Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1902-04-17
Local Jottings.

Mrs Geo. Gibbs is in Ipswich.
Editor Rankin, of Muscoda, is in
the city.
Joe Mccoy lost a valuable horse
last week.
Mrs. AL. I. Holman was in Sitter
Tuesday.
County Clerk Grifis was in Platte
vile Tuesday.
County Judge Goodsell held court
at Piatteville Tuesday.
Mrs. T. G. Linton, of Fennimore,
was in the city Tuesday.
Republicans will bear in mind
their ward caucuses Saturday eve
ming
The commencement programs for
the class of '02 will be printed at the
Herald job rooms.
The Ladies' Aid society will meet
on Friday afternoon at o'clock with
Mrs. Chris. Fischer.
Robert Burgess, Joe Winchel,
Amy Foster and Esther Crawshaw
passed Sunday in Bloomington.
Col. John G. Clark makes a
generous offer to prospective peach
tree growers in another column.
Read it.
Remember the social Friday eve
ning at the home OF Rev. Sprague in
the south part of the city.
The Political Equality Club will
meet with Mrs. Morgans at $3.50 p.
N. on Monday, April 21st.
Robert Stewart is at the home of
his father in the fourth ward and
n an alarming condition from effects
of humorous growth in the throat.
-GaruIt & Rockwell's X-Ray ma
chine is valuable addition to their
office paraphenalia and numerous pa
tients are already taking treatment.
-Boscobel will hold it's city election
Monday. Atty. j. j. Blaine is the
Republican candidate for mayor, and
w. E. Nelson the Democratic stand
ard bearer.
One of the worst wind and dirt
storms ia History of this country oc-
Cured Friday. The atmosphere was
too gritty for any use and the peculiar
conditions were general.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Stephens, of
SibleY, Ia, are renewing old ac-
quaintances here. The aged couple
have disposed of interests at Sibley
and will locate at Cassville.
W. A. johnson will hold sale of
cattle at the stock yards in Lancaster
on Saturday, April Goth, at 2 p. m.
Thirty head will be disposed of. con-
sisting of COWS, steers and heifers.
The new charter grants the
health officer of the city the power of
naming a health board to serve under
his supervision. DR.. S. w. Doolittle
is health officer for the ensuing two
years and has this privilege. He has
not yet announced his colleagues.
-Drs. Gault & Rockwe l, since the
addition of the new X ray machine to
their office equipment, find that their
Office appointments are too small and
have decided to change their location.
They have leased the entire second
floor OF the Schreiner building, for
merly occupied by Joeckel Bros, and
will move to the new quarters as
soon as the same can be arranged for
them.
Rain is very badly needed to set
tie the dirt and start things growing.
1t is seldom that so long time
eiapses at this season of the year
without rain. Everybody will hope
that the drought of last summer is
not to be continued this spring. The
country will be less able to stand it
than last summer even, as the ground
IS, allowing Iof the dlf erence In sea-
sons, dryer.
Mrs. Frank Bidwell died at her
home in Sutherland, Ia, Friday after
an extended illness. Relatives here
were informed of her demise but
were unable to attend the funeral
obsequies which were held Sunday.
Deceased. before her marriage, was
Margaret Pritchett and formerly re-
sided IN Grant county. She was a
cousin of Mrs. Calvin and Mrs. HUI
burt of this city. The bereaved hus-
band has the sy mpathy of all in his
great loss. Four sons and one daugh-
Ter also survive.