Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-12-30

play at the opera house this Wednes.
day night, Dec. 80.
Miss Theda Howe, who is teach
ing school at Desplaines, ILL.,, came
home Thursday morning, by way of
Potosi, for the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Ziegler and
daughters Jessie and Bertha expect to
leave next Wednesday, Jan. 5 for
San Diego, California, to spend the
winter
Josephine Worth players at the
opera house this Wednesday night,
Dec. 30. These people played in
the Airdome and Grand Theater in
Dubuque all summer.
-Chas. N. Webb, and Miss Leila
Goble were among the students who
came home from college last week
but who were overlooked in making
up the long list published in The
Herald.
The annual report of the Grant
County Fair Society for 1914 ap-
pears upon another page of The Her
aid today. The total receipts for
this years fair were $40, 405. "a and
this but little more than met the ex-
penses.
Collections in the office of the
city tax collector are going on apace.
So far the heaviest days receipts
were ST, 1872. 81. The total receipts
up to Monday night, are 81, 995. 88.
There seems to be little difference
between the receipts this year and
those of the average year.
One product of the union
services, on Christmas day, was a
dozen baskets of good food that were
handed to as many families. These
were provided out of the collection.
And then a few old soldier boys, who
are Ill, were cheered with pretty
Towering plants. Surely the spirit
of Christmas was abroad in Lancas-
ter.
Clarence Webb and wife, of
Omaha, Neb., arrived Sunday, by
way of Potosi, for two weeks visit
with his parents, Postmaster and
Mrs. James T. Webb. Clarence is
now assistant manager of the Omaha
branch of the Prostolite company and
was married, a few weeks ago to
charming young lady of that city,
Miss Lillian Anderson, who is now
making her first visit to Wisconsin.
"A nice little entertainment was
accorded the residents Of the county
farm, last Friday afternoon. The
Revs. w. A. Munday, 7. S. Beavin
and w. A. Weyhrauch, and several
musicians, went out and gave to the
unfortunates a reminder of the day.
Mr.. .Munday spoke, the Misses Will
son eand Burrows read selections and
Ed Hyde sang. Harry Gross played
several pieces on the violin, all of
which were highly appreciated.
At the NJ. E. church, last Thurs
day evening, a cantata was sung and
enacted to the delight of the young
persons connected with that Sunday
School. Charles Burrows looked
the part of Santa Claus, as we who
have never seen him understand it;
the Misses Elva and Margaret Doll
and Charlotte Grebe took parts very
creditably. The title of the cantata
was: Coming Down the Chimney"
and to make it realistic house
had to be built, with suitable
chimney. Young America, and some
that were not so very young, enjoyed
the performance very much.
Last Monday evening company
of persons from Platteville came to
town in an auto and on South Madi-
son street they made rear end
collision with the sleigh of Jacob
Fatche, who was driving down town
with his team and a wood rack on
the owner of the team, were Fred
Aupperle and Grant Prideaux. The
collision w2s so heavy that the sleigh
was thrown upon the team with great
force, cutting deep cash in the
hams of the horses. The occupants
of the sleigh were badly shaken up,
Prideaux being thrown quite "a
distance, landing in the snow.
The night was light, and those on
the sleigh say there was no excuse
for the accident; that it was not an
accident at all, but a case of sheer
carelessness. South Madison street
is a favorite resort for speeders,
and much complaint is heard that the
speeder does not sometimes get his
deserts.