Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-04-20

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The Woman's Club will meet
with Mrs. Andrew Lewis next Mon
day afternoon at 2 80.
Mrs. Robert Smith, of Chicago,
came Monday for a visit with hel
mother, Mrs. Austin Farrand.
Local dealers in farm implements
and machinery received large ship.
ments during the past few days.
| Ben West, of Cassville, informs
the Herald that the lost colt which
he advertised in this paper has been
found-dead.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Congregational church will hold a
rummage sale at the city hall on May
18th and 18th. Home baking will be
on sale at the same time at the
church.
| The township tests in the county
spelling. writing and adding contest
will take place next Friday in every
town in the county except Boscobel.
there being no rural high schools in
that town.
Jos. Komak, charged with
adultery, waived examination last
week before Justice Burrows and was
bound over to appear at the coming
session of circuit court. He obtained
the required bail.
Will Ritter of Waterloo brought
four young live foxes to the court
house last week and obtained the
bounty of four dollars. The foxes
were cute little chaps but somewhat
indignant at being carried so many
miles in a sack.
Lot owners in the Lancaster
cemetery, who wish to pay their an
nual fee of 81. 90 for the care of lots,
will hand the same to W. F. Orion,
city treasurer at the city hall, or Miss
Emma Schreiner treasurer, Of Gene
terry Association.
"A letter received from w. B.
Dyer who has been in South Dakota
for some little time, requests US to
announce that his Bill Hinman horse
and King Donald. with a record of
:194 will be kept at the Dyer livery
barn this season.
Mrs. Heiliger has been seri-
ously i'll for several days. Her
daughter. Mrs Minnie Stephas, of
Ashyre, Ia. has been at her bedside
and her sons Philip and Joseph
HeiIiger, of Sheldon, Ia, and Joseph
Heiliger. of Sanborn, Ia, have been
telegraphed for and are expected al
any time.
7 "A telegram from Lansing, Mich.
on Saturday, announced to the editor
of The Herald that the stork had
brought an 81 pound baby girl to the
hume of Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Allen
that morning and that the mother and
baby are both doing splendidly. Mrs.
Allen is the EDITORS only daughter,
and Mrs. Lowrey has been with her
for the past two weeks or more.
In another column will be found
an advertisement of an auction sale OF
the farm upon which the Checkerboard
mine is located, in Beetown. Several
years ago number of drill holes
were put down and good indications OF
large bodies of lead found but they
were deep and the mine was abandon.
ed Some day they may prove quite
valuable.
Virgil Piddlngton, the former
Lancaster twirler, has signed a con
tract to play this season with the
Madison team in the WI league. he
aided materially last season in land
ing the pennant for the Senators.
Another Grant county boy who breaks
into league company this season is
Eagan of Muscoda who has signed as
a catcher with the Fon du Lac team.
Stoll, formerly of Muscoda, will also
be with this team. The players in
the WI league started training Mon
day.
g. w. Redien, the evangelist
singer OF Moody Institute, Chicago.
last Saturday took charge of the sing
ing at series of special meetings
held in the Plymou tn Congregational
church at Dodgeville. This chorus
choir of fifty voices will be the es
pecial feature of the meetings. The
Dodgeville pastor will receive as
sistance during the services from Rev.
Hannaford, of Lancaster Rev. Leary,
of Platteville; Rev. Sheldon, of Madi.
son the new State Superintendent Of
Wisconsin, besides other brothers from
near by churches.
Last Tuesday night while raturn.