Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-27
M. Mcdonald is selling many
rolls of American fence these days.

baxter u Draper are to install a
metropolitan millinery department at
their establishment.
Miss Blanche Nathan very pleas
antly entertained a company of her
young friends Thursday evening.
d. Schreiner of this city will be
one CT the pallbearers at the burial of
f. |. Kidd OF Prairie du Chen today.
-Mesdames Anderson, Budd and
rockingham attended the convention
of the Eastern Star at Milwaukee last
week.
Fred Garner has severed his con-
nections at the Wright house after
many years of faithful service and
will engage in farming.
--Montfort has fallen into line with
smallpox scare, only a little worse
than her neighbors. 1t is rumored
that six families are afflicted. The
village is guaranteed.
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iewelrv last week over the entire
country, and in the large cities were
not to be obtained at any price. On
the local market % cents per doz.
was the top price quoted.
VIM. Kramer has disposed of his
interests in the barber shop to his
partner, Geo. Gibbs, who will contin-
ue the business at the old stand. Mr..
Kramer has gone to Texas, where he
has interests to look after and intends
to locate there permanently. His
family will reside here for the present,
Oscar j. Pierce died at the home
of his sister, Mrs. Jos. Bendorf, at
the Hurricane Sunday evening of
heart failure, death occurring instant.
~. Deceased was unmarried and had
lived with relatives. He was born in
Potosi township in 1855 and Grant
county had always been his home.
Three brothers and two sisters sur
vive: Dustin of Lancaster, John of
Nebraska. Harrison of Cassville and
Mrs. Jos. Bendorf of Hurricane and
Mrs. Chas. Shappell of Beetown. Rev.
J.'T. Morgans conducted the funeral
obsequies at Boice creek church Tues
day at II a. m. aid interment took
place at the adjoining cemetery.
Many of his old friends and neighbors
gathered to pay their last tribute of
esteam to the departed.
Martin Oswald received his COM
mission Thursday of last week as
deputy oil inspector for the combined
districts including Grant county en-
tire with exception of Fennimore and
Montfort, which belongs to the Dodge
vile jurisdiction, and also those
places in adjoining counties that are
located along the Prairie du CHEN d.
vision Of the Milwaukee road between
Prairie du Chen and Ayoca inclusive.
The combination of districts leaves
vacant the positions as deputies occu-
pied by Chas. Stehl Of Arthur and O.
Z. Vaughn Of Wauzeka. By this ar
rangement a lucrative job is provided
and Mr.. Oswald is in every way cap
able of filing it. In accepting the
plum al hands of the governor he
gave up TIE position offered him at the
capitol in Madison and is already
in attendance upon the duties of the
new situation.
Facts brought out at the recent
convention of the telephone men in
Milwaukee, shows thatindependent tel
ephone movement is one of the most
important and most rapidly growing
business enterprises in which Wiscon-
sin capital has ever become interested.
AS shown by the reports of the presi-
dent and secretary of the Indepen-
dent Telephone Association of Wiscon-
sin has a total membership Of 185
companies, which represent an aggre-
gate investment of ABOUT $4,000, 600.
They have 200 exchanges, $50 toll
stations and 5000 miles of toll line.
The remarkable thing about it all is
that the first independent companies
in this state came Into existence only
six years ago when the patents of the
Bell Telephone company expired, and
despite continual reflections OF fail
ure and disaster, and in the face of
determined competition, the move
ment has grown until now the indie
pendent companies are doing the big
bulk Of the telephone business
throughout the state. The Wiscon-
sin companies are branching out
every day. They expended over
$500, 900 last year on construction
work and gained over 6 5000 new sub
%scribers.
Do Not Expect Miracles.