Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-16

-M0mO0fS or mckinley circle
Ladies of the Ct. A. r. not on the
entertainment committee, were sur
prised Thursday evening at the
regular meeting of that order upon
entering the lodge room to note the
beautiful decorations that met their
view, being appropriate to the DAY,
Feb. 18th. Even the electric lights
were attended to: Mesdames e. n.
Trentzsch and Chas. Lishe1ness
were leading spirits. A social enter
tainment of excellence followed the
usual ceremonies and everyone pres
ent voted the evening a most en-
joyable one.
Two hundred and sixty cars Of
western stock passed through Bara-
boo on Sunday for Chicago. This
was one Of the first consign ments
under the new penalty" system
and the company was under con-
tract TO get the stock to Chicago in
"a given number of hours, conse-
qUentIy the trains were run at a
high rate Of speed and the train
crews were kept busy looking after
hot boxes. The recent severe wealth
er in the Dakotas has made il
obligatory on the part of stockmen
to ship their cattle or see them
perish.
Railroad accidents in the United
States are rapidly increasing accord
ing to accident bulletin No. 81
covering three months ended Sept.
80, 1905. The totpl of casualties
was 1880, against 16, 937 in the
preceding three months. Passengers
and employees killed were 627,
against 1914. There were 1891
collisions and 1871 derailments.
The damage to cars, engines and
roadways amounted to 50, 932, 760.
The number of passengers killed
was ffty-two in the quarter. A
large increase is expected in that
list in the next report on account
Of recent big wrecks.
Retail merchants are beng
warned against the work of bogus
government inspectors who claim
to be operating under the pure food
law. It is said that men demand
samples of goods for examination,
telling the merchants they are off
GERS. They refuse to pay for the
goods, saying they have a right to
take them. When the samples are
taken that is the last the dealers
hear from them and they are out
just the value of the goods taken.
Merchants are advised to demand
evidence that men calling for samples
are really officers. and there appears
to be belief that the real officers
are compelled to pay for stuff taken,
as they were before the first of the
year.
Civil service examinations will
be held in each assembly district In
the state on Saturday, March 2nd.
at nine O'Clock a. m. These exami
nations are for assistant chemist IN
the dairy and food commissioners
office, examiner in insurance com
missioner's Office, physicians In state
hospital for the insane and feeble
minded, assistant state veterinar-
ian, mechanic and assistant me-
chan1c at state university, JAM
tors at university, normal schools
and capital, architectural draughts-
men; Office of university architect
has two positions. Such positions
as attendant, cook, nurse and ordi-
nary unskilled labor will be filed
without written examinations and
may be made at any
time.
Statistics show that during the
year 1906 nineteen vessels were lost
on the Atlantic, with 257 men; four
on the Pacific with SO souls on
board; while 126 lives were lost on
the Great Lakes, making a total of
581 for the year. On the railroads
of the United States along during
this same year of report more than
4, 200 passengers, employees and
other people were killed and more
than $4,000 injured.
= Tuesday of this week opened a
new year in the calendar of the
Chinese and the celeStia1s i'm this
country celebrated the event in an
Americanized way. They were IN
able to worship as those at home
are doing, but nevertheless the oc-
casion was one of Importance.
They suspended business and Toasted
On del1cacies only in their native
land. They were Chinese nuts and
berries that taste strange to the
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