Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-07-09

A. Decker visited his son Charles
and family on Campbell Ridge a few
days the past week.
-Delos Abrams and wife spen
several days last week at the S. A
Hatch home in Bloomington.
The Ladies' Aid society Of thu
| Congregational church will meet or
Friday afternoon. at the church
The Knox Auto Agency sold sis
cylinder 'Studebaker' auto recently
to Matt Hendricks, Cuba City
banker. The delivery was made last
week.
Clarence Sousley, Chicago mem.
Der Of the firm of David
Chrichton & Co., spent the week
end here at the Crichton home and
looked over business interests.
Arthur Mayne, who has been
visiting for a number of weeks at
the home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Mayne, in Beetown left on
Monday for Deerfield Wis, where he
will engage in the jewelry business.
AS a result of the tent meetings
which are being held in Lancaster a
good society has been organized with
Mrs. Ed Davis as class leader, and
Rev. and Mrs. Thrall expect to reside
in the city, Mr.. Thrall acting as
pastor of the new church.
Abe Patch. of Bloomington, was
here Friday on his way to the cottage
near Boscobel where he aud his
family are staying during the summer
months. Lee Wright accompanied
him there and spent the week end
returning Monday evening
H. W. Brown, accompanied by
Mrs. Brown and their son Dick, left
on the afternoon train yesterday for
Eagle River, Wis. away up in the
northeastern part of the state, in Villas
county, where they expect to spend a
vacation in the very heart of the fish
ing country.
The Herald printed 500 extra
copies of last weeks edition contain.
ing the story of the catastrophe near
Cassville. in which four of our citizens
were drowned, and pictures of the
victims. The demand for the papers
was SO great that all but about a
dozen of them have been sold.
"A great transformation has been
made in the highway at Pigeon hill,
a mile south of the city, under the
capable direction of county commits
sioner A. Wepk1ng and the town
board of South Lancaster. The rock
has been dug out of the hill and a
finely macadamized roadway built,
much to the satisfaction of all
autoists and others who have occasion
to use it.
An item concerning the soldiers
who went from Lancaster to the big
reunion at Gettysburg was nislaid
last week and escaped publication.
The members of the party were A. g
Morse, Jacob A. Drew, VIM. Frawley,
Eugene Whitmore. John Black bourne,
Henry Hudson, John w. Miles, Joseph
Book and Levi Showalter. Mr..
Morse's two sons, E j. Morse, of this
city and Robt Morse, of Stevens
Point. accompanied him.
"A lively party of girls-Beth
Lisherness Jeanette Mccoy Martha
Meyer, Gladys Lishernesa, Katharine
Meyer, Vera Eastman, Bessie Conner,
Algie NARROW, Helen Walker,
Genevieve Bennett, Esther Henkel,
Doris Schreiner. Margaret Schreiner
and Gertrude Eastman, have been
camping at Nike Showalter's cabin
on Grant river, near Purter's bridge,
for several days. A portion Of the
crowd have been there nearly two
weeks, being joined by several of the
others later. Miss Conner came back
on the 4th of July to go to Chicago
The others returned Monday evening
and report having had splendid
tt no. The camp has been christened
Camp Bughouse, although there
seems no valid reason for thinking
that any member of the lively bunch
has reached that state of mind. The
camp color adopted, according to the
best authenticated reports, is bridal
grey. Mike Showalter was the
only man in the party and it was,
unanimously voted to invest him
with the title of outer guard, much
to his disappointment and disgust,
but what availeth it a man to kicE
in these troublous days of vote;
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