Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-10

III luis WOOh
H E. Washburn, of Montfort. was
in this city Thursday.
Jas. II. Bennett, of DodgeviIle,
was a county seat caller Thursday.
j. e. Harcleroad, of Platteville,
was in Lancaster on business Thurs
day.
Miss Margaret Bolzell visited at
her home in Montfort the first of
the week
Among the Fennimore visitors in
Lancaster this week were w. G. and
Jonn Rodgers.
Burr Robbins and family have
moved into the residence owned by
Miss Abbie Phelps.
Sewerage connection has been
made at the residence of S. R. Greene
in the second ward
County Road Commissioner WEEP
king was passenger On the outgoing
train Thursday afternoon.
State High School Inspector
Tressier visited the Lancaster high
school Wednesday and reported it to
be in excellent condition.
Postmaster. James T. Webb left
Thursday by way of Potosi for
Salina, Kas., where he will join
Mrs. Webb who is visiting her
sister there.
Mrs. Orville Holmes and little
daughter of Platteville, arrived
Thursday evening for a visit at the
home of her parents Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Vandewall.
-Cap'n Sam Draper started We'd
nesday afternoon for Gays Mills
where he will take in the fair. If
Sam has missed any of the fairs this
year it hash t been his fault. but the
weather mans.
Coon hunting is one of the lead
ing sports in Grant county. these
days, or rather nights Bre'r Coon"
is rather numerous in some parts of
the county and there certainly is no
better sport than hunting him on
these fine October nights.
If you want to enjoy the beauties
of nature to your hearts content take
ramble through the woods and over
the hills about Lancaster one of these
fine Indian summer days. Nothing
grand about our scenery. In its
very simplicity of beauty lies the
charm.
Marriage licenses were issued
since our Wednesday edition to
Clarence Richards of Milwaukee and
Emma Boldt, Wyaluslng; Alden L.
Huntington and Vera V. Alcott, both
of Platteville: Daniel A. Collision,
Marshalltown, Iowa and Edna A.
Guilford. Platteville.
Word comes from Elk Point
South Dakota that Ora Frazine,
printer formerly employed in this
Office, was married on October 5th,. to
Miss Sadie Artman, Of that village
Mr.. Frazine in now employed in a
printing Office in Elk Point.
Lancaster fans have been satisfy
ing their love for the national game
since the local season closed with
following closely the pennant races in
both the American and National
leagues. Most of the local fans are
Chicago "rooters'' and were glad to
get the news Thursday evening of the
Cubs victory which insured at least
one pennant for the Windy City.
According to dispatches from
Washington the corn crop condition
on October / was IT'S per cent, spring
wheat quality 3S1. per cent. Com
bined production of spring and
winter wheat is indicated at about
$50, O3O, 900 bushels of 1914 per cent
quality; oat crop quality S13 Per
cent, the production being 789, 161, 900
bushels with yield per acre averag-
| ing "a. 9 bushels.
Gibbs and Blackburn have
been expecting new chairs and other
equipment for several weeks but,
due to some mistake, they did not
reach them until this week. The new
chairs are of the latest pattern and
are set on pedestals They have but
little ornamentatiun about them and
are the neatest that we have ever
seen. The shop is now equipped to
do the best work possible in the
tOnsorial line.
There was a narrow escape from
bad fire at the home of Jacob