Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-05-02
LOCAL NEWS NOTES


Seen the "Home-C Coming sta
tionery yets It's all right.
Phil. BENEFITS is visiting his
brother George in Mather, Wis
Mrs. Frank VandeWall is visit
ing her daughter in Platteville.
VIM. Decker, of Fennimore,
was here on business Wednesday.
R F Dougherty came ~ from
PlattevilIe on business Wednesday.
Sheriff Bud worth had business
IN Cassville and Bloomington this
week
John Day returned Wednesday
from Milwaukee, where he went
on business.
Glen Horsfall was in Millville
the first of the week visiting with
friends there.
Miss Lou Kaltenbach returned
home Wednesday from visit with
HOCOSl FeldUlV0S.
Mrs Chas. Govier and daugh-
ter. Eva of Lancaster, was In Fen
nimore Tuesday
Commodore jackson, the we'll
known piano tuner, paid Lancaster
a visit this week.
Father Schleicher was in Fen
nimore Tuesday. Re assisted in the
13 hours devotion.
A cinder train has been making
merry music this week pulling in
and out of the local station.
g. A. Stevens and G Chap
man, of Cassville had, business at
the county seat Tuesday.
e. D. Beemau, the hustling
East Dubuque land agent, greeted
friends here and Incidentally tran
sacted business yesterday.
The Political Equity club will
meet with Mrs. Morgans Monday,
May 4, at $3.50 The program will
be in charge of Mrs Wiedenbeck
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Orville
Holmes, Of Platteville, on Thurs
day, April 23d, daughter Mrs.
Holmes was formerly Miss Bessie
VandeWall, of this city.
Lest you f ,rget" let us remind
you of the ball game today at the
fair grounds. Remembe that Ian.
caster high school has good team
this year and1s out for the champion
ship of this section
Weather Prophet Hicks, the
mean old thing, predicts a number
of severe storms during May, and
says there is probability of killing
frosts and snow before the month is
half ended.
The hard frost of Wednesday
night is said to have worked consid-
cradle injury to fruits and early
vegetables, but less damage seems
to have resulted in this locality
than in other parts of the state, or
even in most other northern and
western states.
Samuel Westing and family of
Kenesaw, Neb., and Mr.. and Mrs.
Mills of Linden, California, relatives
of w. r. Baille, residing southeast
of the city, write that they are
planning to make visit to Lancas-
ter this summer and be here to greet
old friends at the home coming.
Lou Meyers, the four year old
daughter of Myron Meyers, of
North Andover, died Wednesday
morning after a lingering illness
with diphtheria. She would no
doubt have recovered from this dis
ease had not other manifested
themselves. Interment in the Dodge
cemetery took place Wednesday.
Col. and Mrs. ]. g. Clark left
Wednesday for Oklahoma, where
they will visit their son Will, who
is located at Oklahoma City. They
will also visit in Missouri, where
the Colonel saw considerable army
service and at Illinois College,
Jacksonville, ILL.,, of which he is an
alumnuS.
e. II. Hyde is hard at work on
the home coming band which will
be a unique feature of the celebra-
ton in July. Lancaster musicians
are scattered all over the country
and Mr.. Hyde has correspondent
with as many as possible and asked
them to be present and aid in fur
nishing music during the ''festive
week" The "old boys" will join
forces with the younger musicians
thus swelling the Instrumentation
to perhaps so or 60 pieces. Those
who have hpaO heard from II, Ya,olxz