Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-30
Rains easy these days.

| the coming year.
r. Macke and wife were up
from Potosi yesterday.
Capt Schloesser returned to
Chicago Yesterday morning.
We'll, the carnival and 4th
have been well advertised anyway.
Ernest Mclean of Beetown was
business caller in Lancaster Thurs
day.
Manager Larson, Of the Union
Phone system, was in town Wednes-
day
Glen Haven will have five
saloons this year. License is but
800.
-Messrs. Henry and Ed. Roethe,
of Fennimore, were in the city
Thursday.
Sister E. Gregoire was pas
senger on yesterdays outbound
train for Milwaukee.
Will Fisher is putting up a
cheese factory on his farm three
miles south of Sitter.
If you wish any job printing for
the carnival, Mr.. Merchant, order
it quick at the Herald Office.
The common council will hold
its regular monthly meeting for
July next Tuesday evening.
You'll miss the event of your
lives if you do not take in the carni-
val and 4th at Lancaster next week.
Mrs. ". R. Shattuck. and sons
returned home to Benton Thursday
morning after a pleasant visit with
relatives here.
Harry Beetham left Monday
for tour through South Dakota.
He will make hrs headquarters at
Murdo, where his son Ben has
taken claim.
John Burns will be at his old
sand one door west of the post
Office during carnival week and Will
serve the public with the best of
lunches, ice cream, cake, temper
ance drinks and refreshments in
general.
Arrangements are being made
for special trains from Platteville
and Dodgeville to run to Lancaster
next Wednesday morning, return
ing in the evening and there is good
reason to hope that the request will
be granted.
Frank Van Dusen, instructor
in the American Conservatory of
Music, Chicago, and Mss Elsie
Van Dusen, stenographer: for the
Ohio & Indiana Oil Co., of Chi
cago, are home on a short vacation,
visiting with their parents, DR.. and
Mrs. w. H. Van Dusen.
The wife of third ward man is
puzzling her brain to know why
her husband should worry over
kindling wood when there is large
quantity stored on the premises.
She declared that in his sleep Sun
day night he called several times
for another dollars worth of chips y
Her friends have been too kind to
explain.
Efforts are on foot to get a par
don for w. G. Fuller, who with W.
| Fl. Bestor got a life sentence at
Waupun years ago for the murder
ofsan aged couple at Black Earth
for their money, afterwards burn
ing their home and bodies. Bestor
died in the penitentiary last week
on his death bed, it was d1scov-
cred he and not Fuller did the
killing. The aged couple killed
were Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Nelson,
who formerly resided at Boscobel.
Officers of the soldiers reunion
for ensuing year chosen at Boscobel
last week are W. F. Grindell, Platte1
vile, president; Vice presidents: W.
B. Jacobs of Muscoda, Arthur Doyle
of Cuba City, j. B. Murphy of Bos
cobel, Reuben Cooley Of Fennimore,
David Schreiner of Lancaster; VIM.
Chandler of Hazel Green, Lewis
Better of Bloomington; M. W.
Parker of Montfort, Joseph Walker
OF Potosi; A. J. Hood Of Muscoda
was chosen adjutant; Joseph Lar
inner of Muscoda quartermaster:
VIM. Wilson of Boscobel drum
major; JAS. Hayden of Beetown
snare drummer; Bert Sumner of
Lancaster and VIM, Cook of Bosco-
bel fifers.
| With the approach of the 4th OF
July celebrations and their attend
ant accidental wounds to the small
OF, hOvS a local 11bvcioioD hoe cc,,o1