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

Peter Esser, of Potosi. was in
Lancaster Friday.
Tom and Ray Kenny were here
from Lima Friday.
WIN. Nicholson, of Edmund.
visited here this week
Lee Andrews, of Livingston,
spent Sunday in Lancaster.
Jas. Watson. OF Miffiin, was in
this city on business Friday.
M. J. nellie. of Boscobel, was
the guest of Walter ShIpley yester-
day.
H. J. Smiley and Fl. ]. Horn, of
Platteville, were in Lancaster Sun
day.
L. H. Webb and L. p Bsrtley,
of Bloomington. called on county seat
friends Saturday.
DIR. W. L. Ivey. of Fort Atkin-
son, arrived here Saturday for visit
at the home of his parents.
A marriage license was issued
Saturday to Henry Wise and Lizzie
Prochnow, both of Milwaukee.
Mrs. Clay Chapman and little
son returned to their home in Platte
Vile Monday after pleasant visit In
Lancaster.
-Ex-County Supt. C. 3. Nye. of
Viola, Wis. is visiting Lancaster
friends. Mr.. Nye looks we'll and
seems satisfied with his present home.
Lowry Morse has accepted posi-
ton playing with a band and or
chestra at Clear Lake. Iowa. He held
a similar position there last season.
Clear Lake is a we'll known summer
resort.
Col. and Mrs. J. G. Clark left
Monday morning for Eau Claire and
Minneapolis where they will visit
friends and relatives At the former
place they will attend the @. A. K.
meeting.
-Chas. Katz playing with the
Sterling Gil. )team last week defeat
ed the Chicago Gunthers' by pound
ing out a home run. The Gunther
team is one of the best of the Chi
cago semi-pros.
-Screech owls have been unusually
numerous in the city this spring,
driving away the birds and squirrels.
Saturday Arthur Knapp killed two at
one shot in shade tree in front OF
his fathers house.
Many improvements have re-
Gently been made in the grounds and
surroundings of Emmanuel church, on
south Jefferson street. Since the new
cement walk was laid the front
grounds have been terraced and neat
1y sodded, a walk laid to the carriage
approach, and driveway laid out.
This has been largely the personal
work of the rector, Rev. Myron q.
Argus.
Joe Bass, residing on the Tom
Marshall farm, west of the city, has
had lot of bad luck this spring with
his cattle. Several weeks ago during
the hvdr )phobic trouble, his own dog
and one belonging to a neighhor,
were believed TO be affected with
rabies and four head of fine cattle
worried by the dogs showed evidences
of madness and had to be killed, as
did also the dogs Last Wednesday
another fine 3-year old steer began
acting strangely and the following
day Mr.. Bass became convinced that
it had hydrophobia and it was accord
ingIy shot. There have been no cases
of rabies among dogs reported recent
~, and how the steer became affected
is not now known.
Harry B. McCarty, son law of
Frank Sitter of this city died at his
home in Freeport, ILL.,. last Wednes
day evening. The Dubuque Times
Journal says of his death: Mr..
McCarCy was Oh years VI age anu
pneumonia was the cause of his death.
He was born and reared in Galena
and has been employed in railroad
work about nine years Five or six
years ago be was united in marriage
to Miss Emma Sitter of Lancaster,
Wis. who survives him. He also
leaves besides his parents three broth
ers. Edward, of Freeport and Donald
and Thomas of Galena and four
sisters, Mrs. Albert Cox of Woodbine,
Mrs. John Beadle, of Dubuque, and
Rose and Vera, ct home. Another
sister. Mrs. Frank Allard, of Du-
hrnrn Hid nhnr,k q unar and O half