Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-10
AROUND The COUNTY
POTOSI.
Special Correspondence to the Herald.

Frank Reed and wife of Lancaster
were in Potosi last week soliciting
orders for several kinds of household
necessities and met with good sue
cess.
Mrs. George H. Lewis father
spending the winter with her sister
Mrs. Sue r. Bell at Berkeley, Cali
fornia has returned to her home here.
Her many friends are rejoiced to
greet her and are pleased to see her
looking so we'll.
1t is with sincere regret that we
must chronicle the fact that Clarence
Schumacher youngest son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Nick Schumacher who underwent
an operation for appendicitis at the
Finley hospital in Dubuque last Mon
day, is in very serious condition,
and the probabilities are that he will
have to undergo another operation,
the results of which will be eagerly
awaited by the anxious parents and
friends. Later reports say that he
deb at about eight O'Clock Tuesday
morning.
Mr.. C. ]. Ragatz made business
trip to Dubuque last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. R. Seaton were
in Dubuque among friends couple of
days last week.
Cap Schmitz, John Campbell, Peter
Rethwitsch, Charlie Baumler, Bob
Travis, Jake Udelhofen, Wallace
Macke and Ed Elskamp witnessed the
pugilistic bout at Platteville last
Thursday evening.
Twenty-one cars of western cattle
were unloaded at this station in the
month of May.
Miss Annie Mclaughlin has so far
recovered from her recent serious i'll
ness, that she was brought to the
home of her parents last Thur sday.
Ed Elskamp after two weeks en-
joyable visit here with his parents
and brothers and sisters, returned tc
his home at Susanville, California,
Saturday. Mr.. John DeField also OF
Susanville, who had been visiting
relatives in Minneapolis joined Mr..
Elskamp here and they journeyed back
together.
The teachers of the Potosi school
for the coming term have been en-
gagged: Mr.. E. J. Young is retained
as principal. A young lady from
Pestigo, Wis, will be assistant
principal. Miss Mary Uppena is
retained in the grammar department;
Miss Schneider, of Cassvillie will be
in the intermediate department and
Miss Lavilla Kuster is retained in
the primary department.
The Misses Edna Knight and Jennie
Thompson, of West Union, Iowa, are
guests at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. C. Thomas.
E. A. Berge is in Milwaukee this
week as delegate from Warren
Lodge No. 4 to the Masonic state
convention.
Prof. and Mrs. E. ]. Young left
Saturday for Appleton, Wis, where
Mr.. Young will spend his vacation.
Mrs. Ruby Meier, of Bellevue,
Iowa, is visiting with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Beier.
Miss Hazel Cable for several years
a teacher in the intermediate depart
ment of the Potosi school, bids adieu
to her numerous friends and has gone
to her home at Mackeson, Wis.
Miss Corcoran for two years as
sistant principal of the Potosi High
school, shook the Potosi dust from
her shoes and has returned to her
home in 'Galena.
The Feast of Corpus Christi will be
observed in the usual imposing
manner at st. Andrews church next
Sunday.
A very interesting game of base
ball was played on the Potosi diamond
Sunday afternoon between the Potosi
and Big Patch teams, resulting in a
score of 1 to in favor of the Big
Patch team.