Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-06-01

Gu dC nome this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thomas are
visiting Bloomington relatives.
WIN. Lewis, of Patch Grove,
visited in Lancaster last week.
DIR. r. NJ. Carter, of Livingston,
arrived Saturday evening for a visit at
the c. F. Dickinson home,
John Halferty, the little son of
DR.. F. W. Aalferty, is seriously Ill
with infammatory rheumatism.
The Ladies' Missionary society Of
the Congregational church will meet
at the parsonage next Saturday after
noon, at O. clock
-Thos. Duncalf left yesterday
morning for Eau Glare as a delegate
to the State Convention of Foresters
from the local lodge.
Miss Dorothy Lisherness arrived
home Saturday evening from Arthur
where she was principal Of the graded
school the past year.
According to the Piatteville
Journal the famous Enterprise mine
has been leased to company of ten
men who will operate it.
AS usual the Lancaster observance
of Memorial day was unmarried by
any ball games or other sports This
is proper and fitting and it is greatly
to the credit of our young people that
they show this respect annually.
A card from Clinton F. Bud
worth, formerly of this office, now
visiting with relatives at Hastings,
Neb. announces that he is having a
good time and has gained eight pounds
since leaving Lancaster. He will
soon leave there for the Pacific coast.
The Cuba City News Herald has
installed a Junior Linotype tpye-
setting machine, which will prove a
great advantage in expeditiously
handling news matter in the rush
days. We congratulate our neighbor
upon its enterprise and prosperity.
The city bands formal debut
Memorial day proved to our citizens
that Mr.. Hyde's organization is we'll
deserving of the liberal support ex
tended in advance by the city council.
The Instrumentation is we'll balanced
and the members show considerable
improvement since last season.
Farmers living along Grant river
report that the recent freshet destroyed
thousands of fish The river left its
banks and then receded SO rapidly
that the fish were left high and dry,
and as a result they died. One man
reports that on his farm be found fish
by the hundred, lying dead on the
bank of Grant Seven pound Cat and
immense carp we're found with the
suckers and smaller fish.
The memorial services held Sun
day morning at the Congregational
church were we'll attended not only
by the veterans and their relatives but
by other citizens as we'll. The sermon
delivered by Rev. Hanuaford differed
in many respects from the usual
memorial address and met with the
hearty approval of the entire con-
gregation. The singing, likewise,
was pleasing feature. There were
several we'll rendered selections by the
choir and a beautiful solo by Mrs.
Marjorie Taylor Not single feature
marred the perfect accordance of the
services and the occasion.
Town boards that have not COM
piled with the law in regard to sign
boards face arrest, the law having
gone into effect November 1st. The
law reads that town boards in the
various towns shall cause to be erect
ed and kept in good repair, ap-
propriate guide boards along all
main travelled public highways within
their respective towns. The expense
of erection and keeping in repair shall
be paid out of the treasury and the
guide boards must be erected before
the first day of November. 1t is
understood that ten days grace has
been given to comply with the law
and failure to comply Herewith will
be to court paying fines in justice
court. Several towns in the county
have placed sign boards on the
principal roads while others have
failed to do so. Elk.
Village Marshal Thos. j. Mar
shall, of Montfort. was arrested and
brought to Lancaster Thursday to
answer to the charge of committing
an assault with intent to do great
bodily harm. On the preceding Sun
day evening several young boys of
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