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LOCAL NEWS NOTES —Mon. Barr, of G.’en Haven, visited in Lancaster last week. —Miss Lillian Garner returned to ’ Rockford, Hi., Monday. —L. L. Kndersdorf, of Platteville, was in Lancaster this week. —Miss Hazel Mansfield, of Platte ville, visited here last week. Willis Knox visited in Platte ville the fore part of last week. —W. L. and C. D. Calkins, of Bagley, were in Lancaster Sunday. —Jesse Riese and Paul Lewis, of Bloomington, were m Lancaster Sun day. —Atty. T L Cleary had business in Lancaster the fore part of last week. Clay Chapman, of Platteville, arrived Saturday evening for a short visit. —Rollyn Downie arrived Saturday irom a holiday visit at his home in Baraboo. • —Miss Gussie Livingston returned to her home in Livingston Saturday afternoon. —Mrs. Augusta Wisco and son Ernest were Platteville visitors the past week. —Wm. Glassmaker and Wm. Thoennissen were here from Cassville Thursday. —Henry Eastman of Platteville, visited last week at the home of his brother Elmer. —Mrs. Eva Aupperle visited in Fennimore last week at the J. B. Bradbury home. —Hugh Orton left Saturday on his return to Hibbing. Minn., after a vacation visit at home. —Lee Andrews returned to his home in Livingston Satutday after a visit in th:s city. —Horace Fawcett, of Platteville, visited with county seat friends the latter part of last week. —Roy and Harry Kuenster, of Glen Haven, were in Lancaster the fore part of the week on business —Miss Flora Rothschild left Satur day on her return to Minneapolis after a visit with relatives in thia city. —The local teachers returned Fri day, Saturday and Sunday after a pleasant holiday visits at their homes —Miss Emily Cronin left Monday morning for Mondovi, Wis., where she is an instructor in the high school. —Harry Nathan and L O. Pennock were passengers Monday morning en route for Monroe where they are at tending business college. —Robt. Pageukopf, ■. Will McCor mick, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Barnes, of Btitzer and vicinity were in Lancaster Wednesday. —Emil Scheible, of Madison, left Friday afternoon for his home after a holiday visit at the Jos. Wright home. —Mrs. Arnie Laird-James, of Du buque. arrived Thursday afternoon for a visit with Lancaster friends. - —Mike McNamara and sister Marguerite, of Milwaukee, were among the visitors at home during the holidays. —Misses Katherine and Margaret Finnegan and Mrs. James Kitelinger returned home last Thursday from a visit with relatives at Fennimore.. —Master Francis and Charles Belken and Evalena and Berniece Belken, of Elmo, who spent Christmas at the Belken home, returned home last Thursday. —Mr. and Mrs. Frank McMahon and Mrs. Robert Archer, of Milwau kee, spent Christmas with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A. John son. —Mrs. J. Schaefer and daughter Flora, of Platteville, returned home Friday morning after a pleasant holi day visit with Mr. Schaefer who is employed in this city. —City Physician J. C. Doolittle reports that there were thirty-nine deaths, thirty-four marriages and thirty-two births in Lancaster during the year 1909. —Mrs. Carrie Hudson and daughter Josephine, of Madison, made a very pleasant visit in Lancaster last week, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Garner, returning home Sunday afternoon. —An exchange remarks that al though the trains on all railroads jave been late much of the time re :ently there is no truth in the uspicion that the companies have jeep purchasing engines from the mail •rder bouses. —John Rundle has returned to his zork with the C. &N. W, railroad aving recovered from tt? effects of is recent accident. It seems a iracle the sight of both eyes was ved. Dr. Godfrey, the company lysician, attended to his injuries. —Brownie Fox, of Fennimore, was in this city Sunday. —Miss Isa Montz went to Fenni more Monday morning. •Mil. Jos. Wright and daughter P cl left Monday morning ter Chi- Cbgo for a visit. —Verne Calloway and Edwin Dersch left Monday for Oshkosh, where they have employment. —Frank Stone and Roy Fisher ar rived home Saturday afternoon from a bunting trip in Liberty. —W. J. Schade arrived home Mon day afternoon from Chicago where he visited relatives during the holidays. —The annual meeting of the Farm ers’ Telephone company will be held at Beetown on Wednesday January 12. —Ernest Rundle arrived home Wed nesday night from Watertown where he visited his sister Mrs. Frank Holmes. * —The first meeting this year of Gen. Callis Circle will be held on Thursday evening of next week, January 13. —Miss Dorothy Lisherness left Sat urday for Arthur to take up her duties as principal of the grade school at that place. *■ —Ernie Trentzsch is the new night watch at the Grant Co. Home, filling the position vacated by A. C. Posey’s recent resignaton. —Mr. and Mrs. George Reed and children arrived in Lancaster Monday from Prairie du Chien, after a holi day visit with relatives. —Miss Myrtle Livens, of Madison arrived Saturday afternoon for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Livens and other relatives. Will Mullin • formerly of this city and who at present conducts a barber shop in Hazel Green, visited with friends here Wednesday. —Mrs. Vcitor E. Kamm returned to Platteville Friday morning after a holiday visit at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Webb. - Harry and L. P. Basford started Monday morning for Chicago to again take up their work in the dental de partment of Northwestern university. —What might well be considered the first thaw in nearly a month was that of Saturday. It did not spoil the good sleighing however and did clean the snow off of a number of walks about town which had hitherto been neglected. —Arthur Knapp Jr. left Saturday for Chicago where he is a student in iuv Academy of Fine Arts. He was accompanied by his room mate. Mr. Doran, of Railas, Texas, who visited with him during a portion Of the holidays. —Conductor J. F. Whitney, who has been on Conductor Kuhn’s run between Madison and Lancaster is at present relieving Conductor G. H. Devins on the Janesville-DeKalb run. —Baraboo Democrat. —The W. C. T. U. meeting will be held this week with Mrs. Ira Tot man, on Thuisday afternoon. All members are earnestly requested to be present at this meeting as it is the occasion for the annual election of officers and the payment of dues. —James Livens indulged too free ly in the flowing bowl Thurdsay night and the next day was arraigned in Justice Burrows’ court on the charge of being drunk and disorderly. As he was unable to pay the fine ten dollars and costs, be was sentenced to thirty days in the county jail. —J. S. Robinson, of Chicagorand M. Riney, of Baraboo, both officials of the C. &N. W. railroad inspected the work done here since fall, last Thursday. Mr. Robinson is a civil engineer and M. Riney, the super intendent of bridges and buildings for this division. —W. J. Brennan, as executor of the estate of his father-in-law, the late —. —. Drinkall, has disposed of the Drinkall building on Main street, Platteville, for $8,500, the purchaser being B. E. Droescher. The stock of drugs has also been practically all closed out. —The Ladies’ Missionary society of tbe Congregational church will meet at the home of Mrs. Helen Carter on Friday afternoon, at 2:30. The presi dent wishes each one to be prepared with a text of scripture denoting praise to God for past blessings— Secretary —Ernest Wilson and Robert Wilks, two geniemen of leisure, were arraign ed bafore Justice Burrows Friday, charged with vagrancy. His honor assessed a fine of fiv dollars and costs in each case but as they were unable to pay this they were sentenced to ten days in the county jail. Now, if we only had a rock pile at the jail these gentlemen could be given a few valuable lessons in manual training. GRANT COUNTY HERALD. LANCASTER, WISCONSIN, JANUARY 5, 1910. —Chris Wiest, of Cassville, was here this week. —Charles H. Julius, of Stitzer, was a hub caller Monday —Quite a number from tnis vicinity attended the dance at Bloomington Friday night. Mrs. Geo. W. Burrows arrived in Lancaster Monday night from Dodge ville where she visited at the home of her daughter, Mrs, J. Strange. —Mr. and Mrs. Will Lewis, of Patch Grove, visited with their daughter Mrs. Elmer Eastman over New Year’s. —Evans Barnett left yesterday h y way of Potosi for Chien to resume his work in Sacred Heart College. —M P. O’Shaughnessy, of Mt. Hope, was in Lancaster this week making arrangements for a temperance lecture to be given here shortly. Misses Rose and Mary Langkamp and brother Frank were here from Potosi Monday. The first two are employed in Illinois, near Chicago. —Paul Damm left Friday afternoon for Madison to take up his studies in the electrical engineering department of the state university. He is en rolled in the five years course. —Mrs. Ruby Ray, of Madison, has been enjoying a visit at the Chas. Borah borne during the past week. Mrs. Ray formerly taught the third and fourth grades in the Lancaster schools. —The Wisconsin Blue Books of 1909 have been received at the County Superintendent’s office and teachers may have those belonging to their respective districts by calling at the office. » —Seven cars of hogs J two' of cattle were shipped out of Lancaster during the past weeac. Geo. Moore shipped five loads of hogs Friday and A. E. Lewis sent ?ut two the same dav. J. A. McCuy shipped one car of cattle Friday and Sunday and A. E. Lewis shipped one car of cattle. —Geo. S. Rockwell, who was re cently elected worthy patron of the Order of Eastern Star, being unable to spare the required time to serve in such capacity, declined the honor and on Monday evening T. 8. Metcalf was elected to the place and installed the same evening. Mrs. G. E. Budd officiated as irstalling officer. —The following officers have been elected by the local lodge of Knights of Pythias: Chancellor commander, John E. Clark; vice commander, N. J. Tiedeman; prelate, George Q. Sykes; master of work, H. G. Nathan ; keeper of records and seals, C. H. Basford; master of finance, H. 8. Rhodes; master of exchequer, H. Henkel; master, at arms, Geo. Angus; inside guard, L. D. Eastman; outisde guard, M, McDonald; trustee, John Carthew. —ln ‘‘Jud Stone’s Gleanings,” a regular department of news notes of varied nature ’in the Madison State Journal, the following item appeared last Friday: “Alex. Gill &Co., of this city, of late, put a new gravel roof on the Chicago & N. W. Railway Co’s, round house at Lancaster, Grant county. Mr. John W. Waterman, of tbe firm superintended the work, and he reports that the several blasts of winter were hard, indeed, upon the workers. The fact is John has made up his mind that Lancaster, exposed as it is, is pretty nearly a match for Medicine Hat.” t X Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Libbie McCrady had the misfortune to fall on the slippery cement walk north of the city hall breaking her right arm near the wrist and spraining her left wrist. Dr. Fowler attended to her injuries which might have beed even more serious than they were. This is the first accident due to the slippery cement walks that has occurred this winter, although several have m?t with injuries more or less serious, heretofore. All of tbe walks in the business portion of town are extreme ly dangerous especialy when the snow has been shovelled off. Cover ings of boards such as have been laid along three streets should be prepared for al] the walks in the business portion. So long as they are allowed to remain in their present condition accidents are sure to occur. —The fifth annual show of the Southwestern Wisconsin Poultry Ass'n. will be held in Dodgeville at the opera house Jan. 24 to Jan. 28. The show roums will be open daily from 9a. m. to 10 p. m. This ex hibition will be the best ever held by tbe association, if work and plans count for anything. The attendance will no doubt be a record breaker. Grant County will send its usual good sized quota of poultry fanciers and seveial from this city and im mediate vicnity plan on attending even though the distance is too great for a large attendance from this neck of the woods. The judging will be done this year on Tuesday and Wed nesday by James A. Tusker, of Con cord, Mich. Eight silver cups and over one hundred special prizes are offered. Friday will be sales day. —Nelson Baker, of Ellenboro, had business here Friday. —John Krohn, of Dodgeville, had business here last week. —About 250 marriage licenses were issued last year by County Clerk Tuffley. Mr. and Mrs. John Day left yesterday moning on a trip to Marsh field and Milwaukee. —Miss Addie Kitelinger has resum ed her school duties at Pleasant Ridge after a week’s vacation. —Brooker Bros are putting a new 20th century furnace in Emmanuel church, work being started upon it last Monday. --A number of friends surprised Jos, Caspers Friday evening, the oc casion being Mr. Caspers’ forty ninth birthday. It was a very agreeable surprise and those present bad a very enjoyable time. Refreshments were served during the evening. —The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Relief Committee held the regular quarterly meeting in the county clerk’s office at the court house. Regular business was transacted. The committee con sists of Arthur Doyle, Cuba City; Hugh Matthews, Boscobel and Alex. Ivey, Lancaster. ✓ —A five o’clock dinner was served Thursday evening at the T. F. Orton home; the event being in honor of Hugh and Frank Orton wbo recently returned from Hibbing, Minn., for a holiday visit. About sixteen young people—most of them cousins—were present and all had a very delightful time. Mrs. Nancy Pearson, f a well known resident of this city, died at the home of her daughter Mrs. Richardson last Wednesday. Death was caused by heart failure. Mrs. Pearson, who was a native of Ireland, had lived here for many years. She was seventy-seven years old at the time of her death. Funeral services were held December 30, interment following at Hillside. —The morning train on Wednesday of last week for some reason or other was unable to leave the station, although at the regular time of departure a snowplow with two engines attached was sent out. The noon train was late as usual and the 1:45 train correspondingly late. Although most of the recent delays were apparently unavc dable it is hard to understand why at least, an effort can not be made to dispatch the outgoing trains according to scheduled time. —A meeting was held in Platte ville several days ago of the com missioners appointed by Judge Clem entson to appraise the value of certain condemned lands in the route of the Inter-State Light & Power Co. The property owners were represented by Attys. Orton & Osborne, of Darling ton. W. H. Beebe, D J. Gardner, of Platteville and S. E. Smalley, of Cuba City. The commissioners were Casper Gerlach, of Elk Grove, Wm. Andrews, of Hazel Green and W. B. Vail, of Benton. Morris Fox was present in behalf of the company, which was also represented by Attys. Dolan and Murphy. The appraised damages were awarded to the land owners and the commissioners ad journed with the decision to hold another meeting shortly. —The auditor system recently inaugurated on the C. & N. W. rail road is not proving a great success according to newspaper reports. The auditor has been expected to collect fares and many of the men, being in experienced, lost hundr ids of dollars for the company during the recent holiday rush. Under th? system the conductors have Ijttle tc do expeet to watch the attempts of th? auditors to collect fares. The train crews regard the auditors as spies who are constant ly attempting to oust them from tbeir positions. The company pays the auditors large salaries and considering the money lost in fares the experi ment is surely an expensive one and comes at the very time of the year when it is necessary to cut down all needless expenses. The auditors have not run on this division of the North western so often as on th? main line. —Superintendent J. C. Brockert is sending out notices and instructions regarding the work preiminary to the second annual county contest in spelling, adding and writing to be held in this city May 6, 1910. This year tbe county superintendent is better prepared to start work on the contest than he was last year. At that time the event was merely an idea taking shape in his brain, his purpose being to evolve some plan by which proper emphasis could be placed upon the paramount importance of spelling, adding and writing in the country schools. The second annual contest is far from being an experi ment Everyone concerned—the teach ers, pupils and the citizens as well— realize the benefits which will follow and through this realization its suc cess is assured. The county board at the last session appropriated $169 to aid the superintendent financially in the work. The district contests will be held April 15. —Grant Wood, of Glen Haven, was a Lancaster visitor Monday. —John Ready and son, of Platte ville, were Lancaster callers last week. —Karl F. Bareis and J. W. Wil sun, of Platteville, were in this city Monday, —Mrs. George Barrows arrived home Friday from Cassville where she visited relatives. —H. S. Cadwell, of Cassville, visited his brother-in-law, J. C. Brockert and family Monday. —Thompson Stoney, of Hurricane is numbered among the sick with what is reported to be typhoid fever. —Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Beeman, o£ Dubuque, visited over New Year’s at the J. D. Hatch home in this city. —Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baumgartner, of Laurens, lowa, are visiting at the home of the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Baumgartner. —E. M. Lowry anived home Fri day evening from a visit with his daughters, Miss Elizabeth Lowry and Mrs. Ralph Barney in Chicago and Anderson, (nd. —A session of circuit court will be held by Judge Clementson in this city Thursday. Some civil matters will come up for hearing although no special calendar has been made out. —Miss Ella Haaz, of Lima, return ed Thursday to her home near Janes ville. She was a college friend of Miss Nettie V. Finney and they spent their vacations in Lancaster, Cassville and Platteville. —The G. A. R. post and W. R. C. will hold a joint installation at their hall on Saturday evening, January 8, 1910. All members are requested to bring basket with lunch. The families of both orders are invited. Misses Georgia and Nettie V. Finney returned to Janesville Sunday by way of Platteville to assume their duties again, after enjoying a most pleasant vacation with their parents, grand-parents and friends of Lancas ter. —lnvitations are out announcing the approaching wedding of Willis Pagel to Miss Rosa Losch, which will take place at the home of the groom’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Pagel in Little Grant on Wednesday January 12. —The annual meeting of the Wil liams Cranberry Marsh Ass’n. was held in Lancaster Monday. The regular business was transacted and plans made for the coming year. Although the association has been somewhat unsuccessful in the past the outlook is good and it is planned to make numerous improvements and ad ditions to the property owned by the company. The association is made up principally of Platteville and Lan cater people. The following officers were elected Monday, Robert Hale, Platteville—president; Alvin Hale, Platteville—vice president; W. J. Bailie, Lancaster—secretary and treas urer; J. H. Head, Platteville— director; Karl F. Bareis, Platteville —director and J. P. Williams. Lan caster manager. —Leslie A. Clark, of this city and Miss Bessie Bartley, of Bloomington, were united in marriage Thursday evening at the home of the groom’s sister, Mrs. L. H. Stevens. The ceremony was preformed by Rev. J. T. Morgans of the M. E. church. Only relatives were present. The day following Mr. and Mrs. Clark left for Milwaukee and Horicon, where they visited Mr. Clark’s mother and sisters. They wilLmake their home in Lan caster where the groom has held the position of Asst, cashier in the First National Bank for the past two years. Mrs. Clark is the daughter of Pat Bartley the Bloomington banker and is well and favorably known in Lan caster. The Herald is glad to join with their many friends in extending congratulations. —The ‘‘railroad folks” are surely up against a bard proposition this winter, not only on this division of the C. &N. W. but all over the country. The nearest to schedule time that any train has arrived in Lancaster in weeks was Sunday’s pas senger which was only ten or fifteen minutes late. From present indica tions conditions will hot improve g;?atly before the latter part of the month, although they can never be much worse than they are now. Neither passengers nor train em ployes know now-days when they start on a trip how many days it will take them to reach their destination. One case is cited by an exchange of a freight conductor who took three days last week in going from Chicago to Baraboo. The fact that trip tickets are supposed to be used on the day of purchase led to the foilowing bit of repartee several days ago when con ductor demand a ticket of a passenger. The latter handed money to the con ductor who asked him the customary question, in the usual icy tone, ‘‘Didn’t you have time to purchase a ticket?” ‘‘Yes,” replied the pas senger, “out I was not sure about your train coming along today and I knew the ticket would not be con sidered good for the ride tomorrow. ” —The Herald has had the pleasure of enrolling quite a number of new subscribers upon its list during the past few days. Many more could form similar good resolutions to start out the new year, much to our own and their own 'satisfaction. How’s that ? Oh ! thanks. —Chas. M. Klarman, real estate dealer of this city and Miss Magna H. Larson, cf LaCrosse, daughter of a retired merchant of that city, were married at the bride’s home on Christ mas day. This affair was kept very quiet and only a few of the very intimate friends of the groom in this city knew of it. Mr. and Mrs. Klar man spent a few days in Fargo, D., and in Minneapolis, following their marriage and lasi Sunday ar rived in Lancaster, which will be their home. They occupy Mr. Klar man’s cozy tome on North Madison street. The Herald joins in extend ing congratulations. Word was received yesterday an nouncing the death of Chas. Barber formerly of this city but who has been in Alaska since February, 1898. From the brief message it seems that his death occurred Monday but no details were given. Mr. Barber held a prominent position in the government service in Fairbanks, Alaska. He left for the Klondike in the company of about fifty men from Lancaster and vicinity at 4he height of the gold rush. He never returned to Lancas ter but engaged in various enterprises in that region. Word was immediate ly sent to Minneapolis—where his mother, Mrs. T. M, Barber, and sisters, Asenath and Laura live, by the Lancaster relatives. It may ba possible to give further details of Mr. Barber’s death in next week’s issue of the Herald. Emmeanul Church. Rev. Myron G. Argus, Rector. Thursday. Jan. 6th, Feast of the Epiphany- Holy Communion . 7:30 Morning Pi aver .10:00 Evening Prayer 7:30 Jan. 9th, The First Sunday after Epiphany Roly Communion 7:30 Holy Communion and Sermon 10:30 Evening Prayer 4:00 Sunday School 9:30 Evening Prayer on Friday at half past seven. Saint Martha’s Guild will meet with Mrs. J. S. Wright on Thursday at two o’clock. Saint Mary’s Chapter oi the Junior Aux liary will mee t with Miss Wright «on Satur day at 2 o’clock. «— ■■ Having left the city I offer for sale my writing desk, an ingrain carpet 16x16; one revolving spring chair. These goods are all as good as new having been used only about eight months, I also have a heating stove which will be sold* cheap. Harry Sulzer. Inquire of Mrs. Lizzie Block. Holstein Freisian bull calf for sale. Good one. Inquire of L. B. Roesch, Lancaster. 44-w2p. Wise Girl. “I can’t understand why you want to marry young Twiggs. Can’t you see how foolish he is?” “Yes, pa. That’s why I’m marrying him.” “What!” > “I can see how foolish he is about me.” Seeking Information. ; A Yale professor says many of the stories of the Old Testament are myths. If the whale didn’t swallow Jonah, maybe the professor will be so kind as to tell us where Jonah was during those three days he was mass ing. A Thoughtful Soul. Visitor (to hostess whose small daughter is amusing herself by blow ing up the air cushion seats of a motor) —Oh, do you think it’s wise to let your little girl do that? So liable to give one cancer, you know! I al ways let the butler do it. —Punch. Appropriate. * “The billionaire trust magnate cer tainly has a good idea of the fitness of things.” “What makes you think so?” “He told his architect he wanted his *den to be an octopus-shaped room.” Alas! Too True. Little Willie —What is fame, pa? Pa —Fame, my son, is a ladder with grease on each rung. FREE to Boys and Girls, Flexible Flyer, ‘‘The sleu that steers.” The best sled in the world. You can easily secure one within a few days by doing a little pleasant work. Some have in a few hours. Be the first in your town. Write today, stating your age. A postal card wil ! do. W. I. Davis, 155 East 24th St. New York Citv. McCLURE’S MAGAZINE wants a respon sible and energetic man or woman in Lan caster and vicinity to attend to its sub scription interests. Experience unneces sary. There is liberal guaranteed com pensation. A profitable permanent business without capital can be established among friends and acquaintances. Whole or snare time. This is the best time to start. Com plete outfit and instructions free. Write now. McO'i re’s Magazine, 46 East 23d Street, New’York City. LpiquTATE of John Jeidy, deceased • * state of Wisconsin, County Court of Grant county—ln Probate. Notice is hereby given.that at the regular term of the County Court, to be held in and for said County at the Court House in the City of Lancaster, in said County, on the first Tuesday of February A D.. 1910. being the Ist day of February, 1910, at the hour of ten o’clock in the forenoon the following matter will be heard and con sidered: The petition of Elizabeth Jeidy. for the appointment of an administrator of the estate of J«hn Jeidy. late of the city of Lancaster, in Grant county, Wisconsin, deceased. By order of the Court. ' E. B. GOODSELL. County Judge. Dated January 4th. 1910. Brown. Brennan and Carthew Attorneys. Ist ms- Jan, sth; last ins. Jan. 19.