Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-04-27
LOCAL NEWS NOTES



in this city Friday.
John Chilson, of Mt. Hope, was
in Lancaster Friday.
DIR. W. L, Ivey returned to Ft
Atkinson Saturday.
"A. Cushman. of Fennimore, was
in Lancaster Friday.
A. E. Cooley, of Mt. Hope. was .
Lancaster visitor Friday.
Mrs. James Wood, of Glen Haven
was in Lancaster Thursday.
John Blessing, of Mt. Hope, was
a county seat caller Thursday.
William Decker, of Fennimore,
visited in Lancaster last week.
August and Louis Lenz were
down from Sitter Wednesday.
John W. Kreul. of Fennimore,
was a Lancaster caller Friday.
p. J. Bllndert was up from
British Hollow Thursday on business.
T. Murley and g. D. Wooley, Of
Boscobel, were in Lancaster Friday.
John Engler and G. Kirschbaum,
OF Cassville, were In Lancaster Fri.
day.
WIN. and F. G. Riddiough, OF
Fennimore, were in Lancaster We'd
nesday.
District Supt Bauchop occupied
the pulpit at the NJ. E church last
Sunday morning.
F. B. GIesen, J. H. Powell and
George D. Hudson, of Potosi, were al
the county seat on business Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas Cox left yes.
terday for Murdoch. S. D., after
spending the winter with Lancaster
relatives.
The season for the lightning roc
agent is at hand Many of the farm.
ers of this vicinity are putting them
on their buildings.
The farm belonging to the Check.
erboard Mining Co., which was ad
vertised in last weeks Herald, was
sold yesterday to Henry Fisher Of
Cassville. The purchase price was
$50 per acre.
Mrs. Minnie Gieger, of Cassville
and Mrs. Daisy Curry, of Mt. Hope,
were guests of Mrs. Downer Kilby last
week. A livery team came over on
Saturday from Cassville for them,
and they returned in all that bitter
storm.
Mrs. Nora B. Longmeier living
south of Beetown was arraigned before
Justice Burrows yesterday afternoon
on charge of adultery. She waived
examination and was bound over tC
circuit court. She secured the neces.
sary bail of $500.
! While Smuggling barn on the
Hoffman farm west of town yesterday
Albert Brandemuehl\ had the mis-
fortune to slip and fall to the ground
distance of thirty feet. He suffered
bad dislocation of the shoulder and
possible internal injuries.
The funeral services of John
Stevens, the widely known pioneer
citizen of Montfort, who passed away
April II, was held Wednesday morn.
ing at the home, Rev. John Birrel
officiating. The remains were then
taken to Benton where brief services
were conducted by Rev. Hardcastle OF
PlatteviIle and where interment took
place.
Records in the Office of secretary
of state, where licenses are issued ac-
cording to law not only to owners, but
to dealers as we'll, show the growing
popularity of the automobile in Wis
consin. Since January 1, 1910, there
have been 1885 automobile licenses
issued at 50 90 each. The whole num-
Der of cars now registered in Wiscon-
sin as revealed in the records is 10, 91S
and motorcycles go, while the whole
number Of dealers in automobiles 256.
Two months ago railroad men
and the travelling public were con-
graduating themselves on the fact
that all danger of snowblockades was
past in this section at least. On Sat-
urday evening however, absurd as it
may seem, the snow caused the in
coming trains to be delayed for some
time The freight stuck in drift
just outside the city limits and the
evening passenger behind was forced
to wait until the barrier of snow was
finally pushed aside
The village board at Montfort in.
stituted ''clean up day this spring.
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