Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-17

A lot more local news will be
found this week on pages two and four
of The Herald.
Miss Beth Austin retured to her
home at Liberty Thursday after a
visit with relatives here.
Miss Agnes Crubaugh returned
to her home in Fennimore Friday
after visit with friends in his city.
Herman Brendemuehl purchased
a new 30 h. p. 5-passenger Cartercar
through the Vesperman Bros. agency.
Jacob Wambold departed Mon
day for visit with relatives and
friends at Madison and Milwaukee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Dahl, of
Chicago, arrived the latter part of
the week for a visit at the Diesel
home.
Walter Damn came down from
Madison the latter part of the week
and will be employed on road work in
this vicinity.
L. A. Clark and J. Harold Pugh
were in Chicago last week, where
they purchased a fine looking second
hand so h. p. Holiday auto.
Miss Flora Rothschild, who is
employed as teacher in Minneapolis,
arrived in Lancaster Saturday and
will spend the summer here with her
father.
Mr. and Mrs. "A. E. Gratz, of
Madison, returned home the latter
part of the week after a pleasant
visit with friends IN Lancaster and
vicinity.
Next Saturday, June 20, will be
Sunshine Day at the Aupperle Grocery
Co.'S store A special demonstra-
tor will be there all day to serve
you with samples of Sunshine biscuits.
See advertisement on page three of
this paper.
w. j. Brennan received word
yesterday to the effect that upon a
tract of land owned by himself and
d. j. Gardner, of Platteville, in
Oklahoma, the we'll drillers had
struck a vein of gas that will furnish
six million cubic feet per day. Gee !!
that's bad.
While Harry Borah, Clarence
Suer and a son of Henry Mink were
all three riding on one bicycle Satur-
day, down the hill by the Baxter &
Draper creamery, they lost control of
the machine and it went crashing into
a telephone pole. The result was a
demolished bicycle but the boys
luckily escaped with a few minor
bruises and first-class scare.
Next Saturday, June 20, is the
day set apart by the national depart
ment w. r. c.. to be observed in the
decoration of graves of the members
of that order. Members of the Corps
in Lancaster who are able to walk to
Hillside cemetery are requested to
meet there at 3 o'clock p. m. next
Saturday with as many flowers as pos
sible, to take part in the decoration.
Mrs. C. F. Dickinson departed
Monday for Mcmillan, Wis, where
she will visit for time at the home
of her son, Justus, and family. She
was joined at Montfort by her
daughter, Mrs. DIR. R. M. Carter,
of Livingston, who accompanied her.
From Mcmillan Mrs. Dickinson will
go to Lagrange, ILL.,, where she will
visit her daughter, Mrs. A. P.
Anderson, whose husband is conduct
ing a party of tourists through
Europe.
The campaign for county officers
has opened and The Herald prints in
this issue political announcements
from Geo. w. Barrows, clerk of the
circuit court, who is candidate for
another term, also John Mankel, of
this city, at present serving as deputy
sheriff, IS a candidate for sheriff.
There are many others throughout the
county who are known to have in
tentions of entering the field for the
various offices to be filled, and now
that the campaign has started it is
likely that their announcements will
quickly follow.
On Thursday afternoon and
evening, June %, there will be a
special communica tion of Lancaster
Lodge No. 20, F. & A. NJ, in honor
of Col. John G. Clark, Samuel
Stephens and others of the older
members of the lodge, and for the pur-
pose of comforting the third degree
upon two candidates. This date marks
Col. Clark's 50th years MEMBERSHIP
as a master mason. An invitation
will be extended to Grand Master B.
+. Keller and Grand Secretary W..
w. Perry, of the Wisconsin Grand