Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-08-30
VIM McMahon was in Fennimore


Friday.
Mrs VIM WEBB went to Platte
willie Friday.
H. E lockwood came here from
Fennimore Saturday.
Miss Martha Jordan visited in
Cassville last week.
H I. France, of Potosi, had
business here Thursday.
Miss Beth Austin. of Liberty,
visited friends here last week.
Rev and Mrs. Daacke and little
daughter of Sitter, were here Friday.
j. A. Martin and his brother
Evans are visiting in Milwaukee,
Miss Lottie Grebe and Miss
Jennie Jarrett went to Liberty satur-
day.
Mrs. Will Morkin, OF Blooming
ton, is guest of Mrs Helen Judd
this week. . .-..a,'s
Mrs. Anna David Of Muscoda,
visited at the E. W. Clifton home
last week.
Mrs. Knobel and Mrs Geo. Beck
attended the funeral of Mrs. Wetter
at Liberty Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl, F.. Barnett
visited with Rev. Father Schleicher
at Mansion last week.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Drinkwater
went back to Fennimore Wednesday,
after visiting in this vicinity few
days.
Misses Esther and HiIda Fleer,
of Milwaukee, and Miss Hildegarde
Alt, of this city, visited in Liberty
last week.
Miss Florence Lathlop visited
last week at FennImore. While in
the city she was the guest Of Miss
Melba Roach.
Mrs E B. Goodsell returned
Wednesday from Dodgeville, where
she and her husband have been spend.
ing their vacation.
Mrs Robert Bloyer and little
daughter Of New Duluth, Mimi are
guests at the 9. w. Burrows home.
Mrs Bloyer is a former resident of
Muscoda
Mrs @. X. Clanton and her two
daughters left Wednesday by way Of
Potosi for two weeks pleasure trip
through Iowa. They will visit with
relatives along the route
Mrs. W. j. Brennan and Miss
Caroline Wright started Thursday for
Duluth where they hope to rid them.
selves of the ''hsy fever trouble
which is so common about this
neighborhood
Mrs, A Bergheger and daughter
went to Boecobel Thursday for visit.
Mr. Bergheger, who keeps store in
Sitter, took their three year old
pet coon up to his store where he will
remain during his wifes absence.
"A blind man and his wife did
good business among our people the
past week. They gave musical enter
tainments both afternoon and evening
on the court house lawn and then
collected what they could from the
bystanders
Rev. j. T. Morgans went to
Dodgeville Friday to conduct the
funeral services for Christopher Cook.
The deceased was at one time the
local pastor of thu NJ. E. church
here, and will, no doubt, be remem.
bered by many of our pioneer resi-
dents
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Fl. Basford, L
p, Harry and Melton Basford spent
Sunday at Madison and Mendoza.
While there Mr.. Basford met Max
Brinkman who is we'll known here
and had short visit with him. The
trip was made by auto and it was
very pleasant one as no trouble was
encountered either through the car or
by bad roads
w. D. Burr, county treasurer,
has a corn field in Little Grant town
ship that will beat all records. The
piece contains twenty acres and will
average a hundred bushels to the
acre. Just 50 days from the day the
corn was planted, Mr. Burr picked
what he wanted for seed This is
only another proof of the fertility and
productiveness of the soil in Grant
county.
Improvements are being made on
the north school building. The old
chimney is being rebuilt and repaired
n no. Oh