Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-21


Miss Bessie McNair visited in
Fennimore Sunday.
Miss Kate Maclay visited in
Bloom ington last week.
Albert Lynass Of Bloomington
was at Lancaster Saturday.
Miss Esther Rock is passing the
week with friends at Liberty.
Mrs. Hudson returned Monday
from weeks visit at Boscobel.
The city council will hold an
adjourned session Friday evening.
Miss Nellie Muesse has returned
from visit at Cassville and Du-
buque.
Miss Lou Kaltenbach of Potosi
will pass the winter at Harry
Barnett's.
-Messrs. Joe Smith, John Cash
man, Chris Funk and C. Smith were
passengers on the Northwestern
Monday enroute to Condee, S. D.
-Chas. Elben is serving a "a
days sentence at the county Jail for
petty larceny. He confscated an
overcoat from the Pfester hotel at
Muscoda Saturday and Deputy Sher-
if Strine Of that village brought the
prisoner over Sunday.
Mrs. Kelly, in company with
her sister, Mrs. JAS. Townley, left
Saturday for Madison, where the
latter will visit her mother, the
former returning to her home in
Freeport. We are pleased to note
Mrs. Townley's improvement and
hope the trip will prove beneficial.
Frank Taylor has purchased of
Geo. Rudersdorf and James Scullon
their interests in the new bowling
alley to be put in at Boscobel, and
will assume charge of same some
time next month. Price is said to
be ST. 100. Mr.. Taylor will hold an
auction sale on Nov. 18th. See
bills and adv. later.
A special train took eight cars
of live stock from Lancaster station
Monday. Two of sheep and two of
swine were consigned by Place Bros.
& Jarrett; four of swine by Moore
& Ray. The latter shipped a car
load of cattle yesterday and Ed J.
Austin also one, making a total of
ten cars in two days.
AID. Henry Henkel, wife and
daughter, Geo. Garner and wife,
Fred Aupperle, and daughter were
in attendance at the funeral of Louis
Smith, one of the twin sons Of Dan
Smith, residing in Liberty. Satur-a
day. The other little tot is also SER
iously i'll with the same malady,
cholera infantum.
The other day while a telephone
operator in neighboring town
was coming down town she met a
young gentleman acquaintance
who raised his hat and said Hello"
Thoughtlessly the young lady re-
piled, Number, please?" and then
blushed furiously as she remem-
bered she was not at the switch
board.
The Dodgeville Canning and
Manufacturing Company completed
their run on corn last Thursday.
The total output Of the factory this
season was 2e5, O65 cans, which
has been sold at prices ranging
from 70 cents to 95 cents per dozen
cans. The factory started work
on pumpkins last Friday which
will last for at least six weeks.
The management of Reeds
opera house has secured the latest
successful comedy drama, "A
Hoosier Daisy" for Monday night,
Oct. 26. This attraction is play
ing to phenomenal business
everywhere. The title role is on
the style of isis Hopkins" and is
assumed by Miss Bessie Clifton
Her support is said to be excep-
tionally strong.
DO not place too much con-
fidence in the advertisements con-
tanned in cheap magazines and
flash papers that are ready to pub
lish anything that will add dollars
to the pocket book. Here is a
sample: A farmer sent five dollars
to learn how to get pound of but
ter out of a quart of milk. This
is what he got: ''Take a pan and
pour a quart of milk into it, hay
ing first placed pound of butter
in the center of the pan. Lift the
butter out"
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