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


-Rollo Smith, of Fennimore,
was in Lancaster Wednesday.
Dan Trainor, of Bloomington,
was in Lancaster Wednesday.
Luke Webb, OF Bloomington,
was in Lancaster Friday.
Rev. Schleicher visited last
week with his mother in Watertown.
The Mineral Point Poultry Show
takes place this week, Jan. lila.
George G. Horton, of Patch
Grove, as a Lancaster caller Friday.
Believing the best of a man will
in most instances incite hIm to do
his best.
George Starrett and F. Critchlow,
of Bloomington, were Lancaster
callers Saturday.
Fletcher Burris left Monday
morning for Lincoln, Neb., after a
vacation visit at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Irve Laird returned
home Monday morning after two
weeks visit with relatives.
Mrs. f. w. McNair and daugh-
ter, of Houghton, Mich, arrived Sat-
urday for a visit with relatives.
Mrs. Eugene McDermott, of Min
neapolis, Is visiting at the home of
her parents Mr.. and MIS-. Jos. Book.
Mr.. and Mrs. Parke Knapp left
Monday morning for Harold. ). D.,
after a visit with Lancaster rela-
tives
Mrs. Will DickeY and daughter
Marguerite, or Topeka, Kas., are
visiting at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. G. Morse.
DIR. G. G. lockwood, of Shiocton,
left last week for that place after a
visit with his father, Thos. lockwood
and other relatives and friends.
-Supt. ]. G. Brockert has been
Drawing the storms and snow drifts
this week, visiting the schools in
Little Grant, Bloomington and Glen
Haven. Bad weather can t stop him.
Miss Anna Steil returned Satur-
day evening from Emmettsburg, Iowa,
where she has been employed for the
past four years as saleslady in dry
good store, for a visit with her
mother, in this city.
The Platteville Commercial ASS n.
is doing It's utmost to secure an agri-
cultural school for the zinc mine city
A meeting was held Wednesday even
ing in the Empire block for the
purpose of discussing the matter.
When the alterations. are com
pleted in the remodelinglof the offices
of Brown, Brennan & Carthew, in the
Baxter block, it will scarcely look
like the same old place. The carpenters
have been busy for a couple of days
and now the plasterers have things in
charge.
DIR. Fayette Baldwin has definite
" decided to practice in Rewey, Wis.
He has been working in Knowlton
hospital, Milwaukee, since his gradua-
tion from the Wisconsin College of
Physicians and Surgeons last spring
DR.. Baldwin will without a doubt
enjoy a very lucrative practice in
Rewey.
-Chas. Perrin and mis- son Jim, of
Beetown, sold their hogs In Lancaster
for the long price, Monday, there
being SIX sleigh loads of them. Soon
after leaving the farm, Jim, who was
driving the rear load, tipped over in a
big snow drift and had to telephone
ahead for some of the other teamsters
to return and help him reload.
The snow has been very badly
drifted In many of the roads in the
vicinity of Lancaster during the past
week or two, but III most instances
the principal thoroughfares have been
pretty we'll cleared out. One farmer
living south of the Hurricane stated
to The Herald Monday that roadway
had been cut through drifts in some
places where the snow was piled up
on both sides of the road higher than
the horses heads.
The freshman class of the south
schools gave a surprise covered dish
party in honor of Clement Nathan,
last Saturday evening, upon the &C.
casion of his 18th birthday. Covers
were laid for 20. Following this the
entire party attended the Orpheum
theater as guests of Will Knox return
ing later TO the Nathan home where
the remainder of the evening was
spent in social games and music.
The carnaufer We hired had =