Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-05-09

lngston, visited here this week will
her daughter, Miss Belva, who has
! been under the care of DR.. Gault.
w j. Dyer, former Supt. and
wife are staying with George Dyer,
his brother Mr.. Dyer's health is
still in very precarious condition.
The chairman of the different
townships are notified that if they
have not received the new blanks
in regard to the bounty on wild
cats, wolves etc., If they write
the county clerk they may receive
the same.
Among the cities in this vicinity
that expect to have strong ball
teams this summer are Highland,
Muscoda, Galena, Platteville. Min
eral Point and Fennimore. Lam
caster is still considering the PROPOSE
| ton.
For Woodman Day at the Home
Coming celebration the following
committee has been chosen: A j.
Wiedenbeck, chairman; G. Fl. Bias
FORD, E B. Goodsell, G. F. Dickinson,
r. A. Irwin, j. d. Bellows, Eugene
Woodhouse, w. E. Webb.
Ladies who have been saving
old papers and magazines for the
past year for the Episcopal Guild
are requested to notify Mrs T. F.
Orion when they are ready and
| they will be called for
= Mr.. and Mrs. Vim. Barrows, of
Lancaster, are spendinga few days
at the home Of the formers mother
and brother, Mr.. Barrows is an en-
thusiastic baseball fan and was
do IN Sunday to witness the game =
Cassville Record.
The sale of the property of the
Wright estate is postponed until
this fall; it will then be sold at
private sale or auction. 1t consists
of the hotel property, several
choice business lots fronting on
main street right in the heart of the
city also good dwelling house with
extra building lots attached.
Invitations have been issued by
Mr. and Mrs. Matthias Udelhofen,
residing between this city and
Cassville, announcing the approach
ing marriage of their daughter,
Mary Eliz abeth, to Frank Helm
richs, which will take place at
St. Charles church, Cassville next
Tuesday morning, May IL, at 8
o'clock.
Last evening the annual distriC t
declamatory contest was held in
Platteville with the following
schools represented: Belmont, Cuba
City, Viola, Soldiers Grove, Dodge
Vile, South Wayne. Mt. Hope, Fen
nimore Spring Green, Richland
Center. Ontario and Bloomington.
The winner of this contest will
represent the district aJ the state
contest to be held in Madison. The
result has not been learned up to
the time the Herald goes to press.
] The Lancaster merchants adopt
ed the plan this week of keeping
their stores open this summer until
six O'Clock on all evenings of the
week except Wednesdays and Sat
urdays when they will be kept open
until later. In this way the mer-
chants and their clerk are given
their evenings to spend as they
wish to- This idea has worked out
we'll in Lancaster and should be
adopted IN every small city.
Farmers in and adjacent to
this city are perfecting the organ
izat1on of two mutual insurance
companies to be known as 1.-The
Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance
Company" and "The Farmers Mu-
tual Windstorm, Cyclone and lorna
do Insurance Company" Many of
the substantial farmers living in
and near the city have already tax
OUT d1u UIlC WOAA III OA4lC
line is being pushed with vigOr.
The officers are the same in both
companies, otherwise the member
ship is widely different. The of
icers comprise the following well
known men: P. r. Stoffel, pres
ident; AIonzo Wayne, secretary; q.
w TIckWOOd treasurer: Geo.
Hoehn, Chas. Case, Louis Vespel
man, Henry HoIsinger, Geo. Vie
land andJ. H. Place, directors.
The sad news was received in
Lancaster yesterday morning OF the
death of Joe Orr, son of Mrs. Jos
Orr of Glen Haven and nephew Of
Register of Deeds Metcalf. This
young man IN company with Is OF
80 friends went down to the landing
the evening previous to witness the