Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-07-11
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Miss Name Shappell visited Cas-
Vile friends this week.
Merle Draper, of Dodgeville, Wis
tied here the first of the week.
j. J. Tobin and Neil Mclaughlin.
of Potosi. were Herald visitors We'd
nesday.
Geo A. Moore will ship cattle,
hogs, sheep and calves again next
Wednesday, July 10.
The game between the Fennimore
and Bloomington "amachoors" yester-
day resulted in a victory for the latter,
Z to g.
Mrs. j. P. Williams, left for
Mather Saturday morning for few
weeks visit with her husband, who is
located at that place, in the interest
of the Williams cranberry marsh Co.
Rev. Louis Schmidt, the new
German Evangelism minister, is en-
gagged in moving into the parsonage
Mr.. Schmidt will deliver his first SER
mon next Sunday at 10 a. IN. Sun
day school at the usual time.
AT the Congregational church on
Sunday the following themes will be
discussed by the pastor At 10 80
a. m. The cost of discipleship," At
80 p. IN. 1.-THE ultimate universal
acknow iedgment of God $ supremacy. !"
Casper Gratz, an old resident Of
Liberty township, died at the home of
his son-in-law, VIM. Gearhart, in that
township, on Thursday last, and the
funeral will take place on Sunday.
Mr.. Gratz was about eighty years
of age.
The teachers institute is going
along in the sane successful way. The
attendance is increasing right along
and is now close to 200. The sessions
start at 40 in the morning and come
to close at noon. In the afternoon
the work is taken up again at 80
and brought to close at 3 30
Last Wednesday we did not men
tion the name Of Ed Hyde as an old
time member Of the band who was
present and took part in the reunion.
Mr. Hyde has been an active and hard
worker in musical organizations
here for a good many years and it is
through his efforts that we have the
fine Lancaster band of today
Albert Henkel mas resigded his
position as principal of the north
school, to accept a more lucrative po-
sition as principal of the shcools at
Wauzeka where he has been located
the past two years The school board
at Wauzeka were very anxious for
him to return, giving him a large in
crease in salary for the coming year.
Mrs. Annie Laird James gradual
ed last week from the school of ex-
preston in the Chicago Musical Col
lege, under the direction of Letitia V.
Kempster, and is now qualified and
prepared to teach the latest and most
approved methods of elocution physical
culture and pantomime. She will at
tend a summer school of oratory for a
time, and is expected to return to
Lancaster for visit with her parents,
Conductor and Mrs. Laird, within a
few weeks.
DIR. Godfrey had a runaway
Thursday that might have resulted
seriously He was driving a fine
team of bays and was passing Warren
Hannum' on South Madison st. when
he met Harry Browns auto. He
turned out to let the machine pass
and at the same time the team SHE'D
into the ditch overturnlng the rig.
Miss Laura Wurster who was the
only other occupant of the rig and
himself were thrown out and dragged
some feet before the top and seat of
the rig were torn off. The team con-
tlnued running up through the bust
ness portion Of the town and at
tempted to turn into Dyer's livery
stable but could not do this and in
stead ran into the yard where they
dashed through pony cart belonging
to Andrew Lewis and then were
stopped. Neither of the horses were
hurt. Had not the top and the seat
Of the rig been torn off this runaway
might have resulted fatally for both
DR.. Godfrey and Miss Wurster.