Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-08-18

Misses Gretta and Gussie Living
ston, of Livingston, were Lancaster
visitors Friday.
About fifty Lancaster people who
have sojourned in sunny California,
at one time or another, held a picnic
in Schreiner park yesterday afternoon.
A rattle snake that had seven rat
ties, was killed on the main street of
Galena, right out on the brick paving,
near the Galena State Bank, last week.
Mrs. Frank Nathan, who has been
visiting in Lancaster with her father,
Henry Muesse, left for her home in
West Superior, Wis, last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Dobson, of Ellen
boro. received call from DR.. Fowler
last Friday, the DR.. leaving a fine
baby boy as a new member of the
household.
Henry Mink was in Boscobel Mon
day. looking over the bids for the
rock uuarrying to be done in connec-
ton with the road improvements in
the township.
-Beetham Brothers & Croft, have
purchased a 1880 Mogul Kerosene
Tractor, and a Buffalo-Pitts separa-
tor for threshing purposes this sum-
mer and fall.
Misses Nell and Carol Livingston,
of Livingston, and Mrs. d. G. Morrow,
of lola, Kansas, were Lancaster visit
ors Monday, the guests of their father,
! w. G. Livingston.
Burrows & Winskill are placing
large Bowser gasoline tank in their
garage besides adding a portable air
pump and electric motor for operat-
ing the elevator.
Burrows & Winskill broke their
record Friday for the number of pas
sengers on their Potosi line. Twenty
/ five passengers were carried by them
to and from Potosi on that day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Fisher, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Turner, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilbur Frost, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Brighthope, and Miss Pearl Bright
hope, Sundayed at Spring Lake.
H. F. Barnett returned Sunday
from Prairie Due Chen, where he at
tended the mems laity retreat. Mr..
Barnett reports that ninety men from
different points were in attendance.
Ed Kerr and John Taylor are
busily engaged re-opening mine, one
mile east of Beetown. This mine is
Leased by company, composed
chiefly of Platteville business men.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A Groom of Cass-
vile, passed through Lancaster Sat
lurday, on their way home from the
IBoscobel fair. They visited for few
hours with Henry Mink and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Anderson and
daughters, of East Delavan, Wis,
have been the guests of their friends
REV. and Mrs. W. A. Weyrauch the
ipast week. They came in their Over
land auto.
Charles Burmeister and daughters
Anna and Elfrieda of Danville, Ill.
have been visiting in the city for the
past few days with Mr.. Burmeister' S
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Tanner.
Harry Stephens and Lee Wright
purchased the western horses that
were shipped here for auction on Aug
IL. and were not sold. They took
them to Potosi Saturday where they
had an auction sale.
Misses Mabel and Emma Ress-
meyer were in Madison few days
the past week They rented an apart
Iment there and the Ressmeyer family
will soon move there, and Emma will
attend the University.
Mccormick & Clanton are arranging
to put an electric sign across the
street in front of the garage and hav-
ing the building wired for an illumi-
mated show window. These enterpriS-
ing young men very evidently mean
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Porter return
ed home Sunday from Homer, where
they have been visiting with their
daughter, Mrs. Will Barlow. Mrs
Barlow and her daughter returned
with them, and will visit in Lancas-
ter for while.
Rev. and Mrs Edward Schmidt
have returned to their home in Vim
cennes, Ind, after a several weeks
visit at the home of Mr.. Schmidt's
parents, Rev. and Mrs. Louis Schmidt
Miss Meta Schmidt returned with
them for brief visit.
C. B. Clementson and family
made an automobile trip to Galena
last week. No accidents except that
a member of the genus Bumble-bee
flew into Mr.. Clementson's shirt
when they were driving home, and in
lflicted very severe sting.
Art Vesperman is out threshing
now with a new Nichols & Sheppard
separator. He started Saturday at Os-
car Smiths farm and the reports are
that they are having good results. The
oats on this farm will average from
90 to rs bushels to the acre.
In last weeks Herald there were
several errors in proofreading and the
Iproofreading department says, in ex-
scuse, that they were very tired and
sleepy, so we have forgiven them. In
the obituary of Mrs. Baker, it was
stated that she was married in 1866
and this should have read, 1886.
Rev. F. A. Wambold leaves Sun