Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-01-13

-Ora wayne lett Tor oI. raul,
Thursday, on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Kaap went
to Milwaukee, Sunday.
Fred Day went to Beloit, Thurs
day, on business trip.
Frances and Marcus Lind, of
Sitter, were here over Sunday.
Gus Wenzel went to Milwau-
kee, Wednesday, to visit his daugh-
tiers.
George Gunderson, of Fenni-
more, was in town Thursday of last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Park Knapp well
coined an 8-lb. girl, Friday, in time
tor dinner.
Al Huns aker left for Strom-
burg, Neb., Wednesday, to visit his
mother and brother.
Mrs. Chas. Mccoy returned to
Amarillo, Texas, after a visit with
relatives in this city.
will Miller returned to Dallas,
S. D., after visit with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Montgomery Miller.
Mrs. Geo. Reed and children re-
turned, Thursday, after a visit with
her sister, Mrs. Ed Muesse, of Erie,
Ill.
- The Misses Katherine Mccoy
and Leona Bryan have returned to
Oberlin, Ohio, where they attend col
lege.
Miss Blanche Hyde returned on
Wednesday from Chicago, where she
was for six weeks visiting her sister,
Mrs. Joseph Woolstenholme.
Mary Ann Ballick died at the
county asylum, Wednesday, at the
age of 80 years. The remains were
shipped to Hazel Green, Thursday,
for burial.
The annual ball of the Woodmen
will occur at Knapp's rink on Friday
night next, with the best music pro-
durable. All Woodmen are admitted
free to these events; a fee is made
for others. These Woodmen dances
are always pleasant events.
Clarence Croft, mention of
whose case was made in these columns
last week, was before Judge c. w.
Burrows on a charge of operating an
automobile while in an unfit condi-
tion, by reason of the influence of
intoxIcants, and was bound over to
circuit court. His bail was fixed at
$3.50, which was furnished.
Hiram Pennock came in the
other day to file his claim to anti
guilty as subscriber to The Herald.
He saw the item regarding George
NARROW, and while Mr.. Pennock is
not in the golden jubilee class, he
has real claims to being a pioneer
among our subscribers. He has taken
The Herald for Al years, excepting
one year, when he subscribed for a
competitor, but he confesses that he
made serious mistake. No matter
who owned The Herald, he took it,
with the one exception of that one
fall from grace. And he will never
do that again.
These are the days for clearing
up sales, and Lancaster has its share
/ of these commercial luxuries. Haley
6. Edwards started the trouble last
week, and now other lines have taken
it up. And the H. G.. Orton Com
pany is not to be left out, they, also.
having big sale on that began last
week. John Schreiner's Sons have
! inaugurated their final cloak clearance
at half price, while Baxter & Draper
begin tomorrow their annual sacrifice
sale of cloaks, suits, furs, wool dress
goods white goods, etc. Other
stores are loading their guns for the
same kind of business, so there will
be lot of bargains in Lancaster be-
fore the ides of February open and
grounding day is celebrated. And
the musical voice of the Chicago
auctioneer is heard on West Maple
street, as the Boston store winds up
its affairs in this section of the coun-
try.
A real old fashioned "hoss
trade" lawsuit was tried out before
Judge G. w. Burrows recently, and
the result of the action was a trade
back. It seems that Tony Bausch,
/ living over Cassville way, and Oscar
Smith of the same vicinity, snapped
horses, and when Tony hitched up the
big bay horse he got out of the trans
action, the beast refused to pull his
share of an empty vehicle. Then
Tony unhitched the brute, and would
drive him co the stable, but none of
that for Mr.. Horse-he fatty refused
| to be driven in an empty harness,