Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-24

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very painful experience last Satur-
day. He was driving corn pillow
for his brother when tie team sud
denly became unmanageable and
broke away from them Walter in
some manner got caught in the
lines and was dragged for distance
of about 100 yards before the team
could be controlled. He was cut
and bruised badly but fortunately
he was not hurt as badly as was
supposed at first. DIR. Fowler was
called Immediately to attend his
ipjurieC. He now seems to be rapid
~ recovering.
The following taken from the
Milwaukee Free Press tells of the
marriage of Robert W. Morse, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Morse of this
city to Miss Matilda Stahl Of Grand
Rapids. Mr.. and Mrs. Morse are
now visiting in this city with the
formers relatives. Robert Morse,
for ten years court reporter for
Judge Chas. M. Webb Of the 9TH jul
dicial circuit, was married at the
Congregational parsonage by Rev.
Fred Staff to Miss Matilda Stahl,
daughter of former City Treasurer
Frank Stahl. Mr.. Morse came here
from Lancaster having spent two
seasons as official reporter IN the
state senate at Madison The Her
aid extends congratulations.
John Schrenier & Sons yester-
day made their first Shipment of
wool for this season something
over 2S, 600 pounds. T. F. Orton
also packed a carload yesterday
the same amount as Schreiner e
Sons and will ship today. Both
firms inform the the Herald that
the quality of the wool is better
than usual this year, the farmers
having exercised good care IN tag
! glng same and used only a moderate
amount of Irvine in tying the bun
dies Practically no sisal Irvine has
been used in tying this year, the
advice of dealers extended through
the newspapers being very uniYers-
ally accepted. This must Of necess.
! ity give Wisconsin wool a better
standing in the eastern markets and
rebound to the credit and profit of
the farmers another year.
The Silver Medal contest given
1T the Congregational church Fri
day evening under favorable cir
Icumstances was &. success. All the
contestants are to be commended
for the excellent manner in which
their recltations were given. After
a very close contest the Silver
Medal was awarded Edward
Kemper, of Liberty, his selection
being 1.-The Enemy Under the
Flag He will compete for the
Gold Medal at the W. G. T. U. Co.
convention to be held in Mt Hope
in August. Each of the other con-
testants received a medal contest
PIN from the superintendent OF the
department. The musical numbers
including vocal solos and several
selections by the orchestra were
we'll rendered and much appreciat-
ed by the audience. The receipts
were $50. 1t is the intention to
continue these contests from time
to time.
J Miss Berdine Levan, sister to
Mrs. II. J. Nathan, of this city, and
who is we'll known in Lancaster,
was united in marriage to George
Hughes, of Springfield, Monday
afternoon at the First Congregation
al church in Dubuque. Rev. F. G..
Smith of Chicago officiated Tues
days Dubuque T1mes-Journal in
speaking of the wedding says: THE
bride is the youngest daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Levan, pioneer
residents of this city, and is young
woman of many estimable graces
and is greatly esteemed by a large
circle of friends. She is one of
Dubuque's sweetest vocalists and
local musical circles lose a charm
ing singer in her removal from the
city. The groom is the well known
second baseman of the Springfield
team of the ThreeI league. He
was popular member of the Du-
buque team in 1904 5 and has
many friends in this city and all
over the league who will extend
their congratulations and best
wishes. They join the Springfield
team at Clinton.