Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-09
LOCAL NEWS NOTES

L. J. Marcue was up from Potosi
Monday,
Miss Nettie Borah was Fenni-
more visitor Monday.
Sheriff Budworth went 10 Cass-
Vile on business Monday.
Lou Starr has a new whirling
barber pole in front of his shop
Ger. Gibbs was employed in a
Platteville barber shop last week.
james Harcleroad, republican
nominee for sheriff was hub visitor
last week.
John Mccormick left yesterday
for Rochester, Mimi, where he will
consult physicians.
Mrs. Madison and Miss Hibring
of Mineral PIT visited with friends in
this ci. y last week.
Miss Iyra York, graduate of
the Lancaster high school is attending
The PlattevilIe Normal this year.
"A. ". Hastings expects to locate
at Oklahoma City, Okla in the near
future. The residence that he has
been living in will be occupied by
P1in. c. E Slothower.
VIM. Lewis and Katherine and
Marian Walker went to Cassville
Monday. Misses Katherine and Mar
ian took the train from there to their
home In Lindsay. S. D., accompanied
by Mrs. John Foley, of Cassville.
The Mystic Workers OF Lodge 500
of til s city had planned for basket
picnic at Lewis Vesperman on Fri
day, Aug. %, but locked horns with
the weather MAXWELL, any how, the
dampness was so numerous on that
day that the "old sorrel boss refused
to move a peg. The picnic in all its
former arrangements is to be pulled off
next Saturday, September IL The
sorrel hose" has been eating long
OATS since the 2Sth of August and if
The entire membership doesn t arrive
at the Vesperman grove Saturday on
schedule time. rain or shine. it will
be no fault of the ''old sorrel'' or its
sturdy driver.
BY the headings of several dis
patches to the city papers telling OF
Thursdays ball game between the
Ansons aud Lancaster, it can be seen
that the defeat came as a surprise for
the former team. One in the Chicago
Journal was headed Country Boys
Trim Ansons. Those who were
near the bench of the visiting players
could tell by the conversation tnat
they were up against different prop
osition than they had planned for. Cap
Arson himself said as much that even
ing. The team took the defeat as
clean sportsmen should, however, and
did not register a single kick. All the
fans of this vicinity hope to see the
two teams pitted against each other
next year, if possible. As they stand
now they are certainly we'll matched.
-Rev. J. T. Morgans of the M. E.
church is in attendance at the Metho
dist Episcopal conference which is
being held in Ashland starting today.
1t is expected that this will be the
largest and most important church
meeting to be held in northern Wis
consin for long time. 1t is the ann
ual meeting of the Wisconsin confer
ence and embraces the entire west
half of the state. including the five
districts of Eau Claire, Ashlnad,
La Crosse, Platteville and Madison.
All of the effective and the greater
part of the superannuated preachers of
the territory will be present. There,
with the officers and official visitors,
will probably number over two hun
dred. Bishop Thomas B. Nicely will
preside and Rev. Joseph Smith, Of
Meridian, Miss, will have charge
of the evangelistic work. The various
departments of the church work will
be presented by corresponding secretar
les from New York and Chicago.
1t may not be out of place or too
late to recall, apropos of the recent ex-
cellent presentation of Uncle Toms
Cabin Terry's Company in this city,
something of the first time the old
drama was presented in Lancaster.
From old files of the Herald we find
that Yankee Robinson's Athenen
aum'' appeared here August 81. 1854.
Their show consisted mostly what to-
day would be termed light vaudeville.
They claimed to carry nearly 100 peo-
pie, acrobats, horsemen, actors and
musicians. All the features of the
old time tent show are to be found