Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-04-17

Henry Henkel went TO Cub yes.
terday.
John Kilburg went to Fenni-
more Yesterday.
Sheriff Hymer went to Platte
vile yesterday,
L. Q. P9nnock hal business
Hazel Green Tuesday. "a. r.
Lawrence Golden of Platteville,
visited here last week.
Miss Jessie Hannum is visiting
her relatives at Eagle Grove, Ia.
Miss Dorothy Vesperman is the
new cashier at the Boston Store. - -.
Miss Ruth ZiegIer returned to her
school duties in Milwaukee Friday.
Yves Thompson visited last week
with his sister, Mrs Frank Muesse, at
Minneapolis
The Ladies' Aid of the Congrega-
tional church will meet with Miss
ABBY Phelps Friday afternoon.
Albert Lay, Of Hastings. Neb., is
guest Of his daughter Mrs. August
Craemer. He will go to Dubuque
next week to visit relatives.
Abe Patch. of Bloomington,
agent for the Rambler automobiles,
was in Lancaster on business Thurs
day.
w. q. Knox has received a car
load of E. M. F. "3O'' automobiles
two of which are already sold. He
expects another carload soon.
The subject for the sermon at
the Congregational church Sunday
morning is He saved others, himself
he cannot save. All are invited.
q. E. Weisser, of Madison, had
the morning passenger run between
Lancaster and Galena as brakeman for
few days.
A. A. Sweeney, proprietor of the
Windsor hotel at Platteville, we
regret to say, improves very slowly.
His sister Mrs. Eastman, nurse from
st. Mary's hospital at Chicago, has
been with him the past three weeks.
Miss Roseline b. Schauf and
George j, Jackering Jr, both of
Waterloo, were united in marriage by
Rev. Father WamboI at the st.
Clements church yesterday morning
at s o'clock.
The Cemetery Association will
hold their annual meeting at the rest
room Friday evening, April 10, at
z o'clock. There must be five officers
or ten members present to constitute
quorum. Members please make
special effort to be there.
Philip Shimmin died at his
home in this city Thursday night at
the age of 70 years. funeral services
were held on Saturday with burial in
cemetery near Preston. Rev. ]. T.
Morgans officiated. The deceased
leavs to mourn a beloved wife, three
sons and one daughter.
Oscar Serstad, OF Montfort, was
arrested Monday and brought to Ian.
caster tc await hearing on the charge
of bastardy. He plead guilty to the
charge preferred against him and will
be compelled to come before the
circuit court and receive his deserved
sentence.
Miss Emma Schildgen. of Bee
town and William Fl. Knapp, of
| Bloomington. passed through Lancas-
ter Monday enroute to Mansion where
they were united in marriage yester.
day by Rev. Father Schleicher former
ly of the st. Clements Catholic
church in this city.
A lawn tennis court is being
prepared upon the school grounds
and this form of athletics will be
played by both girls and boys. The
base ball diamond at the fair grounds
is being plowed under and the high
school boys are much put out because
they can find no place to play ball.
A game is scheduled for Saturday
and they have no place in which to
practice.
The Ladies Aid of the Congrega-
tional church has been busily engaged
for several mont gathering old
papers and books from various
business houses and private residences
about the city. On Wednesday
large box car was switched onto the
siding near the depot and on Thurs
day and Friday the papers were
hurried into the car After all the
small collection had been carried
from the places where they have been
stored during the winter, about 100