Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-04

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friends in Madison.
Herbert M oses was in BoscobeI
on business Thursday.
Miss KATHERINE McBrien visited
in Fennimore this week.
Andrew Browning is doing some
carpenter work at Stltzer this week.
David Eastman returned Thurs
day from trip through the south.
Harry Gingrich has been spend
ing a few days in Chicago this
week.
Miss Irene Miller, of Richland
Center, is visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
John Collins.
Lee and Francis Andrew of Liv-
ingston, attended the Band Dance
here, New Years night.
Ora Wayne, who has been on
the sick list for over week, is able
to be at his usual business again.
Olive Green returned from
Madison. where she has been visit
ing with relatives, Thursday noon.
Miss Nettle Finney Joined her
sister Georgia, in Madison Thurs
day. They are visiting relatives
there.
Anton and Sabina Stockert, of
Bloomington, visited with their
sister, Mrs. Joseph Hoffman on New
Years day.
Hugh Orion returned to his
work as mining engineer for the
Buffalo and Suquehanna Iron Ore
Co., at Hibbing, on I thursday.
About the meanest man we
can imagine is the fellow who will
invite a crowd of boys to jump
on his sleigh and then whip them
off.
August Helm, of Waukesha,
Wis, is visiting with his wife's
parents and other relatives and
friends in the vicinity of Beetown,
this week
g. III. Tresham returned to Lam
caster Tuesday from an absence of
eleven months, during which time
he has been located at Helena,
Montana.
Ben Garthwaite has traded his
farm in Beetown TO Homer Irish Of
the second ward and will become a
resident of Lancaster. Mr.. Irish
will move onto the farm.
The following University of
Wisconsin students left for their
studies on Thursday: Winnifred
Willis, Alma Glenn, Alfred Bush
bushnell and Herbert Taylor.
Henry Edwards returned to his
home at Alma Center, Thursday
morning after visit of several days
with relatives and friends in the
vicinity of Lancaster and Blooming
ton.
Will Eberhardt, wife and chill
dren, visited on New Years at the
home of Nadab Eastman of Platte
vile. Mr. Eberhardt returned
Thursday but his family remains for
short visit.
Fred Peterson, who with Mrs.
Peterson has been visiting latter's
parents, w. J. Dyer and wife. at
the Grant county asylum, returned
to his home at Mellen on Thursday
of this week. Mrs. Peterson will
visit little longer.
Doctor Secrist, the Chicago
specialist, will visit this place next
week. The doctor has come to Wis
consin many years, and has effected
many cures. His card is in the adj
vertising columns of this paper.
The doctor speaks German.
Ed. Wiseman, one of The solid
farmers of Millville township, was
in the city this week, the guest of
his brother. in-iaw. Z. F. Dickinson.
On his farm is probably the deepest
well in Grant county, its depth be-
ing 535 feet. Incidentally Mr.. Wise
man stated to the Herald that this
paper had been a contant visitor in
his and his fathers family for the
past 81 years, and that's quite while.
The Northwestern road last
week served upon Attorney Gen
eral Gilbert its answer to the state
back tax suit, claiming 81, $50, $780,
50, which is 500, 900 more than the
Milwaukee road claims. In addition
to interstate business the North
western CLAIMS to have overpaid
taxes on certain other items, such
as switching, etc. The claims of the
state against these two roads aggre-
gate $97, 900 and the claims of the
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