Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-01-27
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went 10 OnlcdgOJ SUNDAY.
Miss Mabel Wagner went to
Plattevillle Thursday to visit friends.
Miss Elsie Budack, of Sitter,
was here between trains Wednesday.
Fred L. Garthwaite, of Mt.
Hope, was a business caller Thurs
day
Miss Agnes GundIach, of Liv-
ingston, was here between trains
Saturday.
M. ]. Townley and T. A. Ryan,
of Madison, were business callers
Wednesday.
Miss Mae BROKER visited in
Platteville, last week, with her cou-
sin, Mrs. Clay Chapman.
VIM. Lorenz Jr., who has been
on the Cherry Bark farm. moved
back to town last Thursday.
Mrs. A. H. Berghegher and
daughter went to Sitter Saturday to
visit at the H Berghegher home.
Vim. Smith and David O'Brien
were sent to the county Jail for ten
days, Thursday, charged with va
grancy.
The st. Agnes Guild gave sur
prise party Friday evening for Miss
Tresha Warren. All present had a
very enjoyable time.
The rural mail carriers as
ISOLATION of Grant county will hold
their annual meeting on their mex
holiday, Feb. %, at Fennimore.
Oscar Dival had the remains of
his wife moved from the J. Treloar
lot to lot he recently purchased in
the new addition of Hillside GENE
terry.
Mrs. William Ward went to
Werley, Thursday, to visit her
brother, Tony Knox, who is suffering
from injuries received by a fall from
the hay loft last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. O'Brien,
of Fennimore. were here Sunday,
between trains, to visit Mrs. ]. 3.
Coleman, who underwent an opera
tion at the Doolittle hospital last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Sterling
left for Davenport, Ia, Friday to
join the Flo De Voss Dramatic Co.
Mrs. Sterling was called home on &C
count of the illness of her father,
Thomas NeCollins.
There will be no services at the
Congregational church next Sunday
evening, as the pastor will be in
Bloomington to assist in the dedi-
catory services of the new Congrega-
tional church at that place.
Thomas McMahon, of Mitchell,
S. D., who has recently retired from
farming and engaged in stock buying,
has been here for several days past, a
guest of his brother, William,
manager of the Lancaster Bridge
Works.
Robert 1. Dugdale, former
register of deeds, was in Lancaster
last Saturday looking around to see if
anything had gone wrong since he
quit the helm. He came in to have
a look at The Herald's new office and
shop, and expressed himself as well
pleased with our new arrangements.
Mrs. Mary Dival, pioneer lady
of Grant county, died at the home Of
her daughter, Mrs. James McCur-
mick, in the second ward of the city,
on Thursday, Dec. 81, at 2 80 p.
M, at the age of 81 years. De-
ceased was born in England, August
80, 1888. Funeral services were
held at the Mccormick home at II 80.
Sunday, and burial followed at Hill
side cemetery
Horace Wood, one of the Wood
Bros, of the town OF Glen Haven,
was in the city last Thursday and
Friday on business. They have taken
the agency for the Lawter one-man
tractor, by which man may sit upon
a cushioned seat fashioned like an
automobile, with canopy cover, and
guide three 14-inch plows that are
mechanically lifted at we'll. The
machine is also adapted for power to
belt to almost any other kind of
machinery. This farming is becom-
ing a fine business.
The board of directors of the
Farmers telephone company held a
meeting in Beetown last Wednesday,
at which time C. w. Hampton tender
ed his resignation as secretary,
position he has held for several years.
ROlla E. Kinney was elected as the
new secretary and has already taken
active charge Of the work. In doing
so he resigned as director and Mr..
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