Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-09-02
POTOSI.
Special CORRESPONDENTS TO the Herald.

Special CORRESPONDENCE TO the Herald
Rev. Father Scheffer spent several
days with his mother at Fairchild,
Wis.
Mrs. Schmitz, wife of VIM. H..
Schmitz, is seriously i'll at her home
in Tennyson.
Frank Norris painter and decorator
is doing some work in his line at
Cassville. He came down Saturday
to visit with his family.
Mrs. Fred Wurster and mother,
Mrs. Cyrille Marcue, are visiting
with relatives at points in Iowa and
South Dakota.
Miss Eva Wilmott is in Platteville
visiting with her sister, Mrs. Flo
Hinson, and will take in the Big
Badger Fair.
Miss Fanny Kaltenbach after four
weeks pleasant visit with her brother
A. Kaltenbach and family, has re-
turned to her home in Kenosha, Wis.
E. NJ. Wilmott has returned from
a very pleasant visit with relatives
and friends in Chicago and Milwau-
kee.
The Young Ladies' Sodality of ST.
Andrews congregation INDUCED in a
social picnic last Thursday.
Sister M. Theodore, for fourteen
years teacher in the ST. Andrew s
parochial school and church organist,
has been called away to assume like
duties elsewhere.
John Kaeding and family have re-
turned from their auto trip to New
Hampton, Iowa. They were gone one
week and enjoyed the trip. They
were accompanied back with Barney
Bendorf and family, who also made
the journey by auto.
A state rock crusher is in opera
tion at the big rock dumps at what is
known as the Trego mine on Preston
Point, near Tennyson. Several teams
are now engaged in hauling the
crushed rock to the road improvement
between Potosi and British Hollow.
Nest No. So Fraternal Order of
Orioles will hold their fourth an
nual celebration near the landing on
labor day, Monday, Sept. 9TH. The
Potosi band will furnish the music
and there will be refreshments of all
kinds on the grounds. The steamer
Potosi will run an excursion from
Dubuque to the landing.
No tidings have yet been received
from Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Schumacher
and Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Schumacher
who left here June 10th for tour of
Germany and other countries In
Europe. The last letter received from
them was dated July 18th, five days
before the European war was de-
clared. Much anxiety is felt here
among relatives and friends for their
safety.
A fete for the benefit of the
Catholic church was held in Dickey-
vile last Thursday to which an i'm
mense crowd of people attended.
There were people from Dubuque,
Platteville, Potosi, Cuba City and
other places who joined in the festi-
vities. The Potosi military band
furnished the music throughout the
day. Automobiles lined both sides
of the street of the little village
while numerous others were in private
yards. Meals were served in the old
church to hundreds of people by the
ladies of the congregation; the tables
were laden with most tempting edibles
and all for the nominal sum of
twenty-five cents per meal. The
writer can truthfully say that the
meals were the best he ever sat down
to at any occasion of the kind.
Several refreshment stands were con-
Quoted by the ladies. The doll rack
and paddle wheels were kept busy.
and it required eight men to wait on
the customers at the beer stand.
Dancing began in Schumacher and
Liebfried's large hall at two o'clock
in the afternoon and continued until
the wee sma hours of Friday morn
ing. Music for this part of the
festivities was furnished by the
Dubuque Harp Orchestra. Addresses
were made IN the afternoon by At
torneys Murphy and Dolan, of Platte
vile. Fitzpatrick, of Dubuque and
other candidates for county offices
were strongly in evidence. We have
it from good authority that the
church people Melted over twelve
hundred dollars from the days pro-
ceeds.
BLOOMINGTON.