Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-21


visitor here Sunday.
Miss lisa MONTE went to Fennl-
more Monday morning.
-Chas. Wepking. of Fennimore.
was caller Saturday.
j. B. Bradbury, of Fennimcre
was caller here Saturday.
Alfred Warren was a passenger
on the Monday morning train.
Governor Ryland is recovering
from the effects of a recent operation.
Rev. Argus returned Saturday
evening from a visit in Milwaukee.
Miss Margaret Peacock, a Ian
caster girl employed as trimmer in a
Fred ". Stephens, the Livings-
ton banker. was visitor in Lancaster
last Friday.
George Boyes was passenger on
the Monday morning train enroute
for Liberty.
Mrs. Anna Taylor and children
of Hazel Green are visiting her parents
in this city.
Will Joeckel has returned from
a business trip to different points in
the Dakotas and Minnesota.
Mrs. John Auchter and child, of
BarneveId, arrived Saturday morn
ing for visit with relatives in this
city.
DIR. Gibson and John Collins
with their families. spent Sunday at
the Clyde Roesch home south of Lam
caster.
L. Ii. Stephens has ordered a new
four cylindered Cadillac touring car
which he expects to receive in the
spring.
Miss Stella Smith left Monday
morning to take up her duties as
teacher of district No. in the town
of Fennimore.
Miss Ada Livens returned home
on the Saturday evening train from
PlatIeville where she enjoyed week {
visit at the Dave Spaith home.
j. S. Wright and George Rud-
ersdorf left on the Monday afternoon
train for Letcher, South Dakota.
They recently purchased land near
that city.
The roads about Lancaster except
for being slightly dusty, are in ex-
ceptionally good condition at this
writing. Considerable work has been
done this fall.
Gene Durni is now employed on
the government boat on the Missis-
sippi near Cassville. Reuben Barkell.
formerly of this city and now of Bos.
cobel, is also employed on the same
boat.
Ben Louthain returned home Sat-
urday evening from a visit in Platte
Vile. Mr.. Louthain states that he
will not go out of business as has
been reported put will continue at
the same stand.
The third annual teachers recep-
ton will be held Friday evening. Oct
ober 23d in the high school building.
Special invitation is extended to par
ents of school children. A very good
program has been prepared and an eff
fort is being made to make this re-
ception a greater success than ever.
Eight cars of stock were shipped
out of the local station this week as
follows: Willis and Graney-2 cars of
cattle; Ed AUSTIN car of cattle; Joe
Mccoy car mixed cattle and horses
Bennett and Dobson-1 car of cattle
and of hogs; A. E. Lewis car of
hogs; Place 81 Jerrett-1 Car of hogs.
The Viroqua Censor prints in its
issue of last week, political editorial,
the authorship of which is credited
to the Whitewater Register. This
editorial was written originally in
the Office of the Grant Couny Herald
and published in this paper two
weeks ago. Verify, the ''swiper"
is a broad in the land
Inquiries conducted in over 1000
counties of the United States by the
Dept of Agriculture show that the
average length of haul of crops over
country road is 12.1 miles, the
average wei of the load 20O2
pounds. anu the average cost per
mile 25.2 cents. or about s. per load,
the figures being based on the cost