Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-27
Local JOttin9S.

R. Meyer, Jr. returned Tuesday
noon from Milwaukee.
Ed. Shepard visited bis brother
Lou. in Madison over Sunday.
VIM. Schill1ng has moved his
drilling outfit to Hazel Green.
Casper Eberhardt, of Platteville,
was in the city Saturday on bust
ness.
-Orlo Stephens of GAINESVILLE
visited his father, Hal Stephens,
over Sunday.
Miss Jessie McGonigal returned
Saturday night from Oshkosh her
season as millinery having closed.
Before you fairly know it the
snow shovel and coal bod will be on
duty again. Enjoy this fine weather
while you can.
AID. BROKER and son Eugene
went to Madison yesterday. The
latter will spend several days in the
sanitarium there.
Next week will be a gala one at
the county seat from Tuesday morn
ing until Saturday night Do not
fail to be with us.
considerable grading on certain
streets of the city has recently been
finished, and has put these streets
in fine shape for traffic.
Mrs. Geo. Marks ST., and daugh-
ter Miss Hattie, left Monday morn
ing for a visit with relatives at
WATERFOWL and Milwaukee. They
expect to stay two weeks.
The Ladies' Aid of the Congre-
gational church will meet at the
parlor Friday at 2 p. m. A good at
tendance is required as there is
quilting to do. Everyone invited.
Mac McCrady who graduated
from BelOit College last w Wednesday
has gone to Chicago to take special
work in Zoology in the University
Summer school. Next year he is to
teach at Storm Lake, Iowa, and is
taking the special work on this &C
count.
We calit vOuch for the truth
fulness Of this statement, but tt ere
are so many queer things in this
age that it may be true, that in the
big cities restaurants have been
started with no tables, no chairs,
no food, no walters. Christian
science restaurants; you think you
eat; so much a think.
A steam pipe which conveys
steam from the boiler room TO the
elevator at the state capitol, burst
under the land commissioners Office
Monday morning, flooding the office
with steam to such an extent thu t
the bindings dropped from many Of
the books. 1t is estimated that the
damage will reach $4,000. The in
cident caused a little excitement for
a few moments.
Following is the rel Ort Of Chief
of Police Draper of E'latteville for
the year ending May 1905: Num-
Der Of arrests made during year,
70 of which number AZ were tramps
or harmless DRINKS, and ordered to
leave the city. Number of persons
paid fines-32. Total amount paid
into city for fines $199.50. Number
sent to Jail to serve time, two at
Lancaster and two at Waupun.
Harvey Croft's team engaged
in rather a bad runaway Monday
afternoon. Mr.. Croft left them tied
to a twenty five pound weight in
front of Ressmeyer and Caspers
store. While he was inside the
team became frightened and started
south. In making the turn at the
corner of the court yard the tongue
struck telephone pole, Here one
horse was thrown while the other
dragged the buggy on it's side for
several blocks. Neither horse was
injured but the rig was badly
damaged
On Wedre sday Of last weeks
Mesdames w. j. Mccoy, Delos
Abrams, Kate Mccoy, Theo. Calvin
Maggie Calvert, Jas. Blewett, ST.,
G. H. Basford, w. o. Stephens, Geo.
P. Goble, R. B. Showalter, Joseph
Wright, Ed. Austin and E. L. Nc
Coy, chaperoned by c. H. Basford
drove down from Lancaster to
Riverside" the elegant home of
Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Knotwell, where
they spent summer day of rare
endowment. A dinner of chicken
ie-strawberries and ice cream
with furnishings of all the viands
of the season most deliciously pre-