Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-07-10
Local JOttingS.

-Iu1SS AOu1S6 O4uUO - III Op' 1Ui
on visit.
Rev. F. Mutchmann and son of
OF Boscobel were county seat visitors
Friday.
The ninth biennial council of the
Catholic Knights of Wisconsin will be
held at Sheboygan July 14-17, 1902
The series of heavy rains inter-
fered so much with operations al the
court house that it became necessary
to put in a drain last week to relieve
the wet state of affairs in the excava-
ton.
-Pawnee Bills show is in Maine
this month according to our eastern
exchanges.
Mrs. Chas Elliott of Eagle Grove,
Ia, is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Warren Hannum and other rel
atives. Her children accompanied
her mere and also Miss Mabel
Orr, young lady of Eagle Grove.
1t is now lawful to hunt rabbits
and squirrels.
Richard Meyer, Jr., and family
take their departure this week or
next for an outing on Long lake in
Chippewa county. They will visit at
Rhinelander before returning.
The friends of Prof. Lyman,
assistant principal in the schools here
not long ago, will be pleased to hear
of his marriage which took place re-
Gently. Rumor has it that the bride
is western heiress and that the
young tutor captu- ed prize, all of
which we trust is true. Prof. Lyman
will take course at Yale the coming
fall.
The Ladies' Aid society will meet
on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock with
Mrs. Al Heiman.
Thursday of last week was Odd
Fellows Memorial day and many
lodges of the order observed the event.
Lewis Beitz, sentenced to Wau-
pun for one year at a special term of
court last summer on charge OF
adultery, arrived home Friday even
ing, having been discharged from the
institu ton.
Lancaster folks RECALLED on Sum
day SentinelsSunday morning. They
were brought here overland from
Boscobel where they were received on
an early freight arriving there at 5 a.
m. VIM. Parneil Boscobel livery
man, was ready with his team and
brought the package through to Lam
caster in four hours, leaving bunch
at Fennimore on the way. G. w. Burr
is the agent here and disposed of 125
copies at cents each. The feature
will be permanent thing and the
efforts of the Sentinel to furnish the
big Sunday edition at such reason
able rate while the news is fresh
should meet with appreciation.
-Mesdames VIM. Barrows, John
and James Graham were in Dubuque
last week.
R. Meyer, Jr., is in Chicago.
john Peterson, the we'll known
Hurricane farmer, has happy family
down on his place that attracts the
attention of every passer by. 1t is
group consisting of four-a motherly
mamie goat and three playful kids.
The trio of little fellows arrived re-
Gently and are variegated colors, one
being of a shade of white, one of red
and the third blue-quite a patrio-
tic combination to be sure.
Gov. LaFollette spoke at Blue
Mounds on the 4th.
w. d. Gettle, a partner with
Walter Pollock, formerly of this city,
in an appraisal company at Chicago,
committed suicide June 21st by
jumping overheard from steamer in
gong from Milwaukee to Chicago.
Lancaster horses distinguished
themselves at Madison on he 4th in
turf events given under auspices of
the Madison Driving club. The Earl,
owned by l.. l., Showalter, captured
first money in the 1929 trot and Bar
ney Mccoy showed in good form and
won second money in the tree-for-all
trot or pace.
Geo. Blakesley visited relatives
at Patch Grove this week.
When horses sleep many of them
point one ear forward. Why this is
done is not known, but it is thought
to be habit that has been brought
down from the time when they ran
wild over the plains and when they
were comelled to be on their guard