Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-02-23
John Howe visited home over

John Howe visited home owe
Sunday.
And still the cold weather ant
snow lingereth.
Rev. W. H. Hannaford has beer
laid up with the grip for a few days.
"A candidate was initiated into
the local lodge of Odd Fellows last
evening.
Harry Wurster will be removed
to the tuberculosis sanitarium al
Wales, today. for treatment.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Congregational church will meet with
Mrs. David schreiner Friday after
noon.
The Bloomington Eastern Star
lodge will give banquet this even.
ing in honor of MIR. and Mrs. L A.
Clark. of this city. A number from
Lancaster expect co attend.
The following attorneys are at
the county seat during the present
sess ion of circuit court E. E. Burns,
T. L. Cleary, R. A. Goodell, L. A.
Brunckhorst, D. J. Gardner, j. w.
Murphy. Platteville; J. ]. Blaine,
w. E Howe, Boscobel; s. E. Smalley.
Cuba City.
Three or four Migrants of the
gypsy order arrived Monday on the
evening train. They we're dressed in
the same gaudy dirty rags they wear
in their overland trips during the
summer. If these pests are not given
any encouragement by local citizens
they will avoid Lancaster. They are
much less desirable than the ordinary
hand OUT tramps and the latter are
by no means welcome visitors.
Many of the farmers of this
vicinity attended the Bloomington
institute yesterday and others are
planning to take in the closing session
today There are three other in
sritutes in the county this week.
Although all are held at greater
distance from Lancaster than Bloom
ington it is probable that few resi-
dens of this vicinity will attend one
or more of them. These three platte
Vile, Montfort and LouIsburg) will
hold their sessions Thursday and Fri
day.
j The United Mining Company, in
which Lancaster people hold stock,
is soon, to be put in active operation.
I'D T. Goldthorpe. of Dubuque, one OF
the most experienced and ablest min
ing men in the district has leased the
entire holdings including the COM
plete equipment of the company, for a
term of two years. This includes an
option on the property for $22, 500.
The rent will be 10 per cent of all
ores taken out. Operations at the mine
will commence within sixty days. It
issvery probable that Mr.. Goldthorpe
will make a success of the United
Company's mine.
will Houghton. Of Beetown, ex-
poets to leave next month for West
Point where he will take up his
duties in the national military acad
envy. 1t will be remembered that
Mr.. Houghton passed the preliminary
examination held in this city last
summer Since then he has passed
the regular entrance examination and
within few weeks will be a full
fedged cadet. Last fall he entered
the University of Wisconsin to take
up certain studies as sort of prepara-
tion for the West Point work. He
will not return to Madison but will
remain at home. Mr.. Houghton is a
graduate from the Lancaster al gh
school, class of 1907, and has many
friends in this city who are surely
glad to learn of his success.
From the seniority list Of agents,
operators and telephone men in the
Madison division issued by the order
of Railroad Telegraphers we find that
George S. Rockwell leads the entire
list of 1876. He has been in service
since January 1, 1878. Other Grant
county men to have been long in the
service are w. j. Hooper, of Livings-
ton who ranks thirteenth and who has
been employed since Nov. 1. 1882 and
F. D. Lathrop. of Fennimore, who is
fifteenth ON the list and whose service
dates back to March 5, 1883. The fact
that Mr.. Rockwell has been in the ser
vice for twenty seven years shows how
much the company appreciates his
work at this end of the line. His
record is indeed one to be proud OF
and the patrons of the company ap-
preciate his efforts as we'll as the
company itself.