Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-03-22

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ton tickets to the Herald.
Judge Goodsell held probate
court at Platteville yesterday.
The mud will soon be deep
enough to suit the most fastidious
taste.
Abe Patch and Thos. Mcnamara
were over from Bloomington Mon
day.
w. j. Jackson, of Platteville,
was in the city a day or two this
week.
R. W. Rands, of Boscobel, was
a business visitor in this city
yesterday.
Primary elections were held in
various cities throughout the state
yesterday.
: Atty. L. Philipson and wife
were over from Bloomington yes
terday.
The fair book will be more at
tractive this year than ever. Speak
for an ad. now.
Landlord Donnelly, of the
Bloomington hotel, was with friends
in this city on Saturday last.
John Pendleton returned from
Platteville Monday and resumed
his duties as clerk at the Philips
house.
Town politics are as quiet as
city affairs. Several farmers have
spoken however of the great in
terest that is being taken in town
matters by city folks.
The Ladies Aid Society will
meet with Mrs. E. L. Mccoy on Fri
day, March "a, at 2 o'clock p. m.
A large attendance is desired as
there is work to be done.
Jos. Wolstenholme, pros
porous merchant of Grand Island,
Neb., was welcome visitor at his
old home here first of the week.
He had been to Chicago to purchase
goods.
Ralph Vandewall will receive
the Herald at Washington, D. c.,
for a year-sent by his good father.
Ralph has a good position as
stenographer in the postoffice de-
partment of the government.
The name Of good old Cedar
wood will remain on horsemens' lips
for many years to come although
the great sire is gone. Five of his
children aged years and one aged
2 years were sold the past month
for 81, $50.
Large and devout congregations
are enjoying the lectures by the
rector at Emmanuel church on
religious paintings. The ] subjects
tomorrow and Thursday will be
1.-THE TRANSPORTATION of Raphael"
and 1.-THE Last Supper" by Da
Vuici.
The Grant County Abstract
agency changed hands Saturday,
w. B. Carter being the purchaser.
Mr.. Carter will continue the bust
ness at the same location, and with
his unquestioned clerical ability all
patrons are assured satisfactory
returns in dealing with the con-
Germ.
Some difficulty has been en-
countered in placing the new
fixtures in the courthouse and for a
time very few lights would come on
but now they are working much
better and are nearly all in working
order. Some very fine looking as
we'll as substantial fixtures have
been put in. The counters for the
offices are all in and also the vault
fixtures but the chairs for the court
rooms and some of the desks and
chairs for the Offices are not uere
yet though they are expected to ar
rive soon.
The courses in the school of
music of the University of Wiscon-
sin, and especially those in the
piano and voice departments, have
been rearranged and extended to
cover period of four years insteat:
of three as heretofore, and the re-
quirements for admission to the
piano department have been slight
ly raised. This new arrangement
will make it possible for the stud
ents to complete the course without
difficulty in four years, and will
give them the most thorough train