Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-28
Local JOttingS.

Mrs. Sam Joeckel visited at
Rockford this week.
Editor II. C. Craig and family
from Boscobel were county seat
visitors this week.
j. 81. Evans, prominent citizen
of Platteville, was stricken with
paralysis Wednesday.
Rev. Stanley advises us to
change the address of his Herald
from Highland to Tomah.
-Messrs. Anton and Chris Meyer
of Fennimore, visited friends in
Lancaster the latter part of last
week.
Miss Myrtle Stephens has re-
turned to her home in Stockton,
California, after visit with Merna
Hymer.
At a special election held last
Tuesday IN Cuba City the license to
sell Intoxicating liquors was raised
from $3.50 to $500.
The Woman's Club will hold
its first meeting of the year with
Mrs. Frank Schreiner, Monday,
Sept. 3Oth at 2:3O O'Clock.
Herbert Taylor and Misses
Winnie Willis and Bessie Carter are
among the Lancaster quota ct the
University this year.
There's another Rindlaub at
Plattevllle. A healthy youngster
made his appearance at the home of
Editor W. M. Rindlaub first of the
week.
Miss Anna Hoffman returned
home from Dubuque last week after
a pleasant visit with relatives there.
The Hill sisters accompanied her
here fora visit.
Emery powder and oil made in
to a paste is an excellent mixture to
clean steel. Rub on well andspolish,
after which rub with an oiled rag
and then polish up again with a
clean buster.
Unless change is made in
dates, Lancaster and Platteville will
clash on fair business Gext year,
both associations having picked the
first week in September as the
week to hold their annual fairs.
Miss Velma Dewitt of Boscobel
was a successful contestant for q
scholarship in the Chicago College
Of Music, being one of fifty one.
She was the only one IN the class
who had no previous voice training
Homer TrelOar after a two
weeks visit here with relatives and
friends returned to Nora Springs
Ia, Thursday, accompanied by his
sister Mrs. Alice Damn who will
visit her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Jno.
TrelOar.
They had heavy snow storm
up in Michigan and northern Wis
consin Tuesday, which sent SILVER
down in this neck-o'-the woods. A
heavy frost Tuesday night withered
all growing crops, garden sass and
fruit not ripe.
Lester Fields of Montfort has in
vented a neckyoke attachment for
taking up vibrations, and has just
been granted patent on the inven-
ton. 1t is clever device and has
a number of good features to COM
mend its coming into general use.
Local Jews of Monroe have or
ganized synagogue and the Abra-
ham Congregation is the name
adopted fer the organization. Rabbi
Wolpert of Chicago was there to
hold services in connection with the
observance of Atonement Day last
week.
An exchange. with much truth
suggests that the country is just
now secured by enthusiastic hunters,
with ten dollar dogs and fifty dollar
guns, who shoot away a dollars
worth of ammunition, wear out. five
dollars worth of clothes and spend
two dollars worth of time to get
thirty cents worth of game.
The latest swindle is a type
writer county right deal which was
worked at GAINESVILLE and Water
town recently. A stranger sold the
right for one hundred dollars,
giving the purchaser five machines
for the money. The machines can
be carried in the pocket and are
valueless. At WATERFOWL the
stranger got away with the money,
but at GAINESVILLE he was glad to re-
turn the cash and escape.
Mrs. O. E. Belscamper and chill