Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-02-10

MIR. and Mrs. Pierce Patterson
of Bloomington visited in the city
Sunday.
M. p. Rindlaub, of Platteville,
revenue collector, was IN town
Monday.
Pierce Patterson and wife of
Bloomington visited relatives in
town Sunday.
-Reddy Flynn of Madison was
guest of his parent, Mr.. and Mrs.
Owen Flynn over Sunday.
Postmaster Ben Webster and
Richard Goodell of Platteville called
on friends here Saturday.
The measles are still raging
in certain localities about the cOun-
ty. There are some cases in this
city.
Frank Steil and Miss Maggie
Boyle Of Beetown were married
at the Catholic church Tuesday
morning by Father Albers.
The Ladies Aid society Of the
Congregational church will meet
with Mrs. Kate Mccoy Friday
afternoon at 2 o'clock. The ladies
are requested to take their thimbles
A number of West Grant
visitors to town Saturday were
obliged to remain until Sunday
morning, on account of the high
water on Grant river. The ice
broke up and carried out by the
swollen streams.
The large sheds have been re-
moved from the yard of the former
Jenkins Eastman company to the
Lancaster Lumber company's yards
north of the Grand Central hotel.
This company now has shed room
for a large stock Of lumber.
There will be leap year dane
at the City opera house, Lancaster
Friday evening, Feb. -. Rathbone
Sisters and Knights will give leap
year party. Good music is
promised and you are all invited
to attend. Tickets rs cents. Don't
forget the date.
Farmers are interested in a
new ruling Of the post office depart
ment, whereby carriers must report
at the end of each month the con-
dition of the roads over which
they travel. If they are not kept
free from drifts and in passable
condition the service will be dis
continued.
Coming from Boscobel to Fen
nimore by team Friday, 0. w.
Fessell Of Muscoda jumped from
the buggy to avert a possible tip
over and sustained a severely
sprained ankle. He came on to
Lancaster, however land attended
the meeting of the court house
building committee, of which he is
a member, before returning to his
home.
Statistics show that in a single
year the eggs produced in this
country have been worth more
than two hundred and fifty million
dollars Hens do not go on strikes.
They consume little and they de-
mand little of the community ex-
cept the right to scratch on the
least valuable plats of ground. No
class of laborers can excel them in
conscientious and skillful pro-
duction.
Several hundred farmers met
at the courthouse in Baraboo
Saturday in response to a call to
organize a local branch of the
Farmers Union. The object of the
organization, as stated, is to regu-
late prices on farm products, by
holding the products from the mar
ket at such times as the board of
trade tries to beat the prices down.
An organization was effected, near
ly fifty enrolling their names.
Total membership of the Mod
ern Woodmen of America lodge is
now 72O, 900 and the total number
of camps, 1920. The amount of
insurance in force is ST., 200, 100000
From January l, 1908, to July l,
1903, $35, 900, 900 was paid to bene
fcianes. The number of deaths
during the same period was Is, 500.
The average membership age is 1919
years and the death rate per 1000
members for the past year is 4.S4.
From the society items of an
Oklahoma City paper recently sent