Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-31

Against GOOD Lancaster Team.
Everybody come and see the game.
will Mackey leaves today to &C
cept his new position at Rockford.
H. G. Walton went to Chicago
and returned with Mrs. Walton
Monday.
H. G. Walton will attend the
state meet of the photographers
held at Milwaukee this week.
Mrs. Marlin Crane and son of
Weyauwega are guests of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Y. Decker.
"A license to wed was granted
in Dane county last week to Bertius
Benner, Madison, and Mary Sullivan,
Lancaster.
There were "a old vets in line
OF march from the post hall to the
memorial exercises at the church
Sunday morning.
-Platteville Normal students to
the number of $50 enjoyed an ex-
cursion via Galena and the Missis-
sippi river to Dubuque Saturday.
-Platteville Normal base ball
team played the Galena city team
at the last named place Saturday.
Score to 6 in favor of the Normal.
Miss Alice Wright arrived home
Thursday from California, where
she sojourned through the, winter,
and is greatly benefited in health
thereby.
-Messrs. w. j. Brennan, F. C.
Basford and w. J. Weir take de-
parture next Tuesday for Indian
Territory on business jaunt. The
latter will remain there during the
summer at least.
The Ladies of the G.. A. R. de-
sire to thank the young ladies who
spoke at the Memorial ceremonies
at the cemetery Sunday and also
the school children for the bounti-
full lot of beautiful flowers. ga
Local camps of the Modern
Woodmen are preparing an alb
servance Of their annual Memorial
day to be held next Sunday through
out the land. Appropriate cere-
monies are held and the graves of
Woodmen. and Royal Neighbors
who have passed away are strewn
with flowers.
Fred Miles is unloading car of
second-hand-lumber which he pur-
chased at the worlds fair grounds
at St. Louis and had shipped here.
He will erect barn on his farm
just west of town. The freight
charges on the consignment were
$75.25. 81
-Lomas Bros. of Fennimore re-
ceived a thoroughbred Kentucky
jack by express, direct from the
blue grass country Monday. The
animal weighed 900 pounds and the
crate was no easy load for train
men to handle wherever the numer-
GUS transfers were made enroute on
the long journey. The express
charges amounted to about $40.
-Chas. Thompson and wife were
over from Bloomington first of the
week. Charley is employed at a
barber shop there. They recently
returned from Huron, S. D., where
he was in the employ Of Steve
Dougherty. He informed us that
smallpox has been very prevalent
there-neally everyone had it, Rit
Stephens and his family, Mr.. Dough
erty, he (Thompson) and his wife
and all. There were few deaths
but as a rule the scourge was of a
light form and all have recovered.
!, AS fast as the alterations can be
made at the shops all trains on the
Northwestern system will be made
solid vestibuled. This announcement
has been made from good authority,
and already the change is being
made. The Milwaukee Lancaster
train now carries a vestibuled car
daily-a fine new one fresh from
the shops, and the Milwaukee,
Galena train is similarly equipped.
The passenger brakemen do not
fancy the change, as they are OBJ
liged to raise and lower the COM
pliance at every station, and the
task is no small one. Passengers ap-
preciate the Improvement however.
A merchant who had two stores
in small towns few miles apart
tried an experiment; he put bar
gain counter in each store contain
ing the same articles at the same