Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-07-24

-Koy ). Peacock, of Glen Haven.
visited here last week with relatives
and friends.
-Messrs. Geo. L Seager aud a.
G. Henderson, of Fennimore, were in
the city yesterday afternoon on bust
ness. So sh.
Miss Myrna Hy1ner went to Platte
vile yesterday morning to be the
guest OF Miss Ella Roseleip. for few
days.
Mrs. Jacka, of Mineral Point.
arrived Thursday noon for a visit
with her daughter, Mrs. Albert
Siebert
! Mr.. and Mrs john eastman
and the Misses Florence eastman
and nellie Clarity made a tri pto
Dubuque Friday.
Mrs. Geo. NARROW, of Hurricane,
is in Lemars. Iowa, visiting her
mother Mrs, Crouch. She expects
to be gone two or three weeks.
Misses Hildegarde Alt and Emma
Knoble visited several days last week
at the VIM. Leise home In South Lam
CATER, returning home on Saturday.
The interior Of Hatch's opera
house, including the Railways, are
being frightened up by James Hayden
aud his force of painters, and it looks
like new now.
Misses Hazel Stevens and
Gertrude Marks, of Fennimore, &C..
companied Miss Katharine Meyer
home, Thursday morning and returned
in the afternoon
Mrs. L. Groenier and children
returned Monday evening from
Oshkosh, where they have been visit
ing Mrs Groenier's mother, Mrs.
Mile Humphrey.
Mr.. and Mrs A. H Patche and
daughter Marie, F. j. Noetzel and
wife A. Noetzel, w. Reekoowet and
Glen Bates, of Bloomington. stopped
here for few hours Thursday, on
their Ram bier cross country trip.
Another river excursion from
Potosi to Dubuque and return is an
nounced for next Sunday. The
steamer Potosi will leave the Potosi
4 Of 81
ing and on the return trip in the even
ing will leave Dubuque at 5 80.
Miss Lillian Stephens is going to
have summer vacation what am, "
this time She expects to start next
Tuesday for trip to the Pacific coast.
going by the Northern Pacific route.
and will visit at Spokane. Seattle,
Portland, Vancouver and other points,
returning over the Canadian Pacific.
She will be gone until the 1st of
October.
The newest edition of the old
est hit" Terry's Uncle Tom S Cabin,
showed here last night following their
open air band concert. The massive
tent, which seats about 5000 people,
was packed. scores of people being
turned from the doors The old play
was we'll produced by Terry's actors,
some of whom. including the colcred
people. presented specialities between
acts for the continual entertainment
of the audience.
Guy Horsfall, proprietor of the
Lancaster Bottling Works, will vacate
his present quarters, in Ed Hyde 8
building in about 60 days aud is
preparing to erect new building of
his own on his lots west of the Bieg
property, in the third ward. The
building will be frame structure
24x36 feet in size, IL stories, with a
basement under the entire building,
and built especially to meet the needs
of his soft drink manufacture. The
excavation has been completed and is
now ready for the concrete foundation.
Guy has large sale for his wares in
Lancaster and the surrounding coun-
try.
The Grant County Agricultural
Society will have county corn con
test for boys and girls again this year
and expects that it will prove even
more successful than it did last year.
The first prize this year, instead of
the customary cash prize, is to be
scholarship for the short course at the
Wisconsin College Of Agriculture.
The tuition to this is free, but The
First National Bank, Ziegler Bros.
and David Crichton & Co. will jointly
offer. as special premium for the
fair, the amount necessary to pay
railroad fare, board. etc.. for one
student for this short course, which
will be awarded to the winner Of first
prize in the corn contest.