Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-02-28

I Saturday.
I Verify, the predictions OF the
( grounding are true.
Milwaukee is fourteenth city in
population in the Union.
Rev. Father Elbers went to Fen
nimore on business Friday last.
Will Garner has engaged with
the Buckeye Harvesting Co. for the
season.
The Ladies' Aid Society will meet
on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock with
Mrs c. H. Baxter.
&C. F. Dickinson & Son have TAX
en- the agency for the Buckeye Har-
vester Co. for the season.
W. p Ortscheid, Cassville's hus-
Ting jeweler, visited with Lancaster
friends the first of the week.
The city council will meet on
Tuesday evening to act on the pro-
posed new charter ordinance.
Miss Ellie Redfearn of Galena
was the guest of her cousin, Mrs.
, John Rose, part of last week.
Frank Muesse, who is travelling
for a lumber company, spent Sunday
with relatives and friends here.
New awnings are already being
put in place for summer use. &. T.
Dickinson & Son have a nice one.
-Lenten observations differ this
year from those of last in no par
ticular with the exception that there
will be no seminary collection.
Henry Schloesser, residing on
his fathers farm in the township of
Beetown is new Herald reader.
They are coming in pairs these days.
-Messrs. Jos. Wright, Jos. Ma
than and Eugene Whitmore took
their departure Monday for South
Dakota, their destination being Mr.
Wright's ranch.
). Bennett brought in SO hogs
Tuesday that brought him a cool
5000. The porkers made six loads
and he received 800 per load. The
price was So 20 per cwt.
VIM. Edwards and family re-
turned Monday to their home in San
born, la. While in Lancaster they
have been the guests of Mrs. Edwards
mother, Mrs. D. Griffith
Rev. and Mrs. L. j. Brown are in
Washington. D. c., taking in the
sights incident to the Inauguration,
etc. While there they are the guests
of F. L. Churchill and family.
Spring moving has already COM
menced. Will Woodhouse is moving
today to the Mckinney home, owned
by l.. Alt, and Fred Basford is to oc-
cupy quarters with his grandfather,
l.. Basford, formerly used by Mr.
Woedhouse.
Philip L. Spooner, brother of
Senator John c. Spooner, has pur-
chased the Madison street railway
lines for $1,000 the par value of
stock and bonds. The former owners
were Cleveland capitalists. It con-
tans 1O3 miles of track.
The hog is the mortgage litter,
the sheep the farm fertilizer, the COW
the barn builder and tAe hen the
grocery bill payer. This quartet,
with man and woman not afraid
of the work in caring for them, will
insure prosperity on any farm.
The noon passenger train was
strictly ION the hog" Monday A
freight wreck on the east end near
North Greenfield delayed the Milwau-
gave up reaching Madison in time TO
come to Lancaster that day. So a
train was made up at Madison rather
hurriedly the last minute for Conduc-
tor Kuhns. A freight car answered
as mail, express and baggage car,
while two forlorn looking old day
coaches made up the balance of the
train.
The building committee of the
odd Fellows lodge has let the job for
the new Odd Fellows building to
Architect Conover of Madison and he
will be here with plans this week to
complete preliminary details. At a
recent meeting of the lodge the length
of the building was changed by vote
TO 90 feet. The store room has al
ready been leased for a term of five
years at a consideration of 500 per
month to Joeckel Bros, the clothiers.
The structure is to be heated by
steam, and the approximate cost of
building and grounds is to be $13.-
600