Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-01-14

A. j. Wiedenbeck has been con
fined to the house for several days
-Millicent Lisherness is back from
Baldwin. Kansas, for a visit with
Lancaster and Beetown friends.
Deputy Sheriff Frank Calls is
again able to attend to his official
duties after being on the sick list for
two or three weeks.
Miss Nora Caspers, made short
visit here the first of the week at the
Chas Caspers home, returning home
to Sitter. Tuesday.
'The Third Degree" is announced
for production here under the manage
menr of Geo. H. Bubb, at the opera
house Monday. JAZZ. 10.
The state highway commission
has made no announcement yet as TO
who will be appointed highway
commissioner for this county.
Mr.. and Mrs Ralph Schneider,
of Sheldon, Iowa. came Tuesday noon
for visit here with their aunt and
uncle, Mr.. and Mrs Matt Sch ildgen
The following people were
operated on at the Doolittle hospital,
Monday: Mrs. VIM. Kssper, Mrs.
Jno. Coils, Mr.. Dave Young. and
Miss Alma Berndt
Little Beth Selleck. daughter of
Mr., and Mrs Goe. Selleck, has the
scarlet fever. At present the case is
not very bad, and everyone hopes it
will be no worse.
Sylvan Camp M W A. will have
their annual dance and general good
time at Knapp's rink, Lancaster,
Thursday evening, January % Music
by the Imperial orchestra, of Madison.
Everybody invited. Woodmen and
their ladies free others will be charged
rs cents.
Mr., and Mrs. Hugh Orion and
little son Hugh. of Hibbing, Mnn.,
who had been here for about 10 days
visiting their parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
I. E. Orion and Mrs. Robt. BROKER,
left Saturday noon for home. Hugh
is superintendent of the Laura mine,
at Bibbing, responsible and lucra-
tive position.
An or Ter has been issued by the
Northwestern railroad company to the
effect that from and after January
10 storage charge will be made on
all freight less than car load left
at any station longer than "a hours.
The charges will be cents per day
on any thing less than one ton. and 10
cents per day on anything over one
ton.
The Cassville Record judges from
present weather conditions chat it
may be some time yet before the
Mississippi closes up. 1t says ice has
been floating for some time but as
yet only a few inches of ice has form
ed along the shore and the river
channel is yet entirely open. 1t has
been an exceptionally mild winter so
far until Sunday night since since
which we have had more or less zero
weather.
The au3tion sale at Mrs. Leroy
Judd's on Wednesday of last week.
with J. G. Vesperman as auctioreer
and L. A. Clark as clerk was a very
successful one, aggregating So, 600,
about $1,000 more than had been ex-
pected. Horses sold up to $195, cows
to 800 2 old steers to 500 %, calves
to $33, brood sows to $50, hay to $i3,
corn to 66o and oats to AZ. The latter
sold on the market that day at SEC.
The 2.yr old bull brought $l13.
-Dr. NARROW and wife are prepar-
ing to leave Lancaster and expect to
start from here about Monday or
Tuesday of next week for Roswell,
New Mexico, which place will here
after be their residence. They have
purchased ranch near that city from
ii. w. Brown, of Lancaster from
which they expect to obtain fine re-
turns. A party in Mrs. NARROW s
honor will be given Friday evening
by the ladies of the Quaker Whist
CLUB, at the home Of DR.. and Mrs.
James a. Fowler.
The Lancaster Light and Power
Company has force about fifteen
men busily at work setting poles and
stringing wires between Lancaster
and Fennimore over which, in the
near future that company will convey
electric current from this city fol-
supplying the village of Fennimore
With light and power. The work is
being done under the direction OF