Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-03-08

Fred Garthwaite, of Mt. Hope,
was in Lancaster Saturday
e. L. Liebfried, of Cassville,
was visitor here Monday.
William F. Biesman Of Galena,
called on his friends here Monday.
Jacob May and Henry May were
here from Glen Haven the first of the
week.
Frank and Griffin Hickok of
Bloomington, were in Lancaster We'd
nesday.
I. G.. Brechler and J. B. Brad
bury we're here from Fennimore Sat-
urday.
Mrs. j. Anderson of WoOdman, is
taking treatment at w. J. Schade's
sanitarium.
L. Alt q Sons have purchased
from Joseph Dawson twenty head of
young cattle baby beet. which
they will sell over the block in their
market.
David Oschman' s auction sale last
Thu rsday was we'll attended and
everything brought good prices Stock
especially sold we'll. Harvey HurI-
burt was auctioneer and L. Fl.
| Stevens clerk.
"A joint teachers institute will be
held at Prairie du Chen March 10
and II for the benefit Of the West
Grant and Crawford County teachers
1t will be i'll charge Of Superinten-
dents. j. G. Brockert, Of Grant Co
and George Brown Of Crawford Co.
The cheering news comes from
Livingston that Mr.. and Mrs. r. M
Carter are parents of a pretty 81
pound girl baby, born Monday fore
noon. Mother and daughter both
doing fine and fond father treading
on thin air-the proudest man in
| town.
The following relatives attended
the funeral services of Henry Muench
Monday: Mrs. Joseph Ruderdorf of
Fennimore MIR. and Mrs. Frank
Muench of PaulIina. Iowa; Mrs. Joe
Muench of Clear Lake, Iowa; Matt
Muench of Bridgeport and John Ru-
dersdorf of Miladore, Wis.
About 1900, 900 brook trout fry
are ready at the Madison hatchery for
distribution throughout Southern Wis
consin. It is expected that they will
be sent to the various points for dis
tribution this week. Lancaster citi-
zens have applied for several thousand
fry to be planted in this vicinity.
Clyde Jackson. of Harrison, ap.
peared at County Clerk McCoy's Office
last week with a large fox that he
had trapped the day previous He was
without the proper credentials from
the town chairman however and was
Obliged to return home and scalp the
animal in the presence of the chair
man before he could he paid the
bounty of three dollars.
Frank Smith has sold his Morn
ing Glory Farm near Beetown to AL
Sturmer and Joseph Wayne, neighbors
the consideration being approximately
$40, O00 They take possession at once
but the present tenant will remain
on the place for some time yet. The
sale does not include the land known
as the Hackett pasture land. MIR.
Smith intends having an auction sale
of the personal property soon.
-Supt. J. c. Brockert has received
over 300 entries on the corn growing
contest which will be an interesting
feature of the Grant County Fair this
fall. Most of the entries have come
from the more remote towns of the
county and comparatively few from
this immediate vicinity. Supt
Brockert has already distrib uted four
bushels of corn among the prospective
contestants. Special premiums have
been added to the first prize of $40
Ziegler Bros. of this city will give to
the boy ranking first a fine Garden
City Lawn Mower and the Gentle
Bros. of Platteville will present to
the lucky contestant a full blooded
registered Jersey heifer calf
Henry John Muench died at his
home Thursday after an illness of
little over week. His death was
caused by an attack of lubar pneu-
monia and was doublY sad to his rela-
tives and friends because Of the death
of his elder brother, Joseph Muench,
several weeks ago Henry Muench
was native of Grant county and on
April would have been % years old
He is survived by a mother, three
sisters, Mrs. John Rudersdorf, of
MiIad0re Wis Mrs loo RrdorSdorf