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

pany has enjoyed continual prosper
ity all the time. 1t has cost the
farmers about two mills on the dollar
per wear and in the most destructive
year never exceeded five mills. The
company now insures property to the
value of more than $1,000, 900. Sec
rotary l.. Abraham wrote about $91,-
900 last year. Mr. Hatch concluded
that the plan was a good one for
cities and villages, and in the spring
of so he organized the Grant County
Fire Insurance Company. In spite Of
the big loss of So, 900 sustained in the
Bloomington fire in the spring Of 81,
the company has carried its insur-
ance nearly five years for less than
81 per cent. Barring accidents like
the Bloomington fire, which cannot
happen again, and the insurance has
cost only 49, mills for the five years.
The company now carries insurance
to the amount of 5000, 600. The So
luton of the great monopoly evils is
cooperation. When will the people
see it and commence operations
Visitors: Prof. M. n. McIyer of
Hudson, last week on account Of i'll
ness of his mother. who is better.
Hiram Harvey of Bagley, Friday, just
out from three months siege Of tv-
phoid fever. Henry Heiner Of Max
IS 81
of his father-in-law, Max Kolb W.
f. Ryan of Letcher, South Dakota, at
the old home in North Andover. on
business. John Pagan of Prairie du
Chen, on business.
Wanderers: John Carey to Dubu-
que last week to visit his sister, Mrs.
OFT. A party of Woodmen to the lux
urious home of Phil. Garthwaite ia
Little Grant, where they passed
pleasant evening, Wednesday. l..
ID. Holford to Richland Center last
week to attend a meeting OF the Tn
ion Telephone Company. The com
pany agreed to bring the prices down
within reach of all A large party
to the .'bioomer" social at Patch
Grove Saturday evening. They re-
port good time,
l.. G. Mckinney, formerly editor of
the Bloomington Record, Boscobel
Dial and Platteville News, is running
the Democrat daily at Salinas, Cali
fornia.
A representative of rich Pennsyl-
vania electric railroad company went
over the ground from Cassyille to
and Lancaster last week
for the company. They are .consid-
ing the ACCESSIBILITY of building a
trolley line in this territory Troll
ley lines in the country are becoming
popular.
Hatch Bros. have a new druggist.
Sam Stone, who returned from Ok
lahoma last week, says the country
puts him in mind Of Grant county
with the advantage of fine climate.
They have plenty of wood, rock and
good water there. Sam visited Geo.
Govier on his farm, Ned Blewitt and
several other Grant county boys.
Jim Jnhnson's team took a run
through the main streets of town last
Saturday. No damage.
VIM. Rogers, who died at Lancas-
ter last Saturday, was well known in
this community, where he had many
friends among the old settlers.
Max Kolb, an old-time resident Of
this city, passed away Sunday morn
ing. Mr.. Kolb was formerly black
smith here and owned the corner oc-
cupied by the Mauger Il Pitts shop.
He leaves grown-up family to
mourn his loss. Mrs. Kolb proceed
ed him only two months.
Mrs. Henry Pitts of this city lost a
brother, Albert T. Cox, in the terri
BILE disaster to the Rio de Janeiro
steamship of San Francisco, when
lbs lives were lost Mr.. Cox had
been to Japan on business trip and
he went down with the ship, in sight
of the Clin House and the Golden
Gate Mr.. Cox's parents live in
Platteville, where he passed his boy
hood days He has been a resident
of California fifteen years. and was
thirty-tive years OF age and unmar-
ried.
The case against Robert Weiss, for
assault on the person Of Geo. Lynass,
was dropped on the advice of Mr.
Lynass. 1t was to have been tried at
this term OF court. Bb.
A large number of people from here
visited the Boomer sociable at Patch
Grove. The entertainment was good
and so was the supper.
Some Of our Young people visited
the dance at Beetown last Friday