Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-09-30
LOCAL NEWS NOTES

Cleo. Gunderson was down from
Fennimore Monday.
H Waldman. CT Stirzer, was a
visitor here Monday. 8
MIR. and Mrs. Alf. Prideaux were
Bloomington visitors Sunday.
VIM. Peat, of Livingston. was a
caller Monday in this city.
Sheriff Budworth has returned
home from bis western trip.
w. E. Govier was a Fennimore
visitor in Lancaster Monday s f
s. G. Lewis, of Highland, was
business caller in Lancaster on Mon
day
Lester Orr, of Mt. Hope, a
student in the state university was in
Lancaster Sunday.
Miss Bernice Burris has returned
home from an extended visit at her
sisters home in Oklahoma.
Miss Marie Baumgartner is among
the Lancaster students at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin this year.
John Grifis, Nick Ohlert and
Fred Garthawaite. all of Mt. Hope,
were in Lancaster on Monday.
ID. B. Brunson, of Fennimore,
was at the county seat Monday greet
ing friends and transacting business.
Since our last edition marriage
license was issued to Edward 81. Long
and Clara T. Baurrett, both of Platte
Vile.
ALBERT Wiedenbeck left Monday
for Madison where he will take up
his work in the forestry course in the
University.
Ward and Glare Totman left yes
terday morning for Madison, where
they will attend the university.
Both intend taking the four years
course in agriculture.
Henry Hoffman was in Liberty
township Saturday where he helped
VIM. Shuppener in the work of
shingling his new barn. This barn
is big one, being 100 feet in length.
Rev. and Mrs. Paul Brown left
yesterday for Kansas City. Rev.
Brown expects to occupy the pulpit
in Baptist church in that city next
Sunday. They have not decided de-
finitely. on their future location.
1t is reported that Frank Martin,
who recently sold his farm east of
town, has purchased the Christian
Bryhan farm south west of this city.
Also that John Lowry has purchased
the Vernon Kinney farm at Hurricane.
The Rebekah Lodge celebrated
its 57th anniversary Monday evening.
There was large company of mems
bers Of that order and the Odd Fellows
and invited guests after the official
program another was rendered con-
sisting Of music, recitations and read
ing by Miss Taylor. Ligh refresh
ments followed this program.
An aged man named Miller was
picked up last week near Homer and
Brought to the county seat. He was
a stranger in that place and evidently
insane as he had been wandering
around in the woods. By use of the
long distance phone Sheriff Budworth
found that he had escaped from the
Columbia County asylum. Today he
will probably be taken back.
Nora Springs, the Iowa village
where several former Lancaster peo-
pie are living, is said to bs up
against it. Besides having a de-
pleted treasury the village will
shortly be sued for heavy damages
by Clarence Stoner and Frank Ire
vett This suit is the outcome of a
Fourth of July celebration in which
Mrs. Clarence Stoner was killed by a
premature explosion of fireworks and
Trevett was badly wounded. Nora
Springs is located near Mason. City.
Iowa.
Among the arrivals on the noon
train Sunday was an old man who
seemed to be very ill. He Immediate
ly sought aid of the officers here, de-
i clarino that he had been rohhed near
Milwaukee, He also said that his
home was with a niece at Greenwood,
Ind. He was lodged that night at q
hotel and the next day taken to the
Grant County home to await further
developments. While the old man
seemed to be mentally sound he made
several astounding statements, one of
which was that he was 102 years old.