Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-04
LOCAL NEWS NOTES


A
Sitter visitor Monday.
Another car of New York apples
at Alt g. Sons, this week.
-Chas. Tuffley was in Marion yes
terday to exercise his right of suffrage.
Remember the date of the M. E.
church tea wednesday Nov. 18th.
Leo. BARLEY and L. Fl. Webb,
both of Bloomington, were in this
city Fri'iay.
John Howe who has been travel
ing in the west for firm visited at
home this week.
Emma Vogelsberg arrived home
from Milwaukee Saturday to visit
with her mother.
Dan Doyle recently secured an
increase in pension through the efforts
of Congressman Murphy.
Hayes Duncan, who is employed
in Minnesota, is visiting relatives
and friends in this city.
-Chas. Harper, former principal of
the city schools came down from
Madison yesterday t. vote.
&C. F. Osborn and J. K. Carey, of
Darlington, were in Lancaster on
business Friday of last week.
-Ifyou are looking for bargain
you may find one by attending the M.
E. church tea Wednesday Nov. 18th.
Frank Meyer came down from
Madison, where he is a student in the
University, Monday evening to cast
his ballot.
Joe Donnelly is elected coroner
by a safe majority" is the sentence
which when thrown on the screen at
the Orpheum last night created great
amusement.
Mrs. John g. Williams, of
Duluth. spent Sunday at the NJ.
Mcdonald home. She returned Mon
day afternoon and was accompanied
home by her niece Miss Vera Nc
Donald.
The Congregational Ladies Aid
Society will hold its next meeting
on Nov. 9Th at "Kose Lawn" the
home of Mrs. Belle Dudley Smith
from 1 80 to 80 p. m. All cordially
invited. Bring thimbles.-
Mrs. Philip Suck, living north of
this city died last evening after a
short illness. She is survived by a
husband and six children besides
other relatives. Funeral arrange
ments have not been made at this
writing.
Did you hear that faint, noise
overhead at about half past eight
Saturday EVENING" 1t was not as
many supposed some new noise-mak
ing contrivance designed for Halloween
but a flock of wild geese making
their annual migration to the south.
Sheriff Budworth held sheriff
sale of real estate and property; &c.
A. Willison VS. John Farris and
others) in Fennimore last Saturday.
The land disposed of consisted of so
acres in that township and was sold
to Thos. Tormey of Fennimore at $67
an acre.
The Lancaster high school foot
ball team was defeated at Boscobel
Saturday by the score of 10 to O. The
Lancaster boys had not been practic
ing regularly and this coupled with al
weaker defense than their opponents
probably lost the game for them.
They played a plucky game however
and the Boscobel lads knew that they
were in foot ball game all the
way through.
A session of circuit court was
held in Lancaster Friday and some
court matters were decided by Jugde
Clementson. In the cases of Mary
Sedlmayer vs. John Sedlmayer and
Thos. Parish VS. Mildred Parish
divorces were granted. Alimony was
granted in these cases respectively to
the amounts of $40 and $4OO. In the
first named case So month was
granted for the support of the chill
dren.
Mrs. Jacob Wenzel, a we'll known
pioneer of Liberty township died last
night of heart failure at the age of
5S. She had been i'll about four
months. She leaves to mourn her
death a husband, six boys and four
girls. She was the mother of Fred
Wenzel of this city and a sisterin-
law of County Treasurer James
Wenzel. Funeral arrangements have