Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16
streets last Tuesday, again with

our streets last Tuesday, again with
wood
The many friends of Lem Morgan
who has been critically i'll for some
time with pneumonia, will be glad to
hear that he is considered entirely
out of danger.
The Bloomington orchestra furnish
ed music for the big firemen's dance
at Lancaster last Friday evening
where about 800 took part in the fes-
tivities.
we are pleased to learn that the
subscription list of the Herald is in
creasing so rapidly. Come people,
subscribe for it and read the best pa
per in the county.
On her way to Bloomington last
Saturday Mrs. Will Taylor of Beetown
lost a blue wool neck scarf. Anyone
finding the same will please leave at
her home at Beetown, or with Mrs. j..
M. Hayden, Bloomington.
Tom Mcdonald was here last Fri
day to meet our village board at a
special meeting on the railroad propo-
sition, and we understand they con-
cluded to call an election for March
18th.
Four members of our orchestra, in
Guiding Miss RoXa PrideauX, Lester
Pritchett, Seward Garthwaite and Ora
Brodt, will furnish the music for a
home talent play at Mt. Hope next
Friday evening.
Sam Kitto our veteran hardware
merchant, attended a convention of
hardware men at Milwaukee last week,
and on his way back stopped off at
Madison to visit some old friends for
day or two, but neglected to call on
the governor while there.
Mrs. William Kavanaugh, aged
about 81 years, passed away at. her
home last Saturday about o'clock p.
m. of appendicitis, and the funeral
was held at the Congregational
church Monday at o'clock in the af-
ternoon, Rev. Archelger officiating.
o. J. Prideaux went Sunday to Cass-
vile to meet Mrs. Gus Wiedner of
Dubuque, who Will visit at the Pri-
deaux home for two or three weeks.
Miss ROxa PrideauX made her home
with the Wiedner family while she at
tended the musical college there.
Miss Gladys Hickok, who is attend
ing the normal at Platteville, met her
mother in Dubuque where they saw the
Birth of a Nation at the Majestic
theater, and returned home with her
mother, Saturday.
Mrs. ]. Nj. Hayden started last Sat
urday for Chicago via Dubuque to
purchase her spring supply of mil
linery and will return about Thursday
or Friday of this week. She expects
to visit a number of the leading
wholesale millinery establishments
before she returns.
The Lincoln Day sermon was deliv-
cred Sunday at the Congregational
church by the Rev. Arhelger, who pOr-
trayed the life and character of Lin
coin in language better than we ever
heard before, to packed house, where
the members of the @. A. r. and w.
r. c. occupied the front seats as a
post of honor.
1t was reported in Madison paper
that Ben Stotler, who is confined in
Jail there awaiting trial for using the
postOffice funds in Beetown attempt
ed suicide by trying to hang himself
by his suspenders, and was discovered
and removed to another cell. Pity
they did not furnish him with rope
strong enough to complete the job, for
the world is great deal better off
without such culprits.
Just after our street lamps were all
up in good order and ready for use
at about o'clock p. M, Friday, the
engine at the power plant, for some
unknown cause blew up, the whole
top going up into the air, causing but
very little sound, while the engineer,
NJ. Burt Johnson stood within three
feet of it, and several spectators about
ten feet of it, and not one of them re-
ceived even a scratch from the effect
of it. Sc we are now where Moses
was when the light went out.