Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-04-13

-Burnelle Suttle is seriously i'll
with appendicitis.
H. Cleary, of Darlington, was IN
Lancaster Saturday.
CLAUDE Hickok. of Bloomington
was in Lancaster Monday.
H. ". Brown had business in
Chicago a day or two this week.
p. BARLEY was over from Bloom
ington yesterday on legal business.
Go. Surveyor A. W. Appleby, of
Boscobel. is in Lancaster this week.
The Purity Oil Co. has fitted up
the tank north uf the Hoffman Ice
Cream Factory.
Seats have been placed about the
court house lawn and are being made
good use of as usual.
The light frost of last Wednesday
night does not seem to have done
any harm in this section.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Clark attend
ed the funeral of Mrs. Peter Wood
house at Bloomington Saturday.
Annual meeting of Cemetery AS
ISOLATION at rest room, city hall. Fri
day evening. See extended notice in
another column.
Miss Martha Meyer has passed
successfully through her siege of
scarlet fever and the quarantine was
raised last Sunday.
Cleo. P. Goeble has raroofed and
made numerous other improvements to
his residence property on South Madi-
son street during the past two weeks.
e. T. Goldthorpe has sent in his
resignation as superintendent of the st.
Anthony Mining Co., as he is unable
to properly direct work at this mine
and also his United holding. IF he is
released be will devote all his time
to the United property here. Mont
fort Mail.
The Grant Birthday Association,
of GaIena, will have public exercises
in that city on Wednesday, April 81,
concentrating the 8Sth birthday an
niversary of Gen. Ulysses S Grant,
who was for many years resident of
that city. The address will be de-
Iivered by Col J. Hamilton Lewis, of
Chicago.
Conrad Esser is the latest bounty
hunter to receive liberal reward at
the hands of the county and state.
For the scalps of five young wolves
recently presented at the court house
he received total bounty of forty
dollars. Mr.. Esser S home is in
Cassville townhsip where the wolves
are asid TO he numerous.
In another column of today's
Herald will be found an announces
ment of the candidacy of E. A. Berge,
of Potosi. for the republican nomina
tion for register of deeds. 1t is about
ID years since Potosi has been rep
resented in the list of county officers
and the people in that section feel
that they are entitled to recognition.
Mr.. Berge is understood to have
the hearty support of the people in
his home town.
The rule that students engaging
in high school athletic contests must
have an average of IS per cent in the
studies is again in force this year 1t
tends 60 raise the standard of athletics
and, so far, has not worked hardship
on any one in the Lancaster school.
The base ball team this spring is of
course, playing under this rule and
has good prospects for a successful
season. Next Saturday the boys meet
Platteville high school at Platteville.
Farmers in northern Illinois have
the ginseng raising fever and some are
realizing good returns from the fad.
Ginseng raising has proved fairly suc-
cessful in Lancaster and vicinity but
few care to expend the time and
patience required In ''sang" culture
when the success is so doubtful.
Ginseng roots bring from SIS to 81 per
pound when dried. The root is pur-
chased by drug stores and special
buyers for Shipment to China, where
the natives regard it as panacea
j. w. Murphy and M. S. Block
are in Dodgeville before Judge
Clementson this week in a suit be-
tween the Interstate Light and Power
company and certain land owners
through whose land the line is survey
ed for right of-way. This action is
an appeal to the court made by the
: land over from the award of the COM
missioners. The above named at
torneys are representing the company,