Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-08-10
LOCAL ITEMS


Sunday on a brief business trip.
Richard Hufftil and wife went to
Fennimore Monday for a few days
visit.
w. J. Bailie and wife motored to
Madison yesterday on motor car bus
mess.
DR.. Godfrey reports new boy born
at the Ohio Doll home in Liberty
township.
Miss Florence Wieland went to Mad
ison Saturday to visit friends over the
weekend.
Mrs j. F. Whitney of Ravenswood.
Chicago, was on over Sunday guest of
Mrs Fred Burr.
John Gotsinger and family visited
at the Anton Belken home at Elk
Grove last Sunday.
Margaret Calls went to Montfort
Tuesday to visit her grandmother.
Mrs. J. S. Chandler.
Blacksmiths' picnic at Cassville on
Saturday, August IS, and all shops in
the county will close
Miss Margaret Goodwin of Beloit
spent the weekend visiting Miss Mar
tina Meyer of Lancaster.
Henry Williamson and family of
Windsor visited here last week with
Agent w. Fl Williamson
Helen Avery departed Monday for
Elroy to visit until her school begins
near Muscoda next month.
Royal Neighbor picnic this after
noon at Schreiner Park. Bring your
baskets. Everybody come.
Mrs. Barto and children of Liberty
township were visitors over Sunday
at the David Porter home.
MRS. Will Morkin and son, Glenn,
of Bloomington, visited her mother,
Mrs. Helen Judd, this week
The E. J. Morse and A. c. Bishop
families returned Monday evening
from Red Cedar Lake having had a
splendid outing.
DR.. Fowler was called to EIlenboro
township Monday to care for the ar
rival of an infant son at the Nelson
L. Woodward home.
Mrs. Fred Meyer went to Rhinelan-
der Monday following visit of sever
al weeks at the Meyer and Howe
homes in Lancaster.
Harold Deter of Milwaukee spent
from Thursday until Monday visiting
at the RObt Jordan home. Mr.. Det-
ger is bond salesman.
Sheriff Holmes and wife went to
Mendoza Sunday in their car with
Mrs Emma Andrew of Cassville, ex-
amined and committed for insanity.
Miss Genevieve Burkhart, BoscobeI,
visited over Sunday with her cousin,
Virginia Allen. She returned Tues
day and Virginia went along for Wis
it there.
Misses Jennie Jones of Fennimore
and Beatrice Pedley of Cobb were
among those who attended institute
here last week and visited Lancaster
friends over Sunday.
Bessie McNair went to Houghton,
Mich. Monday to visit month with
her brother, Prof. McNair. During
the absence of Miss McNair Miss Por-
tia Showalter will act as librarian.
Surveyors have run a line for an
electric power circuit from Prairie du
Sac to Mineral Point. The line will
supply current from the power dam
to Mineral Point and towns enroute.
Miss AnnabeI Schneider is back in
Lancaster again to begin her duties
as rural school supervisor under Supt
Bray Miss Schneider spent the sum-
mer at Duncannon. Pa, and Madison.
Sheriff Holmes recently received
an anonymous letter complaining of
certain crime conditions at Fennimore.
The sheriff will be glad to explain his
progress in the case to the writer of
the letter if he, she or it will call in
person.
Frank Calls conducted a sheriff's
sale at Cuba City Monday to satisfy
a claim of S. B. Chase against I. N.
Scott. Chase brought action against
a One-Seventh equity in the big farm
to satisfy claim of less than $500.
L. w. Porter bought the Scott interest
for $675.
Mrs. Elizabeth Richards of Marcus,
Iowa, and Mrs. John Pitts of LeMars,
Iowa, visited here last week at the
Jos. Fine home. They came to Wis
consin to attend the funeral of VIM.
Fine of Linden The ladies went to
Linden Monday to visit there couple
of days before returning home.
Mrs. Anna Beach returned to Lam
caster last week TO resume her duties
as senior supervisor of the rural
schools of the county. Mrs. Beach
was in Denver and Florence, Colo,
visiting relatives and also toured the
scenic points of the mountain state
including a visit to flood devastated
Pueblo.
Street Supt. John Peterson has COM
pleted the surfacing on the cemetery
road clear beyond the farthest gate.
Over 1900 loads of crushed rock were
hauled from the city quarry to the
road and there rolled in. The city is
also building a new road north OF W.
Maple street on Tyler on the east side
of Thomas WinskilPs place. ms
fill is made to relieve Doggy condl-
ton in the road during rainy spells
A number of Richland Center fans
motored to Lancaster Sunday and
watched their team build up hopes OF
victory until the fatal seventh when
Lancaster piled up five runs with
four after the second out. The fans