Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-09-30

The days are growing shorter
again.
John Roesch has purchased a
new Buick Car.
Miss Nekesak, of Platteville,
visited here over Sunday.
Miss Emma Nehls and Mrs. Bess
Frye visited in Dubuque last week.
Mrs. Bert Graham and children
are here visiting with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Wetter.
Misses Myrl Burrows, Pearl
Poland and Eda and Ionia Roesch
walked to Liberty and back Sunday.
Sheriff and Mrs. w. B. Dyer
and Mrs. Thomas Blewitt made an
auto trip to Boscobel one day last
week.
There will be special meeting
of Lancaster lodge No. 20, F. & A.
M. on Friday evening, Oct. 2, at
80, with work in the second de-
gree. All masons are invited.
County Clerk E. E. Mccoy,
Carson Whitmore. Clement Hoffman,
and Eagar Croft made trip to Bos-
cobel on Tuesday evening OF last week
by auto, returning the same night.
Shoes For Fall is the title of an
advertisement by 0. Heberlein, which
will be found on page nine of this
paper. With the arrival of October
comes a realization that we must
prepare for the colder weather which
will be with us very soon. ,1--.-~, -
Thomas Carmody on Friday last
sold to George Jerrett for shipment
forty head of young cattle which
brought him the neat little sum of
So, 663.77. You can't find any
wisenheimer in this neck of the woods
who will contend that farming doesn't
pay. u zsE.s $50.
At the Galena Fair last Friday,
in the 2 20 pace, Joe Mccoy, s horse.
Sir Conan Doyle finished second in
three straight heats in 2: III, 2 :174
and 2 :18. On Saturday he won third
money in the free-for-all against
some horses with mark as low as
2 :O8, in 2:13, ZIG and 2:17.
The Chicago Symphony Orches-
ira, composed of Is musicians, gave
a most excellent entertainment at
Hatch's opera house last Wednesday
night, being the first number OF the
seasons lecture course. If this is
sample of what is in store for US, we
have much reason to look forward to
it with pleasure.
-Orpheum Theatre program for
the coming week: Tonight and Thurs
day night 'Three Men and a Woman"
special 2-reel drama; Second Sight
comedy. Friday and Saturday nights
''The Man and the Master drama;
Hearst Selig news pictorial; lone
Touch of Nature comedy. Monday
night, "The Jungle Samaritan, .
drama; "While the Tide was Ris-
ing" drama "The Locked House, :"
comedy. Tuesday evening, series 4
of "The Million Dollar Mystery %
j. Thomas Pryor Jr., grand
chaplain of the Masonic Grand Lodge
of Wisconsin, whose funeral was
held at Dodgeville on Tuesday after
moor, of Ioc+ v7ooL WAC we'll known
and we'll loved in Lancaster, he
having on a number Of occasions
conducted the masonic ceremonies at
funerals of members of Lancaster
lodge. Mr.. Pryor was born IN Corn
wall, England, July II, 1889, and
died at Dodgeville Sept. 20, 1914.
He came to Iowa county, Wis, in
1912. In 1866 he was ordained as
deacon in the NJ. E. church at
Dodgeville and admitted to the
West Wisconsin conference. He had
charge of the Dodgeville schools
from 1869 to 1873. Later he held
numerous local offices and was
county clerk for a number of years,
and was cashier of the bank of
Strong & Co. until failing health
compelled him to resign in 1888.
In masonic knowledge he had few
equals and he had held many positions
in the subordinate and Grand Lodges.
He had been Grand Chaplain since
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