Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-07-13

ton last week. .
GLADYS Lisherness visited last
week in Madison.
Miss Algie NARROW arrived home
Saturday from visit in Chicago.
Mrs Margaret Leamy, of Bloom
ington, visited here during the past
week.
DIR. J, Fl. Fowler is building an
addition to his residence on Madison
street.
Miss Ethel Van Dusen visited
during the past week in Mineral
Point and Dubuque.
Mrs. George Muse Jr. and son.
of Clinton Ia, are visiting at the
George Musse home.
Mrs. Louis Fisher and daughter
Hilda arrived home Saturday evening
from a western trip,
Mrs. Kate Mccoy and grand
daughter Katherine have been visiting
in Cassville and vicinity.
Misses Ella and Lilly Frost, Of
Mather, Wis, have been visiting
for several weeks with relatives in
Lancaster and vicinity.
Morris Ziegler has completed the
annual enumeration of the school
children of it. District No. 3. north
and south Lancaster. The following is
the result: males, 800; females 318
total, COS.
Several promising race horses be-
longing to w. B, Dyer, DR.. Godfrey,
Joe Mccoy and Charles Perrin are be-
ing worked out daily at the fair
grounds in preparation for the fall
campaign.
Invitations have been issued to
the wedding of Miss Carrie Alice
Glider to Mr.. Max Maienthal. The
ceremony will take place at the home
of the brides parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
George w. Glider, in North Lancas-
ter.
DIR. G. P Riley, of Baraboo, who
so charmingly entertained little
party of Lancaster friends at the club
house of which he is a mem Der, at
Wolf Lake, Adams county, a few days
ago, is in the city on business this
week.
John Boyle. of Fennimore, was
in Lancaster Friday. Mr.. Boyle is
doing we'll in the livery business in
Fennimore. He finds the automobile
a paying adjunct and recently traded
his old Ford car for nice new
Buick.
The haying season has kept the
farmers hereabouts hard at work for
the past week or over. AS usual there
is dearth of help. The prospects
are favorable for a good crop. Corn
is looking good, especially that in the
low lands. The recent hot weather
did not do the harm that was expect
ed; still the rain Saturday night
and yesterday we're heartily well
coined. Small grain is doing we'll
but the pastures are in poor condition.
james Duncan, who lives a half
mile south of Porter's bridge, west of
town had the misfortune to lose his
barn by fire Friday morning; cause
unknown. About $50 bushels of corn,
100 bushels oats. some harness, a
quantity of hay and other things were
consumed in the fire. Mr.. Duncan
had but recently remodeled the base
ment portion of the barn at consider
able expense A subscription paper
was circulated Monday and Tuesday
by Mr.. Pritchett and many cont1ibu-
tions to aid Mr.. Duncan in the build
ing uf new barn were received.
The Inter State Electric Light
and Power Co. has been purchased by
Fl. M. Byllesby & Co of Chicago.
This includes all the stock and the
control of the substation. e. Fl.
Holcomb, has been made general
manager. Plans are under way to
extend the line from Benton to
Shullsburg. This extension will
furnish power to several more mines
and the city of Shullsburg. The big
central power plant at Galena will
have to be increased by one unit, as
it is now taxed to the limit. It is
reported that A. 0. Fox, tho
promoter of the plant, is again work
ing on his inter urban project. It
will be remembered that Lancaster
was included in the inter urban plans
two years ago, but the proposition as
presented by the Dubuque capitalists
did not meet with favor in this city.
e. J. Morse arrived home Wed
nesday evening with the news that he
and his brother Robert Morse were