Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-05-23

Geo. Kitellnger, OF Mont1orG,
was in this city Thursday.
Thomas Tormey, of Fennimore,
was in Lancaster Wednesday.
Archie Fache. of Sitter, was at
the hub the first of the week.
j. M. Conway, of Dodgeville,
had business here Wednesday.
"A. s. Vaughan, of Platteville.
was a Lancaster visitor Tuesday.
Nick Ohlert. of Mt. Hope. was
in Lancaster Wednesday OF this
week.
Mrs. Geo. Rockwell and sister,
Mrs. Palmer, visited IN Fennimore
Wednesday.
Miss Amy Draggs, of Fennl-
more, was a visitor in this city the
first of the week.
&C. w. Stone, F. A. Taylor and
w. C. Taylor, of Bloomington, we're
In Lancaster on business.
Mrs. Louise Bast and children
of Sitter. visited friends here this
week returning home Tuesday.
Mrs. E. Carter and daughter
Bessie. visited at the home OF DR..
Carter in Livingston the first OF the
week.
Mrs. Martin Oswald returned
home Wednesday evening from a
visit at the George Tuf1ey home
near BoscObel.
Another candidate for sheriff
has got into the game this week,
John Shilliam, of Platteville, whose
announcement appears in, another
co umn Of today's paper
Walter Vandewall OF this city,
recently resigned his position with
Barnett & Son and accepted posi-
ton with his brother-i law, John
Schamerhorn i'll Summit, Wash.
! He left for the west with his family
Wednesday via. fotosl
Rev. R. G. Bennett, of Potosl,
Thos. Dawes, of the same place,
and Rev. W. E. Hannaford, or TINS
city, left Tuesday for Windsor,
Wis, where they attended the
Congregational church convention.
They returned home Thursday.
The Southern Wisconsin Dental
Association holds it's annual meet
ing in Plattevllle, Wednesday and
Thursday, May 81 and %. DR.. u.
c. NARROW was elected president OF
the society last year, and will be III
attendance at the meeting Con-
sequently his Office will be closed
on the above dates.
Many applications are being re-
ceived every day now by the officers
and solicitors of Lancaster's new
mutual insurance cOmpanies-the
Farmers Mutual Hail company and
the Farmers Mutual Windstorm,
Cyclone and Tornado company.
They have written a very large
amount Of insurance during the past
week.
1.-THE Fighting Chance" the
serial story which has been running
in the Herald for several months
past and which has been read with
much interest by the Herald family
all over the county, is concluded IN
this issue. We expect to start
another first class serial of an en-
tirely different character, soon.
-Supt. Brockert expects to leave
Monday for the county superin,
tendents' convention ito be held in
Oshkosh on the 26, 81 and 28th. A
very interesting program has been
prepared. C. L. Harper, formerly
of this city, is down for discussion
of the compulsory education law
The County superintendent Assn
will hold their meeting on the goth,
and their annual banquet will be
held that evening.
The committee appointed to
make out program for Memorial
Day met Wednesday evening and
decided that it would be practically
the same as last year. Several de-
tails in connection with it have yet
to be attended to and we are unable
to present it to our readers in this
issue of the Herald. The address
by John Watson, of Livingston, viii
be delivered in Reeds opera house
and the usual musical numbers will
also be given during the afternoon
The members of the 'Ome Band
were entertained by Miss Mildred
Ivey and Mrs. Karl Orion, at the
home of the former on Thursday
evening. A six o'clock dinner was
served and the evening was devoted
. / - AI,o ,,c,,o1 cOaioI diversions T,aS