Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-02-28

Reno, the magician, left Monday
for Dodgevllle.
Mrs. A. Farrand went to Fenni-
more Wednesday.
Joe GayIand was down from
Montfort Thursday.
Frank Van Dusen, Of Chicago.
spent Sunday in Lancaster.
More snow arrived Monday and
the shovals were again put to use.
Conrad Veneer and wife of
Sitter were guests at the 2. ".
Clifton home last week.
Miss Nettie Montieth, of Fenni-
more was a guest at the Chas. E.
Jewell home a few days last week.
Leroy Eddy has been compelled to
give up his course in agriculture at
the U. of w this year on account of
the sickness of his father.
Rev. Hannaford went to Platte
Vile Saturday to exchange pulpits
with Rev. ". A. Leary who came
here Thursday and spoke in the Con-
gregational church Sunday Feb. 25th.
There will be another Grant
County farmers Institute held at
North Andover, March So, 1912, L.
E. Scott. of Stanley. will conduct the
Institute assisted by other gentlemen.
Carter Skate and William Loy
came down from Livingston Friday
for d short visit with friends. Will
10y attended school here last year but
is taking a year IN the Livingston
high school.
"A large number of witnesses from
PIatteville were in Lancaster Satur-
day in connection with the saloon case
in circuit court in which VIM. Place
of Platteville, a saloon keeper, was
charged with selling liquor to
minor
Lancaster now has two avowed
candidates for the republican nomina
tion for sheriff-Geo. Mccarthy, the
present city marshal, and W. B.
Dyer, liveryman and horse owner.
Both are we'll known men with a wide
acquaintance in the county
Mrs. A ]. Trautwein Of this
city and her sister, Mrs. E. A.
Fengler, of Dubuque, were called to
Clinton. MINI, last Friday by the
death of their sister, Mrs N. G.
Williams, which occurred on the day
previous.
1t was noted that burglars
attempted to enter the Mahr home at
PlatteviIIe last week but later
developments proved that the burglar
was only dog who stole the meat
from the rear porch and tipped over
d barrel which made a noise like
someone trying to enter the house.
Reno, the magician. gave a very
enjoyable entertainment Saturday
evening as the fifth number in the
season S Lyceum lecture course. His
feats of magic included much that
was new and all of them were
mystifying For brilliancy of execu-
tion he surpasses any in his line who
have appeared here.
The records show that during the
months Of September and Decem Der
1911 the number of ladies who took
advantage Of the Public Rest Room
in the city hall were 963 and 1919
respectively. These months are con-
sidered to be the best during the year.
The rest room is a great advantage
and one should be found in every
town.
-Rundell Bros. of Livingston,
have a herd of 80 head of pure bred
GUrnsey cattle. The leader of the
herd is Langwater Princeling a half
brother to the noted COW Dolly
Dimple Most of the herd are under
years old and some have taken
highest prizes in cattle shows. A
full brother of the leader sold for
So, 900.
Joseph Caspers has been having
very heavy sale of his patent calk
tongs, which surpass anything Of the
kind on the market. He has made
and disposed of many hundreds of
them during the past winter and now
has an order in for drop forgings of
10, 600 pairs of them which will be
finished in his shop here and made
ready for next seasons market.
An optician, Louis Klitsner, has
been causing considerable trouble re-
Gently for himself as we'll as others
around Dodgeville and Muscoda. He
seems to be rather short on legal
tender and has been leaving his