Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-04-22

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Misses Bertha Dival and Lena
Stippich were over from Liberty,
Monday.
Mrs. P. j. Hoffman and children
have returned from their visit to
Dubuque.
Mrs. Gus Munson died at her
home in the third ward Monday night,
after an illness of several weeks.
Henry Mink, county highway
commissioner, went to Muscoda Mon
day to look after some road work.
Maurice and Bessie Murphy
visited with friends and relatives in
Bloomington few days the past
week.
The two-year old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bishell, living
near Flora, is reported i'll with an at
tack of pneumonia.
Rev. w. A. Munday, rector of
Emmanuel Episcopal church, was in
Prairie du Chen last week, officiating
at funeral service.
The birth of a baby girl is re-
ported at the Lewis McBrien home in
Minneapolis and the Lancaster rela-
tives are happy in consequence.
Mrs. A. A. Ziegler, of North
Andover, was in Lancaster Friday
and took her daughter Edith home
with her to remain over Sunday.
The benches have been placed in
position around the court house lawn,
the grass is fresh and green and it
looks as though spring has crme. :"
Clint Edwards and Tom Haley
went to Lacrosse, via Cassville, Sun
day morning, to see the formers son
DR.. Alba Edwards, who is sick. They
returned Monday noon.
w. L. Gelbach & Son will handle
the fine, black, imported pure bred
Percheron horse Marnoval in this sec
ton during the coming seas on, with
G.. ROesch as manager.
The Masonic lodge at Fennimore
will confer the third degree upon two
candidates tonight. The work of the
degree will be exemplified by Ian
caster and Boscobel lodges.
Burrows and Winskill have dis
posed of their large Oakland" auto
to Knapp and Mccormick who will
use same in towing in autos from the
country to their repair shop.
w. H. Thomas, who formerly
conducted general store in Potosi
and was later in business at Fond du
Lac, was in the city Saturday. He is
now conducting an exclusive shoe
store at Bushnell, Ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Whitmore
are expected home today from Wash
ington, D. c., where they have been
spending the winter very pleasantly
with their son, Major Eugene R.
Whitmore and family.
Mr.. Rouillard, a full blooded
Sioux Indian addressed large audi
ence at the Congregational church
Sunday evening. He is graduate of
the Sauter College of Nebraska. This
college is supported by the Congrega-
tional churches.
The 3-F laundry, at Madison,
burned Sunday with a large loss.
c. F. Croker of this city is an agent
representing them in this locality and
he left yesterday for that place to see
if laundry work sent in by him had
been destroyed.
-Levere Widmin, who was recent
ly operated upon at the Fowler
hospital, has so far recovered that he
was taken to his home, in this city,
Monday. The special nurse, Miss
Franklin, who had been caring for
him, also went home to Dubuque
Monday.
-Parke Knapp and Leo Mccormick
have formed partnership and will
conduct an auto repair shop in the
basement under Burrows & Winskill's
garage. They have purchased full
equipment of new tools and appliances
and are prepared to take care of the
business in good shape.
John H. Howe returned Friday
evening from a business trip on the
road, to remain home over Sunday.
Mrs. Howe and the Meyers, who are
yet in Florida, expect to leave for
home about the first of May, coming
by the way of Washington, where
they will stop for few days.
The storm Saturday afternoon
did considerable damage at various
places about the city. The greater
damage was reported at the Thomas
Vincent farm on Pigeon, formerly
owned by John eastman. Here the
wind blew over and destroyed the