Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-12-16
LOCAL NEWS NOTES


was here Saturday.
Claude Hickok, of Bloomington.
was a Lancaster visitor Sunday.
&C A. Langridge, visited in Slit
ger with his daughter last week,
Henry Schneider and Elsie Black
bourn we're Lancaster callers Satur
day.
John Muench and Ernest
Schildgen spent Sunday at Patch
Grove.
Leo Vogt and Mae Budworth of
Bloomington were Lancaster visitors
Saturday.
Mark and Teresa Csrmody were
Bloomington visitors Saturday and
Sunday.
Harry Condry and Richard
Webster were here from Platteville
Saturday. .t. 5&
Frank Kolb, the hustling atch
Grove merchant. had business In Lam
caster Monday.
Joe Smith. of Madison. arrived
Saturday noon for short visit with
Lancaster friends,
Miss Margaret McBrien returned
home Monday evening from a short
visit in Dubuque.
Will Lathrop left Wednesday
morning on business trip to several
out of town points.
The small boy finds it convenient
to be very regular attendant at
Sabbath school now.
-Thos and Peter Brown, of
Sherard, ILL.,. are visiting here with
the ir neice, Mrs. Beth Bowers
Extra copies of this issue of The
Herald. for mailing to friends, may be
obtained at this Office for five cents
each.
Leo Hartstein, an expert mer
chandise and advertise G man, of Mil
yankee, is handling the quitting
business sale at Thanhouser s.
Richard Meyer Jr, aud John Day
went to Madison yesterday to close
deal disposing of $40 ACRES OF South
Dakota land owned by Mr.. Meyer.
MIR. and Mrs. Nadab Eastman
left Monday morning for their home
in PlattevilIe after a short visit with
their daughter. Mrs Will Eberhardt.
Dolly's old hat is so out of date
she must have later style. Mrs
Burr is showing some very pretty
styles in Dolls head wear all this
week.
Rev. W. n Hannaford is assist
ing Rev. F. L. Williams in conduct
ing a series of special meetings in
the Co gregational church at Far
view. ten miles east of Lancaster,
this week.
e. L. Mccoy. c. H, Baxter, J.
S. Wright and Henry Stiles left this
week for the panhandle district of
Texas. They go to look over land in
that section of the Lone Star state
with a view to purchasing.
= Dubuque paper sta es that Capt.
K. Kimble who has been i'll for some
time at his home on Kimble island, is
so much better that his sons and
daughters who were called there by
his illness, have returned to their
homes, anticipating his complete re-
covery.
"A. brakeman on the way freight
suffered an attack of heart trouble
while switching at Montfort Saturday
and fell from the car. I.uckilys he
fell away from the track. He was
brought to Lancaster on the evening
train and stayed here over Sunday.
On Monday he was able to go to work
again.
Grant County leads the other
counties of the state in the number
registered in short course in agricul-
ture at the University of Wisconsin
this year. This course opened last
week with about 500 enrolled. Other
States represented are Illinois, Iowa,
Minnesota, Colorado, Ohio, California
and Texas. They are represented by
% students.
"A deer was seen one day last
week by Miss Maggie the teacher Of
district school near Patch Grove.
She allowed the pupils to 60 outside
to see the animal but before all of
them could get to see it had bounded
away. 1t was probably the same
deer spoken of in another column as