Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-08-23

MISS IDA P1tZ, OF chicago, Is
guest of Miss Ruth Wright.
Miss Mae Brockert of Platteville,
is visiting friends in the city.
Miss Martha Meyer left Tuesday
for Beloit, Wis, to visit with friends.
Miss Florence narrower left Sat
urday for Milwaukee, to visit with her
parents.
Misses Berna and Emma Knobel
and brother, Edwin, are camping at
Mccartney this week.
Miss Lillian Stevens left Tuesday
afternoon for Ashton, and New Lon
don, Wis, to spend her vacation.
! Mrs. Eta Duncan left Saturday
afternoon for Elrod, S. D., after q
brief visit with Mrs Anime Showalter.
| Miss Nellie Howell left Tuesday
afternoon for Beloit, Wis. to visit with
her brother, DR.. P. A. Howell and
wife
Mrs. Edward Frawley and daugh-
ter left Saturday afternoon for Chi
cago, to visit with relatives for several
weeks.
Miss Doris Cook, of Montfort,
spent a few days of last week with
Mr. and Mrs. U. E. McReynolds, of
South Lancaster.
Mrs John Rumble arrived home
Saturday noon from Madison, after a
weeks visit with her son, Thomas
Rumble and family.
Miss Martha Borge returned Mon
day noon from Stoughton, Wis, af-
ter having spent a couple of weeks
with her parents.
John Mcmahon returned last week
from a trip through Iowa with the
Mcclure Tile Silo. Mr.. Mcmahon re-
ports many sales.
Clarence Market left Tuesday at
ternoon for Detroit, Mich, after spend
ing several weeks with his uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Howell.
Mrs. w. J. Retallick of Lewiston,
Montana, who is visiting in Grant
county, spent the weekend with Mrs.
J. P. Williams and other Lancaster
friends.
A E. Morse and wife who spent
the past week with his brother, A. G.
Morse and other Lancaster relatives,
returned to their home in Hopkins, |
Mimi, Wednesday,
DIR. j. H. Reed and wife and lit
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Friday night for visit with George
Reed and family. Graydon Roberts
accompanied them as driver.
Mrs. Alonzo Jerrett and daugh-
ter, Miss Grace, who were visiting /
relatives in HortOnville, Mimi, for the /
past two months, returned to their
home in North Lancaster on Friday
week ago.
Attending the funeral of their old .
friend and comrade, James Hayden, at .
Bloomington, Saturday, were c. H.
Baxter, Burton Sumner, David .
Schreiner. Thomas lockwood and
Lewis Croft.
Fred Stephan left Friday for a
vacation Of one month during which .
time he will visit at Shullsburg and .
Savanna. A Mr. Gus Lau will con-
duct the third chair at the Gibbs & l
Starr shop during Fred's absence.
John Kelley of Woodman, was a
Lancaster visitor last Tuesday and I
Wednesday. Mr.. Kelley attended the
state road and bridge committee meet
ing while here, he being a member
the member from north Grant county. /
AT the Eastern Star lodge meet
ing held Monday evening, the follow
ing people became members: Mr.. and
Mrs Martin Burris, Jr., Mrs. Horace
Hymer, Miss Ellen Watkins, Miss
Mary Johnson, Miss Merna Hymer
and Edward Rumpf.
Deputy Sheriff Wilson Henry OF
Boscobel, visited Lancaster yesterday,
bringing with him Fred Hagerty and
VIM A McCOrd, two town Of Marion
farmers, and brother-in-laws. Hager-
ty swore out complaint against Nc
Cord, alleging that on August 81, the
latter attacked him using butcher
knife as a weapon. On McCOrd's
waiver of examination Justice G. w.
Burrows bound him over to the cir
cult court on $1,000 bonds.
-Hannum Place of this city was
surprised to read last week of the Vos-
berg barn near Louisberg being struck
by lightning. This started a chain of
recollections with Mr.. Hannum, who is
| 80 years old and still very hale. The
barn was built by Mr.. Hannum's broth
err, Rufus Hannum, in the year 1912,
and was probably the largest barn in
Grant county. At the time of the burn
ing 500 tons of hay stored in the
structure, were consumed.