Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-03-20

The small boy and his fish pole
will be much in evidence soon.
Judge GoodselI held a term Of
county court at Platteville yesterday.
Mrs. Mabel Pritchett and chill
dren went to Blue River Monday.
-Mrs. Ezra Cushman and daugh
ter, Of Rewey, were here over Sunday.
The w. G. T. U. will meet at
the home Of Mrs. Ed King March 91st.
Il G. Eifert and wife, of Mont.
fort, had business in this city between
trains Monday.
Miss Bessie Gibbs was home from
Bloomington for weeks vacation
from her work there
There Will be a meeting of Grand
Chapter No. 81. Royal Arch Masons
next Saturday evening. All mem
bers are invited to be present.
With the spring weather which
has prevailed for several days the
workmen for the city have removed
the boards from the sidewalk around
the court house.
Bishop Webb. of Milwaukee will
be in the city and will conduct
communion service at Emmanuel
Episcopal church tomorrow, Thursday
morning, at ZOO o'clock
There will be dance in Reed &
Opera House, Thursday evening,
March 81, given by the Gross
Orchestra. The floor is in fine con-
dition and a good time is in store for
all who attend.
Chester Croker has taken the
agency for local. service with the 81.
laundry. of Madison. He sends in a
basket every Tuesday morning and IT
returns with the goods all laundried
in fine shape on Friday. He will
have his headquarters at the Farwell
hotel
An advertisement is to a business
man very much what sowing seed is
to farmer 1t may take a little
time for the result to become apparent,
but they are sure to come. The wise
farmer is not niggardly with his seed,
nor the wise business man with his
advertisements.
Extension of the free mail de-
livery service to villages and small
towns is urged upon congress by
Postmaster General Hitchcock. He
forwarded a recon- mendation that an
appropriation of hundred thousand
dollars be made to put village delivery
service into operation.
AT meeting held last Wednesday
the trustees of the Grant County
Asylum purchased a new heating
plant for the asylum The system of
heating is known as the Paul
System" and was purchased from the
firm Mcclure Bros. of Rockford,
Ill, at cost of about $4,000.
shipments of young brook trout
were received by several local mea On
Wednesday from the State Hatchery
at Madison. Will Walker, Parke
Knapp, Robert Stoffel, Robert Draper
and John Decker each received cans
of the spsckled beauties and planted
the same in the various streams
around this city.
Miss Alice Curtis of the Political
Equality League and Miss Linda
Rhodes of the State Suffrage Associa-
tion have been working together III
organizing Grant county for woman
suffrage. Miss Curtis has also re-
Gently given addresses in DeIaVan and
Mineral Point, and will soon go to
Prairie du Chen.
The Quaker Whist Club, which
was entertained at the home of Con-
ductor and Mrs. G. S. Helberg. on
Monday evening. extended its annual
invitation to the husbands of the lady
members to participate in the pleasures
of the evening. A six o'clock dinner
was served. following which twelve
couples spent the evening with pro-
gressive whist. Theo Calvin and
Lou Fischer won the prizes for the
highest and lowest number of points,
and Mrs. K E. Orion had the highest
score among the ladies.
For the first time since it's
establishment two years ago. there
are no rabies patients taking the
treatment for the prevention of
hvdrophobia at the state hygienic
laboratory at the University of Wis
conisn. The last patient finished the
treatment last week. A year ago, in
March, 1911, there were fifteen
patients at The laboratory, the next to
the largest number ever being treated