Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-04-15

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Phil Goldstein has been in Chi
cago on business the past week.
Ed Meyers, of North Andover,
was a business caller here on Friday.
Frank Sitter is now regularly
as driver on the Potosi
stage.
District Atty. H. E. Carthew was
in Livingston the last of the week on
legal bu mess.
Miss Dollie Ishmael, of Chicago,
has returned home after an extended
visit here with friends and relatives.
Mrs. Campbell returned home to
Platteville Friday, after a visit here
with her sister, Mrs. Chas. Meyers.
Judge Clementson was in Dodge
vile last Wednesday and admitted Fl
men to full citizenship in Iowa coun-
ty.
Miss Elisha Kinzel returned Mon
day afternoon to Platteville, where
she is attending the State Normal
school.
Miss Pearl lockwood, who re-
Gently underwent a serious operation
in Chicago hospital, is now rapidly
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Harold Pugh
are receiving a visit from Mrs.
Pugh's mother, Mrs. C. r. Milford,
of Galesburg, Ill.
Carl Walker, student at the
Dental College, Milwaukee,
spent Easter vacation here at the
home of his mother, Mrs. Chas.
Knapp.
The fire department was called
out Saturday afternoon to extinguish
a fire in chimney at the Munson
home in the third ward. A large
crowd turned out, but by the time the
firemen Reached there, no sign of fire
could be seen.
Considerable amount of grading
has put the roads in fine condition
about the city. The many auto
owners are getting their cars ready to
make use of the fine roads and
which they have so patiently
waited for the past month.
C. w. Slaght, prosperous
farmer residing near Mccartney, was
in town Monday and favored The
Herald with a pleasant visit. He
hauled home large load of new farm
he had just purchased here
with which to begin his spring work.
Merrill Hildreth s chimney burned
out Thursday evening, and caused
quite little excitement in that neigh
borhood. Even the fire department
turned out for it. 1t really was quite
a blaze and had the weather been
drier, might have done serious
damage.
An organization to be known as
the Boscobel fish and game protective
association was organized, with a
of 20, by the local
sportsmen of that city, last week,
the purpose being the protection of
harmless birds, the conservation Of
fish and game, and to cooperate with
the state league in securing legisla,
ton more in harmony with the needs
of true sportsmen and the expenditure
of the license fund in the interests of
the fish and game of the state.
In view of the fact that the city
of Lancaster voted on April z, by a
majority of rs, against the licensing
of saloons here, after July LIST, an
informed meeting was held last Sat-
urday evening, at which were present
about twenty advocaes of no license.
At this meeting it was decided to call
a public mass meeting of all the
citizens of Lancaster who are interest
ed in having a good, clean city, to be
held at Hatch's opera house on Tues
day evening, April %, at z 80, for
the purpose of organizing law and
order league.
: Prof MontravilleWood gave very
interesting scientific lecture last Fri
day evening upon the subject of the
ultra-violet-ray and the gyroscope as
applied to operation of monorail cars,
aeroplanes, etc. He was capably as
sisted by his daughter. This was the
last number on the program of the To-
cal lecture course for this season. In
announcing the completion of the year s
program Mr.. Brockert, of the COM
mittee, rendered his resignation there
of, and Oscar Wright also tenders his,
so that if we are to have a lyceum
course the coming year it will have to
be under new management. The
years program just ended leaves a