Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-03-28
Capt. Albert.
Reeds opera house.
Monday evening. April lst.


-Brahm Decker is in Minneapolis.
Louisa Club has come to the
city to spend several weeks.
Morris Gault Of Min leapolis is a
guest Of his brother. DR.. j. A. Gault.
These are the days therural mail
carriers earn every cent Of their 81. 40
per.
The town board met at Clerk
Miehaelis Tuesday and finished up
business for the year.
Percy Graham entertained jolly
crowd of his young friends Friday
evening, the occasion being his birth
day.
Doris Griswold took his departure
for Washington Tuesday morning.
where he is to locate permanently.
He was accompanied by Oscar Harsh
berger.
The Cemetery association has is
sued notices to the effect that it will
continue its good work the coming
season. Let their efforts meet with
hearty cooperation.
w. A. Lightcap Of Leadville, Col
is visiting his father in this city. He
has been back in Wisconsin for a
couple of weeks. circulating among
relatives and friends in his old home,
Hazel Green.
H. Henkel & Co have two lads"
this week-one on page 5 and the 9TH
er on page 10. One calls attention
t6'-the Taylor & King hats and the
other to a fine line Of spring dress
goods Read both
The large maple tree in front Of
Howell & Starr old stand that has
provided shade on many a sultry
summer day was cut down Tuesday.
/ Its removal was necessitated in order
to facilitate building operations on
the imposing Odd Fellows new hall.
The surveyors for the proposed
new railroad have got past Ellenboro
and are moving along nicely consid-
ering the inclemency Of the weather.
S ! bscribers to the survey fund are re-
.quested to leave the amount they
pledged towards the movement with
X. B. Showalter or David Schreiner.
-Alessrs. Philip and ". J. Miller
did not remain long in control of the
lum Der yard they purchased at Eden,
Ia, disposing of it within two weeks.
They have purchased a yard at Cedar
Falls, where they will locate. The
Eastman Lumber company has since
purchased the Eden yard of the party
to whom the Millers sold it.
There's piece of furniture in
Gobel's display window that catches
the eve. Many housewife. and hus-
band. too for that matter, has gazed
upon it with wistful eve in passing.
It's Portland. and is the property
of the Masonic club For a few days
it will remain on exhibition and viii
then tie installed in place in the club
rooms.
At the close of an address lasting
forty minutes on Washington. the
Classic and Historic city of America"
last Sunday evening in the Congrega-
tional church, the pastor intimated
be had not covered half the territory,
and might possibly continue it next
Sunday evening. So many have re-
lquested him to do so that he has final
" consented 10 speak next Sunday
evening on the same topic.
Mrs Della Cox. very earnest
and eloquent speaker, ably presented
the cause OF the Womau's Christian
Temperance Union in two able lee
lures delivered in the Congregational
church last week. Owing to the
stormy weather they were not as well
attended as they merited but those
that heard them enjo! ed the address
Is very much.
Old timers recall the fact that p
wears ago this week the northwest was
visited by one OF the worst storms
ever experienced in this country
Trains were blockaded for several
DAYS and travel in any kind Of a con-
veyance was an utter imposibilitv
There has been no such storm since.
nor before. according to the state
ment Of persons qualified to say.
Lee Ward fireman on the freight
train arriving at Lancaster at 4:30
fro NJ Madison. experienced some pain
full injuries Wednesday Of last week
While the engine was standing at the
water tank at Montfort Ward slipped
from the tender and fell to the ground.
striking on mis- head Some bad
bruises resulted and a Montfort ply