Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-23
Local JOttings.

Hnday.
Mrs. Lewis Vesperman goes to
hicago tomorrow for a visit with
3latives.
=. 7. Buster and family of
ennimore were guests of Lancas-
T relatives over Sunday.
Railroad men figure 10 tons a
" OF coal quite a burning. But
ink Of that new steamer Lusitania
at burns 1000 tons a day while
,Ossing the Atlantic.
Mrs. F. Belken and daughter
snevieve left Monday morning for
Paul, were they will visit their
lighter and sister, Mrs. Fl. S.
3rlach.
Miss Florence Taylor who had
en- visiting at Lancaster the past
eek returned to her home at
atteville Monday, Ora Wayne ac-
mpanied her.
The merchant who is "buried"
tine cares of new stocks and new
dertakings should share his time
tn that which makes the other
:ngs feas1bIe-his advertising cam.
ign.
Fred Burr, advanced agent of
? Frank E. Long company, re-
ned the show at Red Wing,
nm, yesterday, after a two-weeks'
loft on account of the death
his brother, Chas. w.
Minerva Chapter, No. so, o. E.
initiated two candidates and
edwards INDUCED in a good, old
,hioned time such as the Eastern
ars always carry out successfully.
freshments were included.
Our hardware dealers report an
ceptionally large sale of coal
ives so far this fall. They predict
at within a few years the wood
I've will disappear. from the
arket entirely as wood is advanc-
& so rapidly in price.
-Horsefesh is generally advertie-
in the German newspapers, and
0st cities in the empire have at
st one market which makes it a
ecialty, maintaining that it has a
cher percentage Of nourishment
an beef, veal, mutton or pork.
In an. advance report prepared
Secretary of Agriculture, J. M.
ne, for the United States govern
mt, he declares that the yield of
ley in this state this year will be
1ut % bushels tO the acre; wheat
rye Is and oats %. The oat
p is always below the average.
says the corn crop this year is
per cent of the yield last year,
from 80 TO 40 per cent OF it IS
and therefore unmarketable.
; potato crop is so per cent Of
year.
The first Improvement of the
nv slated to be made by the
cago 81 Northwestern at the
it station is to become a reality.
} heavy flat cars Saturday even
brought in a new turn-table of
latest pattern and design, cap
} Of handling with ease the
est locomotives the system uses.
ill be placed in position north
ne Standard Oil house on ground
sntly acquired by the company
a crew of men arrived Monday
xecute the work. The round
Sc will eventually be located on
same ground also, as a matter
Convenience, and a new structure
be erected to take the place of
old shell now in use. Then a
depot will come on next.
Judge Henry L. Palmer of
waukee, president of the North
tern Mutual Life ms. company,
brated his SSth birthday Fri
and was the recipient of num-
rs congratulations over the
mt. The desk of the president
; covered with floral tributes by
lciates and employees of the COM
~, and personal friends and
Ow Masons dropped in during
day to extend their congratula-
as. Judge Palmer is at present
Dying better health than for
ne years. He is at his Office
Try working day, and for years
been the first official to arrive
the home offices in the morning.
The Wisconsin Life Insurance
npany of Madison Saturday filed
the Office of the state insurance
mmissioner notice of the nomina-
IN of Attorneys A. r. Bushnell
d r A. Watkins, both of Lancas-
:, as nominees for members of the