Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-02-17

Lincoln Abraham. of Blooming
ton, visited here this week
Miss Margaret Peacock left Mon
day afternoon for Milwaukee.
e. z Pfaff was up from Du-
buque on business Saturday.
John Carroll and Claude Hickok.
of Bloomington. were Saturday visit
ors at the county seat.
H. T. Kennedy, of the Wisconsin
Library Association, had business in
Lancaster on Saturday.
MARROW Kidd and L. S. Metcalf
were Glen Haven visitors last week.
They returned home Sunday.
-Ex-register of deeds George
Tuffiey now residing near Boscobel
visited mere this week with relatives
and friends.
Josie Oelbrich, of Madison, has
been visiting relatives and friends in
Lancaster for several days. She will
return to her home Thursday.
The young people of the Baptist
church invite you to attend social
TO be held at the home of Rosella
Pennock Monday evening, Feb. 22nd.
Jacob Dawson, of Rockville
visited at the county seat Monday.
despite his advanced age of IS years
he manages to got around the county
a great deal.
james Meyers, son of John Meyers
of South Lancaster is taking treat
ment in Augustana hospital, Chicago
for tuberculosis OF the knee His
condition is said to have greatly i'm
proved during the few days that he
has been there.
&C. W. Burrows will move next
week from his present location into
the John Carthew building occupied
by D. G. Christman. In a few day
Roy Pendleton will move into the old
Mansion House building where he
will conduct restaurant.
As the governor followed the lead
of the president in declaring last Fri
day, the Lincoln centenary, legal
holiday, the exercises that were to
have been given at the high school
on Friday afternoon were given on
Thursday afternoon instead, and no
school was held on Friday.
On Friday evening, February
18th, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Pennock we're
treated to a jolly surprise when a
large number of friends and neigh
bors came with we'll filled baskets.
Dancing and games were INDUCED In
and the evening was very pleasantly
spent. Supper was served at mid
night after which the guests departed
for their homes All report an ex
celIent time.
Yves Woodhouse, of Bloomington,
met with a rather unfortunate ac-
cident on Monday at the county seat.
While on the crossing between the
list Natl Bank and the postocffie he
suddenly slipped and fell breaking
his right arm in two places. He
was taken to DR.. Critchlow's Office
and the arm set. The break were
bad ones and were located right above
the wrist. At this writing he is
getting along as we'll as can be ex-
pected.
The executive committee of the
Hillside Cemetery Association wish to
thank the children and young people
who took part in making the enter
tainment on the 9TH and 9th such a
grand success. Also we wish to thank
the outside friends who did so much
in helping to gain that point.
Publicly we wish to thank Nj. Schade
for his special act and Mr.. Totman
for his able assistance. and Mr.. Burr
Robins for his free advertising and
advice. And last but no means least
our own boys Virgil and John Calls
as all around men and stage managers.
This ends the years work. We
cleared during the year 1862 81. Our
last entertainment $154 so. Whole
amount taken in for year $619. 10.
The Herald job department
printed last Friday several hundred
four-page folders, done in five colors.
which were presented to every person
who attended the Lincoln centenary
exercises held at Reeds opera house
that evening, as a souvenir of the &C.
casion. We have been asked several
times where we bought" the folders,
coupled with an expression of doubt
upon the part of the inquirer that