Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-03-14

Sam'l Ellis went to Milwaukee, Sun
day.
Warren Wayne spent Sunday il
Fennimore.
Harry Barnett has bought a Smith
Formatruck to use in hauling OIL
Nicholas Shafer and mother, who re-
side north of town, move this week 10
Bagley
The Lancaster Lumber Co., pur-
chased a Ford car last week to use on
light delivery work.
j. n. Cadby returned to Madison
Sunday after days visit with his
brother-in-law, F. G. Granville. Mrs.
Cadby and baby and Mrs. E. Granville,
Mr. Glanville's mother, remained for a
weeks visit
Mrs. Bertha Martin writes friends
from Montana, that the temperature
upon her arrival was 80 degrees be
low zero. The snow is less there than
here. Mrs. Martin plans to return in
IL month or so,
T. B. Sherman of Council Bluffs, Ia,
visited in Lancaster last week with
relatives and friends. Mr. Sherman
came to Lancaster from Vermont in
1854 and lived here for many years.
He had a very pleasant time renewing
acquaintance with old friends here
The Mrs Mary Bendorf sale held
last Friday was we'll attended and
everything sold high. The total ran
to about $1,000. This sale with most
of the others in the vicinity, was ad-
vertised exclusively in Grant County
Herald. The Bendorfs feel we'll
pleased over their sale,
LaVerne Walker, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs 1. K Walker of this city, was TAX
en- acutely i'll with appendicitis last
Thursday and taken to Doolittle' S
hospital at once. An operation was
performed Friday the appendix hav-
ing burst. Saturday LaVerne was still
in a very critical condition.
j. j. Wilhelm of Rockville, Wiscon-
sin, arrived Thursday for visit with
his mother, Mrs. Mary Wilhelm Of
4 Dickeyville, and Peter Hoffman and
family Of Lancaster. Mr. Wilhelm has
j been located on farm in Marathon
county for some time and likes the
country fine. He will return home in
a week or two.
w. L. Miller Of Dallas, S. D., arriv-
/ I'D To- CT F11o rioif h
/ parents, Mr. and Mrs. Montgomery
Miller Mr.. Miller comeSaSback once a
year, but has to take odd times for his
visit He and his son are farming a
/ large place near Dallas Farm labor,
Mr.. Miller says, is one of the big diff
ficulties in the West, being hard to get
and not very dependable when found
! Walter Austin and Miss Pearl, and
4 brother r. A. Austin, left Saturday
morning for Arlington, Iowa, to at
tend the funeral of William Austin
Mr.. Austin passed away at his home
Friday morning, March 8, after an ex-
tended illness, aged II years. He was
an old resident of this county, and his
death will be shock to his many
! friends. Funeral. services will be held
Monday.
Geo. P Angus of the Lancaster
Light & Power company and Al. Shec-
man, of the Herald, made business
trip to Potosi.last Thursday afternoon
The roads were good in some places
and in other places very bad About
the worst stretch is on South Madison
street inside the Lancaster corpora
ton line. From the county farm
around the Aupperle corner is anoth-
er bad place and on the ridge north
of the James G. Bailie farm travel
with a car is problem In many
places the wheels went almost to the
axles in ruts, and over an hour was
spent coming home, getting out of 9
! bad place. Ford travel both ways.