Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-16

Ben bowers or F0nnlmOr0 Was
a Sunday visitor in Lancaster.
Geo. A. Moore's next shipping
day will be Wednesday, June %.
Place & Jerrett's next shipping
day will be next Monday, June 81.
Alt & Sons have a demonstration
this week of the popular new drink,
Bonano.
Warren Hannum, of Philadelphia,
Penn, visited here this week with
relatives.
Mrs. VIM. Hahn and daughter
Tressie, of Sitter, we're in Lancaster
Thurs lay.
Joe Wisbaum and wife of Du-
buque are guests at the home of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Mat Wissbaum.
II. D. Goodrich formerly of this
city and now living in Eau Gale,
Wis, will locate in Ladysmith in the
near future
Frank Tenant and A. G. Howell
were Sitter visitors the past week.
They called to see Jacob Woolsten-
holme who is still seriously i'll.
Alex. Thomas, of Scranton. Kas
arrived last week TOR visit at the
home of his cousin Alex. Ivey and
family.
Prof. w. c. Laube and family
will move up from Dubuque the end
of this week and make their home in
the house of Mrs. Block for the
summer.
DIR. g.. G. NARROW will be in
Milwaukee for a week commencing
June 21st, attending to his duties as
a member of the State board of dental
examiners.
"A few veterans from this vicinity
attended the reunion at Platteville
last week. 1t was decided that this
event shall be held in Fennimore
next year.
Flag day was generally observed
by Lancaster residents Monday !;
particularly by the merchants. The
stars and stripes were in evidence on
every street.
Mrs. Fife Webb and nieces
Esther and Alice Petty left Monday
for Hurley. S. D., where they will
visit Mrs. Webb's sister, Mrs.
James Bradbury.
The contract for constructing d
sewer in Platteville was let to a
Dubuque firm who will do the job for
about $36, 900. The work will be
started Immediately and pushed right
along from now on.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Brogley
starteF yesterday for Coulee City,
WASH, where they will visit their
son. They will go direct to Seattle.
where they expect to spend little
time at the exposition.
The annual commencement ex-
ercises of the PlatGeville Normal take
place this week. Miss Nellie Howell,
of this city, is one of the graduates
this year. The complete program of
the events of the week may be found
in the Platteville correspondence.
-Chas. Kldrman received the sad
news yesterday morning that his
mother had died during the night.
She had been visiting at the home Of
her, son John and although the
particulars of her death are not
known, it is thought that she died
suddenly. Mr.. Klarman went to
WYalusing soon after receiving the
news. At this writing no funeral
arrangements have been made.
The Royal mill has been trans
ferred to the Mitchell Hollow mine
and workmen are rushing the rebuild
ing work on the same. This mine
will undoubtedly be one of the best
in the section and the progress that
is heing made in placing it among
the top notchers'' is watched with
interest by Lancaster people as it was
a company composed largely of local
citizens that sold it to the present
owners.
The smoke from a bonfire in the
fourth ward Saturday evening drifted
over Barnett's barns in heavy clouds
causing some of the neighbors to
think that the buildings we're afire.
An alarm was sent in, large crowd
collected and the two companies were
soon on their way. 1t was soon dis
covered however that a false alarm
had been sent in and the crowd dis