Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-18
Local JOttineS.
This frontier life is great.

4 OIL n oeteAAOf P1S0ON U PO1 CAOAl
of the week at Fennimore.
Last dance of the season at
Reeds opera house Feb. 22nd.
David Johnson passed portion
of the past week in Milwa ukee.
Next Wednesday is the 173rd
anniversary of the birth of Geo.
Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Brand
emuhl are the proud possessors of a
new daughter.
-Messrs. Max Brickman and
John Day were in Dubuque yester
day on business.
Elmer Walton returned We'd
nesday night coming in on the pas
senger behind the pillow.
Cold weather and snow drifts
interfered somewhat with the
valentine trade this year.
The Smith Brothers, the funny
acrohats with Beach & Bowers
minstrels, may be properly termed
wonders.
The North Side Social club will
meet Tuesday afternoon with Mrs
Florence Green. A full attendance
is desired.
"A good many people are blam-
ing this cold weather to the spot on
the sun. Here's hoping therell be
another spot in July.
The Livingston creamery had a
prosperous year. Nearly 10000
pounds OF butter were turned out
and sold for about $4,000.
The Herald's news service is
hampered by poor mail facilities
again today, besides being several
hours late in going to press.
Everyone is invited to the dance
at Reeds opera house next Wednes-
day night. Tickets IS cents. Good
music and an enjoyable time guar
anteed.
The American Singing Club,
composed of quintette of magni-
ficent voices, is one of the many
new features of Beach & Bowers
MINISTRIES.
The balance of the fixtures for
the new courthouse have been
shipped. They are undoubtedly
stalled between here and Chicago
somewhere.
The gentlemen are going to
serve the supper next Wednesday
at o'clock at the Congregational
church. Plenty to eat and well
come to everyone. Prices 25 and
Is cents.
New Herald subscribers the
past week are E. A. Vannatta, Thos.
Winskill, Hugo Kohlenberg, A. j.
Woodruff, Albert Visco, Will Brett
haupt, Lancaster; Miss Mary Gel
bach, Mendoza.
j. B. Ludden, the progressive
Bloomington merchant, has an ad.
in the Herald today. This should
set the merchants in Lancaster,
who fail to see how advertising
pays, to thinking.
The person who figured it out
that it would be 10 years before
New Years came on Sunday made
a mistake. The year 1911 begins
on Sunday and ends on Sunday,
and hence has 50 Sundays.
The West Side Reading circle
met with Mrs. JAS. Mccormick FRI
day afternoon. Subject: Lincoln"
1t being valentine day each remem-
bered the other with valentines.
The hostess presented the ladies
with very pretty souvenirs.
John NARROW of Beetown has
sold his farm of SO acres, considera-
ton $4,000 and has purchased of
Frank c. Jones of Platteville farm
of 1872! acres near Ellenboro at $55
per acre. Both sales were made
through John Days agency.
-Washington's birthday will be
an event of more than ordinary OBJ
servance at the A. HI. Cornell home
in Mt Hope. A wedding is to be
solemnized that day at that happy
abode. Miss Elsie Connell becomes
the bride of Ezra Abraham, son of
Andrew Abraham.
S. Levin, the Boston store man,
was here again this week making
preliminary arrangements for the
opening of his new establishment
in the opera house block about Apr.
Let. The room is being newly pitted
for him with counters, shelving,