Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1913-08-20
LATEST LOCAL NEWS

visited his hrOther, 4. +. DickidsOu
and family here several days during
the past week.
w. F. Joeckel of Lake Mills, who
a few years ago conducted a clothing
store in this city. visited in Ian.
caster over Sunday.
F. H. Smith, of Elroy, and his
sisterin law, Miss Bernice Roberts.
Of Dodgeville, were gusts Of MIR.
and Mrs. W W. Rees.
Alfred Warren, the monum ent
dealer, put On monument in Boice
Creek cemetery few days ago for
the late Oliver Nj. Keene.
-Burne Pollock was here from
Milwaukee the past week for visit
with his parents. He returned by
way Of Potosi last evening.
Miss Frances Williams, who had
been visiting at the home Of her un-
Gle, J. 3. Howe, returned Saturday
to her home at Evanston, Ill.
Mrs John Kelly who had been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Kilburg here for week or more,
returned to her pome in DUBUQUE.
Monday,
The car load of Southern alberta
peaches received by L.Alt & Sons was
opened and placed on sale Monday
morning and they we're practically all
sold out that day.
Miss Katherine Meyer returned
home Monday from a three weeks
visit at Wausau and Rhinelander, at
both of which places she was a mem.
Der of house party.
Mrs. Austin Farrand has been laid
up for two or three weeks by an &C.
cident received on a barbed wire fence
while in the country, one of her
knees being severely injured.
Miss Theda Howe returned last
week from her vacation of several
weeks very pleasantly spent at Sioux
City. Iowa, Chicago, and a brief
stay at Hudson, at which latter place
she taught in the schools last year.
The store building formerly oc.
cupied by Mrs. Burr's millinery es-
tablishment, west of the Boston Store,
has been purchased by Harry Gross,
who is having it remodeled and will
later occupy it with his music house.
j. e. Howe, Rev H. A. Stude-.
baker, DR.. j. G. Doolittle and j. H.
Pugh went to Potosi yesterday morn.
ing and caught the early train for
Prairie du Chem, where they attended
tournament of the Interstate Tennis
Association.
Sunday evenings rain storm
was very heavy in the section along
the Mississippi river in the southern
and western parts of this county. At
Mccartney it is said the rain was the
heaviest seen there in gears. In
places the roads were badly washed
out.
Clarence Sousley of Chicago, a
member of the mercantile firm of D.
Crichton & Co., of this city, will
spend the week end here with the
Crichtons, and will be accompanied
by his nephew from the Philippines
who is now in this country on a fur
Tough.
Bert Schreiner. Kenneth Burgess
and Miss Martha Meyer, Of this city,
and Miss Todd, of Dixon, III started
Sunday afternoon in the formers car
on weeks auto trip which con
telnplatsd visits with relatives at
Madison, Beloit, Oshkosh and other
cities. Mr.. Burgess parents live at
Oshkosh.
Frank Murphy, who has been en-
ployed for a couple of years at l..
Alt & Sons grocery and market,
has resigned. the change taking effect
last Saturday. Frank has purchased
subur ban general store at Prospect
Hill, near Waukesha, which he ex-
poets to take charge of in the near
future.
Joseph Gibson, the man who en-.
gagged in swindling insurance opera.
tions in this vicinity last spring, pos
ing as special agent for the great
Lloyds of London. and who since his
arrest has been confined in the county
Jail here, came into open court and
pleaded guilty last week before Judge
CIementson, who eptenced him to the
state prison at Waupun for the period
of eighteen mouths. He was taken
there on Thursday morning by Sheriff
W. B. Dyer.
1.-THE Thief belongs in the cate.
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