Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-12-07

here.
The Clifford Haering company is
at tie city hall all this week, IN
pleasing plays and choice special
ties. They carry a band End or
chestra.
The various Sunday schools of
this place are working up programs
for Christmas trees.
Rev. Fuller, assisted by a brother,
is holding series of revival meet
ings in Cassville. Mrs. Fuller and
Seward Garthwaite drove down
there Sunday.
There is a mission at the Catholic
church all this week. They have
two meetings per day and one in
the evening.
Mrs. F. L. Greer is visiting at Nc
Gregor, Iowa.
The primary pupils Of our schools
will have some closing exercises on
Friday week.
Our merchants have concluded to
open their stores evenings this
week to accommodate holiday shop
pers. This is a week earlier than
was the intention.
PATCH GROVE.
Ralph Patch and wife and little
son Of Poplar, Montana, visited
relatives here few days last week.
They had been to the ST. Louis fair
and stopped on their way home.
Arthur McKevitt attended the In
ternational Live Stock Show at Chi
cago last week. While there he
purchased new herd bull to place
at the head of his herd of pure bred
Angus cattle.
A large amount of stock from this
vicinity was marketed last week.
Nine loads were shipped from
Bridgeport Tuesday.
J. E. Humphrey, our enterpris-
ing stock buyer, is making Patch
Grove the poultry market of this
section of the country. Every day
teams are seen coming from far and
near, bringing in their loads Of
squawking hens and gobbling COB
lers, being attracted here by the lib
eral prices Everett is paying.
''Teddie" Balm is helping him and
he is becoming the champion hen
catcher in town.
There was big forest fire down
at w E. Lewis ranch last Sunday
night. They went down with a full
force of men and succeeded, by
hard fighting, to save a large
amount of cordwood. Grover said
1T was so dark they had hard time
finding the fire.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philo Taylor are
moving out to the Robert Glenn
farm in the town of Wyalusing.
They will occupy the Glenn home
stead during Mr.. Glenn's term of
office as sheriff of Grant county.
We are sorry to lose Mr.. Taylor and
his est1miable wife. They have
only lived here a short time but
they have made many friends, a
few of which met at their home
last Tuesday night for a farewell
party.
Patch Grove came in for it's share
of honors at the recent information
al Live Stock Show. The mother
of the champion steer, Clear Lake
Jute End, is owned by Arthur Nc
HEWITT, the well-known Patch Grove
Angus breeder. She is fine, large
cow and is the one that made
trouble for some of the local Angus
breeders at the Lancaster fair last
year. Clear Lake ,Jute End is the
grand champion bullock at the
worlds greatest show and Patch
Grove feels honOred to have within
it's borders herd of cattle that can
produce such a winner. The steer
was fed at the Minnesota expert
ment station. He weighed nine
teen hundred pounds and sold for
thirty-six cents a pound, which is
approximately seven hundred dol
lars. 1t was sold to New York
parties.
Mrs. w. G. Foshay was in Prairie
du Chen last Wednesday,.
August Luber of Bagley attended
the party at Philo Taylor's last
Tuesday night.
Mrs. Martin Faust is on the sick
list.
Miss Van Dusen is back to her
school work again after three weeks
at home on account of illness.
Lewis Bean is here from North