Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-05-26

business this week.
ALBERT LEM, of Sitter, was in
Lancaster Saturday.
Ned Ivey was Livingston visitor
Thursday and Friday.
IS. A. Hatch, CT Bloomington,
was in Lancaster Thursday.
Mrs. Odessa Shaw expects to leave
for Colorado today Wednesday,
Ben Wilcox, of Fennimore. visit
ed with friends here Wednesday.
j. j. Seaman was down from
Fennimore on Thursday of last week.
j. A. Tormey. of Fennimore, was
a caller at the county seat Saturday.
"A KiteIinger. of Fennimore,
visited here tine fore part of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Woodward,
of Platteville, visited in Lancaster
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. B. Showalter
attended Mr.. R. NJ. Days funeral at
Mt. Hope last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Deller and
son Oswald. of Milwaukee, visited
here with relatives this week.
MIR. and Mrs. G. F. Rowe came
up from Piatteville Monday for q
short visit at the w. E Webb home.
Mrs. W. Kerr and child, of
Galena, visited with Lancaster rela-
tives last week returning home Satur-
day.
Members of the L. of @. A. R.
are requested to be present at next
Thursdays meeting to arrange for
Memorial program.
Judge Clementson and Court Re-
porter Morse are in attendance at q
session of Crawford county court at
Prairie du Chen this week.
The noon train Monday was an
hour and half late. This was caused
by freight train out of Dodgeville
being off the track.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rumble and
son Ernest will leave this morning on
their trip to England. Their principal
stopping place will be with relatives
at st. Austell, Cornwall.
"A crowd of school children had
an enjoyable picnic party at Schrei-
ner's Park Saturday. There were a
number of other crowds of picnickers
out from here Saturday, the weather
being ideal.
Mr. and Mrs. George Muesse are
visiting with their daughters Mrs.
Walter Kleinpell, Cassville and Mrs.
g. A. Grimm, Dubuque and sons Ed
and George at Erie, I'll. and Clinton,
Iowa, respectively.
-Orville Holmes returned TO his
home in Platteville Monday after a
visit at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Vandewall north of this city.
Mrs. Bolmes will remain for longer
visit.
"A pick up ball team went to
Potosi Sunday and defeated the team
of that village by the remarkable
score of 16 to 2. The Potosi team
had defeated CassviIle the previous
Sunday and consequently felt quite
'chesty. "
Copies of the Platteville Summer
School catalogue have been received
in Lancaster. In the list of instructors
appears the name of Supt. ]. G.
Brockert. 1t is regretted perhaps by
every Lancaster citizen than an in
stitute will not be held at the county
seat this year.
-Chas. O'Beiriney was here last
week to attend to the shipping Of the
Metropolitan carnival Company s
goods which were stored here during
the winter. The company opens the
1909 season in Portage, May 81; Lam
caster and PlattevilIe are included
In the seasons intinery. The manage
ment is booking strong attractions for
the coming year.
Rufus NJ. Day, died at his home
in Mt. Hope last Thursday. Mr.. Day
had not been in good health for
several years. He was we'll known
at the county seat and at one time
represented this district in the legsi-
lature. He was a veteran of the
Civil War having been a member of
Co. !. Goth Wis.
Virgil Piddington pitched his
first full game of ball with the Madi-
son team in the Observation-Disclosures
league last week, and scored a shut
ont n ia onnonents being the fast