Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-09-05
Local lettings.
-H. c. Watton IS in S.. Paul.

w. 5. Lathrop and wife took in
the Boscobei fair last week.
Miss Sylvia Kelty Of Boscobel is
q guest of Mrs. Rose Cramer.
Rush Godfrey. who has been Wis
ting in St. Paul, returned home Sat
urday.
That gasoline engine the Herald
has for sale is vet untaken. It's
bargain: call and see it.
The Herald has twelve pages to-
day-and there is something newsy
on everyone of them.
Joe Mccoy purchased a fine bay
horse of August Tuckhorn of Sitter
last week, paying $40 therefor.
County Treasurer Scheinphug is
looking after affairs in County Clerk
Griflis' office during the latter's alb
sence.
Atty. D. w. Clark, located at
Cassville for some time past. has de-
cided to leave that village and will
locate at Edgerton.
Come to the big fair next week.
You'll be well paid and are guaran-
teed better time to the square inch
than you ever had in your life.
Mrs. Thos. Vincent and daughter,
Miss Mabel, of this city, and Miss
Laura Myers of Platteville were Cass-
vile visitors a portion OF last week.
The Ladies Aid society will meet
on Friday afternoon at 2o'clock in the
church parlor. A large attendance is
earnestly requested as this is the final
meeting before the fair.
The machinery for the new steam
laundry is arriving and being put in
position. It's the best that can be
procured and Lancaster will have the
best laundry in this section Of the
state when everything is in readiness.
The Lancaster baseball team was
victorious over Gutenberg in a red
hot game at the last named city Sun
day. Score to 10. The same teams
will contest for supremacy at the
Bloomington fair this week for a
purse.
Roy Chatfeld. who has been EN-.
ploved at Prairie du Sac by the Brit
tingham- Hixon Lumber Co., returned
to his home in this city Saturday
evening He will resume work at
once in the yards OF the company
here.
! e. L. Mccoy, the hustling Mutual
Life of New York agent. has an attraC
ktive adv in another column of this
Tissue. There's none better than the
Mutual when it comes to Old line life
INSURANCE and it will pay you to read
the ad.
There is an opening in the Herald
Office for bright boy to learn the
printing business-or at least all of it
that we can teach him. The appli-
cant must be at least 16 years of age,
energetic and of good character As
certain further particulars at this
office.
The ladies of the Congregational
church will serve meals during the
fair in the building always used for
such purposes. Good wholesome
food and an abundance of it at reason
able prices. You cannot afford to
bring lunch baskets when you can get
a good dinner.
As fine a farm house as you may
find in Grant county was recently
completed for W. H. Welsh, residing
in Little Grant. The structure cost
$1,000 Al Smith was the contractor
and designer. House and barn are
lighted by acetylene gas from an Eagle
generator installed by Thos. Webb.
-Messrs. August Kohlenberg.
Sumpter Williams, VIM. Long meier
and Reub Garner returned Monday
evening from an overland trip to
juneau county. They were greatly
taken up with the country around
Mather A bunch Of hay of the quail
Ity the BENEFITS and Fred Schroeder
are cutting up there was brought
back with them. 1t stood four feet
high and is what is termed Montana
blue grass. A patch of meadow con
tanning about 4 acres turned out %
big loads of hay and there are hun
dreds of acres yet to cut. Men are
scarce and $1.25 per day and board is
paid for farm help. Hayiug opera
tons will be continued until snow
ftes and large amount is baled and
shipped 1t sells tor SO per ton right
out of the field. The Bennet, boy
have already stacked $50 tons on