Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1921-04-20
LOCAL ITEMS

in Platteville Wednesday.
w. l.. Winskill had tonsils removed
at Doolittle hospital Saturday.
Thomas Green and two daughters
were Madison callers last mid-week.
Mrs. w. H. Williamson went to Mil
waukee Thursday to visit the week
end.
Mrs. James Ellis went to Fennimore
Thursday to attend the funeral of Mrs
Ed Stitch.
Rev. ]. L. Hack went to Mflwau-
kee, Saturday, to visit until the mid
die of this week.
w. B. Doll went to Madison We'd
nesday to attend a meeting of bond
statesmen in the district
Mrs. Geo. B. Clementson and child
rem, Anna and Lawrence, were over
Sunday visitors in Galena.
Rev. Kaiser departed Wednesday
for Highland and Milwaukee intend
ing to return Friday of this week.
Lee Haney will leave Lancaster
soon for Dubuque where he enters the
raph-Herald news and editorial
department.
Mrs. Carl Garthwaite and Miss
Jane Johns of Fennimore visited on
Tuesday and Wednesday at the Geo.
J. Jerrett home in Lancaster.
NJ. " Burris has been appointed
asylum superintendent and Mrs. M. V.
Burris Jr has been confirmed as ma
trOn, to fill the place of the late Mrs.
NJ. V. Burris Sr.
Clarence Webb son of Mr.. and Mrs.
James T. Webb, has been transferred
to Denver, Colo, from Omaha. Mr..
Webb is employed by the Prest-O-Lite
Storage Battery Co.
Mrs. Ira Cooper returned to Bara-
boo Thursday having visited her hus-
band, Conductor Cooper, here for a
few days. Mr. Cooper has been re-
lieving l. o. Mills on the morning run.
Miss Olive Meyer, a guest for two
weeks of Miss Anne Kaiser, returned
to her home in Milwaukee, Wednes-
day noon. Miss Kaiser accompanied
her guest for a short distance going
to Highland for visit there.
Galena is making great prepare
tons for the Grant birthday celebra-
ton April 81. The city extends a
cordial invitation to all outsiders to be
Alabama is the speaker of the day
Misses Wilma Heinrichs and Alvina
Funk and Messrs. Raymond Ertz, Roy
Heinrichs and Tony Fuerstenberg,
were Sunday visitors at the Henry
Fuerstenberg home near Preston. The
guests had an enjoyable afternoon. **&
Robert Reynolds and Frank Funk
have been engaged in cutting trees
down on the old Woodhouse property
near the depot. The men sawed an
elm three feet in diameter and also
cut down two goodsized pine trees
that caused too much shade on the
property.
Home from the university for the
spring vacation were: Florence Bal
lie, Bessie Krohn, Florence Wieland
Letters and Science; Esther WEEP
king, Commercial; Ruth Mink and
Helen Bruss, Home Economics The
young people were boosting hard for
the university exposition to be held
April % and %.
The funeral of Mrs Eliza Barnett
who died at Minneapolis Monday OF
last week, was held at Boscobel on
Thursday afternoon. Regular SER
a short prayer at the grave. Harry
Barnett and son, Evans, went from
Lancaster to attend the funeral.
The smoking car on the morning
train to Galena has been replaced by
combination baggage and smoking
car A road inspector went over the
road one day and then ordered the
change stating that the traffic did not
Justify three-car train. The saving
in coal alone will be considerable.
Evans Barnett has bought out the
Meyer & Whiffen law practice al
Boscobel and will locate there this
week. Mr.. Orchard remains in Ian
caster and will practice here alone
Mr.. Whiffen has gone to Sheboygan
and F. G. Meyer, a former partner
is now in the Union State bank, max
ing a number of changes in Grant
county legal circles recently
Mrs. Frank Horton of Fennimore
was in Lancaster last wednesday
visiting her sister, Mrs. Letha orion
Mrs Horton has practically regalned
much of her former good health al
though she was given up to die by
Chicago and Rochester doctors last
summer. Since her last visit to the
hospital last June she has gained
steadily
The fire department was called to
the c. H. Baxter home last Wednes-
day morning about IL o'clock. The
roof caught fire from chimney sparks
or burning SCOT and a hole was burned
through the shingles. This was put
out without much difficulty. Had the
fire started at night it is likely that
the fine residence would have been
damaged seriously if not destroyed
The way freight Saturday morning
stuck in a snowdrift a mile out OF
Fennimore. 1t was an unusual oc-
currence in the the line going east was
free from snow blockade all winter
and that the snow pillow was not called
out of Montfort until the 10Th day OF
April The morning passenger as
sisted the freight to buck its way into
Fennimore.
Miss Helen Jones, the missionary