Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-02-03


B. D. S., after many weeks of
illness, is still confined to her room.
Mrs. Alice Orion has sold her
fine residence on west Pine street to
William Wetter.
Will Mccoy of Madison came
home Tuesday, for few days visit
with his parents.
Junior aid of the NJ. E. church
will meet with Mrs. Gene Wood
house, Friday afternoon.
Miss Alma Schwantes has closed
her sewing room in the city, and
gone back to her home at Five Points.
st. Anges's guild will hold
baking sale at the Wright house Sat-
urday afternoon. Hot chocolate will
be served.
Miss Dorothy Gerhardt returned
to her home at Fennimore, Tuesday,
after a visit at the Clyde Suttle
home in this city.
The American History club will
meet with Mrs. McCauley next Sat-
urday, Feb. 6, at o'clock. Call at
Mrs. C. w. rockingham where
conveyance will be provided.
Mrs. Parke Dudley went over to
Bloomington, last Saturday, to attend
the dedication of the new Congrega-
tional church, and visit a few days
with her daughter, Wessie, and
friends.
There will be a meeting of the
Congregational Ladies' Missionary
society at the home of Mrs. George
Baxter on Friday afternoon, at 3
o'clock. Subject, History and Work
of the American Missionary associa
ton; Mrs. George. Baxter, leader.
Much country correspondence is
carried over this week. No power on
Monday, so we could not operate the
typesetter; and no news to set, be-
cause of delays in mail service.
Everything dumped in on US Tuesday
noon, and then it was too late.
Remember the last big dance at
the rink in Lancaster before lent will
be next week, Wednesday night,
Feb. 10. Fine music by Gabel's
orchestra of Lacrosse. This will be
another good one. Tell your friends,
and come if you can.
Chris Garner has sold one of his
farms down below Beetown, and now
proposes to have an auction. 1t
seems that Chris has had this farm
rented, and now the tenant Mr..
Jackering, and himself will have
sale for the purpose of dividing their
partnership property. See the an
nouncement in another column.
1t is we'll for farmers to remem-
Der that there are two big sales of
pure bred stock coming. One is at
Lancaster, next week Tuesday; the
other is at Cassville, on Friday next.
Both Dobson & Eastman and Christ
Hartman are we'll known as breeders,
and anything they offer, either of
them, may be accounted just as re-
presented.
"A. J. Udelhofen, on the road to
Cassville, about Is miles out, will
have an auction pretty soon. He
grows swine of superior quality, and
has a sale of them about every year,
but this winter he is adding lot of
other stuff, so as to make up COL
lection. MIR. Udelhofen has rented
his fathers farm. An advertisement
in another column will tell about the
sale.
-Orpheum theatre program for
the coming week: Tonight and Thurs
day night, Sunshine and Shadows, "
2-reel DRAMA. "Saved by Their
Child" comedy; "Diogenes Weekly
No. 13, +" comedy. Friday and Sat
urday evenings, con Christmas
Eve," drama; "Who was Who in
Hogg's Hollow" comedy Hearst
Selig news pictorial. Monday night,
wade Brent rays, Drama; twas
the Night before Christmas" drama;
''The Dark Continent Educational ;"
1.-THE Professors Romance, comedy.
Tue sday night, series No. %, emil
lion Dollar Mystery.
William w. Ward died at his
home in this city on last week Wed
nesday at the age of 81 years and
five months. He was born at Auburn,
New York, August 81, 1847, and
was brought by his parents to Wis
consin, when a child of three. He
married Mrs. Irene Druen, Feb. %,
1872. To them two children were
born, one of whom, son, George E.
Ward, died more than two years ago.
There survive the widow, the son, A.
Y Ward and two stem children. H