Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-06-16

ter!
Camping party conducted by the
Rev. H. A. Studebaker returned Tues
day. All report having fine time.
congregational minister is smil-
ing because his young people are
returning home from college. We'll
come home
-Parke Knapp has sold out his
interest in the auto repair firm o.
Knapp & Mccormick to Verne Clan
ton. and the new firm will hereafter
be Mccormick & Clanton.
Pres. BrownelI, of Nortbland
College, will speak in Congregational
church, Sunday evening, June 27.
He is an appealing speaker with a
message you should hear.
Mrs. Carrie Shattock, Benton,
sister of Mrs. John C. Jordan; Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel Jordan, and daugh-
ter, Ida, Cassville; Mr.. and Mrs.
Oscar Belscamper, Sparta; Robert
Glennon Mr.. and Mrs. James Glennon
Potosi, were here last week Wednes-
day to attend the funeral of the late
John G. Jordan.
This office is in receipt of an in
vitation to attend the 61st annual
commencement of Saint Clara college
and academy, at Sinsinawa. to be
held tomorrow. The Right Reverend
John. p. Carroll, d. D., bishop of
Helena, will deliver the address.
This is one of the oldest schools in
this section of Wisconsin.
"A chicken car was loaded at the
local station, last Saturday. The
way the old yellow ROSTERS came to
town to see the circus unload was
amazing. And as soon as Mr.. Rooster
landed near the station fellow jerk
ed him into a big car. There were
, seven decks to the car, and when
fully loaded contained 5000 head of
poultry. There VISA a great outpour-
ing of ROSTERS.
Henry F. Gay, who taught in
the local high schools the past year,
wrote on a picture postal from
Lawrence college, Appleton, one day
last week, and mailed it to the Rev.
w. A. Munday, saying that he was
having a good time on his vacation
so far. He formerly was a student
of Lawrence, and stopped off there
for the commencement week activities,
before going on to his home at West
boro.
&C. w. Hill of the Lancaster
State Bank has received notice of his
appointment to the chair of assistant
professor of chemistry at Syracuse
University, Syracuse, n. Y, COM
mencing the latter part of this sum-
mer. This position is one of great
Importance as Syracuse University is
recognized as one of the leading
schools of this country and chemistry
is one of the most important studies
conducted there. Mr.. Hill will have
several assistants under him : and a
crops of instructors handling the
work of the freshman class compris-
ing about 500 students. 1t will be
matter of universal regret to see
Mr.. Hill leave Lancaster as he has
shown himself to be a progressive
wide-awake man as we'll as a scholar
and a gentleman.
Ben, Davis, of Davis & Davis,
was last week in Beloit for the pur-
pose of helping to organize an as
ISOLATION of the survivors of Co. E,
First Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry,
Spanish American war. Mr.. Davis
was member of this company, and
while the organization did not get to
the front the boys saw a plenty of
trouble. They were hung up at
Jack sonville, Fla, where Mr.. Davis
had case of yellow fever, and lot
of other difficulty. Stout and hearty
as he now is, he came out of that
war weighing less that 80 pounds.
He met 80 of his old-time comrades
at Beloit, and they formed an as
sociation. Out of an enlistment of
106, in his company, Mr.. Davis
says only "a have answered the long
call. Company E was raised at
BeIoit, and from there tried TO get to
the front.
Prof. John Clarence Brockert
was in Lancaster between trains, last
Friday, which is long time for Mr..
Brockert to stay anywhere, unless
he is tied to job. He spent the
two hours with Mr.. Brick, in the
office of the superintendent of schools.
Commencement exercises were pulled
off in the Platteville Normal on last
Thursday, and the Brockerts pulled