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LOCAL NEWS NOTES —George E. Grocm. of Cassville, visited at the county seat Friday. —Sheriff Harcleroad who for .some days has been seriously ill, is at this writing in much improved condition. —Morning and evening services in the Baptist church every Sunday at the usual hours. Everyone is cordial ly invited. —Mr. and Mrs. V. H. Brunker and Vernie Starry, of Barnaveld, spent Saturday and Sunday with Thos. Wright and wife —James Woodhouse has been con fined to his home by illness for several days but at this writing is in a much improved condition. —Misses Beth Lisherr.ess and Emily Cronin left yesterday for Beloit College after a pleasant visit at their homes in this city. —Mrs. N. J. Tiedeman returned home Saturday evening from a pleasant visit with Platteville rela tives. She was accompanied by her younger brother. —The Northwestern hotel, a mortgage on which was recently fore closed by John McKelvey of Potosi, was sold several days ago to Harry De Jean, of Janesville. The sale was negotiated by John Day, of this city. —Donald Robertson, the actor who recently appeared in Lancaster in “A Curious Mishap” was recently awarded the honorary degree of M. A. by lowa State University. This is an unusual honor to be bestowed on an actor. —Arno Alt started Monday for Du buque and Clayton, lowa. He was accompanied as far as Dubuque by Andrew Gotzelman, who has been sausage maker at Alt & Sons for some time past, and is now taking a vaca tion trip to Port Angeles, Wash. —Mrs. O. B. Shreve has been visit ing the past two weeks with her sisters, Mrs. George Pearson and Mrs. Rob’t. Jordan. She will join her husband at Grand Rapids. Mich., wheie he has the managing of the construction of a new normal school building to cost $250,000. —Clifton Mallory and capable com pany of actors gave a very pleasing presentation at Reed’s opera house last Thursday evening of that starling old English comedy, “David Garrick.” Mr. Mallory himself was superb in the character of David, He promises to return here for another engage ment later. John Johnson, a Norwegian liv ing four miles north of Preston, be came drunk and disorderly Friday night, after spending a night in the city “cooler” he was brought before Justice Burrows who fined him $5 and costs which be paid and went on his wav, promising to be good during his next visit to the county seat. —Fred Burr and V. L. Showalter have disposed of the Lyric theater in Mineral Point, to the members of the Apollo quartette who appeared, as a special St. Patrick’s day feature at the Orpheum in this city. George Hyde and Mr. Burr stayed with the theater a few days to help the new management get started in the work. —Thompson, the man accused of selling liquor on the narrow gauge train between Woodman and Fenni more decided to withdraw his plea of not guilty and last week pleaded guilty before Justice Moses. He was fined SSO and costs which he im mediately paid. He was to appear for a hearing on the 7th of April, bur felt that it was useless to fight the case. —Vapor and mud oaths for medi cinal treatment are not in it with one taken a few days ago by a farmer living near town. He was hauling away a 30 barrel tank of buttermilk from the Pasteurizing plant, sitting on the front of the tank, which had no cover. The horses became frighten ed and made a quick jump, precipiat ing the driver backwards into the buttermilk, from which he emerged well ducked and ready to lick any man who looked his way. —Daniel Aupperle, of South Lan caster, complains that rabbits have done great damage to his young fruit trees and berry bushes, and thinks it would show much good judgment upon the part of our legislators if they would offer a tyounty for killing the pests or pay fruit raisers for the damage. Many similar complaints come from other farmers, who have had hundreds of valuable fruit trees girdled and killed in the same way. —Probably by the latter part of this week the floor in the Orpheum theater will be raised and a small stage installed. This will make the popular amusement house more up to-date and provide for the attractions that the management plans on secur ing later. The orchestra which proved a pleasing feature the last few days will provide music this week also. Despite the improvements be ing made the Orpheum will not be closed a single evening. —Six cans of trout were received in Lancaster last week and distribut ed to the streams about the city. Each can contained 5000 fish making all told 30.000 trout. The trout sea son opens oa April 15 this year and the local sportsmen are anxiously awaiting the day. Many of the Lan caster fishermen have been striving for several years to replenish the near ly depleted streams in this vicinity and it is hoped that all interested will co-operate with them in rhe work. —Louis Alt and son Carl went down to Everett Blackbourn’s last Friday and purchased twenty-six head of young Aberdeen Angus cattle for their market. Mr Alt says that in his thirty-nine years’ experience he never saw as nice a bunch of ‘’baby beeves’, of like number and of one kind together. They will be on ex hibition in front of L. Alt & Sons market next Saturday, between one and two o’clock. The price at which these beeves wer*» bonght will aver age about $42 per animal. —Arnold Hauser made his first ap pearance with the Dubquue Three I. league team Sunday in the game against the Olympics. The Times Journal said of his work: “Hauser made a very favorable impression at third base, and if he keeps up his lick is certain of a place on the team. While he didn’t get the opportunity to do much in the game, he showed up well in the practice and demonstrated he knows his business. He won a home, though, with his hitting, getting a scorching double to the left field fence and a clean single over third.” Katz also showed up well in the same game. —On Sunday, for the first time this year the streets in the city were in good condition for the owners of automobiles to enjoy their favorite pastime. Many of them were whiz zing about all day within the city limits for the county highways were in many places still impassable. On the evening previous L. H. Stevens received bis new thirty horse power , Cadillac touring car which proved to be one of prettiest machines ever; brought here. Mr. Stevens and his nephew L. A. Clark have the local agency for the Cadillac. A Ford touring car was also received here Saturday evening for demonstrating purposes. It is expected that several more automobiles will be purchased by Lancaster citizens this season. —The question of the debate be- ; tween representatives of Dodgeville and Lancaster high schools to be held in Dodgeville in May has been decid- ( ed on. It is: “Resolved, that the south is justified in its attitude to ward negro suffrage as shown by re cent legislation (legislation to in clude state constitutions.”) The local team will uphold the negative side of the question. Neither school has as yet chosen its representatives. They will doubtless be picked in pre liminary debates. Lancaster people await this affair with interest as it is the first debate that the local school has engaged in with an outside in stitution in years. The boys of the Forum Society will doubtless do their best to bring the honors back to Lancaster. ; —Fred Grimes, a young negro liv ing near this city, came to town Fri day and after ‘‘getting outside” of a quantitv of bad liquor, started to speed his horse around the business section of the city. This exhibition came to a temporary halt at the Wright House corner where one wheel of the buggy was torn off. Notwith standing the fact that the vehicle had but three wheels he soon renewed his mad race and was finally stopped near the Lancaster House. He was ar-' rested and after a few hours of s)ber- i ing up in the city lock up was brought before Justice Burrows on the charge of being drunk and dis- 1 orderly. His fine amounted to $lO and costs but in default of payment he was given a jail sentence of 30 days. On Saturday his father Thos. Grimes, appeared and paid the fine and costs and the repentant negro was released from custody. Judge Ciementson presided last ’ week from Monday until Wednesday iu a murder case, in the term of lowa county circuit court in session at Dodgeville. The defendant, Otto Haldeman, was charged with having murdered Henry Rankin, in Mineral Point, in September 1908. The cir cumstances were thought to point to ward Haldeman as the guilty man and at the preliminary hearing he was bound over to circuit court. Thirty five witnesses were sworn and no testimony was given that dispelled for a moment the belief from the minds of the audience that the accus ed man was innocent. At about six o’clock Wednesday evening the jury was given the charge and in about two hours returned a verdict of not guilty. The court room was crowded all the time with those interested in the case. About two hundred were present from Mineral Point alone. t GRANT COUNTY HERALD, LANCASTER, WISCONSIN, APRIL 7, 1909 April House-Furnishings Sale Two weeks only, Beginning Thursday, April 8 Rugs, Carpets, Linoleums and Curtains Reduced CARPETS AND MATTINGS • i DOG ON THOSE Heavy All Wool Extra Super Ingrain Carpet, 70c quality RQp CARPFTS at -- Ovb Superior Quality Wool Filling Cotton Chain Ingrains, 45c are quality at : ........ oUC ■ CGf'fainiy stair Carpets, neat patterns, 27 in. wide, 50c quality JOn MA gOOd/ at T-ZL gfkgLAiSjS - Woven Fiber Matting, clean and sanitary, 40c quality QCo at -- o Ou Printed Fiber Matting, clean and sanitary, 35c quality / QQp 45*® at Z vv -lj nJ* I I Plain Japan Mattings, Cotton Warp, 25c quality 00** ItyF at LlAj MADE-TO-ORDER CARPETS AND RUGS Tapestry Brussels, Axministers, Body Brussels and Wilton Velvets. Fifty different pat terns to select from. Cut practically without waste, sewed by machinery and all seams ironed. Priced from 75c to $1.65 per yd. , * All three-quarter width Carpets, sewed free of charge during this sale. LACE CURTAINS HEAVY LINOLEUMS A large variety of designs in the different qualities to select from at NEAT PA i TERNS GOOD QUALITIES 20 PER CENT DISCOUNT 6 ft 7J ft. wide, per square ROG BORDERS %f> c In several different patterns and widths. Will improve the yard <FOV looks of your room. We can fit most any room with these three widths. TAPESTRY CURTAINS and ROPE PORTIERS at 10 Per Cent Discount RUGS—Artistic Designs—RUGS—Good Wearers—RUGS BRUSSELS INGRAIN RUGS 6x9, 7|x9, 9x9, 9x12 Regular price SI.OO, sale price per Q CZp square yard<_> lF V > _ AXMINSTER RUGS Sizes B}xlOJ and 9x12 s ' 2 ’price gß'.6ale8 '. 6ale $1 8.20 e 25 p o rice ss ’. sale $19.90 TAPESTRY BRUSSELS 7x9, 81x104, 9x12, 104x12, 111x12 SIO.OO Tapestry Brussels $8.85 $14.50 Tapestry Brussels $12.90 $17.50 Tapestry Brussels $15.25 $20.00 Tapestry Brussels $18.35 JOHN SCHREINER & SONS Hashmi rs ® -~z~ ft I IOWiWmSMW [/I R ’ MM lift / noli iIjBHHM MriMlIM fly IHi jj IS; BpsE r Ata KASHMIR RUGS Seamless —Reversible —Fadeless 74x104 size, SIO.OO Rug $8.95 9x104 size, $12.00 Rug $10.85 9x12 size, sl3 50 Rug $11.75 SMYRNA RUGS Two Special Numbers to Close 6x9 size, worth $12.50 $7.89 71x104 size, worth $17.50 $11.25 BODY BRUSSELS RUGS Two Sizes Only 9x12 and 101x134 $25.00 quality, sale ®9Q 9 price Jiw O • c# $29.00 quality, sale $24.75 $40.00 quality, sale $37 00 INLAID LINOLEUM 6 foot wide only sl.lO quality Sale price per square yard 95c WOVEN FIBER RUGS Just the Thing for Bed Rooms Sizes 74x10% and 9x12. Priced at $7.95 and $8.95 SEAMLESS VELVET RUGS B>xlo4 and 9x12 size. S2O o priee S 88,6 $17.75 122 X UBe ’ sale $18.75 125 price 88 ’- 8 " 16 ' 22 * 75 BAGDAD AND SEAMLESS WIL TONS. In B|xlo4 and 9x12 sizes. $35.00 Wiltons, sale CQI price . $37.50 Wiltons, sale $33.50 $40.00 Wiltons, sale $37.50 $45.00 Wiltons, sale 50 price <pcF<Z»