Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-01-05

business here last week.
About $50 marriage licenses were
issued lasG year by County Clerk
Tuf1ey.
Mr. and Mrs. John Day left
yesterday moning on trip to Marsh
field and Milwaukee.
Miss Addie KiteIinger has resum-
ed her school duties at Pleasant Ridge
after week S vacation.
BROKER Bros. are putting a new
Goth century furnace in Emmanuel
church. work being started upon it
last Monday.
"A number of friends surprised
JOS, Caspers Friday evening, the &C.
casion being Mr.. Caspers' forty ninth
birthday. It was a very agreeable
surprise and those present had very
enjoyable time. Refreshments were
served during the evening.
The Soldiers and Sailors Relief
Committee held the regular quarterly
meeting in the county clerk IS Office at
the court house. Regular business
was transacted. The committee con-
sists of Arthur Doyle, Cuba City ;
Hugh Matthews, Boscobel and Alex.
Ivey, Lancaster.
"A five o'clock dinner was served
Thursday evening at the 7. F. Orion
home; the event being i'll honor of
Hugh and Frank Orion who recently
returned from Hibbing, Mimi. for a
holiday visit About sixteen young
people-most of them cousins-were
present and all had very delightful
time.
Mrs Nancy Pearson, a we'll
known resident of this city, died at
the home of her daughter Mrs.
Richardson last Wednesday. Death
was caused by heart failure. Mrs.
Pearson, who was native of Ireland,
had lived hers for many years. She
was seventy seven years old at the
time of her death. Funeral services
were held December 80, interment
following at Hillside.
The morning train on Wednesday
of last week for some reason or other
was unable to leave the station,
although at the regular time of
departure a snowplow with two
engines attached was sent out. The
noon train was late as usual and the
1 As train correspondingly late.
Although most of the recent delays
were apparently unavo dable it is
hard to understand why at least, an
effort can not be made to dispatch the
outgoing trains according to scheduled
time.
IA meeting was held in Platte
Vile. several days ago of the com
missioners appointed by Judge Glenn
entson TO appralse the value of certain
condemned lands in the route of the
Interstate Light & Power Co. The
| property owners were represented by
Attys. Orion & Osborne, of Darling
ton. w. H. Beebe, D j. Gardner, OF
| Platteville and s. E. Smalley, OF
Cuba City. The commissioners were
Casper Gerlach, of Elk Grove, VIM.
Andrews, of Bazel Green and w. B.
Vail OF Benton. Morris Fox was
present in behalf of the company,
which was also represented by Attys.
Dolan and Murphy. The appraised
damages were awarded to the land
owners and the commissioners ad-
journed with the decision to hold
another meeting shortly.
The auditor system recently
inaugurated on the G. & N. W. rail
road is not proving great success
according to newspaper reports. The
auditor has been expected to collect
fares and many of the men, being in
experienced. lost hundreds of dollars
for the company during the recent
holiday rush. Under the system the
conductors have little to do expect to
watch the attempts of tho auditors to
collect fares. The train crews regard
the auditors as spies who are constant
ly attempting to GUST them from their
positions. The company pays the
auditors large salaries and considering
the money lost in fares the expert
ment is surely an expensive one and
comes at the very time of, the year
when it is necessary to cut down all
needless expenses. The auditors have
not run on this division of the North
western so often as on thu main line.
Superintendent j. G. Brockert is
sending out notices and instructio MS
regarding the work preliminary to
the second annual county contest in
spelling, adding and writing to be
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