Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-08-16

Wednesday.
Mrs. George Hoffman went to
Kewey Friday
C. Clanton was in PIatteville
Wednesday on business.
Helen Godfrey and Myrtle Judd
visited at Dodgeville last week.
WIN, Mccormick of Chicago
visited relatives here last week.
Thomas Mcdonald returned to his
home in Renryetta, Okla. Wednesday.
Donald Dyer was the guest Of
Carl johnson at Boscobel last week.
-Genevieve Bennett returned home
Wednesday after visiting in Madison
a few weeks.
Mrs. F. W. Rafferty, and Nellie
Moran attended the Home Coming at
Dodgeville last week.
Mr.. Joiner, of Dodgeville. who
is civil engineer, was a guest OF Fl.
w. Brown last week.
Miss Edna Lane returned to her
home in Sioux Falls, Saturday. She
has been guest at the Sam Duncalf
home in this city.
F. Reed and Peter Stoffel last
week presented The Herald with
supply of good eating apples which
were much enjoyed by the working
force of boys and girls.
-Algie NARROW entertained
number of her girl friends at party
given Friday evening. Miss Ruth
Dodge who is visiting at the S. r.
Greene home was the guest of honor.
Victor L. Morisette. manager of
the Heddles Lumber Company at
Muscoda, branch of the Birmingham
& Hixon Lumber Co., was in Lancas-
ter last Thursday and Friday, guest
of A. j. Wiedenbeck, local manager
of the latter company.
F. A. Bracket last week present
ed The Herald with three extra large
ripe tomatoes of his own raising.
One was a Ponderosa which measured
1872 inches in circumference and
weighed two pounds and two ounces.
The other two were the Corliss and
were not quite So large.
Misses Katherine Meyer, Margaret
Schreiner Emma Schreiner. of Lam
caster Frances Phelps, of Chicago
Gertrude Marks, of Fennimore; and
Messrs. Dick Brown, Clement Nathan
of Lancaster; Edward Nathan. Marley
Phelps of Chicago camped at Browns
Pine Knob, cottage last week.
Phil Goldstein returned Friday
from 800 mile auto trip to Glad
stone, Mich. The trip was success
ful in every way the new four door
E. M. f. automobile did not cause
any trouble in the entire trip, the
only cause for delay being the time
taken to put on mud chains when bad |
roads were encountered
Mrs VIM. ziegler and her sisters,
Miss Magnetic Rogers and Mrs. E. J
Austin, jointly gave a party to many
Of their lady friends at the home of
the former Thursday afternoon and
evening. The party was given in
honor of a fourth sister, Mrs. Glenn
Smith, OF CassvilIe. who has been
here for several days.
Miss Emma Gingricn who was
examined and pronounced insane by
the local doctors last week, was not
satisfied with this decision. She was
given trial by jury on Wednesday
which resulted in a verdict pronounc-
ing her sane. She was then given
permission by the authorities to
return to her home southeast of the |
city.
Peter Rupp and Jacob Gerhardt,
Of Potosi; Fred Martin, of Ellenboro;
and Riley Smaile, of Lima, were
arrested last week for violating the
attendance law in regard
to school attendance of children under |
IA years of age. Each of the victims
paid $5 and costs and returned home !
feeling rather out of sorts because he
had not regarded the law.
Store keepers, meat market men,
coal dealers, milk men and all per-
sons disposing of goods by weight or
would do we'll to test their
scales, weights and measures and to
zee that they are up to the standard.
Under the new Wisconsin statute an
agent from the state commission is
liable to drop down upon them at
most any time and if found wanting,
it will be a bad advertisement for |
business as we'll as something no ex-