Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-06-22

Mrs. Harry BROKER is seriously
i'll.
H. N. Walker, of Pierre S. D. ],
WAS in Lancaster this week.
The straw hat season and the
bathing season struck US at about the
same time.
Rev. Geo. c. SchIeicher attended
Sacred Heart commencement exercises
at Prairie du Chen last week.
j. H Treloar, of Nora Springs,
Iowa, has been visiting relatives in
Lancaster and vicinity for several
days past
Mrs. Fred Bracket left on Mon
day morning for Amigo. She is a
delegate to the state convention Of
Beaver lodges which is being held
there.
-Nettie V. Finney writes home.
that the wind in GAINESVILLE last Sat-
urday at noon blew the Congrega
tional church steeple down. Nobody
was hurt; also many trees about the
city were over turned.
"A card received by The Herald
yesterday from Clint Budworth, a
former printer in this Office, conveys
the information that he is now in
Portland, Oregon and is much in
love with the coast country
Miss Margaret Haley, of New
Richmond, Wis, has been the guest
of her brother Tom, the genial junior
partner of the clothing firm of Orion
Haley Co., for several days past.
They have been in Dubuque a couple
of days this week.
Word was received by Lancaster
friends yesterday announcing that DR..
R. H. Kinney, formerly of Lancaster,
and now located at Lake Benton,
MINI, has recently undergone a sue
cessful operation for appendices,
from which he is rapidly recovering.
Herman Buchner, who has follow
ed his winter sojourn in Arkansas
with visit to Washington, New
York and various points in Pen
nsylvania, is now on his way back to
Lancaster, and contri butes an interest
ing letter for publication in today s
Herald.
Lambert Groenier arrived home
Monday evening after a ten months
trip around the world. In this tour
Mr.. Grenier visited at the chief
''show" places in Europe and Asia.
Mrs. Groenier and little son are visit
ing in Oshkosh before returning to
Lancaster.
The weather has been tremendous
ly hot and dry during the past week
or more, and has been keenly felt be-
cause it has been almost like stepping
from early spring direct into mid
summer Rain is badly needed for
corn and other growing crops while
the drouth his doing great damage to
the hay and pasturage.
Frank Meyer arrived home from
the University Saturday for the sum-
mer vacation. He was accompanied
by three young men friends of his,
Messrs Murphey. Puchner and
Kerchensteiner, fellow students in the
law department. and they made the
trip overland in the Meyer auto,
stopping enroute at the mine near
Miff1in. The three were guests of
the Meyer family over Sunday.
Prof. Albert Henkel left yester.
day morning for Whitewater where
he will take in the events of COM
mencement week at the Normal. Prof.
Henkel has been chosen as principal
of the Pardeeville high school for the
coming year. Lancaster people will
be interested in knowing that Claude
Elliott, the famous old Lancaster
pitcher who, later, was a member of
the New York National league team
the last year they won the world 8
championship. lives in Pardeeville
and runs a grocery sstore in that town.
Henry Leisa, passed away Mon
day night at his home in this city
after a lingering illness. He was
fifty five years old at the time of mis-
death. He was born in Germany,
February &c, 1865 and came to this
country early in life. For many years
he lived on a a farm near Lancas-
ter. After moving to this city and
prior to his last illness he was en-
pIoyed IN the store of L. Alt & Sons.
He is survived by a sorrowing wife,
a daughter Mrs. Eureka Zeller, OF
Platteville. Funeral services Will be
held Thursday morning.
Some of the Royal Neighbors