Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-05-13

i'll for the past few days, but Is now
improving.
F. A. Taylor, Paul Smith and
John Gull, of Bloomington, were in
: Lancaster this week.
Mrs. Roy Carter, of Livingston,
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs G. F. Dickinson.
{ Game Ward en- Storrs, came
down from Fennimore Monday
evening on legal business.
The Baptist Priscilla Club will
will meet at the church next SatLr-
day afternoon. All members are
requested to be present.
, Miss Grace Brindley, teacher in
the Lickel district, visited here
Sunday on her return to her school
: work from her home in Boscobel
Fred DAILY, who is employed as
brakeman on the G. and N. W.,
with headquarters at Elroy, re-
turned home yesterday noon for a
visit.
DIR. Gault returned from North
Dakota Saturday night. He re-
ports that state l1velier than ever
and says that nearly every other
person he met was from Wis cOnsin.
While the first team of the high
school was trimming Mineral Point
to a queens taste here last Saturday
the second team was over at Bos-
cobel getting it put over them to
the tune OF IA to 5. The boys make
no excuses but say that they played
poor ball.
Professor Slothower has invited
number of old veterans to tell
some of their experiences during
the Great Rebellion to the students
of the high school. This, with
, perhaps other numbers will make
up a memorial day program and
Will be given at some date before
Decoration day probably on the
Thursday preceding.
III lDCdI " 10 lOunQ OlSO
where in these columns the names
of the teachers who have resigned
their positions in the city schools
together with those chosen to fill
the vacancies is given. To these
should be added the names of Fred
w Trainor, of Beloit, who will
take the position in the high school
faculty left open by the resignation
of Miss Willard.
1T is rumored throughout the
zinc district that the steel trust has
very recently purchased large tracts
of land in this section and Will soon
star6 operations. This rumor has
caused a great deal of surmising as
to what the result will be if this is
true. 1t is also said that this great
corporation will purchase some of
the mines that have already been
developed and in gaining possession
of the best of these will naturally
get control of the minor properties.
The Congregational ladies will
hold their rummage sale on Friday
and Saturday of this week in the
room one door west of the postoffice.
Please bring articles Thursday af-
ternoon or Friday morning. Heavy
articles will be called for if Mrs. Cal
vim or Mrs Roy Mccoy are notified
Lunches will be served during sale
and members are requested to bring
bread or doughnuts on those days.
Old papers will be called for if Miss
Moore or Mrs. Roy Mccoy are noti-
fed.
The LaFarge high school re-
) Gently challenged through different
state papers, any high school team
in the state to play for the inter
scholastic championship Of W1scOn-
SIN. The manager of the local high
school team accepted the challenge
; this week but as yet has not heard
from the LaFarge management,
The conditions under which the
Lancaster team wishes to play are,
that the game take place on neutral
J ground and that the umpire be
chosen outside of the two towns.
} 1t is hard to say whether the La
!, Fargo team will play under these
conditions which as can be seen are
perfectly fair. Next Saturday the
boys are scheduled to play Platte
vile high school at the latter place.
The following teachers have
resigned their positions IN the Lam
caster schools for the coming year:
: Miss Rose Braem. third and fourth
grades on the south side; Miss Kate
Smith, fifth and sixth grades on the
north side; Miss Elizabeth Lowry,
fifth and sixth. south: William j