Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-03-02

Upon the 9Th page Of this paper
will be found today the 2Sth annual
spring opening announcement Of the
old reliable firm of CIV. Knapp &
Son, dealers in agricultural imple-
ments, wagons, carriages etc. Atten-
ton is, called to thethings farmers are
most likely to stand in need Of in the
approaching spring. The announce.
ment occupies the entire page. IS
IL The interest of Lancaster citizens
does not seem to lessen in the night
ly attractions at the Orpheum theater
and judging from the large crowd S in
attendance Burr & Knox have a pay
ing enterprise. An electric theater
has been started in Fennimore and
Platteville has supported three for
several months. This institution now
seems to be more than a temporary
fad. From the support given it. in
this section it is here to stay.
AT meeting held last Friday
evening the members of the Country
Club decided to give up the rooms in
the Opera house block which were the
original home Of the club and retain
just those in the Alt block. This
action was taken to cut down expenses.
The old rooms were given up because
of the fact that the others are more
adapted to the present needs of the
club The rooms in the Alt block
will be improved in many ways.
Jacob, Hough, former citizen of
Lancaster, died at his home in Platte
Vile Friday. He recently suffered a
stroke of paralysis. Mr. Hough moved
to Platteville from Lancaster some
fifteen Or twenty years ago. In this
city he worked at the blacksmith
trade and was we'll known as one of
the best blacksmiths in the section of
the state. Of late years he has in
terested himself in mining ventures
and had retired from any active en-
ploymeut. Funeral services and burial
will take place in Platteville.
Farmers around Lancaster say
that rabbits are playing havoc with.
young orchards this winter. Last
fall they tried to protect their young
trees by different devices thinking
them secure against the pests. How.
ever the snow has been so deep this
winter that the ordinary means of
protection have been practically USE
less in that the rabbits run along on
top of the snow and girdle higher up
than the line of protection. Then,
too, toe greedy pests haven t as much
vegetation to forage on as in the past
few winters when the snow was light
or melted shortly after it fell.
Zion City, Ill.,, the Mecca of the
followers of John Alexander Dowie,
and the city in which many of the
Lancaster converts of the Elijah of
the 10Th century, invested their hard
earned cash, will wind up the affairs
of the old regime shortly. The
receiver announces that practically
all of the secured claims against the
estate have been settled and thar there
remains property enough to pay un-
secured creditors about twenty mine
cents on the dollar. Dowie Funded
this city more than ten years ago hav-
ing purchased a tract of land on the
shore of Lake Michigan near Wauk
egan, Ill. His plan was to have an
ideal city where his followers might
live in peace and DO uncontaminated
by liquor. medicine, tobacco and bad
language. Those who took stock in
the city were given long term leases
on their holdings The city flourish
ed while the doctor kept his health
but after that it passed into the hands
of receiver. 1t has since lost great
ly in population although its lace
mills, now controlled by Marshall
Field & Co., employ 800 hands.