Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-01-11

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the big ones get away.
Atty. r. A. Watkins was in
Madison first of the week.
Matthias Nachazel, Hancock,
Ia, and Mary Swoboda of Muscoda
are licensed to wed.
Herald advertising columns
will help your business during 1905
providing you will use them.
Preaching at Pleasant ridge
church Friday eve at Z o'clock.
Quarterly meeting Jan. 2Sth.
Several Lancaster Masons took
in the Goth anniversary ceremonies
of the Potosi lodge last evening.
The annual convention of the
the Wisconsin State Historical
society will be held at Madison Feb.
10.
The court house building COM
mittee will meet this morning to let
the contracts for furniture and fix
lures for the new courthouse:
"A session of circuit court
planned for yesterday was post
poned until the first day of the re-
gular Fl bruaryI term by Judge
Clementson on account of Mrs.
Clementson's illness.
The students and teachers who
have been spending the holiday va
cation at their homes in this city
returned to their labors this week.
After a pleasant visit with the ''old
folks at home" they will take up
their school work with renewed
energy.
One of the largest caves in Wis
consin has been discovered two
miles west of Shullsburg. 1t has
not been explored fully, but it is
more than 600 feet in length and
has many galleries and passageways
from it's central chamber.
A chimney on the high school
building at Fennimore burned out
Monday afternoon and so furiously
did it blaze that apprehension was
caused concerning the destruction of
the building. An alarm was sounded
and the inhabitants of the village
all turned out. Damages resulting
were meagre however.
"A basket social with all the
usual enjoyable side features thrown
in was held at the McKelvey sch DOL
house in township Of Potosi Friday
evening with a good attendance.
John Jordan of this city sold the
baskets and established great re-
putation for himself along this line.
Tie sales amounted to SIS. Miss
Efie Marcue is the young lady in
charge of the school.
The farm on which T. L. Robe
lives, known as the James Treloar
farm. has been sold to Peter Berudt.
Mr.. Robe intends going south with
Thos. Mcdonald and work IN the
coal mines Mr.. Mcdonald is to open.
He will have sale on the 18th inst.
at which time he will dispose of his
st >ck, personal property, etc. See
bills issued at this Office for parti-
culars.
Bishop Schwebach of the La
Crosse diocese, in which this county
is located, has made public the cen
sus of the diocese just completed.
It shows the diocese in fourishing
condition, with 1917 Catholics.
There are 40 priests. OF these 1873
bel Ing to no orders, while thirty
seven belong to orders as follows:
Franciscan, Is; Jesuits, Is; Fathers
of the Holy Cross, 5; Dominicans, 3.
The census shows an increase of
S,747 Catholics IN the diocese since
1898.
The editor of weekly paper
recently called at the 'home of the
brides parents the day after the
wedding. He was desirious of tell
ing his readers all about the event
and wished to give the young couple
good send-off as well. The brides
mother met him. Good morning,
Mrs. JONES'" said the editor. 1--WE
called to get some of the details OF
the wedding" Goodness" replied
Mrs. Jones in dismay, they're all
gone. You ought to have come
last night. They ate every scrap. y
DIR. and Mrs. Crane of Weyau-
vega are the proud parents of a
baby girl. Mrs. Crane will be re-
membered as Nellie Decker New
man. Mrs. Decker is at Weyau-
vega lavishing the attentions of a
devoted grandma to the little miss
ccI Gror1no noolyor Of hDyoo horo