Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-10
Well. winter is half gone. any

in Lancaster Friday.
Charlie Thompson. of Beetown,
visited in Lancaster this week.
Writ Monroe, of Platteville,
visited Lancaster friends Friday.
Mrs Reub French, of Blooming
ton, has been visiting here this week.
Jack Watson, of Livingston,
visited here last Friday and Saturday.
&C. B. Eastman returned Friday
afternoon from trip to Platteville.
Miss Frances Andrews came over
from Livingston Friday evening for a
short visit
Ora Long returned to Madison
Sunday after a two days visit at
home.
Miss Pearl Wright left Thursday
for Milwaukee where she is visiting
friends
Mrs. George Philips returned to
her home in Platteville Monday
morning.
eff February gives much snow,
a fine summer 1t doth foreshow" says
the old adage.
John Boyle and W. E. Hayward
came down from Fennimore on the
noon train Saturday.
Henry Adams had business in
Cassville the first OF last week. He
was accompanied home by his daugh-
ter Miss Welty.
-Chas. Klarman was called to
Cassville last W elk on account OF the
serious illness of his mother, who
lives in that village.
The Cassville high school students
will shortly hold tag day to secure
funds for a worthy purpose. Tag
days have been uniformly successful
an other places.
The. following Montfort people
called at the county seat Friday
-.
Washburn, Ed Jentz, A. f. Wash
burn. Louis Cordts.
H. E. Schreiner, Phil Goldstein
and Burne Pollock are attending the
Chicago auto show this week. L. A.
Clark and L. H. Stevens also expect
to be in attendance at the big ex-
hibition.
-Thos. Haley, Harry Orton and
Earl Ivey left Sunday on a combined
business and pleasure trip to Chicago.
They will attend the nation
al automobile show which opened
there Saturday.
-Four cars of hogs were shipped
from Lancaster on Monday as follows
A. E. Lewis, 1 Geo. Moore. l Place
and Jerrett, 1; Frank Zenz, 1. No
shipments were made last week from
Thursday to Sunday.
1t is reported that Congressman
J. W. Murphy of Platteville has
intimated that he might decide to
locate in Milwaukee after the ex-
piration of his term March A, and en-
gage in the practice of mining law.
Congressman A. w. Kopp and
wife, of PIatteville, will attend the
inauguration ceremonies at Wash
ington, and incidentally Mr.. Kopp
will look. things over preparatory to
assuming his congressional duties
there.
"A bunch of local sportsmen held
clay pigeon shoot at the fair
g.uunds last Wednesday. John
Decker made the highest individual
score getting % out of 80. The other
scores are as follows: G. Edwards,
II out of 35; Richardson 8: J. Wis
baum, 8 L. Hickok, 8; E. Fisher. 8.
The five boys who were 'straud-
ed'' here last week with but fifteen
cents between them by the sudden de-
parture of their employer, Prof. N.
g. Stuart managed to scrape up
enough money to leave Lancaster for
their home on Friday. The boys had
to make the best of their situation
while waiting for their money,
which was sent to them by Madison
relatives.
Everett Blackburn delivered
choice bunch of hogs to Place and
Jerrett Monday and received $6:10,
the highest market price for them.
James Baltic brought in fine bunch
Monday to the same buyers. The re-
port that Place and Jerrett are now
out of the business, is a mistake.
They are still buying stock and con-
stantly aiming to satisfy those with
whom thew do business