Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-12-13

"A little less than two weeks
until Christmas.
Mrs. Smith was down from Fen
nimore Monday.
Dancing school next Tuesday
evening, Dec. 10.
-$38 was cleared from the Charity
ball last Friday evening.
). R. Place visited his son at
Belleville last week.
L. D. Eastman and George Baxter
had business in MoDtfort Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Len Bradley of
FennImore, Spent Sunday in Lancas-
ter.
Ellis O'Connor and wife, of Camp
Douglas. visited James Olson IN Lam
caster last week.
W. A. Starkweather, of Madison,
spent Sunday with his wife who is
visiting IN Lancaster.
John Breithaupt, of Bloomington,
was here Friday and left Saturday on
the train for BrodtvilIe.
j. B. Hughes, the representative
for the Wisconsin Music Company
came to Lancaster Wednesday.
The year 1912 will be leap year.
Now the girls who are matrimoniallY
inclined will have their chance.
Miss Vogelsberg. of British
Hollow. was a Lancaster caller Satur-
day. F. Philbrick accompanied her.
Sherlock Holmes, says an
exchange. never had the ingenuity of
child hunting for hidden Christmas
presents.
Ed Rumpf mail clerk on the
morning passenger is spending a
weeks vacation at his home il
Portage.
Mrs. Frank Allen started Monday
for her home in Livingston after
visit in Lancaster with Misses Kate
and Julia Sweeney.
Frank Long and Curtis Totman
left Wednesday for Mason City, Ia
where they will be employed in the
Colby Automobile Factory.
Clarence Glider, Of Fennimore,
is assisting with the farm work at
George elders north Of Lancaster
during Mr.. elders sickness
The annual meeting Of the
Woman's Missionary Society of the
Congregational church will be held at
the home of Mrs George Goble Fri
day afternoon A full attendance is
desired
Walter Brun and Dan Dersch
passed through Lancaster Monday
from Beetown where they have been
visiting. Mr.. Brun is resident Of
Sitter and Mr.. Dersch comes from
Minnesota and is visiting at Sitter.
Mrs N. A. Morse and Mrs. ]. T.
NARROW returned to Appleton, Wis,
Monday. Mrs. NARROW will spend
few weeks with her mother Mrs.
Morse in Appleton and will then
start for her home in Spokane. Wash
ington.
The Klar Piquett mine at Platte
Vile will return a so per cent
dividend to stockholders during the
month of Dece nber. AT this rate
they will pay total of $40. 900 in
dividends during the present month.
Sone Lancaster people are interested
in this mine are no doubt glad to
hear of this announcement.
Shafiif~-Hy mer is at the present
time holding in custody at the court
house large jug of booze taken
from a saloon il Boscooel The
sheriff went to BoscobeL Monday and
made raids on the saloon Of Adam
Heller and the hotel and saloon of
Adolf Johnson The two prOpTletOrs
were arrested for the illegal selling
Of liquor and were brought to Ian
caster yesterday.
I'VE are now preparing to mail
statements of account to all sub
scrio ers who owe one year or more,
and hope to meet with cheerful and
liberal response from all before the
beginning of the new year. Settle
ments once a year are easier and
better for all concerned, and besides,
the attitude or the postofice depart
ment toward newspapers is such as to
require subscriptions to be paid much
more promptly than custom formerly
demanded.
AT the annual meeting of the
T,adios' Aid Sooietv of tho (H0norooo