Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-04-14
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

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the winter.
Mrs. A. C. Morse returned on
Monday from a trip to Columbus and
Stevens Point. At Columbus she
spent few days with her daughter,
Mrs. NJ. M. BARLEY; at Stevens
Point she visited with her son,
Robert, and his family.
Five high school girls had practi-
cal experience in office work last Sat
urday when they started in to check
the files in the office of County Judge
E. B. Goodsell. They began the task
of examining every file Jacket" to
see if any of them contained papers
that had become misplaced by any
means. This work will be continued,
until every jacket in the office files
has been subjected to treatment.
Elizabeth, wife of Thornton
Oates, died at the family home, AGA
west Pine street, on Saturday last.
Funeral was conducted at the Little
Grant church, yesterday, by the Rev.
Lester Wildermuth, of the Latter
Day Saints denomination, who came
on from Lamont, Iowa, that he might
be present and officiate at the
funeral. Burial was made in Little
Grant.
A very respectable list of speeders
is said to be in the hands of Chief of
Police George c. Mccarthy, gathered
from personal observation with a
stop watch in his hand. In some
instances the watch was not needed,
as the speed attained on south Madi-
son street was apparently beyond the
lawful limits. Anyway, the list is
long one, and is said to include a
number of very prominent citizens.
OF course all of these gentlemen
intend to be perfectly law-abiding =
and, we'll, they would better be.
The five daughters of Mrs. Louisa
Rogers were present at an informal
celebration of her 18th birthday, last
week Thursday, at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Ed. Austin, southeast of
town. The daughters are: Mrs. Ed
Austin, Mrs. w. M. ZIegler, and
Miss Magnetic Rogers, all from
Lancaster; Mrs. D. w. Clark, Edger-
ton, and Mrs. Glenn Smith, Cass-
vile. Several of the grand children
were present and participated in the
festivities.
On Monday evening the mortal
remains of the late Mrs. j. Allen
Barber arrived from Beloit, where
she died at the home of DR.. and
Mrs. Edward Eaton. Funeral services
were held at the Congregational
church yesterday morning, and burial
was made in Hillside cemetery.
Mrs. Barber was pioneer in this
city, where her husband was at one
time Judge. afterward a member of
congress. Mrs. Edward Eaton is
daughter of deceased.
Word comes from Fort Atkin-
son that the store building in which
was located the dental flee of DR..
W. r. Ivey was burned out, and that
the two rooms occupied by Dr. Ivey
were totally ruined. 1t IS not now
known how the fire originated. DR..
Ivey carried insurance of $500, which
helps some, although it only partial
ly covers his loss. He went at once
to Milwaukee and bought a new Office
outfit, or such items as he had to have
in order to MAKE another start. The
fire occurred a week ago last Sunday.
A strange case of mistaken
identity was on in Lancaster, last
Saturday and Sunday. Officers, both
at home and from abroad, were watch
ing and shadowing a suspect. It'll
seems he was "dead ringer" in
look for an embezzler and forger
who is badly wanted in another state.
The innocent suspect was closely
Swallowed, but on Monday he went |
on to another town to continue his |
regular occupation, that of cloth
ing salesman. And the visiting
officers went out on the same train, |
but they had through tickets, while |
the suspect went only to Fennimore.
Last Wednesday evening DR.. |
and Mrs. S. E. Hassell arrived home
from their winter trip to the south |
and west. They were in Los Angeles
and other California points the most
Of the winter, although they spent
time in New Mexico |
with their daughter, Mrs. w. I. |
Brown, at Warous. They visited |
both Of the big expositions on the /
coast, were delighted with the one at |
San Diego, amazed by the magnitude
of the San Francisco display, but
were not well impress, ed with the city
of San Francisco. They had a de-