Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-04-16
Suckers are biting.

Trout law expired yesterday
-Ridgeway voted dry at the cleo
ton a week ago Tuesday.
The two weeks vacation that
the legislature took cost the state
So, 500.
j. HI. Evans has been appointed
assessor of Platteville by Mayor
Knapp.
Miss Carrie Wenzel returned to
her school duties at Milwaukee
Monday.
Mrs. r. B. Showalter was on
the sick list the past week, but is
now convalescent.
Mrs. Frank Mahon of Madison
is a guest of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John johnson.
John Blackburn went to Bloom
ington Monday, where he will be
engaged in manufacturing brick.
Elmer Garner has resigned his
position as Waterman at tie tenn
porary court house, and Frank
Markert has been gwen the place.
The News reports a building
boom for Cuba City this season.
Among other structures the M. E.
church people will erect new edi-
tice.
MIR. and Mrs. L. Shepherd and
son of Madison, who have been the
guests of his brother, Ed Shepherd,
for two weeks past, returned home
Monday.
-Messrs. Frank orion, Warren
Hannum and Carl Calvin, state uni
versity students, who have been
passing the Easter vacation at home,
returned to Madison Monday.
F. w. Klinkhammer Of Glass;
vile, prominent member of the
county board and one Of the court
house building committee, ;celebrat-
ed his Gath birthday on Apr. 9Th.
-Thos. Earker and John Riege
of the town of Smelser were on OPP
posite tickets at the recent town
election for office of assessor and the
result of the vote was tie. They
cast lots for the job and Mr.. Riege
won.
In the annual judging contest
of students of the Wisconsin Agri-
cultural school held at Madison last
week, two Livingston boys won
medals--Isaac L. Miller and Homer
F. Rundell, for capable judging of
good points of live stock. The
young men are deserving of con-
graduation.
Mineral Point Democrat: Rev.
and Mrs. W. J. G. Ralph and son of
Lancaster we're here this week to at
tend the marriage of Mrs, Ralph's
sister, Miss Lillian Callow . Mrs.
John Gable and children of Lancas-
ter spent last week with Mrs.
Lawrence Gibbons, who is Mrs. Ga
ble's sister.
Jas. Croethers died at Mineral
Point last week at the home of two
aged sisters with whom he had
lived for a number Of years. 1t was
supposed he died pennlless, but he
left will and a statement as to
where sum of money was con-
cealed. Investigation was made
and So, 900 in gold was discovered.
"A queer coincidence was at
tached to Sunday, Apr. 18th. this
year in that it marked the celebra-
ton of two most sacred of religious
holidays. Easter was the holy day
of the Christians and among the
Jews the day was the Feast of the
Passover, one of the chief events of
the year in Jewish circles. Only
once in thirty or forty years do
these ceremonies come ON the same
day.
A bouquet of the fragrant ar
butus that grows in Northern Wis
consin sits on our office desk. 1t is
portion of a generous installment
of blossoms sent to Mrs. John Ben
nett by her son Phil, who is running
a farm at Mather. Sunday was his
mothers birthday and the young
man remembered her with beauti-
full consignment of these sweet wild
flowers.
"A good roads convention will be
held at ST. Louis April 1928, to
which each state in the union will
send delegates. Gov. LaFollette
has appointed the following gentle
men from the third congressional
district to attend: Owen King,