Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-01-10


more Friday.
Mrs. Loretta Turner is visiting
her daughter in Rock Island, I'll
Miss Alberta hudson went to Ben
ton Saturday to resume her school
duties.
Misses Gertrude and Clara Ertz
are visiting relatives and friends at
Belmont.
Albert Henkel and wife left
Thursday for PardeevilIe, where the
former is principal in the public
schools.
Mike Kilbride, Of St. Rose,
small village near Cuba City, was
Lancaster caller last week, to see his
brother Phoenix.
Miss Vera Hickok, of Blooming
ton, passed through Lancaster Friday
enroute to Rib Lake, Wis, where she
is teaching school,
Another epidemic Of dyphtheria
is raging at the Mendoza hospital for
the insane. This is the second with
In very short time.
Robert Meysembourg returned to
Sacred Heart college at Prairie du
Chen Thursday. His mother
accompanied him as far as Fennimore.
Miss Irene Underwood, who has
been spending a two weeks vacation
with Lancaster relatives started Sat-
urday for Omaha. Nab., where ene is
teaching.
Miss Estella Hewitt. of Grand
Rapids Wis returned to her home
Monday after visit with her brother
Henry who is just recovering from a
long sickness.
Everybody should take extra
productions this cold weather with
their stoves and other heating ap-
pliances. This would be an un-
usually DdQ IILu0 IOT uIGS.
The local fire company was cali
ed out early Friday morning in answer
to call from the VIM. Burgess home.
The boys got the hose there but the
blaze was only in the chimney and
little harm was done.
Raymond Webb, who has been
employed by Joe Ivey for some time
left Friday for Menominie to take an
Is weeks course in plumbing at the
Stout school. His father, James 7.
Webb, accompanied him and remained
few days.
The Salvation Army has so
aroused the Platteville people that
branch organization will be started
there and it will continue the work.
Over 100 converts have been won
during the campaign and the Army
will return to PIatteville in March to
comp lete the work.
"A very rare sight for this section
of the world is a flock of robins on
the 29th of December Such was wit
messed however last Friday by Messrs.
Nick Weber and Andrew Whitford,
while engaged in chopping wood
about a mile and a half east of this
city. There were sixteen of the little
red breasts and they were as clipper
and content as they could ue appear
emily, notwithstanding the below
zero weather only day or go previ-
Gus Mineral Point Tribune.
Fred Burr met with very pain
full accident Monday morning. AS he
was crossing the street between the
post Office co the bank he turned to
speak to some one and as he turned he
was struck in the right side by the
tongue of vehicle which was being
driven along the street. Mr.. Burr
was knocked to the side of the street
and in this way he escaped being run
over by the horses. The blow rendered
him unconscious for short time but
DR.. Godfrey soon fixed him up all
right He spent most of the day in
bed and his son Whitney took charge
of the moving pictures at the Orphenm
Theatre Monday evening. Aside from
a stiff and bruised side the patient is
now recovering successfully.
The evening train which is
scheduled to arrive in Lancaster at
exactly p M. did not come until
II 80 Thursday evening. The trouble
came in the morning, for when the
train arrived at Leslie, a small
station between Montfort and Platte
vile, it could go no futher because a
freight engine coming from Gale1a
was derailed and the track was
blocked The Lancaster train was
compelled to back up to Montfort
where it remained until nearly 8
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