Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-10-21

nlmore yesterday.
-Chas. West of Cassville was in
this city Saturday.
Peter Glynn, of Woodman, was a
visitor here Saturday.
DIR. Dewing. the specialist, was a
visitor here this week.
r.. Meyer il. and Jos. Book were
out of town visitors yesterday.
Paul Fisher, of Livingston, was
a visitor Monday in Lancaster.
Geo. Grange, of Mineral Point.
was Lancaster visitor Monday.
Misses Florence and Kate Cash
man started yesterday for California.
Lewis BETTER of Bloomington
was caller Monday at the county
seat.
Miss Abbie Phelps left yesterday
morning for Iowa where she will
visit.
Mrs. Mitchell left yesterday for
Fort Scott, Neb.. where she will
visit relatives.
Miss Linda Rhodes expects to
return this week from Dubuque where
she has been visiting
Miss Louisa Wetter successfully
underwent an operation Monday at
the Finley hospital in Dubuque.
II. M. Young and wife left yes
terday morning for Burlington, Iowa,
where they will visit with relatives.
Miss Louis Vesperman, Miss Ada
Hoehn and Miss Dora Vesperm an are
spending the week visiting with
friends in Dubuque.
Everett and Grace Mills, of Lin
coin, Neb. returned to their home Mon
day after a pleasant visit of several
week swith the Vespe1man s and other
relatives in this vicinity.
Stock shipments from the Lancas-
ter station on Saturday, and Monday
were as follows. Saturday, j. Z.
Williams and sons-1 car of hogs;
Monday Place and Jerrett-2 cars of
hogs: A. E. Lewis-2 cars of hogs;
Bennett and Dobson-2 cars of hogs.
ID. j. Gleghorn was visitor here
over Sunday with friends. Gleg &C
accompanied the Beloit Academy foot
ball team to Platteville where he re-
ferreed the game in which they de-
feated the Normal eleven by a score
of 5 to O. The game is reported to
have been interesting.
Miss Margaret Peacock, a Lam
caster girl employed as trimmer in a
millinery store in Pound, Wis, had
thrilling experience recently with
forest fires which destroyed about half
of that village. The house in which
she was boarding burned to the g1ound
giving the occupants little time for
escape. Embers from the burning
fore SITS near by blew over the village
and fell on the roofs Of the houses,
igniting them. Miss Peacock consid-
ers herself fortunate in saving nearly
all of her wearing apparel. 1t was
a difficult matter to save the village
by fighting the flames at any one
point, as the fire was we'll scattered
Elsewhere in today's Herald
Baxter & Draper have page adver-
tisement that is we'll worth reading,
describing the special bargains they
are making in their opening sale of
new fall styles in dependable mer-
chandise. Another feature that will
appeal to farmers is the announcement
that they will pay not less than 80
cents pound for pure butter fat land
more if the market permits) deliver
ed to the creamery during the month
of October This does not mean for
the remainder of the month, as has
been enormously stated, but for all
that is has been delivered during the
entire month.
The football game scheduled to
be played Saturday between the
elevens of Lancaster and Platteville
hg h school did not take place on
account of Platteville failing to
show up. Friday after the game had
been we'll advertised their manager
telephoned up that it would be i'm
possible for the high school team to
play here as some of the members
would be unable to come. Arrange
ments were made later in the day
for them to bring the remainder of
the high school team and pad out
the eleven with mining school play
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