Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-09-05

been granted an original pension OF so
per month.
Geo. Baxter is east taking in the
exposition at Buffalo and will visit
New York before returning.
Ralph vaudeWall departed for
Quincy, Ill, Monday morning whore
he will attend school this year.
Mrs. j, Whitney and Stuart re-
turned Monday from visit with
friends at Beloit and Chicago.
Prof. VIM. Pearson took his de-
parture yesterday fol Bellville, where
he will have charge Of the public
schools this year.
Geo. Kasper, who was called
here last week on account OF the death
OF his wife's mother. Mrs. Marie Wen
eel, returned to Waupun Monday
morning
Under Sheriff Mcmahon is soon
to occupy the Cooley residence prop
erty in the 2nd ward made vacant by
the removal OF Hayes Duncan.
In W. P. Rowdon's adv on an
other page a slight error exists. The
Mt Ida farm of Ill acres should
read 100 acres.
Mrs L. Muffley returned to her
home at Boscooel yesterday after
| pleasant sojourn with her daughter,
Mrs. h. j. Johnson.
i Sheriff Dickinson and wife took
their departure Monday morning Oh
pleasure trip to Buffalo. In his alb
sence the assistance Of Deputy Sheriff
Laird OF Cuba City will be given Tn
der Sheriff Mcmahon.
The Herald's telegraph news for
this issue failed to arrive in time to be
of use today, so the news of the world
is somewhat cut short. We have en-
deavored to make up for it however
by giving our readers an abundance
of good local news matter.
w. F. Joeckel, the genial cloth
ing man, has had more thar his share
of i'll health this summer. His latest
affection was an attack of intlamatory
rheumatism which kept him housed
up for two weeks. We are pleased to
state he is once more convalescent.
"A happy crowd Of young people
spent last Friday in McLean's grove.
1t was sort of hay-rack picnic.
Those who attended were: Julius
Beebe, Earl Ivav. John Calls. John
orion. Eugene Brooker. Hugh orion.
Oscar Wright, Virgil Showalter, Roy
Ivey. Earnest Lane. Ralph Kinney
rand Misses Matte Mccormick, Helen
! Broker Bessie Brooker, Name (Rook)
Wier. Minnie Wright. Martha Baxter
Mildred Ivey and Anna Philips.
The Nye-Conner company Of
dramatic artists holds down the
boards at Reeds opera house all next
week. The COMPANY is one Of the
I best ever seen in this section of the
state and as entertainers have few
equals Pleasing specialties fill the
bill throughout and there's no waits.
We can vouch for their excellence for
we witnessed one of their perform
ances at Boscobel last week Every
/ night of the week they played to
crowded honses. They merit a good
patronage and we are pleased to rec
commend them
1t is said that only two women
in the United States may use the
mails without paving for the privi-
lege. These women are widows OF
former presidents. They are Mrs.
EJulia d. Grant and Mrs. Lucretia A.
Garfield A ranked letter goes
through the mails without postage,
bearing their signature, either
stamped or written upon the en-
velopes. All mail matter sent by
Mrs. Garfield or Mrs. Grant under
their respective autograph signatures
and all mail matter sent to these
women will be carried free during
their lives. No signatures or marks
are necessary to the free carriage of
mail matter to either of these women,
the address being sufficient Mrs.
Garfield has enjoyed the privilege
since 1881 and Mrs Grant since 1856.
Some newspaper subscribers often
wonder why publisher keeps on
sending the paper when the subscrip-
has expired. An exchange says the
reason Is this: When a subscription
Is paid to a certain time and the time
expires and the paper Is stopped it
looks as if the editor doubted the in
tegrity Of the subscriber aud in nine
cases out OF ten the subscriber will
give the editor calling down for in
| siuuatinU that nj credit i NOT good