Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-11-14
LOCAL NEWS NOTES


Mrs. Ed Brinkman was a Sitter
visitor this week.
Geo. Alton, of Mineral Point,
was here on business Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Thompson, of
Beetown, visited here this week.
George Gorenberger from Belmont
visited the first of the week at Phil
Bennett.
Mrs. VIM. Rogers visited this
week with relatives in Beetown and
Cassville.
Joe Patterson, L. Hickok and
Will Mulrooney. of Bloomington,
were in this city Thursday.
Arthur B. Grindell and T. L.
Cleary, of Plattevllle. were business
callers at the county seat Thursday.
-Adolph Kemper, of North Lam
caster, expects to go to Davenport,
Iowa. shortly and take up his work
in bank.
j. ". Bailey, of Platteville. was
visitor here this week. H. s..
Vaughan of the same city was a caller
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Knapp and
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Taylor and family
visited this week in Platteville at the
L. D. Culver home.
Among the Sunday visitors at
P. L. Benefits were j. W. Alcorn,
VIM. Bennett, R. E. Bennett and J..
M. Wanezek and families.
Ira Totman was in Mason City,
Ia, this week to attend meeting of
the stockholders of a cement company
in which be is interested.
Miss Ida Dietrich, of Dodgeville,
is employed in Lathrop's restaurant.
]. F. Elliot of Chicago, is the new
baker in the same establishment.
A. ]. Howe visited at the
Blakesley home in Bridgeport this
week. His daughter, Carrie, clerks
in the store conducted by Geo.
Blakesley at that place.
Articles Of incorporation have
been issued by the state to the Autumn
Leaf Club, of Lancaster. The, fol-
lowing are the incorporators: G. E.
Shepherd, Clarissa Shepherd, Olive
Greene, Amelia Greene and Rena
Gadlen.
Will Browning. formerly of this
citv but now located in Platteville.
had the misfortune to break his arm
one day the forepart, of this week.
He was working night shift at the
Calmesis mine at the time of the
&C .ident.
Rev. Schleicher is assisting Rev.
Coutlee at Mt. Hope during the
patron feast of st. Lawrence S parish.
Other priests expected to assist are
Father Field, Of Fennimore and
Father Bruderman, of Bloomington.
Confessionals were held yesterday
afternoon at O'Clock and also last
evening.
Numerous complaints are heard
from Lancaster property owners, who
have removed their fences, that their
lawns are being trespassed upon by
persons who should keep on the side
walk, but who prefer to "cut cross
lots Paths have been worn through
yards in this city that have really
ruined beautiful lawns All are
argeed that most lots look better
without fence, and very few would
maintain them if they were sure thar
their property and rights would not
be encroached upon. Persons passing
along the street have no right to run
over another s lawn simply because il
makes a little shroter cut. One OF
our citizens has been forced to build
fence, at considerable expenses, be-
cause his neighbors could never re-
member when passing his place that
sidewalks are made to walk on.
The deer hunting season opened
Wednesday and it was said there were
nearly 40, hunters in northern
Wisconsin at the opening. About 2lC
non resident licenses have been issued
as reported by State Game Warden
/ Stone. Each non resident is allowed
to ship one deer and each resident
may kill two. Grant County will
send it's usual good sized quota Of
hunters to the north. The regulars
from Lancaster, Dustin Pierce
George BROKER, Adam Schmittge'
and John Roesch are said to be already
on thu ground. Ed Govier living