Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-01-08
Local News

John Pink dropped up to Fenni-
more for the afternoon, Monday.
Mrs. John Wright went to Madison
Sunday for brief visit.
Miss Bertha Hoffman has been very
sick with double pneumonia.
Louis George has bought the Lou
john Dobson is among those able
TO be out after a severe siege.
Taylor property in the second ward
Pvt. Clarence lawson arrived home
New Years day from Camp Grant.
having been hOnOrably discharged,
Thos. Carmody has purchased the
Herman Bruss property in the south
part of the city.
Mrs. Earl Hill and two children of
Brooks, Mimi, are visiting her moth
er, Mrs. Knoke, of No. Lancaster.
MIR. and Mrs. Gorham Alexander Of
No. Lancaster, welcomed a baby boy
to their home Jan. 6.
Mrs. j. S. Whitney of Ravenswood.
ILL.,, was a weekend guest of Mrs.
G. w. rockingham.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Pugh went to
Chicago, Sunday, for few days Wis
it.
Misses Mary Eddy and Frieda
Krohn visited last week with their
friend, Edith Block, of Kenosha.
Mrs. l.. A. McGonigal of Akron, o.,
arrived here Friday for visit with
Mrs. Chas. rockingham.
Mrs. K. F. Orion and children,
Francis and Richard, visited last week
at the Frank Horton farm near Fen
nimore.
Lincoln Hounsell, the new county
treasurer; is now located here in the
Crosby house. The Hounsells moved
in Friday, one of the coolest days of
the year.
Chas. Wamsley is now city weigh
master, Hiram Pennock having re-
signed the position he held for
number of years.
Glenn Heating of the Officers
Training School at Evanston, ILL.,, Wis
tied the holidays as a guest of Miss
Leone Showalter.
j. B. Cad and J. Kalinowski left
Saturday for Milwaukee where they
will remain for several months. They
will locate in Lancaster again in the
spring
Misses Cleo Brookens and Margar-
ct Lyness of Bloomington, went to
Platteville Normal on Saturday Ben
Brookens accompanied them here.
Miss Delphine Pendleton visited oy-
err New Years with her uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Pendleton,
returning to her school at Livingston,
Saturday
Will Breithaupt of Wayzata, MINI.
a former Lancaster resident, was in
town Saturday Mr.. Breithaupt was
called to Fennimore v the illness OF
his daughter, Mrs. Johnson.
Thos. Carmody has rented his $50
acre place north of town to his
brother, Mark Carmody. Thos. will
move to Lancaster as he thinks this
is about the best town on the globe.
Miss Hildegarde Alt left Sunday for
Ohio, Miss Genevieve Bennett for Ra-
cine and Miss Hilda Fischer for Chi
cago. Miss Howell returned to her
school at Lodi
Willie Johnson of Mccartney, was
reported as Missing in Action" but
later his parents received a letter
from him. He now writes that he is
in Luxembourg with the army of
occupation.
Mrs. John Croker of Oak Park.
ILL.,, came for a holiday visit at the
home of her daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Chester Croker, to find her little
granddaughter at the point of death
and the other members of the fam
lily very i'll.
Justice C. w. Burrows performed
the ceremony on Monday that united
for life Ora Galley of Beetown and Nell
lie Albee Of Waterloo Mr. Galley is
a son of Valouous Galley. The bride
is a daughter of John Albee. They
will reside on the Galley farm.
lot of stationery, such as envelopes,
letter heads, statements, ETC., for
1919. Just bear in mind that this
Office can supply you with the best
there is in this line at reasonable
rates and on short notice.
Ruth Henry. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs Albert Henry of So Lancaster
and a winsome little Miss of two
years. is under DR.. Gault's care for
an infection of the scalp of some SER
ioumess. Little Ruth takes the dres-
sing with much less complaint than
many people of mature years.
S. w Doolittle sends friends a
postcard from France wishing them
holiday greetings. He expected to be
home soon but later developments
compel a longer stay abroad. DR..
Doolittle has a number of interesting
and unique war trophies acquired
with difficulty and expense.
DR.. ]. c. Doolittle was called to Po-
tosi township last Thursday to per-
form a rush operation for bowel OBJ
struction on Mrs. Matt Udelhofen, a
lady past 20 years. Mrs. Udelhofen's
chances for life were nothing when
the operation was performed but
since then she seems to have slight
chance of recovery.
Brigadier General Laurin Lawson
, of the U. S. army is stationed at Fl
Sill, Okla, as commandant of the Ar
tillery school. He is brother Of
Mrs. Chas. Klarman of Lancaster, and
Marmaduke Eide of the navy. Cen
eral Lawson was promoted from a
coloneley in October. He is AZ We; S
old.
Donald Simison has severed his
connections with the Schreiner store
and intends to locate in Los Angeles
Mr.. Simison will travel in the west
for the Grinnell Glove company of