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

zen ter 1aQ business mere 1uuESudy'
Mrs H. B. Brown of Boscobel
visited here during the past week.
Will Duncalf attended the com.
inencement exercises of Beloit College
last week.
II. Fl. Runkel and G. J. Ragatz.
of Potosi, were in Lancaster Thurs
day.
Dan McGaughey, of Prairie du
Chen, was in Lancaster Oh business
Friday.
Glen Nathan arrived home Mon
day from a weeks visit with Dubuque
relatives.
Miss Bernice Bently. of Oskaloosa,
Iowa, is visiting her friend Miss
Grace Morse.
Henry Pink Sr. returned Saturday
from a two weeks visit with relatives
at Preston and Highland.
Joseph shattuck. of Benton, is
visiting his aunt Mrs. j. G. Jordan
and other relatives and friends.
Albert Wiedenbeck arrived home
Saturday from the State University
to spend the summer mouths
Hugh Harper, of Madison and
Edgar Parsons of Cleveland. Ohio,
are at Edgewoud Farm for the summer.
The picnic held by the R. n. A.
at Schreiner's Park last Saturday was
we'll attended and was very en-
joyable affair.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. N. Hoskins,
Miss Edith Pennock, Ralph and Nj.
H. Hoskins. of Bloomington, were in
Lancaster Saturday.
There will be a special meeting
of the Pythian sisters Calanthe Temple
No. 2, this Wednesday, evening. All
members are requested to be present.
Most of the district schools
throughout the county have closed for
the summer vacation. Supt. Brockert
visited few of those still in session
during the past week.
Mics Bertha Laabs, who has been
employed as milliner at Charles City,
Iowa, returned home Sunday. She
visited at several points in Wisconsin
before coming home.
August Graves and daughter
Mrs. ]. Tumashaka, of Highland, who
had been visiting the latter's daugh-
ter, Mrs Lester Peck for few days
returned home last week.
"A new fence has been built about
the Klondike spring property by Supt.
Stephens and son Ed and additional
hitching rail also constructed. The
work was neatly done and is great
Improvement to the place. Various
other improvements at the spring are
contemplated by the city council and
will probably be made before the
summer is over.
Attention is called by Secretary
Frederic Cranefeld, Of the State
Horticultural Society, to the opera
tions of a swindler thought to be
working in this section of the coun-
try. This man sell trees under the
striking guarantee that they are free
from "blackheart " What the disease
'bIackheart' is. is best known to the
CRATER himself State horticultural
experts know of no such ailment.
The road leading to Schreiner
Park has been nicely macadamized
recently. A suggestion has been
made that trees and shrubs be planted
on both sides of this road along most
of it's length In this midsummer
weather shade along this drive is es-
pecially desirable. 1t would take but
a few years for the trees to grow to a
sufficient height to afford the desired
shade. They would also shut off
from the view certain surrounding
| "eyesores" the proximity of which
to the PARK certainly does not en-
nance the. beauty or value of the
latter.
For the first time since the days
of the civil war big monitor will
come up the Mississippi river as far
as st. Louis The Amphitrite, a
double turret ship, and one that saw
service in the war with Spain has
been ordered to ST. Louis for the use
of the naval militia of the state of
Missouri and its arrival will be the
event of the year IN ST. Louis The
ship is now at Philadelphia navy
yard but Will soon start on its cruise.
It's trip up the river will be watched
with interest by the advocates of the
IA. foot channel
The cut worms have made their
YEARLY auDearanco in Lancaster and