Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-19

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Lancaster the first of the week.
-Chas. Weber, of Fennimore, was
in Lancaster Sunday, visiting rela
tlves here.
W. A. Furderer, Of Boscobel,
had business at the county seat
Monday of this week.
Miss Frances Burrows Of
Pleasant Valley, N. D., is visiting
with relatives in this city.
Judge Goodsell went to Platte
vile yesterday morning to hold a
term Of county court there.
g. B. Horton, the implement
dealer Of Patch Grove, had business
at the county seat this week.
-Chas Langridge, of Yelva, N.
D., was in attendance at the funer-
al Of his mother, held here Monday.
Oscar Jeide, returned Saturday
morning to Lacrosse after spend
ing a short vacation with relatives
in Lancaster.
Principal G. E. Slothower was
in Bloomington Saturday. He was
one of the conductors Of the teach
ers institute held there.
News was received here yester-
day that Fl. P Irish, of Redwing,
Cal, was stricken suddenly with
paralysis. His wife living in this
city left for Redwing this morning.
DIR D. M. Cook, formerly of
Gays Mill has now located at Jules
burg, Colorado, where he will pract-
ice in his profession. Mrs Cook
left Lancaster Tuesday to Join her
husband.
Lawrence Lewis passed through
Lancaster Saturday en- route for his
home IN Platteville. Mr.. Lewis is
overseeing a gang of wood choppers
at work on Will Lewis ranch in
Bridgeport follow.
The Mt. H0reb high school
basket ball team arrived IN Lancas-
ter on the noon train Saturday.
From here the boys drove to Bloom
ington where they played the Bloom
ington high school that evening.
Miss Ida Gibson, of Potosi,
visited this week at the home of her
brother, DR.. J. w. Gibson, in this
city. She went to Milwaukee Mon
day as a delegate to the Grand
Chapter of the Eastern Star lodge,
held there.
Superintendent Brockert an
nounces that the next teachers
meeting will be held in Potosi. The
date of this meeting was first fixed
for March Is but owing to the fact
that the Southern Wisconsin Teach
er's Association meets at Madison
on that date, it will be held week
earlier than was originally intended
If this meeting is as successful as
the one at Bloomington last week,
Supt BrOckert will be more than
pleased.
-Burne Pollock, V. L. Showalter
and Leslie Clark, accompanied by
Miss Margaret Paris, of Madison,
Miss Relga Eekern, of Mt. Horeb,
and Miss Alma Glenn, of this city
went to Bloomington Saturday and
saw the high school team of that
place defeat the Mt Horeb high
school. Miss Eckern is a teacher in
the Mt. Horeb high school and came
to Lancaster Friday and spent two
days visiting with Mrs L. 81. Stew
ems.
News was recei we'd in Lancas-
ter, Monday morning of the burn
ing of the residence Of the Misses
Cassie and Louisa Huey in the will
age OF Beetown. The origin of the
fire is unknown. Everything was
destroyed except an armful of bed
bling. The loss to these two ladies is
very large as they are past middle
age and are dependent on a pension
which they received through their
fathers services in the Great Re-
bellion. Miss Cassie was alone in
the house at the time of the fire,
which was about four o'clock Mon
day morning, and although she in
stantly summoned help it was U.S.
less to try to fight the flames. JAS.
Woodhouse of this city is brother
in-law of the unfortunate sisters.
The Bureau of Labor at Madison
is making an effort to assist farmers
IL getting supply of labor. Farm
ers who desire help, and working
men desiring to work on a farm,
should write to the Commissioner
of Labor at Madison or to the Wis
consin Free Employment Office at
any one of the following cities:
C,-noYsiOy OC11~0ch To Croeeo -.