Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-16
Local lettings.

l6l cOum0HCeu OpeIdClO1S upOu oAO
handling of 1901 crop Friday.
Mrs. Edith Prideaux of St. Igna-
thus has our thanks for copy of the
Anaconda (Mon.) Standard of January
5th, containing much of interest.
Miss Mae Hore of Little Grant
has accepted position as saleslady
in Mason's store at Sturgeon Bay and
took her departure for that city Mon
day.
According to the report of Secre-
tary J. NJ True, the State Fair Asso-
citation has balance in the treasury of
about $4,000. This is considered a
most excellent showing, as bad wealth
er interfered greatly with the last
fair.
The "bunco man" who some two
months since sold the Masonic Tenn
pie in Chicago to an unsuspecting
farmer from near Lodi, for the sum of
$4,000, accepting $500 down as part
payment, has been captured and adj
mits the deal.
-Messrs. Belscamper, Wiedenbeck,
Rich, Doll, Klarman and Irwin went
to Beetown Saturday evening and
took part in Masonic ceremonies Incl
dent to giving of the third degree in
Beetown lodge. A very pleasant So
cial time followed.
Attorneys Geo. B. Clementson and
S. H. Taylor were in Madison Friday,
where they argued the case of Benz.
Bidgood VS.. supervisors of the town
of Clifton. The former was counsel
for the respondents while the latter
looked after the argument on behalf
of the relator and appellant.
Major Mason, the fleet. footed
stallion, owned by the late DR.. F. Nj.
Cronin, is to be taken to Chicago
Feb. 9Th and sold on the market.
With him will be taken three of his
promising youngsters, an Allerton
and one other fine roadster colt. The
bunch includes some of the best
youngsters ever reared in this section
and were the pride of their owner.
The statement of a Chicago pub
fishers bureau to the contrary not
withstanding the postoffice depart
ment has not ruled that subscription
to any publication entered as second
hand mail matter must be discon-
tinued on expiration of time for which
it has been paid in advance. Editors
who allowed the Chicago publishers
to- excite their Indignation will now
have chance to cool off. No sub
scFiber to the Herald need be afraid of
losing his paper on account of this
ruling.
The pension board of the North
western railway, of which General
Manager w. A. Gardner is the presi-
dent, has made an important change
in the rules of the pension system.
This change gives the men ten years
better advantage in the system than
the original rules gave them. Here
after man who has passed 65 years
of age and has twenty years of service
to his credit, instead of thirty, as
heretofore, shall be retired. All the
other conditions of clean record, in
capacity or other circumstances being
the same.
Hurricane folks to the mum Der of
thirty or more greatly enjoyed a par
ty at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Ward Jan. 9th. The repast was fol-
lowed by social season with music
and games intermingled. The only
sad part of the affair was the fact
that the families of Messrs. B. Kerr
and Joe Synder would not long re-
main in the midst, but if they are
blessed with one-half the good wishes
of the company extended them they
will surely prosper. The occasion
was one of the most enjoyable held in
that locality this winter.
A man in the northern part of
the state is raising chickens and OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses.
He made his hen coop air tight and
put curtains at the windows. At
noon he draws the curtain making the
hen house perfectly dark, so that the
biddies 60 to roosC, and at l o'clock
he raises the curtain letting the light
in. The hens think another day has
dawned and proceed to Jay another
egg. It's mean trick, equal to the
man who put green spectacles on his
horse and then fattened it on rye
straw. The green spectacles made
the poor horse think it was hay.
The meeting of the Ladies Aid
society at the residence of Mrs. Mary
Starr on last Friday afternoon was an
unusually ENJOYABLE affair. Thirty