Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1900-05-03

Andrews.
Mr.. and Hrs Waiter Lathrop
went 10 Dubuque Monday. returning
home Tuesday evening
Mrs. Frank James and little
daughter Of treeport, H. were the
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs A. Decker the
first Of the wees.
Col. J. &. Clark. his wife. son
Will and granddaughter Alice went
to Mineralpoint Wednesday to attend
the funeral Of DR.. J. H. Vivian.
Amelia Baumeister of the town
of Mt. Ida was adjudged insane BY
Judge Goodsell Friday and committed
to the State Hospital for the insane at
Mendoza.
Mrs. c. F. Dickinson was in
Bloomington today. Her niece, Mrs.
Harley Dickinson, will return with
her for a visit with Lancaster relatives
and friends.
-Messrs. X. B. Showalter, Herman
Buchner and Aug. Michaelis are in
Milwaukee and will take in the iubi-
lee concert to be given at the Exposi-
ton hall Thursday.
Fred Weiffel, an inmate of the
county asylum. took French leave last
week and was found at Montfort.
Supt. Anderson went over after his
patient Monday, returning on the
noon train.
The annual commencement exer-
cises of Chicago Dental College occur
today (Thursday.) Lancaster has
two representatives in the graduating
4 class, Messrs. Chas. Schloesser and
Chas. Belscamper.
j H. c. Bryhan, one of Hurricanes
e public spirited farmers, came in Mon
y day and made us a call. Mr. Bryhan
now gets his mail over the rural de
4 livery route-said he hadn't been to
n Lancaster since snow went off. and
. now won't have any excuse to come
j at all.
t The Prairie du Chen Union
/, claims that Mrs. DeChamp, an aged
e resident of tina. city, is the oldest per-
: son living in the state who is a native
e of Wisconsin. The lady was born in
Il that city in 1902 and is still possess
:. sion of her faculties.
o Three of the four free rural mail
: delivery routes were started out on
It scheduled time Tuesday from the
n Lancaster postoflice In the neigh
+ borhood of seventy-five boxes have
a already been placed in position on
d each route and a large number are
n yet to be erected.
Three or four weeks of dizziness
a may be looked for in town. Farmers
:. are improving every day of this fine
d spring weather in getting in their
; crops and but few of them are seen in
a the city. Their sons and daughters
n are busy also. City folk are taking
r advantage of the lull to plant garden
J. and clean up premises in general.
Our neighboring village OF Fen
: nimore is seriously considering the
). advisability of bonding itself for a
' system of waterworks. With its ac-
: customed enterprise and public spirit
+ the success of the feature cannot be
+ questioned. Surely it is much
t needed improvement. and an adyan-
e tage to any city.
5 DR.. Evans, who has been connect
ed for some time past with DR.. Mar
: lows dental office, has associated
t himself with DR.. C. S. Moore in the
r practice of his profession and the two
K now occupy DR.. Moore's commodious
D dental parlors. Besides catering to
G city custom they Will make regular
: visits to number of neighboring
: towns and villages as soon as arrange
] ments can be made Both are cracker
r jacks at the business and we bespeak
! for them lucrative patronage.
5 Postmaster Webb has received his
: first invoice Of the new stamp books,
7 recently issued by the government.
!. They hold y, "a and As stamps each,
t and Of postage value Of "A, 48 and
e 90 cents, respectively. They are sold
5 at an advance of one cent on the stamp
: value of each book, to cover the cost
Of manufacture. The pages are of
six stamps each, interviewed with
paraffined paper to prevent premature
adhesion, making a book ofconvenient