Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-01-13
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Geo. Angus was in Boscobel the
latter part of the week.
&C. L. Carr, of Madison, was in
the city Wednesday, on business.
1t is reported that there are
seven cases of diphtheria near Glen
Haven.
Mrs. Bessie Frye and daughter
went to Madison, Friday, to visit
with Mrs. Bushnell.
M. Mcdonald went to Madison,
Friday, to attend the funeral of his
nephew, j. P. Kelley.
Mrs. c. w. Burr, of Madison,
arrived Saturday, for a visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. F. &. Burr.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Dyer took
Miss ALTA Cunde to the state institu-
tion at Mendoza, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs c. H. Basford left
for Chicago, Friday, for visit with
Drs. Harry and L. P. Basford.
Miss Mary Todd of Dixon, ILL.,,
returned Tuesday to her home, after
a visit with her sister Mrs. K. Bur-
CESS.
Mrs. Sydney Chase left for
Necedah, Friday, for a visit with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. 7. M.
Brooks.
Mrs. John Suer returned to Fit.
Dodge, Ia, Thursday, after a visit
with her brother, Will Burgess, of
this city.
Mrs. Chas. Jewell was called to
Fennimore, Friday, on account of the
serious illness of her sister, Mrs.
August Masow.
Mr.. and Mr.. Clarence Webb
left, Friday, for their home at Omaha,
Neb., after a visit with Mr.. Webb
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James Webb.
Superintendent E. C. Brick
went to Potosi on Monday to visit
the high school at that point. He
expects to be out on this trip, until
Friday.
Evans Barnett, Anthony Hoff-
man, Robert Meysembourg, and Joe
Gillespie returned to Prairie du
Chen, Wednesday, where they at
tend Campion college.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Rowland,
of Richland Center, were in this
city, Wednesday of last week, to at
tend the wedding of their son,
Avelon B. Rowland and Miss Linda
Diesel.
From Madison comes the report
chat the banks of Wisconsin show a
gain in resources of more than SIG,
100000. This looks as if the
Badger state is in comfortable cir
cumstances, thank you.
Miss Caroline Fischer gave a
five O'Clock dinner at her home last
Saturday. Those present were Mrs.
@. v. Roberts of Lincoln, Neb., the
Misses jeanette Mccoy, Leonora
Damuth, Mabel Stone, Grace Stone,
Ruby Bunker, Helen Peterson, Jane
Pengelly and Martha Meyer.
Larger crowds on the street of
Lancaster than the one seen here last
Saturday are not frequent. The
weather was good, the sleighing was
fine, and Lancaster merchants were
bidding for a big trade. And the
report was favorable to a heavy
DAYS trading. Weather being good,
it is safe to predict another large
crowd next Saturday.
Lancaster consumes" regularly
$50 copies of Chicago and Milwaukee
Sunday papers. Mr.. Wheeler says
that when the war first broke out, he
sold an average of 300 a Sunday
He thinks the censorship practiced by
the warning nations is a nuisance
that if the war might be fought out in
the newspapers the sales of Sun
days. would double.
Herman Martell, living a mile
west of this city, sold last week 13O
acres of his farm to Henry Chase, for
the consideration of 500 per acre.
Another sale of farm property was
made last week by which William
Lathrop sold to Alex. Myers his Patch
Grove farm of 220 acres, Tor 500 pei
acre. Mr.. Myers has been tenant
on this farm for several years. This
leaves Mr.. Lathrop with only one
farm, and that a small one, so he
says. This is the old Thomas Mil
lin place.
Several loads of Lancas ter people
went over to PotOsi Monday evening
and attended the annual election of
officers of Warren Lodge No. A, F &
A. NJ, the first Masonic chartered
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