Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-14

Mary Ennor, of Potosi, was a
Lancaster visitor this week.
-Chas Hicks has been quite sick
this week.
-Beetown visitors here Wednesday
and Thursday were John A. Jamison
and S. Birch.
Jake and Anna Hoffman returned
home Wednesday from a very enjoy
able visit with relatives and friends
in Dubuque
Mrs George Budd was called to
Chicago Thursday afternoon by the
serious condition of Mr., Budd, fol-
lowing the operation that he under
went.
Atty. and Mrs. Harry Brown and
son Dick were at the Pine Knub
hunting lodge this week. Roy Fisher
accompanied them FOR short outing.
Walter Lambert, the Mt. Hope,
member of the county board was called
to his home Tuesday by the serious
illness of G. E. Button s little daugh-
ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Harcleroad re-
turned to platteville Wednesday after
short visit with relatives and
friends here. Mrs e. w. Burrows
and little daughter Myrl accompanied
them home.
-Showalter and Burr expect to
open up their electric theater in
Mineral Point next Wednesday.
They shipped their machine yesterday.
George Hyde. of this city will be the
electrician.
Editors Dixon of the Muscoda
Democrat, Bishop of the Bloomington
Record, and Roethe, of the Fenni
more Times, we're Lancaster visitors
Wednesday.
j. T. Taylor. the venerable
furniture dealer and undertaken at
Montfort, has disposed of his active
business affairs at that village and
retires after a long series of faithful
service in that community, where he
is so we'll and favorably known.
Mr.. Taylor engaged in business at
Montfort in 1868, and has practically
been there continuously ever since.
He is now SO years of age, and not
very decrepit at that. Postmaster
Taylor of this village is son, as is
also Atty. S. Fl. Taylor of Lancaster.
Linden Leader.
Joseph Bendorf, who couple of
weeks ago sold his farm three miles
west of Lancaster. on the Beetown
road to Charles Dolphin, will have
an auction sale of his personal
property at the farm OH Friday,
November 81, commencing at 10
O'Clock. He will offer for sale horses,
cattle, hogs, sheep. grain, farm ma
chinery etc. Watch the Herald for
further particulars.
The Herald several times last
winter told Of attempts. to defraud
the county by hunters bringing in fox
scalps as those of wolves and receiv
ing the wolf bounty. County Clerk
Tuffiey discovered their attempts and
Immediately frustrated them, The
state department started to investigate
the bounties paid in all the counties
and requested that in cases Of I'M
certainty the scalps be sent for
examination to Prof. George Wagner,
of the state University. An examina-
tion of 800 supposed scalps showed
that over one half belonged to dogs,
foxes and animals other than wolves.
In one county Jackson County, Sc, 440
was saved to the county and state in
claims presented by that county alone.
Through information received in the
Office of the secretary of state it is
probable that over $50, 900 was thus
saved to the state and counties jointly
during the year 1907 with proper
innate saving for 1908 Secretary of
State Frear in his statement recently
issued says: If further protection
is to be afforded the state the scalps
should be submitted here and provi-
sions made for securing expert
opinion in cases of uncertainty.