Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-06-27
Local lettings.

-Chas. Waring Of Livingston has
had his pension incaeased to $40.
Under Sheriff Cox was visitor
at his home in Paris over sunday.
The annual school meeting Mon
day evening should be borne in mind.
i. f. Barnett & Son installed a
bright new ice wagon in use this
week
The farmers are improving these
dry. bot days in getting hay under
cover
-Mabcl Medley of Plattevill spent
Tuesday in Lancaster, the est Of
Lou Bell.
Miss Irene Underwood of Omaha
is a guest of her sister, Mrs. Chas.
Kemper.
Herald news this week is boiled
down for busy people. Old Sol is to
blame for it.
Miss Maud Wilcox Of Calumet,
Mich. is visiting her cousin, Miss
/, Bessie VandeWal.
/ One thousand people met death
Thy flood in the Elkhorn valley West
Virginia last week.
The Political Equality club will
meet at the home OF Mrs. Arthur
Knapp Monday, July 1st, at 2;30 P.
N.
DIR NARROW and F. p Barnett
with their families are enjoying an
outing at the Klondike spring today
"wednesday
Mrs John Barnett Of Indepen-
] dence, Ia, was a guest OF Lancaster
relatives a greater portion Of last
week. She is at Boscobei this week.
TIE Northwestern road an
nounces another excursion to White
fish Bay on Sunday, July 9TH. Train
leaves Lancaster at a. nj. Fare for
round trip 81.
"A ten pound youngster arrived
, at the home Of Jay Nathan Monday
morning bright and early and Is the
recipient OF every attention these
warm days. As a son and heir we
wish him the best of success.
The big band contest at the Lam
caster fair will prove an attraction
second to none. The prizes hung up
are of sufficient merit to induce some
of the best bands in the state to par
ticipate and some good music is as
/ sured.
The Hurricane school. of which
Miss Louise Club has charge, will
CSclose next Saturday afternoon, June
2gth. Exercises will be given by the
school at 2:3o and a picnic supper
will follow in the grove one-haf mile
ortheast of the Hurricane
81 Mrs. Rose Cramer and son and
other arrived here this week and
i've taken up quarters in the new
filme recently purchased in western
atrt Of town. John Pendleton is also
w2e on vacation calculating on re-
turning to complete his course in
!. stenography and typewriting in Chi
cage this fan.
-Robt Waddell Kentucky horse
won the great American derby at Chi
cago Saturday. He is owned by a
quaint individual known in turf cir
Giles as pa Bradley. Our own PA
Wright lad Y to squander on the
race and very naturally wagered it on
Wadde, The betting was 10 to /
against the winner SO our landlord ;
ticket Melted him the nice sum of 500.
b. White, highly respected citi-
zen of this locality, residing on the
Beetown road, celebrated his goth
birthday Sunday and is still hale and
hearty. in possession of his faculties
to great extent. Mr.. White has
been an honored member of the Con-
gregational church here for num-
Der Of years and a delegation Of
church people went out to his home
Monday and assisted him in impress
Ing the happy event on his mind.
\ -Miss'Helen Fifeld. GAINESVILLE
tyouog lady, disappeared from her
thome last week and her whereabouts
IS 4 mystery to members Of the family
and friends The supposition is that
size went to Chicago. but the entire
police and detective force OF that city
are unable to obtain any clue TO her
whereabouts after arriving there A
reward Of 500 is offered for finding
her. It is surmised that she left
home while temporarily demented.
LOST-A bunch OF keys. between
Lancaster and the Philips farm
Finder will please leave same Is this