Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-02-20
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Peter Campbell, a prosperous
Patch Grove farmer favored the Her
aid with a visit yesterday.
Doctors Gault & Rockwell have
purchased the office fixtures, library
and paraphernalia owned by the late
DR.. F. M. Cronin and have removed
the outfit to their quarters in the
Stone block.
John Bolt. an old settler of Bosco-
bel and a widower, advertised for a
wife in a Minneapolis matrimonial
journal recently and succeeded in Sc
curing a life partner. The lady ar
rived at Boscobel Thursday last.
David Wilkinson from Big Patch
was a Lancaster visitor yesterday.
Mr.. Wilkinson is town treasurer and
came over to settle up with County
Treasurer Scheinpfug. He inciden-
tally called at the Herald office and
renewed his subscri ption for the 4oth
consecutive time.
Smallpox has broken out in the
family Of John Wolf, who resides in
Rogers Hollow, six miles north OF
Lancaster and five members of the
household are afflicted. A strict
quarantine has been established and
it is to be hoped the disease may be
checked from spreading.
The young people of the Baptist
church will give a social at the home
of II. G. Knoke, three miles north of
town. All are cordially invited. A
sleigh load is being made up and any
one wishing to join them may learn
time and place of meeting by inquir-
ing of Miss Belle Bevins.
-Donnelly & Dyer attended the
horseshow at Chicago last week and
on Friday purchased Earl King, a
fast one. In speaking OF the sales
the Inter-Ocean of Saturday morning
said: ''The best bargain of the day
was probably Earl King, 2:159, sired
by Vicking, bought by Donnelly &
Dyer, Lancaster, Wis.
w. f. Shimmin returned Thurs
day from WoonsocKet, S. D., where
he had been the last two weeks.
While there he negotiated a deal by
which j. B. Lane of Preston purchased
a farm of 40 acres near Woonsocket,
where he intends to move IN the near
future. Shimmin also made arrange
ments with the Wisconsin & Dakota
farm land company by which he has
the selling of several choice farms in
the near neighborhood of Woonsocket,
the county seat of Sanborn county.
February is an eventful month.
Many of the noted men of the age
have a natal day this month. Abra-
ham Lincoln, February y, and George
Washington the %. Then, too, ST.
Valentines day is the 18th. Cupid's
arrows have at all times been sys-
tematically hurled by young hearts.
Good old St. Valentine in mysterious
fashion gave the mystic thread which
hassswoven such a network of progress
sive and novel love making by
of messages i'm the valentine form.
Now, the comic valentine when sent
in a spirit of fun fulfills a humorous
mission, but when sent in a resent
full spirit, it initiates and arouses 3
bitterness in ones nature that cannot
be forgotten.
Secretary John M. True of the
state board Of agriculture has received
the annual reports of the board from
the printer, and is now engaged in
distributing them around the state.
The volume is $40 pages in length
and contains several half-tone engrav-
ings of the fair buildings and the
members of the state board Of agri-
culture. The first half is taken up
with the reports of the officers of the
board, an account of the last annual
meeting. the warrant account, the
premiums of the last state fair and
the reports of the department super
intendents of the fair. The last half
is a detailed account of the state mass
convention held a year ago. About
5000 volumes will be distributed.