Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-07-10

Miss Alvina Funk, of Dubuque
is visiting relatives in Lancaster.
The Congregational Ladies' Aid
will meet on Friday at the church.
The Gross orchestra played at
PlatteVille the evening of the Fourth.
Mrs. Ed. Lind and family, Of
Sitter. spent Sunday at the Frawley
home
Mrs. Schuppner, Of Fennimore,
attended the funeral Of Mrs. Newman
held here Monday afternoon.
Miss Hill, Of Cincinnati, who
visited here last week with Miss
Bessie Hyde, returned Sunday.
John KilbY Of Dubuque, visited
last week and part Of this with
relatives here and at Hurricane.
The Ladies Ju ior Aid Of the
NJ. E. church Will meet with Mrs.
W. 2. Lathrop Friday afternoon.
Joe Brewer. Of Platteville, is
here visiting his sisters, Mrs A
Breithaupt and Miss Wilma Brickner.
The Misses Kent and Stiles, of
B9loit, and Miss Lillian Sabin, of
Portland, Ore, are guests of Mrs. S.
Greene.
John Campbell, of Dodgeville,
was in the city on business Monday
He went from here to Bloomington
yesterday.
F. P. Barnett and daughter
Florence went to Milwaukee Monday
afternoon to attend the State jewelers.
convention.
The Ladies of the M. E. church
will serve tea tonight. July 10, from
five o'clock until all are served
Everybody come.
Mr.. and Mrs. ?. BARLEY and Mrs.
Cecilia Garthwaite, Of Bloomington,
we've over Monday to attend the
funeral Of Mrs. Barbara Newman.
Mr. and Mrs. s. E. Reid and two
daughters, of Homer, accompanied
Miss Ellen Watkins, who has been
visiting them, home by auto Sunday
Mrs. Robert Watchorn and son
and Miss Edith Thomas, of Chicago,
arrived Friday evening for a visit
with MIR. and Mrs. Chas Boyd and
family.
Miss Lottie Zimmerman, of Chi
cage, who has been visiting her grand
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Wise for the
past two weeks, returned to her home
Monday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Dahl, Of Westby
Wis, called on .. W. Wright and
wife. Monday, while on their way
home from PlatteviIle, where Mrs.
Dahl formerly lived.
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Roberts, of
Lincoln, Nebraska, arrived Monday
noon for visit with Mrs Roberts
parents, Mr.. and Mrs M. V. Buryis,
and sister Mrs. g. S. Moore.
Mrs E. Meader and little daugh-
ter, of Galena, who have been visit
ing for the past three weeks with her
sister Mrs Adolph Bergheger, re-
turned to her home Monday morning.
VIM. Rarrows drove to Potosi
Saturday with John Graham and
family, who will spend a week with
their son Archie, before returning to
their home in Dubuque The Grahams
have spent the past weeks here with
relatives.
"A special permit was issued by
Judge Goodsell Saturday noon to Fred
Albert Kicks and Berdie Helena
Streeter, of Boscobel, who were mar
ried by Justice G. W. Burrows at
the court house Saturday afternoon
The young couple returned to Boscobel
on the afternoon train Saturday.
-Ritner Stephens, former we'll
known Grant county resident, having
for years owned and lived upon a big
farm south of Beetown. died on Sun
day Of last week at his home at
Huron S. D. His remains were
brought back to Be- own for burial,
the funeral being leld at the Dodge
chuch last Wednesday afternoon. He
was II years old and the last surviv-
ing member Of fourteen brothers and
sisters comprising his father s fam
lily.
We have had some warm days
corn and hay weather the farmers
say, during the past two weeks, but
they have not reached anything like
the torrid spell through which we
passed about this tine last year. W.
r. Walker kept record taken at 80