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r y , —Wm. McMahon went to Wauzeka, Wednesday, on business. —Mrs. Frank Eisely was down between trains from Stitzer on Wed nesday. —W. J. Schade goes to Chicago Thursday to be gone ten days. He expects to be back January 4. —Mrs. T. A. Thompson went to Fennimore Wednesday to be in at tendance at the Rebekah lodge. —Mrs. Josie Clark from Richland Center is here for a few days with the family of her son, L. A. Clark. —lt is reported from Muscoda that there is smallpox in that village. There are several cases in Richland Center. —A. G. Knapp spent the latter part of last week in Milwaukee, were he transacted business. He returned last Friday. —Mrs. J. H. Pugh has gone to Chicago for the holidav season with relatives. Later on Mr. Pugh ex pects to join her. —“Christmas Footwear” is the title of an attractive advertisement by L. Weber, which appears on page four of The Herald today. —A few copies of our big Christ mas edition are left for those who would send to distant friends. Better get one before they all are gone. —Daniel Healey was down from Wausau last week and picked up a carload of good horses for the North ern Wisconsin market. . He paid as high as S2OO for a good horse. —Don’t overlook the big Christ mas advertisement of fine jewelry, watches, diamonds, silverware, toilet articles etc., offered by Weber Bros, jewelers, *on page two of today’s Herald. —The Lancaster Light and Power Co. are making special prices until January 1 on electric toasters, per colators, flat irons, grills, etc., and are meeting with good sales. See their advertisement on another page of this paper. —More than $473,000 passed through the office of the county treasurer during the last fiscal year. Grant county is one of the largest and one of the richest counties in Wisconsin. And it is about the best. t —Professor Fred Duncalf,- of the University of Texas., son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Duncalf of this city, will read a paper before the American Historical association, which meets in Chicago on December 29-31. —A mighty wildcat was killed the other day near Highalnd. The mon ster measured 66 inches from tip to tip, and weighed 25 pounds. lowa county is in for a bounty, if it prov ides for the luxury. In Grant we pay a handsome bounty for such slaughter. —J. R. Place and family have re turned to Lancaster to live, after two years’ residence in Belleville, where he was engaged with his son in conducting a general store. Mr. Place says that Dane is a good county, but that Grant is a better. The son remains in Belleville to con tinue the business. —Last Saturday was a busy one for Lancaster merchants. The farm ers nearly all came to town, and brought their wives and children, and the result was a large crowd on the streets and in the stores. Merchants were very busy, especially during the afternoon, and the general report was that the day’s business ag gregate was satisfactory to those who have been looking for a big holiday trade. —Last Thursday evening, at the dining room of the Hotel Inda, Harry E. Gross gave a recital on the player piano and the Victrola. Besides these two instruments, Mr. Gross had on his program several vocal selections and a couple of pieces on the violin. An audience that filled the large room to overflowing was present and gave to the various selec tions hearty applause. A few men overflowed the dining room and set up a pleasant game of visiting in the hotel office. Everybody had a good time. —Last week Tuesday George W. Marlow, Hurricane section, was in The Herald office and in the course of a general conversation it developed that he has been a reader of this pa per for 51 years, perhaps more. He has been taking it since he was 21 years of age, and that is just 51 years ago. He was born on the farm on which he now lives, 73 years ago the 7th day of last August. And he has not lived outside Grant county in all those years. His home is on section 31, town of South Lacans ter. There his father, the late Ran dolph Marlow, pre-empted the farm, paying $1.50 per acare. Surely the land has not depreciated in value. —Miss Edith Plattner was a caller from Stitzer, Wednesday. —Edmund Totman came home from Chicago for the holiday vaca tion. —Maurice Ziegler is home from business college in Quincy, 111., for a vacation of two weeks. —Dr. L. P. Basford is in the city from Chicago, to spend the Christmas vacation with his father, C. H. Bas ford. —Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth F. Bur gess departed Wednesday for Oshkosh, Wisconsin and Dixon, 111., for a visit with friends and relatives. —Woman’s club will meet Wed nesday, Dec. 30, with Miss Schreiner. Thisis guest day, and each mem ber is entitled to bring a guest. —Mr and Mrs. Hugh Orton and little son, of Hibbing, Minn., are ex pected to arrive Thursday to spend the holidays here at their paternal homes. —Mr. and Mrs. Louis Vesperman are visiting their daughter, Mrs. Lydia Watkins, and family in St. Louis, Mo., and will remain until after Christmas. —An audience of fair size witness ed the production ot the Trousdale players last week. It was said that the acting was good, but the play was not quite up to standard for this com pany —At the stock yards next Saturday there will be a sale of cattle stock, beginning at one o’clock. Cows, heifers and steers will be put up to the highest bidder. George Jer rett makes the offering. —On page nine of this issue of The Herald appears a New Year’s greeting from the Gross -Music House to its patrons, in which attention is also called to its pianos, violins, victrolas, phonographs, etc. —That Grant county people are somewhat prosperous 'is further ev idenced by the fact that this year the sale of property for taxes amounted to no more than $2,500. That seems to be a stock amount —last year it was about the same. —Galena got all worked up re cently by thinking it saw a balloon go over the city. It is not yet given out whether it was a Zeppelin , or a plain circus balluon. Perhaps it was no balloon at all; it may have been a bladder blown up and turned loose. —Those three new signs below the plate glass windows attract a lot of attention —but that is what signs are for. Clem. Hoffman, the H. C. Orton Co. and Weber Brothers put them in place but lately and they are beauties. Of such details and lots of them, is the modern city made up. —That great sawhorse, with its legend, “keep on the walk,” looks a bit incongruous these days. It is well to keep on the walks, if one may but know where the walks are locat ed. With an inch, or several inches, of snow on the walks we would most respectfully ask how one is to know? —Gust Laabs, living three miles northeast of town, says he tired of ! driving his children to Lancaster to school, so he built a house here which is nearly ready for occupancy and rented his farm. • On January 14th he will have an auction, sell his personal effects and then move to the city to live. —There was a scattering of teachers in the local schools last Friday and Saturday, as each sought the home roof-tree for the holiday season. Principal and Mrs. Adams stay in the city. Mrs. Servis goes to LaCrosse; Mr. Kirk, to Kenosha; Mr. Mathews, to Burlington; Mr. Gay, to Medford; Miss Peterson, to Soldiers Grove; Miss Bunker, to Montfort; Miss Lath rop, to Bridgeport; Miss Damuth, to Fort Atkinson, and Miss Pengelly, to Dodgeville. —Last Saturday evening two plays were presented at the Whitcomb school, North Lancaster, which were followed by a social hour. During this feature of the entertainment more than 30 was netted for the fund that is used for permanent improve ments on the grounds and buildings. One young man was made to pay more than $3 for a basket of lunch, in order that he might share it with a certain young lady. Miss Mabel Holzinger is the teacher in this school. --A pretty home wedding in which the contracting parties are to be two of Lancaster’s best young people will take place tomorrow evening Dec. 24, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Lathrop, on North Madison street, when their daughter Florence will be united in marriage to Arthur Knapp Jrj, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Knapp, of South Jefferson street, Rev. H. A. Studebaker officiating. There will be no guests, aside from the members of the two families, except Miss Melba Roach, of Fenni more and Burton A. Roscoe, of the editorial staff of the Chicago Tribune, and wife. The young people will postpone the customary wedding trip for a week or two, and upon their return expect to occupy the David Eastman home for the winter, while Mr. and Mrs. Eastman are in Cali fornia. GRANT COUNTY HERALD. LANCASTER. WISCONSIN. DECEMBER 23, 191+ —Mrs. Geo. Graney was a caller from Fennimore Saturday. —Miss Mamie Jones, of Fennimore, is visiting with relatives and friends here. —Henry Brendehmuhl left Monday for a business trip to Chicago and other points. —Ernest Nauman went to Bosco bel, Saturday, to spend Christmas at the Chas. Tuffley home. —Miss Nora McCluskey, of Mon roe, is visiting through the holiday season at the Chas. Borah home. —Miss Pena Marburger returned to her home in Liberty Saturday after a visit at the Douie Marburger home. —Raymond Webb is home from Jefferson, for a visit over the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Webb. —The Trousdale Co. have been presenting clean, high class plays every Saturday night at Hatch’s opera house. Next Saturday night “Lena Rivers.” Reserved seats 25 cents. —Mrs. D. T. Curington and daughter, Miss Velda, are here to spend the holidays with her sister, Mrs. J. P. Williams and brothers, H. R and R. A. King and other friends. —There was a song s ervice at the Congregational church, last Sunday evening. This change in the program perhaps induced a large number to brave the snow storm. A few sacred pictures were thrown on the screen. —The S. & S. shoe store is now fully established in its new location in the Opera House block and has a nice display of Christmas goods, in cluding the Onyx hosiery. See their big advertisement un page ten of today’s Herald. —Miss Jessie Humphrey came home from her school work in Aberdeen, S. D., for a holiday vaca tion with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Basford. Miss Humphrey has charge of the music in the public schools of Aberdeen and is meeting with unusual success. She has an orchestra in training among the pupils that numbers about 30 pieces. She expects to remain in Lancaster about two weeks. —Three big dances are scheduled at Knapp’s rink in the near future; one on Christmas night, Dec. 25; one on Monday night, Dec. 28, and one on New Year’s night, Jan. 1. Music will be furnished for the first two by the Gilman-Williams orchestra, of Platteville, and for the New Years dance by the Tennant 5-piece orchestra. This will be an old fashioned dance, for old and young, beginning the new year with old dances. —Last October the school house in Patch Grove was condemned, on : the ground that it was unfit for use ; as a high school building. There had been trouble with the state, because j of the condition, and now a vote is; on, or was on yesterday in the town, and last night in the school district, to see if a new building shall be pro vided. Thi® paper had to go to press before the voting was finished, so we may not give results. —Orpheum Theatre program for the coming week: Tonight and Thurs day night “The Pines of Lorey,” in two real special, “In Bridal Attire” comedy; Friday and Saturday “The Choice*’ drama, Hearst-Selig News Pictorial, “Bunny Back Slides” com edy: Monday “Dickson’s Diamonds” drama, “The Sheriff’s Reward” west ern, “Fixing their Dads” comedy; Tuesday, Series No. 16 Million Dollat Mystery. Thursday matinee and night, Dec. 31, a big six reel fea ture “The Rise and Fall of Napol eon.” —This is the season when the rooster gets the axe. As the editor sauntered down to his shop the other morning in the delightful air of zero quality he espied a big double box wagon load of plucked chickens in front of Alts’ store. We inquired the cause of the amazing fatality among yellow-legged chickens and were referred for answer to the American custom of eating chicken any old time, and especially at Christmas time. After the Alts had picked out the finest for home use, they shipped the balance, a dozen barrels full, to Chicago. —County Sueprintendent of Schools Brick has received from Mrs. Annie Trenary, Platteville, blanks giving the details for entrance into a contest for one of seven prizes offered by the W. C. T. U. of this county for the best essays on three subjects relative to the deleterious effects of alcoholic drinks. These prizes are to be com peted for by children of the eighth grade in the public schools, and the sums offered are large enough to make the matter attractive to the scholars. The first prize is $3, the second, $2, the third is for one dol lar and tnen there will be tour of fifty cents each. The essays are not to exceed 1,000 words in length, and may be as short as 500 words. The three subjects are: “Why Business Men Demand Total Abstinence on the Part of Their Employees.” “Intox icants and Athletics.” “Narcotics and Scholarship.” . ? < —Joseph Eiden, Stevens Point, is the new baker at Hoffman’s restaurant. —W. R. Walker has an advertise ment of Stevens rifles, on page four of The Herald today. —Mrs. C. F. Dickinson returned Thursday night from Livingston where she had been visiting relatives the past week. —Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Clinton, of South Lancaster, returned home Saturday night from a pleasant visit with relatives in Chicago. —Miss Norma Brechler, teacher at Ellenboro, went through here Sat urday on her way to Fennimore to spend Christmas with her parents. —Sheriff and Mrs. W. B. Dyer went to Mendota, Saturday, taking Mrs. Lena Olson, of Fennimore, who was committed to the asylum there. —Miss Nellie Belscamper, who is teaching at Jefferson, arrived Mon day for a visit with her mother, Mrs. Amine Belscamper, until after Christ mas. -Mjss Nellie Howell arrived Sat urday for a visit over the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mr. A. J. Howell. She is teaching at Parde ville, Wis. —Chas. Day arrived Saturday for a visit with his mother and other relatives over the holidays. His sis ter, Mrs. Geo Phillips, came with him and will visit here a short time before returning. —Mesdames August Ulbrecht and Thresea Gunther, of Potosi, went through here Saturday enroute to Fennimore, having been called there by the serious illness of their father, Mr Rulson. —Township treasurers of the town of Ellenboro, South Lancaster, Little Grant and Beetown will be at the People’s State bank for the collec tion of taxes. Dates will be an nounced next week. —A 3-act comedy entitled “Topsy- Turvy” will be given at the Rock ville school on Monday evening, Dec. 28 with specialties between acts and a basket social after the play. Miss Minnie Langkamp, teacher. Gould & Neumann is here again this week for the purpose of buying another car of horses for army purposes in Europe, to be shipped next week. Parties interested can call on or phone to Andrew Lewis. —All sorts of winter weather has greeted Lancaster during the past week. Last week was accounted pretty sung, the thermometer reg istering as low as 18 below zero. On last Sunday a snow storm set in that lasted well into the night, and Monday morning there was no less than six inches, but of the light, fluffy kind. But because of the splendid foundation for sleighing, sleighs were out. Monday morning was cold and dry, there being only a few degrees between the top of the mercury and the zero mark. —Most of the Lancaster boys and girls who have been away at school cathe home the latter part of last Week for the holiday vacation. Those we know of are Misses Vera East man, Genevieve Bennett and Mar garet Schreiner and Messrs. Dick Brown, Roy Fischer, Will McCoy, Arthur Bailie and Ned Ellis, from the University at Madison; Miss Viola Spiegelberg, from Milwaukee; Misses Beth Lisherness and Elva Knox, from Chicago; Miss Meta Schmidt, from Wheaton, Illinois; Paul Schmidt, from Elmhurst, Ill.; Geo. Schuster, from Notre Dame; Evans Bennett, and Anthony Hoff man, from Prairie du Chein; and Miss Salome McCoy, who is teaching at lowa Falls, lowa. —Lyman Howe delighted another good audience in Lancaster with his fine pictures last Saturday night. There was quite a bit of travel —a trip through Greece, another through the south of France and a third through the canals of Venice. The scenery was as fine as ever has been shown here, and the moving train, in which the audience was supposed to ride, was realistic indeed. It has been six months since Mr. Howe was last here, and many in his audience Saturday night had a keen recollec tion of the former appearance of the celebrated entertainer. Tne humor ous features were also very much ap preciated and on every side one might hear the exclamation “How does he do it?’’ —A short course in agriculture is announced for the normal school at Platteville, for the last week in January. This comes with especial interest at this time, just when tne state learns that the 10-days’ course at Madison will not be held, because of a new outbreak in the foot and mouth disease. Nearly all of the feature courses of the College of Agriculture are postpoued indefinite ly, including Country Life conference and the special dairy course. It is announced that a fresh outbreak of the foot and mouth disease near Madison is the cause of this change of program. The short course at Platteville will be in charge of Prof. Fred Ulrice, who has that department in the Normal. —Be sure and see Lena “Rivers” Saturday night. —L. H. Briel was down from Stitzer on business last weeK. —Mr and Mrs. David Eastman were in Cobb last week visiting friends and relalives. —Ernest Trentzsch went to Mil waukee last Wednesday on a trip combining business and pleasure. —Miss Echo Minto, attendant at the asylum, went to her home in Eaue Claire, Wednesday for the holidays. —Miss Elsia Kinzel came homo Saturday from Platteville, where she is attending the normal, to spend the holidays with her sister, Mrs. Fred Wenzel. —Mrs. Edward Wiesman returned to her her’home Millville, Saturday, having been here several weeks tak ing care of her sister, Mrs. C. F. Dickinson. —Keenan Bennett, who holds a position with the Ingersoll Watch Co., in New York, arrived home Saturday evening for the holiday vacation. —Miss Margaretta Nehls arrived Saturday to spend the holiday vaca tion with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nehls She is attending school at Appleton, Wis. —Mary J. Holmes’ book play “Lena Rivers” at the opera house next Saturday night, Dec. 26. Re served seats at Hatch’s drug store, Thursday morning; any seat 25c.> —A trip through the Pyrolite Coal Mines was an interesting set cf col ored pictures shown at the Orpheum theatre Monday night. This coal is handled in Lancaster by the T. F. Orton estate. ■, < • —The John Smith farm of 40 acres, in the edge of the village of Beetown, with good house and barn, is offered for sale. Mrs. Hiram Cliff, executrix; Woodhouse & Bartley bank, Bloomington, agents. —The Trousdale Company will present the ever popular comedy drama “Lena Rivers” at Hatch’s opera house on next Saturday night Dec. 26th. This is the same com pany that plays every Saturday night at the opera house, and all the plays they present are more than worth the price of admission, 25 cents any seat. The seats are on sale three days in advance at the drug store. —The Herald will begin, next week, the publication of a new serial story entitled “The Valiants of Virginia,” by Hallie Ermenie Rivers. This is a charming love romance of the Southland that we are sure all of ouc readers will find very entertain ing. It is one of the biggest suc cesses ever produced by this popular author. Don’t miss the opening chapters, next week. ‘He Gives Twice Who Gives Quickly” Millions of Belgians face starvation. They will perish if aid does not come at once. The Union .State; Bank will receive dona tions for the relief funds. Give what you can for the cause. The Union State Bank LANCASTER, WIS. Total Resources $1,000,000.00 C. H. BAXTER, President R. MEYER JR., Cashier CAPITAL STOCK $50,000.00 Organized before the Civil War Christinas Money With the money you receive for Christ mas come to our store and select the gift you wished for. Our stock is so large that after the Christmas rush we will still have a nice as sortment to select from. F. P. BARNETT, Lancaster ... - V . i.F (•' I' > t'i* f ‘ —Born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cox, a son, on Sunday, December 20. —Miss Mary Clark arrived Tues day noon from Lincoln, Neb., for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Clark. —Mrs. Isaac Deller, of Milwau kee, came Monday for a visit through the holidays with her father, Mr. John Oswald, and other relatives. —Mrs. A P. Anderson and chil dren, of LtGrange, 111., arrived Sat urday evening for a holidav visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Dickinson. —The stock shipments for Monday and Tuesday of this week are as fol lows: Monday, Place and Jerrett two cars hogs, A. E. Lewis one car sheep, Geo. Jerrett one car cattle, McCoy and Croft two car hogs, and Thos. Wenzel one car hogs. Tues day, Jno. Dobson one car hogs, McCoy and Croft three cars of hogs, Matt Zenz one car hogs, Ed Austin one car cattle and Joe McCoy one car horses. The total for the past week from Monday to Saturday was 33 cars and the week previous 39 cars. Marriage Licenses Issued. Clyde W. Brown and Minnie Oss, both of Boscobel. Arthur Hopkins, Millvilieand Dora Callis, Ellenboro. • Oscar W. Stenner, Fennimore, and Elizabeth R. Wisdom, Boscobel. ' Jesse V. Knapp and Myrtle Tracy, both of Platteville. Nelson Jeide and Anna L. Henry, both of Little Grant. Wayside Dairy Will begin the delivery of Fresh Milk and Cream from its herd of Jerseys on January 7, 19 10. FRESH EGGS will be carried in the milk wagon for delivery to those who order them. ilw E. E. OLESON, Lancaster. Wis. Route 5 Farmers’ Phone 51-5 12t2p