Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-05-23

r. F. Dougherty, of Platteville,
was in Lancaster Thursday.
Deputy Sheriff Elwell was in
Montfort yesterday on business.
w. B. Dyer attended the big
sale at the Pearl City this week.
DIR. Fowler drove over to Mont
fort Thursday in his automobile.
Leo Finnegan visited in Sitter
this week returning home Friday.
.-Supt. Brockert ISSUED the
diplomas Thursday to the country
schools.
State Inspector Terry visited
the Lancaster high school Thursday
of this week.
Grace Caldwell and Sabina
Hernon, of Cassvllle, were in Lam
caster Thursday.
Gordon and J. r. webster, of
Montfort, were at the county seat a
few days this week.
Fay Baldwin, who is studying
medicine in Milwaukee is spending
a vacation at home.
Alex Buchanan, real estate
dealer of Lake Mills had business in
Lancaster this week.
Miss Laura Smith of Lake Mills,
visited this week at the home of her
sister, Mrs. VIM. Joeckel.
Arthur Huebsch, of Buffalo
City, Wis, and Helen Moore, of
Platteville, are licensed to wed.
President David James, of Mont
fort, was in Lancaster Thursday.
He was accompanied by F. E. Par
ish, of the same village.
The patriotic declamatory con-
test is being held at Reeds opera
house as we go to press and the re-
suit cannot be given in this edition.
All the base ball fans are re-
uuestetl to meet in the Country Club
rooms Saturday evening to decide
whether or not Lanc' ster is TO have
a team this season, and ii so TO get
it started. Committee.
"A meeting was held Wednes
day evening Of the Executive and
auxiliary committees of the Home
Coming, in the Country Club rooms.
Various matters relating to the
GLORIOUS week" were talked over.
The entertainment committee re
ported that they have a good line
of attractions in view and are try
ing to book only the cleanest and
best. The fol owing committee was
appointed to make arrangements as
to the program of Homecoming
Day, which is to be Wednesday,
July 2nd: V. L. Showalter, chair
man; Mrs. q. B. Carter, Mrs. E. M.
Lowry, Miss Emma Schreiner, Miss
Abbie Phelps, J. T webb and Burne
Pollock.
ATTY. 81. w. Brown, Of this city
is having a hunting lodge construct
ed on his Pine Knob property. 1t
is 16xSO feet in size and is planned
to a great extent after those found
on English estates. An old fash
toned fire place is situated at one
end and a kitchen at the other.
The country in which it is located is
beautiful and ideal for hunting.
-Chas. Burrows received dis
patch Thursday that his brother E.
F. Burrows living in South Omaha,
Neb., had died the evening previous.
He was 62 years of age and had
been ill for some time with a
nervous trouble. He leaves a wife
and several children to mourn his
departure. Funeral services will
be held tomorrow in his home city.
These are busy times in the
Lancaster schools. There is but
one more week of school and the
pupils are all busily engaged in
studying for examinations and plan
ming the good times they will have
during vacation. 1t is hard to say
who is happier over the closing OF
school, Prln. Slothower and his able
corps of assistants, or the pupils un-
der their charge.
The hearing of James George,
Lewis Tahiti and Chas. Kal1lie, OF
Montfort, charged with making an
assault with intent to do great bod
ilv harm was held before justice
Schreiner Thursday. The complain
ing witness was Sam Foreman, also
OF Moutfort, who claimed to have
been assaulted by these three men
and seriously injured. The case
was dismissed on motion of the dis