Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-08-10
Local JOttingS.

Joe Reid was in Platteville
Thursday.
-HeDry Nichols was in Madison
Thursday.
DR.. J. E. McGovern was here
from Potosi Thursday.
Atty. II. Buchner had business
IN PlattevIlle Thursday.
Neal and Roy Phinney spent
Wednesday in Boscobel.
Mrs. Harvey Smith and baby
son, are visiting in Boscobel.
Mrs. AL Gardner and child are
visiting her sister at Milwaukee.
r. C. Basford returned TO Mil
waukee Monday. He was accom-
panied on his visit here by Mr..
Flickner.
Mrs. Jos. McBrlen of Mime
apolis is a guest at the John G..
Clark home.
There were "a tickets sold from
here to Devils Lake on the excur-
sion Thursday.
Frank Tanner returned Tues
day from Letcher, OAK, for visit
with relatives here.
Misses Charlotte and Beth
Lowry went to independence, Ia,
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"A good crowd from Lancast er
attended thefeld days at Livingston,
Thursday and Friday.
Atty. H. E Carthew is in JEFF
fersOn arguing matter IN circuit
court for that district.
-Cassville Index: Mrs. Flickner
and children are visiting friends in
BeetOwn and Lancaster.
Mrs. Kate Muench suffered the
effects of an attack of appendicitis
this week, but is reported TO be con-
yalescent.
Two 4th ward ladies engaged
in a fstic encounter the other even
ing that eye witnesses state was for
blood and no mistake.
Grandma Shipley, John Todd
and wife and Miss Gertrude Todd
of Ohio, Ia, are guests at the
residence of Jas. Blewett, ST..
Camp meeting is now in full
swing at the camp grounds in
PIatteville. Next Sunday evening
closes the services for this year.
We acknowledge the usua
cOUrtesies to the Darlington fair TO
be held Aug. 27-2S $3.50. The Big
White fair is always a good one.
james Garthwa1te of Little
Grant delivered 200 sheep and 1OO
lambs to Bennett and Place last
week that were record breakers.
Nick Caspers of Quinn, S. D.,
is here on a visit for business and
pleasure. He is selling real estate.
While here ne is guest of his
brother Joe.
The regular monthly meeting
of The city council was not held
Tuesday evening owing TO the
absence of quorum. lt is slated
for next Tuesday evening.
1t is announced that there will
be no special rates to the state fail
this year. We can afford to pay
regular rates now when they are
cut down to a reasonable figure.
"A game of baseball played the
other day between teams of Bee
town and Hogtown resulted in a
score of 25 to IS III favor of Bee
town. The water wagon is said to
be to- blame for the big scores made
on each side.
The Platteville Normal now has
over 1000 graduates from the full
course. They are 10 be found in
thirty five of the different states,
and in Mexico, Porto Rica, South
America Hawaiian Islands and in
the Philippines. A good record.
Minnesota has reciprocal de-
murrage law that went into effect
July 1st. 1t provides that anyone
who wants car for shipment with
in the state can get it inside of 70
hours by making a written applica-
ton tor it TO the local agent. If the
car does not come within this time
the shipper gets $1.OO for each day
or part of a day after the time
specified.
Cotton thread, until a short
time ago the most stable in price of
all the staples, selling the country
over for 5 cents a spool, is to be
advanced again. so the retail price
will be 10 cents. On May 20 there
was an advance which brouoht the