Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-01
Local JOttin9S.

Another week Will nnQ all grain
cut if weather is favorable.
John McKevitt is the new bar
tender at the Philips house.
H. F. Unferth of Fond du Lac
is a guest at T. D. Goodrich's.
Little Helen Godfrey who has
been very ill for the past week is
on the mend.
F. F. Bieg, accompanied by his
little niece, Marea Smith, returned
to Chicago today
Charles Blakesley of Sibley, Ia,
is visiting his mother at Patch Grove
and brother George of this city.
Geo. B. Clementson, accom-
panied by his mother and Mrs. Bush
nell and son, drove to Cassville Fri
day.
There will be dance at Reeds
opera house next Friday evening,
given by the Badger club. Every
body invited.
DIR. Godfrey took Miss Helen
Smith to Chicago last Saturday,
where she underwent a successful
operation for appendicitis.
Misses Fannie Ivey and Clara
CaIlow of Mineral Point are visitin 6
at the Congregational parsonage.
The latter is sister of Mrs. w. J.
G. Ralph.
There will be very interesting
game of ball between the Country
and Badger clubs next Tuesday at
the fair grounds. Admission 1Octs.
The most exciting game Of the sea-
son.
Old peoples service at the Con-
gregational church Sunday morn
ing. All are invited to attend.
Solos will be rendered by Miss Ina
Hastings and Henry F. Unferth of
Fond du Lac
The village of Muscoda will, we
understand make a proposition to
the owners of the bridge across the
Wisconsin river at that point, for
the purchase of the bridge and fran
chise. The owners of the bridge
ask 1875, 900 for the property.
The Prairie du Chen Union says
claiming on the Mississippi is very
dull and poor, and the hundreds OF
fishermen from Prairie du Chen to
Stoddard, have abandoned the pur-
suit. 1t says one thing is certain,
that shells will never again go be-
low SIS per ton, but will no doubt
stand nearer 500.
Patrons of the Farmers tele-
phone line are cordially invited to
ring us up when they know an item
of interest to the general public.
There are many items of news oc-
curing in the country that are not
published and the Herald would be
pleased to get them. Just ring us
up and tell your news and we will
fix it for publication.
Mrs. Jas. Townley's health con-
tinues quite bad. Her brothers,
John and Peter Mcdonald, the latter
accompanied by his wife and son
and daughter, of Baraboo, sister
Mrs. Kelly, of Freeport, ILL.,, mother
Mrs. Mcdonald, of Madison, and
Chas. and Glenn Townley OF Bara-
boo, are here to see her.
Publicity is being tried in Hi
nois as a restraint upon tax dodgers.
The assessment rolls are published
in full so that each mans valuation
becomes known and the man who
tries to shift his taxes upon his
neighbors can not SO easily escape
detection and censure. The law is
said to be a great help in the equal
ization of assessments.
After a country newspaper man
has hallowed himself hCarse in
efforts to persuade people to pat
ronize home merchants, and acct
dentally Stumbles onto the fact that
some of the fellows whose interests
he is endeavoring to protect are
sending away for their job print
ing, it rather shakes his faith in
mankind and makes reciprocity
look like a penny with hole in it.
A special service of song will be
given at the Congregational church
Sunday evening. The choir will
render "Jesus, Lover of My Soul
to different tunes-instrumental,
anthem, solo, duet and quartette.
The pastor will give short address
on the writer of the hymn-the
hymn in convention, in trouble and
as comfort to the dying. Roberts
81 GrOenier have placed q concert