Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-09

The big Nelson-Britt fistic con-
test is on at Colma, Cal. today.
Atty W. G.. Palmer of Boscobel
was here on business Thursday.
Lee Reamer and family of
Ellenboro have moved to Withee.
Rev. J. T.. Morgans goes to M.
E conference at Madison Tuesday.
-Enginerman Flynn is taking a
brief lay-off. Robt Schultz has his
run.
-Chas. Roberts and wife are the
proud parents of a baby boy born
Monday.
Mrs. Chas. Osthoff and son Of
Baraboo are guests of Lancaster
relatives.
Miss Mabel Burr of Ellenboro
teaches at Blue Mounds again the
coming year.
Several Grant county folks will
attend the big state fair at Milwau-
kee next week.
Miss Butler of West Branch,
Ia, is guest of her sister, Mrs.
Frank Horton.
R. E. Murphey has ordered a
change of the address of his Herald
to Cambridge Springs, Penn.
j. F. Mccullough, was down
from Madison couple of days this
week on pleasure and business.
Miss Anime Belscamper takes
departure Monday for Appleton
where she will attend Lawrence
University.
Judge Clementson and Court
Reporter Orion go to Rlchland
Center Monday to hold circuit court
for that county.
Miss Carrie Crouch, sister of
Mrs. J. T. Morgans, returned to her
home in Chicago Thursday. NOM
ing after an extended visit here.
A new schoolhouse lis to be
erected at the Gap near Fennimore
to take the place of the one SO long
in use. A. D. Graham has the con
tract for $77S.:
Louis Vesperman and daughter
Lydia, accompanied by Miss Matte
Vesperman, Mr.. and Mrs. Hugo
Kohlenberg, and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Dietzel, leaves for Lincoln, Neb-
raska, next Tuesday. =
J The case AGAINST the Boseobel
boys charged with stealing beer
from the brewery there was called
in Justice Moses court here Thurs
and resulted in dismissal. The de-
PENDANTS were discharged.
Master Earl Vesperman broke
his collar bone Sunday evening
while trying to emulate the circus
performers. The break was not
bad one, however, and he is doing
nicely under the care of the doctor.
Mrs. Fred Hagen has as her
guests the present week, Mrs. Ellen
Ch,lson, Harvard, ILL.,; Mrs. W. A.
BLOOD, of Madison, Wis; P Van
Leshout, Upton, Iowa; Willie
Whippo, Galena, Ill; Leo, and Milo
I Aspinwall of Barneveld.
Our railroads are advertising
wider, longer and higher births in
sleeping cars on their lines, all OF
which will be appreciated by the
traveller. But a fellow who has oc.
cupied bunk on an ocean steamer
Is apt to congratulate himself wher
he changes to the ordinary sleeping
car berth.
The business men Of Delava1
are taking unique way to gel
even with the mail order houses il
Chicago. They paid their draymar
$40 a month to get the names Of
those who we're receiving freighr
from mail order houses. When one
of these parties went into Delava1
store to buy anything on credit he
was refused, no matter how goo(
his financial standing was. VIE
they had butter and eggs they weIt
told to sell their product to Mont
gomery Ward or Sears & Roebuck
The result was that the town was
put on cash basis and the people
were forced to quit trading with
mail order houses.
"A score or more of veterans OF
Tom Cox Post, G.. A. r. were in
charge of the funeral of Herman
Schloesser held Thursday at his
home. Deceased had been ill fol
many months and was tenderly