Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1911-12-27

Fred Kruger spent Xmas day
in Fennimore.
Roy rockingham little girl
Caroline is very sick.
John and Ernest Wis,o went to
Platteville Monday.
Mrs. j. H. Reed left Friday for
visit at Griswold, Ia.
E L. Mccoy went to Fsnnimore
yesterday on business.
Matthew Muench went to Bridge
port to work, yesterday.
Mrs. U. E. McReynolds and son
went to Rewey Monday.
Mrs. M. J. Grifiths spent Monday
with relatives at Fennimore.
Frank and Ralph Stone spent
Christmas with relatives here.
Miss Harriet Marks is home from
Appleton, where she is attending
school,
james E. Dunlap is spending
the Christmas vacation at his home
in Ripon.
Misses Bessie Divall, Ruth Austin
and Selma Wagner went home to
Liberty Friday.
Roy Clifton went to Reedsburg
Friday to spend Christmas with his
wife amp babies.
Mary Farrand went to PlattevilIe
Saturday for visit with her sister,
Mrs. Robert Smith,
Miss Gertrude Wiebrecht is
spending toe holiday vacation at her
home in La Crosse.
No Jail can hold Smith. Smith
will be at the opera house with his
vaudeville on Jan. 1st. and End.
Misses Elva Dyer, Ferne Petty.
nellie Belscamper, and Hazel Bryhan
came home from Milwaukee Friday.
The Lancaster girls who are
attending Platreville Normal came
home Friday for the Christmas
vacation.
The Herald will have some nice
calendars to give out to its patrons
when they drop in to pay their
subscriptions, after January 1st
Simon Langstaff. of Potosi, had
business in the probate court here yes
terday closing up the estate of the
late Thomas Berg, of which estate he
! is the executor.
The Herald is several hours late.
this week because of the fact that the
entire working force laid off Monday
to observe Christmas and the Office
was closed all day.
Charley Williams who has been
the engineer of locomotives on the
narrow gauge between Fennimore and
Woodman since the starting Of the
road has resigned his position.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Roth enter
tanned small party Of relatives and
friends at fine Xmas dinner in their
new home on south Adams street.
Although the new residence is not
entirely finished the Xmas dinner was
all right just the same
F. H Krog, of PlattevilIe, has
been elected memb of the arbitra-
tion committee of the Elgin board of
Trade Mr.. Krog will probably do
his best to keep the price of fooo
products within reach of the poorer
class as we'll as the rich.
The dance at Knapp's hall
Christmas night was a record breaker.
both, as to large crowd, and a good
time in general. The next big dance
will be Monday night Jan. 1st, which
means another good time, and
Happy New Year for all who attend
The state school fund income &C.
crued up to December 1, as announced
by state superintende dent G. P. Carey,
amounts to So, O8, or and is divided
among the counties of the state in
proportion to the population of school
age in each on June 30, 1911. Grant
1 0Ad1O Uu4S
ment will be $32, 429. A, the number
of children Of school age in this
county at that time being 10, O87.
Conductor and Mrs l. J. Laird
left yesterday for LaValle, where
they will reside for time with their
son. We under stand that it is the
purpose of Mr.. Laird to retire from
railroad work, after many years of
honorable service, and no doubt he
will be placed on the pension list of
the Northwestern company. Many
friends will regret the removal Of
this estimable family from our vii
lage. -Necedah Republican. Mr.. and
Mrs. Laird will be we'll remem bered
as recent residents of Lancaster.
DO not forget the basket social