Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-09-19


convention of the annual council Of
diocese held at Milwaukee the first Of
the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Munns of
Fennimore, who have been guests Of
their son. Bert Munns OF this city, re-
turned home Monday.
"A. c. Smith, wife and daughter,
Miss Odessa. are in Viroqha this
week visiting friends and relatives,
and taking in the fair at that place.
Let the Herald print your sale
bills this fall We make speciality
Of printing bills that will draw buyers
with money to your sale.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Ward of Mont
fort were guests at the home of his
father, H. Ward. two miles west Of
Lancaster, portion Of last week
The fact that quails are being
killed on the sly almost continuously
is proof sufficient that the game war
den should give this community more
attention.
1t is said that it costs $500 a year
for repairs on the Dodgeville water
works, and still. according to reports,
the water supply is meagre and SER
vice unsatisfactory.
The Advocate is the name Of a
new paper issued last week at Benton.
Its publisher is J. W. Chambers who
recently discontinued the Belmont
Bee for lack OF support.
%, 2257 rattle snakes have been
killed in Crawford county this season,
for which the county has paid boun-
ties to the amount of $l,12S.50. In
Vernon county 1887 of the reptiles
have been destroyed. for which the
county paid S61S.50.
"A school teacher in a neighboring
town boxed the ears of pupil rather
more severely than the mother of the
lad thought best, and she sent the
teacher this note: Mature has pro-
vided a proper place for the punish
ment OF a boy and it is not on his ear.
| will thank you to use it hereafter !
"A swindler worked the citizens Of
Monroe quite neatly last week. He
went to feed store. purchased a
small quantity of clover and other
common seeds and made a canvas of
the city, disposing OF his wares as
flower seeds of rare excellence. The
ladies bit freely, paying all the way
from 80 cents to $3.50 for small guam
titles of the stuff.
Geo. Halls circus showed at
Evansville, Wis, recently and during
the sojourn Of the aggregation, large
leopard escaped from confinement
and took to the woods He eluded
capture for week and before being
killed injured two men composing a
posse of hunters so badly that thew
will not recover. The animal weighed
800 pounds and was very teroeious.
Sam Kirby of Stou- htou, a vete-
ran Grand Army man. has been ex-
PEELED from the post for having, it is
alleged, remarked that '.He would
like to see the fellow who attempted
to assassinate President Mckinley
and give him a quarter" The COM
mon council OF Stoughton also revoked
Kirby's contract for street sprinkling.
Kirby's animosity IS said to arise
from the fact that he failed to get an
increase in his pension.
Here is a story OF travelling
man who was passionately fond Of
honey and always stopped at certain
hotel where he was sure of getting it.
On one trip he took his wife along
and as he approached the town be
mentioned to her that he was getting
to a place where he could have honey
When the pair were sitting at the
supper table no honey appeared and
Mr.. Travelingman said sharply to the
head waiter. Where is my honey?'
The waiter smiled and said, You
mean the little black barred one? O.
she don't work here now"
Three Oaks. Michigan. will be
the next meeting place OF the Hobo
convention. The Dewey cannon ISM
big enough for Three Oaks and Heller
Goulds visit didn't advertise the
town half as much as large bewhisk
cred. begrimed and bedamned clutcl
Of hobos would. and 50 the ''heaC
pipe" is smoking bay leaves anC
things aud framing it all up with thu
village board. The boes this yea
will not daily with politics but vii
contine their attention to matters per
tanning solely to the affairs Of the or
der and to increasing. if possible, tn
per capita consumption OF hops owe
that of an equal period of time las