Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-27


caught cat on Saturday afternoon,
poured oil over it and set Il on FIRE.
The frenzied feline ran under barn
and within short time the build
ing was on fire. A fire alarm was
rung in, and prompt action on the
part of the firemen saved the build
ing from destruction, although 1t
was necessary TO chop away the
floor in order to get at the fire.
The prospects are that Dubuque
for time will be dry town It
was announced Monday that the
Law and Order league has raised
5000 and that the mulct law will be
enforced The state Anti-Saloon
league will have charge of the
prosecutions Detectives already
are at work securing evidence
against all Dubuque saloons that
operate in violation of the law.
John Auchter, faithful en-
ploye Of Ressmeyer & Kasper for
several years as harnessmaker, has
resigned his position and will move
TO Barneyeld where he will engage
in business for himself. John is an
industrious young man and host
of friends in his old home join with
the Herald in wishing him unbound
ed success in the venture he is I'M
dertaking.
Farmers are warned against a
set of swindlers going through the
country selling barbed wire fenc-
ing, They offer to furnish a good
eight wire fence, with iron posts,
for s cents per foot, and secure
contract that turns out to mean s
cents a foot for each wire, or a total
of ga cents foot.
"A place for everything and
everything in its place" is the only
rule on the farm by which tools
and small implements can be found
when wanted. 1 have known men
to spend an hour of very busy day
looking for some misplaced tool
necessary to repair machinery.
The yearly convention of the
assessors OF this country will be
held IN Lancaster next Tuesday,
April 80. 1t is the duty of all as
SCISSORS to attend this meeting,
which Superintendent Arnold plans
to make of special interest.
-Robt. BROKER was home from
Chamberlain for a brief stay first
Of the week. He is making good
Roadway in the construction of the
large sanitarium there which he has
the contract to erect.
A baby girl arrived at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Reed at
Madison on the 23rd inst. The
parents are undoubtedly highly
elated over this, their first born.
and the Herald is pleased TO extend
congratulations.
Tomorrow will be what is
popularity termed China day in Du-
buque, the citizens of that city be-
ing called upon to make contribu-
tons for the relief of the famine
sufferers II China.
). Z. Barnett returned home
Wednesday evening from a three
weeks visit in Colorado. His daugh-
ter. Mrs. Wilton Morse. and her
children accompanied him here for
visit.
Every man has his own parti-
cular way of hitching up horses.
Some men have never used a keep
er" in their life; Others would stop
the solar system to tuck in strap
ends.
Mrs. J. e. Fowler and baby
daughter. are visiting in Marengo,
Iowa. Miss Leider, sister of Mrs.
Fowler's who has been her guest for
some time returned home with her.
Even the opening of the base
ball season failed to have warning
effect on the. weather, which goes
to show the hardened character of
the American climate.
Supervisor of Assessments, o.
J. Arnold of Mt Ida, has called the
annual meeting of the assessors of
the county at Lancaster, April 80.
Mrs. Sophia and Miss Mary
Walker left Lancaster Tuesday for
Lindsay, South Dakota, where r. D.
Walker and family are located.
Deputy Sheriff Elwell and wife
took Levina Ketner of Boscobel to
the Industrial school for girls at
Milwaukee Thursday.