Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-26

in this city Thursday.
-Workmen painted the roof of the
Reed building this week.
e. o. Pendleton, of Mt Hope
was a county seat caller Thursday.
-Chas Streerer was up from
Platteville Thursday of this week.
IS. A. Hatch, of Bloomington, was
in Lancaster on business yesterday.
-Thos. Mcdonald, of Henryetta,
Oklahoma, is visiting friends in Ian
caster.
-Chas. Watson and j. w. Watson,
of Livingston, were callers in Ian
caster Thursday.
The regular meetings Of the
Shakespeare Club will be resumed,
Monday. October 5tn. The reading
of King John will be started on that
date.
The new feature picture put on
for the first time at the Orpheum The
atre last night was the James Boys
of Missouri. It is full of exciting
climaxes.
Among the visitors to Lancas
ter yesterday we noticed the follow
ing: r. 1. Weaver, Fennimore
Chas. Vesperman, Ellenboro; Jas.
{ AIRY and Albert Schaefer, Potosi.
"A request. Will parties visiting
the library kindly refrain from lean
ing on the fence at the north west
corner of the Teller Office, as the
fence will soon become practically
useless.
The northwest quarter of section
%, known as the Thomas Mcdonald
Sr. farm, on the Potosi road, and
owned by George Hoehn, has been
purchased by Harry Swab, the deal
being negotiated by Alonzo Wayne.
One hundred and twenty rods of
main is the length recently laid to
supply the residents of the extreme
west portion of the city with pure
Klondike water. The mains extend
from W. Knox s corner esat to VIM.
Shimmin's and then north to Roy
Oates.
One of the foreigners with an un-
pronouncable name employed by the
G. & N. W. r. R. together with his
companions got on glorious foot"
Wednesday night. He was parti
cularly disorderly and was hauled be-
fore a justice of tho peace who fined
him five dollars and costs.
The ladies of st. Agnes Guild of
Emmanuel church will have a White
Sale on October 3; to be held in the
Carthew building, where they will
have for sale all kinds of white goods,
alo line of cooking, such as brown
bread, rolls, cakes of various kinds,
and baked beans. The proceeds will
be devoted to the fund for improve
ment of the church. -
Subscribers for tickets for the
lecture course are now drawing num-
pers for choice of seats ut Benefits
drug store. Any who have not sub
scribed as yet may secure their num-
Der on an equal footing with advance
subscribers by paying fol tickets and
giving their names to Mr.. Bennett.
The choosing of seats will take place
next Monday evening at the City
hall, beginning at seven o'clock.
"A postal ruling very recently gone
into effect declares that any stamp
that is defaced in any way whatever
is worthless and will not be accepted
for the transmission Of letters or pack
ages. Matter bearing mutilated or
defaced stamps will be held at the
postofice for recovery just two weeks
and if not claimed at the end of that
time will be sent to the dead letter
Office. One of the reasons for the
new ruling is that often when a
stamp has been cancelled on the ex-
treme edge. the marked part has been
torn off and the stamp used over
again. In order to protect them
selves against such schemes the new
law has been passed. When one
discovers an unused stamp which is
torn it should be turned in at the
postofice in the same way as stamped
envelopes.
The school attendance report blanks
have been mailed to the school clerks
with directions to hand to the teachers
of the respective districts. The law
SO plainly prescribes the duties of both
the teachers and clerks in regard to
compulsory attendance that clerks