Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-06-03

Lancaster yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Doll, of
Ohio, are visiting relatives here.
Georgia and Nettie FinneY and
Mers Booth were IN Platteville
Monday.
e M. Wilmotte and VIM.
Stoker, both of Potosi, were in
Lancaster on business yesterday.
The Royal Neighbors will meet
at their hall next Sunday at 2 p. M,
for the purI ose of observing Mem
oral day.
Frank Tate and Clarence
Hampton, of Glen Haven, were
county seat visitors Tuesday of
this week.
John Day, John Bennett and
VIM. Barrows, of this city and Fred
Keller, of Liberty, started for
Gettysburg, S D. yesterday.
Miss Nettie F1nney taught the
Cement school east of the city in
Ralph Rays place while he attended
commencement exercises last Fri
day.
Edith Pennock, Margaret Boil
zell, Linn Woodhouse and Mark
Hoskins were over from Blooming
ton yesterday. Miss Bolzell took
the afternoon train for her home in
Montfort.
Mrs. j. H. Fowler was called to
her old home at Marengo, Iowa, on
Monday by the death of her father.
He had been i'll for several weeks
and was SO years old at the time OF
his death. Mrs. Fowler will re-
main there for some time.
A cablegram was received Mon
day from Luther Lewis, of Fair
banks, Alaska, son of VIM. Lewis
of this city, telling of the death of
his wife. Mrs Lewis was not
known personally in this city never
having visited here. Before her
marriage to Luther Lewis she was a
resident of Van Couver, Canada.
The hearing of the r. Wolff.
BolIard case before Justice Schrei-
ner has been adjourned to the 10th.
This suit grew out of Bollard's re-
fusal to pay Wolf for some wood
saving that the latter did for him,
claiming that the work was improp-
erly done. E M. Lowry represents
the plaintiff, Wolf, and G. B.
Clementson the defendant.
Fred II BeiIhartz, Sr, of Cass-
vile, committed suicide Monday
morning by shooting himself
through the head He was found
about IL o'clock, and it is thought
that he performed the deed about
an hour earlier. He was living
with his son in Cassville and it was
in his house that he killed himself.
1t is believed that he was despond-
ent, as he had been i'll for some
time.
The 18th annual meeting of the
Southwestern Wisconsin Dental As
soclation, held last week at
Platteville, was a success in every
particular. There was a good at
tendance and as the membership
increases every year the interest as
was shown by this meeting grows
in proportion. Many prominent
men in dental surgery were present
from all parts of the state. A
banquet was given and Platteville
citizens did their best to entertain
the visitors. All the Lancaster
dentists were present. At the cleo
ton of officers DR.. ]. II. Reed of
this city was honored by being
elected president of the ASSOCIATION.
Other new officers that were elect
ed were Secretary, G. w. Collver,
of Clinton; Treasurer, w. q. Hales,
of Mineral Point; 1st Vice Pres,
G. E. Cleophas, of Beloit. 1t was
decided to hold the next meeting at
Beloit.
The two new insurance com
panies that were recently organized
in Lancaster are now formally
qualified for business and secured
their charters from the state yes
terday. One of them is 1.-THE Farm
ers' Mutual Hail Insurance Com
pany, of Lancaster, Wis.," and the
other is 1.-The Farmers Mutual
Windstorm, Cyclone and Tornado
Insurance Company, Of Lancaster
Wis" The officers and directors Of
both organizations are the same
and comprise some of the best
known and most substantial farmers
OF this part of the county; they are:
P. R. Stoffel, Pres, Alopzo Wayne,
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