Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-04-01

was IN Jne CITY wednesday.
Pitt Jacco Of Ridgeway was in
town on business Thursday.
w. J. Smith, of Boscobel, was
a business visitor in this city on
Wednesday.
The building committee of the
hospital at the asylum held a meet
ing Thursday.
Seth Matthews, came up from
Boscobel Wednesday to attend to
business matters.
-Messrs. Luke Webb and Clar-
ence McCluskey of Mt. Hope were
callers yesterday.
w. F. Burne and E. A. Pritchett,
of Platteville, were in the city on
Tuesday of this week.
Elk. County Clerk Dickinson as
sisted County Clerk Tuff1ey at the
adjourned session Thursday.
Miss Ollie Hymer, who has. been
spending week at home, returned
to her school at Muscoda today.
Lucy and Johnnie Byrns, of
Platteville, were visiting with Ian.
caster friends few days this week.
Henry Horstman, A. v. Odds
and wife and Mrs. August Maker,
of Bagley, were in this city on legal
business Thursday.
"A correspondent desires to
know how he can best marry off
his daughters. The first thing he
should do is to teach them to cook.
Appearances favor an early
spring. Farmers are seeding, the
grass is getting green, the snow
drifts are gone and the frogs are
croaking.
e. H. Grifis, former county
clerk, greeted old friends on the
board Thursday. Era shows the
effects of March winds and is hale
and hearty.
MIR. and Mrs. VIM. Gates of
Beetown celebrated their fiftieth
wedding anniversary on Tuesday,
March %. They had a large party
at their commodious farm home.
The Ladies of the Maccabees
will give a ten cent card party at
the Z. P. hall, Thursday, April
9Th. Refreshments will be served.
You are cordially invited to attend.
There are three candidates for
justice of the peace for city voters
to select two from Tuesday next,
but two are noted on the
sample ballot on another page.
Atty. H. L. Moses filed nomination
papers for that office Thursday and
will go on the ticket.
F. G. Mufiey was over from
Boscobel to look on at the board
doings and inspect the new court
house. Frank was secretary of the
committee on public property of
the county board at the fall session
in 1900 that recommended the
building of a new courthouse and
was an enthusiast on the subject.
The Cliff House buildings at
Devils Lake are being torn down
and when the last echo of the work
mans hammer has died away
among the cliffs from which the
place took it's name, and the work
of demolition is complete, this once
famous resort will have ceased to
be. The material will be taken to
Madison.
The coffee klatch given by the
Ladies of the G. A. r., Thursday
evening at K. of P. hall was well
patronized. The menu consisted of
wienerwurst, sour-kraut, rye bread
and b. no, they didn't have beer,
but coffee in beer stems. The lady
walters were dressed as German
barmaids. Proceeds of the affair
we'll over $500. The ladies were
given the wienerwurst by the
Nathan Grocery Co., and the coffee
was a present of L. Alt & Sons.
The warm sun and strong south
wind, which prevailed a few days
the former part of the week,
melted away the large snow drifts
lingering along the roads and shady
north slopes, and dried up the mud
holes in the roads, which leaves
them quite rough. The road over
seers in each district can put the
roads in excellent form at very
light expense by Simplifying using a
few teams and harrows. A few
times over the dry roads with a
harrow will smooth them down in