Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-10-12

a locomotive fireman, and Il. Doer-
ing succeeds him.
The fall work in the Beetown
cemetery is completed. But the
road leading to same is in much
need of repair. Please friends, few
more remittances are needed to meet
the added expense. A list of all
who remit will be published in a
later issue.
The decentralization of Mary j..
Holmes popular novel, Tempest
Sunshine" to be seen at Opera
house on Oct. IL is the newest play
by Lem B. Parker, written especial
ly to the order of w. F. Mann for
the successful young stars Marie
De Beau and Ruth Raynor, con-
tains all the elements (which go to
make a successful play, and has re-
ceived original treatment at the
hands of its author.
There was an alarm Of fire at
the asylum Wednesday afternoon
which caused some little excitment.
The fire is supposed to have started
from chimney and was extinguish-
ed after burning through the roof.
The Lancaster fire department was
summoned but the fire was ex-
tinguished before they reached the
farm. Mr.. Dyer was in the city at
the time of the fine but through the
prompt work of Mrs. Dyer and the
attendants little harm was done.
The Woman's club will meet with
Mrs. G. S. Moore, Monday, October,
18th at 8 o'clock, Program:
Responses Current events; paper,
Outlook on the years work,
Mrs. Frank Schreiner
Reading 1.-THE art of right living"
Miss Linda Moore.
Round Table-All are requested to
bring work. Sec.
John Mcmahon shipped fine
young boar pig to Mart Howard at
Blunt, S. D. Wednesday morning
last.
1t may seem improbable that
dairymen adulterate their butter
with water. but it Is so true that
the government proposes to impose
heavy fine therefor. Butter that
contains more that 16 per cent
water is considered adulterated and
the maker of such butter is liable to
fine. ''Wet butter" can properly
be termed "watered stock" and the
practice of watering butter when it
is as high IS at present cannot be
too severely condemned.
A balance of 5000 over and
above all present indebtedness, re-
mains on hand with which to pre-
pare Tor the 1908 state fair, accord
ing to statement made by Secre-
tary John M. True, of the state
board of agriculture Mr.. True
said that the outstanding obligation
for new buildings amounted to
about $4,000, which could be met
by the refund on premiums from
the state and that minor bills owed
by the board could be met with
$2,000 due from associations and
societies for special premiums.
The sad news was received here
Thursday of the death of Chas. w.
Burr at Oklahoma City. His mother
and brother Fred were at his bed
side at the time of his demise.
| Typhoid fever caused his death,
relapse after several weeks of Ill
ness with the disease proving fatal.
The mother, brother and wife will
accompany the remains to Lancas-
ter, arriving at noon today, and the
funeral obsequies will be held at 3
p. m. at the home of the mother.
Rev. Hannaford officiating, inter
ment taking place at Hillside ceme-
terry.
Under a contract entered into
recently between Coy. Davidson
and Atty. Gen Gilbert with Attys.
I, G. Richmond and Ralph W.
Jackman, of Madison, the latter are
to look after the interests of the
state in the enforcement of the in
heritance tax law against the
Frederick Pabst estate. 1t is stipulat-
ed in the contract that each of the at
torneys shall receive $25 per day
for office work on the case and $50
day when they appear separately
in court or $75 per day when they
appear together in court. They are
also to be reimbursed for their ex-
penses while engaged on the case.
The period of employment is not
limited.