Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-07-22
AROUND THE COUNTY
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@. A. Guernsey and wife visited
Chicago last week.
Yern Brookens and wife, Miss
Hattie Pierce and Fred Knapp
motored to Dubuque Thursday, re-
turning same day.
Mrs. Barrette of Minneapolis was
a guest at the A. H. Patch home last
week.
Frank Cooley cut a stalk of corn
on July 10 that measured III feet.
Pretty good for that time of year.
Misses Florence, Lydia and Title
Day of Lancaster were guests at the
Pritchett hotel last week.
James Hayden is visiting relatives
in Iowa and Dakota.
Andrew Goetzelman, of Lancaster
and j. Haemler of Sheboygan have
bought the Macke & Schreiner meat
market in this city. Henry Maui
man, also of Lancaster, will be with
them. Macke & Schreiner have run
a good market, and we hope and
believe the new men will serve the
public as we'll. We have not learne d
the intentions of the retiring firm.
A. C. Bishop and o. H. Martin at
tended the meeting of the progressive
wing of the Democratic party at Mil
waukee last week.
James Leamy and wife, who came
to attend the funeral of his mother,
Mrs. Margaret Leamy, last week, are
visiting for few days in town and
vicinity. They live at Letcher, S.
ID.
Mrs. Geo. Ketner visited her sister,
Mrs. Merrill, at Glen Haven last
week.
Quite a number of our people went
to Lancaster to hear the Chautauqua
numbers last week.
r. N. Hoskins made a buying trip
to Chicago last week.
P. BARLEY attended the bankers
convention at Milwaukee last week.
L. E. Clark of Lancaster, accom-
panied by Mrs. Pugh of that city and
Mr.. Hoover of Clinton, ILL.,, brought
him home in the auto Friday.
Miss Nellie Wilkinson is visiting
her sister, Mrs. Pearl Manhart, at
Hillsboro.
ORION Saether, of Blanchardville,
visited Miss Birdie Riese the past
week.
Those who attended the funeral of
Mrs. Margaret Leamy last Monday
were Mr.. and Mrs. John Leamy, Mr..
and Mrs. Andrew Zenz, Mr.. and Mrs.
Matt Zenz, Lancaster; Mrs. Mary
McCauley, Shullsburg; Mr.. and Mrs.
James Leamy, Letcher, South Dakota
Frank Leamy, Steele, North Dakota /;
George Leamy, Minneapolis; Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Leamy, Prairie du
Chen.
L. BETTER is having his building
on Canal street painted.
Miss Birdie Riese will teach the
intermediate department at Bagley
the coming year.
Out in the west end of town the
other day Henry Cooper killed a
rattlesnake 81 feet long. He took
the skin from the reptile and will
have a belt made of it.
Robert Parkins and wife, Mrs.
Mabel (Parkins) Ward and daughter,
and Miss Emma Snider motored
through from Austin, Mimi, Satur-
day. They started from that city at
a. m. and came the 146 miles in
twelve hours without pushing the
car.
VIM. Bates returned Saturday
from Arlington, Iowa, where he was
employed the past three months.
VIM. Morrissey has started the
construction of his new house north
of the Catholic church.
Mrs. Allen of Livingston is visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. DR.. Baldwin.
While doing some repair work on
his barn Saturday j. B. Gilligan
cracked a couple of ribs.
The Beavers will hold reception
this evening for Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Behlmer and Rev. and Mrs. A. N.
Riley.
The ). B. Ludden special sale this
week is attracting many buyers.
The attractive prices make things
move.
Arch. Chandler of Naches, Wash,
and Bert. Chandler of Glen Haven
We're in town Saturday. The former
came east to attend the funeral of
his brother Fupona Chandler