Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-01-23
Local lettings.

Geo. F. Schall of Burton has been
granted $40 per month pension.
Born: At Ellenboro, Friday,
Jan. 10th to Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Durni,
a daughter.
The new armory building at
Monroe will be dedicated Feb. 10th.
Its cost was $12, 900.
John w. House has been appoint
ed postmaster at Preston to succeed
Robt. Watchorn, resigned.
AID. Louis Wetter found large
coil spring Friday which someone
had lost and left the same at this
office where the owner may secure 1t.
The State Tax commits sion has
sent out notices to the various super
visors of assessments throughout the
state notifying them of an annual
meeting they are expected to attend
which meets at Madison Feb, 18th.
Merchants have been busy taking
an inventory Of their stock of goods
and report an increase of sales, more
than that Of year ago. All OF our
business people are of progressive
nature and they are looking forward
to the progress of 1902 to surpass that
of last year.
W. f. Shimmin, attorney and
real estate agent, has leased the suite
of office rooms formerly occupied by
the late DR.. F. M. Cronin and will
take possession next month. Mr..
Shimmin was in Chicago last week
and purchased complete new office
outfit, including law library, safe,
d SKIS, etc.
W. j. Bryan has consented to de-
liver lecture for the Oratorical as
ISOLATION of the University of Wiscon-
sin, January %, at s p. m. The lee
ture will take place in the gymna-
SUM at Madison capable of seating
5000 and the association is prepared
TO accommodate the throngs who will
attend from neighboring cities and
towns. Parties of ten or more can
secure reduced round trip rates on
all railroads. Mr., Bryan's lecture
will be "Conquering Nation, which
is one of his greatest efforts.
"A good story is told OF farmer
Sc Il n
was tired of it and his estimable wife
was almost ashamed of the hustling
farmer who had been inside it so long.
But one day while selling produce in
town he determined to buy new
suit and a happy thought to surprise
Eliza. So he banded q new suit in
the wagon and drove homeward. 1t
was after night when he hurried
home and at the bridge he stood upon
the wagon and ''peeled' and threw
the despised old suit into the river.
Then he reached for the clothes. They
were gone, had iolted out of the wag-
on The night was cold and his
teeth chartered as he scurried for
home. He surprised Eliza even more
than he had anticipated.
New changes are being added to
the railway service from year to year.
Many of the leading roads throughout
the country have dispensed with
the newsboys on the trains. Now
many travellers wish to have signs
placed above the door to replace the
brakeman's voice as it is very hard to
catch the names of stations as the
brakeman bawls out lot OF lndls-
tinguishable sounds. 1t has been
suggested that a box containing a
slide be hung up at the end of each
car. At the top Of the device he
would put the words Next Station"
and at the bottom have the name Of
the station. AS the train pulls out
from the station the name could be
,, inserted.
They must sell peculiar kind of
.'corn juice" at Savanna, according to
the following from tae Times of that
city: The first thing we saw when
we came down town this morning was
a fellow make a jump in the air, a
clutch on the wind, turn a somersault
and land on the back of his neck on
the pavement. We thought he had
probably dislocated his syntax or vo-
cabuIary but not bit of it. He tried
to get up and yelled, all down for five
and assured US it was all right, as he
was just simply drunk and was glad
Of it. The last we saw Of him he was
hugging Val Boener's cigar sign In
dian and saying, nice old girl, you're
daisy'-and he may be there yet"
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