Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-29

Saturday.
The residence of August Michaelis
has been painted.
DIR. F. S. Knapp called on
friends in Lancaster Sunday.
John Henkle, of Fennimore, visit
ed relatives here over Sunday.
Father Schleicher left for Loretto
on the Monday morning train.
ALBERT BROKER returned Saturday
evening from Fort Wayne, Indiana.
| james McGranahan, of Platte
Vile, was Lancaster visitor Sunday.
Atty. L. A Brunkhorst was up
from Platteville on business Friday.
Geo. and FREQ Schaal, of Burton,
greeted Lancaster friends last Satur-
day.
VIM. Livingston was passenger
on the outgoing train Monday morn
ing.
Harry Nathan is spending short
vacation visiting with Dubuque rela-
tives.
Ben Anderson, of Dodgeville. was
business visitor here the first of
the week.
Atty. W. E. Howe, of Boscobel,
had legal business here the latter
part of last week.
Tom Holmes left Monday for
Madison. His object primarily, was
to hunt up a new location.
Mrs. A. J. Pipkin accompanied
by Genevieve and may L. Parker
were Boscobel visitors at the county
seat last Friday.
Ralph Irwin, Fl. Smith and
Wallie Garthwaite wrote the rural
carrier civil service examinations in
Platteville Saturday.
The steam threshers are making
their annual appearance and the
'shriIl'' toots of their whistles are
heard on every hand.
Henry Bremmer was examined by
Drs. Fowler and Van Dusen Monday
morning and found to be insane. He
was committed to Mendoza.
Misses Gertrude Keitlinger and
Genevieve Meysembourg are visiting
this week at the home of Miss Mary
Morehuse at South Lancaster.
-BuIne Pollock went to Chicago
last week and purchased Ford auto
mobile. Or. Doollttle also returned
from Chicago Sunday with one of the
same make.
The city team is not the only
bunch hailing from Lancaster that
can play ball A kid team played
Roger Hollow last Saturday and
cleaned EN- up 10 to IA. They ex
pect to play a Fennimore team here
next Saturday.
According to the reports of the
Wausau land Office only 10, $50 acres
of land subject to holnesteading are
to De found in Wisconsin. There
were 80, 5000 acres taken up last year
under the homestead act. 1t will
soon be impossible to get land for
next to nothing in the Badger state
Rev. W. II. Hannaford started
on Monday for Hackley, Villas Co.,
where he will spend two weeks of his
vacation in evangelistic work. He
will be absent from his pulpit for the
first four Sundays of August Sunday
school, G. E. and midweek prayer
meetings will be kept up during the
pastors absence.
DIR. J. c. Doolittle is now as
sciated with his brother DIR. s. w.
Doolittle in the practice of medicine
The younger DR.. Doolittle is a grad
uate of the Wisconsin Cole &c of
Physicians and Surgeons and during
the past year has practiced in Mil
Iwaukee hospital. He is we'll and
favorably known here and there is
every reason in the world to believe
that this new partnership will meet
with success.
-Sollie Oates obtained the neces-
sary bail for his release from custody
last Saturday and was rearrested on
another charge. The charge this time
is that of obtaining liquor for Chas
Thompson who is on the black list
This is the second time Mr.. Oates has
been arrested on this charge. He is
now out on bail with two charges
which he must answer to. His
hearing on the last charge will be
today before Justice Fl. L. Moses.