Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-10-03
Local lettings.

james Edwards OF Bloomington
was caller yesterday.
John Grindel q pioneer resident
Of Platteville, died Sunday.
Engineer rockingham and fam
lily returned from Buffalo Tuesday.
-Messrs. c. F. Dickinson and Geo.
Tutfiey are absent on q trip to Clark
county.
The Galena fair is IN progress
this week and number Of Grant
county folks will attend.
Miss Lisetta Ruka Of Boscobel
was registered among the Wisconsin
visitors at the Buffalo exposition last
week.
Rev Frank Sprague OF Blooming
ton will conduct services at the Bap-
fist church in this city at 1870 Sum
day evening.
IT NJ. Young and wife are visit
ing at Burlington, la. David Schrei
ner has charge of Mr.. Young's office
in his absence.
Corn husking that has already
been done demonstrates the fact that
the crop in Grant county will be
better than was anticipated.
Henry Henkel Of Beetown mar
keted hogs and calves in Lancaster
Tuesday. For the former ne obtained
Sc % and for the latter 1925 per cwt.
julius Smith and wife are now
residents of Lancaster, coming from
Fennimore. Mr. Smith will pur-
chase lot and erect a house in the
spring.
State University opened at Madi-
son this week under most suspicious
circumstances. The attendance sur
passes that of any previous year, and
is estimated at 2.500
The Herald received material
increase to its subscription list last
week Meinherr Vanderheyden
Schlislingstrueseen dropped in and
enrolled his name. Oh they're all
taking it.
Miss Nettie Angus is attending
Marion college at Frederickstown,
Mo and writes home to her people
sc tiatteringly of conditions there that
the old folks are really tempted to go
down there for a while at least.
-Messrs. c. H. Angus, j. G.
Harshberger and A. Y. Decker took
IN overland trip to Richland Center
; and return last week, visiting the fair
incidentally. and having good time
camping and hunting enroute. They
report the fair to have been big
success.
q. f. Mcclure. formerly news
agent on the Madison-Lancaster run.
now is employed in a similar capacity
on the Rock Island route with head
quarters at Chicago Mrs. Mcclure
and children joined him at the latter
place Tuesday where they will reside
in the future.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. S. Bradley and
their guests Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Walker and Thaddeus Cobb are
Platteville visitors this week Mrs
Walker, who has spent the past few
weeks at her fathers home, was very
agreeably surprised by the arrival of
her husband on Saturday last from
their home at Correctionville. Ia.
A man who had the reputation of
always being in debt, sat one day in a
barber shop waiting to be shaved. He
was lathered, when the door opened
and tradesman entered who hap
pened to be one of his largest credit
ors. No sooner did the tradesman
see his debtor than he demanded his
money. won't you wait for the
money until | am shaved9n he asked
Certainly" said. the other. pleased
at the prospect. The debtor then
made the barber a witness Of the
agreement. wiped the lather from his
face and left the shop. He wore a
beard TO the end of his days.
1t seems that Pawnee Bills Wild
West show is in trouble again. While
at Paramount. Mimi. the workmen be-
gan taking down the tent before the
show was over, and on account of re-
moving some supports the raised
seats came down with crash. Great
ing panic and injuring in different
degrees several persons. The result
is that four Fairmount ladies have
sued Pawnee Bits show for $50. 900
for the damage done them. At first
Pawnee Bill claimed that he did not
own the show. but at last ne put the
matter into the hands OF his attorney,
aud unless settlement is made the
case will be tried at Hum boldt, Oct.