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

Patch Grove Friday.
n. Greb. Of Dodgeville, was
business callers Friday.
William Mitchell, of Cuba City
was in Lancaster Friday.
A. E. Macmillan of PlattevilIe
was in this city Thursday.
-Chas. Wilkins, of Preston, was
Lancaster visitor Thursday.
j. B. Mauer, of Fennimore had
business in Lancaster Friday.
). E. Riese and r. H. Peck were
over from Bloomington Friday.
Atty. NJ. Casey was over from
Bloomington on business Friday.
Mrs. Geo. B. Clementson returned
home from Platteville last Thursday.
Omar J. Arnold, of Mt. Hope,
had business at the county seat Thurs
day.
Mrs. Frank Pink and children,
Of Preston, visited in Lancaster last
week.
John Day left last Wednesday for
Pierre. S. D., to attend to real estate
interests.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Eli, of
Harrington, Mimi, are visiting reIa
tives here.
William Harding, of Byron, Ill.
is the new barber at Blackburn
barber shop.
Roy Simpson, formerly of this
city, Is engaged in the plumbing bust.
ness at Montfort.
Mrs. ]. @. Taylor. of Salt Lake
City, visited last week with her aunt
Mrs. S. r. Greene.
The regular observance of Arbor
and Bird Day will be made in the
Lancaster schools May 6.
MIR. and Mrs. Fred Mackey are
home from Orleans. Neb., where they
have been for several months
Jas. Petty and sister, Mrs. Fife
Webb attended the funeral of Mrs.
OGey in Cassville Wednesday.
The high school seniors are
planning to give a class play some
time during the coming month.
Mrs. E. Bolzell. of MontfOrt
visited in Lancaster at the home of
her daughter Mrs. Ed Moorse last
week.
Because of the incleinenUy of the
weather the high school freshmen
were obliged to postpone their class
picnic which was to have been held at
Kings Ford last Saturday.
Rev. W. 81. Hannaford is to
deliver the Baccalaureate Address to
the graduating class of Cassville
high school on the evening of May 1.
There are seven graduates at Cassville
this year.
Lancaster Will probably be
represented in the oratorical contest
for high schuol students of southwest
ern Wisconsin to be held during the
PIatteville chautauqua. Two prizes
of $50 and $l5 are offered. Orations
must be original.
Seventy five automobiles will
visit Platteville April &C. The
organization of the Grant Co. Auto
mobile and Good Roads Assn. will
be perfected upon that date. Several
of Lancaster machines will probably
help make up the seventy-fve.
The old story of fishermen chasing
cattle and leaving gates open is the
cause of mo trespassing' notices ap-
nearing in our exchanges The damage
As done, in nine cases out of ten, by
irresponsible minors. Children should
be given instruction at home regard
ing the rights of others. Until they
nave a clear conception of what those
rights are they should not be allowed
to 20 on fishing trips unacconpanied
by old persons.
Big fires oftentimes work out for
the general welltire. While the water
works question was still under dis
cussion in Lancaster in 1895 the
Excelsior factory burned and proved
conclusively to many doubters how
entirely inadequate were the means
then employed of fighting fire. 1t
helped very materially to turn the
tide in favor of the proposed water
works system. And now Bloomington
is likely TO profit frsm an extremely
disastrous fire in much the same
manner as Lancaster.
The high school ball team was