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City and Vicinity g —Geo. Jerrett is in Milwaukee on usiness. —Geo. Q. Sykes is entertaining is mother from Monroe. —John Ph Lipps was here from i neral Point a portion of the week. —John C. Marlow had business » Boscobel a portion of the week. —The scarlet fever cases at Bos ibel are reported to be conval Kent. —Will Walker will witness the T iscoDsiD-Miunesota football game t Madison, today. —Mrs. Helen Barlow is absent on er annual trip to Rhinelander for visit with relatives. —C. L Harper of Madison greeted <1 time friends and* acquaintances t Lancaster yesterday. —The auction season is at hand, emember that Herald bills are the ?st to bring buyers that bid. —Mrs. Win. Krae mer has gone to Watteville to pass the winter with ®r daughter, Mrs. H Sander. —Mrs. Tsdore Oates returned line to Freeport yesterday. She as been a guest of her father, Al. mith. —Mrs. Alfred Mall of Dubuque is guest at the home of her parents, »r. and Mrs. Aug. Pagel in Little rant. —Mrs. Maria Irish entertained je Shakespeare club at the Lee [orrell home south of town Tues ay afternoon. —Thos. Wenzel of this city and lies Kate Born or Fennimore were nited in marriage at the last amed place Thursday. —Kenneth Lang returned to his tome at Ipswich Saturday,' after a ileasant visit with his grand-par nts, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Gibbs. —The meetings of Calanthe 'emple No. 2, Pythian Sisters will *e held on the first and third Wednesday of each month here fter. —Mrs Chas. Stevens returned to er home at Rhinelander Tuesday fter a pleasant visit at the home f her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Grant onham. —Fred Baudemuhl goes to New lexico next month to look for a ew location. If satisfied with the mntry he will locate theieaud send >r his family. —Dr. Mina B. Glasier and Mrs oe Donnelly, both of Bloomington, reeted Lancaster friends Thursday, iroute home from an inspecting ur of Eastern Star lodges. The great international live ock show opens at Chicago, on Uurday, Nov. 30 and continues atii Dee. 7. A number of stock users from this county will attend. —Ten pages in this issue of the erald. The county board proceed tgs which have taken a large mount of our space in-the past >ur issues, aie completed in this umber. —A new power generator will be Ided to the equipment of the armers’ Telephone company’s local fiice. It will accommodate an ad itional operator, a necessity on ac niut of increased patronage. —Henderson Halferty, the well >do farmer of North Lancaster, as become a citizen of Lancaster, le has moved into the residence -roperty situated in the fourth ?ard that he recently purchased of jevi Garner. -Miss Linda Bennett, who has >een visiting her grandma, Mrs. 3 latt, and other relatives and riends for the past month, left Tuesday for her home at Osceola. Miss Bennett is a niece of the late Jharles Bennett. —Mahara’s minstrels will hold the boards at Reed’s opera house next Tuesday evening. They are said to be the equal if not superior of Gorton’s, which pleased a Lan caster audience Wednesday evening. We seem to be getting our min strelsy all in a bunch this season. —Gorton’s minstrels showed to a fair sized audience at Reed’s opera house, Wednesday evening, and gave a very satisfactory entertain ment. The musical numbers were not as new and up to date as might have been expected from a company having the reputation which Gor ton’s bear, but in the main were well rendered. The comedy work of Welby and Pearl was good. —James Olson of Granton, Clark county, this state, has secured own ership of the Lancaster House through a real estate deal. He traded his farm in Clark county fo.* the hotel property. The farm con sists of 320 acres. The price stipu lated uj on was sll. OOC for the hotel and t -? !cr the farm. Mr. Olson takas post «.<«ion of the hotel Decern bei 1. landlord Wenzel has as yet not decided upon a future location. I —The jury in the Phister-Free Press damage suit at Milwaukee yes terday returned a verdict awarding $15,000 to the plaintiff. x —City Marshal Dustin Pierce Las been appointed truant officer by the school board for the school district of which Lancaster is a part, ac cording to the provisions of the new law. —The Woman’s Club will meet with Mrs. Arno Alt Monday at 2:30 o'clock. Program: Responses, cur rent events, sketch, ‘‘Holy Night” Correggio, Mrs. Win. Ziegler; paper “Household bacteriology, Mrs. James Fowler: magazine article Mrs. Arno Alt. —The sale of reserved seats for the entertainment to be given by Miss Berenice Castello, impersona tor, on the evening of November 27, under the auspices of the Ladies’ Guild of the Episcopal church, will open at Bennett’s drug store on the morning of the 27th. —ln the professional directory, in another column of today’s Herald will be found the professional cam of Frances J. Bock, M. D., whose office is at her home, south of the Catholic church, and who makes a specialty of the diseases of women and children. Miss Bock graduated last year from the Hahnemann homeopathic college, of Chicago She is a daughter of Joseph Bock, cashier of the Union state bank, of this city. —Mrs. T. Carrier passed away at her home in Boscobel last Saturday, aged 72 years. Deceased was a pioneer settler of Grant county, settling m Boscobel with her hus band, the late Terrence Carrier, in 1854. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the home. Mrs. Carrier had been ill about three years. Three daughters survive—Mrs. W. E. Howe, Mrs. M. M. McSpaden and Mrs. Alice Mortimer, all residents of Boscobel. —Here is the open season for buckwheat cakes almost upon us and butter approaching the 32 cent mark. The pure food law has sent off maple syrup; oleomargerine does not smell good when applied to the warm surface of the cakes, and axle grease is too gritty to be used. The University of Wisconsin is starting a course on how to make home happy, but it should side step on that and get up a recipe for buckwheat cakes that will make them taste good without the usual trimmings. —The Scientific American gives a receipt the whole world ought to know. At the first indication of diphtheria in the throat of a child make the room ciose, take a tea cup and put mto it a quantity of tar and turpentine, equal parts The pa tient on inhaling the fumes will cough up and spit out tue mem braneous matter and the diphtheria will pass out. The fumes of tar and turpentine loosens the matter in the throat and thus affords the relief that has baffled the skill of physi cians. —C. W. Knapp returned to Lan caster last Friday from Hale Center Texas, where himself, his son, Arthur G. Knapp, John S. Wright and George Rudersdorf, all of this city jointly own a ranch of 640 acres. Mr. Wright and A. G. Knapp had gone to Texas ouiy a few days before and returned with Mr. Knapp. He thinks very well of that country and expects to return in the spring Several sections of ranch laud in the vicinity of Hale Center are now owned by Grant county people, so there will soon be a colony of ranchers from • this locality. x —The property owners of the state have suffered a loss during the last sixty days of $42,512 due to poor construction or ,improper care of flues and stovepipes. These startling figures are shown by the records in the fire marshal’s office. Out of 320 reports received in this time sixty-three or an average of over one a day have originated from this source. These figures result ing from the beginning of cold weather will give some idea of the enormous loss that may be expected before the coming of warm weather unless precautions are taken at once, which, while not entirely re moving the danger, would certainly result in a veiy large reduction in loss. —ls you area sufferer-from this very common malady you may be quickly benehtted by a perfectly de licious and soothing preparation for a sore throat, which is, iu fact lemonade made without the addi tion of water. Grate the rind from one lemon and squeeze the juice from two over about two heaped teaspoonfuls of sugar. Be careful to grate only the yellow, as the white gives a bitter flavor. Add *4 • juice and the grated rind of an c ange. Let this stand ten or fifteen minutes, and then strain through a cloth. The result is a syrup wit U a refreshing and delicious taste which quickly assuages the irritation in the throat. GRANT COUNTY HERALD LANCASTER. WIS., NOV. 23, 1907. I SHEET MUSIC SALE S & £ | Saturday, November, 30. | g 5o sheets of the latest 4oc. masic at 21 cents £ $ 5o sheets of the latest 35c. music at 19 cents $ ® bo sheets of the latest 25c. music at 15 cents g 100 sheets of the latest 2oc music at 8 cents g 2? 100 sheets of the latest 15c music at 5 cents £ £ | Music Sold at This Sale CANNOT be Exchanged. | Chas. C. Roberts’ Music Store i | LANCASTER, WISCONSIN. | —Mrs. Chas Burrows is visiting at Platteville. —Mrs. Louis Welter was a Platte ville visitor, a greater part of last week. —One of those popular dances will be given at the rink Thanks giving night. —The Mystic Workers will give a dance at the opera house Thanks giving night. —The ladies of the Lutheran church of Boscobel conducted a rummage sale last week and cleaned up SIBO. —Fred Cox celebrated his 31st birthday Sunday and several neigh bors and friends assisted in making the occasion an enjoyable one for him. —lt is reported that the C. M. & St. P. Ry. will remove their shops and division headquarters from North McGregor to Prairie du Chien next year. It was taken away from the latter place in 1895. —Auctioneer P. A. Bishop of Platteville was an agreeable caller yesterday Mr. Bishop predicts a most successful season ahead. He has already cried 26 sales thus far this fall and has two score or more booked in advance. —The Lancaster high school foot ball team added another victory to their string last Saturday in the game with the Rewey high school eleven. The return game between these two teams will take place on the Lancaster fair grounds this (Saturday) afternoon, at 2:36. —A father in discussing foot ball with the president of the school board recently said his objections to the practice of the game was that his son wore out the west side of a pair of pantaloons every week. The president of the board asked him what be meant by the west side, and be replied; “the side the son sets on.’* Geo. Garner, formerly of this city, who is farming over in Rich land county across the river from Boscobel, had the misfortune the other day to have a pair of ribs fractured m a tussle with au un ruly cow. We didn’t believe there was a bovine living that George couldn’t handle, but evidently those Richland county cows are excep tionally mean. * —Mrs Jones—“ Whatever we got ter be thankful fer, Silas?” Mr. Jones—“Waal, th’ mortgage hez bin foreclosed on th’ farm, so we hasin’t got ter pay no more interest an’ taxes; th’ autermobil’s bin attached fer debt, so we hain’t got ter worry about that no more. Johnny Smith hez thrown over our daughter Sal, so we won’t have him ter support Great Scott, Marie! we’ve got everything ter be thank ful fer.'’ —The traveling libraries sent out from the capitol, at Madison by the Free Library Commission are main tained by the state and are loaned free of all charge except the cost of transportation. These collections are made up of the best popular books in fiction, history, travel, biography, science, and literature for adults and children. They are shipped in stout pine cases and are accompanied by printed catalogues and supplies necessary tor keeping record of the circulation. The traveling libraries are intended for farming communities and small villages not enjoying public librar ies. To secure a traveling library a library association must first be organized whicn shall include at least ten citizens They must elect a librarian who shall have charge of the libraries and return them promptly to the Commission at the expiration of each half year. The Commission desires to supply as many communities m the state as its means will allow. Application blanks will be forwarded upon re quest to the Wisconsin Free Library Commission Madison, Wisconsin. ! Want Column; If You Want help Want a position Want to rent a house Want to buy or sell seed Want to sell household goods Want purchasers for real estate Want to buy or sell cattle or horses Want to sell fruit or vegetables Want to make a farm loan Want to trade anything Want a servant girl Want a partner Want cash Try us FARMS~FOR SALE: I have two good farms situated in Grant county that I will sell on reasonable terms. 51 ts Jos. H. Bennett. FOR SALE CHEAP: Two second hand ’ r, orse powers. 26tf. WELL! WELL! WELL! It beat all. What beats all? Why the Red Trunk cigar 44-ts FOR SALE or Rent: farm consist ing of 120 acres, located miles west U ) nboro in Sections 30-31; good running water and schoolhouse close by, Dist. No. 1. Call on or address, August Senetlaben, Ellenboro, Wis FOR SALE: Six-room house and wo lots situated in 4tb ward, city of Lancaster. Apply to J. C. Welsh, 50tf Bloomington, Wis. I FOR SALE—House and lot of moderate size. Good location in Platteville; wifi trade for farm. Inquire at the Herald office. WANTED: 2 carloads of fresh milch jows and springers; highest market price will be paid; leave word at Ray Carthew’s barn if you have any to sell. FOR RENT: 160 acre farm 2 mi. east of Glen Haven, 92 acres in pasture and meadow ard the re mainder in good farming condition. Write or call at 1915 Cooler, Ave. Dubuque, lowa, M. E. Kipper, FOR SALE: Three pedigreed Durham bulls, aged five, one and one coming a year old; pedigrees furnished. Am still in the saw mill business; all kinds of sawing and planing, the latter must be done at once. Bring in your logs. Am still handling farm machinery also. John Flesch, 93m o 2 Lancaster, Wis. —Speaking of high prices in these piping times of peace an exchange calls attention to the prices charged for th‘e necessities of life way back in 1859.' Twelve pounds of sugar cost $2 00; one pound of tea $1 50; two gallons of syrup $3.00; one gallon of kerosene oil 60 cents; pota toes sold for $3.00 per bushel. Wages for common laborers was $1 per day. Prices certainly were high in those days and the wages low. —Frank Mahara’s Minstrels at' the Grand theatre opened to a large audience Thursday night. The per formance differs in many respects from the ordinary minstrel show, in that it is not more than one third full of ancient gags, back numbers and alleged jokes, which usually constitute the stock m trade of the modern traveling minstrel show. The Verne quartette, by its ringing, received the warm ap proval of the audience Le Roy Bland in his Indian characteriza tion and songs was the chief attrac tion of the performance. John Pamplin, the colored juggler, was decide;? clever. The Grand is a good place to spend a couple of hours these Lights. The perform ance altogether constitutes a clever performance.—Salt Lake Tribune, S«pt. 21, ’O6. This company will appear at Reed’s opera house, Tues day evening, Nov. 26 In parts of Switzerland stone throw ing contests are held, handsome prizes being given to those who throw a fair sized rock farthest. Beautiful Lamps. THE reason of long evenings is again upon us, when we gather around the reading table at home after supper. You may be needing a new lamp of some kind I Have a Large Assortment in good variety and at all prices, fitted for kero sene or for electrical attachment. It is worth your while to call in and look at them. JOS. T. BENNETT, Druggist Use Madelia’s Best Flour and save dough, which means you not only get the best quality of bread,but-more loaves to the sack than any other brand. Try it, and you will be convinced. Madelia’s Best Flour got sweepstakes over all other makes at Platteville and Lancaster fairs. Third year at Lancaster, Wisconsin, J. W. Brandbury being'the cook that cap tured the prize. It Stands at the Top and costs no more than other makes. New Crop Navy Beans. just in from Michigan. Try some of your pork and my beans. WILL TAKE CHECKS. T. F. ORTON. C. B. ANGUS’! Is the place where you get your / money’s worth. I buy for cash / and sell for cash and save you money. Give me a?cMbAnd ( be convinced. iL.'-' * r Y / — < C. B. ANGUS. < The Wholesale Meat and Grocery 16-000 PEOPLE 16.000 F. B. BREWER., M- D- GRADUATE OF BENNETT and MANNEMANN Colleges fe&ggk, W Will show you the names, the record of medicines used and the results obtained over 16,000 people treated. This Experienceshould be worth something to you. If you hive met DR. BREWER, you know him to and honest in all he tells you. He never sacrifices manhood for the dollar nor does he profess to perform wonders but to cure all cureable diseases. jj e fo as hart the largest experience of any doctor in the United States in the treatment of chronic dis ceases. Do not give up if other doctors have failed. Get the benefit of his ex perience FREE. We are now able to show successful results in treating dis eases of the liver, heart, lungs, stomach, kidneys, brain, nerves, rheumatism, neuralgia, debility, cancers, old sores, tumors, fits, diabetes, pneumonia, car tarial consumption, influenza, asthma, scrofula, *pimples, eruptions, humors blothes and all disease?of long standing. ADDRESS— Dr. BREWER & SON, ]SIC hieago Avenue, Evanston 111. Dr. Brewer’s Sure Heait Regulator gives Immediate Relief. Platteville. Dec I4th, Lancaster, Dec. 17th, Fennimore, Dec. ISth- Pure 1 Wholesome Those believe in quality U use /iff BAKING % I nV POWDER | i’KG I M I Made from pure, carefully tested materials. Get a can on trial Y° u never saw such cakes and biscuit. They’ll open -JfbJM| your eyes. MAHf 6 ffiUEafr.