Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-05-19
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ter, beginning today.
John Elwell. Cassville, came to
The county seat on last Saturday.
George G. Horton came over
from Patch Grove, Friday, on bust
ness trip.
The Herald is swamped with
correspondence, much of which came
late and must go over.
-Holl Stephens was up from Bee
town, last Saturday. Holl is getting
on nicely, although he still uses a
crutch in walking.
Mrs. John Graham Is seriously
il. at her home in Dubuque. The
Grahams once lived in this city; Mr..
Graham is a brother of Mrs. VIM.
Barrows.
"A few Musca Domestica apollo
getically crept into our window the
other day and we decided to put up
the screens. Get your swatters ready
for them.
Mrs. Leo Meysembourg and
daughters, Anna and Genevieve, at
tended the eIocution contest at Cam
piou college, Prairie du Chen, last
Thursday night.
That rummage sale held by the
ladies of the Congregational church
at citv hall, last Friday and Satur-
dsv, was big success. A lot of
stuff was sold. and the church society
cleared about SIS.
That PLAY at the Hatch opera
house next Friday evening, is one of
the best ever scheduled for Lancaster.
And we are assured that the COM
pany will appear here that was in
the play at the Davidson theatre IN
Milwaukee.
Hiram Eastman, a son of David
Eastman, CT Lancaster, but now in
southern California, died very sudden
~ at Cobb, week ago last Saturday.
He was a lumber merchant, and had
lived in Grant and Iowa counties all
his life. Pc was 48 years old. Mr..
Eastman was well known in Lancas-
ter
Miss Martha Jordan, who has
been teaching in the rural school
that is located near the city of Lam
caster Jc., is home for the summer,
al the parental residence, 125 south
Mckinley street. Her school closed
last week Friday, and the year is &C
counted successful one. She has
not yet given her consent to return
another year, so it is said, although
she was invited to do so.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles G. Vie
land, whose wedding in the town of
Waterloo was one of the social events
Of Grant county this spring, were in
Lancaster last Friday, buying furni-
ture for their home. They were in
Chicago and Dubuque on their honey
moon, but did not buy household
furniture in those high priced cities.
They bought in Lancaster. Go thou
and do likewise.
Mrs. w F. Tomlinson, wife of
the Rev. WILDER F. Tomlinson dis
trict superintendent for the M. E.
church with headquarters at Platte
vile. occupied the local M. E.
pulpit, last Sunday morning, that
being the annual occasion for the free
will offering to the cause of women 9
foreign missions. Mrs. Tomlinson
proved to be a ready speaker. and 4
very agreeable speaker. There was
large audience present. The Rev.
j. Irish preached in the evening.
Donald Dyer, Glen Turk, Burnelle
Suttle, Roy Glider, Willmot Black
bourn, Rollo Day, BUrnelI Day.
Ralph Orion and Ben Davis went to
Dubuque, last Friday, to witness
the White Sox Dubuque game. They
say the game was just fair; that it
was a sort of exhibition game, and
that the White Sox very much out
ciassed the Dubuquers. The boys
drove an auto or two to Potosi, and
there took the boat down stream. As
the game did not finish in time to
catch the boat up stream, they took
the train to Potosi, arriving there at
about 30 in the morning, and by
the time they got home we had eaten
breakfast. Butt between yawns on
Saturday, they said they had good
time.
George E. Lowrey called ''Brud"
for more than 45 years. brother of
B. j. Lowrey, lately editor and pub
fisher of The Herald, has gone TO
the west ending to bring up on
the PaciL )ast. "Brud'' was here
for his annual visit with "B. j."
and family, an event that is always
enjoyed, for the old bachelor brother