Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-02-11

liz OONllhS ctllCy ll1LCS Will
be awarded next week.
Mrs. r. Fezer has returned from
a visit at Elkader., Iowa.
Carl Schroeder was up from
Platteville on Wednesday.
John Graham and family have
moved back to Lancaster from Du-
buque.
&C. A. Johnson was up from
Platteville on a business trip on
Wednesday.
The firm of Schuppener &
Smith at Sitter has been dissolved,
the latter retiring.
County Clerk Tuf1ey will hold
a sale of personal effects at his farm
in Marion Feb. 23rd.
-Adolph Spinck, of st Paul, was
visiting with relatives and friends
in this city on Tuesday.
C. F. Springer, the Mineral
Point cigar manufacturer, was
transacting business in this city on
Wednesday of this week.
"A public dance will be given at
Reeds opera house on the eve Of
Feb. 22nd. Music by the Lancas-
ter orchestra. Particulars later.
-Thos Mcdonald offers the sub
stantial structure he has been using
as his bridge factory for sale. 1t is
as good as new and can be used in
many ways.
The WOman's club will meet
with Mrs. R. B. Showalter Monday
at 3 p. IN. Roll CALL current events.
Subject of program, Russia. Round
a lie conference.
An infant daughter OF John
,Schiffman, aged six months, resid-
ing IN the town of Liberty, died
Wednesday. Funeral services were
conducted by Rev. Schleicher yes
terday.
The Wisconsin Press AssOcia-
ton meets in Madison Wednesday
and Thursday of next week. A
banquet served by the business
men of Madison will be rendered
the members Of the association.
CONGRESSMAN Babcock has our
thanks for copy of the history of
the Washington monument. The
book is finely illustrated and con-
tains much interesting matter in
regard to the national monument.
The editor and wife tender
thanks to Gov. and Mrs. LaFollette
for the invitation to the reception
to be given by them at the executive
mansion at Madison Wednesday
evening in honor of the members
OF the state press association.
"A horse belonging to Casper
Lehner, the monument man of
Galena, and being kept at Geo.
DiVall's in Bell Center, Wis, died
OF pneumonia last Saturday. The
animal was one of fine, large team
and was valued at $175.
Judge Goodsell has had his
private Office in the new courthouse
tinted and the walls decorated.
George Sykes did the work and it
certainly makes the room a dandy.
When they get all the offices fixed
that way our new courthouse will
be beauty inside as we'll as out.
Frank Smith, formerly of this
city, now in the employment of Fl.
E. Light, the Boscobel horsebuyer.
met with an accident Sunday that
will handicap him for sometime to
come. A horse he was leading by
the halter reared up and came down
on his front foot, throwing his
ankle out of place and badly sprain-
ing it.
"A young man took his best girl
to church last Sunday evening, and
stopping at the end of one of the
back pews turned to the usher and
said: II guess we can squeeze in
here" Eyes" said the usher with
subdued smile. II guess you can,
but probably it would pe better for
all concerned to wait until you get
home"
An Iowa school boy was asked
to write a composition on Russia
and wrote as follows 'Rooshy is
a country bounded on the north by
ice, the east by trouble, on the
south by mobs and the zooes kanal,