Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-03-08

Boscobel yesterday.
j W. House, of Boscobel, was
in Lancaster Saturday.
Herman Pohle, of Bloomington,
was in this city Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Horton. of Fenni-
more, visited in Lancaster this week.
Services every day at 3 and 80
p. m. at the Methodist church. All
invited.
will Holzmiller. of Fennimore,
was Lancaster visitor the first of
the week.
j. L. Everson and RobY1t Stan
dorf, of hickory Grove, were Lancas
ter visitors Saturday.
Jefferson Judd, of Apple River.
ILL.,. visited with Mrs. Helen Judd
and family last week.
Joseph Dawson and family of
Potosi township, moved to Lancaster
last Thursday and now occupy their
residence in the fourth ward, recently
purchased from Carl Roth.
Hear evangelist Redding at tho
Congregational church and watch for
the date Of his great lecture entitled
1.-THE ups and downs of Sallie and L
You will surely want to hear it.
Robert Bailie started yesterday
morning for Madison. where he will
make brief visit with his daughters
Lizzie and Alice, and from there he
will go to Warner. Alberta, Canada
to join his son Rob. Both of them
own large farms there.
Mr.. and Mrs. [. A. Spencer and
daughter Nellie. of Cassville, visited
Lancaster friends several days return
ing on Wednesday. They are about
to move to the Pacific coast. expect
ing to start March Is, and will locate
at Colville, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. Z.
Gan thwaite will go with them.
Will Jeide started last Wednes-
day for Reeder, South Dakota,
shipping from Bridgeport with car
load of horses. He will join his
brother at Reeder and expects to take
up a homestead claim or purchase a
REIMBURSEMENT in that vicinity.
Harvey Orion and Chas L. Walker
went at the same time. Mr.. Walker
going to Ismay, Montana, and is re-
turning after two months visit with
his parents here.
-Supt. J. G. Brockert conducted
teachers examinations at Platteville,
Fennimore and Lancaster last week.
Fifteen prospective pedagngues wrote
the examination at Platteville; thirty
three at Fennimore and eighteen at
the county seat. The following were
the candidates who took the examina-
ton in this city Bessie Edge. Addie
Keitlinger, Alice E. Edge, Fannie
Rafferty,, Edna Rafferty,, Pearl Cliff
ton, Ellen Watkins. Mabel Rowden,
Grace Wilson, a of Lancaster Helen
Pohle, Mildred Schreiner, Belva
Lewis, of Bloomington ; Lillian Miller
and Clyde Miller, of Brodtville Con
stance Lewis and Constance HILL of
Patch Grove Maude Quick, of Ellen
boro and Frank Morrissey Of Bagley.
John H. Howe and his son
Clarence both returned from business
trips Saturday to pend few days at
home An amusing feature of their re-
turn was the fact that they got into
communication with each other by
telephone, over in Iowa, a few days
ago and explained that they were
both headed for Lancaster for Sunday
Clarence had intended coming by way
of Galena and make business stop
at Cuba City, but later changed his
mind. Saturday morning he was at
McGregor and his father was in
Prairie du Chen, just across the
river, at the same time, but neither
knew the other wherea bouts.
Clarence went from there to Potosi
and drove home. while his father
came around by Fennimore by train
when they could and would have come
together had either known the other
was SO near by.
Mrs. Catherine Whitney. the
mother of Mrs. E. G. Burr of this
city, died at the home of a daughter
Mrs Micka in Ledyard, Iowa, Thurs
day March 2. Mrs. Burr was called
to Ledyard week previous by her
mothers illness but returned home
shortly as Mrs Whitney seemed to
be on the fair road to recovery. She
continued to improve in health until
Wednesday when she suffered stroke
of paralysis which resulted in her
death a day later. Mrs. Whitney was
SO years old at the time of her death.
Funeral services were held at the old