Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-07-08

DIR. Evans and family are guests
of Burr Walker and wife.
Hon. C. H. Baxter is spending
a few days in Chicago on business.
"A. H. Mcintyre, of Boscobel,
was here on business last Wednes-
day.
George Angus has been enjoying
trip down in Missouri the past
week.
Joe Wright shipped his bull dog
to James Withrow, at Dubuque,
last Wednesday.
Abe Patch, Of Patch Grove, was
a business caller here the fore part
of last week.
Mrs. Carl Schenk and children
were in Milwaukee several days last
week on business.
John Schmidt opened his temper
ance saloon Saturday in the same
building he has formerly occupied.
-Attys. David Gardner, Jr. and
Geo. H. Metcalf, of Platteville, were
here last Tuesday on legal business.
Leslie Clark new home in the
second ward is nearing completion
and is one of the prettiest houses in
Lancaster.
Mrs. P. Jacco, of Eau Claire,
returned to her home after a weeks
visit with relatives and friends resid-
ing near Flora.
B. Pritchett, of Superior, who
has been visiting here with his sisters,
Mrs. Calvin and Mrs. Hurlburt, has
returned to his home.
Mrs. Sam'l Hirsh and sister,
Miss Sarah Burgess, returned We'd
nesday noon from a brief visit with
friends and relatives at Sitter.
Mr.. and Mrs. John eastman,
and daughter left last Wednesday
for brief business trip to South Da-
kota, where Mr.. eastman owns land.
The Niemer orchestra, composed
of Frank Niemer, Will Mccoy, Miss
Bessie kirkpatrick and a Platteville
young man played for dances at
Potosi and CassviIle on July fourth.
Lawrence Clark returned last
Wednesday to Chicago, where he is
connected with clothing house,
after a several weeks visit at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Clark, and other relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Kerr and
family, of GaIena, visited a few days
the past week with Mrs. Kerr's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. August Wenzel,
and family. They made the trip from
Galena by auto.
Mrs. Fritz Hoffman returned
Thursday morning to her home in
Mather, Wis, after brief visit at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Phil
BENEFITS and family. Mrs. Hoffman
came here from Muscatine, Ia, Mr..
BENEFITS meeting her with his auto.
An error occurred in our last
week paper in regard to Albert
BROKER having sold his "Buick"
auto. The car that was sold was his
old Cameron but the person
giving the information got the names
of two cars mixed, thus causing
the error.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Basford
made trip in their Chalmers car to
Dubuque and return on Wednesday
of last week, distance of 100
miles, and on top of that Mr.. Bas-
ford went to Potosi and return the
same night, taking Miss Jessie
Humphrey there to catch the Burling-
ton train for Chicago, where she is
visiting.
"A. surprise party for L. A. Clark,
vice president of the Peoples State
Bank, was given at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Reese, Wednesday
evening at which eight of Mr.. Clark
intimate men friends were assembled
at a fine six O'Clock dinner, in honor
of his tn birthday. The evening
was very pleasantly spent and "Les"
was presented with very nice clock
in commemoration of the occasion.
Schmidt & Showalter, proprie-
tors of the S. & S. Shoe Store, have
had fine, large electric sign, on
which the monogram of the firm, in
white lettering, bordered with red,
is Illuminated by many incondescent
electric lights, put up on. the front of
their place of business, on the first
floor of the building in which The
Herald is located. 1t is an attractive
piece of work. The sign was painted
by G. @. Sykes and put up by the
Lancaster Light and Power Co.
DIR. J. H. Fowler and family
went to DuhunI1a and return in their