Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-06-24

urday.
W. NJ. Peacock, of Fennimore,
was business visitor in Lancaster
Monday.
Mrs. Geo. Swallow, of Sitter,
visited briefly in Lancaster, the fore
part of the week.
J. E. Semrad, of Highland, was
in Lancaster on business the latter
part of the week.
Mrs. Geo. WenzeI was able to
return to her home the latter part of
the week after having been patient
at the Doolittle hospital.
Miss Leila Garthwaite, of Bloom
ington, passed through Lancaster
Saturday enroute to Platteville where
she will attend summer school.
Miss Jennie Farrand departed
Monday for Chicago where she will
visit for some time at the home of
her sister, Mrs. Robert Smith.
Mrs. Harry Fuller and daughters
Darlene and Gertrude, of Princeton,
ILL.,, returned home Monday after
pleasant visit at the J. H. Pugh home
Miss May Williams, of Wauze-
ka, returned home Monday after a
pleasant visit at the home of her
uncle, Leonard Bradley, in this city.
Rev. Thos. Beavin, Geo. Rigdon,
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Case and son
Frank and the Misses Elva and Elma
Knox, Vera Richie, Charlotte Grebe,
Jeanette Griswold, Marjorie King,
Mildred Case and Myrl Burrows at
tended the Epworth League District
Convention held at Platteville last
week from Wednesday until Saturday.
We have been getting a great
amount of rain lately-too much to
suit conditions. The rivers are all
high, and more or less overfown; the
fields are so wet that corn cannot be
cultivated as it should and the weeds
are getting big start, while the
oats has been beaten down by wind
and rain. Haying is also much inter-
rupted.
The final party of the season for
the Quaker whist club was entertain
ed on Friday evening by Mrs. Louis
Fischer, upon which occasion the
husbands of the members were invit-
ed. The usual series of games was
played, after which refreshments
were served. Downer Kilby won the
highest score, for the men, and Mrs.
j. A. Gault for the ladies.
The Superindent of the Home
Department desires the subscribers of
the Journal to send in their envelopes
to her or through the Office. Many
did not respond to the last quarterly
call and the report was not up to the
average and thus gave US the second
place in district at the Quarterly Con-
ference instead of the usual first
place.
"A good sized band of Chris
tian Endeavorers will leave Thursday
morning to attend the State C. E.
convention at Madison. They will
return Monday. This convention will
be good one, being addressed by DR..
Clark founder and President of the
organization, Daniel A. Polling, of
Boston, the President of the European
c. E. and others.
Hugh Pritchett, who formerly
lived at Hurricane, but who now re-
sides on farm north of Platteville,
came over in his auto Thursday,
bringing Mrs. Thos. Tormey, her
daughter, Mrs. Guy Jones, of Platte
vile and her sister-in-law, Miss
Jones Mrs. Tormey went from here
to her home in Fennimore and Mr..
Pritchett and the other two ladies re-
turned to Platteville that evening.
VIM. Mcmahon, of Lancaster,
was in the city Monday. He has Sc
cured several good bridge contracts
and will have busy season. Exper-
fencing considerable difficulty in OBJ
tanning local laborers he has nego-
tiated with an employment bureau in
Milwaukee to furnish him with a
crew of men who are glad to get
work at $3.50 per day. 1t is said
there are more idle men in the large
cities today than for many years.
Boscobel Dial Enterprise.
The fishing season for all game
fish is now open and it is lawful to
catch bass, pickerel, etc., although
the rivers and lakes are so affected
by the high water that there is small
chance of landing much at present.
There are some provisions in the law
that are not generally known. For
instance it is unlawful to have more
than fifteen of any black bass,
Oswego, or yellow bass in possession
at any one time or to retain any OF