Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-04-29

business at the county seat Monday
W. C. Suttle spent few days
the past week at Milwaukee on bust
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs Joshua Leighty
spent the week end with relatives in
Platteville.
The Shakespeare Club will meet
with Mrs. Ira Totman next Tuesday
afternoon, May 5.
DO not miss the stereopticon
lecture at Congregational church Sun
day evening. Free.
Atty. J. ]. Seaman, of Fenni
more, had business in the probate
court here Monday.
-Messrs. George and Feeling Fox,
of Platteville, were county seat bust
ness callers Thursday.
The Memorial Fountain in the
northwest corner of the court yard had
its winter covering removed Saturday.
Amos Smith, of Rewey, returned
home Monday after a pleasant visit
at the home of his sister. Mrs. j. P.
Benedict.
Miss Lizzie Gull returned to her
home in Fennimore, Monday morning,
after visit of several days with Miss
Nell Carmody.
J. V. Bayman, of Sitter, who
is now in the employ of the Bicknell
Auto Supply Co., of GAINESVILLE, called
on the trade here Monday.
Lon Wayne returned home Thurs
day from a trip to Milwaukee,
Oshkosh and other points in the
central part of the state.
Mrs. Thomas Webster, who has
been a guest at the home of her sister,
Mrs. T. F. Orion, returned to her
home at Scales Mound, ILL.,, Monday.
Willard Sumner and Sidney
Weber, of Fennimore, were here Fri
day evening to play at the dance
given at the opera house that even
ing.
The warm weather of Sunday
and Monday coupled with the fine
shower of Sunday night worked
wonders in the advancement of spring
vegetation.
! Harvey Hurlburt returned Thurs
day evening from Huntley, Illinois,
where he went to look after the farm
he owns at that place. He made the
round trip with his auto.
The large silo on the Bert DiVall
farm, commonly known as the Nathan
farm, south of the city, was blown
over and destroyed in a recent wind.
Considerable amount of such damage
is reported of late.
L. G.. Hickok and John Decker
arrived home from Waterloo, Iowa,
on Tuesday night of last week with
the new Pierce-Arrow auto truck
"Elgie' has purchased for use in his
plumbing business.
Pat Mays new blacksmith shop is
up and inclosed on the lot he recently
purchased from Col. J. G. Clark,
almost opposite the Hotel Farwell.
The building will be 22x6O feet, and
will be covered with galvanized steel.
George Hyde has been about the
city of late with his scissor grinding
machine which is run by one of the
smallest gasoline engines ever seen
here. 1t is small I H. P. "Elgin"
but does the work exceedingly we'll
and is a curiosity to most people.
will Schneider, residing south of
the city, has purchased a fire side car
for his "Indian" motorcycle. This
allows him to carry several passengers
with much comfort and will help him
in the sale of the "Indian' motto
cycles of which he is local agent.
Robert Battle, whose marriage
to Mrs Margaret Harmon, of Alberta,
Canada, recently took place in Galena,
will remain in Grant county, and
himself and wife will soon take up
their home on his farm in Rog-
ers Hollow.
Word was received here Satur-
day of the serious illness of Chris
Funk, at his home in Dubuque. His
mother, Mrs. Kate Funk, accompanied
by his three brothers, Immediately
left by way of Potosi to be with him.
Mr.. Funk was formerly a resident of
this city and was employed as a Sec
ton "boss" on the G. & N. w. Ry.
Mrs. John Platt, an elderly lady
Of Fennimore, was a Lancaster visitor
last Friday and was on her way to
the depot in the afternoon, accom-
panied by her daughter, to board the
train for home, when her strength
failed her and she tainted, near the
Lancaster Lumber Co. g office. She