Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-03-27
Local ~Jottings+

first of the week.
E. L. Chandler was over from
Glen Haven Monday.
"A lodge of Rebeccahs will be or
ganized at Fennimore soon.
Local jottiDgs may be found on
four pages of the Herald today,
The c%leaning-up time is here.
Beautify the city of your home.
That advertisers appreciate the
Herald can be noted by perusing it's
columns today.
&C. E. Arthur and son of Beetown
were guests of G.. B. Wheeler and
family over Sunday.
-Messrs. R. N. Hoskins and j. B.
Ludden of Bloomington were Lancas-
ter visitors Monday eve.
You will miss it if you miss the
Peoples Players at Reeds opera house
March 81 and Apr. 1 and 2.
Eugene R. Croft of Lancaster
and Elizabeth Beetham of Liberty
will be married next Wednesday at
noon.
R S. Olmstead of Woodman, can
didate for CLERK of the court, circulat-
ed among friends at the county seat
Tuesday.
Frank Marsden of Fennimore died
IN California Monday of consumption.
The remains will be brought back for
interment.
Grant Chapter R. A. M. partook
OF a sumptuous banquet at Lathrop's
Monday evening at conclusion Of
lodge ceremonies.
Mrs. r. B. Sbowalter is at Bee
town attending to the wants of Mr..
and Mrs. Jas. Hughes, both OF whom
are on the sick list.
County Supt. NYe is conducting
teachers examination at the South
school and a number of pedagogues
are writing for certificates.
-Downer Halferty has disposed of
his blacksmith shop at Bloomington
to Fred Fischer and takes his depart
ure Monday for Montana.
The town officials of Lancaster
township have a very successful adj
ministration to their credit and each
will be given another term in return
for faithful services.
-Messrs. Tubbs, Austin and Alb
raham of Bloomington, Birge and En-
nor of Potosi and Anstev and Black
burn of Beetown participated in Ma
sonic ceremonies Monday eve.
Music and flowers are synonyms
of Easter and Lancaster churches and
church choirs are in readiness to
herald the approach of spring with
anthems midst bowers of floral love-
illness Sunday.
There is one effect which the
late cold spell has had upon corn in
crib that has not been generally
noted. The low temperature has re-
duced the vitality Of much grain, so
that it will not terminate. There
will be danger in using this frozen or
partially frozen corn for seed,
Here is a little gem clipped from
a small bows essay on parents: ''Par-
ents are things which boys have to
Nlook after them. Most girls also have
parents. Parents consist of pas and
mas. Pas talk a good deal about what
they are going to do but mostly it's
the mas that make you mind"
1t is now definitely settled
though not yet officially announced
that the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Railroad company will not Withdraw
the dewey" train from the service
between Lacrosse and Dubuque, but
will continue to run it as usual. In
formation to this effect was given
out from a source known to be reli-
able.
The Political Equality Club has
donated three papers to the library
sable: The "Woman's Journal" a
weekly paper founded and edited by
Lucy Stone, and since her death by
Henry B. Blackwell and Alice Stone
Blackwell, her husband and daughter;
the WISCONSIN Citizen" a monthly
paper published at Brodhead and
edited by Mrs. Helen Charlton, well
known by many in Grant Co.; also
Progress, :" q quarterly.
The marriage of Miss Edna Moses
of this city and VIM. F. Hale of Ged-
des, S. d., took place at high noon
Wednesday, March goth, at the home
of the BRIDES mother, Rev. [. j.
Brown officiating. The bride is an