Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-01-22
City and Vicinity

Will Hayes of Baraboo is visit
ing his fatherin-law, A. Michaelis
Of this city.
Mort BARLEY, son of Pat Bart
ley, the Bloomington banker, was a
Lancaster visitor Saturday.
Mrs. Andrew P. Anderson went
to Livingston Yesterday for a visit
with her sister, Mrs. Roy Carter.
Nick Tiedeman, R. Meyer, Jr
and Joseph Book visited the Squirrel
mine near Whitson Jet. yesterday.
Wesley Wenzel, formerly of
this city, is now clerking IN the
Grand Central hotel, at Wauzeka,
Wis.
John Day, our hustling real
estate agent, transacted business in
different parts of the county last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. II. Basford
went to Milwaukee Saturday for a
VISIT with their son Fred and his
family.
William A. johnson returned
on Sunday from a trip through the
west. He visited South Dakota and
other points.
Commodore Jackson, the piano
tuner, who has been setting Lancas-
ter instruments to rights, left on
the Milwaukee train Saturday.
Miss Velma Vandewall returned
on Tuesday from Platteville. She
has been visiting with her sister,
Mrs. Orville Holmes, of that city.
&C. w. Knapp was the only
member of the Texas excursion
from here yesterday. Mr.. Knapp
already has property in that state.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Jewell
visited Fennimore relatives Satur-
day of last week. Will Moran
wrestled baggage IL Charles alb
sence
Master Carl Johnson successful
IL celebrated his 18th birthday Sat
urday. A number of his young boy
friends assisted him in the under
taking.
Elk Register of Deeds George
Tuff1ey, now residing near BOscobel,
was at the county seat last week
visiting with relatives and greeting
his many friends.
Miss Ruby Holt, teacher of the
third and fourth grades, on the
south side, spent Saturday in Madi-
son with relatives and friends. She
returned Sunday.
Don't forget the concert and
dance at the rink Monday night,
Jan. 9th. See large posters, and
read the program and prices in
another colum in this issue,
The Ladies of the G. A r. will
serve a 25c dinner or a 15c lunch at
the rink both days of the farmers
institute, the proceeds of which will
be devoted to charitable purposes.
The spring poets of 1908 can
gather abundant inspiration during
the winter time. We expect the
usual consignment of their effusions
to arrive unusually early this year.
Dorothy Lisherness, teacher at
1T. District No. 6, in the town of
Clifton, arrived home Friday night
10 spend Saturday and Sunday with
her mother and relatives in this
city
The Ladies of the q. A. r.,
will have their installation Of officers
Thursday evening, at o'clock. to
which members and their families
are Invited and requested to bring
baskets of lunch and coffee sufficient
for the family.
Miss Eliza Atkinson, of North
AndOver was the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. B. Showalter over Sunday.
She came here to join her father,
James Atkinson, who had been
visiting here several days, and they
both returned home Monday.
Up in Minnesota they are hav-
ing the same scarcity of snow as we
have had in this section of Wiscon-
sin. GAINESVILLE, Mimi, had bad
scare from a prairie fire the other
day. The fire burned for two days
and nearly smoked out the Inhabi-
tants.
Tuesday evening ]. G. Coan,
engineer on the freight, received
word that his mother was very
sick. He left on the Wednesday
morning train. Fireman Chas.
Underwood took charge of the en-
linz N, tho IoooI xvor5C 5,,r;,oc. 1,iC