Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-18

Dave johnson went TO Chicago
on business Thursday morning.
Ray Carthew was a passenger
on the Wednesday evening train.
William Shimmin was at differ
ent points of the county on business
this week.
Arthur Kopp, Platteville's dis
trict attorney, arrived in Lancaster
yesterday noon.
--Chas. r. Sabins of Watterstown
is visiting his sister, Mrs. w. F.
Hicks in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Jelde and
daughter, Nellie. visited in Little
Grant, Wednesday, at the home of
their son, Ellsworth Jelde and wife.
Geo. Reed and wife are visiting
with Mr.. Reeds parents, DR.. and
Mrs. J. H. Reed. They have been
living on DR.. Reeds land Lear
MillvIlle.
There will be a shadow social
given by the Young Ladies' Sodali
ty, at st. Clements school, next
Thursday evening, January %, at
o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tharhouser left
yesterday morning for Milwaukee
where they will celebrate Mrs.
Thanhousers 10th birthday with
their sons, who resides in that city.
"A card from W. E. Govier,
Grand Rapids, Wis, tells us to take
out the notice advertising LIS farm
| for rent, as he has now rented it.
Herald ads sure do the business they
are intended for.
Elsie Barrett, instructor In
music at Belmont, is visiting with
Mrs. Andrew P. Anderson this week.
She was a student at Lawrence
University at the same time that
Mrs. Anderson was there.
-Theo. Degenhardt has given up
his position as travelling salesman
for the S. f. Baker Medicine Co.
and will return to farming at the
old place near Mt. Hope. Mr.
Frank Pink of this city will take
charge of his medicine business.
DIR. w. III. Dewing, M. D At.
torney at law, doctor of divinity
insanity expert, etc. ETC., was
brought before Justice Schreiner
Thursday on the charge of pract1s-
ing medicine without license. On
motion of the district attorney the
charge was dismissed. I
Programs of the exercises to be
held at the state farmers institute,
to be held III this city on January
% and 90 are being issued from
the Herald Office today. They
will be freely distributed The
sessions will be equally as free as
the programs. Everybody invited.
Several residents of Montfort,
Muscoda and the vicinity of Castle
Rock were at the county seat this
week to file their land patents with
the register of deeds. Several
pieces of land have been lost in that
section through the loss of all
records, patents etc., and these
people were determined to insure
their right. to their property.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bewick, the
former brother of Mrs. George
Walker, of Lancaster, terminated q
visit with Grant county relatives
on Tuesday and departed for their
home at Monticello, MINI. The
object of their visit was to see the
aged father of Mrs. Walker, who is
suffering at his home in Rewey Of a
prolonged and serious illness. The
son has boon absent for evenly.
! seven years, so the present visit has
been a season of great enjoyment.
-Parke Knapp is fixing up the
framework of a shanty which he
will take with him when he goes to
South Dakota to take up residence
on his land there. This land is
located east of Pierre, the capital of
the state and from its favora BILE
location, quality, of soil ETC., bids
| fair tos~become a very valuable
piece of property. Mr.. Knapp ex-
poets TO leave in March or April and
as can be seen from the work he is
doing, he believes in going prepared.
The stockholders OF the Wiscon-
sin Life Insurance company held
last Monday their first election
under the new state insurance law
which went into effect January 1st,
1908. The voting was largely by
proxy and the ballots were opened