Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-11-04

Thursday eve. Nov. 9Th.
The Herald to Jan. 1, 1905, for
$3.50.
Indian Summer is here in
earnest.
Mrs. T. F. Orion is visiting at
Scales Mound, Ill.
H. J. Eastman Of Boscobel was
in the city Monday.
Joe B. Nauert of Boscobel was
in the city on business Monday.
You can get the Herald twice
a week, fourteen months for $3.50.
M. M. Ziegler returned Friday
from his extended visit in New
York.
If a calf proves to be not worth
raising one can veal it, but this
can't be done with boys.
The Women's Suffrage associ-
alton of Grant county held meet
ing at Platteville Thursday and Fri
day of last week.
"A surprise party was given
Miss Linda Moore by a company of
her friends Saturday afternoon last
that was greatly enjoyed by all.
County Supt. Nye visited
schools at Cuba City and Hazel
Green last week and will look after
the districts in Clifton and Lima
this week.
The sale of state lands will be
held the latter part of November,
such sales to be held at the county
seats where more than a thousand
acres are to be sold.
Farmers are all in their corn
fields improving this fine weather,
and it is quiet in town. The corn
crop is turning out in advance of
all expectations.
-Ritner Stephens is here from
North Dakota this week packing
up his household effects and other
personal property for removal to
that state, where he intends to
reside permanently.
In homes where the present
day kerosene is used for lighting
purposes the old folks can tell
when there is real counting going
on in the parlor by smell of oil
from the turned down lamp.
Miss Josephine McNair is in
Milwaukee performing a very en-
joyable task and one in which she
has considerable interest. It is pre-
pairing for occupancy the home
there she is soon to enter as a bride.
-Ifyou intend having an auction
sale this fall or winter let the Her
aid print your bills. You get bet
ter bills at lower prices than else
where and your sale is also printed
in the only semi-weekly paper in
the county, reaching thousands of
readers.
Hal. Stephens was here from
GAINESVILLE again this week. He
has about concluded to remain
where he is for another season,
his employers advancing his wages
couple Of generous notches and
being very DESTROYS that he re-
main.
Six men and a dog were busily
occupied for a few moments the
other day to effect the capture of
rat that had become imprisoned
between the screen doors and the
inner door of the front entrance at
Nathans' store-and then the
venture-some rodent got away
before he could be exterminated
County Supt. Nye has disposed
of his farm on the Lancaster-P Platte
vile road to VIM. Edge. Itconsists
of forty acres and brought him $4,000.
Mr.. Edge has adjoining land and
can use it to advantage. Supt. Nye
has not given up his farming opera
tons, however. He is now about tC
buy 200 acre farm in Vernon county
IN company with his son-in-law, DR..
Chase of Viroqua.
"A trial test of the new freight
engines on the Milwaukee road was
made out of Lacrosse when one OF
the new mogul series was commits
stoned to pull train of 1000 ton
weight, and not to exceed SO cars in
length. When the train pulled out
the big engine quivered little, but
the train nearly a mile in length
was pulled along without an effort.
The company intends to have en-
gines built which will pull hun.