Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-12-30

Ralph NJ. Stone, of Madison re
turned home Monday after having
spent Christmas week at Edgewood
-Rollo Day is home from Bayles;
Business College, of Dubuque, fol
the holiday vacation.
Miss Mary Stoll is spending q
few days of the holiday season with
her parents in Potosi.
-Chas. Jonss returned to his home
in Fennimore, Thursday, after sew
eral days visit at the w. B. Dyer and
Chas. Borah homes.
The w. R. C. will give a
chicken pie supper on Thursday even
ing of this week at the Post hall,
from 5 O'Clock until all are served.
Miss Katherine Mccoy returned
home last week from Oberlin, Oaio,
where she is attending school, to
spend the holiday vacation with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Mccoy.
Lancaster postoffice made special
provisions for handling parcels at the
Christmas rush. Postmaster Webb
opened the side door, (not the
"ladies' entrance) before which a
table was placed, so that there was
almost no delay in dispatchlng the
business.
Miss Pearl Poland is now en-
ployed in the office of the county
treasurer as bookkeeper. This ar
rangment keeps the Office open at
all times. Besides doing the hook
keeping in the treasurer's office,
Miss Poland will help in the office of
the clerk of courts and other offices
in the county building.
The special meeting of Lancas-
ter Lodge No. 20, +. & A. NJ, last
Monday afternoon, followed by
joint installation of the newly elected
officers of the blue lodge and R. A.
M. Chapter, the same evening, were
well attended and much enjoyed.
There were a number of brethren
present from adjoining lodges.
That Grant County is doing
something in the way of transferring
real estate is proven by the number
of deeds recorded in the office of the
register of deeds. During, Nov. /,
1913, to Nov. /, 1914, there. were
left for record 2,OO7 deeds. 1t is
not quite convenient g to give the
amount of the consideration in all
these deeds, but certain it is. they
aggregate large sum-. =. 4 I'D
Vital statistics for Grant County
show that during the year, Nov. l
1913, to Nov. 1 1914, there were re
corded in the office of the register of
deeds 884 births; of deaths there
were sos; of marriages there were
245. There were reported four &C
cidents that were of sufficient SER
iousness to find a place in the county
records; and on six occasions parents
came in and gave consent to the
marriage of minors. eees@ IS =:
The following is the amount of
stock shipped from here this week
Monday, Place and Jerrett 5 cars
hogs, John Dobson 2 cars hogs, A E.
Lewis 2 cars sheep, Mccoy and. Croft
2 cars of hogs and car cattle, Frank
Zenz 1 car hogs. Tuesday, John
Dobson 2 cars hogs, Place and Jerrett
1 car hogs, Mccoy and Croft car
hogs, Ernest Schildgen i car hogs,
Wood Bros. 1 car hogs, Austin
Dewey 1 car hogs and 1 car cattle,
Henry Holzinger 1 car hogs and 1 car
cattle.
-Orpheum theatre for the follow
ing week: Wednesday and Thursday
nights, Hope Fosters Mother, F."
2-reel drama; Ellis Wife's Pet, )"
comedy; ''The Deadly Dispatch,
comedy. Thursday matinee and
night-a big 6-reel feature, "The
Rise and Fall Of Napoleon. Friday
and Saturday nights Broncho
Billy's Mission" western; Hearst
SeIig news pictorial; "The Rocky
Road of Love-" comedy. Monday
night "The Dole of Destiny,
drama 'The Losing Fight" drama;
"a Horse on Sophie,'' western
comedy. Tuesday, series No. II,
"The Million Dollar Mystery.