Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-24
Late Bits of Local News.

Jas. Watson, of Mltf1ln, trans
acted. business in Lancaster Friday
last.
The Shakespeare Club will meet
on Tuesday of next week with Mrs.
Lewis.
DIR. NJ. NJ. Barley, of Columbus,
is a guest at the A. c. Morse home
in this city.
H. w. Brown has sold his
Wyalusing farm to c. NJ. KIarman
and Carl Roth.
Miss Pearl Ousley, of Mt. Hope,
visited friends in Lancaster the fore
part of the week.
Mrs. C. Marsh, of Montfort,
returned home Monday after a visit
with relatives in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Fricke,
of Hickory Grove were Lancaster
business visitors the first of the week
Roy Fisher returned Saturday
to Madison, where he will attend the
six weeks term of summer school.
Royal Neighbor ladies will have
a sale of home baking at Aupperle's
grocery store next Saturday after
noon.
Arthur A. Knapp, who had been
home for a few days visit, went to
Dubuque, Monday, and from there to
Chicago.
Mrs. L. Mousseau and children
returned to their home at Highland
Monday after a brief visit wit h
friends in Lancaster.
Joe Hoffman, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Peter Hoffman, returned home
Friday from Milwaukee where he has
completed a course in stenography
and typewriting.
DIR. J. E. Hickey and Joe Egerer,
Of Juneau, Wis, were over Sunday
visitors at the home of DR.. and Mrs.
Eckert. DR.. Hickey was formerly
DR.. Eckert's assistant.
Mrs. Katherine Culkins, who has
been i'll at the home of her brother,
P. J. Carmody, at Mt. Hope, is now
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Carmody of this city.
Will Houghton, of Beetown
graduated from the U. S. military
academy at West Point last week,
with the rank of lieutenant. He was
member of the '07 graduating class
in the Lancaster high school.
Dan Decker died at the home of
his sister, Mrs. C. E. Borah yester-
day morning at 9:15, aged rs years.
The funeral will be held at the house
Thursday at 10 o'clock. All old
comrades are requested to be present
at that hour.
The following young ladies,
chaperoned by Mrs. Parke Dudley,
went to Liberty yesterday on picnic !:
Misses Helen Greaney, Belle Dudley,
Gladys Poland, Lillian Holzinger,
Minnie Caspers, Mable Anstey,
Dorothy Bass and Marie Turner.
Vim. Hicks who has been
patient sufferer with tuberculosis,
died at the home of his brother-in-
law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. c..
w. Burrows, Monday afternoon at
4 80, aged 80 years. The funeral
services will be held at the house
today at 10 80.
The city school board has en-
gagged Prof. R. C. Adams, of Spring
Green, as principal of the Lancaster
schools next year. Mr. Adams has
taught four years in Spring Green and
the position was offered to him for
another year, but he preferred to
come here. He is very highly recon
mended.
The following Lancaster Odd Eel
lows, comprising three auto loads,
went to Fennimore Monday evening
and conferred the second degree
Messrs. L. G. Hickok, Edwin Batty,
Gail Dribelbis, Fred Philbrick, A. R.
Dewey, Geo. E. Beck, David Schreln-
er, E, H. Hyde, Ed. Olson, Ira d.
Totman, Jas. T. Webb, C. F. Bud
worth, Walter Knox, Geo. Rounds,
Louis Fischer and H. B. Schuppener.
After lodge work banquet was
served,
Wisconsin at Vicksburg" is the
title of large handsomely bound