Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-13

Clay Chapman and Allan Cardy
drove here from Plattevllle Sur
day.
-Lancasters carnival will be the
best ever held in this section of the
state.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. J. Calvin and
Mr.. Frank Smith and wife visited
over Sunday in Beetown.
Fred Day went to Platteville
Monday where he will visit relatives
few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Hoffman re-
joice over the arrival of a son on
the 9Th inst.
Ed Dickinson of Fayette, Ia,
was a guest Of his brother G. F.,
here over Sunday.
-Messrs. D. Abrams of this city
and Lincoln Abraham Of Bloom
lngton went to Madison yesterday.
The 62nd annual communication
of the grand lodge of Free and Ac-
cepted Masons is in session in Mil
waukee this week
DIR. Schnittker is still in jail in
Milwaukee, charged with perform
ing an illegal operation on Miss
Anna Severson deceased.
Jos. Marsh of Castle Rock we
! arrested by Sheriff Glenn yesterday
on complaint of Jos. Kosharek Of
the same town, the charge being as
sault with abusive language.
Homegrown strawberries will
not be very plentiful this season.
The plantsfdid not winter very well
on account Of the insuficienty Of
covering, and as a result many
plants were killed.
Ali members of the w. r. G.
are requested to be present at the G.
A. R. hallas tomorrow at $3.50 D. N.
to assist gin ia social and literary
programme honor Of the American
flag and Betsy Ross.
The acreage of beets IN Rock
county this year will surpass that
Of heretofore by several hundred
acres. While the beets are increae-
ing, the rais1ng of tobacco does not
seem to decrease any.
The old Penitentiary mine near
Platteville has been in OPERA
ton for theIpast so years, and still
producesI0large quantities of ore.
The earlier2.period was given en-
tirely to top workings.
The floods came and the rains
descended, but old Beetown sti
stands and thelproceeds Of the do
nation engineered by the ladies on.
the evening of3IJune 2nd, ($55. SOY
will be used' in placing sidewalks
which, we hopeimay withstand the
storms ofImanysyears to come.
-A5blaze in Miss Pender's mil
linery display window was the
cause Of calling outIthe fire depart
ment Monday0afternoon, but dam
ages were .lslight, the blaze being
distinguished ! before gaining any
Roadway Prompt Eaction checked
the flames early in the game.
The Agricultural Experiment
Station Of the University of W1scon-
sin has just 1ssuedsBuIletin No. 1876,
practical Directions for Preserving
Native Fruits and Vegetables. !"
This bulletin contains many valuable
hints to the house wife and will he
sent to anyaaddress IN Wisconsin
upon request to.the University.
Mr.. IandlMrs. ALBERT IBudworth
received word that a successful
operation has been performed upon
their daughter-ln-law, Mrs. Clvde
Budworth who is IN a hospital in
| Chicago, and expects to be home IN a
couple Of weeks. Her mother Mrs.
F. W. Klinkhamer is with her. Her
husband Clyde Budworth, who is at
tending dental college in Chicago
returned to his home in Cassville last
week.
We are pleased to see so many
of our citizens taking pride in their
homes. The word "home," next to
that of mother" is the greatest
ever uttered by human tongue.
What refuge the home is when
the darkness gathers! ~1How glad
one is to get a glimpse of home
when time and space have separat-
ed Linn sfrom it iifj- even but for a
brief period! There7 iseems to be a
good natured rivalry, here in an eff
fort to make "our 0home" look a
l tile neater and thus ]ybe the more
inviting to the occupants than all
others. Such rivalry is certainly
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