Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-06-15

IL near pOsIOulCo udIu0u DIuSulS'
They say they have good land and ex-
pect to do we'll with it.
Mesdames Mary and Phoebe Beers
of Elgin, Neb., are guests of their
sister, Mrs Bidwell. and other Bid
we'll and Ball relatives. The former
had not been here for 81 years, nor the
latter for 10 years previous to this
visit.
Farmers are marketing their wool
here. where two competing firms pay
good prices. Stone q Donnelly and
Hickok & Thompson are buying.
VIM. Bateman. alter pleasant
visit with friends here. expects to
start this week for England, where he
will visit for some time. Rumor
whispers that when he returns pos
sibly it will not be alone.
Mort. BARLEY. student at Chicago,
is home for summer vacation.
Matt. Edwards was over from Lam
caster last week. Matt and son Delos
have been out in Colorado mining the
past year. They expect to return to
that state and Delos will take his
family with him.
Last week j. B. Ludden bought of
the village board thirty feet of land
back of mis- store, and expects to build
an addition in the near future. The
village reserved the right of road
way, and so the basement will be
open.
Joseph Brookens has on his fam a
pig with three tails. In other respects
the animal is a normal pig.
Saturday was lively trade day in
this burg. Friends were in from all
sides, selling wool and buying pro-
duce.
Lewis BETTER went to Milwaukee
this week to attend Masonic Grand
Lodge.
Miss Ella Wilson, teacher at
Vioqua, is visiting here.
7. Z. Brodt the Bagley lumber
merchant, was in town Saturday.
Ben. benson, WIN. Bates and Frank
Kiest. who are building four bridges
near Mt. Hope, were in town Satur-
day.
Miss Edith Pernock. student at
Appleton, is home for the summer.
Thos. Mcnamara lost a valuable
stallion last week. About the same
time John Zeuz lost mare and two
colts.
John Wood has been having blood
poisoning in a hand, resulting from
an injury.
Mrs VIM. Prideaux has been
quite i'll for several days.
A load of ladies, chaperoned by
Chas. Garthwaite, went out to Little
Grant to attend the aid society meet
ing at the home of George Garthwaite.
Fifty eight ladies ate dinner there.
The Vern Brookens and Chas.
Pierce families drove to Cassville
in the auto Sunday.
Ed. Jeide had 81 neighbors help
him raise new barn Friday. While
J there they took vote on the railroad
question. and so voted for aid to Z
against.
Last Sunday was children s day at
the congregational church. There
was an interesting program. Ten
children we're baptized by the pastor,
Rev. A. T. Lacey.
Flavian Cherrier has new tele-
phone on the farmers line.
Israel Roberts, an old and we'll
known citizen of this city, died Fri
day night. after an extended illness.
Mr. Roberts was born in Ohio April
Sth, 1914, and came with his parents
to Wisconsin when four years of age.
He married Elizabeth Wagner Deem
Der 9th. 1868. There were four chill
dren-Laura, who died in 1906; May
MRS. S. E. Pearson) of this city-and
Christie of Lincoln, Neb. He is
J survived by four brothers-Jesse,
} Plainfeld, Iowa; Alfred, Arlington.
Iowa; Andrew and Henry, of this
city--and one sister-Mrs. George
Starrett. Mr.. Roberts was a farmer
nearly all his life. From 1884 till
1898 he was partner of Jesse Wagner
in the management Of the Wagner
hotel in Lancaster The place now
is known as the Philips house. In
1864, when nineteen years OF age, Mr..
Roberts enlisted in Co. G, End Wis
Cav. but did not get to see much
service before the war ended. Mr..
Roberts was truly good man, uni
versally respected as a citizen and
neighbor and dearly beloved by those
near and dear to him. The funeral
| Oh NO,IaU