Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-03-05

for the old home paper.
Miss Emma Hippenbecker. of
Fennimore, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
Chas. Jewel.
There's nothing too good for the
| Irish - at the st. Patrick supper
March 18th, Congregational church
The demonstration that was to
have been given at the r N. A. hall
on March 7th has been indefinitely
postponed
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Blewett
pleasantly entertained a number of
their friends at six O'Clock dinner
Sunday evening.
Misses Margaret and Alvin Funk,
] of Dubuque, arrived here Saturday
evening for weeks visit with rela
tives and friends.
Mrs Frank Horton returned to
her home in Fennimore yesterday
afternoon having visited here with
her sister. Mrs. K. F. Orion.
Miss Jennie Farrand left vester
day afternoon for Chicago, where she
will remain indefinitely with her
sister, Mrs. Robt. Smith.
Remember the last dance at the
Rink is this week, March 7th. Mu
sic by the famous Gibson Harp Or
chestra You know the rest.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Day left yes
terdsy afternoon on business trip to
Milwaukee. Chicago and Marengo,
ILL.,, to be gone about ten days.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. J. Schade were
surprised at their home Friday night
by twelve of their friends All
present spent very pleasant even
ing.
The Mystic Workers invite you
to take trip with them through the
Emerald Isle. When March II.
Where At the K. 2. hall. Program
later.
Ed johnson, farmer residing
east of the city on the cemetery road,
died yesterday (Tuesday) morning
about o'clock following Lingering
illness from diabetes. Funeral at
the residence 1 80 Thursday afternoon.
Fischer & Pagenkopf have
quarter page advertisement on 9Th
page of today's Herald, calling atten-
ton to their lines of machinery for
spring use-manure spreaders, grain
drills disc seeders, gasoline engines,
etc. Their spring OPP ening takes
place March 18th and 18th.
The Congregation S. S. Boys
under the direction of Chester Croker
will give their st. Patrick supper at
the Congregational church March 18th,
from 80 until all are served A
musical program will be given after
the supper, all for 25c. Encourage
the boys by your presence, and help
swell the fluid for the Eaton Memorial
window.
-Platteville will hold a racing
meet upon the fair grounds in that
city on July Sd and 4h, with
games and sports Of various kinds
included in the program. Very
many of the fair associations have
discontinued horse racing during the
past year or two and this summer
meeting will be an experiment to test
how much the public really cares
for them.
1t is reported that Mr.. Andrew of
Livingston is making extensive plans
for the park under his management,
near Livingston on the Andrew farm.
A private electric plant will furnish
lights for the lake and roads leading
to the park. He recently purchased
eight 4-passenger Clinker boats and
| two McMuellen air chamber steam
boats. Is acres will be devoted to
ball grounds, tennis courts. etc. It
will certainly be a popular place dur.
ing the summer with parties who are
enjoying an auto trip, and will be the
first Of it's kind in the state.
Louis Weber has installed some
new machinery in the repair shop of
his new shoe store that will prove of
great convenience. One of the ma
chimes is used for sewing soles upon
shoes and tuIns out job of this kind
in remarkably quick time and in very
neat style. Another contains num-
Der of circular brushes of various sizes
which revolve rapidly upon a shaft
and are used for finishing and polish
ing. They are all driven by re-
Gently installed electric motor and
enable the workmen to turn out big
lot of repair work in a short time and
do it we'll.
There never has been a time