Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-01-12

e. S. and Jay Reney, of Platte
Vile, were IN Lancaster Saturday.
Roy Fache took the train Monday
for Sitter after spending couple OF
days here.
-Levison and Thomas Wood, of
Gordon, Neb., are visiting with Lam
caster relatives.
Thomas Mcdonald, of Henrietta,
Oklahoma, arrived last week for, q
visit in Lancaster.
Daniel Decker has been visiting
for several days in Fennim6re at the
home of his son Will.
John lockwood visited during
the past week with his son Dr.. W. q.
lockwood at Portage, Wis. af -
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Montz ar
rived several days ago for visit with
the formers mother Mrs. M MONTE.
Miss Margaret Doll left Saturday
for Chicago, where she is a student
in the American Conservatory of
music.
Alba Edwards left Saturday
morning for Chicago where he is a
student in the Wisconsin College of
Physicians & Surgeons.
Mr.. and Mrs. James McPhers on,
of Ellenboro, arrived home Saturday
from Chicago whittier the latter &C
companied her sister-in-law who is
seriously i'll.
There will be initiation of candi-
dates at the meeting of the Order of
the Eastern Star, next Monday even
ing, followed by the serving of
refreshments. All members are re-
quested to be present.
Lancaster was not in such bad
predicament as Fennimore last week
where it was impossible to open
school until the last days on account
of five Of the teachers being absent
because of the snow blockade.
The long winter evenings are
rather dull unless interesting reading
matter or some other form of enter
tainment is at hand No farm home
should be so poorly equipped that 1T
IS necessary to go somewhere in order
to pass the time pleasantly.
Bert Shipley has accepted posi-
tion as travelling salesman for the
Wisconsin Music Co. His territory
will include Southwest cities. Mr..
Shipley. it will be remembered, dis,
posed of his barber shop to George
Rice who now has full charge of the
establishment. s
Many of the mines in the sur.
rounding districts will be forced to
shut down unless generous supplies of
coal reach them in short order The
various properties are looking better
than they have at any time since the
prospect days and it would mean a
great loss to some of them to shut
down single week. ..'' ''--
sr.f e..
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank VandeWaIl
visited here last week preparatory to
their departure for the state of Wash
ington where they will engage in
fruit farming on land recently pur-
chased by them. Lancaster citizens
are sincerely sorry to have the Vande-
Wall family leave us but wish them
| the best of success in their new home.
Three dairy cattle owned by Bert
Vail were found on examine ton to
- afflicted with tuberculosis, and
Justice Z. w. Burrows was ordered by
State Veterinarian Clark to appoint
three appraisers to estimate their
value. Dr. F. f. Eckert, I. S..
Metcalf and George Moore were ap-
pointed and their average estimate of
the value of the three animals, was
S146. They will be shipped to Madi-
son for slaughter as soon as possible.
If you wish to send letter in a
hurry, be SUE to write Sin haste
on the envelope. The postmaster and
clerks will fall over each other in
their haste to got it in their first
mail. then the postal clerk will yell
to the engineer: Pull her wide
open, here's a letter in a rush. -
And the train will just fly. 1t is
expensive for the railroads, as ac-
cidents are liable to happen, and tie
officials will not Thank us for giving
the snap away, but that is the way
to get letters through real quick.
| Washburn Times.
The rural carriers have been
forced several times this year to re-
turn to town without completing their
routes. This has often been due to
i the fact that their patrons have not