Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-01-20

so far as we have heard didn't get
him.
Nick Gotto of Bankstown, Iowa,
and Miss Cecilia Mergen of Blake $
Prairie are licensed to wed.
Despite the bad weather of Satur-
day very good teachers institute
was held in the high school room.
Co. Supt. Brick was present and con-
Quoted the proceedings. He was
assisted by Profs. Brockert and Ulrich
of the Platteville Normal. A goodly
number of teachers from town and
surrounding country attended.
Statements of our two local banks,
as we'll as those of neighbor towns
show healthy condition of affairs in
this vicinity.
Our village board last week voted
the public library 5000 aid for the
current year. 1t is expected that the
practice will be continued. Our
library is growing, and if some
public-spirited citizen would give it
nice present, everything would be
all right.
Friday afternoon Mrs. Pearson
entertained for Mrs. Chris. Roberts.
A goodly party of ladies attended.
Ed. Govier, treasurer of Little
Grant, will be in town Saturday to
collect taxes for that town.
C. A. Guernsey last week added
some new equipment to his already
we'll equipped bakery.
Miss Agnes Hope is improving in
health. Miss Edith Clegg has been
assisting her the past week.
Mrs. Alice Small and Mrs. John
Gull and children visited Dubuque
relatives last week.
Oscar Selle writes his father that
he is running barber shop at Water
vile, Iowa, near Waukon. Water
vile is good town of about 400
people.
Morris Dryer drove over from
Wadena, Iowa, last week. He was
accompanied by Miss Ella Baldwin,
who had been visiting there for a
few days.
Mrs. Mary Moore and son George
left Monday for California, to visit
relatives there. Since they started
relatives here received word that
Henry Moore's family at Des Palos
had been quarantined on account of
scarlet fever. We hope the chill
dren will pull through all right.
The Baptist Junior League had
costume party at the Sunday school
room of the church Friday evening.
They report good time.
Mrs. j. M. Hayden is visiting in
Dubuque, combining business with
pleasure. At the same time Mr..
Hayden departed for Mason City,
Iowa, to visit one of his married
daughters.
The M. E. church society had a
meeting lately and decided to COM
pletely remodel their church building
according to very nice plans. This
substantial building can be put into
modern shape at a reasonable expense.
We are glad TO hear that the
M ethodists have caught the improve
ment feature.
Mrs. Jennie Pike is visiting rela-
tives at Anderson Mills.
We hear that Mrs. Thos. Lyness
bad an operation at the hospital in
Rochester last week, and that the
chances are good for her recovery.
The basket ball Logs (city team
went to Bagley Friday evening and
won over the team of that place.
Our boys have been beaten but once
this season, by Campion College, and
then they were out Of practice.
Harley Hickok writes that he is
getting along pretty well in the
hospital at Chicago.
Miss Gertrude Fox has been pass
ing the winter in Arizona, and writes
from Winslow that the winter weather
there now is like our incest days in
May Miss Fox says that the people
there are as up-to-date in everything
as they are here or anywhere else.
She and a friend are travelling sales
ladies'. They expect to Go California
and take in the two expositions.
Mr.. ana Mrs. G. w. Heyman are
home from a three weeks visit in
Freeport and Chicago.