Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-20
LOCAL NEWS NOTES


81. H. Hampton.
John Cook is visiting at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Blackburn, at
Dunbarden, Wis.
Joe G. Patterson and DR.. ]. M.
Lewis, of Bloomington, were Lancas-
ter visitors Sunday.
-Irve Laird and Roy rockingham
were passengers on the outgoing
train Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Frank Muesse returned to
her home in the south last Thurs
day after a visit with relatives.
Tom Finnegan, who las been
clerking in the Capital House at
Madison, arrived home Monday noon
for a visit.
John Crannage and Mary Spaight
were married Wednesday evening at
the home of the latter by Justice of
the Peace Burrows.
w. H. Rose, of Boscobel, visited
in Lancaster this week with his
daughters, Mrs. Harvey Schmidt and
Mrs Guy Horsfall.
Lyle Sheedy, Julian Bradbury
Ora Monteith, L. Brechler and S.
Stake, all of Fennimore, were Ian.
caster visitors Saturday.
High school students hav, started
work on their orations for the an
nual Judge Mills contest. Quite a
number will participate this year.
The contest will be held probably
along toward spring.
". L. Showalter, Fred Burr and
Geo. Hyde left Monday morning for
Mineral Point. The electric theatre
will again open up there after a
weeks lay off on account of the
poultry show.
Friends of Isaac Gathwaite in
this city will be glad to learn that he
is recovering from his recent attack
of pneumonia and is getting along as
we'll as can be expected under the
circumstances.
While engaged in leading a
fractions horse Will Wetter met with
bad accident last Wednesday. He
was jerked him the ground. In the
fall his shoulder was dislocated SO
badly that two surgeons had hard
work to bring it into place again.
AT the Congregational church
next Sunday evening the exercise will
be a program by members of the G. E.
society dealing with the various
forms of Home Mission work. At
Z 80 o'clock. All are invited
The csnvassing that is going on
in Lancaster in the interests of
woman's suffrage is meeting with
good results in the way of signatures.
Women from out of town can find
petition for signatures at the rest
room.
AT the annual election of the
First National bank, held few days
ago the officers and directors were
all reelected, as follows: P. T.
Stevens, president; 6 A. Stevens,
vice president; l.. H. Stevens,
cashier; c. Fl. Basford ssistant CASH
ier; L. A. Clark assistant cashier.
The Union State bank does not
hold an election this year the old
board of directors and officers all
holding over for another year.
They are: R. B. Showalter, presi-
dent; G Fl. Baxter, vice president
Joseph Book, cashier; r. Meyer Jr.
assistant cashier; V. l.. Showalter.
assistant cashier.
W. M. Peacock, the Fennimore
creamery man we'll known in this
city, sent in a report of his creamery
to the National Dairy Show held in
connection with the Chicago Live
Stock show. Last week he received a
statement from the U. s. Dept. of
Agriculture saying that his was the
best of all the individual reports re-
ceived; marking Of "a was awarded
him.
On Thursday evening, Jan. 81, at
Reeds Opera house will occur the
fourth number of the lecture course
for this season. The attraction is 81.
Y. Adams, lecturer. Mr.. Adams is
described as being IAN all round
man. He has had years experience
as an editor, 2 years as a successful at
torney, several years of miscellaneous
lecturing and as an instructor in law,
and 10 years in the pulpit Ee has a
message and knows how to deliver it
in a pleasing way. At eight O'Clock
on Thursday evening. If you have a