Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-12-23

the new baker at Hoffman restaurant.
W. R. Walker has an advertise
ment of Stevens rifles, on page four
of The Herald today.
Mrs. G. F. Dickinson returned
Thursday night from Livingston where
she had been visiting relatives the
past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Clinton,
of South Lancaster, returned home
Saturday night from a pleasant visit
with relatives in Chicago.
Miss Norma BrechIer, teacher
at Ellenboro, went through here Sat-
urday on her way to Fennimore to
spend Christmas with her parents.
Sheriff and Mrs. w. B. Dyer
went to Mendoza, Saturday, taking
Mrs. Lena Olson, of Fennimore, who
was committed to the asylum there.
Miss Nellie Belscamper, who is
teaching at jefferson, arrived Mon
day for visit with her mother, Mrs.
Anime Belscamper, until after Christ
mas.
Miss Nellie Howell arrived Sat-
urday for a visit over the hol idays
with her parents, Mr.. and Mr.. A..
j. Howell. She is teaching at Parde
Vile, Wis.
-Chas. Day arrived Saturday for
visit with his mother and other
relatives over the holidays. His sis
ter, Mrs. Geo Phillips, came with
him and will visit here short time
before returning.
-Mesdames August utrecht
and Thresea Gunther, of Potosi, went
through here Saturday enroute to
Fennimore, having been called there
by the serious illness of their father,
Mr. Rulson.
Township treasurers of the town
of Ellenboro, South Lancaster, Little
Grant and Beetown will be at the
Peoples State bank for the collec-
tion of taxes. Dates will be an
nounced next week.
A 3-act comedy entitled tTopsy
Turvy" will be given at the Rock
Vile school on Monday eve ming, Dec.
% with specialties between acts and
"a basket social after the play. Miss
Minnie Langkamp, teacher.
Al Neumann, of the firm of
Gould & Neumann is here again this
week for the purpose of buying
! another car of horses for army
purposes in Europe, to be shipped
next week. Parties interested can
call on or phone to Andrew Lewis.
ALL sorts Of winter weather has
greeted Lancaster during the past
week. Last week was accounted
pretty sung, the thermometer reg
! istering as low as Is below zero.
On last Sunday snow storm set in
! that lasted we'll into the night, and
Monday morning there was no less
than six inches, but of the light,
fluffy kind. But because of the
splendid foundation for sleighing,
sleighs were out. Monday morning
was cold and dry, there being only
few degrees between the top of the
mercury and the zero mark.
Most of the Lancaster boys and
girls who have been away at school
came home the latter part of last
week for the holiday vacation. Those
we know of are Misses Vera East
man, Genevieve Bennett and Mar
garet Schreiner and Messrs. Dick
Brown, Roy Fischer, Will Mccoy,
Arthur Bailie and Ned Ellis, from
the University at Madison; Miss
Viola Spiegelberg, from Milwaukee;
Misses Beth Lisherness and Elva
Knox, from Chicago; Miss Meta
Schmidt, from Wheaton, Illinois !;
Paul Schmidt, from Elmhurst, Ill. /;
Geo. Schuster, from Notre Dame;
Evans Bennett, and Anthony Hoff-
man, from Prairie du Chem; and
Miss Salome Mccoy, who is teaching
at Iowa Falls, Iowa.
Lyman Howe delighted another
good audience in Lancaster with his
fine pictures last Saturday night.
There was quite bit of travel-a
trip through Greece, another through
the south of France and a third
through the canals of Venice. The
scenery was as fine as ever has been
shown here, and the moving train, in
which the audience was supposed to
ride, was realistic indeed. 1t has
been six months since Mr.. Howe was
last here, and many in his audience
Saturday night had keen recollec-
tion of the former appearance of the
celebrated entertainer. The humor-
Gus features were also very much ap-