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

MONDAY
Jesse Biese. of Bloomington. was
in Lancaster Sunday.
Oscar Gerhardt. of Sitter. was
in Lancaster Monday.
"A Fl. belong was a Lancaster
visitor last week.
VIM Marsden. of Fennimore,
was in this city Friday.
C A. Alcott, of Montfort, visited
in this city Saturday.
j J. Seaman, of Fennimore, was
a visitor here this week.
WIN. Marsden, of Fennlmore.
was in this city Saturday.
Sheriff Budworth had business
in Bloomington last Friday.
VIM. Wilkie. of Platteville, was
a visitor in this city this week.
&C. Nolan and Frank narrower
were up from Platteville Saturday.
e. J. Trepary, of Belmont. was
in this city on business the first of
the week.
Laura WuIster has returned from
a months visit with reltives in
Illinois.
Irving Linn and NJ. F. Woodhouse,
of Bloomington, were at the county
seat Sunday.
Miss Helen BROKER was the
winner last Saturday in Joeckel's
clock contest.
The high school glee club met
Monday evening at the home of Miss
Marie Knapp.
-Chas. Osthoff, formerly of this
city and now of Baraboo, visited
friends here this week.
Carl Calvin, who is employed at
Mountain Iron, MINI, is visiting at
his home in this city
Visitors here the first of the week
were Fred Harms and Misses Anna
and Elise Harms. of Muscoda.
-Potosi callers here this week
were j. W. Belscamper, G. NJ. Vogell.
Ar. Hampton and = P Seaton.
Arrivals here Monday were A.
c. Stephens, Platteville; Walter
Lambert. Mt. Hope; Jos. Shepherd,
Platteville AMI John 81 l1ris, Bagley.
Percy Hutton, of the Anti Saloon
League. lectured here Sunday morn
ing ut the NJ E. church and in the
evening at the Congregational church.
Luther Basford was 81 years old
on Monday November 9th. He is at
this advanced age hale and hearty
and was glad to welcome the friends
who called on him during the day.
The Orpheum theater is crowded
every night. Many Lancaster people
have the habit and make it a point
to see every new picture. The
pictures are always good, too.
-Rob't BROKER and daughter,
Mrs. Clay Chapman, of Platteville,
left Monday for Madison, where Mrs.
Chapman Will take treatment in a
sanitarium for infiammatory rheu-
matism.
The news of Wisconsin's to 0
victory over Minnesota last Saturday
greatly pleased local enthusiasts.
This leaves the championship of the
west to be fought out by Wisconsin
and Chicago when the two teams meet
at Madison on November 21st
There seem to be more hunting
parties go out from Lancaster every
week this year than at any time
during the past few seasons. Coon
hunting is said to be good in these
parts this season and several of the
little animals have been bagged le-
Gently by local sportsman.
Some sort of a hoodoo seems to
hang over the high school football
team this year. Last Saturday the
Fennimore team was scheduled to
play herr hut at the last moment the
local management was asked by Fen
nimorz ~ cancel the game. The lack
of games can not be blamed to any one
connected with the Lancaster team;
lust hard luck, that's all.
Peaceful British Hollow enjoyed
a touch of life in the Wild West
the other day. The Dubuque Times
journal of yesterday described the
affairs as follows: "a bloody fight
took place on the street in British
Hollow in which a knife in the hands