Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-07-09
j. E Kundert, of Platteville,
was here on business Monday,

was nere on business Monday.
Mrs. John Boyle visited with hel
brother in Lacrosse last week.
J. Antoine. of Prairie du Chen,
called on friends here Monday.
j. P. Evans. Of Prairie du Chen,
was Lancaster caller Monday.
Fred G. Stephens. of Cuba City,
spent Sunday here with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. j Eastman, of
Cobb, visited relatives here Sunday
Miss Gladys Whitver. of Madi-
son, is visiting her aunt, Mrs. j. H.
Pugh.
Miss Mildred Livens, of Platte
vile, is visiting here with relatives
for few days.
Miss Augusta Schutt. of Kenosha,
is the new telegraph operator at the
Western Union.
Ralph Irwin moved Monday into
the Mccullough place which he has
recently purchased.
Miss Belle Roach, of Fennimore,
visited a few days last week with her
friend Miss Florence Lathrop.
Miss Genevieve Moran left last
Wednesday for an extended visit
with relatives in Minneapolis.
MIR and Mrs. o. NJ. Nelson and
daughter, Charlotte, of Boscobel,
spent Sunday here with friends.
The band concert in the court
yard last Thursday evening was very
largely attended and greatly enjoyed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Hampton have
gone to Rockford, Illinois. where
they will make their future home.
Miss Nargretta Nehls spent few
days last week in Beetown visiting
with ner friend, Miss Elva Gates.
Rev. H. A. Studebaker and wife
have moved into the Congregational
parsonage and will make Lancaster
their home during the summer.
George Marks, Jr. and John
Mankel, accompanied by their wives,
autoed to Beetown on Sunday and
spent the day at the L. ID. Mcconnell
home.
Mrs. Louis ]. Powers and little
son, of st. Louis, Mo-, arrived here
Monday evening for visit at the
home of her sister, Mrs. G. F.
Budworth.
Miss Bessie Schwab, of South
Lancaster, who underwent an opera.
tion for appendicitis at the Doolittle
hospital short time ago, has return.
ed to her home geatly improved.
David Eastman and daughter
Arminda departed yesterday for
Spokane, Washington, and from the
will 60 to Seattle and other cities on
the coast, expecting to remain two
or three months. The outward trip
will be made mainly over the
Canadian Pacific, which is the finest
of all the trans continental lines at
this season.
Lancaster has made start at
oiling the city streets and if found
satisfactory will make it quite general
on streets that are most commonly
used. 1t was poured on a portion of
the north and east sides of the court
house square-on Madison and Maple
streets, and before it had time to
thoroughly soak into the macadamized
surface hard rain washed con-
siderable of it away. It has proven
OF much SERVICE however in keeping
down the dust and looks as though it
will prove very satisfactory when ap-
piled as it is the intention to do with
it.
Work is progressing nicely on the
new asylum building, although not as
fast as the contractors would like,
owing to the difficulty in obtaining
laborers. The three large 90-h. D.
boilers for the heating plant were re-
ceived a few days ago. A portion of
the walls are now we'll up toward
the second floor and the large steel
beams therefor are being placed. The
dining room Of the institution is to
be 45x72 feet in size, without post
or column within and will be a
beautiful and spacious one. The
three great porches will be very COM
Portable and roomy Offering slightly
views therefrom. From the south
one the mounds beyond Platteville,
Sinsinawa and across the Mississippi
on the Iowa side, looking to the south
west are plainly visible on clear days,
distance of twenty to twenty five