Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-06-08

Dodgeville Wednesday.
j. 7. Biddick. of Montfort, was
in Lancaster Wednesday.
-Thos. Duncalf arrived home from
Eau Claire Friday noon.
j. J. Seaman, of Fennimore. was
a Lancaster caller Saturday.
Fred Smalberry, of Fennimore,
was Lancaster caller Friday.
Miss Margaret Jordan visited last
week in Cassville with relatives.
Henry Belscamper, of Madison,
attended the commencement exercises.
The Congregational Ladies Aid
will meet next Friday with Mrs E. L.
Mccoy
Mr. aud Mrs. Allen Miller. of
Platteville, visited in Lancaster last
week.
Clarence Howe visited at home
last week. He is travelling for a
clothing firm.
-Attys. M. S. Block and David
Gardner were in Lancaster on legal
business Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Adoplh Nathan, of
Chicago, arrived last Friday for a
visit with friends and relatives.
DIR. and Mrs. S. W. Doolittle
and little daughter Dora visited in
Brodhead last week with relatives.
Mrs. Oscar Jeide and children
left on Saturday for their home in
La Crosse after a visit with relatives.
Guernsey Abraham, of Blooming
ton, took the train here for Evansville
Wednesday after short visit with
relatives.
William Ludden an incorrigible
young man of this vicinity was taken
to the reform school at Waukesha last
Saturday.
Rev. Johns and wife, of Platte.
Vile, attended the commencement
exercises of Lancaster high school
| last week.
! Miss Nettie Oswald, Mrs. Walter
Webb and little daughter Louise left
on Saturday morning for Fennimore
and Boscobel.
Mrs. Louis Fisher and daughter
Hilda left Friday afternoon for Cal.
Ioway. Neb., to attend the wedding
of Mrs. Fishers niece Miss Hilda
Hunefeld.
AN excellent open air concert
was given Thursday evening by the
city band. The evening was slightly
cool but large crowd assembled about
the courtyard to hear it.
Harry and L. P. Basford arrived
home from Chicago Friday evening to
spend the summer vacation. They
are students in the dental department
OF Northwestern University
Mr. and Mrs J. H. Ford. Miss
! Helen Fargo and Ella Gordon and DR.
Me1les Draper, of Dodgeville, were
Lancaster visitors last week. They
came over in Mr.. Ford's automobile
The local lightning rod agents
have done large amount of business
lately. People heraabouts do not
seem to have lost their faith in the
efficacy of the good old fashioned
Lightning rod.
The meeting of the Southwestern
Wisconsin Automobile Association
will be held at Fennimore Thursday,
June 9 The date originally set was
June but on account of a conflict of
dates with the commencement ex-
ercises the meeting was postponed,
The we'll known Homestead mine
at Platteville was damaged by fire
last Friday night to the extent OF
$40, OOO The fire started in the boiler
room of the plant at midnight and
spread rapidly. Only the engineer
was in the place and Fortunately nc
one was injured. The fire had gained
such Roadway before help arrived that
it was not soon brought under control.
The Homestead mine was owned and
managed by the members of the
Shepherd family, who are we'll known
at the county seat.
The 1910 high school base bal
season has been both successful anC
unsuccessful. The boys won four
out of five games played. They lost
to the Normal aggregation made up OF
older and more experienced players
and won from Bloomington, 3oscobel,
Fennimore and Platteville high
schools. 1t is very doubtful whether
any hioh schoOl team hereabouts was