Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-12-20

The Bigh school is planning for
a Xmas play to be given at the school
house Thursday evening.
Carl Roth is pushing the work
on his new residence in hopes that he
may move in before Xmas.
j. S. Wright and wife will start
on New Years day Jan. 1st for Cali.
fornia where they will spend the
winter.
Lee Wright received a car of
good horses from Chicago Monday
and took then to the Wright farm
north ofthis city.
Mr.. and Mrs. DR.. Barber, of
Hudson, are visiting friends here
They are on their way to Florida to
spend the winter.
Ed johnson who has been en-
ployed in the Knox automobile garage
expects to leave Friday for his home
in Des Moines, Iowa.
Yesterday Milwaukee Free Press
continued on the front page very
excellent cut Of Edward P. Lowry,
of Lancaster, now Major in the
Persian Treasury Gendarmes The
cut was accompanied with a story of
his military career which has already
been told in The Herald previous to
! this time
Two dances are scheduled to be
held at Knapp's rink-one Christmas
ight-Monday Dec. %, with music
by Gibson's harp, orchestra. and the
other on New Years night Monday
Jan. /, with music by the Gross
orchestra of Lancaster. Both are
under the management of A. q.
| Knapp.
Stock shipping from Lancaster this
week is of some account. With
| today's shipments % carloads have
gone from the station in three days.
Monday-Place & Jerrett. cars of
hogs and 1 car of sheep; A. E. Lewis.
| .
hogs and car of mixed stock; A.
Vasperman, 1 car of hogs Tuesday
| John Dobson, | car Of hogs P Moore,
1 car Of cattle; II. Croft, car Of
sheep; A. 1 Lewis, 1 car of horses
dnesday-Robert B3vius. 1 car of
cattle; Richard Eddy, 1 car Of cattle;
Dubson, 1 car of hogs; Place &
Jerrett, 2 cars of hogs.
The University authorities at
Madison have decided to change the
location of the University athletic
field from Camp Randall where
it has been located since the school
was first able to rank among the other
like institutions of the west. The
new scheme embraces the use of 100
acres of ground and will make the
finest athletic field in the country.
Although will take more than 10
years to complete the new grounds
the decision to change the location of
| the athletic field means a "Greater
Wisconsin " The special space pro-
vides stadium covering seven acres
and baseball fields covering three.
| The gymnasium will cover an acre;
the natatorium-one-t third acre; the
athletic hall-two and one third
acres and the approaches two aud
one third acres. The boat house, it
is planned, will cover two. thirds of
an acre and contain shellrooms, canoe,
and boat space and dressing rooms
The Muscoda Democrat last week
| contained very interesting obituary
and biographical sketch of John
Smalley, the pioneer hotel man Of
that village, whose death had &C.
Cured f3w days previous. Mr..
Smalley was SO years old and came
to Muscoda over 80 years ago Tie
funeral srevices were conducted by
Rev. Myron q. Argus, of Madison,
formerly rector of Emmanuel Episco-
pei church in this city. Mr.. Smalley's
father, Joseph Smalley, who died at
Muscoda few years ago, was one of
the British grenadiers, who. fighting
under Wellington, overthrow Napo-
leon in his last stand at Waterloo.
Mr.. 'Smallev was wounded in this
battle and for his gallantry received
in recognition bronze medal, fashion.
ed from the metal of cannon captured
as the French fed. This medal,
says the Democrat, now treasured as
an heirloom in the Smalley family,
has a record Of unusual wanderings
and strange home coming. By some
mischance or, as he thought, through
theft John Smalley after his fathers
death lost the precious souvenir
and it turned up among military ex
hibits at the Worlds Columbian
Exposition. There by an astonish