Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-10-18
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more Monday
Robert Draper went to Milwau-
kee yesterday.
The Presbyterian church at Hur-
ricane is being plastered this week.
Mrs. T. g. Thompson, of Dubu-
que. is guest at the James McBrien
! home.
Miss Morris. of Platteville,
visited at the Horsfall home here last
week.
Mrs. Bayman. Of Sitter, visited
over Sunday at the A. G.. Knapp
home in this city.
Ed Rumpf returned Sunday to
his work as mail clerk on the Galena
train out of this city.
The Lancaster High school base.
ball team goes to Bloomington Satur-
day to play return game with the
team there.
Mrs. G. H. Hake left for her
home in Milwaukee Monday. She
attended the convention Of the ". R.
G. held in this city last week.
Mrs. l., NJ. Dixon returned home
to Muscoda Monday after a two
week S visit with friends and rela.
tives in the city and at Hurricane.
There will be five Thursdays in
the month of November this year.
The president has designated the last
Thursday of the month, Nov. 30 as
Thanksgiving Day.
The dance at the rink last week
was we'll attended. Gibon's harp
orchestra pleases the people, and will
play for another dance at the rink
Wednesday night, Nov. 8th
Mr.. and Mrs H. @. Nathan
started Monday for Missouri They
will spend two or three months in
that state and will then go to Texas
and up into Washington where they
will stop at Seattle for some time.
1t is expected that they will not
return to this city before spring.
The weather permitting, the
Ladies Aid Of the Congregational
church will meet with Mrs. B D.
Smith west of this city Friday after
noon. The bus will leave the church
at O'Clock. All are cordially invit-
ed Should the weather be disagree.
able on Friday the ladies are asked to
meet at the church for business
session.
The streams in this part of the
country are all very high now on
account of the recent heavy rains.
Some of the streams are especially
turbulent and have caused much
damage by washouts and the over
flow Of low lands. One farmer resid-
! ing over toward Cassville, WIN called
at The Herald office last Saturday,
said he had to wait two hours at
Grant river ford for the water to
subside somewhat before he could get
across
The following grand officers of
the o. y. F. were elected and in
stalled for the ensuing year during
the sessions last week: H. f.
Rodgers. grand patriarch. Appleton ;
John Clark. grand high priest,
Superior; A Karras, grand senior
warden, Hudson; w. O. North, grand
junior warden, Fox Lake; Fred
William, grand marshall, Milwaukee !;
Geo. Gerlach. grand sentinel, Viola
Fred Anderson. grand outside sentinel,
| Marinette.
The people all over Northern
Wisconsin are now rejoicing over the
fact that no forest fires have been
reported this fall Everyone will
remember the dark days last fall when
the smoke covered the whole country
even extending into this vicinity. 1t
has been recorded that II years ago
all the northern country was visited
by a great forest fire that destroyed
many towns, millions of feet of
timber and caused the death of hun
dreds Of people. If few more years
such as the present one can pass with
out any fires a great change will be
noticeable in the young forests
Deputy Horace Hymer received
telegram one day last week, giving
the description Of a man who was
wanted by the Iowa State authorities
and whom they thought was in this
state in the region of Potosi. Mr.
Hymer went to Potosi in search of
this man. In the RAILROAD camps
near the village he saw man nearly
answering to the description given
him by the authorities. The only