Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-11-13
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was buried with loved ones gone
before in that cemetery. Brief men
ton was made last week Of her
death at her home in Santa Rosa,
Calf. Alice (Newman) Burleson
was a daughter of Mrs. Robert New
man of Lancaster and a sister OF
Frank Newman Of this place.
FOOTBALL-Our high school boys
had a right royal battle with the
Lancaster boys on the football field
south of town. Lancaster won by
a score Of Is to z. All the players
miraculousIy escaped with their
lives, though some of them were
limping about town the next day.
FUNERAL OF Mrs. LEWIS. large
number of relatives and friends at
tended the funeral of Mrs. William
Lewis at Lancaster Sunday. Mrs.
Lewis was a sister of William, James
and the late John Ryan of Glen
Haven. She passed the greater
part of her life in West Grant, re-
firing with her husband to Lancas-
ter only few years ago.
LECTURE CoURsE.-The Castle
Square Entertainers furnished the
first entertainment for the lecture
course series on Monday evening.
The show was a complete success,
which fact speaks for the future
Success of the course. Let all at
tend.
LOCALS Carville went to
Chicago last week to enter the en-
plov of the Santa Fe Railroad Co.
Tommy is a master mechanic in
this work, having served his ap-
prenticeship-and then some.
Roy Stone sent his parents box
of fine figs and raisins from Fresno,
Calf. They were the finest we
have yet seen.
Oscar Brady, Jamie Sprague and
Ralph Hedemann went to Boscobel
last week, and from that place
t7oated down the Wisconsin river to
Bridgeport, bagging only little
game. They had nice time, how
ever.
Mrs: Heberlein of McGregor,
Iowa, is a guest Of her mother, Mrs.
Kavanaugh.
Lee Bailey has a sale Nov. 26.
Prof. Holt and Misses Reed and
Orouft attended the teachers meet
ing at Milwaukee last week. They
report a very profitable session.
School was dismissed during their
absence.
Misses Neprud and DeMuth, two
of our teachers, entertained the
football team at dinner Saturday.
Revival meetings are still in pro-
gress in this place. They will be
held in the Congregational church
this week. Rev. Erskine isIa very
convincing speaker. Attendance
and interest are increasing.
While running down Brooklyn
hill Saturday, Milton Frazier, son
of A. J. Frazier, fell and cut his leg
between knee and ankle SO severely
that physician had to sew it up.
The wound is healing without
trouble.
Pun hasers were numerous on the
street last Saturday. Large bills
of winter goods were sold by all the
merchants.
All of our people, both in town
and country, are very busy making
things snug for winter. Corn pick
ing is progressing very lively, and
much soft corn is reported. Some
of the boys take time to sort it be-
fore cribbing.
Miss Edith Clegg went to Oelwein,
Iowa. on account of the serious ILL
ness with pneumonia of little
daughter of her sister, Mrs, Henry
Taylor.
Cooley e Pierce, masons, and
Walt. Schneyer and force OF car
penters have been at barns about
Campbell ridge. John Smiths new
barn is 34x5O, Albert Dewey's 32x5O,
with hard cement floor, and Emery
Bunts's 32x50, with cement floor.
Out in the country the farmers
have been building up wonderfully
the past few years. Many places
look like little villages, so numer-
GUS are the buildings about the
premises. It's one of the many
evidences of prosperity which the
farmers have been enjoying the
past few years. Let the good work
go on.
A fine new boy arrived at the
home OIL. J. Pohle on Monday.
Eugene Sawyer IS employed at
Greer's.
Erskine johnson sued Sam. Ket-