Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-12-19

been granted a pension of $40 and
Jos. Schneider, Potosi, one of IS.
Fred Fischer, the Bloomington
hardware merchant, has disposed of
his business to Geo. Humphrey of the
same place.
Dodgevi!le is to have canning
factory. A bonus of So. 400 was
raised by subscription to assist in the
inauguration of the enterprise.
The Hub ..ad' in the Herald last
week so pleased the firm that they en-
gagged the same space in this issue
and it is reproduced. Note the bar
gains offered-they re Lot half gone.
DIR. j. NJ. Lewis has returned to
Bloomington and assumed control of
his practice there. DR. Allen, to
whom the business was sold few
months ago, will look up another To-
cation.
Keep in mind the grand ball given
by the band at the City opera house,
Wednesday night of next week.
Music by Dubuque Harp orchestra.
Encourage the boys with your at
tendance.
One of the neatest folders that
has come to our notice for many a
day is the one issued for j. b. Ludden
< Co. at Bloomington. 1t is from
the Record press and credit to Rec
ord printers.
L. C. Mckinney, an old time
newspaper man in Grant county, is
now located at Salinas, Cal, and in a
letter to his old friends, Ernest
Brooks of Bloomington, last week
states that he is prospecting.
County Supt. Chas. II. Nye goes
to Milwaukee next week to attend the
annual meeting of the State Teachers
association. On Friday he presents
a paper on school Visitation 1t is
expected that !, 900 teachers will be
In attendance.
Railway postal clerks report an
unusually early and heavy rush OF
holiday business. 1t is easily evident
that the present year is one of I'M
precedented prosperity if the volume
of business transacted by the post
office department can be taken as q
reliable index.
Wesley Rowe, the young man
from Montfort accused of contiscating
and disposing of cattle II that town.
was given a preliminary examination
before Justice McGoniea al in this city
Thursday of last week and bound
over to trial at circuit court. Bonds
were fixed at 5000 which defendant
easily obtained
On another page of the Herald
today is reproduced an exact heading
of the paper as it appeared quarter
century ago, together with goodly
portion of the local news of the issue
a batch of correspondence from neigh
boring towns, short digest of
political notes and other matters of
interest occurring twenty-five years
now passed as published in the issue
preceding Christmas. The paper was
then under the management of Cover
q Pollock. Our elderly readers will
recollect a greater portion of it per-
haps viii G the younger mem bers of
the big Herald family can obtain some
pointers on Lancaster's history at
that date by perusing the matter.
A bashful young man was invited
out to dine several evenings ago He
was very much agitated. He sat OPP
posite mirror and discovered that he
had forgotten to comb his hair. Then
he dropped his fork onto the floor
and as he stopped to pick it up he up
set his coffee Matters went from
bad to worse until finally in despair
the young man quit eating and put
his hands under the table. The loose
end of the table cloth was lying in his
lap. When he touched it he turned
pale He thought it was his shirt
and in nervous excitement while
dressing he had forgotten to put the
garment inside his trousers. That
accounted tor the smiles and his en-
barassment. He hurriedly stuffed
the supposed shirt inside his trousers.
when the family arose
from the table there was a crash.
The dishes Law in a broken mass on
the floor The young man pulled
three feet Of table cloth ont OF his
pants and fled to the woods.