Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-05-27

the hall and marching to church in
body. The sermon by Rev.
Woolley was warmly commended
by all present.
LECTURE COURSE. Bloomington
will have another lecture course
next winter, and the numbers en-
gagged p. omise bette entertainment
than usual Edwin Brush, the
magician, was here last week and
arranged for five mum bers, including
Bill Bone, humorlst, Father Nagle,
Ferguson's Dixie Jubilee Concert Co.
Noah and Jane Beilharz, music and
speaking, and the Bostonlan Concert
Party of three artists. The Salma-
gundi Club, backed by a dozen
leading business men. will manage
the enterprise
MEMORIAL DAY. Memorial Day
will be observed in this place in a
manner befitting the occasion. The
procession will form at 1 p m.
and march to the cemetery where
impressive services will be held.
Thence the people will return to
the city hall, where an interesting
program will be followed. Geo. B.
Clementson, the brilliant Lancaster
lawyer, will deliver the address.
We hope to see many friends and
comrades in from neighboring
towns.
DRY IN TEXAS "A letter from our
journalistic friend, L. L. Holford,
reports him to be enjoying camp
life on his 200 acre Texas farm. He
says that the Pan Handle country
has been very dry this spring-so
dry that it has been alOmst i'm
possible to cultivate the ground but
he irrigated a small place from his
we'll, and thought that was doing
nicely. At the time of writing,
May II, they had a small shower
which soaked down about three
inches, and thought the prospects
favorable for getting down more.
Mrs. Otis Way of Glen Haven,
had the misfortune to dislocate her
elbow and fracture the bone.
DR.. Harry Hancock and wife and
little Miss Helen Paterson, of ST..
Paul, have been guests for few
days at the F. L. Greer home.
The social at the Curtis school
house on Friday evening, May Is,
was decided success. The exercises
by the pupils were fine and showed
careful training by their teacher,
Miss Sabena Stockert Proceeds
Melted $11.85.
Sam'l Kitto is putting in some
new shelving and otherwise i'm
proving the interior of his COM
modius store.
Gifford's Comedians will be here
next week.
Our band will make It's first ap-
pearance for the season on Memorial
Day. After that the boys will give
series of Saturday evening con-
certs on the street. The citizens
are subscribing literally to Ihelp
them them buy new music and
equipment.
John Bracher of Portland, Ore
gon, was a guest at the Enke home
one day last week. Mr.. Bracher is
in the timber land business out
| there.
Mrs Harry Geiger visited in Cass-
vile last week.
State High School Inspector Terry
reviewed the work in our schools
last week.
William Clegg is here from Mis-
souri, for visit. Mr.. Clegg bought
a farm down in Missouri, but he
still owns his old farm over at
Arlington, Iowa.
Some of our veterans will attend
the soldiers reunion at Cuba City
June 1911
Chas. Hale is placing a cement
walk about his new home in
Brooklyn.
James Briggs, wife and daughter
of Sutherland, Iowa, are visiting
relatives and old friends in this
vicinity.
Miss Huey, an old resident of
Beetown. died Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Ketner were
in Prairie du Chen last week to see
relative from Missouri.
J. M. DonnelIY, DR.. Heraty. DAVE
Ballant1ne, Ora Hatch and perhaps
others attended the bic sale of rail