Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-07-07

Il. ZItka, OF Preston, was In Lam
caster last Thursday.
Martin Burris was in Cassville
Wednesday on business.
H. q. Boorman, of Bloomington,
was in Lancaster Friday.
John Lund, of Mt. Horeb, was
Lancaster visitor Thursday.
Willis Ward. of Glen Haven,
was in Lancaster Thursday
ID. B. Brunson and F. Proctor,
of Fennimore. were in Lancaster Fri
day.
Nineteen marriage licenses were
issued last month by County Clerk
Tufiey.
Ed Murray. F. L. and @. E.
Cleary were here from Platteville
Friday.
e. J. BrechIer and G. g. Clan
ton. of Fennlmore, were in Lancaster
last Thursday.
Joe Wissbaum has taken charge
of the lunch room formerly conducted
by Jos. Hoffman.
w. j. Dolphin, of Galveston,
Texas. arrived last week for visit
with relatives here.
Edward Smith left Saturday for
Browntown, Wis, where he preached
his first sermon Sunday.
Miss Gladys Jordan had been
enjoying visit in Dubuque at the
home of her cousin Letia Mink.
The R. q. Conlon gang OF con-
crete walk builders went to Cuba
City Friday to attend the celebration.
Mrs. John Baldwin and daugh-
ter left Wednesday morning for
Kankakee, ILL.,, where they will
visit.
Miss Margaret Burnham left Fri
day morning for her home in Rich
land Center after pleasant visit
with her friend Mabel Orion.
Mary ia mes underwent an opera
tion Wednesday morning for the re-
moval of portion of the bone In her
nose. DR.. Gault performed the opera
tion.
The Phillips hotel closed the
forepart of last week and will not be
opened for time at least. The bar
in connection will be conducted how
ever by the present proprietor Aug
Wenzel.
John BENEFITS left Friday morn
ing for Mather, Wis, on business
connected with his cranberry marsh
near that place He states that
prospects look good for a fine season
and that he is contemplating opening
another marsh.
"A lot of gypsies have been camp
ing for several days at Pigeon hill.
The men have been engaged in
swapping nags" while the women
have been Fostering the local citizens
with their appeals to tell their
fortunes. They arc a dirty lot and
should have been driven away as soon
as they arrived here.
Deputy Sheriff Rid returned
Thursday from Muscoda with an in
sane woman Mrs. Gist, of Iowa. who
suddenly, Became demented while
visiting at the Rowley home near
Muscoda. She was examined by
Drs. Hassell and Critchlow and COM
mited to Mendoza hospital where she
was taken by Mrs. Harcleroad and
son Jay. She was accompanied here
| by her husband who stated that she
had been insane before but was
thought to be cured.
Cleo. P. Goble, one of the lead
! ing business men of Lancaster,
called on DR.. Seaman and other
friends in the city between trains
Tuesday evening while enroute to
South Dakota to inspect some virgin
real estate. He was accompanied by
Mr.. Williamson and wife of Nebraska,
Miss Barstow and her daughter, Miss
Van Dyke, and Miss Magnetic Rogers
of Lancaster. We played juvenile
games with George in the back woods
nearly half century ago and whole
lot of things have happened since
then. Prairie du Chen Union.
"A recent western visitor to this
city expressed his views of Lancaster
in a letter written back home as fol-
low: Lancaster is park from one
end to another. Any unprejudiced
person could. on paying visit to our
city, see how the western man was not