Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-01-09
Local JOttin9S.


Wanted: Six inches of good
snow.
Lancaster merchants are busy
invoicing.
M. L. Spaulding Of Potosi was
in town Wednesday.
The Herald and the Drovers'
Journal year for $3.50
Father McNulty of Mt. Hope
was a caller in town Thursday.
DIR. Godfrey made a profess
sional trip to Montfort Thursday.
Hens continue to DO inconsider
ste and eggs are scarce and high.
VIM. Bass and wife of Steuben
are visiting Grant county relatives.
Fred Hill of Madison made a
special run to this city Wednes
day.
Miss Hannah Sulzer of Marion
visited relatives here former part Of
the week.
Mrs. Downer Kilby is visiting
in North Andover, Glen Haven and
Cassville.
John Cranage is home from
Waupun, his term of imprisonment
having expired.
Coy. LaFollette delivered his
lecture on Hamlet" at Platteville
Wednesday evening.
A baby boy is the object of
solicitous care at the home Of j. M.
Teasdale in the third ward.
A team Of Lancaster bowlers
go to Boscobel tonight for tourna-
nnent with an aggregation there.
-Drs. Cunningham and Buck
OF Platteville have gone into part
nership and will enlarge their
hospital.
The FennimOre pOstOtfice is to
be moved to new location today
toward the depot. The Pritchard
block is the new site.
Mt. Hope people are making
extensive arrangements for the
farmers institute to be held there
Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 49,
80.
ALI bills must be settled at once
as we will close our ledger by the
goth of this month. We will do a
cash business after that date. Please
attend to this. L. ALT &=SoNs.
The Platteville Journal under
the hand of the new manager, c.
II. Gribble, comes to us this week
much improved in appearance.
We hope to see Editor Gribble
succeed
"A. D. Cook, commonly known
as Curly" diedaat the home Of his
daughter in Beetown last week.
Deceased was SO years of age and
was we'll known in this city, where
he formerly resided.
Some men may have paid their
taxes and welcomed their Christ
mas bills at the same time, but it is
safe to say that they did not, while
doing it, sing the old retain: DE
cember is as pleasant as May"
The volume of holiday trade
this year was unusually large and
Lancaster merchants seem to have
gotten goodly share of it. Those
we have heard from all report the
trade fully up to expectations and
many of them have had larger
sale than in any previous year.
Word comes from London that
Mrs. H. Clay Evans has been broken
down in health, as a result Of too
heavy social duties attendant upon
keeping open house for resident
and visiting Americans. The
Evanses have been entertaining with
q lavish hand in London and they
are said to be very popular there.
The old firm of Howell & Starr,
tonsoral artists, has been dissolved
by mutual consent, the former re-
firing. Lou Starr will continue
business at the old stand and will
uphold the excellent reputation of
the shop for excellent work and
courteous treatment Mr.. Howell
will engage in the nursery business
more extensively-a vocation he
has long taken a fancy to, and
desires to express through the
Herald his sincere thanks to the
many old friends and patrons
who gave to him liberal patronage
50 many long years.