Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1910-03-30

Key. Baucnopt VIII speak at the
M. E. church Wednesday evening,
Mrs. Chas. D. Stevens, OF
Rhinelander, was in Lancaster Thurs
day. r
Mrs. and Mrs. Abner Blackburn,
of Patch Grove, visited here last
week.
George Dyer was able to be down
town Friday for the first time in
several weeks.
Road Supervisor Wepking has
been doing work near Muscoda for the
past week or so ~>.s
Mrs. Beth Bowers, daughter
Baeruth, left on Saturday for Dubuque
to visit relatives.
George Rudersdorf, of Janesvi
lie, arrived Friday for brief visit
with friends and relatives.
The schools closed Friday for
the Easter holidays Most of the
teachers left the day following for
their homes.
The fence around the M. NJ.
Ziegler place has been removed, thus
greatly improving the appearance of
the property.
"A new electric switch board was
recently installed in Reeds opera
house and the lighting system has also
been otherwise improved.
Pleasing Easter exercises were
held Sunday evening by the M. E..
Sunday school. The day was observed
in some manner by all the Churches
County Surveyor A. w. Appleby,
of Boscobel is making the county seat
his headquarters these days while do
ing work in the vicinity of Lancaster.
-Chas. Harp and Ernie Trentsch are
new employers at the Grant county
home. The former is overseeing the
farm work and the latter is night
watch.
-Chas Perkins left Monday for
Baraboo to take up his duties as fire.
man on the Northwestern. He has
been taking a layoff on account of his
right thumb being caught in coal
chute and badly injured.
Quite a number awaited them
selves of the opportunity of securing
free peach trees from Col. j. @. Clark
Saturday. If they care for them as
Col Clark has there is no resaon why
they should not secure excellent crops
of this luscious fruit.
Mas. Hannah Vincent died at her
home in Mineral Point last Wednes-
day. She was a resident of British
Hollow for many years and had many
friends in this city. Funeral services
were held in Mineral Point Friday
afternoon at O clock.
St Marthas guild will have a
sale of useful articles Thursday after
noon at Reeds opera house, after
which the two guilds st. Martha s
and st Agnes will give supper,
followed in the evening by a social
dance Supper 25c; tickets for the
dance SOC. Supper begins at o clock
-Supt. Brockert has had notice
printed calling attention to the town
ship contests in spelling, adding and
writing to be held Friday April %.
This is the preliminary to the big
Grant County contest which will take
place May at the Lancaster high
school building. One hundred dol
lars in prizes offered this year besides
the championship banners which will
go to the winning schools. Already
the boys and girls of the country
schools are working overtime to
project themselves in the three
branches over which the contest will
be waged. District school teachers
say it is remarkable the interest that
the pupils take in their studies; two
thirds of them aspiring to pay a
profitable visit to the county seat on
May.
The Grant county Sunday School
Convention held at Platteville last
Thursday and Friday was not largely
attended but nevertheless the sessions
were extremely interesting and
profitable. The principal speakers
were Mrs. l NJ. Weber, of Milwau-
kee; General Secretary Semelroth and
Chas. d. Meigs, of indianapolis. Mrs.
Webber's addresses especially good
They contained very practical and
excellent suggestions regarding that
important part of Sunday school
training primary education. Mr..
Meigs. the Indiana Cyclone" spoke
with an ENTHUSIASM which plainly
showed the application of his nick
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