Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-08-15
Mineral Point fair next week.

on business Thursday
Miss Myrtle Pendleton was a
Cassville visitor this week.
Ed Wannemaker of Boscobel is
visiting Lancaster relatives.
Miss Olive Hymer will teach in
the Mt. Hope schools this year.
The asylum trustees held reg
ular monthly meeting this week.
Mrs. w. J. Weir visited her
husband at Boscobel last Sunday.
Henry Smith of Sitter celebrat
ed his 66th birthday on the 10th
inst.
Mrs. Chas. Kemper of Brandon
visited relatives here first of the
week.
Mrs. McIntosch of Fond du Lac
is a guest of her daughter, Mrs. J.
A. Gault.
Miss Ann Garner of Bloom
ington is a guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Elmer Garner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Deller and
child of Mineral Point are visiting
Lancaster relatives.
Prof. w. P. Colburn of Glass;
vile was in the city, Thursday greet
ing old acquaintance.
Mrs. j. P. Walker and daughter
of Boscobel are guests Of VIM.
Humphrey and family.
Mrs. III. Belscamper and Mrs.
Joe Linden went to British Hollow
and Tennyson on a visit Thursday.
Among the Platteville camp
meeting visitors this week are Will
Schlosser and wife and Mrs. F. P.
Barnett.
Miss Laura Kiley who has been
visiting her brother and other rela
tives at Emmetsburg, Iowa, re-
turned home Friday.
THAT veteran farmer, Chas.
Govier, accompanied by his good
wife, is absent on a visit with his
son Rollo at Withee.
Gus. Posey received $50 in
surance on account Of the work OF
lightning that recently struck his
barn and killed one of his horses.
"A move is on to erect new
schoolhouse at Platteville, and a
special school meeting to consider
the matter will be held Aug. oath.
A batch of 81 new lawyers was
turned out at Madison this week.
This number passed examination for
admission to BAR out of "a examined.
20. r. Showalter, superintend-
ent of the School for the Blind at
GAINESVILLE, and formerly editor of
the Herald, is shaking hands with
old friends here this week.
Ernest Trentzsch and wife
visited relatives at Steuben first Of
the week. They report Will Bass
as having the finest crop of corn
seen anywhere this season.
-Boscobel fair, Sept. 3Oth and
Oct. 1-2. The speed program will
consist entirely Of running races,
the big event being business mems
derby with purse of $500.
The Political Equality club will
meet with Mrs. III. S. Rhodes, Mon
day, Aug. 18th, at 2:3O p. m. A
full attendance is desired. A paper
will be read by Miss Bessie Suttle.
One paid admission to the Grant
county fair entities the holder to
the best entertainment ever dished
UP to crowd. Do not fail to paste
the dates in your hat-Sept. 9-10-11.
Col. Uden of Wild West show
fame has number of hair rails
ing" assistants and the aggregation
will give ten performances each
day On the falf Tree TO everyone on
the grounds.
Bloomington will have a fair
this year, all reports to the contrary
notwithstanding The dates are
Sept. 16-17-1S and the manage
ment guarantees attractions of a
high order.
The Herald has arranged with
the abstract firm of Reed & Garner
to furnish this paper each week
with real estate transfers made in
Grant county. 1t is an interesting
feature and we trust will be ap-
preciated by Herald readers.
Teachers employed for the
Bloomington high school the COM
ing year are T. L. Bewick, Sun