Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-16

IS. E. Borah and wife of Mt.
Ida attended the state fair.
The professional card of R. H.
Kinney appears IN this issue.
M. V. Hunt was over from
Mineral Point on business on
Wednesday.
-Supt. W. J. Dyer of the county
asylum took in the state fair at
Milwaukee this week.
Mrs. c. F. Dickinson goes to
New York next week to visit her
daughter, Mrs. Andersen.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. P. Him OF
Fennimore celebrated their 25th
wedding anniversary on the 9th
inst.
Mrs. L. M. Fennel of Bloom
ington was a guest of her brother,
D. Abrams, a portion of the past
week.
Ira Durni and Charles Rogers,
of Patch Grove, were shaking hands
with old friends in this city on
Wednesday.
William and J. V. Patterson, of
Bloomington, were in the city
Wednesday on a business and
pleasure trip.
Street Commissioner BudwortL
has a crew of men putting in a
new street crossing on the street
leading to the depot.
Mrs. Woodward and son Frank
took departure for their homes yes
terday morning after a pleasant
visit with relatives in Lancaster and
vicinity.
Mrs. M. Bracket and daugh-
ter Eunice departed for their home
at Waterloo Iowa, Thursday morn
ing, after very pleasant visit with
relatives and friends in this city.
In this issue of the Herald will
be found one of he stories of the
Esecret service. It is entitled 1.-THE
Biebush Band and is highly inter-
esting. It will he found on pages
two, three and six.--=Do not fail to
read it. j.. s.q.z....ar..... ..,~. $50. !.
IF you have not ordered your
calendars yet: cali > at the Herald
Office and;s inspect. QUE line. This
years line excels ssany line we. have
ever had and ourprices are far BEL
low what the travelling calendar
salesman ask you. - Z;
john Vesperman lost a hunting
case goldswatch Sunday some place
hetween their farm g miles from
Lancaster and this city. It has his
initials on the case and his full
name inside. The, chain was at
tached. A liberal. reward will be
paid for it's return to this Office.
L. A.. -Breithaupt and wife Of
Zion City, Ill, are in. this city for a.
visit with relatives, and their many
friends. Since leaving Zion City
they visited with. a son at Platteville
and also one at Ellenboro. They
expect to return home about the
goth of this month. Mr.. and Mrs.
Breithaupt will be remembered as
old and highly respected residents
Of North Lancaster. J.. 49,.
1t is reported from Fennimores
that the drills working on the
Horton farm just north of that
place passed through great vein
of lead ore the latter part of last
week. They struck ore at a depyh
of 100 feet and for 20 feet the
drillings showed good sluggings.
We are glad to report that our
neighboring town has good mining
prospects. =
About this time the campers re-
turn and tell what great time they
had, but they never ment1on-how
the mosquitoes bit them; how the
ants crawled over the table and pro-
vlsions;how the women were scared
of the snakes; how the noises kept
them awake at night; how disagree
able it was when they had to crawl
out III the morning; how bugs made
nests in the blankets; how they
had to squabble over how the work
should be divided; how the smoke
from the camp fire got in everyone's
eyes; how inconvenient it was to
wash; how they wished ever day
that they were back home; how
they became disguised with canned
goods and other incidents too num-
erous to enumerate.
After a short illness of scarcely
a week, Patrick Carmody, one OF
tho >>o0n% xr1,11 10 10 Co of fha