Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-06-28

j. W. Craig, of Cassville, was in
Lancaster Thursday.
Edwin Glenn was over from
WYalusing Saturday.
Alba Edwards is suffering from
an attack of typh old fever.
Mrs Deffenbach, of Hastings,
Neb., is visiting Lancaster relatives,
William Needham and Chas
Parker, of Preston, were in this city.
Monday.
DIR. and Mrs. j. W. Gibson and
little daughter Dorothy were Potosi
visitors Sunday.
Louis Henry, Jacob Henry and
Clareuce Brown were here from
Bloomington Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Rhodes and
Miss Lillian Stevens made an auto
mobile trip to Dubuque Sunday.
H. E. Schreiner left Wednesday
for Beloit to attend the commence
ment exercises at Beloit College.
Representative of the National
Cash Register Co. visited Lancaster
Saturday in their Hudson automobile.
Peter P. Adams. of Turkey River,
and Matt. j. Adams. Of Cassville,
were in Lancaster Wednesday on
business connected with the Adams
Patent Wheel GO.
Mrs. E. E. Mccoy and daughter
Elizabeth were at Milwaukee last
week to attend the commencement
exercises of Milwaukee Normal. Mrs.
Mccoy daughter Jeanette was one
of the graduates.
Mrs. Henkel and daughter. Mrs,
John Mankel, left Wednesday for
Waukesha, for a visit with Mrs.
Henkel's daughter, Mrs. Helm. After
their visit there Mrs Mankel went to
Milwaukee to consult an eye specialist.
Era Griffis of Little Grant, ex.
county clerk, was in town Saturday.
His injured hand, from which he lost
a couple of fingers by coming in con-
tract with a buzz saw several weeks
ago, is practically healed but still
quite tender.
Fred p. Meyer, who had his left
leg broken oy his horse becoming
frightened and overtuTning the buggy
during a severe electrical storm near
Mifflin three weeks ago, has been
spending the past ten days or
so in Lancaster. where he is re-
covering nicely from his injury.
AT the suffrage convention held
at Milwaukee last week a consolida-
tion of the two contendipg organiza-
tions was arranged Miss Linda,
Rhodes, of this city, who is presiden t
of the county organization, was APP.
pointed as member of the committee
to unite the two factions.
Degrees were granted to nearly
1000 graduates of the University of
Thursday. Among those
who received diplomas were George
B Carter, formerly of Lancaster who
now lives at Madison, and Frank G.
Meyer, of this city The former re-
ceived the degree of Bachelor of
Science at the College of Agriculture
and the latter that of Bachelor Of
Laws.
Rex Jacobs, and Miss Elizabeth
Crum wers united in marriage last
at Harvard, Ill. Mr.. Jacobs
is a former Livingston boy and is
former Lancaster high school student,
He was graduated from the high
school in 1906 and entered Browns
Business College at Rockford, I'll.
Since his graduation from that in
stitution he has been employed at
Harvard.
WIN. Winner. of Beetown, was in
town Friday, procuring a belt and
pump jack to attach to his gasoline
engine for pumping purposes. He
says there has not been enough breeze
during the past two weeks to operate
his windmill and the water for his
stock has had to be pumped by hand
from 1875 foot wall, which is rather
a strenuous job after hard days
work on the farm.
The crop outlook in this section
Of Wisconsin is exceptionally favor
able. There las been heavy pre-
cipitation as we'll as continued warm
weather. These conditions and the
fertility of the soil practically insure
excellent crops of grain. hay etc,
Corn is nearly a month further ad-
vanced than usual. Some sections of
the south and west, viz. Texas and