Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16

Mrs. Clyde Huff went to Fenni-
more, Friday to visit few days with
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Nimmo went
to Livingston Thursday to visit with
Mr. Nimmon's mother.
Mrs. L. Althous and daughter
Leona, of Fennimore, were shopping
in Lancaster, Friday.
Mrs. Wallace Louie arrived here
Friday from Draper, S. D., to visit
with the A. E. Lewis family.
Leonard and Amanda Schwantes
visited over Sunday with their sister
Mrs. John Beckett of Ridgeway.
Miss Mary Grebe went to Mont
fort. Friday, to visit her sister, Mrs.
George Muenden for several days.
Mrs. Horace Fawcett and daugh-
ter, of Platteville, are visiting Mrs.
Fawcett's mother, Mrs. Abbie Cronin.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Kilburg left
Friday morning for Dubuque to visit
with their daughter, Mrs. John Kelly.
Mrs. E. Shurtleff returned home
Friday evening from Chicago, where
she has been the past week on bust
ness.
Mrs. H. J. hamburger returned to
her home in Fennimore Saturday, af-
| ter brief visit at the George Flesch
home.
Roy Fischer, who is attending
school in Madison, came home from
that city Wednesday evening to spend
few days.
Misses Leila Schuppener of Slit
ger, and Selma Bald, of Fennimore,
spent couple of days here last week
with friends.
Mrs Arthur Treloar went to Mad
ison riday morning to attend the
| teachers convention. She returned
home Sunday noon.
Mrs. Grant Hampton went to
Madison Wednesday afternoon to see
her son Clark, who is seriously i'll
with pneumonia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Tenner, who
were guests of Mrs. Charles Meyer,
of Platteville for a couple of weeks,
returned home Friday evening.
Mrs. M. Simpson left aSturday af-
ternoon for Livingston, where she will
visit her son Roy and family. She
expects to be gone about a week.
Marcus Baxter of Madison spent
the weekend with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. George Baxter. He returned
to Madison Saturday afternoon.
Miss Rachael Payne, who is at
tending school at the Platteville Nor
nal. visited Saturday and Sunday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Al
fred Payne.
Miss Vera Eastman left Wednes-
day afternoon for Madison to spend
few days with friends there. She
will also attend the Junior reception
of the U. of w. held Friday night.
Henry Alcorn who has been suf-
fering more or less since his serious
illness of two years ago, has been i'll
with lagrippe for the past week. Mr..
Alcorn was able to be out, Friday.
-Gottlieb Abt, who lives three
miles due west of Rockville, intends
to leave Grant county about March 1,
for Almena, Wis, in Barron county
The family's many friends will regret
to lose them.
F. H. Peters, who has been visit
ing with his daughter and son-ln-laW,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Kroening OF
Pleasant Ridge for the past two
months, returned to his home in Mill
waukee, Friday afternoon.
Harry E. Light was in Mineral
Point recently and according to the
Iowa Co. Democrat, the we'll known
horsebuyer shipped twenty-eight hors-
es by express to Lebanon, Pa. The
animals were said to be exceptionally
fine.
w. J. Carmody recently returned
from a trip through the southern
states in the interest of the Overland
Automobile company. Mr.. Carmody
reports conditions in the South at
low ebb with very little market for
machines compared with the North.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Clifton, liv-
ing one mile south Of Five Points,
gave a dance at their home Friday
evening. About ninety people were
present and the evening was enjoy
ably spent. Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton in
tend to move soon to their new home.
A sleighing party consisting Of
the following people spent last We'd
nesday evening at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Case of South Lam
caster: Mildred Thompson, Elva
Roesch. Lottie Grebe, Mabel Wilson,
Pearl Poland, Idalia Larson, Myrl
Burrows, Irene Ward, Mildred Case,
Lisette Alt and Mr.. Beavin. Games
were played and after a delicious
lunch was served they all departed
for their homes, all having spent an
ENJOYABLE evening.