Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1917-07-18


tend summer school until the middle
of August
Misses Consuela and Agnes Cook
and Mrs. Jess Momenteller and little
daughter, Grace, of Stockton, ILL.,, ar
rived Thursday for visit iwth the
Fred Irwin family.
Miss Jean Roberts Of Bloomington,
passed through here Saturday enroute
to her home, from Platteville She
was accompanied by Miss Laura
Schramm of the latter city.
Miss Amy Dietzman, sister of Mrs
U. E. McReynolds, is now in the hos
pital at Platteville taking treatment
for the severe illness which has both
cred her for a year or more
Miss Martha Borge left Sunday for
her home in Stoughton. Miss Borge
has been employed by the Lancaster
Light & Power Co. as bookkeeper but
resigned on account Of i'll health.
Barney Long spent the weekend in
this city visiting friends. Barney is
employed at Milwaukee as a passen-
ger brakeman on the North Western.
He runs to Madison and return.
Will Rindlaub and David Gardner
IJr., OF Platteville, were Lancaster cal
lers last Thursday. Mr.. Rindlaub is
the editor of that old tried and true
publication, the Platteville Witness.
Mrs. Benz. Brookens Of Blooming
ton, and Mrs. Frank Morrow Of Lam
caster, left Thursday, for Salem, Wis,
where they will visit with their sis
ter, Miss Olive Hope The latter had
been i'll.
Mrs. John Blackburn Sr., and
daughter, Mrs Clyde Richardson, of
the Hurricane, left Tuesday for GaIva,
H., where they will visit for a week
with Mrs Walter L. Johnson, their
daughter and sister
Three Fords and one Ford chassis
that looked like a racer, came in by
freight last Thursday. They were con-
signed to c. w Knapp & Son and will
undoubtedly be snapped up at once by
waiting Ford buyers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Wiedenbeck of
Mauston, and son, Harry, of st. Lou
is, Mo-, autoed to Lancaster, Thurs
day, for a short visit at the A. j.
Wiedenbeck home, and also with AL
bert Wiedenbeck Jr., and family.
DR.. Fred Rafferty, was called to Sa-
lem, Oregon, last week where his faith
er, John Halferty, had passed away.
Dr.. Halferty brought the body back to
Mt. Hope, the old home, for burial
Mr.. Rafferty, was an old settler and
widely known.
Lieut.. CAREY of Co. I, 4th Wiscon-
sin, was in the city last week and with
Graydon Roberts, one of the recruits,
toured the surrounding country look
ing up recruits. Platteville has the
largest company in the regiment but
wants more men.
Misses Carol and Marie Livingston
have been appointed principal and as
sistant respectively of the Sitter
schools. Miss Carol has taught sue
cessfully at Brodhead for several years
ibut desired to be nearer home Miss
Marie has been giving excellent salts
faction in a school near Livingston.
G. H. Vesperman and Geo. Duncan
spent last Thursday in Dubuque
Among other places they visited the
shipyards where two submarine chas-
ers, 100 feet in length. are building
They saw also Standard Oil steel
hoat 275 feet long under construction.
The last will be used on the river
hauling oils.
Sheriff Swale of Ipswich. S. D., was
here last Friday between trains The
western official took back with him
Ralph Albee. aged 20 years, who was
wanted at Ipswich on a charge of
statutory rape. The young man was
picked up on July 9th nv Sheriff Yves.
Hymer at the Jacob Hartman farm
near Elmdale Young Albee went
back without demanding extradition
papers.
Les. Deakin who left No. Lancaster
two weeks ago for visit in the east.
writes his employer. Jas. Huff, that
the fruit is all killed by early frost in
w. Virginia and that drv weather has
caused the farmers to give up expect
ing any potatoes from western Ohio
east. Les is at Irwin, West Va, Wis
iting his mother He expected to be
here and Join his company at Platte
vile this week.
A. L. Sherman and Walter F. Red
dy went to Madison Saturday evening
via the military ridge. They returned
Sunday with Mrs. Sherman and the
children. The trip both ways was
made without mishap. The actual
running time going down was a little
over three hours. Returning muddy
roads were met with north of Fenni-