Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-08-11


fishing in the Mississippi Sunday.
Miss Ollie Willmers, the Herald S
reliable correspondent at Potosi. is a
guest of Mrs G W. Kay and other
Lancaster friends this week
Walter Webb. of DEVILS Lake
North Dakota and Wieland Oswald,
of Minneapolis, Mimi, arrived home
Saturday via. Potosi for visit of
several weeks.
Misses Myrtle Kemper and
Bertha Kraemer, of Aurora, Iowa. are
visiting relatives and acquaintances
in Lancaster and vicinity, expecting
to remain two or three weeks.
%. T. Martin, A. c. Bishop,
John and Oscar Brady of Bloomington
engaged Jerry Kulaski to take them
to Platteville in his Winton aato
Sunday to hear W. J.. Bryan speak.
Lambert Groenier recently sold
his organ and piano business to G.
G. Roberts and is now planning the
details of his trip around the world.
Mrs. Groenier and baby are visiting
in Oshkosh.
Invitations are out announcing
the marriage of Miss Mildred Ivey
and Oscar W. Wright to take place
at the home of the BRIDES parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Ivey on
Wednesday. August IS.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. q. Basford and
son Harry left last Friday for Straw
berry Point Ia. where Archie Basfords
company appeared in the Eric Ericsson.
They travelled with the company
from that place to several Iowa cities
Miss Emma Schreiner and Mrs
Frank Schreiner will give Jap tea
this evening in honor of visiting
friends, Mrs. Sterne, of Grand
Island, Neb., Mrs, Beller, of Mil
waukee, Mrs. Fred Meyer of Seattle.
and Mrs. G. E. Slothower. The latter
will leave in a few days for her home
in Platteville.
Col. J. q. Clark was taken
seriously i'll last Saturday aud since
that time he has been in d very
critical condition.. The nature Of his
trouble, as nearly as can be determin-
ed, seem to consist of internal hem
mortgage. Little improvement in his
condition has been noticeable up to
this writing. 49, -
Work has been started on the
stretch of cement walk ordered to be
built on the east side of the property
of south Jefferson street belonging to
Mrs. George Mccarthy, Jno. Burns,
J. D and Mary Bellows and SAM
Stevens John Drinkwater is doing
the work. The walk ordered to be
constructed past the property belong.
ing to the Wannemaker estate on
West Maple street will be constructed
shortly.
DIR. @. G. NARROW returned home
Saturday from attendance as q dele
gate to the 72d annual meeting OF
the National Association of Dental
Examiners, held at Old Point Com.
fort. Va. Following the meeting be
made side trips to Norfolk, Washing
ton and q number of other eastern
cities. There are 81 dental colleges
in the United States and last year
they turned out 7,715 graduate
dentists
The ladies of the Quaker Whis
Club held session last Thursday
evening at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Ziegler, in the third ward.
Following a custom they have Ions
observed of inviting the husbands Of
the members to the club once yeal
they permitted them to mingle with the
ladies and participate in the games
and festivities upon this occasion and
to contest for the prizes offered fol
those winning the most points. The
first prize in this instance was wor
by DR.. J. A. Gault, and the con
ISOLATION prize was awarded to JOS.
Wright.
-'fTrain auditors may before
very long be placed on all the pas
senger trains of the G. & n. W. sys-
tenn. Their duties are to relieve the
conductors of part of their work.
They will take tickets, give checks
and in such manner "help OUT the
conductor, that the latter will only
need to attend to his principal duty
that of seeing that the train goes
through safely. An official of the q.
& N. W. the other day explained the
reason for these helpers being intro
duced as follows: ''That this system