Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-09-20

Clarence Mcmahon went to Reeds
burg yesterday on business.
Mr.. and Mrs F. j. Burke were
here from Dodgeville last week.
Miss Mar, of Dodgeville. is a
guest of Mrs. I. F. Orion this week.
-Burne Pollock was home Thurs
day and Friday for the Grant Co.
Fair.
H. E. Ca~thew and Frank Meyer
have returned from a trip to the
Pacific coast.
Miss Hazel Grimm and Mr..
Atteberry, of Cassville. we're here at
the Fair Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Weatherly re-
turned Friday to their home in
Lincoln, Neb, after a visit here.
Scott Eggers. of Linden, formerly
of this city. was here a few days last
week. He returned home Monday.
Joseph H. Alcorn, of Ladysmith,
visited his mother Mrs VIM. Alcorn
last week. This is his first visit here
for nine years.
f. E. Tenant, Robert Draper,
Senator" Oates and Henry Henkel
are camping this week at Mccartney,
on tho Miccicci mn;
Miss Mamie Jones. of Sitter,
who visited a few days last week
with Miss Grace Ferrand, returned
home Monday morning.
Bert Lathrop. son of Walter
Lathrop, of Minneapolis, has returned
to Lancaster and is now employed at
L. Alt q Son 8 grocery store.
Mrs James F. Day and son
Chas. drove to CassvilIe Sunday and
returned home bringing henry Bausch
and wife who have been in Cassville
for a few weeks
Herman Buchner and John
Oswald attended the reunion Of the
I'd. " isconsin Infantry which was
held at Waupaca Monday and Tues
day of this week.
Prof. Frank Van Dusen of the
Chicago Conservatory of Music. ar
rived here Monday to make plans for
the organ recital and dedication
which duly took place last even
ing, at the Congregational church.
Edward Nathan returned to
Chicago Monday after visit with
relatives and frierds here. He will
soon resume his studies in the
Agricultural department of the
University Of Wisconsin at Madison.
John Mcmahon, Of this city, feels
pretty we'll pleased with his expert
ence at the fair last week. He re
ceved $50 in premiums, getting 1st
and I'd on his Crystal White Orping-
tons, and also sold II head of his
Poland China swine at good prices.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Schreiner
returned to Two Harbors. Mimi :,
after visit with relatives here Mrs.
w. N Moulton who came with the
Schreiners will remain a week or so
longer while Bert and Miss Emma
Schreiner 60 on an auto trip through
Iowa.
Two boys from Beetown, Jeffie
Duncan and Floyd Pollock won the
1st and End prizes in the Wisconsin
No. Z Corn Contest at the Fair last
week. The prizes were. respectively.
$40 in cash, a full-blood Jersey heifer
calf; and SO in cash and a lawn
mower.
Clay Chapman, of Platteville,
was called here Thursday to judge
the poultry at the Grant Co Fair
Mr. Chapman is an experienced man
in this business and his Judgment
was taken as the final decision.
The method Of judgment is known
as the American System.
Several of the young men Of this
city went out Sunday to gather some
walnuts and hickory nuts on a farm
near town. They report a fine time
aud also that the nuts are very plenti
full this year The season being so
far advanced the nuts are we'll matur-
ed and the boys do not have to wait
for frost to make them drop
Mrs. Minnie Funk, wife of Fred
Funk, of Mt. Ida, died in the Fowler
hospital, at Lancaster, Wednesday,
Sept 18th of heart disease. The de-
ceased was So years of age and leaves
to mourn her death three sons, Will,
who is in Iowa, Ernest and Richard,
Of Mt. Ida. Two daughters, Mrs
Hannum Fitzgerald, Of North Lam
n l.