Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-17

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cobel Wednesday.
Miss Nettie Angus, left for Du-
buque Wednesday afternoon.
More local matter will be found
upon the fifth page of today's Her
aid.
F. A. Heberlein, of Mineral
Point, had business in Lancaster Fri
day.
-Georg' Carter was home from
the state University last week for a
visit.
Miss Margaret McBrien has been
enjoying visit with Dubuque rela
tives.
Mr.. and Mrs John eastman are
the parents of son born Tuesday
morning.
Virgil Piddington. of George
town, visited here with friends last
week.
Albert Ketterer and Henry
Schneider. of Fennimore, visited at
the county seat the forepart of last
week
Mrs Loretta Turner returned
last Saturday to hel home in Fifeld,
Wis, after short visit with rela-
tives
Judge .Clementson granted
special dispensation last week to
John Henry Dobson and Helen Wat
son, both of Lima.
Miss Minnie Mackey has taken
up her duties as sales lady in the
dress goods department of the A. w. |
Kelmer store in Platteville.
"A j. Wiedenbeck left on the
Monday morning train for Mllwau-
kee to attend the meeting of the
Grand Chapter of the r. A. M.
Mrs. A. e. Wanezek, of Bloom.
ington, who had been visiting her
sister in-law. Mrs. VIM. Kiley, for
several days. returned home Saturday.
Misses Martha Meyer and Beth
Lisherness and two school mates
Misses Goodwin and Frazier were here
from Beloit last week for a short
visit.
Frank Rowe returned to his
home in Platteville Thursday, after
an extended visit with Lancaster rela- |
tives. Mrs. Rowe will remain for a
short time longer.
John Kilberg is the new proprie-
tor of the cigar mandatory which
has SO long been conducted by Kendle
Bros. Mr.. Kilburg has been in the
employ of the firm for the past seven
years as cigar maker and few days
ago bought the business, which he
will conduct at the same old stand.
-Garlard Collins brought in the
scalp of large wild cat last week
and received the bounty due him of
six dollars from county Clerk Tufaey
MIR. Collins captured the animal in
the woods near his home in Melville
township. He 50 that his dogs had
an exciting time with another good
sized "cat'' but could not capture it.
ATTEMPTS are still made &C.
casionally to obtain wolf bounties for
fox scalpes but the Nimrods of this
vicinity are pretty we'll aware of the
fact that this attempt at dishonesty
does not pay. Last week County
Clerk Tuff1ey refused to grant wolf
bounty on scalp, which was with
out any doubt whatsoever that Of
"Brer Reynard = The hunter
sought by this small method to beat
the county out Of few dollars.
-"Out of % pupils in District No.
5, town of Bloomington, s were
neither absent nor tardy for 100 con-
secutive days, = reports Mrs. Ella
Winner, the teacher in No. 5. These
g pupils were of course entitled to
perfect attendance certificates. The
following are their names: Donald,
Monroe and Margaret Thornton
Lizzie, Casper and jake Meysenberg
Isabel and Frank Ward. Their school
certainly has a good record.
"A fire that threatened to be
serious was extinguished Sunday
morning in the residence of Jehiel
Hyde. Between and 9 o'clock some
of the neighbors noticed a red blaze
of fire through one of the upstairs
windows Some of them Immediate
ly rushed to the house while the alalm
was given by the ward bell and the
one at the city hall. The fire proved
to be some bed clothing which had