Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-06
Local lettings.


Friday night.
Jolly time at the rink.
Music by Dubuque Harp orches-
ira.
Friday, the 14th, is Valentines
day.
john Hauk Of Cassville has been
granted an original pension of So.
The Ladies' Aid society will meet
on Friday afternoon with Mrs. L. j.
Brown at the manse.
-Chas. Burrows has been working
in the interests of the NJ. w. A. or
der in Columbia county.
John NARROW has sold his farm in
Hurricane and will shortly remove to
the Waldorf place near Beetown.
The American History club of
this city will meet at Mrs. John
Carthew's Tuesday next. Subject:
Life of Lincoln.
Miss Edith Webb has returned home
from Dubuque, Ia, after a pleasant
visit with her friend, Miss Jennie
Short.
Mr.. Van Ogden Vogt of Beloit
college will occupy the pulpit of the
Congregational church next Sunday
morning and evening.
"A. Wayne has accepted contract
with the American Yeomen, frater-
nal insurance order, and is listing
members to organize homestead in
Lancaster. The policy has numerous
excellent features.
-Bevan & Co. are putting up a
crop Of ice in a new ice house jerected
at their cheese factory and store at
Tennyson. The crop is being har-
vested at Adam, Schumacher's pond at
PotOsi and is clear as bell.
-Loafing is disease worse than
smallpox and all who are afflicted with
it should be promptly quarantined.
It is also infectious and like consump-
ton drags along and is communicated
by the patients utilization with others.
A basket sociable will be held
Fridaysevening, Feb. 18th, at The home
Of James Divall, five miles east of
Lancaster Just beyond the Cement
school house. Proceeds for the bene-
fit OF Rev. Stanley. Everyone invited.
Carl M. Hill of Spring Green, who
is at present holding down an assist
ant principals job in the Boscobel
high school, has been rendered the
chair of English literature and physi-
cal science in st. Johns college,
Shanghai, China.
The residents of the district in
the town of Potosi that has heretofore
been termed Dutch Hollow no longer
desire the title given to their pleasant
location and by consent of the powers
that be the name has been changed to
Tennyson. Affairs are booming in
that locality
A woman who will walk fearless
ly up to gasoline stove and hover
over it all day would walk four miles
around to miss house where there
was smallpox And yet more people
were killed by gasoline stoves in Chi
cago last year than were killed by
smallpox.
The Northwestern road mas de-
cided to increase the mum Der of train
men on its passenger trains, both
suburban and through service. This
measure has been adopted in order to
decrease the number of accidents.
Each train will have an additional
hand to be known as the hagman,
who will remain in the rear car.
Whenever the car makes q stop not
provided for the schedule it will be
his duty to run back far enough to
signal any train following. 1t is ex-
pected that this will decrease the
number of rear-end collisions.
The Postol1ice department has
Welded to the general demand for a
modification of the regulation which
prohibited, under penalty of tirst-class
postage, written description of the
contents, such as ''book" printed
matter" or ''photo'' will be permss-
ible ''inscription" upon mail matter
of the third class, under the clause of
the act which provides for the
placing ''under the blank leaves or
cover Of any book or printed matter
of the third class of a simple manu-
script dedication or inscription not in
the nature Of personal correspond
ence."
Geo. W. Strong, a Dodgeville pi-
oneer, died of pneumonia, He was IS