Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1919-04-16

Tuesday.
Frank Beetham went to Fennimoro
on business last Thursday.
Mrs Chas. Armfield of Preston. Wis
lted IN Lancaster last week.
MISS Alice Orion of Fennimore. was
Lancaster visitor last Thursday.
y Leo Henkel is the new bookkeeper
at the Birmingham & Hixon Lumber
Misses Carrie johnson and Emma
Nenls visited friends in Fennimore,
Miss Lena Hahn returned to her
nome at Fennimore, Monday, otter a
visit here.
G. F. Dickinson went to Boscobel
nrst OF the week in the interests of
the M. W. A.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Showalter re-
turned Monday from a visit in High
land with relatives.
Misses Mary Eddy and Florence An
derson attended a teachers meeting
at Sitter, Saturday.
Hal Borah left Thursday for Adj
ans county to look at farm he owns
there but has never seen.
Or. Kraut reports baby boys at the
Arthur Croft home on the 18th and
Will Gierens of Potosi on the 18th. :
Mrs. M E. Beetham of Fennimore,
departed for home after visit at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Tenant.
Willard Eastman, formerly employ
ed by the Lancaster Lumber Co., is
now the new clerk at the Elite hotel.
The statement that the railroad
company had already instituted four
cent fare was disputed by local Off
Gals.
John McAuley left Thursday for
Viroqua being called there by the SER
ious illness of his brother, Auley Nc
Auley.
Miss Anna Meysembourg resigned
her position in the courthouse April
1st and has accepted a position in
Chicago.
Mrs. R. N. Trnetzsch returned to
Milwaukee on Monday afternoon after
a visit here with Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Wenzel
The river is up over the bottoms and
has begun it's annual back-up into
Grant and Platte. On Sunday the
bottoms east Of Potosi were covered
with water.
But one marriage license has been
issued the past week. 1t was to Jno.
F. Ripper of Prairie la Porte and
Kathryn Kirschbaum of Cassville.
Mrs. A. ]. Pipkin, who has been on
a tour. of Florida for the past eight
weeks, arrived here yesterday and is
again at the home of her niece, Mrs.
c. F. Budworth.
Gladys and Ethel Latham, children
of Richard Latham, have been taken
to the Buck hospital, Platteville, for
care. The other members of the
family are better.
Mrs. J. G. Dawson entertained the
Presbyterian Ladies' Sewing club on
Thursday afternoon of last week.
twenty-five ladies were present and
light refreshments were served.
A number of Lancaster people auto
ed to Mccartney Sunday: Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Orion, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Henkel, Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Woodhouse
and Mr.. and Mrs. Lou Starr and Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene Starr.
The engagement is announced of
Miss Genevieve Gertrude Meysem-
bourg to Russell j. Mulgrew Of 1870
Nevada ST., Dubuque. Miss Meysem-
bourg is a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Leo Meysembourg of this city.
Mrs. Eugene Starr and Mrs. Chas.
Armfield spent the week at the home
of Henry Hartline in No. Lancaster.
Mrs. Lavina Hirsch has gone to
Livingston for an extended visit with
her sister, Mrs Mort Allen.
Fred c. Wickendoll of Rockville,
died at the home of his sister in
| Platteville on Saturday week ago.
Mr. Wickendoll had been in poor
health for ten months. The deceased
was So years old. Burial was made
at British Hollow.
| Cutler Borah is in Mcintosh, S. D.,
looking after his business interests.
3 Mrs. Ben LOuthain and children re-
turned to GAINESVILLE last week after
I a visit at the Abe Livens home here.
Harry Livens and Evelyn Livens ac-
companied them.
Among the visitors to the Burdette
Weber funeral were Mrs. Charles
Weber and children, Sidney and Ma
RE, of Fennimore, Mr.. and MRS. VIM
Webb of Viroqua, Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
son and son, Burnett of Cube City,
and Miss Cramer of Cobb.
Henry Mink accompanied By Chief
Engineer Balseley made tour of the
county roads last Wednesday They
state that very little hard road work
will be dome in the county this seas
on as the work will be largely Getting
down hills, filling ravines and grad
ing.
Misses Vera Cranes, Belva Millin,
Ethel Peterson, Lorenda Hampton,
Sylvia Garner, Florence Meyers ac-
companied. by their teacher, Miss Met
calf, went to Sitter, Tuesday, to Wis
it the school there in connection with
their,teacher training course.
Sidney Weber of eFnnimore, comes
to Lancaster with his uncle, L. Web.
er, in the shoe store. Sidney has had
considerable experience in the shoe
business as he conducted store at
Fennimore for six years and made a
success of it. His mother Mrs. Chas
Weber, will make her home here al
so. Since last summer Sidney has
been in the navy.
Mrs r. N. Trentzsch Of Milwaukee,
arrived here Friday and spent the day
looking after business interests. The
younger of Mrs. Trentzsch's two sons
is in Germany with the army of oc-
cupation He was wounded in the