Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-11-12

Miss Della SWiizar returned home
to Fennimore, yesterday.
Mis-. T. e. CoIfield, Of Fenni-
more, was here between trains Tues
day.
Mrs. H. j Schmidt and son Rex,
spent Tuesday afternoon 1T Fenni-
more.
The city marshal warns citizens
against depositing ashes in the public
streets.
Mrs. Jno Henkel and Miss
G8nevieve Ennor are spending a
week in Milwaukee
Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. Bowen have
moved here from Maryland Junction.
They came Tuesday noon.
Blanket season for horses. See
advertisement of Ressmeyer & Kasper,
on ninth page CT today's Herald.
e. q. Rewey and wife, of Platte.
vile, spant Sunday here with his
brother nlaw, 3. E. Showalter.
Miss Alvina Brandt, of Fenni-
more spent few days here last week
with her sister, Mrs. Fred Schlosser.
Mrs. H. E. Baxter, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Dan Baxter,
at Fennimore, returned home to Ian
Caster, Tuesday
Ladies free Monday night to
Longs show if accompanied by a
paid 35c ticket purchased before
O'Clock at Hatch's drug store.
Mrs P. T. Stevens. of Montfort,
has been here making a short visit
with her son, L. H. Stevens She re-.
| turned home Tuesday afternoon.
The news comes from Warner,
Alberta, Canada, that Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Bailie Jr., are parents Of
another bouncing baby boy-their
second.
Miss Helen Smith, daughter of
VIM. Smith, of this city who has
been i'll long time died at the home
of her aunt, Miss Sarah Smith, Mon
day afternoon.
The fine stock farm formerly
owned by the late james Donnelly,
in Patch Grove, is to be sold at auc-
ton, December 10 See advertise
ment on 8th page of this paper.
There will be special convoca-
ton of Grant Chapter No. q, r. A.
M. at their hall in Lancaster on Sat-
urday evening, Nov. Is, 1913, at Z p.
m for work in the Past Master and
Most Excellent Masters Degrees. All
companions ara urged to be present
= Mrs. j. c. Parker gave dinner
on Saturday to relatives in honor Of
of her cousin Mrs Ed Fox, of La
Crosse and a merry time and a good
dinner was enjoyed by all. Mrs.
Fox, (nee Ella Ward) about % years
ago was helper in the Teller office,
going from here to Lacrosse where she
continued to do newspaper work until
her marriage to Mr. Fox. They have
two bright daughters. Miss Viva will
in June, next, finish four years
course in the University, at Min
neapolis, and Miss Virgia graduates
from the Lacrosse high school
While this section of the state
was treated to weather that had a
little sting in it in the way of a
sharp wind from the northwest Sunday
and Monday, it was pleasant withal,
and the sun shone brightly nearly all
day Monday, while yesterday was
bright and warm. This was much in
contrast with what the country
generally experienced. in eight states
the first great storm of winter ragged
on Sunday night with heavy falls of
snow and terrible gales of wind.
Wires we're down and railroad and
other traffic seriously hampered in
Western Pennsy lvania, northern Ohio,
Indiana, Tennessee. Maryland, West
Virginia and New York. All records
for November snow we're broken by
this storm. The greatest damage in
the middle west is repor ted on the lake
front in Chicago, where great por-
tions of the frontage were torn up by
the tremendous waves from the lake.
Mil waukee also suffered thousands of
dollars loss in its partially completed
breakwater on the south side.