Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-01-06
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in this city Friday.
JOHN Lord of Blooming ION was a
caller here last Friday.
john Mccormick has been seTi
ously i'll for some time.
Albert Richter of Bloomington
had business here Saturday.
Mrs. John Kilbourg has been
quite Ill for several days.
%. H. Martin, Of Bagley, was
here last Friday on business.
Atty. Walter Brennan had legal
business in Platteville Saturday.
j. H. Wilsner and R. c. Hale, of
Platteville called here Saturday.
*. F. Baries, of Platteville,
was in Lancaster on Saturday of last
week.
w. E. Lathrop left Friday for
Neillsville. From there he will go
to Chicago.
Mrs. Jas. Mccormick returned
home Thursday noon from visit in
Minneapolis.
Miss Melba Roach, of Fennimore,
has been guest during part of the
holidays of Florence Lathrop.
DIR. Wallace lockwood, of
Portage, Wis, arrived in Lancaster
Saturday noon for short visit.
Bert Divall has traded his farm
near Fon du Lac for one near this
city and will shortly move here.
-Prin. r. Clifton, of New Lis
bon, returned Wednesday to his work
in the public schools of that city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burr Robbins Sr.
and daughter returned to their home
in Elroy Saturday after short visit
here.
Mrs. R. Sanders returned on
Thursday afternoon to her home in
South Madison. after a short visit
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Miss Glasier, of Bloomington,
took the train here Thursday after
noon for Madison, where she is a
student in the university.
Mrs. Drinkall returned to her
home in Platteville Friday after a
short visit at thh home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Walter Brennan in this city.
Miss Ethel Carter was passenger
on the out going train Saturday
afternoon en- route to Dollar Bay.
where she teaches in the high
school,
Mrs. Annie Laird James left
Saturday morning for Dubuque to
take up her work as teacher in elocu
tion in one of the schools of that
city.
The teachers and students living
out of town returned to their duties
here Saturday evening and Sunday.
School opened with general good at
tendance Monday morning.
Prof. and Mrs. J. T. Powers and
two children left Thursday afternoon
for their home at Poynette, Wis,
after a visit with Mrs. Powers par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. V. Burris.
Will Their arrived here Thurs
day from Iowa for visit with rela
tives. Mr.. Thier had been gone from
this vicinity for years. Much of the
time he had been in Mobile, Ala,
where he owned considerable land.
Mi Lydia Vesperman started
Thursday for Dubuque, where she en-
tiers Bailey College for commercial
course. Mr.. G. W. Watkins, Of st.
Louis, Mo-, who had been visiting
for several days at the Vesperman
home, accompanied her as far as Du-
buque on his return home.
"A live pigeon shooting match was
held on New Years day at the fair
grounds. The shooting was fairly
good the first match being especially
interesting. This was a ten bird
match and resulted in tie between
Lee Boyd, Fred Clark and Will
Mullin, each getting eight birds. It
was the agreed to ''shoot off" the
tie. This resulted in a victory for
Clark, who had to get only two birds
to win, Boyd and Mullin each getting
one out of five. There we're quite a
lot of spectators present.
The dance given by the band
boys New Years night was hardly the
success anticipated from financial
standpoint, although being very sue
cessful from social standpoint. The
oxnonSas annountad 70 unite a sum and