Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-10-24

DO not fail to hear Rankin at
the opera house tonight.
Ed Kiley returned Yesterday
from a trip to South Dakota.
Joe Sitter went to Freeport
for visit yesterday morning
d. Abrams returned yesterday
from a business trip to North
Dakota.
Atty. E. W. Burnham of Rich
land Center was in the city Mon
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. JOS. 7. Bennett
were in attendance at the Barber
Clementson nuptials at Galena yes
terday.
"A lads blue crocheted shawl
was lost on the street. Finder will
be rewarded by returning same to
this Office,
Geo. Kasper and wife arrived
home from South Dakota Saturday
evening. Farm life has been bene-
fetal to both during the summer
9ason.
-Thos. Tormey, M. P. Smith, c..
P. Him and John Breckley of Fen
nimore were in the city Tuesday
in attendance at the funeral of City
Treasurer Oswald.
The fact that the leaf of
autumn is slippery as we'll as sere
and yellow has been demonstrated
during the frequent moist weather
with many dull, sickening thud.
The wedding.of Miss ICatharine
Barber of Galena and Atty. Geo. B..
Clementson of this citylitook place
at Galena at p. m. yesterday.
Relatives from here were in attend
ance. A more extended write-up
will appear later.
The case of the state VS. DIR.
Henry for assault, the final trial for
jury, resulted in a verdict against
defendant and he was fined 800
and costs. MIR. Wheeler, the COM
plainant, will now proceedI with his
case for personal damages against
the doctor.
Two 1rishmen were discussing
the nationality of the American
states" Said Pat, Faith an be
jabbers, if this CRATE country amt
overrun wild tn Irish, and yit out
av fortv-two states in tn union not
wan has an Irish name" ''Sure, an
yer wrong" replied Mike, Whats
tn matter wild O'RegOn?"
An old lady made "a visit to the
neigh ors, where her prolonged
calls had made her something of q
bore. Finally she said to one of
the children, Tommy, I am going
home IN a little while, and l want
you to go little piece of the way
with me-" Tommy immediat ely
replied: Cant do it, cause we're
going to have dinner as soon as you
leave"
Atty. II. w. Brown was the
host at banquet at his home Fri
day evening at which number of
the representative business men of
Fennimore were guests, together
with few of his intimate associates
at the county seat. Those in at
tendance were G. P. Him, D. B.
Brunson, A.E. Storrs, Frank Roach,
@. J. Niehaus, Fl. B. Lewis, d. T.
Parker, J. r. Villemonte, Walter
Orion, A. B. Bailey, J. B. Mauer
and II. E Roethe of FennimOre,
and Geo. Baxter, frankie Schreiner,
c. H. Baxter, E. B. Goodsell and
r. Meyer, Jr. of Lancaster. OIt is
needless to state the occasion was
an enjoyable one as the invitations
read ''all politics barred
You can have your envelopes
printed by the government to be
sure, but the question remains-is
it not an injustice to your local
printer? Primarily the govern
ment is to blame for entering into
competition with private business,
but why should the business man
kick about his customers patroniz-
ing mail order houses when he sends
his own printing to the government
print shop9 But supposing the
government went into the grocery
business, the banking business or
the clothing business and furnished
the local printer with his groceries
and clothing at less prices than any
wholesale dealer could even afford
to sell them, wouldn't we hear a
howl? Think it over. Mr.. Business