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

Jim Scullon was out of town. on
business yesterday.
Byron Price, of Chicago, is
visiting with his father and other
relatives in Lancaster.
DIR. Nate Bailey, of Lake Pres.
ton. S. D., is visiting his mother,
who has been seriously i'll for some
time.
j. Hahn, the local telegraph
operator, went to Union Center yes
terday for a visit with his people
who live there.
Rev. w. J. Mckay, of Madison,
will occupy the pulpit Of the M. E
church tomorrow, Sunday at 1890
a. m. and 7:3O p. m.
Miss Helen BROKER arrived
home from Platteville Tuesday
evening after visit with her sister,
Mrs. Clay Chapman,
Will Kendle arrived home from
Chicago, Thursday evening, where
he has been with his brother, who
is in the Presbyterian hospital. He
states that Charlie is improving
right along.
-Chas. Richardson, of Lothrop,
Montana, was here this week in at
tendance at his fathers funeral.
Mr.. Richardson is prominent man
in that section of the west, being
superintendent of Senator Clark's
vast lumber and timber interests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Allbee, o
Beetown, were Herald visitors last
Tuesday Mr.. Allbee will have an
auction sale at his place on the oath,
details of which appear in our auc-
ton bulletin, on another page Of to-
days paper.
-Swane Hanson, wife and son
and John Everson who live in the
vicinity of Homer, were here on
business this week. Mr.. Hanson is
an old settler. He came TO the
county in "a, having purchased his
land of the government.
"A. ,McKevitt, of Bloomington,
was Herald visitor yesterday. Mr..
McKevitt is an extensive breeder of
the Aberdeen Angus cattle that are
becoming justly popular in this
section. He expects to show some
of his best ones at the Grant County
fair in Lancaster, next fall.
1t is sad to record the deaths of
Mr.. and Mrs. B. A. Twitchell, of
Chicago, who were former residents
of Lancaster. They leave one son
to mourn their death, also little
grand son and rand-daughter, who
were left motherless, at the death
of Mrs. Lucy Strong, which cast
gloom over Lancaster, when she
died brokenhearted, few years
ago.
"A busy throng of ladies of the
M. E. church met in the chapel,
| Wednesday to do rush job of bed
comfortables. They are we'll made
and attractive and are on sale at
Goldstein & Tuckwood's, (meanlng
the comfortables, of course,) where
orders are rapidly coming in to the
aid of the society for quilting. the
ladies have won an enviable reputa-
ton for the excellence of their
work. Mrs. Will Miller is the pres
dent.
1 VIM. Richardson, an aged resi-
dent of this city, died at his home
in the first ward Tuesday night.
Mr.. Richardson was born in Eng
land near the city of Brighton, and
at an early date moved to this
country. He was 83 years old at
the time Of his death. He leaves
two children, Charles of Lothrop,
Montana, and Lydia of this city.
Funeral services were held at the
Emmanuel church yesterday at 2
D. m, and were conducted by Rev.
Argus of that church.
According to the semi-official
test conducted by the experiment
station of the University of Wiscon-
sin, all the worlds records for the
production of milk have been brok-
en- by a Wisconsin bred Holstein
COW. The cow, Colantha Fourths
Johanna, of Rosendale, has produc
ed %, 1925 pounds of milk and 998-
.256 pounds of butter fat during the
past year. This is Is per cent high
er than any previous record for
annual production of butter fat and
is equivalent to 1,165 pounds of
commercial butter for the year
Mr.. R. w. Spensley, of Du-
buque, has been looking over the