Jacob Woolstenholme.
Mas. j. Whitney and son Stewal t
returned home today after passing
several weeks visiting friends at Chi
cage and Beloit.
Jos. Sikhart, chairman of the
town of Muscoda, has rendered his
resignation and James A. Black has
been appointed to till the vacancy.
For the first week since the new
law went into effect there have been
no marriage licenses issued the past
seven days by County Clerk Dickin-
son.
Mrs. Z. f. Reeves of Carthage,
S. D., is expected to arrive here
Thursday noon for visit with her
sister, Mrs. Althea Kilbourn for a
few days.
H. C. Walton will attend the an
nual meeting of the Photographers
Association of America at Milwaukee
next week. His gallery will be closed
in his absence, from Tuesday to Fri
day, inclusive.
Geo. Tuffiey, Sr.. and Miss Mamie
Tuffiey will arrive home from Marion
Thursday. Mrs. Carrie Hudson and
daughter will depart this week for
Moline, Ill, on visit and Mr.. Turf
ley will possibly accompany them if
his health permits.
The Reedsburg wollen mills are
at work upon contract to make 5000
blankets for Uncle Sans soldiers.
Each blanket is to be seven feet long
and five and one half feet wide, and TO
weigh five pounds. They are to be SO
tightly woven that they will be prsc-
tically water-tight.
-Elroy seems to be unfortunate in
having its school houses and churches
damaged by lightning. Last week
the high school building was damaged
by lightning, and on Monday of this
week the same structure was struck
twice during an electrical storm.
The damage is estimated at $3.50.
Bert Austin the we'll known Bos-
cobel cheesemaker, has applied on a
milk-cooling invention. The device
consists simply OF a stick with a tin
can on the end of it. When the de-
vice is churned up and down it throws
cold air all through a can of milk,
thereby cooling it very quickly.
The Crusaders will hold a jubilee
! in the city of Lancaster on Tuesday
night. July 25th, Col. Lake and wife
will assist. The jubilee will consist
of recitations, special music by the
band, snare drum solos etc. There
will also be hallelujah wedding at
the close of the jubilee, when two of
the Crusaders will be united in mar
riage. An admission of 25cts. per
couple, 15cts. for a grown person and
1Octs. for children. Come everyone
and enjoy good programme.
Lemons are liable to be the scare
est fruit in the market before long
and are now selling at so and 40 cents
a dozen. During the pas: two days
quotations have jumped IS cents to 81
on the box. The prices are now so
high that lemons are almost luxury.
The increased price is due to search
ty of the fruit. For the past mouth
there has been heavy demand, and
reports from the east say the stock
on hand is almost exhausted. 1t is
difficult to tell when additional con-
signments from Italy will reach the
eastern ports.
In speaking of the low water
mark in the Mississippi people are
often confused as to just how the
stageis determined. The government
established low water mark in 1864
at Mechanic Rock, little below Mont
rose. All records are taken from this
rock, and the rock bears other marks
of later dates, thus showing a com
plete record of low water for many