Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-07-22

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ter are visiting at Ma Olson.
L. Armfeld was over from Fem
nimore on business Yesterday.
/ AMiss Flossie oates,of Lancaster,
issvisiting her brother Harvey, at
Baraboo. -z 4s ~
Bounty has been paid on $50
rattlesnakes thus far this season in
Richland county. \
-Monona Lake assembly opened
at Madison yesterday. Among
those who will attend from Lancas-
ter are Mrs. J. p Lewis, Mrs. NJ.
A. Reed, Mrs. Helen Barlow, Miss
Mary Bellows and hel brother
Julian.
Miss Telah Calvin entertained a
few of her friends at a six o'clock
dinner Thursday evening. The
guests were Lila Wendell, nellie
Dickinson, Minnie Brindley. Bessie
Carter, Gordon Smith, Fayette
Baldwin, Carl Doolittle, Herbert
Pendleton, Fred Daley.
: AS Pastor Ralph will be absent
for few days there will.be no serv-
ices except Sunday school and
Christian Endeavor at the Con-
gregational church tomorrow. He
expects to return for services July
Goth. Mrs. Ralph is also away and
is visiting with her sister, Mis-. w.
R. Gilman at Linden. I :S'
Insects and bugs are the pests
of the season and never before
were they so numerous in all
places as they are this year. There
are not only mosquitoes and gnats,
but many kinds that have never
been seen in these parts before.
The only cause for this large num-
Der is that the rains have been so
frequent that they have bred rapid
fly.s 'a3 n a. '' s''
@~-On July. 53rd the postmaster
general ordered. that service here
after on all rural free delivery
routes be- suspended on New Years
Day. (Jan., 1st.,) Washington's
Birthday, Feb. 22nd.,) Memorial or
Decoration Day MAY 3Oth,) First
Monday in Sept, !. Labor Day and
such day asee'the president may set
apart as Thanksgiving DaFss each
year.
The Laydsmith journal says
than an usual method was used re-
GENTLY near that ..place'to ascertain
the location of the body Of man
who was drowned in the Jump
river. A quantity of Quicksilver
was placed in a loaf Of bread and
the bread was set afloat in the river
UP the stream from where the man
sank. The bread foated a distance
and then stopped. Directly under
this point the body was found.
"A railroad official informed a
Herald representative yesterday
that move was on to place a mail
car and mail clerk on the Lancaster
-Galena train morning and even
ing and also on the regular Sun
day train. AS it now is only pouch
mail is carried by these trains. We
trust the rumor will prove to be a
reality for it would greatly benefit
the mail service here as well as all
along the line.
One of the largest Indian pow
vows held in the state for many
years has just taken place near
Black River Falls. It was their an
nual BURBERRY feast and dance. For
weeks the Winnebagos have been
gathering blueberries in the
marshes, and when their baskets
were filled they would march in
solemn procession to the scene of
the feast. The sports preceding
the feast have been materially
changed within the past few years.
Now horse racing, athletics of civil
lied times and even gambling have
been added to the old-time program.
WIN. Hoffman, a well known
farmer residing west of the city,
was the victim of a peculiar &C
cident Thursday. While engaged
in moving grass with scythe his
son came to the field bringing with
him 22-cal rifle. The boy laid the
rifle on the ground under tree
and went away. Soon after the
housedog came along and stepped
on the rifle and it was discharged,
evidently having been left with the
trigger up. The bullet struck Mr..
Hoffman in the leg just back of the
bone, producing nothing but a
flesh wound. He was some distance