Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-11-12

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the new barber at John Decker's
shop.
The Republican county officers
elect are all good men and will
leave good records behind them.
Mrs. Henry Steber of Liberty
returned home Wednesday after
several weeks visit with relatives
IN Iowa.
Ralph Vandewall, who is a pos
tai clerk at Washington, D. c., re-
turned to his duties at the capital
Thursday.
The rector general Of the Cath
olic church is expected to be pres
ent on Thursday of next week, st.
Clements day.
Christmas and New Years
both come on Sunday, SO Thanks
giving is practically the only holt
day left for this year.
Lancaster has very few good
musicales, so don't miss the one at
the Catholic church next Thursday
evening. Tickets, 25 cents.
Miss Cozy Edwards accompanied
by her neice, Miss Essie Edwards
leaves Friday for an extended visit
with relatives in Baraboo and Hum
bird.
Judging from the returns but
half the voters exercised the right
of franchise on the much talked of
primary election law. 1t goes to
show that a whole lot of them are
perfectly satisfied with present laws
governing caucuses and conven-
tiOns.
j. M. Skinner of London, Eng,
state lecturer of the grand lodge,
I. O. G.. T., will give a public lee
ture at the Baptist church tomor-
row evening at 7:3O. Christian
Templar boys will have charge of
first part of the services. Admis-
sion free.
Father McNulty, the wellknown
priest of the Mt. Hope parish, will
leave soon for Argyle, Wis, where
he will assume charge of church.
His Mt. Hope parishioners are very
sorry to lose the good man and will
hold farewell reception for him
on Monday evening.
--Platteville Journal: While Adam
MISSIONER stood at the bottom of
the shaft of the Hazel Green mine
Friday, a heavy bolt dropped from
above and penetrated his skull,
breaking hole an inch in diameter
through the bone. Physicians re-
moved the broken bone and torn
brain, and covered the aperture
with silver plate. He will prob
aDly recover.
In this weeks issue of The
Youths Companion. November
10th, Mrs. Frank Beardsley of Plat.
teville, has first rate ''home mis-.
sionary" story. Few and far be.
tween are the home missionaries
who receive such a box as 1.-THE
Box Which Prairie Corners Filled
for it contained horse and COW
and more than a carload of Other
things which missionaries long fol
but seldom see.
Present indications are that the
next legislature will be mixed de
cidedly. According to Chairman
Connors of the republican state cen
trail committee, LaFollette's sup
porters, control sixty-three votes il
the assembly and seventeen mem
bers in the senate. Taking the fig
ures of the conservative republican,
into count, they make the claim
that the next legislature will b.
made up of forty DaFollette assem-
blyman, thirty eight Quarles men
eighteen democrats and four socia
democrats. In the state senate they
say the vote will stand twelve La
Toilette republicans, twelve conser
natives and four democrats and ont
social democrat This would NEAR
a deadlock on the election of United
States senator. The stalwarts il
this table, are taking no account o.
anything but the senatorship, ani
count several members on theil
side who also will vote for the gov
ernor's measures. The democrats
claim twenty-five assemblymen and
for senators.
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