Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-05-10

L. K. Wells was here from Liz
ingston Wednesday,
Olaf johnson, Of Fennimore, was
in Lancaster Friday.
Sheriff W. G. Hymer was in
Platteville Monday.
Will Mulrooney, of Bloomington.
was in town Wednesday.
Mis-. John Jeide, of Lacrosse, is
in this city on business.
Encourage the children by attend
ing the contest May 10Th.
George Beck went to Cuba City
yesterday morning on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Place are
enjoying trip through the west.
W. B. Dyer was recently appoint
ed deputy by Sheriff W. q. Hymer.
George Meier and W. H. Schmitz,
of Potosi, had business here Thursday.
Mrs. Thyrza Lewis is home again
after spending very enjoyable winter
in California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Roesh, of
Potosi visited last week at the home
Of their daughter Mrs. j. W. Gibson.
Ell. Mccoy and family are living
in the Phelps residence while numer-
Gus improvements are being made at
their own home.
An obituary of James Ellis by B
D S will appear in next weeks
Herald.
james Crubaugh, of Mt. Hope and
r. Crubaugh, of Werley, were in Ian
caster Thursday.
Mrs. William Schneider is making
an extended visit at the home of her
daughter Mrs. John DivaIl, in Sitter.
Mrs. F. G Peterson, of Mellen,
Wis, is enjoying a visit at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. j.
Dyer.
MIR. and Mrs. j. J. Oswald visit
ed the past week in Milwaukee at the
home of their daughter Mrs. Isaac
Deller.
The Overland Service Company
recently sold automobiles to Elgie
Maiden, of Bloomington and George
Dagenhardt, Of Cuba City.
The lawns look beautiful now
and with the season of trees in bloom
just at hand, the most beautiful time
Of the year is almost here again.
The Bloomington Record recently
installed the Junior linotype formerly
owned by the Boscobel Dial Enter
prise This makes labor saving addi-
tion to the equipment of that office.
Rev. j. G. Crouther, of Madison,
who conducted a successful series of
revival meetings N Lancaster recent
~, is at Mineral Point at present en-
gagged in the same work.
L. Phinney formerly of this city
has been transferred to run out of
Baraboo. He has recently been con-
ductor on the Galena Platteville train
with Headquarters at Galena.
! The paving question seems to have
aroused differences Of opinion in
Platteville The citizens are. all in
favor Of nicely paved streets however,
believing that they are almost neces-
sity in a modern city of any conse-
quence.
The committees in charge of the
Soldiers Reunion to be held in BoscO-
bel June 81 and % are hard at work
preparing to make that event one of
the most successful of its kind ever
held in the county. A number of Lam
caster veterans are planning to attend.
Great work has been accomplished
about Lancaster this spring by the use
of the King road drag. For cheap
road implement the king drag has no
equal. If Lancaster is not to have
perman emily paved streets the city
officials can do no better than to con
tinue using the drag regularly.
The South west encampment of
Odd Fellows will hold Ground up
in this city May 10. Special meetings
will be held during the afternoon and
evening to confer the various degrees
on the candidates. Several of the
grand encampment officers ale ex
pected to be present as we'll as Bosco-
bel, Mineral Point and PIatteville
members.
The Town Board of the town of
Dogdeville has made contract with
Mr.. McMahon of Lancaster to build
two new concrete bridges in that
town. One of the new bridges will be
Of the foot Of tha Prapnan hill ood