Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-05-18


arrived Sunday for visit.
Will Lewis, of Patch Crave was
Lancaster visitor Monday.
Atty. P. BARLEY, of Blooming
| ton visited in Lancaster Monday.
The work of cleaning up the old
round house was commenced Monday.
Judge Goodsell held a session of
county court in Platteville yesterday.
The Patriotic Contest bids fair to
be more closely contested than ever
before.
Lowry Morse left yesterday for
Grand Rapids. Wis, where he will
visit his brother Bob.
| Rev. Hannaford is attending the
Congregational convention at Co.
lumbus, Wis, this week.
The Royal Neighbors will have
initiation of candidates at their meet
ing on Friday evening. All come.
The Ladies of the Congregational
church realized 500 from their rum
mage sale held Friday and Saturday.
| The Ladies Aid Society of the
Congregational church Will meet next
Friday afternoon with Miss Abbie
Phelps.
General Calls Circles patriotic
contest by the scholars of grades of
North and South School Friday even
ing May Goth.
Next Friday evening the Patriotic
Contest will be held at Reeds Opera
House. A prize of $50 will be Civ
en- to winners both boy and girl.
"A blind man with an accordion
and accompanied by bright and
neat looking little girl, held forth
upon the street corners several days
last week and gathered in plenteous
crop of coins. He went away for
day or two but came back for couple
of days longer at the close of the
week, saying this was the best town
for business he had struck Ill a long
while.
| The Platteville track meet was
won by Mineral Point high school.
PIatteville high school secured second
place. Lancaster did not secure
place although the local athletes were
not among the ''also rans'' in any
event. Stone secured fourth place in
the 100 yards dash in crowded field.
Considering the inexperience and lack
of consistent practice OF the Lancaster
representatives they did very we'll.
This is the first year our school has
been represented in track althletis and
the boys deserve lots of credit even if
they did not win high honors. Next
year they hope to be among the
! leaders.
1t is very probable that the
district meeting of Odd Fellows to be
held here May 10 will be largely at
tended by members of the following
lodges, all members of this district:
Mt. Hope. Fennimore, Blue River,
Brodtville. Boscobel and Bloomington.
An interesting program is being
prepared. @ HI. Baxter will deliver
the address of welcome and a business
meeting at which the district organiza
ton will be perfected. will follow in
the afternoon. A banquet will be
served at 6 p. m. by the Rebekah
lodge in the banquet room. In the
evening the Degree of Brotherly Love
will be conferred upon one of the
members OF the Lancaster lodge by
the local degree team. The remainder
Of the meeting Will be of social
nature.
Farmers fear repetition of the
trouble they experienced last year
with the grub worm. 1t is said that
the frost during the past winter was
not sufficiently heavy to kill the pests
and it is predicted that the crops will
suffer greatly in consequence, Many
1 fear that the corn Will De especially
damaged, the grubs and cut worms
playing havoc with it oftentimes be-
fore it gets chance to attain fair
growth. Lawns and gardens about the
city we're also greatly damaged last
year. There are but few successful
methods of dealing with this pest.
Some farmers put their seed corn in
a sulphur solution before planting but
it is not known that this is always
eficacious.
-"Stub'' Hauser, the ball player,
who is we'll known in Galena, is max
ing good as short stop with the st.
Louis team of the National League,
and will oe used at that position
regularly this season. Hauser was
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