Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-11


Roy Croft aud Mike Trainor were
Fennimore visitors Sunday.
Olaf s. johnson. of Mo2tfort. was
county seat caller Saturday.
s.. C. Lewis, of Highland, was
caller in this city Monday
Joe Bailey and Perry Moore have
each completed their new barns.
George Budd left Sunday for
Chicago to take medical treatment.
George Grange, of Mineral Point.
was a Lancaster visitor the first Of
the week.
congregational Ladies Aid will
meet with Mrs. Joseph T. Bennett
on Friday. Come
Two hundred acres 215 miles west
of Werley were sold the past week to
Fred Keller
! q. L. Eversoll wife and chill
dren. Norton and Norma, left here
! on Monday for hunting expedition
among the pine forests of northern
! Wisconsin.
"A surgical operation last week on
Charles Sturs, a former resident of
Grant county, now of Aberdeen. S D
developed disease of malignant type,
and fears are felt for his recovery.
Mrs H. L. Sprague is visitor
this week among her many Lancaster
friends. She is the wife of Harley
Sprague, the veteran, and both are
among the we'll known and highly
respected cit liens of Grant county.
The two. ocal telephone exchanges
rendered unusually excellent service
to the public on election night. The
management of the Bell exchange. G.
d. Stratton is especially to be COM
mended, not only for the reports be
was able to secure from over tn }
county, but also from the outside
state and national returns.
/ There was a surprise party of
great enjoyment on last Friday even
ing at the commodIous home of Fred
Barnett, in honor of Miss Magnetic
Rogers. Mrs. Barnett is fine hostess,
and with Mr. BaInett's hospitable as
sstance made for the guests most
agreeable evening, and Miss Rogers
is we'll deserving the favors shown
her.
Archie Breithaupt while coming
in from hunting the other evening
noticed something in a tree that ap-
peared to be a squirrels rest with
the animals head sticking out of it.
Not thinking and not knowing what
it was he fired into it and immediate
ly quite large sized coon fell at his
feet. He was we'll pleased with this
unusual termination to his days hunt.
/ The Lancaster friends of Mrs
Minnie Geiger, of CassvilIe, will be
glad to learn that the recovery of her
little daughter Josephine, who recent
" underwent critical opeation in
a Dubuque hospital, is now assured.
The grief and anxiety consequent
Frustrated the mother, and she als1
was obliged to have hospital treatment.
Both expect to return to their home
this week.
+ Plans are under way to establish
/ in Lancaster an ice manufactory and
cold storage plant. This is subject
that has frequently been under con-
sideratioD here IN the past. but it
is claimed there is much mora interest
being taken in it now than ever before
aud strong hopes are entertained that
the project will she go' this time.
An unfailng supply of pure ice would
be of great value here, and we do not
know of any town which offers better
opportunities than Lancaster in the
way of an unlimited supply of
organically pure spring water.
The stock shippers are getting
buster every week and it is said that
the season will doubtless be a record
breaker The following cars were
sent out Of the local station this
week: Monday cars sheep and
car hogs. A. E Lewis; 2 cars cattle
and car hogs. Place & Jerrett; 1
car hogs, Bennett & Dooson; and 2
cars hogs. Geo Moore; Tuesday 1
car horses Joe McCoy; 1 car boys
Morehouse and Vesperman; cars
hogs, Bennett and Dobson 2 cars
cattle Laudon and Eastman; 2 cars
cattle, E lg4r Croft and 1 car cattle
Schneider Bros.
"A strange sight met the gaze of