Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-03-27

May 1st will be a circuit court
day.
Save things for the rummage sale
in April.
Frank Meyer went to Madison
yesterday.
Horace aymer made trip to
Preston yesterday.
George Hannum, of Hurley
South Dakota, is here On a visit
Prof. f. w. Trainer was called to
Rockford Monday by the sickness of
his father.
Mrs. j. M. Donnelly. Frank Hos
kins and wife, of Bloomington, were
callers here yesterday.
Dorothy Baldwin is home from
Menominee where she is taking a
course in Domestic Science.
Mrs Rose Lance of Bloomington,
passed through Lancaster yesterday
enroute to F'ennimore for a visit.
-Chas. Weber, of Potosi, and
Thomas Baker, of Beetown, both
passed away on Sunday Mar. Gath.
The Harmony Quartette'' COM
posed of Normal students at Platte
Vile will give an entertainment at
Reeds opera house soon.
George P. Walker mas recently
purchased the Antoine Smith property
just south of the depot He has sold
the creamery building to Baxter &
Draper but will erect the necessary
buildings on the lots west of the
creamery for the manufacture of con-
crete fence posts bricks and blocks.
"A change will be made In the
United States flag on July 4th this
year when two stars will be officially
added to it. The states that were
admitted this year are Arizona and
New Mexico this being the first time
since 1890 that more than one state
has been added to the Union in one
year. The stars will be arranged on
the blue field after Independence day
in six rows of eight stars making
forty eight, the number of states there
are at present-Ex.
The following settlements were
made in county court yesterday: In
the estate of Daniel Parker, petition
for conveyance pursuant to contract,
order was signed. In estate of Chas.
j. F. Mutt, petition to prove will,
Orlando F. Mutt was named as
executor with bond : $1,000. In estate
of Albert A. Untenoufer, petition for
guardian, j. j. Blaine was appointed
with bond of $500 In the estate of
Wallace w. Reed, petition for
administrator, H E. Austin was APP
pointed. Bond $500. In estate Of
Frank Gillian hearing of claims,
no claims were presented.
On Tuesday of last week mem bers
of the NJ w. A.. together with a
number of neighbors and friends,
gathered at the home OF Ed Johnson,
who has been sick for some time and
split fine lot of wood for him. The
saving was done by Fisher & Lem
decker Those who participated in
al I'm
Vim. Ward, Henry Holzinger, Geo.
E. johnson, James Bradbury. George
Dyer, Ira Murphy, Henry Zenz, Carl
Brendemuehl, Robert Kinney, AL
Payne, Glen Vesperman, Everett
Treloar. VIM. Benn, Andrew Brown,
Alfred Duncslf, Wallace Ritchie,
Henry Zsnz, John Zenz, Austin
Dewey, Joe Bailey, Robert Peacock,
Clyde Robins, G. E. Mcmahon, John
Finnegan, Ellsworth Wilcox, Paul
Komke and L. Holzinger.
The following. taken from the
Plattevillle Witness, shows the
opinion of the people there in regard
to ThOs. McDonald's new railroad.
Public sentiment in favor of the
proposed Chicago Short Line Electric
Railway is gradually growing
stronger. We understand that quite
number of Platteville citizens are
subscribers for capital stock and no
doubt more will be. That the
undertaking shall be absolutely secure
and solvent, an additional $25. 900
will bB SOLD to meet any conditions
that might arise. The incorporators
have determined also to build a
branch line west fro Shullsburg to
Benton. The more the project is
understood. the more enthusiastic are
the people becoming over the contem
plated building of the road.
| Peter Stuer was arrested Yester
| daY afternoon on the charge of giving