Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-06-22
Yesterday was the longest day

Yesterday was the longest day
in the year.
Spare the toad and spoil myriads
OF destructive insects.
Atty. Philipson was over from
Bloomington on business Tuesday.
Rains in Kansas are giving
hired men too much leisure -butnot
SO around here.
Id. Shuttleworth, superentend-
ent of schools of Oakland, Iowa, is
visiting IN Grant County.
Gay Pitts of Plattevllle was in
town Monday, enroute to Blooming
ton. Gay teaches at Sharon.
The mass of city jewellers are
praying for a bumper crop of
potatoes this season in the country.
Misses Mamie Washburn and
Maud Hill and Joe. Neckar of Liv-
ingston were guests at F. G..
Muender's Sunday.
Mrs. P. Van Leshout and Mrs.
Arthur Miller of Upton, Ia, are
visiting with their relatives, Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Hagen.
Louis Eggers went to Cobb
Tuesday to erect an iron bridge for
Thos. Mcdonald. Mr.. McDonald's
bridge gang is working overtime on
account of a rush of business.
Miss Stacia Walskie, young
lady of Fairplay, has disappeared
and her parents are not yet aware
of her whereabouts 1t is reported
that there's lover in the deal.
Alfred Warren, the Lancaster
monument dealer, has the contract
for placing fine Barr granite stone
to mark the graves of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Anderson in the British
Hollow cemetery.
Baptist notices-Convention
meeting this evening. Preaching
in the evening of the Lords day,
subject! Woman, her influence
Preaching at Liberty in the after
noon and in the morning at Mt.
Ida.
Fred G.. Muender accompanied
by j. w. Robinson of Preston and
M. P. Lepska and III. Washburn of
Montfort, departed yesterday for
Southern Missouri, where they will
look over the country.
Ben. Mckenzie with his wife
and little daughter-the latter a
recent acquisition-are here from
Boston to pass the summer with
Mrs. Mckenzie is
New York girl and this is her initial
trip west.
&C. B. Cushman and bride re-
turned from their wedding journey
They drove up from
Potosi and were accompanied by
Mrs. D. L. Greene. the brides
mother, who returned to her home
in Rewey.
DIR. Heraty of Bloomington
passed this way for Milwaukee
Tuesday morning, to attend the
meeting of the State Medical So
ciety. He expects to go from there.
to Fond du Lac to attend the state
gathering of Elks.
Harry Clark was the fortunate
fisherman to land that big trout in
McPherson's branch Sunday, after
a hard struggle. The prize measured
Is inches in length and was an old
timer. A number Of anglers have.
worked hours at a time to lure him
this spring and many a hook and
line has been broken in escaping
capture.
John Adams, the new proprie-
tor of the well-known hosiery, the
Lancaster house, is now in full pos
session Of that house, and the form
er landlord, Richar d Samuel, has
taken possession of the Adams farm,
located in Patch Grove township,
which he secured in the trade. Mr..
and Mrs. Adams are starting in with
a nice business and good prospects.
The new Lancaster-Potosi mail
service, to go into effect soon, is
arranged SO that the mail from the
early morning Burlington train is to
be brought directly to Lancaster
arriving here about $50; but the
stage does not return until evening.
The service could be greatly in
creased by having the stage return
to make connections with the after
noon southbound passenger.
Through A. j. HowelIs GEN